Ostertag, L. M.; Utzig, T.; Klinger, C.; Valtiner, M.: Tether-Length Dependence of Bias in Equilibrium Free-Energy Estimates for Surface-to-Molecule Unbinding Experiments. Langmuir 34 (3), pp. 766 - 772 (2018)
Stock, P.; Utzig, T.; Valtiner, M.: Soft matter interactions at the molecular scale: interaction forces and energies between single hydrophobic model peptides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (6), pp. 4216 - 4221 (2017)
Utzig, T.; Stock, P.; Valtiner, M.: Resolving Non-Specific and Specific Adhesive Interactions of Catechols at Solid/Liquid Interfaces at the Molecular Scale. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 55, pp. 9524 - 9528 (2016)
Utzig, T.; Stock, P.; Valtiner, M.: Resolving Non-Specific and Specific Adhesive Interactions of Catechols at Solid/Liquid Interfaces at the Molecular Scale. Angewandte Chemie 128, pp. 9676 - 9680 (2016)
Utzig, T.; Stock, P.; Raman, S.; Valtiner, M.: Targeted Tuning of Interactive Forces by Engineering of Molecular Bonds in Series and Parallel Using Peptide-Based Adhesives. Langmuir 31 (40), pp. 11051 - 11057 (2015)
Stock, P.; Utzig, T.; Valtiner, M.: Direct and quantitative AFM measurements of the concentration and temperature dependence of the hydrophobic force law at nanoscopic contacts. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 446, pp. 244 - 251 (2015)
Utzig, T.; Raman, S.; Valtiner, M.: Scaling from Single Molecule to Macroscopic Adhesion at Polymer/Metal Interfaces. Langmuir 31 (9), pp. 2722 - 2729 (2015)
Hu, Q.; Cheng, H.-W.; Stock, P.; Utzig, T.; Shrestha, B. R.; Valtiner, M.: Elucidating the structure of solid/electrolyte interfaces - Force probe experiments at hydrophilic, hydrophobic and electrified aqueous as well as ionic liquid|electrode interfaces. Bunsenmagazin 2, pp. 49 - 55 (2015)
Cheng, H.-W.; Utzig, T.; Valtiner, M.: Using a Surface-Forces-Apparatus to measure force distance profiles across confined ionic liquids. Application Note – Spectrographs (Andor) (2014)
Utzig, T.: A contribution to understanding interfacial adhesion based on molecular level knowledge. Dissertation, Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2016)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
In this project, we aim to synthetize novel ZrCu thin film metallic glasses (TFMGs) with controlled composition and nanostructure, investigating the relationship with the mechanical behavior and focusing on the nanometre scale deformation mechanisms. Moreover, we aim to study the mechanical properties of films with complex architectures such as…
Titanium and its alloys are widely used in critical applications due to their low density, high specific strength, and excellent corrosion resistance, but their poor plasticity at room temperature limits broader utilization. Introducing hydrogen as a temporary alloying element has been shown to improve plasticity during high-temperature processing…
Defects at interfaces strongly impact the properties and performance of functional materials. In functional nanostructures, they become particularly important due to the large surface to volume ratio.