Nanoflower

Nanoflower

These crystalline 'nanoflowers' were developed by Cambridge University PhD student Ghim Wei Ho, who passes a methane gas over silicon carbide wires, grown from Gallium, to cause these structures — called nanobouquet, nanotrees, and nanoflower — to condense, depending on the temperature and pressure of the growth process.

It refers to a compound of certain elements that result in formations which in microscopic view resemble flowers or trees that are called nanobouquets or nanotrees. These formations are nanometers long and thick so they can only be observed using electron microscopy.