Personal profile
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.
Research Groups and Themes
- Materials & Devices
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Computer vision techniques for high-speed atomic force microscopy of DNA molecules
Driver, N., Mikheikin, A., Koebley, S., Mostashari, M., Picco, L., Berger, S. I. & Reed, J., 21 Jul 2025, In: Nanotechnology. 36, 29, 13 p., 295101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Dynamic instability in nanoscale lipid domains revealed by contact mode high speed AFM: effect of amyloid-β and cholesterol content
Robinson, M., Picco, L., Payton, O. D., Zelem, N., Baur, C., Beazely, M. A., Miles, M. J. & Leonenko, Z., 8 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nanoscale Advances. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Magnetically and optically active edges in phosphorene nanoribbons
Ashoka, A., Clancy, A. J., Panjwani, N. A., Cronin, A., Picco, L., Aw, E. S. Y., Popiel, N. J. M., Eaton, A. G., Parton, T. G., Shutt, R. R. C., Feldmann, S., Carey, R., Macdonald, T. J., Liu, C., Severijnen, M. E., Kleuskens, S., Muscarella, L. A., Fischer, F. R., Barbosa de Aguiar, H. & Friend, R. H. & 4 others, , 13 Mar 2025, In: Nature. 639, 8054, p. 348-353 6 p., 077201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus)
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Measuring MEMS in Bristol: 8032 EPSRC INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORSHIP
Picco, L. M. (Researcher) & Payton, O. D. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/16 → …
Project: Research
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AFMMAD (AFM of membrane in Alzheimer's Disease: Observation with high-speed AFM of the effect of beta amyloid on neuronal membranes with relevance to mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Miles, M. J. (Principal Investigator), Picco, L. M. (Co-Investigator), Leonenko, Z. (Co-Principal Investigator), Robinson, M. (Student) & Seddon, A. M. (Principal Investigator)
14/01/17 → 12/02/17
Project: Research
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Micro-cantilever Hydrodynamics - the theory of measuring very soft samples without touching them
Payton, O. D. (Principal Investigator), Homer, M. E. (Co-Investigator), Picco, L. M. (Co-Investigator) & Stillman, N. R. (Student)
1/06/16 → 15/06/16
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Arkansas System
Picco, L. M. (Visiting researcher)
9 Feb 2013 → 31 Mar 2013Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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