I have worked with the group at Keck for many years. They are great to work with. If you have any interest in AFM this should be a great workshop. There are many other tools in Keck. For details see below.
Mike Berman
Az nanoTech Cluster
Tucson
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From: Massani, Brooke Beam - (bbeam) <bb...@email.arizona.edu>
Date: Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM
Subject: [sem_usifusers] Annual AFM User Workshop and JPK Demo Event
Announcing the Annual Keck Center AFM User Workshop
June 1st-4th
Lecture: 9-11 am Mon - Thursday
Lab Group 1: noon – 4 pm Tuesday June 2nd
Lab Group 2: noon – 4 pm Wednesday June 3rd
Overflow Lab Group 3: noon – 4 pm Thursday June 4th
Including a Special Asylum Research Sponsored Workshop Friday June 5th 9 am – 5 pm
The AFM workshop is open to all UA students and researchers who will be using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for their research projects. Attendance is limited to 18 and preference will be given to new AFM users. The 4 day AFM workshop will consist of lecture and lab sections geared to introduce new users to the technique. Topics covered will include contact mode, intermittent contact mode (tapping or AAC mode), liquid imaging, and data analysis. On Friday June 5th an application scientist from Asylum Research will be here to present lecture and demonstrations of Nanomechanical Mapping and blueDrive on the Cypher AFM. This special workshop is included for AFM workshop attendees. This workshop is provided free of charge, and the deadline to apply for the course is Friday May 29th at 5pm. Specific workshop location and times will be sent to registered applicants only. To apply to attend the workshop, please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e4NCoXL8GOW-1z_X5bbLD_0zVeMVZxYwLYF5NO4XjII/viewform?usp=send_form
For more information on Asylum Research Nanomechanical Mapping and Blu Drive go to: http://www.asylumresearch.com/
Announcing a special AFM demonstration sponsored by JPK Instruments that will be held June 16th and 17th. The demonstration event will start with a lecture introducing JPK AFM instruments and the advantages of combining AFM with optical microscopy in the morning of June 16th. JPK will be bring their NanoWizard AFM and optical microscope instrument to demonstrate their capabilities. Imaging of your samples is possible and encouraged! The deadline to sign up for this FREE event is Friday June 12th. To sign up go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-cbd8WPUWQt-nHMNyfuOZ7ldw8QvMtCBbe08xnJdQVU/viewform?usp=send_form
For more information on JPK instrumentation go to: http://www.jpk.com/index.2.en.html
Please forward to anyone you think would be interested!
Thanks,
Brooke
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Brooke Beam Massani, Ph.D.
W.M. Keck Center for Surface and Interface Imaging
University of Arizona Chemistry & Biochemistry
1306 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721
website: http://www.cbc.arizona.edu/facilities/keck_center
email: bb...@email.arizona.edu
Ph: (520)621-3395
Fax: (520)621-8407
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