Photo Competition "Vibrant Chemistry" – Your Submissions

We invited you to show your creativity and passion for chemistry through creative photos and share images that represent different perspectives of chemistry, whether it’s in the lab, in an office, in a classroom, or out in the world.

Below are the submissions we have received.

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Entry 1	Entry 2
“Hexyllithium” Photo by Ricarda Schmid	“Reflections” The picture presents a total internal reflection of light passing through a solution of fluorescent dye Photo by Borys Osmialowski
Entry 3	Entry 4
“A Colorful World” Cuvettes with solutions containing different fluorophores Photo by Borys Osmialowski	“Almost Collision” The intentional camera movement results in a picture of moving crystals that, for some reasons, did not collide Photo by Borys Osmialowski
Entry 5	Entry 6
“Bubbles Under Ice” The black and white picture shows the bubbles of air going up the ice cube and creating grooves in the ice Photo by Borys Osmialowski	“Liquid Column” A solution of fluorescent dye during flash chromatography Photo by Borys Osmialowski
Entry 7	Entry 8
“Liquid column” A solution of fluorescent dye during flash chromatography Photo by Borys Osmialowski	“A Microcosmic Blue Planet” Macrophotography capturing the reaction of sodium hydroxide with copper sulfate, producing copper hydroxide as a blue precipitate in a drop of water. Photo by Michele Rizzello
Entry 9	Entry 10
“Aurora Borealis in a Beaker” Different UV-active solutions in a beaker Photo by Tobias Kubo	“Home-Made pH Indicator I” A home-made pH indicator from rose petals. Using plants or products found at home for experiments can motivate students and open their mind to the world of chemistry (description of experiment) Photo by Anya Slomba
Entry 11	Entry 12
“Home-Made pH Indicator II” A home-made pH indicator from rose petals. Using plants or products found at home for experiments can motivate students and open their mind to the world of chemistry (description of experiment) Photo by Anya Slomba	“Notes and Spatula” Photo by Myriam Wójcik
Entry 13	Entry 14
“Dipodal Fluorophore” A hydrazone in its solid state and in solution, when exposed to UV and white light. Photo by Kirk Wilson	“Structure Color Colony of Microorganism” The marine microorganism Cellulophaga sp. is known for its structurally colored colonies on agar. The iridescent color varies depending on the angle of illumination. Photo by Mikiko Tsudome
Entry 15	Entry 16
“Science Behind the Rainbow” The rainbow world of fluorescence colors obtained in everyday work on scientific research Photo by Maciej Majdecki	“Retro” Synthesis Reductive aromatization of organic compounds in a retro look Photo by Maciej Majdecki
Entry 17	Entry 18
“Candy Mechanochemical Reaction” Synthesis of a transition metal complex with a functionalized pyridine ligand Photo by Maciej Majdecki	“Crystal Wings” The effect of conducting the amidation reaction in imidazole Photo by Maciej Majdecki
Entry 19	Entry 20
“Crazy Colourful Setup” Color variation in synthetic setup Photo by Maciej Majdecki	“Pacific Column Chromatography” Chromatographic column exposed to UV radiation Photo by Maciej Majdecki
Entry 21	Entry 22
“Vibrant Green” Crystals of potassium tris(oxalato)ferrate(III) Photo by Helena Nogueira	“Chemical reaction” Aluminium reacts with hydrochloric acid to form aluminium chloride and hydrogen gas. Photo by Gurusaran B.
Entry 23	Entry 24
“Cotton candy” Crystals of phthalic unhydride Photo by Indhu Arunachalam	“Silver mirror 🪞” Tollen’s reagent – It is a qualitative test which is used to distinguish between an aldehyde and a ketone Photo by Indhu Arunachalam
Entry 25	Entry 26
“Golden rain” CGF – ‘chemical gold field ‘ Lead nitrate + potassium iodide to form lead iodide (yellow ppt) Photo by Indhu Arunachalam	“Fluorescent anisakis: a worm of light” Recently dead Anisakis simplex, the fairly common parasite of cold seas fish, emits a blue or green fluorescence, depending on the wavelength of excitation Photo by Antonio D. Molina-Garcia