Asylum
Research scientists will be presenting their recent work in Piezoresponse
Force Microscopy (PFM) at the upcoming MRS Spring Meeting, Session JJ, in San
Francisco, CA on April 15-17, 2009.
Asylum's Dr. Roger Proksch will be co-instructor for a tutorial on April
15 on "Nanoscale Electromechanics and Piezoresponse Force Microscopy -
Recent Advances and Applications to Ferroelectric and Biological Systems"
with Drs. Alexei Gruverman (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and William Brownell
(Baylor College of Medicine).
Dr. Proksch will also be presenting an invited paper entitled "Multifrequency
Response and Dissipation Mapping in Active Materials" on April 16, followed
by "Nanoindentation-based Piezoresponse Imaging and Strain-induced Modification
of Ferroelectric Domains" presented by Dr. Alejandro Bonilla (with Keith
Jones and Roger Proksch), also of Asylum Research. Session JJ is open to all
MRS attendees and is chaired by Dr. Brownell, Dr. Sergei V. Kalinin (Oak Ridge
National Laboratory), Dr. Anna N. Morozovska (National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine), and Dr. Nagarajan Valanoor (University of New South Wales). Advanced
Piezoresponse Force Microscopy capabilities are offered on all Asylum Research
AFMs, including the MFP-3D™ Series and the new Cypher™ AFM. A 24-page
monograph on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy is available at no charge from Asylum
Research and can be viewed at www.asylumresearch.com,