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Flexible Superlubricity Unveiled in Sidewinding Motion of Individual Polymeric Chains
J.G. Vilhena, R. Pawlak, P. D Astolfo, X. Liu, E. Gnecco, M. Kisiel, T. Glatzel, R. Perez, R. Haner, S. Decurtins, A. Baratoff, G. Prampolini, S.-X. Liu, E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. Lett., 128, (2022), 216102, pdf.
Effect of a Nanostructured Titanium Surface on Gingival Cell Adhesion, Viability and Properties against P. gingivalis
Mukaddam, Khaled and Astasov-Frauenhoffer, Monika and Fasler-Kan, Elizaveta and Marot, Laurent and Kisiel, Marcin and Meyer, Ernst and Köser, Joachim and Waser, Marcus and Bornstein, Michael M. and Kühl, Sebastian
Materials, 14, (24), (2021), 7686, pdf.
Sequential Bending and Twisting around C-C Single Bonds by Mechanical Lifting of a Pre-Adsorbed Polymer
R. Pawlak, J.G. Vilhena, P. D Astolfo, X. Liu, G. Prampolini, T. Meier, Th. Glatzel, J.A. Lemkul, R. Haner, S. Decurtins, A. Baratoff, R. Perez, S.-X. Liu, E. Meyer
Nano Lett. , (20), (2020), 652-657, pdf.
Decoupling of graphene by KBr intercalation on Cu(111)
Th. Glatzel M. Schulzendorf, A. Hinaut, M. Kisiel, R. Jöhr, R. Pawlak, P. Restuccia, E. Meyer, M.C. Righi, and
22nd International Conference on Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy, 2019-07-30, Regensburg, (Germany), Abstract (PDF).
Mechanical dissipation via image potential states on a topological insulator surface
Dilek Yildiz, Marcin Kisiel, Urs Gysin, Oguzhan Gürlü, Ernst Meyer
Nature Materials, 18, (2019), 1201–1206, pdf.
Conformations and cryo-force spectroscopy of spray-deposited single-strand DNA on gold
R. Pawlak, J.G. Vilhena, A. Hinaut, T. Meier, Thilo Glatzel, A. Baratoff, E. Gnecco, R. Pérez, E. Meyer
Nat. Comm., (10), (2019), 685, pdf.
Recent highlights in nanoscale and mesoscale friction
A. Vanossi,D. Dietzel, A. Schirmeisen,E. Meyer, R. Pawlak,Th. Glatzel, M. Kisiel, S. Kawai, N. Manini
N. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 9, (2018), 1995-2014, pdf.
Mechanical dissipation from charge and spin transitions in oxygen-deficient SrTiO3 surfaces
Marcin Kisiel, Oleg Brovko, Dilek Yildiz, Remy Pawlak, Urs Gysin, Erio Tosatti, Ernst Meyer
Nature Communication, 9, (2018), 2946, pdf.
A robust AFM-based method for locally measuring the elasticity of samples
A. Bubendorf, S. Walheim, T. Schimmel and E. Meyer
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 9, (2018), 1-10, pdf.
Electronic and frictional properties of Bi2Te3 (0001) surface
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
13th International Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Conference, 2017-10-22, Antalya, (Turkey).
The effect of alkali halides on graphene grown on Cu(111), intercalation and boundary effects
M. Schulzendorf , A. Hinaut, T. Glatzel, S. Kawai, R. Jöhr, R. Pawlak, M. C. Righi, J. Zhang, M. Muntwiler and E. Meyer
SNI annual meeting, 2017-09-07, Lenzerheide, (Switzerland).
Energy dissipation peaks on Bi2Te3 studied with pendulum AFM and STM
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
SNI Annual meeting 2017, 2017-09-07, Lenzerheide, (Switzerland).
Image states and energy dissipation on Bi2Te3 surface
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Trends in Nanotribology 2017, 2017-06-26, Trieste, (Italy).
Energy dissipation peaks on Bi2Te3 studied with pendulum AFM and STM
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Seminar (Osaka University), 2017-05-24, Osaka, (Japan).
Image States and Energy Dissipation in Bi2Te3 Surface
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Seminar (University of Tokyo), 2017-05-23, Tokyo, (Japan).
Image states and energy dissipation on Bi2Te3 surface
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
The 19th International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference , 2017-05-16, Kyoto, (Japan).
Non-Contact Friction with Pendulum AFM
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Seminar (University of Twente), 2017-04-07, Enschede, (The Netherlands).
Electrostatic, phononic and van der Waals friction on layered materials
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
DPG Spring Meeting, 2017-03-19, Dresden, (Germany).
Electronic and van der Waals friction on layered structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Nanoscience in the Snow 2017, 2017-01-25, Zermatt, (Switzerland).
Hydroxyl-Induced Partial Charge States of Single Porphyrins on Titania Rutile
R. Pawlak, A. Sadeghi, R. Jöhr, A. Hinaut, T. Meier, S. Kawai, L. Zajac, P. Olszowski, S. Godlewski, B. Such, Th. Glatzel, S. Goedecker, M. Szymonski, E. Meyer
J. Phys. Chem. C, (121), (2017), 3607-3614, pdf.
Single-molecule manipulation experiments to explore friction and adhesion
R. Pawlak, S. Kawai, T. Meier, Th. Glatzel, A. Baratoff, E. Meyer
J. Phys. D : App. Phys., (50), (2017), 113003 , pdf.
Van der Waals Friction on Layered Structures
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Swiss Nanoscience Institute Annual Meeting, 2016-09-15, Lenzerheide, (Switzerland).
Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Layered Structures
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
10th International Nanoscience Student Conference, 2016-08-02, Baarlo, (The Netherlands).
Energy Dissipation Mechanism On Layered Structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
International Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy (NC-AFM), 2016-07-25, Nottingham, (UK).
Energy Dissipation Mechanism On Layered Structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
The Second European Workshop on Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction, 2016-07-04, Riga, (Latvia).
Energy Dissipation in Layered Structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Swiss NanoConvention 2016, 2016-06-30, Basel, (Switzerland).
Energy dissipation on layered crystals measured by pendulum AFM
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference (ISPM), 2016-06-12, Grindelwald, (Switzerland).
Tip induced ordering of organic layered crystals
M. Schulzendorf , G. Fessler, Th. Glatzel, M. Meuwly, L. Shi-Xia, S. Decurtins, E. Meyer
SNI PhD School: Seminar on Rhetoric and Communication Skills, 2016-06-06, Mariastein, (Switzerland).
Energy Dissipation Mechanism on Layered Structures due to Tip Sample Interaction by Pendulum AFM
D. Yildiz , M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
(12th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference) Nanotr12, 2016-06-03, Istanbul, (Turkey).
Energy Dissipation Mechanism On Layered Structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
80th Annual Meeting of the DPG and Spring Meeting, 2016-03-06, Regensnburg, (Germany).
Energy Dissipation on Layered Structures
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Nanoscience in the Snow, 2016-01-27, Zinal, (Switzerland).
Energy Dissipation on Layered Structures due to Tip Sample Interaction by Pendulum AFM
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, and E. Meyer
Swiss Working Group for Surface and Interface Science , 2016-01-22, Fribourg, (Switzerland).
Superlubricity of graphene nanoribbons on gold surfaces
S. Kawai, A. Benassi, E. Gnecco, H. Söde, R. Pawlak, X. Feng, K. Müllen, D. Passerone, C. A. Pignedoli, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, E. Meyer
Science, 351, (6276), (2016), 957, pdf.
Probing Atomic Structure and Majorana Wavefunctions in Mono-Atomic Fe-chains on Superconducting Pb-Surface
R. Pawlak, M. Kisiel, J. Klinovaja, T. Meier, S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, D. Loss, E. Meyer
npj Quantum Info, 2, (2016), 16035, pdf.
Single Molecule Tribology: Force Microscopy Manipulation of a Porphyrin Derivative on a Copper Surface
R. Pawlak, W. Ouyang, A. E. Filippov, L. Kalikhman-Razvozov, S. Kawai, T. Glatzel, E. Gnecco, A. Baratoff , Q.-S. Zheng, O. Hod, M. Urbakh, E. Meyer
ACS Nano, 10, (2016), 713-722, pdf.
Single-Molecule Experiments to Explore Friction And Adhesion (Invited)
R. Pawlak , S. Kawai, A. Baratoff, W.G. Ouyang, T. Meier, E. Gnecco, T. Glatzel, A. Filippov, A. Baratoff, M. Urbakh, E. Meyer
AVS conference, 2015-10-22, San José, (US).
Probing Atomic Structure and Majorana Wavefunctions in Mono-Atomic Fe-chains on Superconducting Pb-Surface
R. Pawlak , M. Kisiel, J. Klinovaja, T. Meier, S. Kawai, T. Glatzel, D. Loss, E. Meyer
8th International Workshop on Nanoscale Pattern Formation at Surfaces, 2015-07-16, Krakow, (Poland).
Patterning of C60 Islands on Organic Layer Compound Crystals
Th. Glatzel S. Freund, A. Hinaut, R. Pawlak, Shi-Xia Liu, S. Decurtins, E. Meyer and
8th International Workshop on Nanoscale Pattern Formation at Surfaces, 2015-07-14, Krakow, (Poland), Abstract (PDF).
Intricacies Of Moiré Patterns At The Atomic Level: A Scanning Probe Microscopy Perspective
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, O. Gurlu, and E. Meyer
Ecotrib2015, 2015-06-25, Lugano, (Switzerland).
Investigation Of Morphological And Electronic Properties Of Moiré Patterns By Scanning Probe Microscopy
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, O. Gurlu, and E. Meyer
The International Conference on Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction, 2015-06-24, Istanbul, (Turkey).
Investigation Of Morphological And Electronic Properties Of Moiré Patterns By Scanning Probe Microscopy
D. Yildiz, M. Kisiel, O. Gurlu, and E. Meyer
Swiss Nano Convention 2015, 2015-05-27, Neuchâtel, (Switzerland).
Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) study of moiré patterns on rotated graphene layer on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG)
D. Yildiz , S. Sen, M. Kisiel, O. Gulseren, E. Meyer, and O. Gurlu
DPG Spring Meeting, 2015-03-19, Berlin, (Germany).
Resolving Atomic Connectivity in Graphene Nanostructure Junctions
T. Dienel, S. Kawai, H. Söde, X. Feng, K. Müllen, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, and O. Gröning
Nano Lett., 15, (8), (2015), 5185-5190, pdf.
Dissipation at large separation (Ed. E. Gnecco and E. Meyer)
M. Kisiel, M. Langer, U. Gysin, S. Rast, E. Meyer, D.W. Lee
Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale (Edited b, Vol. 2, (Chap. 26), (2015), 609-626, pdf.
Extended Halogen Bonding between Fully Fluorinated Aromatic Molecules
S. Kawai, A. Sadeghi, F. Xu, L. Peng, A. Orita, J. Otera, S. Goedecker, and E. Meyer
ACS Nano, 9, (3), (2015), 2574–2583, pdf.
Non-contact friction
M. Kisiel, M. Samadashvili, U. Gysin, E. Meyer
Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy (Edited by S. Morita, F.J, Vol.3, (2015), 93-110, pdf.
Noncontact Atomic Force Microscope Dissipation Reveals a Central Peak of SrTiO3 Structural Phase Transition
M. Kisiel, F. Pellegrini, G. E. Santoro, M. Samadashvili, R. Pawlak, A. Benassi, U. Gysin, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, E. Meyer, & E. Tosatti
Phys. Rev. Lett., 115, (2015), 046101, pdf.
Giant frictional dissipation peaks and charge-density-wave slips at the NbSe2 surface
M. Langer, M. Kisiel, R. Pawlak, F. Pelligrini, G. E. Santoro, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, G. Balakrishnan, A. Baratoff, E. Tosatti, E. Meyer
Nature Materials, 13, (2014), 173-177, pdf.
Atom manipulation on an insulating surface at room temperature
S. Kawai, A. S. Foster, F. Federici Canova, H. Onodera, S. Kitamura, E. Meyer
Nature Communications, 5, (2014), 4403, pdf.
Quantifying the atomic-level mechanics of single long physisorbed molecular chains
S. Kawai, M. Koch, E. Gnecco, A. Sadeghi, R. Pawlak, Th. Glatzel, J. Schwarz, S. Goedecker, S. Hecht, A. Baratoff, L. Grill, and E. Meyer
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111, (11), (2014), 3968–3972, pdf.
ultrahigh resolution atomic force microscopy: seeing the structure of molecule
S. Kawai
応用物理(OYO BUTURI), 83, (6), (2014), 490-482, pdf.
Correction to Obtaining Detailed Structural Information about Supramolecular Systems on Surfaces by Combining High-Resolution Force Microscopy with ab Initio Calculations
S. Kawai, A. Sadeghi, F. Xu, L. Peng, R. Pawlak, T. Glatzel, A. Willand, A. Orita, J. Otera, S. Goedecker, and E. Meyer
ACS Nano, 8, (3), (2014), 3099, pdf.
Energy Loss Triggered by Atomic-Scale Lateral Force
F. Federici Canova, S. Kawai, C. de Capitani, K. Kan’no, Th. Glatzel, B. Such, A. S. Foster, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, (20), (2013), 203203, pdf.
Elastic Response of Graphene Nanodomes
S. Koch, D. Stradi, E. Gnecco, S. Barja, S. Kawai, C. Díaz, M. Alcamí, F. Martín, A. L. V. de Parga, R. Miranda, Th. Glatzel, and E. Meyer
ACS Nano, 7, (4), (2013), 2927, pdf.
Systematic study of the dolomite (104) surface by bimodal dynamic force microscopy in ultra-high vacuum
S. Kawai, C. M Pina, A. Bubendorf, G. Fessler, T. Glatzel, E. Gnecco and E. Meyer
Nanotechnology, 24, (5), (2013), 055702, pdf.
Obtaining Detailed Structural Information about Supramolecular Systems on Surfaces by Combining High-Resolution Force Microscopy with ab initio Calculations
S. Kawai, A. Sadeghi, X. Feng, P. Lifen, R. Pawlak, T. Glatzel, A. Willand, A. Orita, J. Otera, S. Goedecker, and E. Meyer
ACS Nano, 7, (10), (2013), 9098, pdf.
Design and performance of a combined secondary ion mass spectrometry-scanning probe microscopy instrument for high sensitivity and high-resolution elemental three-dimensional analysis
T. Wirtz, Y. Fleming, M. Gerard, U. Gysin, Th. Glatzel, E. Meyer, U. Wegmann, U. Maier, A. H. Odriozola and D. Uehli
Rev. Sci. Instrum., 83, (2012), 063702, pdf.
Energy dissipation in dynamic force microscopy on KBr(001) correlated with atomic-scale adhesion phenomena
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, B. Such, S. Koch, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 86, (24), (2012), 245419, pdf.
Rapid reconstruction of a strong nonlinear property by a multiple lock-in technique
S. Kawai, S. Hafizovic, Th. Glatzel, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 85, (16), (2012), 165426, pdf.
Combined SIMS-SPM Instrument For High Sensitivity And High Resolution Elemental 3D Analysis
T. Wirtz, Y. Fleming, U. Gysin, Th. Glatzel, E. Meyer, U. Maier and U. Wegmann
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18, (2012), 888-889, pdf.
Multiscale approach for simulations of Kelvin probe force microscopy with atomic resolution
A. Sadeghi, A. Baratoff, S. A. Ghasemi, S. Goedecker, Th. Glatzel, S. Kawai and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 86, (2012), 075407, pdf.
Measuring Electric Field Induced Subpicometer Displacement of Step Edge Ions
S. Kawai, F. Federici Canova, Th. Glatzel, T. Hynninen, E. Meyer, and A. S. Foster
Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, (14), (2012), 146101, pdf.
Interaction-induced atomic displacements revealed by drift-corrected dynamic force spectroscopy
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 83, (3), (2011), 035421, pdf.
Atomic-scale dissipation processes in dynamic force spectroscopy
S. Kawai, F. Federici Canova, Th. Glatzel, A. S. Foster, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 84, (11), (2011), 115415, pdf.
Orientation dependent molecular friction on organic layer compound crystals
G. Fessler, I. Zimmermann, Th. Glatzel, E. Gnecco, P. Steiner, R. Roth, T. D. Keene, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins, and E. Meyer
Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, (8), (2011), 083119, pdf.
Suppression of electronic friction on Nb films in the superconducting state
M. Kisiel, E. Gnecco, U. Gysin, L. Marot, S. Rast, E. Meyer
Nature Materials, 10, (1), (2011), pdf.
Systematic measurement of pentacene assembled on Cu(111) by bimodal dynamic force microscopy at room temperature
S. Kawai, R. Pawlak, Th. Glatzel, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 84, (8), (2011), 085429, pdf.
Atomic contact potential variations of Si(111)-7 × 7 analyzed by Kelvin probe force microscopy
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, H.-J. Hug, and E. Meyer
Nanotechnology, 21, (24), (2010), 245704, pdf.
Ultrasensitive detection of lateral atomic-scale interactions on graphite (0001) via bimodal dynamic force measurements
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. B, 81, (8), (2010), 085420, pdf.
Surface-relaxation-induced giant corrugation on graphite (0001)
S. Kawai and H. Kawakatsu
Phys. Rev. B, 79, (11), (2009), 115440, pdf.
Cutting and self-healing molecular wires studied by dynamic force microscopy
S. Kawai, S. Maier, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, L. Zimmerli, L.-A. Fendt, F. Diederich, and E. Meyer
Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, (2009), 103109, pdf.
Direct mapping of the lateral force gradient on Si(111)-7x7
S. Kawai, N. Sasaki, and H. Kawakatsu
Phys. Rev. B, 79, (2009), 195412, pdf.
Systematic Achievement of Improved Atomic-Scale Contrast via Bimodal Dynamic Force Microscopy
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, (2009), 220801, pdf.
Time-averaged cantilever deflection in dynamic force spectroscopy
S. Kawai, Th. Glatzel, S. Koch, B. Such, A. Baratoff, and E. Meyer
Phy. Rev. B, 80, (8), (2009), 085422, pdf.