Next 4th of October, at 12:00h in the "Salón de actos" of Building C (ETSIT-UPM) Prof. Ricardo García will deliver a talk entitled Frontiers in Nanotechnology: A force microscope perspective on water, proteins and nanoscale devices.
The presentation will report some the advanced AFM methods for nanotechnology and materials science applications. The presentation is divided in two sections. The first section is devoted to introduce the state-of-the-art methods for studying in real-time and with molecular-scale resolution processes and interactions, in particular, the interaction of water with graphene and 2D materials or the dynamics of the self-assembly of collagen proteins. The second section is devoted to too the applications of scanning probe lithography in nanopatterning and nanoscale device fabrication
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Ricardo Garcia combines theory and experiments to develop advanced force microscopes for the characterization of materials in its broader sense (inorganic, biomolecules, tissues, devices). A key feature of RG’s approach is that nanoscale control and device performance should be compatible with operation in technological environments (air or liquid). He has made major contributions to the development of the most popular AFM method (tapping mode AFM). RG has pioneered the fields of multifrequency AFM and nanomechanical force spectroscopy. He is the inventor of bimodal AFM, which is one the most advanced nanoscale characterization methods. He has founded the Multifrequency AFM conferences. He has also contributed to the development and applications of scanning probe lithography. Currently, RG pioneers the development 3D AFM to characterize solid-liquid interfaces. Some of his inventions are commercialized.
RG has received several awards and prizes. Among them, the prize to the Best Scientific Career (Premio Miguel Catalán) by the Regional Government of Madrid (2022); the Nanotechnology Recognition Award by the American Vacuum Society (2016). In 2013 he was awarded an Advanced Research grant by the European Research Council. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
RG is a top 0.1 % scientist according to the most comprehensive, rigorous and recent study on scientific impact (Stanford University list, 2022).
