High sensitivity of the photoluminescence (PL) effect to surface states and chemical
reactions on surfaces of PL emitting semiconductors has been attractive in monitoring photo …

Spreading resistance microscopy (SRM) was used to study nanoscale variations in
electronic and structural properties of an ultrathin near-surface GaN/AlN quantum well (QW) …

Progressing miniaturization and the development of semiconductor integrated devices ask
for advanced characterizations of the different device components with ever-increasing …

Nanopositioning is a key enabling technology for nanoscale science and engineering. Many
nanopositioning systems employ feedback control to guarantee precise and repeatable …

We have performed cross-sectional scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM),
cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and …

This work focuses on the importance of laser location and its effect on contact mode, tapping
mode, and bimodal AFM both theoretically and experimentally. It is found that the current …

In this work, the electrical characteristics of grain boundaries (GBs) in multicrystalline silicon
with and without iron contamination are analyzed by fixed voltage current maps and local I/V …

Imaging and manipulating objects down to the molecular level plays a crucial role in many
disciplines. It allows to unravel molecular phenomena, to form materials with new chemical …

The single-layer iron selenide (FeSe) superconductor is becoming an ideal system to study
the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. In this work, we use atomic force …

The interaction of the surface plasmons of gold nanoparticles (NP) a few nanometers in size
with fluorophores can be used to engineer their fluorescence properties. This possibility can …