These sunflowers, which took first place in the 2008 Materials Research Society's Science as Art competition, are actually bundles of silicon oxide nanowires. The flowers' centers are tightly packed clusters, while the petals are looser clusters. Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong added color to the image with graphic software.
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