Crystal Tide Wave

Crystal Tide Wave

Vivian Rachel Feig, Pier Giuseppe Rivano, Benjamin Neal Muller, Ashka Tejendra Patel, Sanghyun Park, Caroline Dial, Savannah Jinhee Kim, Giovanni Traverso

Koch Institute at MIT

The image is an implant designed to slowly release a drug for over a year. It is made from active pharmaceutical ingredients that have been self-assembled into a solid structure from an injectable liquid formulation. By using high-resolution microscopy to get detailed information about the implant’s structure on multiple length-scale, this image helps us understand what variables determine the size, shape, and porosity of implants that are self-assembled after injection. 

Black and white image of a pile of small square crystals, with bigger crystals in the top right corner

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