AFM-Based Observation and Robotic Nano-manipulation

This book highlights the latest advances in AFM nano-manipulation research in the field of nanotechnology. There are numerous uncertainties in the AFM nano-manipulation environment, such as thermal drift, tip broadening effect, tip positioning errors and manipulation instability. This book proposes a method for estimating tip morphology using a blind modeling algorithm, which is the basis of the analysis of the influence of thermal drift on AFM scanning images, and also explains how the scanning image of AFM is reconstructed with better accuracy. Further, the book describes how the tip positioning errors caused by thermal drift and system nonlinearity can be corrected using the proposed landmark observation method, and also explores the tip path planning method in a complex environment. Lastly, it presents an AFM-based nano-manipulation platform to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method using theoretical research, such as tip positioning and virtual nano-hand.

Shuai Yuan, Ph.D., graduated from Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is currently an Associate Professor at Shenyang Jianzhu University. He has presided over a number of projects, such as the National Natural Youth Science Foundation of China, National Post-doctoral Special Foundation of China, National Post-doctoral General Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, and Liaoning College and University basic Scientific Research Fund. He has also participated in the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and multiple projects of provincial or municipal Natural Science Funds. Prof. Yuan has published more than 50 papers in national and international scientific journals and conferences, and a textbook. He has served as a chairman for international conferences including IEEE-CYBER (2016), IEEE-Nanomedicine (2016), IEEE-CYBER (2017), and IEEE-WRC (2018), and also a reviewer for conferences and international journals such as IEEE-ROBIO and IEEE-CYBER. At present, he is investigating micro/nano manipulation, image processing and pattern recognition, and robot navigation and control.