November 7th – 8th 2019
Workshop venue
Sydney Nanoscience Hub
Physics Road,
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Program at a glance
Thursday, May 7th 2019
09:00 – 10:00 Registration & coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Dr. Daniel Day – Product Manager, Warsash Scientific
Opening Remarks
10:15 – 10:40 Dr. Michelle Wood – Senior Technical Officer, Sydney Analytical
Material characterization at Sydney Analytical Core Research Facility
10:40 – 11:25 Dr. Adrian Cernescu – Senior Application Engineer, neaspec GmbH, Germany
Basics of s-SNOM: nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy tutorial
11:25 – 11:55 Prof. Saulius Juodkazis – Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
IR and nano-FTIR orientation spectroscopy in biomaterials applications
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00 Dr. Sergiu Amarie – Senior Application Engineer, neaspec GmbH, Germany
neaSNOM applications and configurations
14:00 – 14:30 Dr. Qingdong Ou – Monash University, Clayton Melbourne
Polaritonics and optoelectronics of 2D materials with infrared nano-imaging
14:30 – 15:00 Prof. Stefano Palomba – The University of Sydney, Nano Institute
Ultimate performance of Kerr nonlinear plasmonics nanostructures
15:00 – 15:30 Coffe break
15:30 – 17:00 Equipment demonstration
Evening Program
19:00 Dinner at Duck Inn Pub and Kitchen
Meeting point: 74 Rose St, Chippendale NSW 2008
Friday, Nov 8th 2019
8:30 – 9:00 Coffe
9:00 – 12:30 neaSNOM imaging and spectroscopy: Equipment demonstration
Session 1: Applications on biological materials & polymers:
– AFM, IR Imaging and nano-FTIR spectroscopy of hair sample
– Nano-FTIR spectroscopy and imaging of cellulose nanocrystals
– Resolving secondary structure in single protein fibers using nano-FTIR spectroscopy
– Nano-chemistry of 10nm thick polymer monolayer
Coffe break
Session 2: Applications on inorganics, 2D materials and semiconductors:
– Mapping nanoscale distribution of H-Apatite nanocrystals in human bone
– Polariton mapping in 2D materials – hBN & graphene
– Nano-IR imaging of free carriers in doped semiconductors
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:00 Dr. Adrian Cernescu & Dr. Daniel Day – neaspec GmbH and Warsash Scientific
Closing remarks