SPMConnect is 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 SPMConnect listed below.
Back to Top ↑2024 Symposium Sessions |
| Monday June 17 |
| 10:30 | SPMConnect: Novel uses of Cantilever Dynamics |
| 1:30 | SPMConnect: Electrical Modes I (Electrostatics & Conductive) |
| 3:45 | SPMConnect: Panel Discussion - SPM for Semiconductors |
| Tuesday June 18 |
| 9:15 | SPMConnect: Advances FluidFM |
| 11:00 | SPMConnect: Dynamic Processes at Solid-Liquid Interfaces |
| 1:30 | SPM Nanomechanics |
| 3:30 | Panel Discussion - SPM Cantilevers |
| Wednesday June 19 |
| 9:00 | SPMConnect: Chemical Spectroscopy |
| 10:00 | Scanning Probe Microscopy of 2D Materials |
| 1:30 | SPMConnect: SPM of Cells, Biomolecules & Biomaterials |
| 3:00 | SPMConnect: Electrical modes II (Electromechanics) |
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2024 Symposium Program |
| Monday June 17 |
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| 10:30 | SPMConnect: Novel uses of Cantilever Dynamics | TBA |
| Session chair: James De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US |
| AFM cantilever structure revisited – improving AFM imaging speed through unconventional cantilever design
G.E. Fantner, N. Hosseini, M. Neuenschwander, P. Swain, M. Penedo, EPFL, CH |
| Harnessing torsional resonances for enhanced atomic force microscopy
B. Pittenger, M. Ye, S. Hu, J. Thornton, P. De Wolf, Bruker Corporation, US |
| AFM cantilever, contact mechanics, and electrostatics calibration in the off-resonant dynamic regime
S. Raghuraman, N. Domingo, S. Jesse, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
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| 1:30 | SPMConnect: Electrical Modes I (Electrostatics & Conductive) | TBA |
| Session chair: Mihir Pendharkar, Stanford University, US |
| Atomic-Resolution Surface Imaging under Ambient Conditions via Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
M.Z. Baykara, University of California, Merced, US |
| TBA
S. Hollen, University of New Hampshire, US |
| Tracking charge dynamics by high speed and time resolved Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
L. Collins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| Measuring Microsecond Dynamics in Photovoltaics with Time-Resolved Electrostatic Force Microscopy
R. Giridharagopal, M.D. Breshears, J. Pothoof, D.S. Ginger, University of Washington, US |
| Spatially resolved random telegraph noise
P. Grutter, McGill University, CA |
| Optimized Cantilevers for Highly Sensitive and Spatially Resolved Measurements of Magnetic, Electric, and Dielectric Properties in Lift-Mode operated AFM Techniques
P. De Wolf, R. Poddar, K. Kaja, B. Pittenger, S. Hu, Bruker, US |
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| 3:45 | SPMConnect: Panel Discussion - SPM for Semiconductors | TBA |
| Session chair: Jason Killgore, NIST, US |
| Tuesday June 18 |
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| 9:15 | SPMConnect: Advances FluidFM | TBA |
| Session chair: Simona Patange, NIST, US |
| FluidFM: Cytosurge's journey from hollow AFM probes to precision genome engineering
P. Behr, Cytosurge AG, CH |
| FluidFM in Live Cell Biology: From Biomechanics to Single-Cell Omics
O. Guillaume-Gentil, EPFL, CH |
| Advancements in BioAFM: Fluid Micro Cantilevers and Novel Thermocouple Devices for Cellular Analysis
A. Gaitas, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, US |
| Scanning Probe Microscopy Based Investigations at Single Cell Level
G-Y. Liu, University of California, Davis, US |
| Capturing Transient Responses – Combining BioAFM with External Stimulation
A. Gelmi, RMIT University, AU |
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| 11:00 | SPMConnect: Dynamic Processes at Solid-Liquid Interfaces | TBA |
| Session chair: Christina Newcomb, Stanford University, US |
| An in situ look at interfacial structure and dynamics during nucleation and self-assembly
J.J. De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US |
| Scanning Probe Microscopy Investigations of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion on Naval Assets
T.T. Brown, J.S. Lee, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, US |
| The role of additives on the thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation, crystal growth and dissolution
J. Tao, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US |
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| 1:30 | SPM Nanomechanics | TBA |
| Session chair: Jason Killgore, NIST, US |
| Nanomechanical analysis of materials using photothermal off-resonance actuation
E. Nelson, J.D. Adams, H. Gunstheimer, G. Fläschner, B. Hoogenboom, Nanosurf AG, CH |
| Broadband, High Frequency Viscoelastic Property Characterization of Polymers with Atomic Force Microscopy
A. Deolia, S.P. Carter, R.B. Wagner, Purdue University, US |
| Mechano-Spectroscopy of Soft Materials with Atomic Force Microscopy: Comparison with Raman Confocal Microscopy
N. Kulachenkov, M. Petrov, I. Sokolov, Tufts University, US |
| Pushing AFM to the boundaries — Validating mechanical property measurement near a rigid substrate
R.J. Sheridan, I. Saito, L.C. Brinson, Duke University, US |
| Advancing Nanobiomechanical Research: Large Tissue Area Mapping and Nano Scale Rheology via AFM
M. Ye, A. Koernig, Bruker Nano Surface, US |
| Exploring Biomechanical Properties of Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogel (MAP Gel) in Comparison with MAP-treated Natural Tissues
M. Motezaker, J.J. Daniero, P.E. Hopkins, University of Virginia, US |
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| 3:30 | Panel Discussion - SPM Cantilevers | TBA |
| Session chair: Christina Newcomb, Stanford University, US |
| Wednesday June 19 |
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| 9:00 | SPMConnect: Chemical Spectroscopy | TBA |
| Session chair: Liam Collins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| AFM-IR technique development in applications to industrial research
G. Haugstad, B. Luo, B. Curtin, K. Wormuth, University of Minnesota, US |
| Cross-correlated SPM and TERS/TEPL imaging: unique tool for nanoscale structural characterization of 2D semiconductors and the vertical / lateral heterostructures thereof.
A. Krayev, HORIBA Scientific, US |
| Optimized Spatial Resolution, Sensitivity, Measurement Speed and Artifact Reduction in Photothermal AFM-IR
C. Phillips, M. Wagner, Q. Hu, C. Li, P. Dewolf, Bruker Nano, US |
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| 10:00 | Scanning Probe Microscopy of 2D Materials | TBA |
| Session chair: Mehmet Baykara, University of California, Merced, US |
| Torsional Force Microscopy of Van der Waals Moires and Atomic Lattices
M. Pendharkar, Stanford University, US |
| Scanning probe microscopy as a tool to uncover new phenomena in twisted 2D materials
A. Luican-Mayer, University of Ottawa, CA |
| The challenge of automating and summarizing analysis of particles in multiple AFM datasets
M. Cognard, Digital Surf, FR |
| Exfoliation of Nanoribbons from Bulk van der Waals Crystals for Optical and Electronic Characterization
A.P. Saunders, A. Krayev, V. Chen, A.C. Johnson, A.S. McKeown-Green, H.J. Zeng, E. Pop, F. Liu, Stanford University, US |
| Mechanical, electrical and KPFM investigations of ultrathin membranes of MoSSe alloy
J. Serafińczuk, A. Piejko, M. Tamulewicz-Szwajkowska, K. Król , R. Kudrawiec, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, PL |
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| 1:30 | SPMConnect: SPM of Cells, Biomolecules & Biomaterials | TBA |
| Session chair: Gang-yu Liu, University of California, Davis, US |
| Revealing a « New Microbiology » using Long-Term Time-Lapse Atomic Force Microscopy
H.A. Eskandarian, Harvard Medical School, US |
| Discovery of a fundamental class of solid matter with the atomic force microscope
O. Sahin, Columbia University, US |
| Single molecule analysis of nucleosomes by high-speed atomic force microscopy
D.P. Melters, K.C. Neuman, Y. Dalal, National Institutes of Health, US |
| Program biopolymer-van der Waals interfaces
S. Zhang, W. Zhou, J. Chen, B. Harris, M. Baer, C.L. Chen, J. DeYoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US |
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| 3:00 | SPMConnect: Electrical modes II (Electromechanics) | TBA |
| Session chair: Peter Grutter, McGill University, CA |
| Resolving the impact of microstructure on optoelectronic properties via correlative atomic force microscopy
I. Hermes, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, DE |
| Revealing fast Cu-ion motion in CuInP2S6 - In4/3 P2S6 flakes through the ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition
M. Checa, X. Jin, S. Neumayer, R. Millan-Solsona, M.A. Susner, M.A. McGuire, A. O’Hara, G. Gomila, P. Maksymovych, S.T. Pantelides, L. Collins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| Improved AFM Measurement Accuracy and Precision Using Quadrature Phase Differential Interferometry for Tip Displacement Sensing
R. Proksch, A. Labuda, J. Lefever, J. Li, F.T. Limpoco, B. Ohler, Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Inc., US |
| Numerical modeling for piezo force microscopy measurements
G. Stan, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US |
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Atomic-Resolution Surface Imaging under Ambient Conditions via Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
An in situ look at interfacial structure and dynamics during nucleation and self-assembly
Torsional Force Microscopy of Van der Waals Moires and Atomic Lattices
Single molecule analysis of nucleosomes by high-speed atomic force microscopy
Advancements in BioAFM: Fluid Micro Cantilevers and Novel Thermocouple Devices for Cellular Analysis
Scanning Probe Microscopy Based Investigations at Single Cell Level
Discovery of a fundamental class of solid matter with the atomic force microscope
FluidFM in Live Cell Biology: From Biomechanics to Single-Cell Omics
Capturing Transient Responses – Combining BioAFM with External Stimulation
AFM cantilever structure revisited – improving AFM imaging speed through unconventional cantilever design
Resolving the impact of microstructure on optoelectronic properties via correlative atomic force microscopy
Revealing a « New Microbiology » using Long-Term Time-Lapse Atomic Force Microscopy
