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  • Jul, 2026

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    Single-particle detection of enhanced polarizability in Au-decorated semiconducting nanorods via scanning dielectric microscopy

    Hybrid nanostructures that combine semiconducting and metallic components offer great potential for photothermal therapy, optoelectronics, and sensing, by integrating tunable optical properties with enhanced light absorption and charge transport. Boosting the integrated performance of these hybrid systems demands techniques capable of probing local variations of the physic…

  • Apr, 2026

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    A Versatile Method for Creating Ultrathin Films of Polyzwitterions with Antifouling Properties

    Protein repellent (i.e., antifouling) properties of ultrathin polymeric films have been ascribed to the formation of a dense layer of adsorbed polymers, which causes steric hindrance to protein adsorption on underlying substrates. The antifouling properties of the films are hypothesized to be independent of polymer hydrophilicity based on previous studies involving uncharg…

  • Apr, 2026

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    Synthetic data-driven deep learning for label-free autonomous atomic force microscopy

    Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a widely used tool for nanoscale characterization across materials science, energy research, and biology. However, its adoption in high-throughput materials discovery and statistically driven studies remains limited by a strong dependence on expert operator input and by the scarcity of annotated experimental AFM datasets needed to enable da…

  • Dec, 2025

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    A bi-channel aided stitching of atomic force microscopy images

    Microscopy is an essential tool in scientific research, enabling the visualization of structures at micro- and nanoscale resolutions. However, the field of microscopy often encounters limitations in field-of-view (FOV), restricting the amount of sample that can be imaged in a single capture. To overcome this limitation, image stitching techniques have been developed to sea…

  • Sep, 2025

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    Autonomous Multistate Nanoencoding Using Combinatorial Ferroelectric Closure Domains in BiFeO3

    Recent advances in ferroic materials have identified topological defects as promising candidates for enabling additional functionalities in future electronic systems. The generation of stable and customizable polar topologies is needed to achieve multistates that enable beyond-binary device architectures. In this study, we show how to autonomously pattern on-demand highly…

  • Aug, 2025

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    Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy under Ambient Conditions

    Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) is a technique derived from atomic force microscopy that provides maps of surface potential or work function differences across material systems, with nanometre-scale resolution. KPFM is a useful tool for investigating electrical phenomena such as dipole orientation, interfacial charge transfer, charge accumulation, band bending and dop…

  • May, 2025

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    Analysis of biofilm assembly by large area automated AFM

    Biofilms are complex microbial communities critical in medical, industrial, and environmental contexts. Understanding their assembly, structure, genetic regulation, interspecies interactions, and environmental responses is key to developing effective control and mitigation strategies. While atomic force microscopy (AFM) offers critically important high-resolution insights…