Ernst Meyer

28.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
463 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Ernst Meyer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernst Meyer has authored 463 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 310 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 176 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 155 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ernst Meyer's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (265 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (163 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (102 papers). Ernst Meyer is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (265 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (163 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (102 papers). Ernst Meyer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Japan. Ernst Meyer's co-authors include Enrico Gnecco, Roland Bennewitz, Ch. Gerber, James K. Gimzewski, H.P. Lang, Shigeki Kawai, Thilo Glatzel, R. Lüthi, René M. Overney and A. Baratoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ernst Meyer

449 papers receiving 20.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Translating Biomolecular Recognition into Nanomechanics

2000 1.3k citations Ernst Meyer et al. profile →
Structural superlubricity and ultralow friction across the length scales

2018 517 citations Oded Hod, Ernst Meyer et al. Nature profile →
Velocity Dependence of Atomic Friction

2000 484 citations Enrico Gnecco, Ernst Meyer et al. profile →
Multiple label-free biodetection and quantitative DNA-binding assays on a nanomechanical cantilever array

2002 472 citations Ernst Meyer et al. profile →
Transition from Stick-Slip to Continuous Sliding in Atomic Friction: Entering a New Regime of Ultralow Friction

2004 455 citations Enrico Gnecco, Ernst Meyer et al. profile →
Surface Stress in the Self-Assembly of Alkanethiols on Gold

1997 427 citations Ernst Meyer et al. profile →
Friction measurements on phase-separated thin films with a modified atomic force microscope

1992 404 citations Ernst Meyer, R. Lüthi et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ernst Meyer Switzerland	69	14.7k	8.3k	6.4k	5.7k	3.4k	463	21.0k
C. F. Quate United States	63	16.9k 1.1×	8.5k 1.0×	4.0k 0.6×	9.0k 1.6×	2.3k 0.7×	187	23.6k
G. Binnig Switzerland	43	18.8k 1.3×	8.1k 1.0×	4.2k 0.7×	8.3k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	104	24.5k
Ch. Gerber Switzerland	55	19.3k 1.3×	10.7k 1.3×	4.9k 0.8×	8.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.4×	109	27.8k
Thomas Thundat United States	74	8.7k 0.6×	8.8k 1.1×	3.8k 0.6×	8.2k 1.4×	1.0k 0.3×	546	20.6k
Harald Fuchs Germany	74	8.9k 0.6×	8.9k 1.1×	6.8k 1.1×	9.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	561	22.5k
D. Frank Ogletree United States	63	7.3k 0.5×	5.4k 0.6×	7.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	206	16.1k
W. I. Milne United Kingdom	63	3.2k 0.2×	7.6k 0.9×	11.6k 1.8×	4.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	426	17.7k
Paul V. Braun United States	78	5.6k 0.4×	8.9k 1.1×	10.2k 1.6×	7.4k 1.3×	822 0.2×	412	25.7k
M. Stutzmann Germany	79	6.7k 0.5×	16.1k 1.9×	16.2k 2.5×	6.5k 1.1×	2.8k 0.8×	676	28.6k
John E. Sader Australia	51	7.6k 0.5×	3.7k 0.4×	2.5k 0.4×	4.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	198	12.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ernst Meyer

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Hinaut, Antoine, Yiming Song, Ernst Meyer, et al.. (2025). Superlubricity of Borophene: Tribological Properties in Comparison to hBN. ACS Nano. 19(41). 36536–36543.

Pawlak, Rémy, L. Marot, Vincent Luzet, et al.. (2025). On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of Radical Spins in Kagome Graphene. ACS Nano. 19(4). 4768–4777. 3 indexed citations

Vilhena, J. G., Robert Häner, Silvio Decurtins, et al.. (2025). On-Surface Synthesis and Cryogenic Exfoliation of Sterically Frustrated Atropisomers. ACS Nano. 19(14). 13805–13816.

Dmitriev, A., E. Faudot, J. Moritz, et al.. (2025). Radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasma parameters evolution as a function of magnetic field strength. Vacuum. 239. 114349–114349.

Hinaut, Antoine, Xuelin Yao, Yiming Song, et al.. (2024). Stable Au(111) Hexagonal Reconstruction Induced by Perchlorinated Nanographene Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(44). 18894–18900. 1 indexed citations

Song, Yiming, Xiang Gao, Rémy Pawlak, et al.. (2024). Non-Amontons frictional behaviors of grain boundaries at layered material interfaces. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9487–9487. 7 indexed citations

Steiner, Roland, Daniel Mathys, Marcin Kisiel, et al.. (2022). Enhanced formation of nanometric titanium cones by incorporation of titanium, tungsten and/or iron in a helium ion beam. Surfaces and Interfaces. 35. 102428–102428. 1 indexed citations

Hinaut, Antoine, Xuelin Yao, Xiaoye Wang, et al.. (2022). Solution-Synthesized Extended Graphene Nanoribbons Deposited by High-Vacuum Electrospray Deposition. ACS Nano. 17(1). 597–605. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Kewei, Keisuke Sagisaka, Lifen Peng, et al.. (2021). Head‐to‐Tail Oligomerization by Silylene‐Tethered Sonogashira Coupling on Ag(111). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(36). 19598–19603. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Kewei, Keisuke Sagisaka, Lifen Peng, et al.. (2021). Head‐to‐Tail Oligomerization by Silylene‐Tethered Sonogashira Coupling on Ag(111). Angewandte Chemie. 133(36). 19750–19755. 4 indexed citations

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Pawlak, Rémy, Xunshan Liu, Silviya Ninova, et al.. (2020). Bottom-up Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Porous Graphene Nanoribbons. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(29). 12568–12573. 123 indexed citations

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Kawai, Shigeki, Ondřej Krejčí, Adam S. Foster, et al.. (2018). Diacetylene Linked Anthracene Oligomers Synthesized by One-Shot Homocoupling of Trimethylsilyl on Cu(111). ACS Nano. 12(8). 8791–8797. 49 indexed citations

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Hod, Oded, Ernst Meyer, Quanshui Zheng, & Michael Urbakh. (2018). Structural superlubricity and ultralow friction across the length scales. Nature. 563(7732). 485–492. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hinaut, Antoine, Tobias Meier, Rémy Pawlak, et al.. (2017). Electrospray deposition of structurally complex molecules revealed by atomic force microscopy. Nanoscale. 10(3). 1337–1344. 25 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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Kawai, Shigeki, Benjamin Lindner, Kazukuni Tahara, et al.. (2016). Thermal control of sequential on-surface transformation of a hydrocarbon molecule on a copper surface. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12711–12711. 67 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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Anselmetti, Dario, et al.. (1994). IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS WITH DYNAMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2 indexed citations

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Meyer, Ernst, et al.. (1993). Surface topography of polished and oxide-coated BK-7 glasses investigated by atomic force microscopy. TIB Repositorium. 66(2). 30–37. 3 indexed citations

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Meyer, Ernst. (1993). Aprender en grupos -Aprender en libertad. 40–60.

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