Ingrid Graz – Fluvial Terrains of Amorphous Carbon

 Amorphous Carbon
SEM photograph of amorphous carbon – Ingrid Graz

Ingrid Graz’s SEM photographs of amorphous carbon (diamond-like carbon) deposited on glass reveal microscopic fluvial forms suggesting earth-like geomorphologies. Folds and and mounds are created by the contraction of these elastomeric substrates at different rates due to temperature and pressure constraints. Additional micro-landforms are generated by particulate accretions.

Amorphous Carbon
SEM photograph of amorphous carbon – Ingrid Graz

Amorphous Carbon
SEM photograph of amorphous carbon – Ingrid Graz

Ingrid’s images of PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane), a elastomeric polymer, taken with an optical microscope suggest the lenses of her microscope have been modified and pointed towards the sky. The Laplacian filtered image below reveals the remnants of a distant astronomical body, perhaps sunlight reflected from the dust of an expanding comet, many of which contain amorphous carbon, as it approaches the Sun.

PDMS of Gold
Optical Microscope Image of PDMS of Gold – Ingrid Graz

PDMS of Gold
Optical Microscope Image of PDMS of Gold – Ingrid Graz

PDMS of Gold
Optical Microscope Image of PDMS of Gold – Ingrid Graz

PDMS of Gold
Optical Microscope Image of PDMS of Gold – Ingrid Graz

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