The Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems (LDCN) is a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to the advancement of nanotechnology through innovations in systems theory and control engineering. The main goal of research in the laboratory is to develop methodologies, technologies, and the necessary instrumentation for fast and accurate interrogation and manipulation of matter at the nanoscale. LDCN's multidisciplinary research team pursues a dynamic and active research program that maintains a solid systems and control focus on a variety of emerging applications in nanotechnology.
Department of Systems Engineering
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Ph: +1 972 883 4158
Email: Reza.Moheimani@utdallas.edu
Recent News
Hamed Alemansour Defended Successfully
October 14, 2022
Congratulations to Hamed Alemansour who, in September, successfully defended his dissertation titled "Development of Probe-based Devices and Methods for Applications in Micro/Nano Characterization and Fabrication". Hamed
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Nastaran Nikooienejad to join ASML
August 15, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Nastaran Nikooienejad who will be joining ASML in September. We wish her much success for the future.
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Reza Moheimani is elected a Fellow of ASME
February 9, 2022
Reza Moheimani is elected a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for "Outstanding Contributions to Control of High-Precision Mechatronic Systems."
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UTD Partnership Takes Quantum Device Manufacturing to Scale
December 16, 2021
https://news.utdallas.edu/science-technology/quantum-device-partnership-2021/
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LDCN acquires a VT-STM
September 8, 2021
Our new Scienta Omicron VT-STM arrived today at our lab. It will be unpacked and up an running in comping weeks. This scanning tunneling microscope
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Recent Publications
A. Alipour; E. Fowler; S. O. R. Moheimani; J. H. G. Owen; J. N. Randall
Atomic-resolution lithography with an on-chip scanning tunneling microscope Journal Article
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B , vol. 40, pp. 030603 (5pp), 2022.
BibTeX | Links:
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title = {Atomic-resolution lithography with an on-chip scanning tunneling microscope},
author = {A. Alipour and E. Fowler and S. O. R. Moheimani and J. H. G. Owen and J. N. Randall},
url = {http://ldcn-mechatronics.net/lab/wp-content/uploads/JVB22-LE-00050-1.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-04-25},
urldate = {2022-04-25},
journal = {Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B },
volume = {40},
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N. Nikooienejad; S. O. R. Moheimani
Convex Synthesis of SNI Controllers Based on Frequency-Domain Data: MEMS Nanopositioner Example Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 30, no. 2 , pp. 767-778, 2022.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{J21e,
title = {Convex Synthesis of SNI Controllers Based on Frequency-Domain Data: MEMS Nanopositioner Example},
author = {N. Nikooienejad and S. O. R. Moheimani},
url = {http://ldcn-mechatronics.net/lab/wp-content/uploads/Convex_Synthesis_of_SNI_Controllers_Based_on_Frequency-Domain_Data_MEMS_Nanopositioner_Example.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/TCST.2021.3080577},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-03-01},
urldate = {2022-03-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
volume = {30},
number = {2 },
pages = {767-778},
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A. Alipour; S. O. R. Moheimani; J. H. G. Owen; E. Fuchs; J. N. Randall
Atomic precision imaging with an on-chip STM integrated into a commercial UHV STM system Journal Article
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B , vol. 39, no. 4, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{J21g,
title = {Atomic precision imaging with an on-chip STM integrated into a commercial UHV STM system},
author = {A. Alipour and S. O. R. Moheimani and J. H. G. Owen and E. Fuchs and J. N. Randall },
url = {http://ldcn-mechatronics.net/lab/wp-content/uploads/JVB21-LE-00096.pdf},
doi = {10.1116/6.0001107},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-06-25},
journal = {Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B },
volume = {39},
number = {4},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
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H. Alemansour; S. O. R. Moheimani; J. H. G. Owen; J. N. Randall; E. Fuchs
An ultra-fast method for scanning tunneling spectroscopy Journal Article
In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B , vol. 39, no. 4, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{J21f,
title = {An ultra-fast method for scanning tunneling spectroscopy},
author = {H. Alemansour and S. O. R. Moheimani and J. H. G. Owen and J. N. Randall and E. Fuchs },
url = {http://ldcn-mechatronics.net/lab/wp-content/uploads/JVB21-AR-00083.pdf},
doi = {10.1116/6.0001087},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-06-23},
journal = {Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B },
volume = {39},
number = {4},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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M. Mahdavi; H. M. Nasrabadi; M. Soleymaniha; S. O. R. Moheimani
Modal Actuation and Sensing with an Active AFM Cantilever Journal Article
In: IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 8950–8959, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{J21d,
title = {Modal Actuation and Sensing with an Active AFM Cantilever},
author = {M. Mahdavi and H. M. Nasrabadi and M. Soleymaniha and S. O. R. Moheimani },
url = {http://ldcn-mechatronics.net/lab/wp-content/uploads/Modal_Actuation_and_Sensing_With_an_Active_AFM_Cantilever.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/JSEN.2021.3052855},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-04-01},
journal = {IEEE Sensors Journal},
volume = {21},
number = {7},
pages = { 8950--8959},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}