Liam Collins Staff Scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jason Killgore Project Leader National Institute of Standards and Technology
Greg Haugstad Technical Staff Member & Director, Characterization Facility (CharFac) University of Minnesota
Dalia Yablon Technical Program Chair TechConnect World Innovation Conference
Key Speakers
Faster and gentler: new scan algorithms and probes for AFM Paul Ashby Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
In situ and Operando Force-based Atomic Force Microscopy For Probing Local Functionality in Energy Storage Materials Nina Balke Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Multiplexed nanoscale viscoelastic mapping of melanoma cells as a biomarker of tumor progression and metastasis Alex Cartagena-Rivera Investigator, National Institutes of Health
Single electron spectroscopy and ultrafast time resolution by AFM Peter Grutter Professor, McGill University
The effects of beam dynamics on Atomic Force Microscopy measurements Ryan Wagner Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Exploiting infrared light-matter interactions to explore complex systems at the nanoscale Laurene Tetard Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
In Situ Study of the Pressure-Dependent Lubrication Mechanism of Phosphonium Phosphate Ionic Liquid in Nanoscale Single-Asperity Sliding Contacts Filippo Mangolini Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin
Real-Time Physics-Constrained Machine Learning in Multidimensional Atomic Force Microscopy Josh Agar Assistant Professor, Drexel University
A deep learning content-based image retrieval tool for AFM topography maps Bahram Rajabifar Senior Research Scientist, 3M
Contact Resonance AFM using Long, Massive, Flexible Tips Ryan Tung Associate Professor, University of Nevada Reno
Development of an automated sample preparation process for polymer blend morphology by AFM Carl Reinhardt Senior Technologist, The Dow Chemical Company
SPMConnect is launching at TechConnect 2023 as an annual AFM-based conference to foster and support the AFM community in terms of idea exchange, best practices development, mentoring, and career development. In addition to research talks, in line with the industrial/innovation theme of the broader TCW meeting, SPMConnect will feature panel discussions and plenty of opportunities for AFM researchers and scientists to meet, network and exchange ideas.
This conference aims to bring together users from a wide variety of disciplines including polymer science, biology, energy, computing, materials science, and more who share an interest in SPM as an instrument to explore nanoscale phenomena and characterization. SPMConnect aims to include scientists and researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds including industry, instrumentation vendors, academia, and national labs. Technical abstracts for both oral and poster presentation are welcomed with topics for 2023 SPMConnect listed below.
Topics & Application Areas
Nanomechanical measurements on soft materials
SPM in biology and medicine
AI/ML methods for SPM measurement, acquisition, image processing