Kazushi Yamanaka


Professor, Doctor of Engineering
Department of Materials Processing Tohoku University

Research Area

  • Materials evaluation
  • Ultrasonics, Ultrasonic sensors
  • Scanning probe microscopy

›Profile               1975.‚R                  BS Degree, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo

1977.‚R                  MS Degree, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo

1977.‚S                  Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of International Trade and Industry

1995.‚S                  Head of Nanotechnology Division, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of International Trade and Industry

                            1997.4                  Professor, Department of Materials Processing, Tohoku University

                            2005.4                  Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe)

Tohoku University

›DegreeF            Doctor of EngineeringiTohoku University, 1987.7j

gScanning Acoustic Microscopy of Mechanical Property of Materialsh

›Research:          1976`1978          Ultrasonic spectroscopy of biopolymers

                            1978`1980          R&D of wear resistant coating

                            1980`1988          Materials evaluation by acoustic microscopy

1988`present       Ultrasonics, Ultrasonic sensors

Major papers (also in List of Papers)

N        Precise measurement in laser ultrasonics by phase velocity scanning of interference fringes, K. Yamanaka, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,36-5, 3239-3245 (1997)

N        Ultrasonic atomic force microscope with overtone excitation of cantilever, K. Yamanaka and S. Nakano, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,35-6, 3087-3092 (1996)

N        Lateral force modulation atomic force microscope for selective imaging of friction forces, K. Yamanaka and E. Tomita, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 34-5, 2879-2882 (1995).

N        Ultrasonic force microscopy for nanometer resolution subsurface imaging, K. Yamanaka, H. Ogiso and O. Kolosov, Applied Physics Letters, 64-2, 178-180 (1994).

N        Selective Excitation of Single-mode Acoustic Waves by the Phase Velocity Scanning of a Laser Beam, K. Yamanaka,Y.Nagata and T.Koda, Applied Physics Letters, 58-15, 1591-1593 (1991).

N        Surface Acoustic Wave Measurements Using an Impulsive Converging Beam, K. Yamanaka, Journal of Applied Physics, 54-8, 4323-4329 (1983).

N        Observation of Surface Cracks with Scanning Acoustic Microscope, K. Yamanaka and Y. Enomoto, Journal of Applied Physics, 53-2, 846-850 (1982).

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e-mail: yamanaka@material.tohoku.ac.jp


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