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 Sheffield and for further tests at Attocube in Munich. Sheffield'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 (Sheffield) - 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 Sheffield 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, Sheffield,  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, 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 

• Eva Pogna, CNR (Milan) - 'THz photocurrent nanoscopy'
• Iris Niehues, University of Muenster - 'Near-field spectroscopy of 2D Materials: from the IR to VIS'
• 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, 'Real-space nano-imaging of shear phonon polaritons in the monoclinic crystal gypsum'
• Alexander Knight, University of Sheffield, '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 - 'Microscale THz conductivity sampling with resonance-enhanced aperture-type near-field microscopy'
• Chris Phillips, Imperial College London - 'Nanoscale Mid-IR Spectroscopic Imaging of Cellular Ultrastructure and Nanoparticle Theranostics'

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, Sheffield 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 Sheffield
09:30	0:30	10:00	Eva Pogna, CNR Milan (invited) “THz photocurrent nanoscopy”
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 Sheffield “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) “Near-field spectroscopy of 2D Materials: from the IR to VIS”
12:00	00:15	12:15	Pablo Díaz Núñez, University of Manchester “Real-space nano-imaging of shear phonon polaritons in the monoclinic crystal gypsum”
12:15	01:30	13:45	Lunch, networking and poster session
13:45	0:15	14:00	Sarah Norman, UCL “Microscale THz conductivity sampling with resonance-enhanced aperture-type near-field microscopy”
14:00	0:15	14:15	Chris Phillips, Imperial College London “Nanoscale Mid-IR Spectroscopic Imaging of Cellular Ultrastructure and Nanoparticle Theranostics”
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 - 'Nanoscale Characterization of static water-filled 2D-nanochannels via s-SNOM'
2. Jinke Chang, Oxford University - 'Structural and Infrared Spectroscopy of Synthesized Hydroxyapatite - Reconstructing the Details of Natural Enamel'
3. Mounir El Skafi, Oxford University - 'Infrared Spectroscopy for Characterisation of ZIF-62 powders and glasses'
4. Xuerong Hu, University of Sheffield - 'Nanophotonic Structures made from Layered van der Waals Materials'
5. Nathaniel Huáng, National Physical Laboratory - 'Photocurrent nanoscopy studies of graphene-based van der Waals heterostructures'
6. Chuzhan Jin, Oxford University - 'Facile direct electrochemical deposition of HKUST-1 for Triboelectric energy harvesters (TENG)'
7. Sam Randerson, University of Sheffield, 'Probing Topological Edge States in 1D WS2 Gratings Through Scattering SNOM'
8. Sahil Sharma, University of Glasgow - 'Mid-Infrared Photothermal Structured illumination microscopy'
9. Zara Taylor, University of Sheffield - 'Exciton Polariton Propagation in Monoclinic ZrSe3'
10. Yadong Wang, University of Sheffield - 'Second-Harmonic Generation in WS2 Metasurface on Au'

Registration

• You can register here 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 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

• UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/V007696/1] 
• attocube & neaspec

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