Smart electric vehicles (EVs) are attractive because of their clean, zero-emission, low impact
on the environment whilst providing a safer and smoother riding experience. To provide the …

The advancement of solid-state hydrogen storage materials is critical for the realization of a
sustainable hydrogen economy. This comprehensive review elucidates the state-of-the-art …

The development of nanotechnology requires a precision tracking of periodic signals in
order to complete repetitive industrial or scientific tasks. Although repetitive control is an …

Using Lissajous scan trajectory is a promising way to get rid of issues resulting from the
raster scan trajectory in several advanced applications, like atomic force microscopy and fast …

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is one of the most prominent techniques to resolve
atomic structures of flat surfaces and thin films. With the scope to answer fundamental …

High speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is, in principle, capable of yielding
nanometer level detail about the surface of static structures. However, for highly dynamic …

The integration time and signal-to-noise ratio are inextricably linked when performing
scanning probe microscopy based on raster scanning. This often yields a large lower bound …

The image quality of an atomic force microscope highly depends on the tracking
performance of the lateral X–Y axis scanner. To reduce the requirement for accurate system …

Nanomaterials hold great significance in fields such as physical, chemistry, and
semiconductors. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), a widely employed tool for characterizing …

This paper surveys the recent advances on the modeling and control of hysteresis of
piezoelectric actuators (PTAs) in the context of high precision applications of atomic force …