Tomaso Zambelli

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Tomaso Zambelli is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomaso Zambelli has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 62 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tomaso Zambelli's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (29 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (20 papers). Tomaso Zambelli is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (29 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (20 papers). Tomaso Zambelli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Tomaso Zambelli's co-authors include J. Wintterlin, János Vörös, G. Ertl, Valeria Lotito, Johannes Trost, Julia A. Vorholt, Orane Guillaume‐Gentil, Luca Hirt, Dario Ossola and Ralph Spolenak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tomaso Zambelli

140 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of the "Active Sites" of a Surface-Catalyzed Reaction

1996 542 citations Tomaso Zambelli et al. profile →
Live-seq enables temporal transcriptomic recording of single cells

2022 155 citations Wanze Chen, Orane Guillaume‐Gentil 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
Tomaso Zambelli Switzerland	42	2.5k	2.2k	1.6k	1.6k	1.0k	142	6.4k
Takeshi Fukuma Japan	38	1.5k 0.6×	3.6k 1.6×	829 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	962 0.9×	175	5.7k
J. Colchero Spain	33	3.2k 1.3×	4.4k 2.0×	4.1k 2.5×	4.1k 2.5×	1.3k 1.3×	108	10.3k
Han Gardeniers Netherlands	52	5.7k 2.3×	759 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	3.6k 2.3×	953 0.9×	388	10.5k
Roger Proksch United States	42	1.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	333 0.3×	114	6.2k
Sigrid Bernstorff Italy	37	1.4k 0.5×	873 0.4×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	811 0.8×	329	6.2k
Robert Fernandez United States	5	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.2×	3.3k 2.0×	2.7k 1.7×	619 0.6×	9	6.9k
Diethelm Johannsmann Germany	43	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	774 0.7×	191	6.6k
Brian J. Rodriguez Ireland	52	4.2k 1.7×	2.4k 1.1×	4.9k 3.0×	1.8k 1.1×	675 0.6×	239	8.7k
A. M. Baró Spain	42	3.7k 1.5×	6.5k 3.0×	5.2k 3.2×	5.1k 3.2×	1.5k 1.4×	145	13.3k
Kaloian Koynov Germany	55	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	4.4k 2.7×	1.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.9×	286	11.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zambelli, Tomaso, et al.. (2026). Fluidic force microscopy. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 6(1).

Zhang, Xinyu, Ian J. McPherson, Yuqing Wang, et al.. (2025). Pressure-Controlled Nanopipette Sensing in the Asymmetric-Conductivity Configuration. ACS Nano. 19(13). 12853–12863. 2 indexed citations

Richter, Ingrid, Thomas Gassler, Christopher M. Field, et al.. (2024). Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi. Nature. 635(8038). 415–422. 19 indexed citations

Buisson, J.P., Xinyu Zhang, Tomaso Zambelli, et al.. (2024). Reverse Mechanotransduction: Driving Chromatin Compaction to Decompaction Increases Cell Adhesion Strength and Contractility. Nano Letters. 24(14). 4279–4290. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinyu, Robert Passier, Dimos Poulikakos, et al.. (2024). Multimodal Mapping of Electrical and Mechanical Latency of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocyte Layers. ACS Nano. 18(35). 24060–24075. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Wanze, Orane Guillaume‐Gentil, Pernille Yde Rainer, et al.. (2022). Live-seq enables temporal transcriptomic recording of single cells. Nature. 608(7924). 733–740. 155 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xinyu, et al.. (2022). Building block properties govern granular hydrogel mechanics through contact deformations. Science Advances. 8(50). eadd8570–eadd8570. 51 indexed citations

Li, Mi, Lianqing Liu, & Tomaso Zambelli. (2021). FluidFM for single-cell biophysics. Nano Research. 15(2). 773–786. 42 indexed citations

Zambelli, Tomaso, et al.. (2020). Force-controlled Nanopores for Single Cell Measurements using Micro-channelled AFM Cantilevers. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 174a–174a. 1 indexed citations

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Martinez, Vincent A., et al.. (2019). Integration of silver nanowires into SU-8 hollow cantilevers for piezoresistive-based sensing. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 301. 111748–111748. 5 indexed citations

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Grandin, H. Michelle, Orane Guillaume‐Gentil, Tomaso Zambelli, et al.. (2018). Bioinspired, nanoscale approaches in contemporary bioanalytics (Review). Biointerphases. 13(4). 40801–40801. 11 indexed citations

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Feng, Qian, Mathias J. Aebersold, Luca Hirt, et al.. (2017). Mechanical force induces mitochondrial fission. eLife. 6. 131 indexed citations

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Villagómez, Carlos J., et al.. (2016). Adsorption of single 1,8-octanedithiol molecules on Cu(100). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(39). 27521–27528. 6 indexed citations

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Martinez, Vincent A., Pascal Behr, Ute Drechsler, et al.. (2016). SU-8 hollow cantilevers for AFM cell adhesion studies. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 26(5). 55006–55006. 29 indexed citations

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Stiefel, Philipp, Tomaso Zambelli, & Julia A. Vorholt. (2013). Isolation of Optically Targeted Single Bacteria by Application of Fluidic Force Microscopy to Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs from the Phyllosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(16). 4895–4905. 38 indexed citations

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Villagómez, Carlos J., Olivier Guillermet, Francisco Ample, et al.. (2010). Self-assembly of enantiopure domains: The case of indigo on Cu(111). The Journal of Chemical Physics. 132(7). 74705–74705. 28 indexed citations

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Guo, Hanjie, D. Martrou, Tomaso Zambelli, et al.. (2007). Nanostenciling for combinatorial fabrications and interconnections of nanopatterns and microelectrodes. Applied Physics Letters. 90(9). 1 indexed citations

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Polesel‐Maris, Jérôme, et al.. (2004). An experimental investigation of resonance curves on metallic surfaces in dynamic force microscopy: the influence of frozen versus mobile charges. Nanotechnology. 15(2). S24–S29. 4 indexed citations

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Franchini, A., Giuseppe E. Santoro, V. Bortolani, et al.. (1994). ROLE OF THE HE ATOM SURFACE POTENTIAL ON THE CU(001) PHONON DETERMINATION. Surface Review and Letters. 1(1). 67–74. 10 indexed citations

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Bortolani, V., D. Cvetko, A. Franchini, et al.. (1993). Elastic and inelastic interactions of He and Ne atoms with metal surfaces. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 64-65. 671–675. 5 indexed citations

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