International Tutorial Wirkshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy-5-Instrumentation, Theory, and Applications-August 19 - 21, 2009 Tsukuba, JAPAN


Profiles of lecturers

Alexei Gruverman
Associate Professor
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sergei V. Kalinin
co-Theme Leader for Functional Imaging on the Nanoscale
The Center for Nanophase Materials Scineces
Materials Sciences and Technology Division
Oak Ridge Natioanl Laboratory
Andrei L. Kholkin
Principal Investigator
Center for Research in Ceramic and Composite Materials(CICECO) & Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering
University of Aveiro
Venkatraman Gopalan
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
College of Earth and Mineral Scineces
Pennsylvania State University


Books Edited by lecturers

1. "Scanning Probe Microscopy of Electrical and Electromechanical Phenomena at the Nanoscale" edited by S.V.Kalinin and A.Gruverman (Springer, 2006)

2. "Ferroelectrics at Nanoscale: Scanning Probe Microscopy Approach", edited by M. Alexe and A.Gruverman (Springer, 2004)

Book Chapters and Review Papers

3. A. Gruverman and A. Kholkin, "Nanoscale Ferroelectrics: Processing, Characterization and Future Trends", Rep. Prog. Phys. 69, 2443-2474 (2006)

4. A. Gruverman, O.Auciello and H. Tokumoto, "Imaging and Control of Domain Structures in Ferroelectric Thin Films via Scanning Force Microscopy", Ann. Rev. of Mat. Science 28, 101-124 (1998)

5. S.V. Kalinin, B.J. Rodriguez, S. Jesse et al. "Nanoscale Electromechanics of Ferroelectric and biological Systems", Annu. Rev. Mat. Sci. 37, 189 (2007)

6. S.V. Kalinin, A. Rar, and S. Jesse, "A Decade of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics and Ferroelectric Materials 53, 2226 (2006)

7. A.Gruverman, "Ferroelectric Nanodomains", in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, edited by H. S. Nalwa (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2004), Vol. 3, pp.359-375

 8. S.V. Kalinin, S. Jesse, B.J. Rodriguez et al, "Recent Advances in Electromechanical Imaging on the Nanometer Scale: Polarization Dynamics in Ferroelectrics, Biopolymers, and Liquid Imaging", Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 5674 (2007)



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