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The NANOscientific Symposium Series (NSS) 2025 has successfully concluded its global programme, bringing together the international nanoscale science and metrology community across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The year-long series culminated in a landmark gathering at Stanford University with NSS Americas – Celebrating 40 Years of Atomic Force Microscopy, Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Calvin Quate, marking a defining moment for the field. Across all regions, the 2025 NSS series drew a total attendance of more than 700 participants worldwide.
Held at the birthplace of atomic force microscopy (AFM), NSS Americas honored the scientific legacy of Professor Calvin Quate while examining how AFM continues to evolve in response to modern research and industrial demands. The event brought together internationally recognised pioneers and leading voices in nanoscale science, including H Kumar Wickramasinghe, Thomas Albrecht, John S Foster, Dan Rugar, Oleg Kolosov; and Helen Greenwood Hansma, underscoring the depth and stature of the scientific exchanges.
The Stanford gathering also carried strong historical continuity through the participation of Dr Sang-il Park, Founder and CEO of Park Systems, whose career began as a graduate student in Professor Quate’s group during the formative years of AFM. This direct lineage—from academic invention to global industrial adoption—framed discussions that looked beyond commemoration toward the future of integrated and multimodal nanoscale metrology.
Across the 2025 series, a common theme emerged – AFM is increasingly positioned not as a standalone technique, but as a core element within broader measurement ecosystems. Discussions across regions explored how AFM is being combined with complementary optical and analytical approaches, including imaging spectroscopic ellipsometry and digital holographic microscopy, to enable correlated measurements and more comprehensive insight into complex materials and devices.
Beyond the United States, NSS 2025 programmes across Europe and Asia reinforced the global scope and diversity of the series. In Europe, the NANOscientific Forum held in Orsay, France, emphasised precision measurement and advanced characterization strategies within a research-intensive environment. In Korea, NSS was hosted at Park Systems’ global headquarters, highlighting the close connection between academic research and high-density industrial manufacturing, particularly in semiconductor and advanced materials applications.
NSS India 2025, held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, underscored the rapid expansion of nanoscale research capabilities through broad participation from universities and research institutes nationwide, while the symposium in Tokyo, Japan, emphasised interdisciplinary exchange and long-term community building by broadening its scope beyond traditional SPM-focused topics.
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