When and where 

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 (pm) - s-SNOM and nano-FTIR equipment and experiment demonstration (optional)

• Demonstration by Neaspec/Attocube and Sheffield staff of the new Near-field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Centre (NOSC) at the School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• 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 - Department of Physics & Astronomy, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield,  S3 7RH, UK (please wait in the main reception of the Hicks Building at the top of Hounsfield Road)

Thursday, 12 September 2024 (times tbc) - full day workshop 

• The workshop will comprise of invited talks, contributed talks and a poster session
• Venue - The Wave, 2 Whitham Rd, Sheffield 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 Sheffield
• The full day workshop will comprise of invited talks, contributed talks and a poster session

Invited speakers (confirmed so far)

• 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'
• Xuecong Li, Wageningen University - ‘Unravelling Chemical-Structural Properties of Soft Matter Systems at the Single Molecule Level’
• Oleg Mitrofanov, UCL - 'Exploring THz plasmonic phenomena with near-field microscopy'
• Iris Niehues, University of Muenster - 'Near-field spectroscopy of 2D Materials: from the IR to VIS'

Contributed talks (confirmed so far)

• Alexander Knight, University of Sheffield 
• Lars Mester, attocube systems AG

Contribued talks and Posters 

• The programme of the meeting will include several contributed talks and a poster session in addition to invited talks.
• If you would like to present a contributed talk or a poster please submit the abstract and title of your presentation in a pdf format to a.tartakovskii@sheffield.ac.uk by 26 July 2024 (use "NOSC workshop abstract" in the subject line)
• Please indicate that you would like to present a poster or a talk when you register
• Please prepare your poster as A0 size in portrait orientation 

Registration

• You can register here
• 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 Sheffield'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 Sheffield’s standard T&C’s, see here

Conference sponsors

This event is supported by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/V007696/1] 

Key dates

• Online registration opens - Wednesday, 26 June 2024
• Online registration closes - Friday, 23 August 2024
• 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
• 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, Jamie Hobbs, Cornelia Rodenburg, Julia Weinstein, Alexander Knight, Sally Greenhough