Recent years have seen tremendous improvement of our understanding of high resolution
reachable in TERS experiments, forcing us to re-evaluate our understanding of the intrinsic …

Microgel particles are highly tuneable materials that are useful for a wide range of industrial
applications, such as drug delivery, sensing, nanoactuation, emulsion stabilisation and use …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers are commonly made from two material layers: a
reflective coating and structural substrate. Although effective, this can result in thermally …

Hysteresis and thermal drift cause image distortion of atomic force microscopy (AFM). To
address this issue, a hysteresis compensation algorithm based on B-spline curve fitting is …

This paper presents the theoretical thermal-mechanical modeling and parameter analyses
of a novel three-dimensional (3D) electrothermal microgripper with three fingers. Each finger …

A quartz tuning fork-atomic force microscope (QTF-AFM) is one of the useful research
instruments for studying atomic or molecular-level dynamics in an ultra-high vacuum and …

Abstract The material Ti6Al4V is the alpha plus beta phase titanium alloy with great strength,
low weight ratio and excellent resistance to corrosion and chemicals. In the present study …

We report a modular atomic force microscope (AFM) design for biomolecular experiments.
The AFM head uses readily available components and incorporates deflection-based optics …

We report a novel atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique with dual actuation capabilities
using both piezo and magnetic bead actuation for advanced single-molecule force …

Synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) nanoplatelets featuring perpendicular magnetic
anisotropy (PMA) present a promising platform towards magneto mechanical actuation …