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Ibuprofen-crystals-polarized-light-microscopy
2022-12-30
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
A micrograph displaying crystals of ibuprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), photographed under polarized light microscopy. The crystals exhibit birefringence, producing vivid interference colors against a black background, with patterns dependent on crystal thickness, orientation, and molecular arrangement. The image was captured using an 8x objective and focus stacking technique to achieve sharpness across the complex three-dimensional crystal formations.
