UK SPM 2009
24-25 June 2009
NPL, Teddington, UK
www.npl.co.uk/ukspm and www.rms.org.uk/event_ukspm.shtml

Plenary Speakers:

Prof Paul Hansma, U C Santa Barbara, USA
Recent Advances in Atomic Force Microscopy and Indentation Instrumentation

Prof Ricardo Garcia, CSIC, Institute of Microelectronics Madrid, Spain
Good vibrations: nanolithography and high resolution imaging by force microscopy methods

Prof Franz Giessibl, University of Regensburg, Germany
Force microscopy focused on atomic interactions

Prof John Pethica, NPL, UCD Dublin and Oxford University
title TBC

Invited Speakers:

Dr Sonia Contera, University of Oxford, UK
Membrane proteins: from nanomechanics to function and cooperativity

Dr Cyrus Hirijbehdin, University College London, UK
Spin-Excitation Spectroscopy: Probing Magnetic Nanostructures at the Atomic Scale Force Microscopy

Dr Petr Klapetek, Czech Metrology Institute, Czech Republic
Molecular dynamics modelling in AFM metrology

Prof Matthias Rief, Technische Universitat Munich, Germany
Single molecule mechanics of proteins

Prof John Sader, University of Melbourne, Australia
Quantitative Dynamic AFM Force Measurements in Fluid

Dr Robert Stark, Lidwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich, Germany
Higher Eigernmodes: elasticity, friction and nanomanipulation

The conference will cover a wide variety of topics from biological molecules, biomaterials, polymers, crystals, metal and catalyst surfaces, nanostructures, nanomanipulation, dimensional metrology, instrument and probe development, covering the whole scanning probe family of instruments.

A dedicated poster session, exhibition and drink reception will be held early evening on the 24 June followed by the conference dinner at a nearby restaurant. The posters and exhibition will be on display throughout the meeting. There are plenty of contributed oral slots.

Call for Papers
Oral and poster contributions are invited on all aspects relating to scanning probe microscopy. Abstracts should be e-mailed to clare@rms.org.uk . The deadline for oral contributions is Friday 17 April 2009. For further information and to register online please visit the website www.npl.co.uk/ukspm.