Scanning Probe Microscopy

SPM is a subfield of microscopy that uses a physical probe to scan the specimen to create pictures of surfaces. The scanning tunnelling microscope, a tool for atomic-scale surface imaging, was developed in 1981, the same year that SPM was established. Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig carried out the first successful scanning tunnelling microscope experiment. Their ability to control the gap distance between the sample and the probe by means of a feedback loop was crucial to their success. Multiple interactions can be imaged at once using many scanning probe microscopes. A mode is the term used to describe the process of leveraging these interactions to produce a picture. Some probing techniques achieve a remarkable atomic resolution, albeit the resolution varies slightly amongst approaches. This is primarily because piezoelectric actuators can carry out motions with an atomic-level level of precision and accuracy when given an electronic command. This group of methods is referred to as "piezoelectric methods". The data are typically obtained as a two-dimensional grid of data points, which is then displayed as a computer image in false color. This is the other thing that unites all the data.

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Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Stanislaw Dzwigaj

Stanislaw Dzwigaj

Sorbonne University, France
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Dai Yeun Jeong

Dai Yeun Jeong

Asia Climate Change Education Center, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Enrico Paris

Enrico Paris

CREA-IT & DIAEE, Italy
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Hanna Kierzkowska Pawlak

Hanna Kierzkowska Pawlak

Lodz University of Technology, Poland
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Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Ling Yin

Ling Yin

Cornell University, United States
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Tsitsishvili Vladimer

Tsitsishvili Vladimer

Petre Melikishvili Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Rafia Ahmad

Rafia Ahmad

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Eun Han Lee

Eun Han Lee

Korea Institute of Energy Research, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Neul Ha

Neul Ha

Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Shailza Sharma

Shailza Sharma

RMIT University, Australia
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