Dr Loren Picco
MSci, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Interface Analysis Centre
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Research interests
My research interests are focused on exceeding current limitations on the rate and sensitivity of scanning probe microscopy measurements.
To this end I am involved in the following projects: the fastest contact mode AFM in the world (over 1,200 frames per second); the development of a video-rate non-contact technique, unique to Bristol called Transverse Dynamic Force Microscopy (TDFM); as well as the creation of cantilever arrays for mass sensing, capable of femto-gram measurements.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Observation with high-speed AFM of the effect of beta amyloid on neuronal membranes with relevance to mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Alzheimer's Disease is characterised by the build up of plaques and fibres of beta amyloid, which is part of a protein naturally in the brain. These pieces of this protein…Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
14/01/2017 to 12/02/2017
8032 EPSRC INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORSHIP
Role
Researcher
Description
The tool has been built and software written to control and gather data. The tool has already generated data which has formed the basics of 3 papers, 1 of…Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/08/2016
Micro-cantilever Hydrodynamics - the theory of measuring very soft samples without touching them
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project is to support a visit by University of Bristol researchers to the University of Auckland. The aim is to develop techniques to calibrate multi-frequency and non-contact atomic force…Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/06/2016 to 15/06/2016
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
13/03/2025Magnetically and optically active edges in phosphorene nanoribbons
Nature
Microstructural Analysis of Ex-Service Neutron Irradiated Stainless Steel Nuclear Fuel Cladding by High-Speed AFM
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Real-Time and Correlative Imaging of Localised Corrosion Events by High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
Microscopy and Microanalysis
A Non-Destructive, Tuneable Method to Isolate Live Cells for High-Speed AFM Analysis
Microorganisms
Observation of stress corrosion cracking using real-time in situ high-speed atomic force microscopy and correlative techniques
npj Materials Degradation
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