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Publications (5)

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Integration of Scanning Probe Microscope with High-Performance Computing: fixed-policy and reward-driven workflows implementation

Yu Liu, Utkarsh Pratiush, Jason Bemis +8

The rapid development of computation power and machine learning algorithms has paved the way for automating scientific discovery with a scanning probe microscope (SPM). The key ele…

physics.comp-ph2024

Invariant Discovery of Features Across Multiple Length Scales: Applications in Microscopy and Autonomous Materials Characterization

Aditya Raghavan, Utkarsh Pratiush, Mani Valleti +6

Physical imaging is a foundational characterization method in areas from condensed matter physics and chemistry to astronomy and spans length scales from atomic to universe. Images…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Bayesian Co-Navigation of a Computational Physical Model and AFM Experiment to Autonomously Survey a Combinatorial Materials Library

Boris N. Slautin, Kamyar Barakati, Yu Liu +3

Building autonomous experiment workflows requires transcending beyond the data-driven surrogate models to incorporate and dynamically refine physical theory during exploration. Her…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Machine Learning-Based Reward-Driven Tuning of Scanning Probe Microscopy: Towards Fully Automated Microscopy

Yu Liu, Roger Proksch, Jason Bemis +8

Since the dawn of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), tapping or intermittent contact mode has been one of the most widely used imaging modes. Manual optimization of tapping mode not…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Materials Discovery in Combinatorial and High-throughput Synthesis and Processing: A New Frontier for SPM

Boris N. Slautin, Yongtao Liu, Kamyar Barakati +13

For over three decades, scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has been a key method for exploring material structures and functionalities at nanometer and often atomic scales in ambient,…