Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

Precise actuation is a widely utilized technology in the realm of high-end equipment.
Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) stand out due to their exceptional attributes, including high …

A novel scan trajectory for high-speed scanning probe microscopy is presented in which the
probe follows a two-dimensional Lissajous pattern. The Lissajous pattern is generated by …

A key hurdle in achieving high scan speeds in atomic force microscopes is that the probe is
required to be scanned over the sample in a zig-zag raster pattern. The fast axis of the AFM …

In recent years, the atomic force microscope (AFM) has become an important tool in
nanotechnology research. It was first conceived to generate 3-D images of conducting as …

In this paper, we propose a new modeling and identification approach for piezoelectric-
actuated stages cascading hysteresis nonlinearity with linear dynamics, which is described …

In this paper, we describe a new scanning technique for fast atomic force microscopy. In this
method, the sample is scanned in a spiral pattern instead of the well established raster …

Real-time hybrid simulation is an efficient and cost-effective dynamic testing technique for
performance evaluation of structural systems subjected to earthquake loading with rate …

Fast tool servo (FTS) is an effective technique for the generation of complicated surfaces in
modern precision manufacture industry. In this paper, a novel three-degree-of-freedom (3 …

Nanotechnology is the branch of science which deals with the manipulation of matters at an
extremely high resolution down to the atomic level. In recent years, atomic force microscopy …