Michael Urbakh
Chemical Physics – Theoretical Electrochemistry - Theoretical Condensed Matter
-Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics - Dynamics and Transport at Interfaces
and in Confined Geometries - Nanofriction - Molecular Motors - Single Molecules
Brief Biography:
- BSc. and MSc. Physics, Moscow State University (1973);
- PhD. Mathematical Physics, Moscow Physical University (1978);
- Dr. Sci. Chemical Physics, Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow (1985);
- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry of the Academyof Sciences of the USSR,
Tel Aviv University from 1990;
- Professor of Chemistry from 1998
Selected Publications:
- Capozza R., Rubinstein S. M., Barel I., Urbakh M., Fineberg J.,
Stabilizing Stick-Slip Friction,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, Art. N0 024301 (2011).
- T.-L. Kuo, S. Garcia-Manyes, J. Li, I. Barel, H. Lu, B. Berne, M. Urbakh, J. Klafter, J. Fernandez,
Probing static disorder in Arrhenius kinetics by single- molecule force spectroscopy,
PNAS, 107, 11336-11340 (2010)
- Barel I., Urbakh M., Jansen L. and Schirmeisen A.,
Multibond dynamics of nanoscale friction: The Role of Temperature,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, Art. N0. 066104 (2010).
- Braun O.M., Barel I, Urbakh M.,
Dynamics of Transition from Static to Kinetic Friction,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 194301 (2009).
- Tshiprut Z., Filippov A.E., and Urbakh M.,
Tuning diffusion and friction in microscopic contacts by mechanical excitations,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, Art. N0. 016101 (2005).
- Monroe C W, Daikhin L.I., Urbakh M and Kornyshev A A.,
Electrowetting with electrolytes,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, Art. No. 136102 (2006).
- Urbakh M., Klafter J., Gourdon D., Israelachvili J.,
Nonlinear nature of friction,
Nature 430, 525-528 (2004).
- Filippov A.E., Klafter J., Urbakh M.
Friction through dynamical formation and rupture of molecular bonds,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, Art. No. 135503 (2004).
- Dudko O., Filippov A.E., Klafter J., Urbakh M,
Beyond the conventional description of dynamic force spectroscopy of adhesion bonds,
Proc.
National Academy of Sciences USA, 100, 11378–11381 (2003).
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Daikhin L.I., Kornyshev A.A. and Urbakh M.
Capillary waves at soft electrified interfaces.
J. Electroanal. Chem. 483, 68-80 (2000)
- M. Porto, M. Urbakh, and J. Klafter.,
Atomic scale engines: Cars and wheels.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 6058-6061 (2000)
- Zaloj V., Urbakh M. and Klafter J.
Modifying Friction by Manipulating Normal Response to Lateral Motion.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4823-4826 (1999).
- Rozman M.G., Urbakh M. and Klafter J.
Controlling Chaotic Friction,
Phys. Rev. E, 57, 7340 (1998).
- Rozman M.G., Urbakh M. and Klafter J.,
Stick-Slip Motion and Force Fluctuations in a Driven Two-Wave Potential.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 683-686 (1996).
- Daikhin L.I., Kornyshev A.A. and Urbakh M.
Double-Layer Capacitance on a Rough Metal Surface.
Phys. Rev. E, 53, 6192-6199 (1996).
- Daikhin L. and Urbakh M.
Effect of Surface Film Structure on the Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Response in Liquids.
Langmuir, 12, 6354-6360 (1996).
- Urbakh M. and Daikhin L.
Roughness Effect on the Frequency of a Quartz Crystal Rezonator in Contact
with a Liquid
Phys. Rev. B, 49, 4866-4870 (1994).
- Dzhavakhidze P.G., Kornyshev A.A., Liebsh A. and Urbakh M.I.
Theory of Second Harmonic Generation at the Metal/Electrolyte Interface,
Phys. Rev. B, 45, 9339-9346 (1992).
- Brodsky A.M. and Urbakh M.I.
Non-perturbative Approach to the Electrodynamics of Rough Metal Surfaces,
Surf. Sci., 167 231-260 (1986).
- Brodsky A.M. and Urbakh M.I.
The Influence of Microscopic Structure of Surfaces on Optical Properties of Metals,
Progesss in Surf. Sci., 1984, v. 15, No. 2, p. 121-244.
- Brodsky A.M., Daikhin L.I. and Urbakh M.I.
Interpretation of Data on Electrochemical Optical Spectroscopy of Metals,
J. Electroanal. Chem., 1984, v. 171, No. 1-2, p. 1-52.
- A.M. Brodsky and M.I. Urbakh
Quantum Theory of Adsorption of Isolate Adatoms,
Progress in Surf. Sci., 1977, v. 8, No. 2, p. 103-121;