Our second nanoscale analytics workshop (May 2022) brought together 200 researchers on site and was streamed live to over 500 online participants. It included more than 50 scientific talks on cutting-edge nanoscale research, as well as tutorials and live demonstrations from near-field microscopy experts.
Watch selected presentations:
Dr. Rainer Hillenbrand – CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
Infrared nanoscopy - emerging tools for physical and (bio)chemical nanoanalytics
Dr. Raul Freitas – Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Brazil
Synchrotron IR nanospectroscopy at SIRIUS: current developments and perspectives
Dr. Bernd Kästner – PTB Berlin, Germany
Imaging of ferro- and antiferromagnetic domains using s-SNOM
Dr. Hans Bechtel – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Probing frequency-dependent anisotropical responses with far-IR synchrotron nanoscopy
Dr. Gianfelice Cinque – Diamond Light Source, UK
The new IR nanoscopy endstation for photothermal and scattering modes at Diamond
Prof. Yohannes Abate – University of Georgia, USA
Nanoscopy of Decay, Impermanence, Crunch and Ultimate Death of Quantum Materials
Prof. Lukas M Eng – TU Dresden, IAPP, Germany
In-situ Kelvin-Probe Force Microscopy 4 s-SNOM – just fancy or really needed?
Dr. Lars Mester – CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
High-fidelity nano-FTIR spectroscopy by on-pixel normalization of signal harmonics
Dr. Patryk Kusch – Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Applying dielectric disorder to image interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures
Dr. Daniel Beitner – Tel Aviv University, Israel
Coupled molecular emitters in superstructures interact with plasmonic
nanoparticles
Prof. Aleksandar Rakic – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Advances and challenges in THz scattering SNOM
Dr. Jean-Francois Lampin – IEMN-CNRS Lille, France
Imaging terahertz modes using scattering SNOM
Dr. Hynek Nemec – Institute of Physics, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Band-bending in single-crystalline GaAs nanobars observed by nano-THz TDS.
Prof. Peter Jepsen – DTU Fotonik, Denmark
Terahertz nanoscopy of thin film metals
Dr. Fritz Keilmann – LMU Munich, Germany
Nano-aquarium - a new s-SNOM platform to observe live biological cells in action.
Prof. Andreas Barth – Stockholm University, Sweden
Andreas Barth: Infrared nanospectroscopy of proteins
Dr. Aude Lereu – Institute Fresnel – CNRS, France Multimodal s-SNOM revealing plant cell walls physical and chemical properties
Dr. Ulyana Shimanovich – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Structural transitions underpins the evolution of protein nanofibrils mechanics
Dr. Rastislav Lagana – Technical University Zvolen, Slovakia The influence of cell wall composition on mechanics of natural poplar variants at nanoscale
Prof. Achim Hartschuh – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany VIS-IR nanospectroscopy of novel organic solar cell materials
Dr. Ognen Pop-Georgievski – Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Infrared nanoscopy and nano-tomography of bioactive polymer brushes
Dr. Monika Goikoetxea – CIC NanoGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain Cross-sectional chemical nanoimaging of composite polymer nanoparticles by infrared nanospectroscopy
Prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny – Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland Nanostructure and surface dynamics of binary mixed polymer brushes as revealed by advanced scanning probe microscopies
Dr. Nada Mrkyvkova – Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Nanoimaging of orientational defects in semiconducting organic films
Dr. Nikolay Kotov – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Detailed investigation of nanocellulosic materials with sSNOM
Dr. Marcela Dendisova – University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic Nanoscopic study of biomimetic polydopamine anchored layers
Dr. Pablo Alonso-González – University of Oviedo, Spain Visualization of anomalous reflection and refraction of polaritons at the nanoscale
Dr. Antonio Ambrosio – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
High quality factor nano-resonators in van der Waals materials
Prof. Siyuan Dai – Auburn University, USA Infrared nano-imaging of configured phonon polaritons
Prof. Thomas Weitz – University Göttingen, Germany
Novel quantum phases in few-layer graphene without Moiré
Dr. Eva Pogna – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy THz photocurrent nanoscopy
Gergely Németh – Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary Rolled-up 2D for strong light-matter interaction: nanotube polaritonics
Dr. Alexander McLeod – University of Minnesota, USA
Hidden in plain sight: nano-imaging of plasmonic signatures in metallic oxides
Prof. Magnus Johnson – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Nanoscale studies of atmospheric corrosion
Prof. Jin-Chong Tan – University of Oxford, UK Probing metal-organic frameworks via infrared nanospectroscopy and Tip-Force microscopy
Julian Barnett – RWTH Aachen University, Germany
s-SNOM Imaging and KPFM of Laser-Crystallized and -Amorphized Phase Change Materials
Jonathan Larson – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Nano-FTIR of buried electrochemical energy storage interfaces and interphases
Dr. Jean-Yves Chauleau – SPEC CEA Saclay, France Observation and manipulation of antiferromagnetic distributions in magneto-electric multiferroics
Konstantin Wirth – RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Programmable nanophotonics materials
Dr. Vladimir Zenin – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Advanced neaspec user: tips and tricks
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
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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
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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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