Dr. Peter Grütter
Fellow
Current Employer
McGill University
Election Year
2005
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Applied Science
Department
Department of Physics
Keywords
Nanoscience, atomic force microscopy, surface science, biophysics, magnetism, science policy
LONG CITATION
Peter Grütter is a world expert in nanoscience. He has made seminal contributions to magnetic force microscopy and has contributed broadly to all aspects of scanning probe microscopy, particularly related to the quantitative understanding of the images produced. Grütter's group machines the tips of his scanning probe microscopes atom by atom, thereby permitting characterization, control and design at the nanometer scale. With this refined tool, he has made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of such issues as quantum transport, micromagnetic switching in magnetic media storage, and superconducting quantum vortices.
SHORT CITATION
Peter Grütter has made seminal contributions to magnetic force microscopy. Probe tips are machined atom by atom, permitting characterization, control and design at the nanometer scale. He has made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of quantum transport, micromagnetic switching and superconducting quantum vortices.
Peter Grütter is a world expert in nanoscience. He has made seminal contributions to magnetic force microscopy and has contributed broadly to all aspects of scanning probe microscopy, particularly related to the quantitative understanding of the images produced. Grütter's group machines the tips of his scanning probe microscopes atom by atom, thereby permitting characterization, control and design at the nanometer scale. With this refined tool, he has made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of such issues as quantum transport, micromagnetic switching in magnetic media storage, and superconducting quantum vortices.
SHORT CITATION
Peter Grütter has made seminal contributions to magnetic force microscopy. Probe tips are machined atom by atom, permitting characterization, control and design at the nanometer scale. He has made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of quantum transport, micromagnetic switching and superconducting quantum vortices.