The nanoscale control afforded by scanning probe microscopes has prompted the
development of a wide variety of scanning-probe-based patterning methods. Some of these …

As the size of materials, particles, and devices shrinks to nanometer, atomic, or even
quantum scale, it is more challenging to characterize their thermal properties reliably …

Fundamental aspects and state-of-the-art results of thermal scanning probe lithography (t-
SPL) are reviewed here. t-SPL is an emerging direct-write nanolithography method with …

Fundamental research and continued miniaturization of materials, components and systems
have raised the need for the development of thermal‐investigation methods enabling ultra …

Thermal scanning probe lithography (tSPL) is a nanofabrication method for the chemical
and physical nanopatterning of a large variety of materials and polymer resists with a lateral …

The search for novel tools to control magnetism at the nanoscale is crucial for the
development of new paradigms in optics, electronics and spintronics. So far, the fabrication …

High-resolution lithography often involves thin resist layers which pose a challenge for
pattern characterization. Direct evidence that the pattern was well-defined and can be used …

In recent years, the scientific community's interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology
stems from the increasing capability to manipulate matter at the nanoscale. Nanotechnology …

The past two decades have witnessed the emergence and rapid growth of the research field
of nanoscale thermal transport. Much of the work in this field has been fundamental studies …

We demonstrate a label-free biosensor imaging approach that utilizes a photonic crystal
(PC) surface to detect surface attachment of individual dielectric and metal nanoparticles …