Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a key invention in nanoscience, has by now been
extended to a wide spectrum of basic and applied fields. Its application to basic science led …

Lithium-ion batteries, simply known as lithium batteries, are distinct among high energy
density charge-storage devices. The power delivery of batteries depends upon the …

The scaling of silicon-based transistors at sub-ten-nanometre technology nodes faces
challenges such as interface imperfection and gate current leakage for an ultrathin silicon …

Studies of the electromagnetic response of various classes of correlated electron materials
including transition-metal oxides, organic and molecular conductors, intermetallic …

A two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator exhibits the quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect, in
which topologically protected conducting channels exist at the sample edges. Experimental …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) allows the spatial imaging, measurement, and
manipulation of nano and atomic scale surfaces in real space. In the last two decades …

Microwave impedance microscopy (MIM) is an emerging scanning probe technique for
nanoscale complex permittivity map** and has made significant impacts in diverse fields …

The understanding of various types of disorders in atomically thin transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs), including dangling bonds at the edges, chalcogen deficiencies in …

Scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) has emerged as a powerful
imaging and spectroscopic tool for investigating nanoscale heterogeneities in biology …

This paper presents a detailed modeling and characterization of a microfabricated cantilever-
based scanning microwave probe with separated excitation and sensing electrodes. Using …