Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

The various mathematical models for hysteresis such as Preisach, Krasnosel'skii–Pokrovskii
(KP), Prandtl–Ishlinskii (PI), Maxwell-Slip, Bouc–Wen and Duhem are surveyed in terms of …

Nanotechnology is the science of understanding matter and the control of matter at
dimensions of 100 nm or less. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and …

Flexible mechanical systems experience undesirable vibration in response to environmental
and operational forces. The very existence of vibrations can limit the accuracy of sensitive …

Recent interest in high-speed scanning probe microscopy for high-throughput applications
including video-rate atomic force microscopy and probe-based nanofabrication has sparked …

Writing a book on smart materials bears a certain semblance to purchasing a high-end
laptop—due to rapid advances in the field, it is tempting to postpone the decision every six …

Control can enable high-bandwidth nanopositioning needed to increase the operating
speed of scanning probe microscopes (SPMs). High-speed SPMs can substantially impact …

This paper presents the classical Preisach hysteresis modeling and tracking control of a
curved pre-stressed piezoceramic patch actuator system with severe hysteresis. The …

The design, identification, and control of a novel, flexure-based, piezoelectric stack-actuated
XY nanopositioning stage are presented in this paper. The main goal of the design is to …

Feedback and control theory are important ideas that should form part of the education of a
physicist but rarely do. This tutorial essay aims to give enough of the formal elements of …