Asylum Research Webinar:  Topics in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Description

Electromechanical coupling is one of the fundamental mechanisms underlying the functionality of many materials. These include inorganic macro-molecular materials, such as piezo- and ferroelectrics, as well as many biological systems. Necessity for probing electromechanical functionalities has led to the development of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), an ideal tool for local nanoscale imaging, , and manipulation of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials.

Join us for this informative webinar series that will be presented in two parts. The first in the series is an “Introduction to PFM” while the second webinar will cover “ PFM Techniques”. Presenters include PFM pioneers Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin, Director at the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials and Theme Leader at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Asylum Research President and co-founder, Dr. Roger Proksch.

“ PFM Techniques”

Topics include:

• Band Excitation
• Multidimensional PFM
• Electrochemical Strain Microscopy (ESM)
• Challenges and progress in obtaining accurate d33 measurements

application examples will be presented from the CNMS user program and Asylum Research.

About Your Lecturers

Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin is the Director at the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials and Theme Leader at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Kalinin has published ~400 scientific papers, is a co-inventor on more than 10 patents, and has received numerous awards and honors for his research. He received is Ph.D. in Materials Science in 2002 from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are focused on the scanning microscopy of electromechanical, ferroelectric, and electrochemical phenomena, and development of big data, deep data, and smart data approaches in imaging for of new energy and technology materials.

Dr. Roger Proksch is President and co-founder of Asylum Research, an Instruments company. Dr. Proksch has co-authored numerous papers, is a co-inventor on more 20 than patents and has been an invited speaker on techniques at scientific conferences. He received his Ph.D. in from the University of Minnesota.