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• Sun, K., Gizaw, Y., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2025). Nanoparticle adhesion at liquid interfaces. Soft Matter, 21(4), 585-595. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01101e
• Tavakol, M., Newbold, A., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Electrified Nanogaps under an AC Field: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(49), 21050-21059. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05105
• Tavakol, M., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Water and ions in electrified silica nano-pores: a molecular dynamics study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(33), 22062-22072. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp00750f
• Cafolla, C., Bui, T., Bao Le, T. T., Zen, A., Tay, W. J., Striolo, A., Michaelides, A., Greenwell, H. C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Local probing of the nanoscale hydration landscape of kaolinite basal facets in the presence of ions. Materials Today Physics, 46, Article 101504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101504
• Trewby, W., Tavakol, M., Jaques, Y. M., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Towards local tracking of solvated metal ions at solid-liquid interfaces. Materials Today Physics, 44, Article 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101441
• Wang, J., Li, H., Tavakol, M., Serva, A., Nener, B., Parish, G., Salanne, M., Warr, G. G., Voïtchovsky, K., & Atkin, R. (2024). Ions Adsorbed at Amorphous Solid/Solution Interfaces Form Wigner Crystal-like Structures. ACS Nano, 18(1), 1181-1194. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c11349
• Cafolla, C., Philpott-Robson, J., Elbourne, A., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Quantitative Detection of Biological Nanovesicles in Drops of Saliva Using Microcantilevers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(1), 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c12035
• Paba, C., Dorigo, V., Senigagliesi, B., Tormena, N., Parisse, P., Voitchovsky, K., & Casalis, L. (2023). Lipid bilayer fluidity and degree of order regulates small EVs adsorption on model cell membrane. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 652(B), 1937-1943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.117
• Cafolla, C., Voïtchovsky, K., & Payam, A. F. (2023). Simultaneous quantification of Young’s modulus and dispersion forces with nanoscale spatial resolution. Nanotechnology, 34(50), Article 505714. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/acf8ce
• Trewby, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2023). Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions. Faraday Discussions, 246, 387-406. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00021d
• Kariuki, R., Penman, R., Bryant, S. J., Orrell-Trigg, R., Meftahi, N., Crawford, R. J., McConville, C. F., Bryant, G., Voïtchovsky, K., Conn, C. E., Christofferson, A. J., & Elbourne, A. (2022). Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution. ACS Nano, 16(10), 17179-17196. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c07751
• Legg, B., Voïtchovsky, K., & De Yoreo, J. (2022). Hydroxide films on mica form charge-stabilized microphases that circumvent nucleation barriers. Science Advances, 8(35), Article eabn7087. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn7087
• Goodband, S. J., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2022). Development of a setup to characterize capillary liquid bridges between liquid infused surfaces. AIP Advances, 12(1), Article 015120. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072548
• Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2021). Real-time tracking of ionic nano-domains under shear flow. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 19540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98137-y
• Payam, A., Piantanida, L., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2021). Development of a flexure-based nano-actuator for high-frequency in-plane directional sensing with atomic force microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(9), Article 093703. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0057032
• Snopok, B., Laroussi, A., Cafolla, C., Voïtchovsky, K., Snopok, T., & Mirsky, V. M. (2021). Gold surface cleaning by etching polishing: Optimization of polycrystalline film topography and surface functionality for biosensing. Surfaces and Interfaces, 22, Article 100818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2020.100818
• Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Impact of water on the lubricating properties of hexadecane at the nanoscale. Nanoscale, 12(27), 14504-14513. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr03642k
• Torelli, E., Kozyra, J., Shirt-Ediss, B., Piantanida, L., Voïtchovsky, K., & Krasnogor, N. (2020). Co-transcriptional folding of a bio-orthogonal fluorescent scaffolded RNA origami. ACS Synthetic Biology, 9(7), 1682-1692. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.0c00009
• Piantanida, L., Payam, A., Zhong, J., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Nanoscale mapping of the directional flow patterns at liquid-solid interfaces. Physical Review Applied, 13(6), Article 064003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.13.064003
• Goodband, S., Armstrong, S., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). The Effect of Ageing on the Structure and Properties of Model Liquid Infused Surfaces. Langmuir, 36(13), 3461-3470. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00059
• Cafolla, C., Foster, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Lubricated friction around nano-defects. Science Advances, 6(14), Article eaaz3673. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3673
• Foster, W., Miyazawa, K., Fukuma, T., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Self-assembly of small molecules at hydrophobic interfaces using group effect. Nanoscale, 12(9), 5452-5463. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr09505e
• Baumann, K., Piantanida, L., García-Nafría, J., Sobota, D., Voïtchovsky, K., Knowles, T., & Hernández-Ainsa, S. (2020). Coating and Stabilization of Liposomes by Clathrin-Inspired DNA Self-Assembly. ACS Nano, 14(2), 2316-2323. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b09453
• Trewby, W., Faraudo, J., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2019). Long-lived ionic nano-domains can modulate the stiffness of soft interfaces. Nanoscale, 11(10), 4376-4384. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr06339g
• Cafolla, C., Payam, A., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). A non-destructive method to calibrate the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscope cantilevers in viscous environments. Journal of Applied Physics, 124(15), Article 154502. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046648
• Foster, W., Aquilar, J., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). In-situ molecular-level observation of methanol catalysis at the water-graphite interface. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(40), 34265-34271. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b12113
• Miller, E., Voitchovsky, K., & Staykova, M. (2018). Substrate-led cholesterol extraction from supported lipid membranes. Nanoscale, 10(34), 16332-16342. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr03399d
• Bi, H., Wang, X., Han, X., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). Impact of Electric Fields on the Nanoscale Behavior of Lipid Monolayers at the Surface of Graphite in Solution. Langmuir, 34(32), 9561-9571. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01631
• Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces. Nanoscale, 10(25), 11831-11840. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr02859a
• Torelli, E., Kozyra, J., J.-y., G., Stimming, U., Piantanida, L., Voïtchovsky, K., & Krasnogor, N. (2018). Isothermal folding of a light-up bio-orthogonal RNA origami nanoribbon. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 6989. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25270-6
• Payam, A., Trewby, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). Determining the spring constant of arbitrarily shaped cantilevers in viscous environments. Applied Physics Letters, 112(8), Article 083101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5009071
• Piantanida, L., Bolt, H., Rozatian, N., Cobb, S., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2017). Ions modulate stress-induced nano-texture in supported fluid lipid bilayers. Biophysical Journal, 113(2), 426-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2017.05.049
• Payam, A., Trewby, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2017). Simultaneous viscosity and density measurement of small volumes of liquids using a vibrating microcantilever. Analyst, 142(9), 1492-1498. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6an02674e
• Ricci, M., Trewby, W., Cafolla, M., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2017). Direct observation of the dynamics of single metal ions at the interface with solids in aqueous solutions. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 43234. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43234
• Ricci, M., Quinlan, R., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2017). Sub-nanometre mapping of the aquaporin-water interface with multifrequency atomic force microscopy. Soft Matter, 13(1), 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00751a
• Voïtchovsky, K. (2016). Effect of temperature on the viscoelastic properties of nano-confined liquid mixtures. Nanoscale, 8(40), 17472-17482. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nr05879e
• Voïtchovsky, K., Giofrè, D., Segura, J., Stellacci, F., & Ceriotti, M. (2016). Thermally-nucleated self-assembly of water and alcohol into stable structures at hydrophobic interfaces. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13064. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13064
• Elbourne, A., McLean, B., Voïtchovsky, K., Warr, G., & Atkin, R. (2016). Molecular Resolution in situ Imaging of Spontaneous Graphene Exfoliation. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(16), 3118-3122. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01323
• Desseaux, S., Hinestrosa, J., Schüwer, N., Lokitz, B., Ankner, J., Kilbey, S., Voïtchovsky, K., & Klok, H.-A. (2016). Swelling Behavior and Nanomechanical Properties of (Peptide-Modified) Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes. Macromolecules, 49(12), 4609-4618. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00881
• Trewby, W., Livesy, D., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2016). Buffering agents modify the hydration landscape at charged interfaces. Soft Matter, 12(9), 2642-2651. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm02445e
• Hofmann, S., Voïtchovsky, K., Spijker, P., Schmidt, M., & Stumpf, T. (2016). Visualising the molecular alteration of the calcite (104) – water interface by sodium nitrate. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 21576. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21576
• Miller, E., Trewby, W., Farokh Payam, A., Piantanida, L., Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2016). Sub-nanometer resolution imaging with amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy in liquid. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e54924. https://doi.org/10.3791/54924
• Elbourne, A., Cronshaw, S., Voïtchovsky, K., Warr, G., & Atkin, R. (2015). Near surface properties of mixtures of propylammonium nitrate with n-alkanols 1. Nanostructure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(40), 26621-26628. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp04786b
• Elbourne, A., McDonald, S., Voïtchovsky, K., Endres, F., Warr, G., & Atkin, R. (2015). Nanostructure of the Ionic Liquid-Graphite Stern Layer. ACS Nano, 9(7), 7608-7620. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b02921
• Ricci, M., Segura, J., Erickson, B., Fantner, G., Stellacci, F., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2015). Growth and dissolution of calcite in the presence of adsorbed stearic acid. Langmuir, 31(27), 7563-7571. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01732
• Voïtchovsky, K., Ashari Astani, N., Tavernelli, I., Tetreault, N., Rothlisberger, U., Stellacci, F., Grätzel, M., & Arne Harms, H. (2015). In-situ mapping of the molecular arrangement of amphiphilic dye molecules at the TiO2 surface of dye sensitized solar cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(20), 10834-10842. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b01638
• Voïtchovsky, K. (2015). High-resolution AFM in liquid: what about the tip?. Nanotechnology, 26(10), Article 100501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/10/100501
• Elbourne, A., Voïtchovsky, K., Warr, G., & Atkin, R. (2015). Ion structure controls ionic liquid near-surface and interfacial nanostructure. Chemical Science, 6(1), 527-536. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02727b
• Page, A., Elbourne, A., Stefanovic, R., Addicoat, M., Warr, G., Voïtchovsky, K., & Atkin, R. (2014). 3-Dimensional atomic scale structure of the ionic liquid–graphite interface elucidated by AM-AFM and quantum chemical simulations. Nanoscale, 6(14), 8100-8106. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr01219d
• Van Lehn, R., Ricci, M., Silva, P., Andreozzi, P., Reguera, J., Voïtchovsky, K., Stellacci, F., & Alexander-Katz, A. (2014). Lipid tail protrusions mediate the insertion of nanoparticles into model cell membranes. Nature Communications, 5, Article 4482. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5482
• Ricci, M., Spijker, P., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2014). Water-induced correlation between single ions imaged at the solid–liquid interface. Nature Communications, 5, Article 4400. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5400
• Hofmann, S., Voïtchovsky, K., Schmidt, M., & Stumpf, T. (2014). Trace concentration – Huge impact: Nitrate in the calcite/Eu(III) system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 125, 528-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.008
• Ortiz-Young, D., Chih Chiu, H., Kim, S., Voïtchovsky, K., & Riedo, E. (2013). The interplay between apparent viscosity and wettability in nanoconfined water. Nature Communications, 4, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3482
• Warren, S., Voïtchovsky, K., Dotan, H., Leroy, C., Cornuz, M., Stellacci, F., Hébert, C., Rothschild, A., & Grätzel, M. (2013). Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting. Nature Materials, 12(9), 842-849. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3684
• Voïtchovsky, K. (2013). Anharmonicity, solvation forces, and resolution in atomic force microscopy at the solid-liquid interface. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 88(2), Article 022407. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.88.022407
• Segura, J., Elbourne, A., Wanless, E., Warr, G., Voïtchovsky, K., & Atkin, R. (2013). Adsorbed and near surface structure of ionic liquids at a solid interface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(9), 3320-3328. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp44163f
• Ricci, M., Spijker, P., Stellacci, F., Molinari, J.-F., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2013). Direct Visualization of Single Ions in the Stern Layer of Calcite. Langmuir, 29(7), 2207-2216. https://doi.org/10.1021/la3044736
• Schmaltz, T., Y Amin, A., Khassanov, A., Meyer-Friedrichsen, T., Steinrück, H.-G., Magerl, A., Segura, J., Voïtchovsky, K., Stellacci, F., & Halik, M. (2013). Low-Voltage Self-Assembled Monolayer Field-Effect Transistors on Flexible Substrates. Advanced Materials, 25(32), 4511-4514. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201301176
• Novak, M., Ebel, A., Meyer-Friedrichsen, T., Jedaa, A., Vieweg, B., Yang, G., Voïtchovsky, K., Stellacci, F., Spiecker, E., Hirsch, A., & Halik, M. (2011). Low-Voltage p- and n-Type Organic Self-Assembled Monolayer Field Effect Transistors. Nano Letters, 11(1), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl103200r
• Burkhardt, M., Jedaa, A., Novak, M., Ebel, A., Voïtchovsky, K., Stellacci, F., Hirsch, A., & Halik, M. (2010). Concept of a Molecular Charge Storage Dielectric Layer for Organic Thin-Film Memory Transistors. Advanced Materials, 22(23), 2525-2528. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201000030
• Voïtchovsky, K., Kuna, J., Contera, S., Tosatti, E., & Stellacci, F. (2010). Direct mapping of the solid–liquid adhesion energy with subnanometre resolution. Nature Nanotechnology, 5(6), 401-405. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.67
• Nikiforov, M., Hohlbauch, S., King, W., Voïtchovsky, K., Antoranz Contera, S., Jesse, S., Kalinin, S., & Proksch, R. (2010). Temperature-dependent phase transitions in zeptoliter volumes of a complex biological membrane. Nanotechnology, 22(5), https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055709
• Antoranz Contera, S., Voïtchovsky, K., & Ryan, J. (2010). Controlled ionic condensation at the surface of a native extremophile membrane. Nanoscale, 2, 222-229. https://doi.org/10.1039/b9nr00248k
• Kuna, J., Voïtchovsky, K., Singh, C., Jiang, H., Mwenifumbo, S., Ghorai, P., Stevens, M., Glotzer, S., & Stellacci, F. (2009). The effect of nanometre-scale structure on interfacial energy. Nature Materials, 8(10), 837-842. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2534
• Yamashita, H., Voïtchovsky, K., Uchihashi, T., Antoranz Conteral, S., Ryan, J., & Ando, T. (2009). Dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin 2D crystal observed by high-speed atomic force microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology, 167(2), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2009.04.011
• Voïtchovsky, K., Antoranz Contera, S., & Ryan, J. (2009). Lateral coupling and cooperative dynamics in the function of the native membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin. Soft Matter, 5(24), 4899-4904. https://doi.org/10.1039/b908635h
• Gerber, R., Voïtchovsky, K., Mitchel, C., Tahiri-Alaoui, A., Ryan, J., Hore, J., & James, W. (2008). Inter-oligomer interactions of the human prion protein are modulated by the polymorphism at codon 129. Journal of Molecular Biology, 381(1), 212-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.057
• Voïtchovsky, K., Antoranz Contera, S., & Ryan, J. (2007). Electrostatic and steric interactions determine bacteriorhodopsin single-molecule biomechanics. Biophysical Journal, 93(6), 2024-2037. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.106.101469
• Voïtchovsky, K., Antoranz Contera, M., Kamihira, M., Watts, A., & Ryan, J. (2006). Differential stiffness and lipid mobility in the leaflets of purple membranes. Biophysical Journal, 90(6), 2075-2085. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.072405
• Zgrablić, G., Voïtchovsky, K., Kindermann, M., Haacke, S., & Chergui, M. (2005). Ultrafast excited state dynamics of the protonated Schiff base of all-trans retinal in solvents. Biophysical Journal, 88(4), 2779-2788. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.104.046094