email: urbakh@post.tau.ac.il
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building: Ornstein
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  • Statical and Dynamical Properties of Liquids in Spatial Restrictions.


  • Frictional Properties of Nanoscale Liquid Films.


  • Nanotribology.


  • Theoretical Electrochemistry.


  • Electrodynamics of Metal Surfaces with Account of Microscopic Effects.


  • Interpretation of data on electrochemical optical spectroscopy of metals.



A.M. Brodsky and M. Urbakh, Electrodynamics of Metal/Electrolyte Interface, Moscow, Nauka, 1989, p. 1 - 295. (Book)

A.M., Brodsky, L.I. Daikhin and M. Urbakh, Interpretation of Data on Electrochemical Optical Spectroscopy of Metals, J. Electroanal. Chem., 171, 1-52 (1984).

L.I. Daikhin and M. Urbakh, Optical Properties of Highly Rough Surfaces and Island Films, Surf. Sci., 236, 187-202 (1990).

W. Schmickler and M. Urbakh, Electronic Distribution and Second Harmonic Generation at the Metal-Electrolyte Interface, Phys. Rev. B, 47, 6644-6650 (1993).

M. Urbakh M. and L.I. Daikhin, Roughness Effect on the Frequency of a Quartz Crystal Resonator in Contact with a Liquid, Phys. Rev. B, 49, 4866-4870 (1994).

M. Urbakh, L.I. Daikhin and J. Klafter, Dynamics of Confined Liquids under Shear, Phys. Rev. E., 51, 2137-2141 (1995).

M.G. Rozman, M.Urbakh and J. Klafter, Stick-Slip Motion and Force Fluctuations in a Driven Two-Wave Potential, Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 683-686 (1996).

L.I. Daikhin, A.A. Kornyshev and M. Urbakh, Nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann Theory of a Double Layer at Rough Metal/Electrolyte Interface: A New Look on the Capacitance Data on Solid Electrodes, J. Chem. Phys., 108, 1715-1723 (1998).

M.G. Rozman, M. Urbakh and J. Klafter, Controlling Chaotic Friction, Phys. Rev. E, 57, 7340 (1998)

V. Zaloj, M. Urbakh and J. Klafter, Modifying Friction by Manipulating Normal Response to Lateral Motion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4823-4826 (1999)

M. Porto, M. Urbakh, and J. Klafter, Atomic Scale Engines: Cars and Wheels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 6058-6061 (2000).

L.I. Daikhin, A.A. Kornyshev and M. Urbakh, Capillary waves at soft electrified interfaces, J. Electroanal. Chem. 483, 68-80 (2000).