Introduction

This year, ICSPM32, ISPM 2024 and SPMonSPM 2024 are held in conjunction as a face-to-face meeting from November 18 to 20, 2024 at Hotel Monterey Edelhof Sapporo.

ICSPM

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. From 2020-2021, ICSPM28 and ICSPM29 were held online due to COVID-19. In 2022, ICSPM30 wwas heald in Sapporo in conjunction with IVC-22.

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, ICSPM28, ICSPM29, IVC-22&ICSPM30, ICSPM31.

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.

ISPM

The annual ISPM, or International Scanning Probe Microscopy, conference series was founded in 1999 by David Allison (U Tennessee, USA), Heinrich Hörber (EMBL, Germany) and Mervyn Miles (U Bristol, UK) with the first conference taking place in Seattle, WA, USA.

The early conferences had the title: “SPM, Sensors and Nanostructures”; this was later simplified to ISPM.

Each year, the conference location has moved to a venue on a different continent in the sequence: The Americas, Europe and Asia – although there have been exceptions to this sequence. So far, the conferences have been held at:

  • 1999 Seattle, U.S.A.
  • 2000 Heidelberg, Germany
  • 2001 Tokyo, Japan
  • 2002 Las Vegas, USA
  • 2003 Oxford, U.K.
  • 2004 Beijing, China
  • 2005 Cancun, Mexico
  • 2006 Montpellier, France
  • 2007 Jeju, South Korea
  • 2008 Seattle, U.S.A.
  • 2009 Madrid, Spain
  • 2010 Sapporo, Japan
  • 2011 Munich, Germany
  • 2012 Toronto, Canada
  • 2013 Dijon, France
  • 2014 Seoul, South Korea
  • 2015 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2016 Grindelwald, Switzerland
  • 2017 Kyoto, Japan
  • 2018 Tempe, AZ, U.S.A.
  • 2019 Louvain La Neuve, Belgium
  • 2020 Boulder U.S.A. – delayed owing to pandemic to virtual conference in 2021

Videos from these conferences can be viewed here.

International Scanning Probe Microscopy 2024 is the 22nd meeting in a continuing series of international meetings featuring research on scanning probe microscopy (SPM), sensors, and nanostructures that began in Seattle in 1999. This year ISPM will join with ICSPM32 and SPMonSPM in Sapporo. The goal of this meeting is to communicate the latest developments and applications of scanning probe microscopy methods. This meeting attracts researchers working in academia, government, and industry. It rotates around the world (USA, Germany, Japan, UK, China, Mexico, France, Korea, Spain, Canada and South America)

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SPMonSPM

SPMonSPM (Scanning Probe Microscopy on Soft and Polymeric Materials) Conference series is a unique opportunity covering the full range of Scanning Probe Microscopy on soft matter, polymeric materials, as well as biological systems.

The primary aim of SPMonSPM steering committee is to provide an international platform for the exchange of research findings among globally recognized experts actively engaged in the domain of scanning probe microscopy applied to soft polymeric (bio)materials and living organisms. Industrial partners will also be part of the dialogue, facilitating discussions on the potential of novel SPM approaches.

In addition to providing a format for discussion and information exchange following the highest international scientific standards, the conferences give young researchers the floor to present and discuss their results in a stimulating international environment.

To reach these objectives, a short course, invited lectures and a company exhibit are part of the SPMonSPM conference program.

The scientific program of SPMonSPM is always including symposia with plenary lectures, invited and contributed talks and dedicated poster sessions on a broad range of topics including:

  • Mapping at the nanoscale of the mechanical (and viscoelastic) properties of soft materials (polymer blends, nanocomposites, hydrogels, biopolymers, bioglues …) cells and viruses
  • Nano-mechanical properties of soft materials (acquisition and analysis)
  • Towards industrial, biological, and medical applications (food, personal care, cosmetics, dermatology)
  • Characterization of the next-generation cosmetic bio-sourced materials
  • Mechanical manipulation of single molecules
  • SPM-based mechanobiology
  • Cells nanomechanics as a medical diagnostic tool
  • Combined multimodal SPM and correlative imaging modes (Raman, IR, SEM, …)
  • High speed and high-resolution SPM (instrumentation and data analysis)
  • Novel methodologies/processes for the data analysis including advanced statistics and Machine Learning
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular imaging (including the liquid/solid interface)

Previous editions were organized in The Netherlands (Kerkrade - 2012), in Canada (Toronto - 2014) and in China (Changchun - 2016).

For the next editions, mainly because of the common interests (similar scientific topics) and for increasing the visibility for the scientific and industrial communities, the SPMonSPM and ISPM (International Scanning Probe Microscopy) steering committees decided to merge. This was the birth of ISPM^3 conference organized in 2020 in the US (Breckenridge, CO). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the young joined organizing committee was forced to have an on-line edition.

For the future edition organized in 2024 in Japan (Sapporo) conjointly with the ICSPM32, we all will be happy to meet again face to face !

Sponsorship

Thin Film and Surface Physics Division of The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP),

Scope and Topics

The conference will cover recent advances in scanning probe techniques like STM, AFM and SNOM. Fields of interest are:

  • Instruments and methods
  • Macromolecules and polymers
  • Biological materials and cells
  • Semiconductors and metals
  • 1D or 2D materilas
  • Single molecules and single atoms
  • Chemical and biochemical properties
  • Electrical properties
  • Magnetic and spin properties
  • Optical properties

Contributions to the scientific program regarding all aspects and application of these techniques are welcome.

Program

Keynote, invited and contributed talks, poster presentations and vendor exhibitions will constitute the program. You are kindly invited to submit an abstract to participate in the conference. On the basis of the submitted abstracts a selection will be made of contributions to be presented as an invited or contributed talk or as a poster. Conference participants are invited to contribute a paper, which must contain new material preferably unpublished at the time of the conference. These papers will be published in the JJAP Special Issue.

JJAP Special Issue

We collect papers submitted to the colloquium and publish them as Special Issue "Scanning Probe Microscopy" articles in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), an IOP Journal. Special Issue articles and regular issue articles are published in the same issue. Special Issue articles are also accumulated in the table of contents (TOC) of Special Issue "Scanning Probe Microscopy" as is currently the case. All the papers included in this special issue will be treated as "free access papers" for one year after publication.

Poster Award

This Poster Award recognizes outstanding poster presentations at ICSPM32. Everyone 35 or younger as of Nov 18, 2024 is encouraged to apply as eligible. Application can be made after abstract submission on your account page.

The Poster Award winners will be offered following privileges:

  • The award ceremony will be held held during the conference and the printed certificates will be distributed later.
  • They are granted the privileges to submit "Progress Reviews" to the JJAP SPM special issue and the publication fee 40,000 JPY will be waived.

Correspondence

(General)
Prof. Masamichi Yoshimura
Nano High-Tech Research Center, Toyota Technological Institute.
E-mail: yoshi@toyota-ti.ac.jp

(Corporate Advertisements)
Prof. Masamichi Yoshimura
Nano High-Tech Research Center, Toyota Technological Institute.
E-mail: yoshi@toyota-ti.ac.jp

(Registration)
Mr Masayuki Sakakibara
Hokkai Travel Co. Ltd.
E-mail: m.sakakibara@hokkaitravel.com

Committee

Executive
  • Hiroshi Onishi (Chair: Kobe Univ., Japan, Institute of Molecular Science, Japan)
  • Ken Nakajima (Vice Chair: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
  • Hidemi Shigekawa (Vice Chair: Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)
Program
  • Hiroshi Onishi (Chair: Kobe Univ., Japan, Institute of Molecular Science, Japan)

  • Yuki Araki (Kanazawa Univ., Japan)
  • Takashi Ichii (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
  • Futoshi Iwata (Shizuoka Univ., Japan)
  • Takayuki Uchihashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
  • Takaharu Okajima (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)
  • Shigeki Kawai (NIMS, Japan)
  • Hidemi Shigekawa (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)
  • Yoshiaki Sugimoto (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Yukio Hasegawa (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Taketoshi Minato (Institute of Molecular Science, Japan)
  • Yanjun Li (Osaka Univ., Japan)
  • Toyokazu Yamada (Chiba Univ., Japan)
Funding, General Affair
  • Masamichi Yoshimura (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan)
Local Arrangement
  • Yutaka Mera (Shiga Univ. of Medical Science, Japan)
  • Takaharu Okajima (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)
Publicity, Website
  • Osamu Takeuchi (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)
Publication
  • Ken Nakajima (Chair: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
  • Koji Sumitomo (Univ. of Hyogo, Japan)
  • Ken-ichi Fukui (Osaka Univ., Japan)
  • Takuji Takahashi (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Masami Kageshima (Osaka Electro-Communication Univ., Japan)
  • Takayuki Uchihashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
  • Shigeki Kawai (MANA, NIMS, Japan)
  • Kei Kobayashi (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
  • Nobuo Satoh (Chiba Inst. of Technol., Japan)
International Advisory Board
  • Liam Collins (Oak Ridge National Lab., US)
  • Steven De Feyter (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Philippe Leclere (Univ. of Mons, Belgium)
  • Peter Hinterdorfer (Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz, Austria)
  • Jason Killgore (NIST, US)
  • Yves DuFrêne (UC Louvain, Belgium)
  • Robert Ros (Arizona State Univ. US)
  • Takuji Takahashi (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Georg Fantner (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Zoya Leonenko (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada)
  • Mitch Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Lab., US)
  • Joon Won Park (Postech, Korea)