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Richard S. Gates (Fed)
Chemical Engineer / Group Leader
Research Interests
- Nanoscale surface interactions and chemistry including nanotribology and tribochemistry
- Scanning probe microscopy measurements and standards especially as it relates to atomic force microscopy
- Microfabrication and the improvement of devices and artifacts for AFM calibration and method development
Patents
- US Patent # 9,535,085 "Intermittent Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy and Process for Intermittent Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy," Inventors: Stan & Gates (2017)
- US Patent # 6,207,627 “Oxygen-Containing Organic Compounds as Boundary Lubricants for Silicon Nitride Ceramics,” Inventors: Gates & Hsu (2001)
- US Patent # 6,206,764 “Methods for Machining Hard Materials Using Alcohols,” Inventors: Hsu, Ying, Gu, Wang, & Gates (2001)
- US Patent # 4,919,829 "Aluminum Hydroxides as Solid Lubricants," Inventors: Gates & Hsu (1990)
Standards Outputs
Previous Chairman of Versailles Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) Technical working area 29 on Nanomechanics Applied to Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM). VAMAS Report #49 (Mini round robin on AFM cantilever spring constant calibration) is available on the web at http://www.vamas.org/twa29/documents/2009_vamas_twa29_report_49_mrr_afm_cantilever_calibration.pdf
Public Media Highlights
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Federal News Radio Interview http://federalnewsradio.com/technology/2014/08/saving-money-by-making-money-one-engineers-quest-saves-millions-at-the-us-mint/
- Minting Blog Entry https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/make-mint-using-measurement-science
- Rabinow Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BnFlkQJe4o
- National Inventor's Month Blog https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/national-inventors-month-you-can-make-it-if-you-try
- Finding Art in Science (Kelly Irvine Blog) https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/finding-art-science
- Science as Art image (NIST Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/NIST/photos/a.211078905364/10154004073140365/?type=3&theater
Awards
- NIST Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award (2015)
- Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 Award (2008)
- Outstanding Paper Award, Measurement Science and Technology Journal (2006)
- Al Sonntag Best Paper Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (1991)
- American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Award, Hobart College (1978)