Scanning Electron Microscope Results

 It was really cool to work with the Scanning Electron Microscope! Our goal was to match results from the SEM to the polograms I've been creating. When I prepared the samples, I marked the region of interest on the bottom of the slide, so I wouldn't mess anything up on the sample itself. But that meant we couldn't find the spot once the slide was in the SEM! We took it out, and added tape to guide us to the correct place, but once I took the tape back to the dark field optical microscope, the tape's signal overpowered everything else. If I could do it again, I would use the marker on the surface of the slide with the nanorods to avoid the whole problem, but even with all of the hiccups, I learned a ton! 

Here are some of the SEM images!!