Short Course on Advanced Methods in Atomic Force Microscopy

 

Date: October 18, 2011

Time: 8:30am-5pm

Location: Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, Ann Arbor, MI

This is a 1-day short course held at the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

The short course will include both classroom lectures and hands-on activities relevant to applications in energy storage, biotechnology, nanoelectronics and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) . Topics that will be covered include:

  • High-Speed, High-Thoughput Imaging
  • Environmental Controlled AFM  for Electrical Measurements
  • Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM)
  • Quantitative NanoMechanical Measurement
  • Imaging in Fluid and Biological Sample Preparation
  • Electrochemical AFM for Battery Research
  • LNF capabilities and how to bring a project to the LNF
  • …and much more!!!!

Full registration fee is $150, and discounted registration for academic researchers/students is $50.

Registration fee includes attendance to the lectures and cleanroom lab sessions*, lecture/lab notes, breakfast/lunch and credit towards LNF user fees**.

* attendee participation in lab sessions is subject to availability; priority will be given to non-UM affiliated attendees.

** credit of 50% of the registration fee, applicable if the attendee subsequently becomes a user of the LNF.

Email  LNF-info@umich.edu for additional information

Space is limited!!  Registration opens on September 16, 2011

The latest agenda can be found here

 

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