AI-equipped scanning probe microscopy for autonomous site-specific atomic-level characterization at room temperature

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Auteurs principaux: Diao, Zhuo, Ueda, Keiichi, Hou, Linfeng, Li, Fengxuan, Yamashita, Hayato, Abe, Masayuki
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author Diao, Zhuo
Ueda, Keiichi
Hou, Linfeng
Li, Fengxuan
Yamashita, Hayato
Abe, Masayuki
author_facet Diao, Zhuo
Ueda, Keiichi
Hou, Linfeng
Li, Fengxuan
Yamashita, Hayato
Abe, Masayuki
contents We present an advanced scanning probe microscopy system enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI-SPM) designed for self-driving atomic-scale measurements. This system expertly identifies and manipulates atomic positions with high precision, autonomously performing tasks such as spectroscopic data acquisition and atomic adjustment. An outstanding feature of AI-SPM is its ability to detect and adapt to surface defects, targeting or avoiding them as necessary. It's also engineered to address typical challenges such as positional drift and tip apex atomic variations due to the thermal effect, ensuring accurate, site-specific surface analyses. Our tests under the demanding conditions of room temperature have demonstrated the robustness of the system, successfully navigating thermal drift and tip fluctuations. During these tests on the Si(111)-(7x7) surface, AI-SPM autonomously identified defect-free regions and performed a large number of current-voltage spectroscopy measurements at different adatom sites, while autonomously compensating for thermal drift and monitoring probe health. These experiments produce extensive data sets that are critical for reliable materials characterization and demonstrate the potential of AI-SPM to significantly improve data acquisition. The integration of AI into SPM technologies represents a step toward more effective, precise and reliable atomic-level surface analysis, revolutionizing materials characterization methods.
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spellingShingle AI-equipped scanning probe microscopy for autonomous site-specific atomic-level characterization at room temperature
Diao, Zhuo
Ueda, Keiichi
Hou, Linfeng
Li, Fengxuan
Yamashita, Hayato
Abe, Masayuki
Computational Physics
Materials Science
We present an advanced scanning probe microscopy system enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI-SPM) designed for self-driving atomic-scale measurements. This system expertly identifies and manipulates atomic positions with high precision, autonomously performing tasks such as spectroscopic data acquisition and atomic adjustment. An outstanding feature of AI-SPM is its ability to detect and adapt to surface defects, targeting or avoiding them as necessary. It's also engineered to address typical challenges such as positional drift and tip apex atomic variations due to the thermal effect, ensuring accurate, site-specific surface analyses. Our tests under the demanding conditions of room temperature have demonstrated the robustness of the system, successfully navigating thermal drift and tip fluctuations. During these tests on the Si(111)-(7x7) surface, AI-SPM autonomously identified defect-free regions and performed a large number of current-voltage spectroscopy measurements at different adatom sites, while autonomously compensating for thermal drift and monitoring probe health. These experiments produce extensive data sets that are critical for reliable materials characterization and demonstrate the potential of AI-SPM to significantly improve data acquisition. The integration of AI into SPM technologies represents a step toward more effective, precise and reliable atomic-level surface analysis, revolutionizing materials characterization methods.
title AI-equipped scanning probe microscopy for autonomous site-specific atomic-level characterization at room temperature
topic Computational Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.11162