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Science as Art Backgrounds

Liven up your next virtual meeting with a cool materials science background image! Download one (or all) images below from MRS' popular Science as Art competitions! Instructions »


 

 

Nano Starry Night
Submitted by Nabojit Kar
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

The Collision of TiO2 Planets
Submitted by Quan Truong Hoang
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Lionhead Goldfish
Submitted by Thuy Giang Nguyen Cao
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Karl the Moiré Fog
Submitted by Valerie Hsieh
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

The Voice of Spring
Submitted by Xinwen Sun
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Lonely Life
Submitted by Cong Wang
2023 MRS Spring Meeting

Science as Art Nanostructured Carbon Leviathan

 

 

Science-as-Art-MXene-Dragon

Nanostructured Carbon Leviathan
Submitted by Gerardo Pagano
2022 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

MXene Dragon
Submitted by Anupma Thakur
2022 MRS Fall Meeting

Science as Art Tina GaN Village

 

 

Science as Art O Christmas Ti

Tiny GaN Village with Graphene River Passing Through
Submitted by Hyunseok Kim
2022 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

O Christmas Ti, O Christmas Ti, How Lovely Are Thy Defects
Submitted by Kate Reidy
2022 MRS Fall Meeting

Science as Art Walking in a Wolfram Wonderland

 

 

Science as Art On the Beach of the Lithium Sea

Walking in a Wolfram Wonderland
Submitted by Alexander Sredenschek
2022 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

On the Beach of the Lithium Sea
Submitted by Yue Deng
2022 MRS Fall Meeting


 

 

Spaceship Crystal
Submitted by Martina Volpi
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Super Mario MXene World
Submitted by Anupma Thakur
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

An Extremely Tiny Garden of MOFs
Submitted by Angelica Rain Talosig
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Planet X: A Hidden Planet
Submitted by Ji Young Kim
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

Microfireworks
Submitted by Yadong Yin
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Micro Water Lily
Submitted by Jason Delente
2022 MRS Spring Meeting

Science as Art - MXene Lighthouse

 

 

Science as Art - 3D Printed Molecular Ferroelectric Metamaterial

MXene Lighthouse
Submitted by Mohit Saraf
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

A 3-D Printed Molecular Ferroelectric Metamaterial
Submitted by Yong Hu
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

Science as Art - Rooms in Silver Platinum Nanowire

 

 

Science as Art  - Calcite Flower

Rooms in the Silver-Platinum Nanowire
Submitted by Serkan Koylani
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

Calcite Flower
Submitted by Arad Lang
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

Science as Art - Dream Garden

 

 

Science as Art - Nano Constellation

Jean-Henri Fabri's Dream Garden
Submitted by Libin Yang
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

 

 

Nano Constellation
Submitted by Mahshid Iraniparast
2021 MRS Fall Meeting

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Separated Yet Connected
Submitted by Alekha Tyagi
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

The Silicon Planet vs Covid19 Comet
Submitted by Poorani Gnanasambandan
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

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snowman-village-ZB

Lithium Dendrite Aquarium
Submitted by Vikalp Raj
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Snowman Village
Submitted by Eunjin Choi
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

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La Marche des Aiguilles/The March of the Needles
Submitted by Sara Coppola
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Water Lilies in the Moonlight
Submitted by Yadong Yin
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting

Zoom_Electron Hole

 

 

Zoom_Jellyfish

Electron-Holes Are in Quarantine!
Submitted by Tushar Debnath
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

   

Jellyfish Janus Particle
Submitted by Sarah Perry
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

Zoom_Opaline Lake
   
Zoom_its not too late

Opaline Lake
Submitted by Golnaz Isapour
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

   

It's Not Too Late
Submitted by Artis Linarts
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

Zoom_Love of to nanoparticles
  
Zoom_Nano Christmas Tree

Love of Two Nanoparticles
Submitted by Fei Han
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

  

Nano Christmas Tree
Submitted by Venkatarao Selamneni
2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

Goldfish: Science as Art Zoom Background

 

 

The Dark Spirit of CNTs: Science as Art Zoom Background

Goldfish
Submitted by Shuohan Huang
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

The Dark Spirit of CNTs
Submitted by Sara Al Nasser
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

Mxene Chameleon: Science as Art Zoom Background

 

 

Blooms for Batteries: Science as Art Zoom Background

Mxene Chameleon
Submitted by Kartik Nemani
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

Blooms for Batteries
Submitted by Muhammad Ihsan Ul Haq
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

Its Alive: Science as Art Zoom Background

 

 

(Thermoplastic) Flower in the Sun: Science as Art Zoom Background

It's ALIVE!
Submitted by Laura Rivera-Tarazona
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

 

 

(Thermoplastic) Flower in the Sun
Submitted by Amber Hubbard
2020 MRS Spring Meeting

Zoom Background

Manhattan Skyline at Twilight
Submitted by Duhan Zhang
2019 MRS Spring Meeting

     
Science as Art Faces

Soft Microbots
Submitted by Hakan Ceylan
2018 MRS Fall Meeting

Nano Lord Voldemort

Nano Lord Voldemort
Submitted by Armin VahidMohammadi
2016 MRS Fall Meeting

     
Two Dimensional Crystals

Two-dimensional Crystals
Submitted by Jennifer DiStefano
2017 MRS Fall Meeting

Dendrite

Dendrite
Submitted by Jonathan Major
2018 MRS Spring Meeting

     
Mxene Coral

Mxene Coral
Submitted by Simge Uzun
2018 MRS Fall Meeting

Instructions (Desktop)

  1. Right click on your selected image and save to your device.
  2. When in Zoom, select your profile from the top right, and then select Settings, or, if in a meeting, click the arrow next to Stop Video along the bottom.
  3. Select Virtual Background from the menu on the left.
  4. Next to Choose Virtual Background, select the + icon.
  5. Choose your new Science as Art image from your device.

Instructions (Mobile)

  1. Select and save your chosen image to your device.
  2. While in a Zoom meeting, tap the three dots on the bottom right.
  3. Select Virtual Background.
  4. Upload your new Science as Art image.
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