Enrico Gnecco

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
139 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Enrico Gnecco is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Enrico Gnecco has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 52 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Enrico Gnecco's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (99 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (45 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (39 papers). Enrico Gnecco is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (99 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (45 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (39 papers). Enrico Gnecco collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and Germany. Enrico Gnecco's co-authors include Ernst Meyer, Roland Bennewitz, Anisoara Socoliuc, T. Gyalog, A. Baratoff, Sabine Maier, Elisa Riedo, M. Bammerlin, H.‐J. Güntherodt and Ch. Loppacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Enrico Gnecco

131 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Velocity Dependence of Atomic Friction

2000 484 citations Enrico Gnecco, Roland Bennewitz et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Transition from Stick-Slip to Continuous Sliding in Atomic Friction: Entering a New Regime of Ultralow Friction

2004 455 citations Anisoara Socoliuc, Roland Bennewitz et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Enrico Gnecco Switzerland	33	3.5k	1.8k	1.7k	1.2k	844	139	4.7k
Tianbao Ma China	42	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.9×	841 0.7×	910 1.1×	131	5.2k
Lars Pastewka Germany	30	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	352 0.3×	570 0.7×	98	3.7k
Charanjit S. Bhatia Singapore	31	781 0.2×	1.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	463 0.5×	170	4.0k
R. C. Cammarata United States	36	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	109	5.2k
H. M. Pollock United Kingdom	31	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	439 0.4×	762 0.9×	68	3.5k
Jonathan A. Zimmerman United States	30	862 0.2×	1.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.9×	485 0.4×	559 0.7×	100	4.2k
Michael Chandross United States	31	986 0.3×	909 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	934 0.8×	314 0.4×	89	2.9k
R. Erlandsson Sweden	20	2.2k 0.6×	689 0.4×	792 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	50	3.7k
Christian Teichert Austria	36	2.7k 0.8×	643 0.4×	2.7k 1.6×	2.8k 2.3×	1.4k 1.6×	227	6.3k
Gunther Richter Germany	29	638 0.2×	588 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	657 0.8×	122	3.5k

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Gnecco, Enrico, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Chromium on the Microstructure and Transparency of Diamond-like Carbon Films. Processes. 13(4). 1098–1098.

Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2025). Friction anisotropy in the sliding motion of polymer microspheres on a compliant rippled surface. Physical review. E. 111(3). 35405–35405. 1 indexed citations

Gnecco, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Anisotropic Stick–Slip Frictional Surfaces via Titania Nanorod Patterning. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(33). 44193–44201. 1 indexed citations

Gnecco, Enrico & Paolo Nicolini. (2024). Atomic-scale stick-slip through a point defect. Physical review. B.. 109(13). 1 indexed citations

Li, Yaping, et al.. (2024). Shear Anisotropy Domains on Graphene Revealed by In-Plane Elastic Imaging. ACS Nano. 18(40). 27317–27326. 6 indexed citations

Gnecco, Enrico, et al.. (2023). Anisotropy of nanoscale friction: Influence of lattice structure, temperature, and wear. Physical review. B.. 107(19). 4 indexed citations

Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2023). Dynamics of Sliding Friction between Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) on Stainless Steel and PMMA Microspheres. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(11). 14970–14978. 5 indexed citations

Awsiuk, Kamil, et al.. (2023). Nanoscale wear evolution on a polystyrene/poly (n-butyl methacrylate) blend. Wear. 536-537. 205160–205160. 1 indexed citations

Vilhena, J. G., Antoine Hinaut, Feng Luo, et al.. (2023). Moiré-Tile Manipulation-Induced Friction Switch of Graphene on a Platinum Surface. Nano Letters. 23(10). 4693–4697. 17 indexed citations

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Gnecco, Enrico, et al.. (2022). Friction and chaos: Influence of the damping coefficient on atomic-scale stick-slip on hexagonal crystal lattices. Physical review. B.. 105(23). 4 indexed citations

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Vilhena, J. G., Rémy Pawlak, Xunshan Liu, et al.. (2022). Flexible Superlubricity Unveiled in Sidewinding Motion of Individual Polymeric Chains. Physical Review Letters. 128(21). 216102–216102. 7 indexed citations

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Gnecco, Enrico, et al.. (2021). Fine defect engineering of graphene friction. Carbon. 182. 735–741. 32 indexed citations

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Martínez, Pedro J., Enrico Gnecco, & J. J. Mazo. (2021). Numerical study of pattern formation in compliant surfaces scraped by a rigid tip. Physical review. E. 103(2). 22802–22802. 6 indexed citations

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Alam, Shahidul, Aman Anand, Rico Meitzner, et al.. (2021). Improved Hole Extraction Selectivity of Polymer Solar Cells by Combining PEDOT:PSS with WO₃. Energy Technology. 9(12). 11 indexed citations

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Mescola, Andrea, G. Paolicelli, Sean P. Ogilvie, et al.. (2021). Graphene Confers Ultralow Friction on Nanogear Cogs. Small. 17(47). e2104487–e2104487. 21 indexed citations

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Gräf, Stephan, et al.. (2019). Reverse Stick-Slip on a Periodic Wedge-Shaped Micrograting. Tribology Letters. 67(1). 3 indexed citations

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Pawlak, Rémy, J. G. Vilhena, Antoine Hinaut, et al.. (2019). Conformations and cryo-force spectroscopy of spray-deposited single-strand DNA on gold. Nature Communications. 10(1). 685–685. 37 indexed citations

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Vilhena, J. G., Enrico Gnecco, Rémy Pawlak, et al.. (2017). Stick–Slip Motion of ssDNA over Graphene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(2). 840–846. 8 indexed citations

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Rao, Abdul Qayyum, Enrico Gnecco, D. Marchetto, et al.. (2009). The analytical relations between particles and probe trajectories in atomic force microscope nanomanipulation. Nanotechnology. 20(11). 115706–115706. 35 indexed citations

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Meyer, Ernst, et al.. (2004). Transition from stick-slip to continuous sliding in atomic friction: Entering a new regime of ultra-low friction. APS. 2004. 4 indexed citations

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