HANDCRAFT - There is a maker behind every microstructure …playfully highlights how much craftsmanship is involved in microstructures, sample preparation, and microscopy. By combining real craftspeople with microscopic images, it offers a humorous perspective on the world of materials research – and reminds us that behind every microstructure lies a process, a history of formation and also always a “maker.”
JANUARY 2026: Active material coating on a Lithium- Ion-Battery electrode.
FEBRUARY 2026: Hard Chromium coating on steel.
MARCH 2026: Cast Aluminum, Barker anodized in polarized light.
APRIL 2026: Test alloy magnetic material, diffusion couples.
MAY 2026: Lack-of-fusion pore in AM WC-Co hardmetal.
JUNE 2026: Pitting corrosion in austenitic steel.
JULY 2026: Expandable polymeric micro spheres in the light microscope.
AUGUST 2026: Martensitic structure in a Fe-Co-Si alloy.
SEPTEMBER 2026: Low carbon steel, ferrite + tertiary cementite.
OCTOBER 2026: Steel fracture surface, SEM. November.
NOVEMBER 2026: PBF-LB additively manufactured Co- Cr-alloy.
DECEMBER 2026: Cleavage fracture with oxide particles.