afspm: A framework for manufacturer-agnostic automation in scanning probe microscopy

Nicholas J. Sullivan, Julio J. Valdés, Kirk H. Bevan and Peter Grutter
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 653–667. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.17.45

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Supporting Information File 3: Data collected during experimental runs and the configuration file of these. The data folder contains the experimental scans as saved during the experiment. Config.toml contains the afspm configuration file as run. scan_metadata.csv holds the metadata file created by ScanMetadataWriter. drift_correction.csv contains the logged drift correction information created by the CSCorrectedScheduler (the legacy internal name for Drift Compensated Mediator). log.txt holds all logs sent out during the experiment.
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afspm: A framework for manufacturer-agnostic automation in scanning probe microscopy
Nicholas J. Sullivan, Julio J. Valdés, Kirk H. Bevan and Peter Grutter
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 653–667. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.17.45

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Sullivan, N. J.; Valdés, J. J.; Bevan, K. H.; Grutter, P. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 653–667. doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.45

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