![](https://materials.imdea.org/wp-content/uploads/Winners-sci-im-2018-1024x768.jpg)
We already know the winners of the 8th edition of the IMDEA Materials´ scientific imaging contest. This year the best images were:
Category of charaterization
Joule Heated Baobab, Anastasiia Mikhalchan and María Vélez
![](https://materials.imdea.org/wp-content/uploads/15.-Joule-heated-Baobab-1024x683.jpg)
Category of simulation:
Dislocation going through a distribution of theta’ precipitates, Rodrigo Santos
![](https://materials.imdea.org/wp-content/uploads/58.-Dislocation-going-through-a-distribution-of-theta-precipitates-1024x700.jpg)
Category of open subject
Low Velocity Impact Test, Jose Luis Jimenez
![](https://materials.imdea.org/wp-content/uploads/50.-Low-Velocity-Impact-Test-1024x365.jpg)
Public vote:
Manganese oxide flaky spheres on carbon nanotubes, Moumita Rana
![](https://materials.imdea.org/wp-content/uploads/33.-Manganese-oxide-flaky-spheres-on-carbon-nanotubes-1024x675.jpg)