Scanning Probe Microscopy of Functional Materials

Sergei Kalinin is a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Alexei Gruverman is an associate professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• I. Emergent phenomena in strongly-correlated systems: Phase separation and novel quaziparticles in nanowires.- STM of ruthenates and manganites.- STM of superconductors.- STM of cuprates.- II. Semiconductor and photovoltaic materials: SPM of solar materials.- Cross-sectional STM of semiconductor heterostructures.- Charge dynamics in photovoltaic polymers.- III. Functional probing of biosystems and macromolecules: Molecular Imaging of biomembranes single molecules with electrically functionalized probes.- AFM/patch clamp in biology.- Electrical imaging of membranes.- Cell dynamics by Ion conductance microscopy.- Ferroelectric polymers.- IV. SPM of magnetic materials: Spin manipulation by STM.- Magnetic Resonant Force Microscopy.- Magnetic Force Microscopy.- V. Electromechanics on the nanoscale: ferroelectrics and multiferroics: New dynamic modes and energy dissipation in SPM.- Polarization dynamics in relaxor ferroelectrics.- Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy.- Polarization dynamics in capacitors and heterostructures.- VI. Mechanical properties: Nanomechanics by SPM.- Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy of functional materials.- VII. Optical methods: NSOM and NSOM-transport.- NSOM.- Optical machines and unfolding.- Optically-assisted pump-probe STM.- VIII. Emerging SPM applications: STM/NC-AFM.- Scanning Non-linear Dielectric Microscopy.- Vibrational spectroscopy of single molecule.- Ultrafast ac STM.- SPM and electron microscopy combined.- In-situ STEM-nanoindentation.- Material characterization by SPM-focused X-ray combination.-*see Long ToC for tentative contributors.