Georg E. Fantner

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Georg E. Fantner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg E. Fantner has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Georg E. Fantner's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (70 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (33 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (21 papers). Georg E. Fantner is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (70 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (33 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (21 papers). Georg E. Fantner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Georg E. Fantner's co-authors include Paul K. Hansma, Johannes H. Kindt, Daniel E. Morse, Jonathan D. Adams, James C. Weaver, Georg Schitter, Philipp J. Thurner, Tue Hassenkam, Angela M. Belcher and Adrian P. Nievergelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Georg E. Fantner

127 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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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.

Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture

2005 738 citations Georg E. Fantner, Johannes H. Kindt et al. profile →
Cancer-cell stiffening via cholesterol depletion enhances adoptive T-cell immunotherapy

2021 176 citations Kewen Lei, Armand Kurum et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Georg E. Fantner Switzerland	39	2.2k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	899	132	5.9k
Johannes H. Kindt United States	21	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	416 0.4×	315 0.4×	34	3.7k
Kees O. van der Werf Netherlands	30	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	900 0.8×	860 0.8×	719 0.8×	53	3.8k
Philipp J. Thurner Austria	36	1.7k 0.8×	802 0.5×	801 0.7×	587 0.6×	287 0.3×	111	4.3k
Baohua Ji China	37	2.8k 1.3×	555 0.3×	2.2k 1.9×	729 0.7×	351 0.4×	159	6.4k
Ferenc Horkay United States	40	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	691 0.7×	312 0.3×	191	7.1k
Takashi Inoue Japan	44	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	332 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.9×	578	8.2k
Martin Guthold United States	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	771 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	861 1.0×	79	5.0k
Zhao Qin United States	44	2.4k 1.1×	339 0.2×	2.0k 1.7×	813 0.8×	481 0.5×	158	7.0k
Rudolf Merkel Germany	43	1.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	3.2k 3.0×	684 0.8×	154	8.0k
Joe Tien United States	35	5.0k 2.3×	861 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	68	7.9k

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Mosayebi, Majid, et al.. (2025). Interface flexibility controls the nucleation and growth of supramolecular networks. Nature Chemistry. 17(3). 325–333. 7 indexed citations

Rosenhek‐Goldian, Irit, Nir Kampf, Marcos Penedo, et al.. (2025). Deep learning for enhancement of low-resolution and noisy scanning probe microscopy images. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 16. 1129–1140. 1 indexed citations

Penedo, Marcos, B. Drake, Alexandre Kuhn, et al.. (2025). Controlled Sensing of User-Defined Aptamer-Based Targets Using Scanning Ionic Conductance Spectroscopy. ACS Nano. 19(13). 13139–13148. 3 indexed citations

Penedo, Marcos, et al.. (2025). A Comprehensive Analysis of Combined AFM/SEM Systems for In-Situ Nanoscale Characterizations and Multiparametric Correlative Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 31(6).

Eskandarian, Haig Alexander, Yuxiang Chen, Chiara Toniolo, et al.. (2024). Mechanical morphotype switching as an adaptive response in mycobacteria. Science Advances. 10(1). eadh7957–eadh7957. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Peng, Philip B. V. Scholten, Marcos Penedo, et al.. (2024). Large-area, self-healing block copolymer membranes for energy conversion. Nature. 630(8018). 866–871. 22 indexed citations

Hannebelle, Mélanie T. M., Tomáš Lukeš, Chiara Toniolo, et al.. (2024). Open-source microscope add-on for structured illumination microscopy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1550–1550. 12 indexed citations

Adams, Jonathan D., et al.. (2024). A polymer–semiconductor–ceramic cantilever for high-sensitivity fluid-compatible microelectromechanical systems. Nature Electronics. 7(7). 567–575. 7 indexed citations

Nievergelt, Adrian P., et al.. (2023). A high-bandwidth voltage amplifier for driving piezoelectric actuators in high-speed atomic force microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94(9). 7 indexed citations

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Lei, Kewen, Armand Kurum, Murat Kaynak, et al.. (2021). Cancer-cell stiffening via cholesterol depletion enhances adoptive T-cell immunotherapy. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 5(12). 1411–1425. 176 indexed citations breakdown →

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Banterle, Niccolò, Adrian P. Nievergelt, Georgios N. Hatzopoulos, et al.. (2021). Kinetic and structural roles for the surface in guiding SAS-6 self-assembly to direct centriole architecture. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6180–6180. 16 indexed citations

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Hlawacek, Gregor, et al.. (2020). An atomic force microscope integrated with a helium ion microscope for correlative nanoscale characterization. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 11. 1272–1279. 7 indexed citations

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Parsons, Edward S., Alice L. B. Pyne, Adrian W. Hodel, et al.. (2019). Single-molecule kinetics of pore assembly by the membrane attack complex. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2066–2066. 67 indexed citations

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Baranowski, Catherine, Michael A. Welsh, Lok‐To Sham, et al.. (2018). Maturing Mycobacterium smegmatis peptidoglycan requires non-canonical crosslinks to maintain shape. eLife. 7. 88 indexed citations

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Biswas, Soma Chowdhury, et al.. (2018). Reducing uncertainties in energy dissipation measurements in atomic force spectroscopy of molecular networks and cell-adhesion studies. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9390–9390. 1 indexed citations

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Ðukić, Maja, Marcel Winhold, Christian H. Schwalb, et al.. (2016). Direct-write nanoscale printing of nanogranular tunnelling strain sensors for sub-micrometre cantilevers. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12487–12487. 40 indexed citations

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Nowell, Craig S., Pascal D. Odermatt, Luca Azzolin, et al.. (2015). Chronic inflammation imposes aberrant cell fate in regenerating epithelia through mechanotransduction. Nature Cell Biology. 18(2). 168–180. 119 indexed citations

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Ðukić, Maja, Jonathan D. Adams, & Georg E. Fantner. (2015). Piezoresistive AFM cantilevers surpassing standard optical beam deflection in low noise topography imaging. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16393–16393. 80 indexed citations

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Hansma, P. K., Georg E. Fantner, Johannes H. Kindt, et al.. (2005). Sacrificial bonds in the interfibrillar matrix of bone.. PubMed. 5(4). 313–5. 70 indexed citations

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Kindt, Johannes H., Georg E. Fantner, Philipp J. Thurner, Georg Schitter, & Paul K. Hansma. (2005). In-Situ Atomic Force Microscopy of Bone Fracture Surfaces Reveals Collagen Fibrils Individually Coated with Mineral Particles of Varying Shape and Size. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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