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SPM 2011

Covering a wide range of topics associated with Scanning Probe Microscopy including main techniques such as atomic force microscopy and scanning tunnelling microscopy as well as more specialised versions.

Starts on22/06/2011
Ends on23/06/2011
CategorySPM
LocationEdinburgh, UK

Scientific Organiser: Vasileios Koutsos

A variety of applications from biological molecules, biomaterials, polymers, crystals, metal and catalyst surfaces, nanostructures, nanomanipulation, instrument and probe development, and more, were explored.

SPM 2011 Programme

Click here to download a PDF of the SPM programme.

Click here to download the List of Poster Presentations.

Invited and Plenary Speakers

Plenary Speaker - Professor Yves Dufrêne (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) - Force nanoscopy of living cells

Plenary Speaker - Professor Trolle Linderoth (Aarhus University, Denmark) - Large organic molecules on surfaces studied by UHV-STM: Dynamics, Chirality and Organisation.

Dr Ashok K Adya (University of Abertay Dundee) - Applications of nano-imaging and nano-mechanics to biomedicine

Professor Eleanor Campbell (University of Edinburgh) - AFM Studies of Carbon Nanostructures - Controlled deposition and probing the electromechanical properties

Dr Andy Downes (University of Edinburgh) - Tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy and microscopy

Dr Georg Hähner (University of St Andrews) - SPM cantilevers as a versatile analytical tools in applications beyond scanning

Dr Jamie Hobbs (University of Sheffield) - Super-resolution imaging of soft matter with Torsional Tapping AFM

Professor Mervyn Miles (University of Bristol) - Breaking the speed limit with a light touch or High speed AFM and the holographic assembler

Dr Renald Schaub (University of St Andrews) - Size-Selective Carbon Nanoclusters as Precursors to the Growth of Epitaxial Graphene

Dr Martin Stolz (University of Southampton) - The Arthroscopic AFM will be the archetype of a new generation of diagnostic tools for early detection of osteoarthritis, cardiovascular diseases and cancer

Dr Neil Thomson (University of Leeds) - Advancing resolution and quantification of dynamic AFM on heterogenous samples in ambient environments

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