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Scanning probe microscopy

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Technology update

Zigzag nanowire regulates Brownian motion

Magnetic trap could help scientists perform microfluidic experiments

Nano pioneers give food for thought

Trends in nanotechnology, quantum information and memristors were just a few of the topics up for debate at this year's Bristol Nanoscience Symposium

AFM tip 'writes' graphene nanowires

New, simple and fast technique could be used to make flexible electronic circuits from carbon sheets

Schottky diodes: the 'door' to future memory devices

Seoul National University group takes a closer look at resistance-switching random access memory (RRAM)

Lab talk

Nano-ponds modify properties of hexagonal boron nitride layers

Confined water could influence operation of ultra-fast h-BN/graphene transistors

Lissajous scan trajectories speed up scanning probe microscopy

Non-raster scan trajectories give a rapid preview of the entire sample area with a resolution that increases uniformly in time and space

Coaxial Kelvin probe sharpens work-function images

Shielded AFM probe enhances spatial resolution and helps to avoid topographical artifacts by confining the electric field to a region directly below the tip

Understanding nonvolatile memory phenomena in graphene-polymer devices

Embedded multilayer graphene film acts as charge trapping layer and changes the current state of the memory device in response to externally applied bias