30 years of atomic force microscopy: creep, hysteresis, cross-coupling, and vibration problems of piezoelectric tube scanners

H Habibullah - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a brief history of scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) and a general
insight into an atomic force microscope (AFM), including its operating principles, modes …

Improvement of alternative non-raster scanning methods for high speed atomic force microscopy: A review

SK Das, FR Badal, MA Rahman, MA Islam… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The invention of the nanotechnology adds a new branch to investigate and control the
physical properties of matters at atomic level. The aim of this technology is to image the …

Combining spiral scanning and internal model control for sequential AFM imaging at video rate

A Bazaei, YK Yong… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the application of internal model control for accurate tracking of a spiral
trajectory for atomic force microscopy (AFM). With a closed-loop bandwidth of only 300 Hz …

Internal model control for spiral trajectory tracking with MEMS AFM scanners

A Bazaei, M Maroufi, AG Fowler… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the application of internal model control for accurate tracking of spiral scan
trajectories, where the reference signals are orthogonal sinusoids whose amplitudes linearly …

Video-rate non-raster AFM imaging with cycloid trajectory

N Nikooienejad, A Alipour, M Maroufi… - … on Control Systems …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the application of the internal model principle in tracking a sequential
cycloid trajectory to achieve video-rate atomic force microscope (AFM) imaging. To generate …

A novel control approach for high-precision positioning of a piezoelectric tube scanner

H Habibullah, HR Pota… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimal controller for high-precision spiral positioning of a piezoelectric tube scanner
used in an atomic force microscope (AFM) is proposed in this paper. In the proposed control …

Software-based phase control, video-rate imaging, and real-time mosaicing with a lissajous-scanned confocal microscope

NO Loewke, Z Qiu, MJ Mandella… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present software-based methods for automatic phase control and for mosaicing high-
speed, Lissajous-scanned images. To achieve imaging speeds fast enough for mosaicing …

Tracking control of nanopositioning stages using parallel resonant controllers for high-speed nonraster sequential scanning

Y Tao, Z Zhu, Q Xu, HX Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The resonant controller (RC), as a promising candidate for high-speed nonraster
nanopositioning applications, can track the sinusoidal reference with zero steady-state error …

A robust control approach for high-speed nanopositioning applications

H Habibullah, HR Pota, IR Petersen - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a robust controller for the positioning of a piezoelectric tube scanner (PTS)
used in an atomic force microscope (AFM) is proposed. A minimax linear quadratic …

Reduction of phase error between sinusoidal motions and vibration of a tube scanner during spiral scanning using an AFM

Habibullah, H Pota, IR Petersen - International Journal of Control …, 2016 - Springer
The design of a phase-locked loop (PLL)-based proportional integral (PI) controller for
compensating the phase error between motions from the lateral axes of a piezoelectric tube …