Trace identification and detection of toxic, flammable, explosive substances, pollen
allergens, as well as biological viruses is crucial for public health and safety, chemic …

In the research of advanced materials based on nanoscience and nanotechnology, it is often
desirable to measure nanoscale local electrical conductivity at a designated position of a …

Nanoarchitectonic systems are of interest for utilizing a vast range of nanoscale materials for
future applications requiring a huge number of elemental nanocomponents. To explore the …

To investigate local carrier motions, we developed a dual-probe scanning near-field optical
microscope (SNOM) with two fiber probes where one is for photoexcitation and the other is …

We developed a dual-probe (DP) atomic force microscopy (AFM) system that has two
independently controlled probes. The deflection of each cantilever is measured by the …

Four-terminal electrical measurement is realized on a microscopic structure in air, without a
lithographic process, using a home-built quadruple-scanning-probe force microscope …

We developed a multi-probe atomic force microscope (MP-AFM) system with up to four
probes and realized various functions such as topography mapping, probing electrical …

The diversity of functional applications of atomic force microscopes is the key to the
development of nanotechnology. However, the single probe configuration of the traditional …

We describe a novel and simple operation method of using a self-sensitive cantilever of an
atomic force microscopy (AFM) system in liquid. As for operation of the cantilever in liquid, Al …

Design and modeling of a class of scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) probe for
improving performance are reported. The basic idea is to generate more than one hot spot …