Past sessions:
Wednesday | May 18, 2022
08:50 – 09:00 Dr. Sergiu Amarie – attocube systems AG
Welcome & Virtual Coffee
09:00 – 09:10 Dr. Adrian Cernescu – attocube systems AG
Opening Remarks
09:10 – 09:40 Dr. Rainer Hillenbrand – CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
Infrared nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy - emerging tools for physical and (bio)chemical nanoanalytics
Session 1 Synchrotron and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Chairman: Dr. Ferenc Borondics – SOLEIL Synchrotron, France
09:40 – 10:00 Dr. Raul Freitas – Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Brazil
Synchrotron IR nanospectroscopy at Sirius: current developments and perspectives
10:00 – 10:20 Dr. Bernd Kästner – PTB Berlin, Germany
Imaging of ferro- and antiferromagnetic domains using s-SNOM
10:20 – 10:40 Dr. Hans Bechtel – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Probing frequency-dependent anisotropical responses with far-infrared synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break
Chairman: Dr. Michael Martin – Advanced Light Source Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
11:10 – 11:30 Prof. Markus Raschke – University of Colorado, USA
Ultrafast and broadband nano-spectroscopy of structure, coupling, and dynamics in functional molecular materials
11:30 – 11:50 Prof. Mengkun Liu – Stony Brook University, USA
Ultrabroadband SNOM in High Magnetic Field up to 7T, Enhanced by Machine Learning
11:50 – 12:05 Dr. Gianfelice Cinque – Diamond Light Source, UK
The new InfraRed nanospectroscopy endstation for photothermal and scattering modes at Diamond Light Source
12:25 – 13:30 Lunch break
Session 2 Emerging Applications
Chairman: Prof. Frank Koppens - ICFO, Barcelona, Spain
13:30 – 13:50 Prof. Yohannes Abate – University of Georgia, USA
Nanoscopy of Decay, Impermanence, Crunch and Ultimate Death of Quantum Materials
13:50 – 14:10 Prof. Lukas M. Eng – TU Dresden, IAPP, Germany
In-situ Kelvin-Probe Force Microscopy 4 s-SNOM – just fancy or really needed?
14:10 – 14:30 Prof. Volker Deckert – Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany
Combining scanning probe and optical spectroscopy to identify viral particles
14:30 – 14:45 Dr. Lars Mester – CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
High-fidelity nano-FTIR spectroscopy by on-pixel normalization of signal harmonics
14:45 – 15:00 Dr. Patryk Kusch – Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Applying dielectric disorder to image interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures
15:00 – 15:15 Daniel Beitner – Tel Aviv University, Israel
Coupled molecular emitters in superstructures interact with plasmonic nanoparticles
15:15 – 15:30 Noam Veber – Faculty of Materials Science & Engineering, Technion, Israel
Correlation of CAFM and nearfield signals for advanced material analysis
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
Session 3 Terahertz Applications
Chairman: Dr. Fritz Keilmann – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
16:00 – 16:20 Prof. Aleksandar Rakic – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Advances and challenges in THz scattering SNOM
16:20 – 16:40 Dr. Jean-Francois Lampin – IEMN-CNRS Lille, France
Imaging terahertz modes using scattering SNOM
16:40 – 17:00 Dr. Miriam S. Vitiello – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy
Recent development on detectorless near field nanoscopy at THz frequencies
17:00 – 17:20 Prof. Tyler Cocker – Michigan State University, USA
Terahertz scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy on the atomic scale
17:20 – 17:40 Dr. Hynek Nemec – Institute of Physics, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Band-bending in single-crystalline GaAs nanobars observed by THz SNOM and far-field THz spectroscopy
17:40 – 18:00 Prof. Peter Jepsen – DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark
Terahertz nanoscopy of thin film metals
Thursday | May 19, 2022
Session 4 Bio and Medical Applications
Chairman: Dr. Rainer Hillenbrand – CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
09:00 – 09:20 Dr. Fritz Keilmann – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Nano-aquarium - a new s-SNOM platform to observe live biological cells in action
09:20 – 09:35 Prof. Andreas Barth – Stockholm University, Sweden
Isotope-edition of nanoscale infrared images distinguishes chemically similar molecules - benefits for Alzheimer's disease research
09:35 – 09:50 Dr. Aude Lereu – Institute Fresnel – CNRS, France
Multimodal scattering near-field optical microscopy revealing plant cell walls physical and chemical properties
09:50 – 10:05 Dr. Luca Quaroni – Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland
Infrared spectroscopy of phospholipid bilayers: from extended samples to nanoscale structures
10:05 – 10:20 Dr. Ulyana Shimanovich – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Structural transitions underpins the evolution of protein nanofibrils mechanics
10:20 – 10:35 Dr. Rastislav Lagana – Technical University Zvolen, Slovakia
The influence of cell wall composition on mechanics of natural poplar variants at nanoscale
10:35 – 10:55 Coffee break
Session 5 Polymer Applications
Chairman: Prof. Magnus Johnson – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
10:55 – 11:10 Prof. Achim Hartschuh – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
VIS-IR nanospectroscopy of novel organic solar cell materials
11:10 – 11:25 Dr. Ognen Pop-Georgievski – Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Infrared nanoscopy and nano-tomography of bioactive polymer brushes
11:25 – 11:40 Dr. Monika Goikoetxea – CIC NanoGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain
Cross-sectional chemical nanoimaging of composite polymer nanoparticles by infrared nanospectroscopy
11:40 – 11:55 Prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny – Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland
Nanostructure and surface dynamics of binary mixed polymer brushes as revealed by advanced scanning probe microscopies
11:55 – 12:10 Dr. Nada Mrkyvkova – Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Nanoimaging of orientational defects in semiconducting organic films
12:10 – 12:25 Dr. Nikolay Kotov – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Detailed investigation of nanocellulosic materials with sSNOM
12:25 – 12:40 Dr. Marcela Dendisova – University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Nanoscopic study of biomimetic polydopamine anchored layers
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch break
Session 6 2D Materials Applications
Chairman: Prof. Thomas Taubner – RWTH Aachen University, Germany
13:40 – 13:55 Dr. Pablo Alonso-González – University of Oviedo, Spain
Visualization of anomalous reflection and refraction of polaritons at the nanoscale
13:55 – 14:10 Dr. Antonio Ambrosio – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Near-field spectroscopy of transition metal dichalcogenides
14:10 – 14:25 Prof. Siyuan Dai – Auburn University, USA
Infrared nano-imaging of configured phonon polaritons
14:25 – 14:40 Prof. Thomas Weitz – University Göttingen, Germany
Novel quantum phases in few-layer graphene without Moiré
14:40 – 14:55 Dr. William L. Wilson – Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard University
Exploring nanoscale imaging of polariton dynamics in 2D materials
14:55 – 15:10 Dr. Eva Pogna – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy
THz photocurrent nanoscopy
15:10 – 15:25 Watch now Gergely Németh – Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
Rolled-up 2D for strong light-matter interaction: nanotube polaritonics
15:25 – 15:55 Coffee break
Session 7 Cryogenic Applications
Chairman: Dr. Pablo Alonso-González – University of Oviedo, Spain
15:55 – 16:15 Prof. Dmitri Basov – Columbia University, USA
Infrared nanoscopy at cryogenic temperatures
16:15 – 16:30 Prof. Frank Koppens – ICFO, Barcelona, Spain
Cryogenic photocurrent nanoscopy of twisted bilayer graphene
16:30 – 16:45 Dr. Alexey Kuzmenko – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Cryo-SNOM nano-FTIR spectroscopy of phonon-polaritons in oxides
16:45 – 17:00 Dr. Alexander McLeod – University of Minnesota, USA
Hidden in plain sight: nano-imaging of plasmonic signatures in metallic oxides
17:00 – 17:15 Dr. Mirko Bacani – attocube systems AG, Haar-Munich, Germany
Fingerprint of Faraday effect in Raman spectra of MoS2
17:15 – 17:30 Dr. De-Bo Hu – National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Probing hyperbolic phonon polaritons in vdW materials with cryogenic s-SNOM
Friday | May 20, 2022
Session 8 Inorganic Materials Applications
Chairman: Dr. Raul Freitas – Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Brazil
09:00 – 09:20 Prof. Magnus Johnson – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Nanoscale studies of atmospheric corrosion
09:20 – 09:35 Prof. Jin-Chong Tan – University of Oxford, UK
Probing metal-organic frameworks via infrared nanospectroscopy and Tip-Force microscopy
09:35 – 09:50 Dr. Julian Barnett – RWTH Aachen, Germany
Far-infrared near-field optical imaging and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy of laser-crystallized and -amorphized phase change material Ge3Sb2Te6
09:50 – 10:05 Jonathan Larson – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Nano-FTIR of buried electrochemical energy storage interfaces and interphases
10:05 – 10:20 Dr. Jean-Yves Chauleau – SPEC CEA Saclay, France
Observation and manipulation of antiferromagnetic distributions in magneto-electric multiferroics
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee break
Session 9 Plasmonics and Metamaterials Applications
Chairman: Prof. Markus Raschke, University of Colorado, USA
10:50 – 11:10 Prof. Thomas Taubner – RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Programmable nanophotonics materials
11:10 – 11:25 Dr. Vladimir Zenin – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Advanced neaspec user: tips and tricks
11:25 – 11:40 Dr. Andreas Tittl – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Tip coupling and array effects of gold nanoantennas in near-field microscopy
11:40 – 11:55 Prof. Zhe Fei – Iowa State University, USA
Exploring exciton polaritons in van der Waals semiconductors
11:55 – 12:10 Laura Casses – Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Quantitative near-field characterization of surface plasmon polaritons on single-crystalline gold platelets
12:10 – 12:20 Robert Stabla – neaspec Head of Support, attocube systems AG
neaSCAN 2.0 - Flexible software solutions and usability
12:20 – 12:25 Dr. Marcus Diem – neaspec Senior Director, attocube systems AG
Closing remarks
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Watch selected presentations recorded at our first workshop:
Our first nanoscale analytics workshop (May 2019) brought together 170 researchers from around the world and was a stunning success. It included more than 30 scientific talks on cutting-edge nanoscale research as well as tutorials and live demonstrations from near-field microscopy experts.
Nanoscale study of metal corrosion
Dr. Magnus Johnson, university lector @ KTH Stockholm presents:
- benefit of nano-FTIR for corrosion studies
- premature detection of atmospheric corrosion
- identification of corrosion products at the nanoscale
- reduction of corrosion using inhibitors
WATCH NOW
Infrared synchrotron nanoscopy research at LNLS
Dr. Raul Freitas IMBUIA beamline leader @ LNLS presents:
- biosystems in their natural environment
- plasmon-phonon polaritons in G-hBN devices
- nano-drugs delivery in bacteria
- nano-chemistry of human hair
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neaSNOM applications and configurations
Dr. Andreas Huber director of applications @ neaspec presents:
- polymer interfaces & nanoscale polyamide layers
- thin material coating with 2nm QTD molecules
- compositional map & statistical distribution in rubbers
- carrier concentration & dopping map in semiconductors
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Uncover exotic properties of 2D materials
Prof. Rainer Hillenbrand group leader @ nanoGUNE presents:
- dispersion of light in isotropic & uniaxial crystals
- Phonon-polariton propagation in h-BN
- hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in a h-BN slab
- exotic wave phenomena in 2D materials
WATCH NOW
Tutorial: basics of s-SNOM imaging & spectroscopy
Dr. Alexander Govyadinov product manager @ neaspec presents:
- how to circumvent the diffraction limit
- method for efficiently suppress background
- how to measures simultaneous absorption & reflectivity
- identification of nanoscale contaminations
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Watching in-situ H diffusion dynamics in Mg
Julian Karst PhD student @ University of Stuttgart presents:
- dynamic plasmonic color display
- active plasmonics & switchable metasurfaces
- optimisation of H diffusion kinetics
- in-situ investigation of Mg/MgH phase transition
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Tutorial: quantitative data analysis
Dr. Alexander Govyadinov product manager @ neaspec presents:
- nano-FTIR: the nanoscale analogue of standard FTIR
- analysis of dispersion mapping in 2D materials
- relationship between chemical-ID & sample thickness
- method of extracting carrier concentration from sSNOM data
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nano-FTIR: useful tool for solving real-world problems
Dr. Iban Amenabar nanooptics specialist @ nanoGUNE presents:
- polymer industry applications
- optimisation of rubber materials
- pharmacology & cosmetics
- application in biotechnology sector
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About this workshop:
The workshop takes you through:
- scientific talks on a variety of applications (online streaming available)
- poster session (only on-site)
- a guided tour through our NanoFactory facility (only on-site)
- and a daytrip social event (only on-site)
During the workshop, you will benefit from:
- Discussing the latest scientific results with leading experts,
- Better understanding of measurement principles & data analysis to help you prepare your results for publication,
- Contributing actively to the application development roadmap of our systems,
- Experiencing live the ease-of-use of our systems and learning about the latest technological developments,
- Direct access to neaspec engineers to discuss your specific questions,
- Meeting with Your fellow scientists for networking and establishing future collaborations.
Please read the COVID-19 travel regulations prior booking your trip.