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Briggs, George Andrew Davidson was born on June 3, 1950 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Son of John Davidson and Catherine Mary (Lormer) Briggs.
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Acoustic Microscopy (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)
(Acoustic microscopy enables you to image and measure the ...)
Acoustic microscopy enables you to image and measure the elastic properties of materials with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencies in microwave regime, it is possible to make the acoustic wavelength comparable with the wavelength of light, and hence to achieve a resolution comparable with an optical microscope. Solids can support both longitudinal and transverse acoustic waves. At surfaces a unique combination of the two known as Raleigh waves can propagate, and in many circumstances these dominate the contrast in acoustic microscopy. Following the invention of scanning probe microscopes, it is now possible to use an atomic force microscope to detect the acoustic vibration of a surface with resolution in the nanometre range, thus beating the diffraction limit by operating in the extreme near-field. This 2nd edition of Acoustic Microscopy has a major new chapter on the technique and applications of acoustically excited probe microscopy.
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George Andrew Davidson Briggs
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Bachelor in Physics, Oxford (England) University, 1971; Master of Arts in Physics, Oxford (England) University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cambridge (England) University, 1976; Bachelor in Theology, Cambridge (England) University, 1978.
Career
Praktikant, Glanstoff AG, Wuppertal, Germany, 1968; teacher, Canford School, Dorset, 1971-1973; research assistant, Cambridge U., 1979; research fellow, University of Oxford, 1980-1982; Royal Society research fellow, University of Oxford, 1983-1984; lecturer, University of Oxford, 1984-1996; reader in materials, University of Oxford, since 1996.
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Acoustic Microscopy (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)
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Acoustic Microscopy (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)
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Acting pilot officer Royal Air Force, 1969-1970. Fellow Royal Microscopical Society (treasurer 1989-1991). Member Materials Research Society.
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Married Diana Margaret Ashley Johnson, July 11, 1981. Children: Felicity, Lizzie.
