# Ibuprofen-crystals-polarized-light-microscopy

- By: Janeklass
- Date: 2022-12-30
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ibuprofen-crystals-polarized-light-microscopy.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ibuprofen-crystals-polarized-light-microscopy.jpg/1920px-Ibuprofen-crystals-polarized-light-microscopy.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.