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Calvin F. Quate

 
Title:Professor Emeritus; Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering
Department(s):Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics
Location:Ginzton 12
Mail Code:4090
Phone:650.723.0213       
E-mail: quate@ee.stanford.edu
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/group/quate_group/

Research Statement

Quate has made contributions in the field of microscopy with the Acoustic Microscope and the Atomic Force Microscope. The Acoustic instrument enables the imaging of elastic properties with a resolving power similar to the Optical microscope. The AFM is a powerful tool for characterizing surfaces with a resolving power sufficient to image single atoms.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD 1950 Stanford
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Resonant harmonic response in tapping-mode atomic force microscopy Sahin, O.; Quate, C.F.; Solgaard, O
Optical Antennas: resonators for local field enhancement Crozier, K.B.; Sundaramurthy, A.; Kino, G.S....
Nondestructive film thickness measurement using atomic force microscopy at ultrasonic frequencies Crozier, K.B.; Yaraglioglu, G.G.; Degertekin, F.L....
Acoustic Ink printing Hadimioglu, B.; Elrod, S.A.; Steinmetz, D. L....
Atomic Force Microscope G. Binnig; C. F. Quate; Ch. Gerber
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Membership in National Academies

National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences

Academic Honors & Awards

The IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Award, 1981; the Rank Prize for Opto-electronics, 1982; the IEEE Medal of Honor, 1988; the President's National Medal of Science, 1992, the American Physical Society Keithley Award, 2000, the IEEE Third Millennium Award, 2000, the IEEE Ultrasonics Rayleigh Award, 2002