Virtual RMS AFM & SPM Meeting 2022

Welcome and Introductions

12:50 – 13:00 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 10 mins

General

Molecular systems studied via non-contact atomic force microscopy

13:00 – 13:30 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Adam Sweetman - University of Leeds, UK

Effect of 2D-3D interfaces on thermal transport and thermoelectric properties of Sb2Te3 based heterostructures

13:30 – 13:45 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Khushboo Agarwal - Lancaster University, UK

Nanoarchitecture evolution of carbon anode – electrolyte interface in lithium/sodium ion batteries via operando scanning probe microscopy

13:45 – 14:00 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Yue Chen - Lancaster University, UK

Park Systems FX40: a new class of fully automated Scanning Probe Microscopes

14:00 – 14:05 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

Vladimir Korolko - Park Systems

Techno Bite 

Multidimensional Data Session - Breakout Rooms

14:05 – 14:30 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 25 mins

Professor Jamie Hobbs - University of Sheffield, UK

Break

14:30 – 14:45 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

General

Non-destructive nanoscale material characterisation via terahertz and midinfrared scattering-type near field optical microscopy (THz s-SNOM)

14:45 – 15:15 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Jessica Boland - University of Manchester, UK

Speakers

Jessica Boland

University of Manchester, UK

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Phase-Imaging and Nanoscale Dissipation at Graphene-Liquid Interface

15:15 – 15:30 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Sanket Jugade - Indian Institute of Science, India

Measurements of Anisotropic Thermal Transport in γ‑InSe via Quantitative Cross-Sectional Scanning Thermal Microscopy

15:30 – 15:45 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Sergio González Muñoz - Lancaster University, UK

Correlating Nano-Mechanics, Nano-Electrical, and Nano-Chemical Id at the NanoScale the new Seeing is Believing

15:45 – 15:50 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

Vishal Panchal - Bruker

Techno Bite 

Multidimensional Data Session - Breakout Rooms

15:50 – 16:15 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 25 mins

Professor Jamie Hobbs - University of Sheffield, UK

Break

16:15 – 16:30 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

General

Flash Poster Session

16:30 – 17:00 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

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Improved off-resonance imaging mode using photothermal excitation - Jonathan Adams

Local probing of the nanoscale hydration landscape of kaolinite in the presence of metal ions - Clodomiro Cafolla

International standardization of the structural characterization of graphene using AFM and other techniques or International interlaboratory study of adhesion at the nanoscale using AFMs - Charles Clifford

Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy & Spectroscopy on GaN HEMTs - Peter De Wolf

Callose presence near plasmodesmata affects mechano-elastic properties: AFM study - Pallavi Kumari

Shining light onto SPM-based chemical (infrared) nanoimaging techniques - Lars Mester

Effect of hydrophobic surfaces on the morphological and thermodynamic properties of supported lipid membranes - Harriet Read

Studying biomolecular dynamics and structure with high-speed atomic force microscopy - Dimitar Stamov

Poster Session

17:00 – 17:55 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 55 mins

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AFM and other techniques or International interlaboratory study of adhesion at
the nanoscale using AFMs - Charles Clifford

Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy & Spectroscopy on GaN HEMTs - Peter De Wolf

Callose presence near plasmodesmata affects mechano-elastic properties: AFM
study - Pallavi Kumari

Shining light onto SPM-based chemical (infrared) nanoimaging techniques - Lars Mester

Effect of hydrophobic surfaces on the morphological and thermodynamic
properties of supported lipid membranes - Harriet Read

Studying biomolecular dynamics and structure with high-speed atomic force
microscopy - Dimitar Stamov

Structured Water Molecules on Lipid Monolayers Resolved by Atomic Force
Microscopy - Simone Benaglia

How to optimize scanning capacitance microscopy for characterization of GaNbased
high electron mobility transistors - Chen Chen

Characterisation of Graphene-Infused ZDDP Tribofilms using Conductive and
Lateral Force AFM - Simon Duston

Extracellular Vesicles characterization using Atomic Force Microscopy - Andrea Gazze

Using high resolution Atomic Force Microscopy to explicitly determine DNA
topology - Libby Holmes

Development of near field optical microscope operational in mid-IR through THz
spectral range - Rajasekhar Medapalli

Electrical Characterisation of Model Membrane Interfaces using Electrochemical
Impedance Spectroscopy - Alex Newbold

The peptidoglycan architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall and its
destruction by antibiotics - Laia Pasquina-Lemonche

The opposite effect of ethylammonium nitrate and tetramethylguanidinium acetate
ionic liquids on the amyloidogenesis of lysozyme - Visakh Pillai

Structural characterisation of NDP52 bound DNA complexes by AFM - Daniel Rollins

Altering the bacteria surface mechanics with rigid DNA self-assemblies - Anna Scheeder

Impact of the substrate on the kinetics of phase transitions in supported lipid
membrane - Nicoló Tormena

Surface sensitive photothermal AFM-IR – Probing nanoscale chemistry at the
surfaces - Miriam Unger

End of Day One

17:55 – 18:00 BST, 4 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

General

Welcome and Introductions

09:50 – 10:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 10 mins

General

AFM Observation of Polymer Structures at the Molecular Level

10:00 – 10:30 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Jiro Kumaki - Yamagata University, Japan

Speakers

Jiro Kumaki

Yamagata University, Japan

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Tracking and mapping nanostructural changes in E.coli cell wall

10:30 – 10:45 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Abimbola Feyisara Olulana - University of Sheffield, UK

Direct, nano-rheological measurements of in-plane lipid dynamics

10:45 – 11:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

William Trewby - Durham University, UK

Automated SEM for wafer-scale inspection of AFM probes

11:00 – 11:05 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

James Vicary - Nu Nano Ltd

Techno Bite 

Break

11:05 – 11:30 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 25 mins

General

High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to study protein dynamics

11:30 – 12:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Wouter Roos - Zernike Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Speakers

Wouter Roos

Zernike Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands

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The impact of drug resistance on ovarian cancer spheroids; insights from the biomechanical phenotype

12:00 – 12:15 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Lydia Powell - Swansea University Medical School, UK

In Situ Imaging Session - Breakout Rooms

12:15 – 12:45 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Professor Jamie Hobbs - University of Sheffield, UK

Lunch

12:45 – 14:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins

General

Understanding of nanobiomechanics of cancer cells and bacteria using atomic force microscope and modelling

14:00 – 14:30 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Jin Ju Chen - Newcastle University, UK

Speakers

Jin Ju Chen

Newcastle University, UK

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Ultrastructural and nanomechanical markers of ageing in human teeth probed by atomic force microscopy

14:30 – 14:45 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Sebastian Aguayo - The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile

Multi-Dimensional Mechanical Profiling for Elucidating Structure and Function Regulation in Hearing and Cancer

14:45 – 15:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Alexander Cartagena-Rivera - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, United States

Invited talk

15:00 – 15:30 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Arvind Raman - Purdue University, IN, United States

Break

15:30 – 16:00 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

General

Candida-host cell interactions are governed by human host cell cytoskeletal organization and geometry

16:00 – 16:30 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Tanya Dahms - University of Regina, Canada

Speakers

Tanya Dahms

University of Regina, Canada

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The structure and shape of single layer DNA origami

16:30 – 16:45 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Neil Thomson - University of Leeds, UK

Speakers

Neil Thomson

University of Leeds

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Mechanical Properties Session - Breakout Rooms

16:45 – 17:15 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Professor Jamie Hobbs - University of Sheffield, UK

Panel Discussion - Building our community

17:15 – 17:40 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 25 mins

Panelists - Laura Fumagalli, Oleg Kolosov, Ioanna Mela, and Kislon Voitchovsky

End of Day Two

17:40 – 17:45 BST, 5 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

General

Welcome and Introductions

12:50 – 13:00 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 10 mins

General

Autonomous Scanning Probe Microscopy: from imaging domains to learning physics of polarization switching

13:00 – 13:30 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Sergei Kalinin - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, United States

Speakers

Sergei Kalinin

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, United States

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Machine Learning-Driven Automated Scanning Probe Microscopy: Application to Ferroelectric Materials

13:30 – 13:45 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Yongtao Liu - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, United States

Speakers

Yongtao Liu

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, United States

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Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy in Battery Study

13:45 – 14:00 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Zhenyu Zhenyu - University College London, UK

Break

14:00 – 14:20 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 20 mins

General

Deep learning to predict structure property relationships from AFM Images

14:20 – 14:50 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Dalia Yablon - SurfaceChar, MA, United States

Speakers

Dalia Yablon Ph.D

Founder, SurfaceChar

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Correlative atomic force microscopy with structured illumination microscopy for the investigation of nanoscale features of tunable bacterial outer membrane models

14:50 – 15:05 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Ioanna Mela - University of Cambridge, UK

Chemical imaging at the nanoscale – uniting SPM and optical spectroscopy

15:05 – 15:10 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 5 mins

Ifigenia Balkoura - HORIBA UK Limited

Techno Bite 

Panel Discussion - Training for the SPM community

15:10 – 15:40 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Panelists - Lekshmi Kaila, Peter De Wolf, Dalia Yablon and Sergei Kalinin

Break

15:40 – 16:00 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 20 mins

General

3D reconstruction of protein and helical filament structures from atomic force microscopy topographs

16:00 – 16:30 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Liisa Lutter - University of California, CA, United States

Speakers

Liisa Lutter

University of California, CA, United States

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Nano-IR mapping of the local surface domains on cerium phosphate nanorods

16:30 – 16:45 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

Philip Davies - Cardiff University, UK

Data Analysis Session - Breakout Rooms

16:45 – 17:15 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 30 mins

Dr Alice Pyne - University of Sheffield, UK

Concluding Remarks and End of Day Three

17:15 – 17:30 BST, 6 July 2022 ‐ 15 mins

General