The 28th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM28) will be held at Online from December 10 to11, 2020.
ICSPM has been held under the sponsorship of The Japan Society of Applied Physics, and was originally a series of the domestic conferences on SPM organized in 1985 first to stimulate the SPM related science and technology which were growing in Japan. In 1993, the conference was reorganized as an international colloquium and has been held annually.
In 2000, ICSPM8 and Asian SPM 3 were held in conjunction to make a progressive development of this field. The Asian SPM is the conference organized to encourage interactions and exchange of participants from Asian and Pacific rim countries. In 2002, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the colloquium, the ICSPM10 was successfully held in Hawaii. In 2005, ICSPM13 was held in conjunction with STM05 in Sapporo with more than 750 participants from 39 countries. Following ICSPM20 in Toyako (Hokkaido) in 2012, 20th anniversary of the colloquium was celebrated in Okinawa in 2012. In 2013, ICSPM21 was held in conjunction with ACSIN-12 in Tsukuba, with the participants of 667 including 224 from foreign countries. In 2018, ICSPM26 was held in Sendai in conjunction with ACSIN-14.
For details, follow the links below to browse the previous conference sites:
ICSPM8+AsianSPM3,
ICSPM9,
ICSPM10,
ICSPM11,
ICSPM12,
ICSPM13+STM'05,
ICSPM14,
ICSPM15,
ICSPM16,
ICSPM17,
ICSPM18,
ICSPM19,
ICSPM20,
ACSIN-12&ICSPM21,
ICSPM22,
ICSPM23,
ICSPM24,
ACSIN-14&ICSPM25,
ICSPM26,
ICSPM27.
Proceedings of the previous colloquiums can be found [here].
We are planning to invite several distinguished scientists to develop the potential of SPM works for the future. In addition, we have prepared several awards. You are cordially invited to participate in the conference. Active participation of young researchers, especially students, is strongly encouraged.
The conference will cover recent advances in scanning probe techniques like STM,
AFM and SNOM. Fields of interest are:
Contributions to the scientific program regarding all aspects and application of these techniques are welcome.
Invited talks, contributed talks, and short presentation by sponsors will be presented via online.
Proceedings of the colloquium will be published in Special Issue "Scanning Probe Microscopy" in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), an IOP Journal, in August 2021.