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DLTS User Meeting 2022 – Q&A

25.07.2022

This blog post presents a selection of questions and answers raised during the DLTS User Meeting 2022. The meeting intended to bring together the community who may face common measurement challenges and allow them to share core competencies and know-how.

Quantum Technology User Meeting 2022 in Munich

23.06.2022

Isn't the best way to learn about experimental methods by exchange with other experts in the field? In this spirit, we hosted the Quantum Technology User Meeting together with Rohde & Schwarz from 13.-15.06.2022 in Munich. If you could not join in person, take a look at this blog post - and stay tuned for the next edition.

DLTS User Meeting 2021 – Q&A

19.07.2021

Deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) is a powerful and commonly used technique to investigate the concentration and carrier binding energy of semiconductor defects by measuring capacitance transients at different temperatures. As such, it is a critical tool for the characterization of all forms of semiconductors. As an enabler of various...

Meeting SPM Users Virtually

16.05.2020

The 4th SPM User Meeting that was originally planned to occur in April in Lyon was rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 situation. We therefore found inventive ways to stay connected with our community, in a virtual manner, while leaving everyone safe at home. This blog post summarizes the...

Bringing Together the SPM Community in Zurich

03.06.2019

"Jamais 2 sans 3" as the French say, where number 3 worked as a charm. We were able to host the third SPM User Meeting in our home city and brought together more users than ever before to share their experiences with Zurich Instruments! Scanning probe microscopy is a broad...

Formation sur les Techniques KFM à Grenoble

29.11.2017

Pour la seconde année consécutive, le réseau RéMiSoL, avec le soutien du CEA LETI, de l’IEMN et de partenaires industriels (NanoAndMore, Zurich Instruments), a proposé une action nationale de formation (ANF) CNRS le 7 et 8 novembre sur le thème de la microscopie à sonde de Kelvin (KFM, ou parfois...

SPM User Meeting in Mainz

21.07.2017

It was an honor and privilege to host our first SPM User Meeting in Mainz this year in the group of Prof. Angelika Kuehnle. This two-day gathering was a time for intense knowledge sharing among Zurich Instruments' users with invited talks, tutorials in smaller groups and a poster session. Invited...

Workshop on Nanomechanics

09.12.2016

This workshop organized with CNRS customers in Montpellier among the RéMiSoL network (Réseau des Microscopies à Sondes Locales) focused on all aspects of contact mechanics at the nanoscale and in particular using resonant contact AFM mode (CR-AFM). Contact resonance tracking measures the shift in resonance frequencies of the cantilever while...

SPM User Meeting in Leiden

17.06.2015

On June 3rd my colleague Romain Stomp and I welcomed Zurich Instruments' users with a focus in scanning probe microscopy (SPM) to visit us for the day at Leiden University in the Netherlands. In the morning, Romain shared his expertise with a presentation outlining how to optimally configure the HF2...

DFRT-PFM Workshop

27.11.2014

Earlier in November 2014, Zurich Instruments participated in a 2-day workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) organized by the Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL) and the CNRS network RéMiSoL (Réseau des Microscopies à Sondes Locales). Starting with some theoretical introduction by Prof Brice Gautier, 2 parallel sessions on practical...

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