Publications

Díaz, D.; Bhargava, A.; Walz, F.; Sharifi-Aghili, A.; Shumaly, S.; Berger, R.; Kappl, M.; Butt, H.-J.; Lohse, D.; Willers, T. et al.; Sanjay, V.; Vollmer, D.: Stood-up drop to determine receding contact angles. Soft Matter (2026)

Seidl, C. I.; Zhao, B.; Gao, X.; Berger, R.; Jian, L.; Koynov, K.; Gangluff, M.; Fontijn, R.; Su, L.; Bussmann, J. et al.; Zhang, H.; Barz, M.: Polypept(o)ide Based Biodegradable Cylindrical Polymer Brushes: Controlling Size, Shape, Surface Functionality, and Stability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (46), pp. 62969 - 62982 (2025)

Zhu, C.; Kobayashi, S.; Sugisawa, Y.; Weber, F.; Lin, K.-H.; Kitamura, M.; Horiba, K.; Kumigashira, H.; Nishio, K.; Shimizu, R. et al.; Sekiba, D.; Hitosugi, T.; Berger, R.: Space Charge Layer Evolution in All-Solid-State Batteries Probed via Operando Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy and Nuclear Reaction Analysis. ACS Nano 19 (45), pp. 39062 - 39075 (2025)

Tsai, Y.-L.; Moschopoulou-Triantafyllidou, S.; Yu, J.; Albarqawi, S.; Marchesi D'Alvise, T.; Veith, L.; Berger, R.; Synatschke, C. V.: Peptide Photoimmobilization by Thiol–ene Chemistry for Enhanced Neural Cell Adhesion. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 11 (11), pp. 6844 - 6853 (2025)

Hwang, H.; Kim, J.; Jeon, S.; Jo, S.-M.; Park, S.; An, H.; Kappl, M.; Butt, H.-J.; Wooh, S.: Metal Nanodot Array via Thin Oil Layer‐Assisted Dropwise Solid‐State Dewetting. Small Science 5 (11), 2500311 (2025)

Weber, F.; Zhu, C.; Kobayashi, S.; Fuchs, T.; Hitosugi, T.; Janek, J.; Berger, R.: Interpretation of Kelvin Probe Force Measurements in Solid-State Electrochemical Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (42), pp. 58825 - 58836 (2025)

Joseph, K.; Fu, H.; van der Tol, J. J. B.; Steffen, W.; Ruan, F.; Fytas, G.; Meijer, E. W.: Impact of vibrational strong coupling on liquid-liquid phase separation in supramolecular polymers. Chemical Science 16 (37), pp. 17139 - 17147 (2025)

Song, J.; Almaquer, F. E. P.; Xiong, Z.; Wang, X.; Li, M.; Yan, X.; Han, W.; Wu, Q.; Kappl, M.; Hou, Y. et al.; Butt, H.-J.; Yeung, K. L.: Enhancing liquid-vapor phase behavior through multiscale anisotropic wettability gradient in dandelion-inspired nanostructures. Materials Horizons 12 (17), pp. 7012 - 7023 (2025)

Khoeini, M. H.; Wensink, G.; Vukovic, T.; Krafft, I.; van der Net, A.; Rücker, M.; Luna-Triguero, A.: Nanoscale analysis of surface modifications on silanized glass: Wettability alteration and long-term stability. Surfaces and Interfaces 72, 107218 (2025)

Catalan, K. N.; Ratschow, A. D.; Butt, H.-J.; Koynov, K.: A Method for in Situ Interfacial pH Detection. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16, pp. 8869 - 8876 (2025)

Vasileiadis, T.; Dhiman, A. K.; Noual, A.; Sbalbi, N.; Ye, M.; Macfarlane, R. J.; Graczykowski, B.; Fytas, G.: Acoustoplasmonic Metasurfaces Based on Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles. Nano Letters 25, pp. 12351 - 12359 (2025)

Sbeih, S.; Steffen, W.; Gao, A.; Kappl, M.: Super repellent, long-lasting, transparent, and scratch-resistant coatings for surfaces by liquid flame spray. Applied Surface Science 712, 164242 (2025)

Li, X.; Ni, Z.; Zhou, X.; Zhou, X.; Bauer, L. S.; Díaz, D.; Schäfer, G.; Butt, H.-J.: Surfactants Screen Slide Electrification. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (31), e202423474 (2025)

Cortes, D.; Kappl, M.; Butt, H.-J.; Sudersan, P.; Corrales, T. P.: Friction Measurements with Picoliter Droplets Using Scanning Probe Microscopy. Physical Review Letters 135 (4), 048203 (2025)

Dong, Y.; He, H.; Kapil, K.; Steinhart, M.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Butt, H.-J.; Floudas, G.: Tethered Cation Size Affects the Imbibition of Polymerized Ionic Liquids and the Ionic Conductivity in Nanopores. Macromolecules 58 (14), pp. 7534 - 7543 (2025)

Zhao, B.; Wei, J.; Berger, R.; Jian, L.; Koynov, K.; Zhang, H.; Barz, M.: Polypept(o)ide-Based Core–Shell Bottlebrush Polymers: A Versatile Platform for Drug Encapsulation. Macromolecular Bioscience 25 (7), 2500083 (2025)

Moschos, V.; Steinhart, M.; Butt, H.-J.; Floudas, G.: Effect of hard confinement on the phase state and dynamics of 1-propanol/water mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics 162 (24), 244507 (2025)

Kardasis, P.; Danikas, M.; Patelis, N.; Ntetsikas, K.; Hadjichristidis, N.; Floudas, G.: Effect of Polyisoprene Microstructure on the Thermodynamics, Viscoelastic, and Dielectric Properties in the Bulk and during Flow in Nanopores. Macromolecules 58 (12), pp. 6052 - 6065 (2025)

Leibauer, B.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Dorado Daza, D. F.; Wang, Y.; Hazrah, A. S.; Pop‐Georgievski, O.; Butt, H.-J.; Berger, R.: Wetting of Surface Grafted Hydrophilic‐b‐Hydrophobic Block Copolymer Brushes. Advanced Functional Materials 35 (24), 2419443 (2025)

Rohrbeck, P.; Cavar, L. D.; Weber, F.; Reichel, P. G.; Niebling, M.; Weber, S. A. L.: Nanoscale capacitance spectroscopy based on multifrequency electrostatic force microscopy. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 16, pp. 637 - 651 (2025)