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International Scanning Probe Microscopy Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 15-18 2012

Leonenko — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:38:34 +0000

14th Annual International Scanning Probe Microscopy Meeting, Toronto June 15-18 2012,

Abstract deadline is extended to May 10, 2012,

One day tutorial on Scanning Probe Microscopy on June 15th,

Venue: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Canada

http://ispm2012.uwaterloo.ca/index.html

Early Registration deadline is May 15th

ISPM 2012 committee

Invitation to SPM Symposium Oct 26-27

NN Admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:52:37 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

The Nano/Bio Interface Center is hosting a Symposium on Local Probes at the Frontiers of Energy Systems and Biotechnology on October 26-27, 2011. This is an exciting opportunity for exchange and discussion of the most current topics. The conference features keynote speaker Don Eigler and a list of exceptional invited speakers including David Ginger, Lukas Novotny, Dennis Discher, Sergei Kalinin… and many more.

Don Eigler

The announcement is attached. There is no cost to attend; reception, lunch and dinner will be provided. Posters will be eligible for the NBIC competition. But registration is required. For more information, please visit: http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/events.html
Please register by Oct 18: http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/NanoEventForm/index.html.

I look forward to seeing you then!

Dawn

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Dawn Bonnell
Trustee Chair Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Nano/Bio Interface Center
3231 Walnut St, Philadelphia 19104

www.seas.upenn.edu/~bonnell
www.nanotech.upenn.edu
www.nanoprobenetwork.edu

A Decade of Nanotechnology: the role of local probes

dawnbonnell — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:13:29 +0000

Last year marked the 10^th year of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in the US and similar initiatives in many other countries. The anniversary inspired reports that summarized the accomplishments and impact of the advances as well as a conference in Washington DC that highlighted outcomes.

The role of scanning probes, local measurements and metrology at the nanoscale has been critical in forwarding fundamental science and in enabling device manufacture. While SPM is in its 20-25^th year, the last decade witnessed a dramatic expansion of interactions and properties that can be probed at high spatial resolution. In fact I have argued that we are at the onset of a new ‘nano probe ere’ in which properties resolved at molecular resolution in the time scale of dynamic processes will once again impact our view of the physical world.

See the following for more information.

Nanotechnology Innovation Summit

http://www.nsti.org/events/NNI/

Nanotechnology Long-term Impacts and Research Directions: 2000-2020

http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/NSFnano2/100930/

Pushing the Limits of Functional Imaging to Probe Properties Atomic Scale

D. Bonnell ACS Nano, 2 (2008) 1753

Probing Physical Properties at the Nanoscale
M. J. Brukman, D. A. Bonnell Physics Today 61 (2008) 36-4

2nd European Nanomanipulation Workshop

asf — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:41:59 +0000

Dear Colleague,

we would like to bring to your attention the 2nd European Nanomanipulation Workshop, which will be held in Tartu, Estonia June 6th-8th 2011 (http://nanomanipulation.ut.ee/). It follows the 1st meeting which was held successfully in Cascais, Portugal in 2010 (http://www.icems.ist.utl.pt/functionalisation/nanomanipulation/index.html)

The deadline for abstract submission is March 28th, 2011. This meeting is supported by the ESF FANAS network, and members are eligible for support. A poster summarizing the meeting is attached NanoManipulation2011.

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee
(Rynno Lohmus, Donats Erts, Adam Foster, Enrico Gnecco and Andre Schirmeisen)

Bimodal AFM Tutorial March 13 at the Multifrequency AFM Conference

tmehr — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:03:57 +0000

The need for higher compositional resolution and sensitivity has led to exploration of imaging with higher harmonics and/or flexural or torsional cantilever modes. More recently, the AFM is experiencing the evolution from single to multi-frequency excitation and detection schemes. The Bimodal AFM Tutorial, held the afternoon of March 13, 2011 in conjunction with the 3rd Multifrequency AFM Conference, will cover a variety of topics by leading researchers in the field. Demonstration on AFM instrumentation will occur after the lectures. The tutorial is free to all conference attendees. Seating is limited.

Syllabus

15:00 Introduction to Bimodal AFM
Roger Proksch, Asylum Research

• History, experimental setup

• Lockin amplifiers, amplitude and phase measurements

• Role of feedback

• Calibration issues and solutions

• Application examples from materials, food science,polymers and biology

15:45 Theory of Bimodal AFM
Elena Tomás-Herruzo, IMM, CSIC

• Euler-Bernouilli cantilever beam theory

• Energy virial and dissipation

• Theory of bimodal contrast in air

• Conservative and non-conservative regimes

• Contrast in different channels – topography, amplitude, and phase

16:30 Break

17:00 VEDA as a Tool for Understanding and Exploring Bimodal AFM
Daniel Kiracofe and Arvind Raman, Purdue University

• Motivation for and introduction to VEDA

• Demonstration of a few of the tools and interacting with the GUI

• How to access and connect to nanohub

• Example simulations including dynamic approach curves example and scanning example

18:00 Bimodal AFM Experiment (live)

Registration and Contact Information

Registration can be found on the conference website at:
http://www.imm.cnm.csic.es/spm/multifrequency/home.html

Class size will be limited to 15 participants. For additional information on the conference and tutorial, contact:
Christian Dietz, christian.dietz@imm.cnm.csic.es

2008 International SPM Symposium in the Life Sciences

NN Admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:19:02 +0000

NanoBioViews are pleased to announce the 2008 International SPM Symposium in the Life Sciences in Berlin on October 8-9th. The event covers applications in medical and biochemical research and will act as a forum to link researchers from different disciplines.The program features fifteen of the world’s leading exponents of SPM in life sciences. Session themes comprise cell mechanics, AFM and advanced optics, single molecules and new methods in AFM. Delegates are invited to submit posters, with prizes to be awarded by a panel of judges.

For further information, full program and registration, please visit www.nanobioviews.net

Information about event was submitted by Alex Winkel.