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When and where 

10, 11 & 13 September 2024 (pm) - s-SNOM and nano-FTIR equipment and experiment demonstration (OPTIONAL)

• Bring your own samples to try s-SNOM, nanoFTIR or AFM-IR experiments in the visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared spectral ranges in ΢��Ȧ and for further tests at Attocube in Munich. ΢��Ȧ's lab will be available for your tests on 10, 11 and 13 September.  Experiments will be done by Lars Mester (Attocube) and Alex Knight (΢��Ȧ) - please contact Lars.Mester@attocube.com directly to arrange this with (1) A brief description of the sample and (2) Goal of the measurement (data for publication, evaluation of technology, just curious, …)
• Demonstration by Neaspec/Attocube and ΢��Ȧ staff of the new Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Centre (NOSC) on 11 September at the Hicks Building. 
• You can indicate if you would like to attend a demonstration when you register - one hour slots will be allocated between 13:00 and 18:00
• Venue - Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, ΢��Ȧ,  S3 7RH, UK (please wait in the main reception of the Hicks Building at the top of Hounsfield Road)

Thursday, 12 September 2024 (09:25-16:20) - FULL DAY WORKSHOP 

• The workshop will comprise of invited talks, contributed talks and a poster session
• Venue - Lecture Theatre 3 (ground floor), The Wave, 2 Whitham Rd, ΢��Ȧ S10 2AH

About this event

• This multidisciplinary event will bring together researchers working on optical nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy with applications in a range of systems from solid state to biology. Techniques such as s-SNOM, nanoFTIR, AFM-IR and other tip-enhanced methods will be discussed
• The event will include an optional demonstration of the equipment and capabilities in the new Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Centre (NOSC) in ΢��Ȧ
• The full day workshop will comprise of invited talks, contributed talks and a poster session

Invited speakers 

• Eva Pogna, CNR (Milan) - ''
• Iris Niehues, University of Muenster - ''
• Cyril Besnard, University of Oxford - 'Structural and near-field nanospectroscopy of human teeth, revealing the details of nature'
• Markus Huber, University of Regensburg - 'Subcycle near-field optical microscopy reaching atomic resolution'
• Oleg Mitrofanov, University College London - 'Exploring THz plasmonic phenomena with near-field microscopy'
• Xuecong Li, Wageningen University - ‘Unravelling Chemical-Structural Properties of Soft Matter Systems at the Single Molecule Level’

Contributed talks 

• Pablo Díaz Núñez, University of Manchester, ''
• Alexander Knight, University of ΢��Ȧ, 'Exploring Visible-light Phenomena: s-SNOM for More than Refractive Index Measurements'
• Lars Mester, attocube systems AG - 'Recent developments of near-field microscopy products'
• Sarah Norman, UCL - ''
• Chris Phillips, Imperial College London - ''

Contribued talks and Posters 

• The programme of the meeting will include several contributed talks and a poster session in addition to invited talks
• Please prepare your poster as A0 size in portrait orientation 

Workshop Programme -  Thursday, 12 September 2024 at The Wave, 2 Whitham Rd, ΢��Ȧ S10 2AH

• The programme can be viewed below.  

Workshop Programme 

Start	Duration	End	Refreshments available from 09:00
09:25	0:05	9:30	Welcome Alexander Tartakovskii, University of ΢��Ȧ
09:30	0:30	10:00	Eva Pogna, CNR Milan (invited) “”
10:00	0:15	10:15	Lars Mester, attocube systems AG “Recent developments of near-field microscopy products”
10:15	0:15	10:30	Alexander Knight, University of ΢��Ȧ “Exploring Visible-light Phenomena: s-SNOM for More than Refractive Index Measurements”
10:30	0:30	11:00	Break
11:00	0:30	11:30	Markus Huber, University of Regensburg (invited) “Subcycle near-field optical microscopy reaching atomic resolution”
11:30	0:30	12:00	Iris Niehues, University of Muenster (invited) “”
12:00	00:15	12:15	Pablo Díaz Núñez, University of Manchester “”
12:15	01:30	13:45	Lunch, networking and poster session
13:45	0:15	14:00	Sarah Norman, UCL “”
14:00	0:15	14:15	Chris Phillips, Imperial College London “”
14:15	0:30	14:45	Xuecong Li, Wageningen University (invited) “Unravelling Chemical-Structural Properties of Soft Matter Systems at the Single Molecule Level”
14:45	0:30	15:15	Cyril Besnard, University of Oxford (invited) “Structural and near-field nanospectroscopy of human teeth, revealing the details of nature”
15:15	0:30	15:45	Break
15:45	0:30	16:15	Oleg Mitrofanov, UCL (invited) “Exploring THz plasmonic phenomena with near-field microscopy”
16:15	0:05	16:20	Closing remarks

Posters 

List of posters

1. Jessica Boland, University of Manchester - ''
2. Jinke Chang, Oxford University - ''
3. Mounir El Skafi, Oxford University - ''
4. Xuerong Hu, University of ΢��Ȧ - 'Nanophotonic Structures made from Layered van der Waals Materials'
5. Nathaniel Huáng, National Physical Laboratory - ''
6. Chuzhan Jin, Oxford University - ''
7. Sam Randerson, University of ΢��Ȧ, 'Probing Topological Edge States in 1D WS2 Gratings Through Scattering SNOM'
8. Sahil Sharma, University of Glasgow - ''
9. Zara Taylor, University of ΢��Ȧ - 'Exciton Polariton Propagation in Monoclinic ZrSe3'
10. Yadong Wang, University of ΢��Ȧ - 'Second-Harmonic Generation in WS2 Metasurface on Au'

Registration

• You can register  before 5 September 2024
• Fee - student rate 60 GBP, non-student rate 90 GBP (includes refreshments & lunch)
• Delegates can register and pay the fee (by debit/credit card) on the University of ΢��Ȧ's online store
• The University On-line Store works in the same way as any other on-line store (Amazon, Play, etc) 
• You will receive an email confirmation of your payment (once the credit/debit card payment is successfully processed)
• Cancellations and Refunds - delegates may cancel their registration at any time but please note that all refunds will be subject to the University of ΢��Ȧ’s standard T&C’s, see 

Conference sponsors

This event is supported by

• UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/V007696/1] 
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Key dates

• Online registration opens - Wednesday, 26 June 2024
• Online registration closes - Friday, 23 August 2024 - extended to Thursday, 5 September 2024 23:00
• Deadline to submit an abstract for a poster or contributed talk to a.tartakovskii@sheffield.ac.uk (use "NOSC workshop abstract" in the subject line) - Friday, 26 July 2024 - extended to Monday, 2 September 2024
• Optional demonstration - Wednesday, 11 September 2024 (pm) 
• Full day workshop - Thursday, 12 September 2024 (full day)

Contact 

• Alexander Tartakovskii - a.tartakovskii@sheffield.ac.uk
• Sally Greenhough - s.greenhough@sheffield.ac.uk

Organising committee

• Alexander Tartakovskii, Jessica Boland, Jamie Hobbs, Cornelia Rodenburg, Julia Weinstein, Alexander Knight, Sally Greenhough