[Spm] Nanoprobe Network Announcement - May 8th

[Sergei V. Kalinin]

Dear Nanoprobe Network User,

We encourage you to join the Nanoprobe Network, 
http://www.nanoprobenetwork.org, a non-profit, web-based community for 
scanning probe microscopy scientists, researchers, educators, and 
students in industry, academia, and research labs around the world. Our 
goal is to provide an interactive web space for the exchange of 
information, ideas, techniques, protocols, images, software, and 
discussions. Please note these two upcoming events:

1. The Nanoprobe Network is hosting our third on-line Live Forum on 
***Friday, May 22 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time*.** 
The discussion topic will be “*Piezoresponse Force Microscopy*”. You are 
invited to post comments on the Nanoprobe Network Forum anytime prior 
to, during, or after the event (http://nanoprobenetwork.org/forum). 
During the Live Forum, AFM experts from around the globe will discuss 
issues, ideas, and questions regarding the applications, principles, 
recent advances and technical know-how of piezoresponse force microscopy 
of ferroelectrics, multiferroics, and biological systems. The questions 
you will be able to ask can range from:

    * how can I implement PFM on a microsope
    * how do I distinguish the PFM image from cross-talk
    * how to acquire high-resolution spectroscopic data , and how to
      interpret it
    * what are the advantages and pitfalls of resonance enhanced PFM
    * can PFM be done in liquid
    * and many others.

Special expert guests for this chat will be Dr. Sergei Kalinin from Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Andrei Kholkin from the University of 
Aveiro, Portugal, and Dr. Alexei Gruverman from the University of 
Nebraska. (http://nanoprobenetwork.org/bbpress/forum.php?id=26)

This text-based forum allows any Nanoprobe Network member to ask and 
answer questions, propose ideas, suggest literature, and explore any 
topic of interest related to PFM. To participate, you must be a member 
of the Nanoprobe Network. Registration is free. Simply go to 
http://www.nanoprobenetwork.org, and click on the "Register" button in 
the upper right.

2. Enter the Network’s Best SPM Image Contest! The submission deadline 
is Friday, May 29, and the user who submits the winning image will 
receive an iPod Nano©. The winner of our first contest, to choose a 
slogan for the Network, was Dr. Jan-Willem Weener from SmartTip. His 
winning slogan entry is: "Think small, look deeper." Dr. Weener’s iPod 
Nano© prize was sponsored by RHK Technology (http://www.rhk-tech.com/). 
You can win the next iPod Nano by visiting 
http://nanoprobenetwork.org/av-center/av-center-submission-instructions.

We hope you find the Nanoprobe Network resource beneficial to your work 
and we look forward to seeing you on-line!

Cordially,
Hong-Mei Li
Nanoprobe Network Manager
http://nanoprobenetwork.org

P.S. *_Recent Posts_*

May 7, 2009
Live Forum Series: Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
http://nanoprobenetwork.org/bbpress/forum.php?id=26

May 6, 2009
Veeco AFM Basic Training Course with the Innova AFM
http://nanoprobenetwork.org/veeco-afm-basic-training-course-with-the-innova-afm

Veeco AFM Webinar Series: Advances AFM Applications Using the New 
Dimension Icon
http://nanoprobenetwork.org/veeco-afm-webinar-series-advances-afm-applications-using-the-new-dimension-icon

-- 
Hong-Mei Li
Nanoprobe Network Administrator
Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC)
University of Pennsylvania

215-746-3210
nnadmin at seas.upenn.edu
www.nanoprobenetwork.org


-- 
Sergei V. Kalinin
co-Theme Leader for Functional Imaging on the Nanoscale
The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
and Materials Sciences and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37922

Adjunct Associate Professor, 
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Phone: (865) 241-0236
http://imaging.ornl.gov