Publications

EBioAdl Publications

Articles

1. Paolo Decuzzi, Mauro Ferrari. Modulating cellular adhesion through nanotopography. Biomaterials. 2009. Epub ahead of print on Sept 25th 2009.

2. Francesco Gentile, Luca Tirinato, Edmondo Battista, Filippo Causa, Enzo M. di Fabrizio, Paolo Decuzzi. On the mechanics of cell adhesion and proliferation on fractal surfaces, under review Biomaterials

3. B. LORENZ, G. CARBONE, C. SCHULZE, Average Separation between Solids in rough Contact: Comparison between theoretical Predictions and Experiments, WEAR , DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.12.029, (2009)

4. BOTTIGLIONE F., CARBONE G., MANGIALARDI L., MANTRIOTA G. “Leakage Mechanism in Flat Seals”, Journal of Applied Physics 106 (10), 104902, (2009)

5. CARBONE G., SCARAGGI M., TARTAGLINO U. “Adhesive contact of rough surfaces: comparison between numerical calculations and analytical theories”, The European Physiscal Journal E – Soft Matter, 30 (1), 65–74 (2009)

6. CARBONE G., LORENZ B., PERSSON B.N.J. and WOHLERS A., Contact mechanics and rubber friction for randomly rough surfaces with anisotropic statistical properties, The European Physiscal Journal E – Soft Matter, 29 (3), 275–284, (2009)

7. CARBONE G., “A slightly corrected Greenwood and Williamson model predicts asymptotic linearity between contact area and load”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 57 (7), 1093–1102 (2009)

8. CARBONE G., SCARAGGI M., SORIA L. “The lubrication regime at pin-pulley interface in chain CVT transmissions”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 131 (1), paper n. 011003, pp. 1-9, (2009)

9. BOTTIGLIONE F., CARBONE G., MANTRIOTA G. “Fluid leakage in seals: An approach based on percolation theory”, Tribology International, 42 (5), 731–737 (2009)

10. SCARAGGI M., DE NOVELLIS L., CARBONE G., “EHL-Squeeze in High Loaded Contacts: The Case of Chain CVT Transmissions”, Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, in press (2009).

11. CARBONE G., BOTTIGLIONE F., “Contact mechanics of rough surfaces: a comparison between theories”, Meccanica, submitted (2009)

12. SCARAGGI M., CARBONE G., “Transition from elastohydrodynamic to mixed lubrication in high loaded squeeze contacts”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, submitted (2009)

13. Nano- to Microscale Wrinkling Patterns with Topographical Gradients For Cell Con- tact Guidance H. Vandeparre, S. Gabriele, C. Gay, S. Desbief, R. Lazzaroni, K.K. Parker, P. Damman Submitted to Advanced Functional Materials.

14. Multiple Lengthscales Elastic Instability: When elasticity and geometry meet nonlinear oscillators dynamics. F. Brau, H. Vandeparre, A. Sabbah, C. Poulard, A. Boudaoud, Pascal Damman Nature Physics in revision.

15. In situ tuning the optical properties of a cavity by wrinkling B. Kolaric, H. Vandeparre, S. Desprez, R.A.L. Vallée, P. Damman Applied Physics Letters 96, 043119, (2010).

16. Wrinkling of Stimulo-Responsive Surfaces, Mechanical Instability Coupled to Diffusion H. Vandeparre, P. Damman, Physical Review Letters 101, 124301 (2008)

17. Erman Bengu, Mustafa F. Genisel, Oguz Gulseren, and Rasim Ovali. Theoretical and spectroscopic investigations on the structure and bonding in B-C-N thin films. Thin Solids Films 518, 1459-1464 (2009). doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2009.09.106

18. M. Varenberg and S. N. Gorb. Hexagonal surface micropattern for dry and wet friction. Adv. Mater. 21:483-486, 2009.

19. L. Al Bitar, D. Voigt, C.P.W. Zebitz and S.N. Gorb. Tarsal morphology and attachment ability of the codling moth Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) to smooth surfaces. J. Insect Physiol. 55 1029-1038, 2009.

20. S.N. Gorb. Hairs with universal adhesion. Lab & More N1: 18-23, 2009.

21. M.J.B. Eberhard, G. Pass, M.D. Picker, R. Beutel, R. Predel and S.N. Gorb. Structure and function of the arolium of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). J. Morphol. 270: 1247-1261, 2009.

22. Berthé, R., Westhoff, G., Bleckmann, H., and Gorb, S.N. (2009) Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae). J. Comp. Physiol. A, 195: 311-318.

23. Karolyi, F., Gorb, S.N., and Krenn, H.W. (2009) Pollen grains adhere to the moist mouthparts in the flower visiting beetle Cetonia aurata (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera). Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 3: 1-8.

24. Heat transfer between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces Persson BNJ, Lorenz B, Volokitin AI. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Pages: 3- 24 Published: JAN 2010 Theory of powdery rubber wear Persson BNJ JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 21 Issue: 48 Article Number: 485001 Published: DEC 2 2009

25. Leak rate of seals: Comparison of theory with experiment. Lorenz B, Persson BNJ. EPL Volume: 86 Issue: 4 Article Number: 44006 Published: MAY 2009

26. On the transition from boundary lubrication to hydrodynamic lubrication in soft contacts. Persson BNJ, Scaraggi M. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 21 Issue: 18 Article Number: 185002 Published: MAY 6 2009

27. Contact mechanics with adhesion: Interfacial separation and contact area. Yang C, Persson BNJ, Israelachvili J, et al. EPL Volume: 84 Issue: 4 Article Number: 46004 Published: NOV 2008

28. Interfacial separation between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces: comparison of experiment with theory. Lorenz B, Persson BNJ .JOURNAL OF PHYSICS CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Article Number: 015003 Published: JAN 7 2009

29. Kamperman, M., Kroner, E., del Campo, A., McMeeking, R. M., Arzt, E., Functional surfaces with “gecko” effect: the concept of contact splitting in adhesion. Invited review for Advanced Engineering Materials, submitted.

Published contributions to international conferences

1. SCARAGGI M., CARBONE G., “Mixed Lubrication in High Loaded Squeeze Contacts”, Technische Akademie Esslingen, 17th International Colloquium Tribology, Solving Friction and Wear Problems 19 – 21 January 2010.

2. CARBONE G., SCARAGGI M., TARTAGLINO U., Contact Mechanics of 1D rough surface: Comparison between numerical results and theoretical model, ECCOMAS and IACM Special Interest Conference “2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009)”

3. CARBONE G., PERSSON B.N.J., Theory of Rubber friction for Anisotropic Rough Surfaces, ECCOMAS and IACM Special Interest Conference “2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009)”

4. AFFERRANTE L. and CARBONE G., Superhydrorepellent microstructured surfaces: Assessment and design criteria, ECCOMAS and IACM Special Interest Conference “2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009)”

5. BOTTIGLIONE F. AND CARBONE G., Leakage mechanism in flat seals, ECCOMAS and IACM Special Interest Conference “2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009).

6. CARBONE G., PIERRO E., SORIA L., “Microcantilever dynamics: effect of Brownian excitation in liquids”, Proceedings of the 2009 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1– 4 (2009).

7. CARBONE G., BOTTIGLIONE F., “Contact Mechanics of Rough Surfaces: Persson’s Theory vs. Multiasperity Contact Models”, 2nd European Conference on Tribology ECOTRIB 2009, Pisa, Italy, June 7 – 10 (2009).

8. CARBONE G., SCARAGGI M., “EHL-Squeeze in high loaded contacts: The case of chain CVT transmissions”, 2nd European Conference on Tribology ECOTRIB 2009, Pisa

Books as editors

1. Gorb, SN, ed. (2009) Functional Surfaces in Biology. Volume 1: Little structures with big effects, Springer Verlag, 390 pp.

2. Gorb, SN, ed. (2009) Functional Surfaces in Biology. Volume 2: Adhesion Related Phenomena, Springer Verlag, 270 pp.

Books as authors

1. A. del Campo and E. Arzt Generating micro- and nanopatterns with polymer materials Wiley: Weinheim, 2010, Vol. in press

AFRI Publications

S. Kawai, T. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, A. Baratoff and E. Meyer Ultrasensitive detection of lateral atomic-scale interactions on graphite (0001) via bimodal dynamic force measurements Phys. Rev. B 81, 085420, (2010). *

 

P. Steiner, E. Gnecco, T. Filleter, N.N. Gosvami, S. Maier and E. Meyer and R. Bennewitz, Atomic friction investigations on ordered superstructure, submitted to Tribology Letters (2010).*

 

T. Glatzel, L. Zimmerli, S. Koch, B. Such, S. Kawai and E. Meyer 
Determination of effective tip geometries in Kelvin probe force microscopy on thin insulating films on metals  Nanotechnology, 20, (26), 264016 (2009). *

 

 Shigeki Kawai, Thilo Glatzel, Sascha Koch, Bartosz Such, Alexis Baratoff, and Ernst Meyer 
Time-averaged cantilever deflection in dynamic force spectroscopy 
Phy. Rev. B, 80, (8), (2009), 085422, *

 

Shigeki Kawai, Thilo Glatzel, Sascha Koch, Bartosz Such, Alexis Baratoff, and Ernst Meyer 
Systematic Achievement of Improved Atomic-Scale Contrast via Bimodal Dynamic Force Microscopy  Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, (2009), 220801.*

 

S. Kawai, S. Maier, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, L. Zimmerli, L.-A. Fendt, F. Diederich, and E. Meyer, Cutting and self-healing molecular wires studied by dynamic force microscopy  Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, (2009), 103109.*

 

S. Maier, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, R. Bennewitz, and E. Meyer, 

"Atomic scale friction modulated by a buried interface", Phys. Rev. B  78 (2008) 045432

 

E. Gnecco, S. Maier, and E. Meyer, "Superlubricity of dry 

nanocontacts", J. Phys. Condens. Matt. 20 (2008) 354004*

 

S. Bistac, A. Ghorbal, M. Schmitt, E. Gnecco, and E. Meyer, 

"Nano-scale friction of polystyrene in air and in vacuum", Polymer 49 

(2008) 3780

 

P. Steiner, R. Roth, E. Gnecco, T. Glatzel, A. Baratoff, and E. 

Meyer, "Modulation of contact resonance frequency accompanying 

atomic-scale stick-slip in friction force microscopy", Nanotechnology 

20 (2009) 495701*

 

P. Steiner, R. Roth, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, S. Maier, T. Glatzel 

and E. Meyer, "Two dimensional simulation of superlubricity on NaCl 

and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite", Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 045414*

 

E. Gnecco, A. Socoliuc, S. Maier, J. Gessler, T. Glatzel, A. 

Baratoff and E. Meyer, "Dynamic superlubricity on insulating and 

conductive surfaces in ultra-high vacuum and ambient environment", 

Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 025501*

 

E. Gnecco, E. Riedo, W.P. King, S.R. Marder, and R. Szoszkiewicz, 

"Linear ripples and traveling circular ripples produced on polymers by 

thermal AFM probes", Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 235421

 

R. Roth, T. Glatzel, P. Steiner, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff and E. Meyer Multiple Slips in Atomic-Scale Friction: An Indicator for the Lateral Contact Damping, Tribology Letters accepted, online DOI:10.1007/s11249-009-9567-7, (2010).

 

R. Bennewitz and J. T. Dickinson, Fundamental studies of nanometer-scale wear mechanisms

MRS Bull 33, (12), 1174-1180 (2008), [05.168 (2007)]

 

T. Filleter, K.V. Emtsev, Th. Seyller, and R. Bennewitz, Local work function measurements of epitaxial graphene, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 133117 (2008)

 

T. Filleter, W. Paul, and R. Bennewitz, Atomic structure and friction of ultrathin films of KBr on Cu(100), Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 035430

 

M. Bieletzki, T. Hynninen, T. M. Soin, M. Pivetta, C. R. Henry, A. S. Foster, F. Esch, C. Barth and U. Heiz, Topography and work function measurements of thin MgO(001) films on Ag(001) by nc-AFM and KPFM - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2010) (Accepted)*

 

R. Hoffmann, D. Weiner, A. Schirmeisen and A. S. Foster, Sublattice identification in non-contact atomic force microscopy of the NaCl(001) surface - Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 115426

 

A. S. Foster, T. Trevethan and A. L. Shluger, Structure and diffusion of intrinsic defects, adsorbed hydrogen, and water molecules at the surface of alkali-earth fluorides calculated using density functional theory - Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 115421*

 

Georg H. Enevoldsen, Henry P. Pinto, Adam S. Foster, Mona C. R. Jensen, Werner A. Hofer, Björk Hammer, Jeppe V. Lauritsen, and Flemming Besenbacher, Imaging of the hydrogen subsurface site in rutile TiO2 - Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 136103

 

Henry P. Pinto, Georg H. Enevoldsen, Flemming Besenbacher, Jeppe V. Lauritsen and Adam S. Foster, Role of the tip size and orientation, tip-surface relaxations and surface impurities in simultaneous AFM and STM studies on the TiO2 (110) surface - Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 264020

 

Adam S. Foster, Clemens Barth, and Claude R. Henry, Chemical identification of ions in doped NaCl by scanning force microscopy - Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 256103*

 

Laurent Nony, Adam S. Foster, Franck Bocquet and Christian Loppacher, Understanding the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy - Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) 036802*

 

F. Chiaravalloti, D. Riedel, G. Dujardin, H. Pinto and A. S. Foster, STM topography and manipulation of single Au atoms on Si(100) - Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 245431

 

O. H. Pakarinen, J. M. Mativetsky, A. Gulans, M. J. Puska, A. S. Foster and P. Grutter, The role of van der Waals forces in the adsorption and diffusion of organic molecules on an insulating surface - Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 085401*

 

D. Grojo, Ph. Delaporte, M. Sentis, O. H. Pakarinen and A. S. Foster, The so-called dry laser cleaning governed by humidity at the nanometer scale - Appl. Phys. Lett 92 (2008) 033108

 

H. Pakarinen, Clemens Barth, Adam S. Foster and Claude R. Henry, Imaging the real shape of nano-objects in scanning force microscopy - Olli J. Appl. Phys. 103 (2008) 054313*

 

Georg H. Enevoldsen, Henry Pinto, Adam S. Foster, Mona C. Christensen, Angelika Kühnle, Michael Reichling, W.Hofer, Jeppe V. Lauritsen, and Flemming Besenbacher, Detailed scanning probe microscopy tip models determined from simultaneous atom-resolved AFM and STM studies of the TiO2 (110) surface Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 045416 Editors' suggestion

 

M. H. Hakala, O. H. Pakarinen and A. S. Foster, First principles study of adsorption, diffusion and charge stability of metal adatoms on alkali halide surfaces - Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 045418

 

R. Guerra, A. Vanossi, and M. Urbakh, Controlling microscopic friction through mechanical oscillations, Phys. Rev. E 78, 036110 (2008).*

 

A.E. Filippov, A. Vanossi and M. Urbakh, Rotary Motors Sliding along Surfaces, Phys. Rev. E 79, 021108 (2008).*

 

O.M. Braun, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti, Role of lubricant molecular shape in microscopic friction, Phys. Rev. B 78, 195402 (2008).*

 

X. H. Zhang, G. E. Santoro,U. Tartaglino and E. Tosatti, Dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in sliding nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125502 (2009).*

  

R. Capozza, A. Vanossi, A. Vezzani, and S. Zapperi, Suppression of friction by mechanical vibrations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 085502 (2009).*

 

Lucas M, Zhang XH, Palaci I, Klinke C, Tosatti E, Riedo E, Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported carbon nanotubes, NATURE MATERIALS  8, 876 (2009).*

 

Castelli IE, Capozza R, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Manini N, Tosatti E, Tribology of the lubricant quantized sliding state, J. Chem. Phys. 131, 174711 (2009).*

  

Braun OM, Tosatti E,  Kinetics of stick-slip friction in boundary lubrication

EPL, 88  48003 (2009).*

 

G. Paolicelli, M. Rovatti, A. Vanossi, and S. Valeri, Controlling single cluster dynamics at the nanoscale, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143121 (2009).*

 

Negri C, Manini N, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Tosatti E, AFM dissipation topography of soliton superstructures in adsorbed overlayers, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045417 (2010).*

 

A.E. Filippov, A. Vanossi, and Michael Urbakh, Origin of friction anisotropy on a quasicrystal surface, Phys. Rev. Lett. in press, ESF/EUROCORES/FANAS/AFRI and ACOF Acknowledgment*

 

Benassi A, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Tosatti E, Parameter Free dissipation in simulated sliding friction, Submitted to PRL, ESF/EUROCORES/FANAS/AFRI and ACOF Acknowledgment *

 

Pellegrini F, Santoro GE, Tosatti E,  Atomic spin sensitive dissipation on magnetic surfaces, Submitted to PRL*

 Guerra R, Tartaglino U, Vanossi A, Tosatti E, Ballistic nanofriction, Submitted to NATURE MATERIALS, ESF/EUROCORES/FANAS/AFRI and ACOF Acknowledgment*

 

M. Rovatti, G. Paolicelli, A. Vanossi, and S. Valeri, submitted to Meccanica.   Sliding onset of nanoclusters: a new AFM based approach*

  

O.M. Braun, E. Tosatti, Molecular rolling friction: the cogwheel model, J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 20, 354007 (2008), No acknowledgments to FANAS, because Braun was a FANAS referee

 

  

O.M. Braun and E. Tosatti, Rack-and-pinion model of molecular rolling friction

Phil. Mag. Letters 88, 509 (2008). No acknowledgments to FANAS, because Braun was a FANAS referee

 

Kondo conductance in an atomic nanocontact from first principles, Lucignano P, Mazzarello R, Smogunov A, et al. NATURE MATERIALS 8, 563 (2009) ESF/EUROCORES/FANAS/AFRI Acknowledgment*

 

Mazzarello R, Tosatti E, Connection between magnetism and structure in Fe double chains on the Ir(100) surface, Phys. Rev. B 79, 134402 (2009). ESF/EUROCORES/FANAS/AFRI Acknowledgment*

O. Custance, R. Perez and S. Morita, Atomic force microscopy as a tool for atom manipulation, Nature Nanotechnology 4,803 (2009).*

N.F. Martínez, W. Kamiński, C.J. Gómez, C. Albonetti, F. Biscarini, R. Perez and R.García, Molecular energy-dissipating processes in oligothiophene monolayers determined by phase-imaging force microscopy, Nanotechnology 20,  434021 (2009) (invited article in the special issue to mark the 20th volume of Nanotechnology)*

W. Kamiński and R. Perez, Mechanical response and energy-dissipation processes in oligothiophene monolayers studied with first-principles simulations, Tribology Letters (submitted, 2010). 

H.D.Rowland, W.P.King, J.B.Pethica, & G.L.W.Cross, “Moleular Confinement Accelerates Deformation of Entangled Polymers During Squeeze Flow,” Science, 322, 720-724, (2008)

 

S.J.O’Brien, H.O.Ozer &J.B.Pethica, ‘Role of the tip in contrast of atomic resolution images of TiO2(110)’ Phys. Rev. B., (submitted, 2010)*

 

I. Barel, M. Urbakh, L. Jansen, A. Schirmeisen, „Multibond Dynamics of Nanoscale Friction: The Role of Temperature”, Physical Review Letters, 104, 066104 (2010) *

 

L. Jansen, A. Schirmeisen, J.L. Hedrick, M.A. Lantz, A. Knoll, R. Cannara, B. Gotsmann, “Nanoscale frictional dissipation into shear-stressed polymer relaxations”, Physical Review Letters, 102, 236101 (2009)

 

 

 

News and views-types articles

 

 

E. Gnecco, A gentle jackhammer, Nature News and Views 461 (2009) 178

 

M. Urbakh and E. Meyer, The resonance of friction, Nature Materials, News and Views, 9, 8 (2010).

 

E. Meyer and T. Glatzel , Novel Probes for Molecular Electronics  Science,  324,  (5933),  (2009),  1397-1398, 

 

Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125502 (2009) Highlighted on APS Physics 2009

   http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.125502

 

R. Perez, Carbon Nanotubes: Not that slippery., Nature Materials 8, 857 (2009).

NOMCIS Publications

    1. Topography and work function measurements of thin MgO(001) films on Ag(001) by nc-AFM and KPFM - M. Bieletzki, T. Hynninen, T. M. Soin, M. Pivetta, C. R. Henry, A. S. Foster, F. Esch, C. Barth and U. Heiz, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2010) (Accepted)*
    2. Sublattice identification in non-contact atomic force microscopy of the NaCl(001) surface - R. Hoffmann, D. Weiner, A. Schirmeisen and A. S. Foster, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 115426
    3. Structure and diffusion of intrinsic defects, adsorbed hydrogen, and water molecules at the surface of alkali-earth fluorides calculated using density functional theory - A. S. Foster, T. Trevethan and A. L. Shluger, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 115421*
    4. Imaging of the hydrogen subsurface site in rutile TiO2 - Georg H. Enevoldsen, Henry P. Pinto, Adam S. Foster, Mona C. R. Jensen, Werner A. Hofer, Björk Hammer, Jeppe V. Lauritsen, and Flemming Besenbacher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 136103
    5. Role of the tip size and orientation, tip-surface relaxations and surface impurities in simultaneous AFM and STM studies on the TiO2 (110) surface - Henry P. Pinto, Georg H. Enevoldsen, Flemming Besenbacher, Jeppe V. Lauritsen and Adam S. Foster, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 264020
    6. Chemical identification of ions in doped NaCl by scanning force microscopy - Adam S. Foster, Clemens Barth, and Claude R. Henry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 256103*
    7. Understanding the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy - Laurent Nony, Adam S. Foster, Franck Bocquet and Christian Loppacher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) 036802*
    8. STM topography and manipulation of single Au atoms on Si(100) - F. Chiaravalloti, D. Riedel, G. Dujardin, H. Pinto and A. S. Foster, Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 245431
    9. The role of van der Waals forces in the adsorption and diffusion of organic molecules on an insulating surface - O. H. Pakarinen, J. M. Mativetsky, A. Gulans, M. J. Puska, A. S. Foster and P. Grutter, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 085401*
    10. Effects of Lattice Expansion on the Reactivity of a One-Dimensional Oxide, C. Africh, F. Esch, M. Corso, C. Dri, G. Comelli, L. Köhler, T. Bucko and G. Kresse, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (2009) 3253-3259
    11. The so-called dry laser cleaning governed by humidity at the nanometer scale - D. Grojo, Ph. Delaporte, M. Sentis, O. H. Pakarinen and A. S. Foster, Appl. Phys. Lett 92 (2008) 033108
    12. Imaging the real shape of nano-objects in scanning force microscopy - Olli H. Pakarinen, Clemens Barth, Adam S. Foster and Claude R. Henry, J. Appl. Phys. 103 (2008) 054313
    13. Detailed scanning probe microscopy tip models determined from simultaneous atom-resolved AFM and STM studies of the TiO2 (110) surface - Georg H. Enevoldsen, Henry Pinto, Adam S. Foster, Mona C. Christensen, Angelika Kühnle, Michael Reichling, W.Hofer, Jeppe V. Lauritsen, and Flemming Besenbacher, Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 045416 Editors' suggestion
    14. First principles study of adsorption, diffusion and charge stability of metal adatoms on alkali halide surfaces - M. H. Hakala, O. H. Pakarinen and A. S. Foster, Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 045418
    15. C. Barth and C. R. Henry, “NaCl(001) surfaces nanostructured by Suzuki precipitates: a scanning force microscopy study”,  New Journal of Physics 11 (2009) 043003
    16. C. Barth and C. R. Henry
      “Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy on MgO(001) Surfaces and Supported Pd nanoclusters”,       Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (2009) 247

     

     


    ACOF Publications

    Articles

    *A.E. Filippov, A. Vanossi, M. Urbakh, Rotary motors sliding along surfaces, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 021108  ( 2009).

    *O.M. Braun, I. Barel, M. Urbakh,  Dynamics of Transition from Static to Kinetic Friction, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 194301 (2009).

    *Z. Tshiprut, S. Zelner, and M. Urbakh, Temperature-Induced Enhancement of Nanoscale Friction, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 136102 (2009).

    * Z. Tshiprut and M. Urbakh, Exploring hysteresis and energy dissipation in single-molecule force spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 084703 (2009).

    * I. Barel, M. Urbakh,  L. Jansen and A. Schirmeisen, Multibond Dynamics of Nanoscale Friction: The Role of Temperature, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 066104 (2010).

    * A.E.Filippov, A.Vanossi, M.Urbakh, Origin of Friction Anisotropy on a Quasicrystal Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, (2010).

    * I. Barel, M. Urbakh,  L. Jansen and A. Schirmeisen, Temperature dependence of friction at the nanoscale: When the unexpected turns normal, Trib. Lett., submitted.

    A.A.Kornyshev, A.R. Kucernak, M. Marinescu, C.W.Monroe, A.E.S. Sleightholme, and M.Urbakh, Ultra-low voltage electrowetting, J. Phys. Chem. C, submitted.

     H. Wolfenson, A. Lubelski,  T. Regev, J. Klafter, Y. Henis, B. Geiger, Molecular dynamics of focal adhesion components: a role for a juxtamembrane cytoplasmic domain,  FEBS J., 276,  228-228 (2009).

    M. Magdziarz,  A. Weron, J. Klafter, Equivalence of the Fractional Fokker-Planck and Subordinated Langevin Equations: The Case of a Time-Dependent Force, Phys. Rev. Lett. 
    101,  210601 (2008).

    H. Wolfenson, A. Lubelski,  T. Regev, J. Klafter, Y. Henis, B. Geiger, A Role for the Juxtamembrane Cytoplasm in the Molecular Dynamics of Focal Adhesions, PLOS ONE, 4, e4304(2009).

    *S. M. Rubinstein, G. Cohen, and J. Fineberg, Visualizing Stick-Slip: Experimental observations of processes governing the nucleation of frictional sliding, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 214016 (2009).

    *O. Ben-David, S. M. Rubinstein, J. Fineberg, Slip-Stick: The Evolution of Frictional Strength, Nature  463, 76 (2010).

    *O. Ben-David and J. Fineberg, “Short-time Dynamics of Frictional Strength in Dry Friction”, Tribology Letters (to be published in 2010)

    S. Maier, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, R. Bennewitz, and E. Meyer, "Atomic scale friction modulated by a buried interface", Phys. Rev. B  78 (2008) 045432

    E. Gnecco, S. Maier, and E. Meyer, "Superlubricity of dry nanocontacts", J. Phys. Condens. Matt. 20 (2008) 354004

    S. Bistac, A. Ghorbal, M. Schmitt, E. Gnecco, and E. Meyer,  "Nano-scale friction of polystyrene in air and in vacuum", Polymer 49  (2008) 3780

    *P. Steiner, R. Roth, E. Gnecco, T. Glatzel, A. Baratoff, and E.  Meyer, "Modulation of contact resonance frequency accompanying  atomic-scale stick-slip in friction force microscopy", Nanotechnology  20 (2009) 495701

    *P. Steiner, R. Roth, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, S. Maier, T. Glatzel and E. Meyer, "Two dimensional simulation of superlubricity on NaCl  and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite", Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 045414

    *E. Gnecco, A. Socoliuc, S. Maier, J. Gessler, T. Glatzel, A.  Baratoff and E. Meyer, "Dynamic superlubricity on insulating and  conductive surfaces in ultra-high vacuum and ambient environment",  Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 025501

    E. Gnecco, E. Riedo, W.P. King, S.R. Marder, and R. Szoszkiewicz,  "Linear ripples and traveling circular ripples produced on polymers by  thermal AFM probes", Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 235421

    E. Gnecco, "A gentle jackhammer", Nature News and Views 461 (2009) 178

    *R. Roth, T. Glatzel, P. Steiner, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer, "Multiple slips in atomic-scale friction: An indicator for the lateral contact damping", Trib. Lett., accepted

    S. R. Saeed, O.P. Sinha, F. Krok, and M. Szymonski, “Nanometer-Scale Patterning of Alkali Halide Surfaces by Ion Bombardment”, Appl. Surf. Sci. 255 (2008) 1766.

    Franciszek Krok, “Study of the chemical and morphological evolution of InSb(001) surface under low energy ion bombardment”, Vacuum 83 (2008) 745.

    *F. Krok, S.R. Saeed, Z. Postawa, M. Szymonski, “Ballistic versus electronic processes in ion-induced nanostructuring of ionic surfaces”, Phys. Rev. B, 79 (2009) 235432.

     S.R. Saeed, O.P. Sinha, F. Krok, T. Zembok, R. Pędrys, M. Szymonski, “Temperature-dependent surface modification of InSb(001) crystal by low-energy ion bombardment”, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B, 67 (2009) 2752-2756

    O.P. Sinha, S.R. Saeed, F. Krok, M. Szymoński, “Nanometer-scale surface modification of KBr (001) single crystal by Ar ion bombardment”, Surface & Coatings Technology, 203 (2009) 2458-2462.

    *S. Godlewski, G. Goryl, J.J. Kołodziej, M. Szymonski, “KBr superstructure templates self-assembled on reconstructed AIIIBV semiconductor surfaces”, Appl. Surf. Sci. (2010), in press, doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.01.18.

    L. Bocquet , E. Charlaix, Nanofluidics, from bulk to interfaces, Chem. Soc. Rev.  39, 1073 (2010)

    D. Bonthuis, D. Horinek, L. Bocquet, R. Netz,  Electro-Hydraulic power conversion in planar nano-channels, Physical Review Letters 103, 144503 (2009)

    C. Sendner, D. Horinek, L. Bocquet, R. Netz, Interfacial water at hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces: slip, viscosity and diffusion,  Langmuir 25 10768 (2009)

    S. Leroy, A. Steinberger, C. Cottin-Bizonne, A.-M. Sfarghiu, E. Charlaix,  Probing bio-lubrication with a nanoscale flow  , Soft Matter 5 4997 (2009)

    D. Horinek, R. Netz, L. Bocquet, Water slippage versus contact angle: a quasi-universal relationship», D. Huang, C. Sendner, Physical Review Letters 101 226101 (2008)

    P. Tabeling, L. Bocquet, C. Bouzigues, Nanofluidics in the Debye layer at hydophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, Physical Review Letters 101 114503 (2008)

    D. Huang, C. Cottin-Bizonne, C. Ybert, L. Bocquet, Massive amplification of surface-induced transport at superhydrophobic surfaces, Physical Review Letters 101 064503 (2008)

    Geike T, Popov V.L. Cavitation within the framework of reduced description of mixed lubrication. - Tribology International, 2009, v. 42, Issue 1, January 2009, pp. 93-98.

    Dmitriev A.I., Smolin A. Yu., Popov V.L., Psakhie S.G. A multilevel computer simulation of friction and wear by numerical methods of disrete mechanics and a phenomenological theory. – Physical Mesomechanics, 2009, v. 12, Issues 1-2, pp. 11-19.

    Geike T, Popov V.L. A Bubble Dynamics Based Approach to the Simulation of Cavitation in Lubricated Contacts. Journal of Tribology, 2009, v. 131, 011704 (6 pages).

    Dmitriev A. I., Popov V. L.. Numerical Modeling of Processes of Mass Transfer in Tribological Contacts by the Method of Movable Cellular Automata. - Journal of Friction and Wear, 2009, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 12–16.

    Psakhie S.G., Shilko E.V., Popov V.L., Starcevic J., Thaten J., Astafurov S.V. and Dimaki A. Assessment of nanostructured ceramic coating damage. Nanotribospectroscopy. - Russian Physics Journal, 2009, v. 52, No.4, pp. 380-385. 

    Psakhie S.G., Popov V.L., Shilko E.V., Smolin A.Yu., Dmitriev A.I., Spectral analysis of the behavior and properties of solid surface layers. Nanotribospectroscopy - Physical Mesomechanics, 2009, v. 12, Issues 5-6, pp. 221-234, ISSN 1029-9599.

    Popov V.L., Starcevic J., Filippov A.E. Influence of ultrasonic in-plane oscillations on static and sliding friction and intrinsic length scale of dry friction. – Trib. Lett., 2009, DOI 10.1007/s11249-009-9531-6.

    Dmitriev A.I., Schargott M., Popov V.L. Direct modeling of surface topography development in a micro-contact with the movable cellular automata method. – Wear, doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.12.002

    *Rainer Heise, Valentin L. Popov, Adhesive contribution to the coefficient of friction between rough surfaces. Tribology letters, submitted.

    *Popov V.L., Filippov A.E. Friction force between an elastomer and a rough rigid surface. – tech. Phys. Lett. submitted.

    *Popov V.L. et. al. Accelerating creep preceding a stick-slip-instability and rate- and state-dependent friction laws. Submitted to Tribology Letters.

    R. Guerra, A. Vanossi, and M. Urbakh, Controlling microscopic friction through mechanical oscillations,   Phys. Rev. E 78, 036110 (2008);   ESF "Nanotribology" Acknowledgment

    * O.M. Braun, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti Role of lubricant molecular shape in microscopic friction,    Phys. Rev. B 78, 195402 (2008).

    * X. H. Zhang, G. E. Santoro,U. Tartaglino and E. Tosatti, Dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in sliding nanotubes,    Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125502 (2009).

    * R. Capozza, A. Vanossi, A. Vezzani, and S. Zapperi,  Suppression of friction by mechanical vibrations,    Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 085502 (2009).

    * Lucas M, Zhang XH, Palaci I, Klinke C, Tosatti E, Riedo E Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported carbon nanotubes,  NATURE MATERIALS  8, 876 (2009).

     * Castelli IE, Capozza R, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Manini N, Tosatti E, Tribology of the lubricant quantized sliding state,    J. Chem. Phys. 131, 174711 (2009).

    *   Braun OM, Tosatti E , Kinetics of stick-slip friction in boundary lubrication,  EPL, 88  48003 (2009).

    * G. Paolicelli, M. Rovatti, A. Vanossi, and S. Valeri,  Controlling single cluster dynamics at the nanoscale,   Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143121 (2009).

    *  Negri C, Manini N, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Tosatti E  AFM dissipation topography of soliton superstructures in adsorbed overlayers, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045417 (2010).

    *   Benassi A, Vanossi A, Santoro GE, Tosatti E, Parameter Free dissipation in simulated sliding friction,  Submitted to PRL.

    *  Pellegrini F, Santoro GE, Tosatti E, Atomic spin sensitive dissipation on magnetic surfaces,    Submitted to PRL.

    * Guerra R, Tartaglino U, Vanossi A, Tosatti, E Ballistic nanofriction, Submitted to NATURE MATERIALS.

    * M. Rovatti, G. Paolicelli, A. Vanossi, and S. Valeri, Sliding onset of nanoclusters: a new AFM based approach, submitted to Meccanica.

    O.M. Braun, E. Tosatti,Molecular rolling friction: the cogwheel model,   J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 20, 354007 (2008);    No acknowledgments to FANAS, because Braun was a FANAS referee

    O.M. Braun and E. Tosatti Rack-and-pinion model of molecular rolling friction,  Phil. Mag. Letters 88, 509 (2008); No acknowledgments to FANAS, because Braun was a FANAS referee

    * Lucignano P, Mazzarello R, Smogunov A, et al.Kondo conductance in an atomic nanocontact,   NATURE MATERIALS 8, 563 (2009)

    * Mazzarello R, Tosatti E Connection between magnetism and structure in Fe double chains on the Ir(100) surface,  Phys. Rev. B 79, 134402 (2009).

    Published contributions to international conferences

    Exactly quantized sliding of a confined solid lubricant under shear

    in Proceedings of the 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009), June 2009, Rhodes, Greece

    C. Negri, N. Manini, A. Vanossi, G.E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, Theory of AFM frictional dissipation at surface moire patterns in Proceedings of the 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009), June 2009, Rhodes, Greece.

    G. Paolicelli, M. Rovatti, A. Vanossi, and S. Valeri, AFM-based investigation to Au nanocluster adhesion, in Proceedings of the 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM 2009), June 2009, Rhodes, Greece.

    M. Rovatti, G. Paolicelli, A. Vanossi, S. Valeri, "Adhesion at nanoscale: a new AFM-based approach", "Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB 2009) – Pisa (I)", (2009)

    G. Paolicelli, M. Rovatti, A. Vanossi, S. Valeri, "Investigation to gold nanoclusters friction on graphite by AFM approach", "Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 26) – Parma (I)", (2009)

    News and views-type articles 

    M. Urbakh and E. Meyer, The renaissance of friction, Nature Materials, News and Views, 9, 8 (2010).

    E. Gnecco, "A gentle jackhammer", Nature News and Views 461 (2009) 178

    On our FANAS paper:   Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125502 (2009) Highlighted on APS Physics 2009,    physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.125502

    Books as authors

    Eran Bouchbinder, Ariel Livne and Jay Fineberg, Weakly nonlinear fracture mechanics: Experiments and theory, in Meso-Scale Shear Physics in Earthquake and Landslide Mechanics, CRC Press (2009).

    E. Gnecco and M .Szymonski, Nanoscale Processes on Insulating Surfaces 
    World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-283-762-2 (2009).

    *F. Krok, J. Konior, and M. Szymonski, Surface properties of nanostructures supported

    on semiconductor substrates, in “Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy”, Springer, submitted 2009

    L. Bocquet, ‘Spreading made a splash’, memoriam volume in honor of PG de Gennes, ‘De Gennes’ Impact in Science’, Eds. F. Brochard-Wyart, J. Prost, J. Bok (2009)

    Popov, V. L. Kontaktmechanik und Reibung. Ein Lehr- und Anwendungsbuch von der V.L. Popov. Nanotribologie bis zur numerischen Simulation. -  Springer-Verlag, 2009, 328 S., Softcover, ISBN: 978-3-540-88836-9

    Popov V.L. Contact Mechanics and Friction. Physical Principles and Applications. – Springer-Verlag, 2010, 362 p, ISBN: 978-3-642-10802-0.

    AQUALUBE Publications

    Articles

     

    1) N. Argibay, C. Perrino, M. Rimann, S. Lee and N.D. Spencer, Bacterially Induced Degradation of Aqueous Solutions of Poly(L-lysine)-graft-Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(L-lysine)-graft-Dextran and Consequences for their Lubrication Properties, Lubr. Sci.; 21(10) 415 (2009).

     

    2) C. Perrino, S. Lee and N.D. Spencer, Surface-grafted Sugar Chains as Aqueous Lubricant Additives: Synthesis and Macrotribological Tests of Poly(L-lysine)-graft-Dextran (PLL-g-dex) Copolymers, Tribol. Lett., 33(2) 83 (2009).

     

    3) A.E. Filippov, A. Vanossi and M. Urbakh, Rotary Motors Sliding Along Surfaces, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 021108 (2009). *

     

    4) O.M. Braun, I. Barel and M. Urbakh, Dynamics of Transition from Static to Kinetic Friction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194301 (2009). *

     

    5) Z. Tshiprut, S. Zelner, and M. Urbakh, Temperature-Induced Enhancement of Nanoscale Friction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 136102 (2009). *

     

    6) Z. Tshiprut and M. Urbakh, Exploring Hysteresis and Energy Dissipation in Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 084703 (2009). *

     

    7) P. Nalam, J. Clasohm, A. Mashaghi and N.D. Spencer, Macrotribological Studies of Poly(L-lysine)-graft-Poly(ethylene glycol) in Aqueous Glycerol Mixtures, Tribol. Lett. 37 541 (2010). *

     

    8) I. Barel, M. Urbakh, L. Jansen and A. Schirmeisen, Multibond Dynamics of Nanoscale Friction: The Role of Temperature, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 066104 (2010). *

     

    9) A.E. Filippov, A.Vanossi and M.Urbakh, Origin of Friction Anisotropy on a Quasicrystal Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, (2010). *

     

    10) I. Barel, M. Urbakh, L. Jansen and A. Schirmeisen, Temperature Dependence of Friction at the Nanoscale: When the Unexpected Turns Normal, Trib. Lett., submitted. *

     

    11) M. Magdziarz,  A. Weron and J. Klafter, Equivalence of the Fractional Fokker-Planck and Subordinated Langevin Equations: The Case of a Time-Dependent Force, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210601 (2008).    

     

    News and view types publications

     

    1) M. Urbakh and E. Meyer, The renaissance of friction, Nature Materials, News and Views, 9, 8 (2010).

    NANOPARMA Publications

    Articles

     

    K. Mougin, Z. Zheng, N. Piazzon, E. Gnecco, and H. Haidara, “Thermal stability and reconstruction of nanoparticulate Au film on model molecular surfaces”, J. Coll. Interf. Sci 333 (2009) 719

    A. Rao, E. Gnecco, D. Marchetto, K. Mougin, M. Schönenberger, S. Valeri, and E. Meyer, “Analytical relations between particles and probe trajectories in AFM nanomanipulation”, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 115706

    A. Rao, M.L. Wille, E. Gnecco, K. Mougin, and E. Meyer, “Trajectory fluctuations accompanying the manipulation of spherical nanoparticles”, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 193405

    E. Gnecco, A. Rao, K. Mougin, G. Chandrasekar, and E. Meyer, “Controlled manipulation of rigid nanorods by atomic force microscopy”, submitted to Small

    D. Dietzel, M. Feldmann, H. Fuchs, U.D. Schwarz, A. Schirmeisen, „Transition from Static to Kinetic Friction of Metallic Nanoparticles”, Applied Physics Letters 95 (2009) 053104

    A. Schirmeisen and U.D. Schwarz (invited article), „Measuring the friction of nanoparticles:

    A new route towards a better understanding of nanoscale friction”, ChemPhysChem 10 (2009) 2358

    D. Dietzel, C. Ritter, T. Mönninghoff, H. Fuchs, A. Schirmeisen, U.D. Schwarz, „Frictional duality observed during nanoparticle sliding”, Physical Review Letters 101 (2008) 125505

    M.Evstigneev, A.Schirmeisen, L.Jansen, H.Fuchs, and P.Reimann. Contact ageing in atomic friction. Journ.Phys.:Cond.Matt. 20 (2008) 354001:1-7.

    S.Getfert, M.Evstigneev, and P.Reimann. Single-molecule force spectroscopy: practical limitations beyond Bell’s model. Physica A 388 (2009) 1120-1132.

    M.Evstigneev, S.von Gehlen, and P.Reimann. Interaction-controlled Brownian motion in a tilted periodic potential. Phys.Rev.E 79 (2009) 011116:1-8.

    S.von Gehlen, M.Evstigneev, and P.Reimann. Ratched effect of a dimer with broken friction symmetry in a symmetric potential. Phys.Rev.E 79 (2009) 031114:1-8.

    J. Andzane, N. Petkov, A. Livshics, J.J. Boland,  J.D. Holmes, D. Erts. “Two Terminal Nanoelectromechanical Devices Based on Germanium Nanowires”,  Nano Lett., 9, Nr. 5, 1824–1829 (2009)

    B.J. Albers, Todd C. Schwendemann, M.Z. Baykara, N. Pilet, M. Liebmann, E.I. Altman and U.D. Schwarz “Three-dimensional imaging of short-range chemical forces with picometre resolution”, Nature Nanotechnology 4, 307 (2009)

    Dorogin, L.; Vlassov, S.; Kolesnikova, A.;Kink, I.; Lõhmus, R.;Romanov, A. (2010). “Crystal mismatched layers in pentagonal nanorods and nanoparticles”, Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics, in press

    Tätte, T.; Kolesnikova, A.; Hussainov, M.; Talviste, R.; Lõhmus, R.; Romanov, A.; Hussainova, I.; Part, M.; Lõhmus, R. (2010) “Crack formation during post-treatment of nano- and microfibers prepared by sol-gel technique”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, in press

    J. Andzane, J. Prikulis, D. Dvorzek, D. Mihailovic, D. Erts.  Mo6S3I6 “Two-terminal nano-electro-mechanical bistable switches based on molybdenum-sulphur-iodine molecular wire bundles”, Nanotechnology, submitted (2010)

    M.Evstigneev and P.Reimann. “Rolling and sliding of nanoparticles between two planes: tribological regimes and control of friction”, submitted (2010)

    D. Dietzel, M. Feldmann, C. Herding, U.D. Schwarz, A. Schirmeisen, “Quantifying pathways and friction of nanoparticles during controlled manipulation by contact-mode atomic force microscopy”, Trib. Lett. (2010), submitted

    D. Dietzel, T. Mönninghoff, M. Feldmann, C. Herding, H. Fuchs, C. Ritter, U.D. Schwarz, A. Schirmeisen, “Frictional Duality of Metallic Nanoparticles: The Influence of Particle Morphology, Orientation and Air Exposure.”, Phys. Rev. B (2010), submitted

    Published contributions to international conferences

    E. Gnecco, A. Rao, P. Steiner, R. Roth, and E. Meyer, “Driving on the nanoscale : A multiscale problem”, SEECCM 2009. Rhodes, Greece, 22-24 June 2009

    D. Erts, R. Meija, P. Birjukovs, J. Andzane, M. Studers, R. Löhmus, J.D. Holmes.  Devices based on semiconductor nanowires. 2009 International Semiconductor Conference, October 12-14, Sinaia, Romania, Proceedings of IEEE, CAS 2009 Proceedings, V.1, 37-47.

    News and views-type articles

    A. Schirmeisen „Nanotribologie - Rutschen ohne Reibung“

    Physik in unserer Zeit, 1 (2009) 6

    Books as authors

    Book chapter: M.Evstigneev, Thermal Activation Effects in Dynamic Force Spectroscopy and Atomic Friction. In: Applied Scanning Probe Methods, vol. XI, B.Bhushan and H.Fuchs, eds., Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York), 199-229 (2009)

    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la702921v

    FUNDTRIBO Publications

    Articles

    1. Gyurova, L.A.; Minino-Justel, P.; Schlarb, A.K.: Modelling the Sliding Wear and Friction Properties of Polypheylen Sulfide Composites Using Artifical Neural Networks, Wear (in press)

    2. Zvonkina IJ., Schlarb AK., Prado L., Schulte K.: Contact surface temperature and coefficient of friction of CNT/epoxy nanocomposites during sliding wear. Journal of Plastics Technology, 01/2010, P. 33-49

    3. Bayerl T, Schlarb AK: Welding of tribologically optimized polyetheretherketone films with metallic substrates. Tribology International (2010)

    4. Zhang, G.; Schlarb, AK.: Morphologies of the wear debris of polyetheretherketone produced under dry sliding conditions: correlation with wear mechanisms. WEAR, 266, 7-8, 2009. P. 745-752

    5. Zhang, G.; Schlarb, AK.: Correlation of the tribological behaviors with the mechanical properties of poly-ether-ether-ketones (PEEKs) with different molecular weights and their fiber filled composites. Wear, 266, 1-2, 2009. P. 337-344

    6. Van Wittenberghe J., Ost W., Rezaei A., De Baets P., Zsidai L., Kalácska G. Test setup for friction force measurements of large-scale composite bearings. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES. WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., 33 (1), 2009. P. 45-50

    7. Ost W., De Baets P., Van Autrève S., Van Wittenberghe J., Zsidai L., Kalácska G., Tribotesting of large-scale specimens: the necessity of proper design. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LETTERS. Szent István University. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. 2, 2009. P. 17-26

    8. Bennewitz R., Dickinson J.T. Fundamental studies of nanometer-scale wear mechanisms. MRS Bulletin, 33, 2008. P. 1174-1180

     

    Published contributions to international conferences

     

    1. Conte M., Quintana I., Aranzabe A. “Reliability study on rubber-like materials surface texturing”, NordTrib 2010, June 2010, Luleå, Sweden (Paper sent, pending of acceptance)

    2. Van Autrève, Stijn ; Ost, Wouter ; Van Wittenberghe, J.; De Baets, P. Experimental investigation of the frictional stability of engineering plastics. 4th World Tribology Congress, Posters. 2009.

     

    Book as authors

     

    Zhang, G.; Schlarb A.K.: Mechanisms of Tribological Performance Improvement in Polymer Nanocomposites. In: Mittal, V. (Hrsg.): Optimization of Polymer Nanocomposite Properties. Wiley-VC, Weinheim, 2010