A review on principles and applications of scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)

Y Zhang, W Zhu, F Hui, M Lanza… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Optical super-resolution nanothermometry via stimulated emission depletion imaging of upconverting nanoparticles

Z Ye, B Harrington, AD Pickel - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
From engineering improved device performance to unraveling the breakdown of classical
heat transfer laws, far-field optical temperature map** with nanoscale spatial resolution …

Scanning thermal microscopy on samples of varying effective thermal conductivities and identical flat surfaces

E Guen, PO Chapuis, R Rajkumar… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We propose an approach for the characterization of scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)
probe response using a sample with silicon dioxide steps. The chessboard-like sample …

Quantitative temperature distribution measurements by non-contact scanning thermal microscopy using Wollaston probes under ambient conditions

Y Zhang, W Zhu, L Han, T Borca-Tasciuc - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Temperature measurement using Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM) usually involves
heat transfer across the mechanical contact and liquid meniscus between the thermometer …

Design and realization of scanning probe microscope based on a T-shaped high-aspect-ratio probe

R Xu, Y Liu, C Ren, Y Zhang… - Measurement Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
With the growing importance of three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials and devices, the use
of high-aspect-ratio (HAR) probes in atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging enables full …

Nanoscale map** of thermal and mechanical properties of bare and metal-covered self-assembled block copolymer thin films

A El Sachat, J Spiece, C Evangeli… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report on the structural, mechanical, and thermal analysis of 40 nm thick polystyrene-
block-poly (ethylene oxide)(PS-b-PEO) block copolymer (BCP) films coated with evaporated …