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Peter Grutter

Peter Grutter

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Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
13121
World Ranking
7640
National Ranking
139

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to scanning probe microscopy for ultrasensitive force detection, and applications to nanoscience
  • 2005 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Peter Grutter is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to multiple fields including engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science. Their research is particularly anchored in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and electrochemistry.

Their work focuses on several main topics including force microscopy techniques and applications, mechanical and optical resonators, semiconductor materials and devices, electrochemical analysis and applications, graphene research and applications, integrated circuits and semiconductor failure analysis, and advancements in semiconductor devices and circuit design.

Grutter has published a range of papers in various venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "High Osmotic Power Generation via Nanopore Arrays in Hybrid Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Silicon Nitride Membranes" (2021, Nano Letters)
  • "The Effect of Photoinduced Surface Oxygen Vacancies on the Charge Carrier Dynamics in TiO2 Films" (2021, Nano Letters)
  • "Dendritic Polyglycerol Amine: An Enhanced Substrate to Support Long-Term Neural Cell Culture" (2022, ASN NEURO)
  • "Ergodic and Nonergodic Dynamics of Oxygen Vacancy Migration at the Nanoscale in Inorganic Perovskites" (2020, Nano Letters)
  • "How high is a MoSe2 monolayer?" (2021, Nanotechnology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Grutter include Megan Cowie, Taylor J. Z. Stock, Neil J. Curson, Zeno Schumacher, and Yoichi Miyahara.

The primary publication venues for Grutter's research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • IEEE Spectrum

Grutter has received several recognitions in their career. These include being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017 for contributions to scanning probe microscopy and nanoscale force detection applications, the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada in 2005, and fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada in the same year in the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Frequency modulation detection using high‐Q cantilevers for enhanced force microscope sensitivity

    T. R. Albrecht;P. Grütter;D. Horne;D. Rugar

  • Mechanical parametric amplification and thermomechanical noise squeezing.

    D. Rugar;P. Grütter

  • Observation of magnetic forces by the atomic force microscope

    J. J. Sáenz;N. García;P. Grütter;E. Meyer

  • Effect of mechanical properties of hydrogel nanoparticles on macrophage cell uptake

    Xavier Banquy;Fernando Suarez;Anteneh Argaw;Jean-Michel Rabanel

  • Probing the viscoelastic behavior of cultured airway smooth muscle cells with atomic force microscopy: stiffening induced by contractile agonist.

    Benjamin A. Smith;Barbara Tolloczko;James G. Martin;Peter Grütter

  • Surface stress, kinetics, and structure of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers

    Michel Godin;P. J. Williams;Vincent Tabard-Cossa;Olivier Laroche

  • Imaging and modification of polymers by scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy

    T. R. Albrecht;M. M. Dovek;C. A. Lang;P. Grütter

  • Cantilever-based sensing: the origin of surface stress and optimization strategies

    Michel Godin;Vincent Tabard-Cossa;Yoichi Miyahara;Tanya Monga

  • Detection of single-electron charging in an individual InAs quantum dot by noncontact atomic-force microscopy

    Romain Stomp;Yoichi Miyahara;Sacha Schaer;Qingfeng Sun

  • Adhesion interaction between atomically defined tip and sample

    G. Cross;A. Schirmeisen;A. Stalder;P. Grütter

  • Surface relaxations, current enhancements, and absolute distances in high resolution scanning tunneling microscopy.

    W. A. Hofer;A. J. Fisher;R. A. Wolkow;P. Grütter

  • Tip artifacts of microfabricated force sensors for atomic force microscopy

    P. Grütter;W. Zimmermann‐Edling;D. Brodbeck

  • Quantitative surface stress measurements using a microcantilever

    Michel Godin;Vincent Tabard-Cossa;Peter Grütter;Peter Williams

  • Creation of liquid crystal waveguides with scanning force microscopy.

    M. Rüetschi;P. Grütter;J. Fünfschilling;H.-J. Güntherodt

  • Batch fabricated sensors for magnetic force microscopy

    P. Grütter;D. Rugar;H. J. Mamin;G. Castillo

  • Theoretical approach to magnetic force microscopy.

    A. Wadas;P. Grütter

  • Broadband spin dynamics of the magnetic vortex state : Effect of the pulsed field direction

    Xiaobin Zhu;Zhigang Liu;Vitali Metlushko;Peter Grütter

  • Magnetic dissipation force microscopy

    P. Grütter;Y. Liu;P. LeBlanc;U. Dürig

  • I-V characteristics and differential conductance fluctuations of Au nanowires

    H. Mehrez;Alex Wlasenko;Brian Larade;Jeremy Taylor

  • Nucleation and submonolayer growth of C60 on KBr.

    Burke Sa;Mativetsky Jm;Hoffmann R;Grütter P

  • Growth of vapor-deposited cobalt films on Pt(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

    P. Grütter;U. T. Dürig

  • Comparative study of lithium fluoride and graphite by atomic force microscopy (AFM)

    E. Meyer;H. Heinzelmann;P. Grütter;Th. Jung

  • Surface Stress, Kinetics, and Structure of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Michel Godin;P. J. Williams;Olivier Laroche;Vincent Tabard-Cossa

Frequent Co-Authors

H.-J. Güntherodt
H.-J. Güntherodt University of Basel
Ernst Meyer
Ernst Meyer University of Basel
Bojan Ilic
Bojan Ilic National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hong Guo
Hong Guo McGill University
R. Bruce Lennox
R. Bruce Lennox McGill University
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Timothy E. Kennedy
Timothy E. Kennedy Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
James G. Martin
James G. Martin McGill University Health Centre
Roland Bennewitz
Roland Bennewitz Leibniz Association

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