Publications
2026
Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight yet Dynamic Binding to Nanoparticles, L. Müller, P. Maier, D. Vivod, W. Müller, N. Lopatik, T. M. Schichtl, J. Fröhlich, I. Kraus, M. Huck, W. Corts, C. Cafolla, L. Ruhm, H. Gaß, J. Voß, J. Byun, L. Rockmann, G. Grundmeier, K. Voïtchovsky, H.-G. Steinrück, E. Spiecker, S. Dalabasmaz, M. Pischetsrieder, E. Brunner, R. Schweins, D. Zahn and M. Halik, Advanced Science, e77321 (2026)
Droplet Removal by Capillary Lifting, K. Sun, J. R. Panter, A. C. M. Shek, Y. Gizaw, K. Voïtchovsky and H. Kusumaatmaja, Communications Physics 9, 307 (2026)
Exploring the quirks of solid–liquid interfaces with atomic force microscopy, K. Voïtchovsky, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 65, 080802 (2026)
Stretching and Compressing Capillary Bridges on Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, and Liquid-Infused Surfaces, S. J. Goodband, K. Sun, K. Voïtchovsky and H. Kusumaatmaja, Langmuir 42, 2561–2571 (2026)
Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of charged solid–liquid interfaces with different water models, M. Tavakol and K. Voïtchovsky, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 28, 4888–4899 (2026)
2025
Interfacial Self-Assembly of Sugars at Nanoscale Membranes Leads to Micron-Scale, Spectroscopically Ice-Like Chiral Suprastructures of Water, L. Zhang, J. Liu, K. Voïtchovsky, C. E. Rani, S. Pullanchery, J. Dedic, V. S. Batista, G. E. Fantner and S. Roke, Journal of the American Chemical Society 147, 33413–33423 (2025)
Gold Nanoparticle Adsorption and Uptake are Directed by Particle Capping Agent, R. Kariuki, R. Penman, A. D. Newbold, K. A. Mirihana, P. H. A. Vaillant, T. P. Shepherd, N. Meftahi, G. Bryant, K. Voïtchovsky, C. Contini, A. Hung, K. K. Darmawan, C. E. Conn, S. J. Bryant, A. J. Christofferson and A. Elbourne, Small Science 5, 2500060 (2025)
A Minimalist Model Lipid System Mimicking the Biophysical Properties of Escherichia coli’s Inner Membrane, N. Tormena, T. Pilizota and K. Voïtchovsky, Langmuir 41, 12301–12310 (2025)
Local mapping of the nanoscale viscoelastic properties of fluid membranes by AFM nanorheology, W. Trewby, M. Tavakol and K. Voïtchovsky, Nature Communications 16, 3842 (2025)
Interactions of nanoparticles with living and synthetic bio-membranes, R. Kariuki, K. A. Mirihana, R. Penman, A. Hung, N. Meftahi, G. Bryant, P. A. Ramsland, K. Voïtchovsky, C. E. Conn, C. Contini, S. J. Bryant, A. J. Christofferson and A. Elbourne, Chemical Society Reviews 54, 10531–10615 (2025)
Nanoparticle adhesion at liquid interfaces, K. Sun, Y. Gizaw, H. Kusumaatmaja and K. Voïtchovsky, Soft Matter 21, 585–595 (2025)
2024
Electrified Nanogaps under an AC Field: A Molecular Dynamics Study, M. Tavakol, A. Newbold and K. Voïtchovsky, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128, 21050–21059 (2024)
Ions Adsorbed at Amorphous Solid/Solution Interfaces Form Wigner Crystal-like Structures, J. Wang, H. Li, M. Tavakol, A. Serva, B. Nener, G. Parish, M. Salanne, G. G. Warr, K. Voïtchovsky and R. Atkin, ACS Nano 18, 1181–1194 (2024)
Quantitative Detection of Biological Nanovesicles in Drops of Saliva Using Microcantilevers, C. Cafolla, J. Philpott-Robson, A. Elbourne and K. Voïtchovsky, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, 44–53 (2024)
Towards local tracking of solvated metal ions at solid–liquid interfaces, W. Trewby, M. Tavakol, Y. Morais Jaques and K. Voïtchovsky, Materials Today Physics 44, 101441 (2024)
2023
Lipid bilayer fluidity and degree of order regulates small EVs adsorption on model cell membrane, C. Paba, V. Dorigo, B. Senigagliesi, N. Tormena, P. Parisse, K. Voïtchovsky and L. Casalis, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 652, 1937–1943 (2023)
Simultaneous quantification of Young’s modulus and dispersion forces with nanoscale spatial resolution, C. Cafolla, K. Voïtchovsky and A. F. Payam, Nanotechnology 34, 505714 (2023)
Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions, W. Trewby and K. Voïtchovsky, Faraday Discussions 246, 387–406 (2023)
2022
Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution, R. Kariuki, R. Penman, S. J. Bryant, R. Orrell-Trigg, N. Meftahi, R. J. Crawford, C. F. McConville, G. Bryant, K. Voïtchovsky, C. E. Conn, A. J. Christofferson and A. Elbourne, ACS Nano 16, 17179–17196 (2022)
Hydroxide films on mica form charge-stabilized microphases that circumvent nucleation barriers, B. A. Legg, K. Voïtchovsky and J. J. De Yoreo, Science Advances 8, eabn7087 (2022)
Development of a setup to characterize capillary liquid bridges between liquid infused surfaces, S. J. Goodband, H. Kusumaatmaja and K. Voïtchovsky, AIP Advances 12, 015120 (2022)
2021
Real-time tracking of ionic nano-domains under shear flow, C. Cafolla and K. Voïtchovsky, Scientific Reports 11, 19540 (2021)
Development of a flexure-based nano-actuator for high-frequency high-resolution directional sensing with atomic force microscopy, A. F. Payam, L. Piantanida and K. Voïtchovsky, Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 093703 (2021)
2020
Lubricated friction around nano-defects, C. Cafolla, W. Foster and K. Voïtchovsky, Science Advances 6, eaaz3673 (2020)
Coating and Stabilization of Liposomes by Clathrin-Inspired DNA Self-Assembly, K. N. Baumann, L. Piantanida, J. García-Nafría, D. Sobota, K. Voïtchovsky, T. P.J. Knowles and S. Hernández-Ainsa, ACS Nano 14, 2316-2323 (2020)
Nanoscale Mapping of the Directional Flow Patterns at Liquid-Solid Interfaces, L. Piantanida, A. F. Payam, J. Zhong and K. Voïtchovsky, Physical Review Applied 13, 064003 (2020)
Self-assembly of small molecules at hydrophobic interfaces using group effect, W. Foster, K. Miyazawa, T. Fukuma, H. Kusumaatmaja and K. Voïtchovsky, Nanoscale 12, 5452-5463 (2020)
Impact of water on the lubricating properties of hexadecane at the nanoscale, C. Cafolla and K. Voïtchovsky, Nanoscale 12, 14504-14513 (2020)
Co-transcriptional folding of a bio-orthogonal fluorescent scaffolded RNA origami, E. Torelli, J. Kozyra, B. Shirt-Ediss, L. Piantanida, K. Voïtchovsky, and N. Krasnogor, ACS Synthetic Biology 9, 1682-1692 (2020)
The Effect of Ageing on the Structure and Properties of Model Liquid Infused Surfaces, S. J. Goodband, S. Armonstrong, H. Kusumaatmaja and K. Voïtchovsky, Langmuir 36, 3461-3470 (2020)
Gold surface cleaning by etching polishing: Optimization of polycrystalline film topography and surface functionality for biosensing, B. Snopok, A. Laroussi, C. Cafolla, K. Voïtchovsky, T. Snopok, V. M. Mirsky, Surfaces and Interfaces 22, 100818 (2020)
2019
Long-lived ionic nano-domains can modulate the stiffness of soft interfaces, W. Trewby, J. Faraudo and K. Voïtchovsky, Nanoscale 11, 4376 (2019)
2018
In-situ molecular-level observation of methanol catalysis at the water-graphite interface, W. Foster, J. Aguilar, H. Kusumaatmaja and K. Voïtchovsky, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10, 34265 (2018)
A non-destructive method to calibrate the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscope cantilevers in viscous environments, C. Cafolla, A. F. Payan and K. Voïtchovsky, Journal of Applied Physics 124, 154502 (2018)
Substrate-led cholesterol extraction from supported lipid membranes, E. Miller, K. Voïtchovsky and M. Staykova, Nanoscale 10, 16332 (2018)
Impact of Electric Fields on the Nanoscale Behavior of Lipid Monolayers at the Surface of Graphite in Solution, H. Bi, X. Wang, X. Han and K. Voïtchovsky, Langmuir 32, 9561 (2018)
Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces, C. Cafolla and K. Voïtchovsky, Nanoscale 8, 17472 (2018)
Determining the spring constant of arbitrarily shaped cantilevers in viscous environments, A. F. Payam, W. Trewby, and K. Voïtchovsky, Applied Physics Letters 112, 083101 (2018)
Isothermal folding of a light-up bio-orthogonal RNA origami nanoribbon, E. Torelli, J. W. Kozyra, J.-Y. Gu, U. Stimming, L. Piantanida, K. Voïtchovsky and N. Krasnogor, Scientific Reports 8, 6989 (2018)
2017
Direct observation of the dynamics of single metal ions at the interface with solids in aqueous solutions, M. Ricci, W. Trewby, C. Cafolla and K. Voïtchovsky, Scientific Reports 7, 43234 (2017)
Sub-nanometre mapping of the aquaporin-water interface with multifrequency atomic force microscopy, M. Ricci, R. A. Quinlan and K. Voïtchovsky, Soft Matter 13, 187 (2017)
Ions Modulate Stress-Induced Nanotexture in Supported Fluid Lipid Bilayers, L. Piantanida, HL Bolt, N Rozatian, SL Cobb and K. Voïtchovsky, Biophysical Journal 113, 426-439 (2017)
Simultaneous viscosity and density measurement of small volumes of liquids using a vibrating microcantilever, A. F. Payam, W. Trewby, and K. Voïtchovsky, Analyst 142, 1492-1498 (2017)
2016
Thermally-nucleated self-assembly of water and alcohol into stable structures at hydrophobic interfaces, K. Voïtchovsky, D. Giofrè, J. J. Segura, F. Stellacci and M. Ceriotti, Nature Communications 7, 13064 (2016)
Effect of temperature on the viscoelastic properties of nano-confined liquid mixtures,K. Voïtchovsky, Nanoscale 8, 17472 (2016)
Sub-nanometer resolution imaging with amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy in liquid, E. J. Miller, W. Trewby, A. Farokh Payam, L. Piantanida, C. Cafolla, and K. Voïtchovsky, Journal of Visualized Experiments 118, e54924 (2016)
Molecular Resolution in situ Imaging of Spontaneous Graphene Exfoliation,A. Elbourne, B. McLean, K. Voïtchovsky, G. G. Warr, and R. Atkin, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7, 3118 (2016)
Swelling Behavior and Nanomechanical Properties of (Peptide-Modified) Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes,S. Desseaux, J. P. Hinestrosa, N. Schüwer, B. Lokitz, J. F. Anker, S. M. Kilbey II, K. Voïtchovsky, and H. A. Klok, Macromolecules 49, 4609 (2016)
Buffering agents modify the hydration landscape at charged interfaces,W. Trewby, D. Livesey and K. Voïtchovsky,Soft Matter 12, 2642 (2016)
Visualising the molecular alteration of the calcite (104) – water interface by sodium nitrate,S. Hofmann, K. Voïtchovsky, P. Spijker, M. Schmidt and T. Stumpf, Scientific Reports 6, 21576 (2016)
2015
Growth and Dissolution of Calcite in the Presence of Adsorbed Stearic Acid,M. Ricci, J. J. Segura, B. W. Erickson, G. Fantner, F. Stellacci and K. Voïtchovsky, Langmuir, 31, 7563-7571 (2015)
Near surface properties of mixtures of propylammonium nitrate with n-alkanols 1. Nanostructure,A. Elbourne, S. Cronshaw, K. Voïtchovsky, G. G. Warr and R. Atkin, Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics, 17, 26621-26628 (2015)
Nanostructure of the ionic liquid-graphite Stern layer, A. Elbourne, S. McDonald, K. Voïtchovsky, F. Endres, G. G. Warr and R. Atkin, ACS Nano, 9, 7608-7620 (2015)
In situ mapping of the molecular arrangement of amphiphilic dye molecules at the TiO2 surface of dye-sensitized solar cells, K. Voïtchovsky, N. Ashari-Astani, I. Tavernelli, N. Tétreault, U. Rothlisberger, F. Stellacci, M. Grätzel and H. A. Harms, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7, 10834-10842 (2015)
High-resolution AFM in liquid: what about the tip?, K. Voïtchovsky, Nanotechnology 26, 100501 (2015)
Ion structure controls ionic liquid near-surface and interfacial nanostructure, A. Elbourne, K. Voïtchovsky, G. G. Warr and R. Atkin, Chemical Science 6, 527-536 (2015)
2014
Water-induced correlation between single ions imaged at the solid–liquid interface, M. Ricci, P. Spijker, and K. Voïtchovsky, Nature Communications 5, 4400 (2014)
Lipid tail protrusions mediate the insertion of nanoparticles into model cell membranes, R. C. Van Lehn, M. Ricci, P. H. J. Silva, P. Andreozzi, J. Reguera, K. Voïtchovsky, F. Stellacci and A. Alexander-Katz, Nature Communcations 5, 4482 (2014)
3-Dimensional atomic scale structure of the ionic liquid–graphite interface elucidated by AM-AFM and quantum chemical simulations, A. J. Page, A. Elbourne, R. Stefanovic, M. A. Addicoat, G. G. Warr, K. Voïtchovsky, and R. Atkin, Nanoscale 6, 8100-8106 (2014)
Trace concentration–Huge impact: Nitrate in the calcite/Eu (III) system, S. Hofmann, K. Voïtchovsky, M. Schmidt and T. Stumpf, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 125, 528-538 (2014)
2013
The interplay between apparent viscosity and wettability in nanoconfined water, D. Ortiz-Young, H. Chih Chiu, S. Kim, K. Voïtchovsky, and E. Riedo, Nature Communications 4, 2482 (2013)
Anharmonicity, solvation forces, and resolution in atomic force microscopy at the solid-liquid interface,K. Voïtchovsky,Physical Review E 88, 022407 (2013)