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h-index: 19
Works: 83
Citations: 1,613

Most-cited papers

Mapping nanomechanical properties of live cells using multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy.
A. Raman, Sonia Trigueros, Alexander Cartagena, A. Stevenson +3 more
2011Nature Nanotechnology327 citations
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Direct mapping of the solid-liquid adhesion energy with subnanometre resolution.
Kislon Voïtchovsky, J. Kuna, S. Contera, E. Tosatti +1 more
2010Nature Nanotechnology185 citations Open access
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Multifrequency AFM reveals lipid membrane mechanical properties and the effect of cholesterol in modulating viscoelasticity
Z. Al-Rekabi, S. Contera
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America105 citations Open access
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Bilayer-mediated clustering and functional interaction of MscL channels.
S. Grage, Asbed M. Keleshian, T. Turdzeladze, A. Battle +13 more
2011Biophysical Journal91 citations Open access
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Dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin 2D crystal observed by high-speed atomic force microscopy.
Hayato Yamashita, Kislon Voïtchovsky, T. Uchihashi, S. Contera +2 more
2009Journal of Structural Biology87 citations Open access
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Role of the Trans-activation Response Element in Dimerization of HIV-1 RNA*
E. Andersen, S. Contera, B. Knudsen, C. Damgaard +2 more
2004Journal of Biological Chemistry83 citations Open access
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Electrophysiological-mechanical coupling in the neuronal membrane and its role in ultrasound neuromodulation and general anaesthesia.
A. Jérusalem, Z. Al-Rekabi, Hao-Yu Chen, A. Ercole +4 more
2019Acta Biomaterialia81 citations Open access
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β-Sheet Structured β-Amyloid(1-40) Perturbs Phosphatidylcholine Model Membranes
M. de Planque, V. Raussens, S. Contera, D. T. Rijkers +5 more
200777 citations
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Bioelectrical understanding and engineering of cell biology
Zoe Schofield, G. Meloni, Peter Tran, Christian Zerfaß +13 more
2020Journal of the Royal Society Interface70 citations Open access
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Biotechnology, nanotechnology and medicine
S. Contera, Jorge Bernardino de la Serna, T. Tetley
2020Emerging Topics in Life Sciences58 citations Open access
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Unfolding and extraction of a transmembrane alpha-helical peptide: dynamic force spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations.
S. Contera, V. Lemaitre, M. de Planque, A. Watts +1 more
2005Biophysical Journal33 citations Open access
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Electrical conductance and breakdown in individual CNx multiwalled nanotubes
H. J. Burch, J. Davies, E. Brown, L. Hao +3 more
200631 citations Open access
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Cell volume increase in murine MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts attaching onto biocompatible tantalum observed by magnetic AC mode atomic force microscopy.
L. K. Andersen, S. Contera, J. Justesen, M. Duch +5 more
2005European Cells & Materials27 citations Open access
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Biophysical characterisation of DNA origami nanostructures reveals inaccessibility to intercalation binding sites
Helen Miller, S. Contera, Adam J. M. Wollman, A. Hirst +4 more
2019bioRxiv22 citations Open access
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Atomic force microscopy-indentation demonstrates that alginate beads are mechanically stable under cell culture conditions.
Chih-Yao Chui, Andrea Bonilla-Brunner, Jacob Seifert, S. Contera +1 more
2019Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials22 citations Open access
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Controlled ionic condensation at the surface of a native extremophile membrane.
S. Contera, Kislon Voïtchovsky, J. F. Ryan
2010Nanoscale22 citations Open access
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Doping of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen improves protein coverage whilst retaining correct conformation
H. J. Burch, S. Contera, M. de Planque, N. Grobert +1 more
2008Nanotechnology22 citations Open access
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Effect of intra-membrane C60 fullerenes on the modulus of elasticity and the mechanical resistance of gel and fluid lipid bilayers.
Ji-han Zhou, De-Hai Liang, S. Contera
2015Nanoscale21 citations
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beta-Sheet structured beta-amyloid(1-40) perturbs phosphatidylcholine model membranes.
M. de Planque, V. Raussens, S. Contera, D. T. Rijkers +5 more
2007Journal of Molecular Biology19 citations
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Magneto-electrical orientation of lipid-coated graphitic micro-particles in solution
J. Nguyen, S. Contera, I. L. Garcia
201616 citations Open access
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Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology
S. Contera
201914 citations
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Temperature-dependent phase transitions in zeptoliter volumes of a complex biological membrane
M. Nikiforov, Sophia V. Hohlbauch, W. King, Kislon Voïtchovsky +4 more
2011Nanotechnology14 citations Open access
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AFM nanoindentation reveals decrease of elastic modulus of lipid bilayers near freezing point of water
C. Gabbutt, Wu-Mian Shen, Jacob Seifert, S. Contera
2019Scientific Reports13 citations Open access
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Effect of acid treatment on the structure and electrical properties of nitrogen-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes
H. J. Burch, E. Brown, S. Contera, Nashville C. Toledo +5 more
200813 citations
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Cell wall fucosylation in Arabidopsis influences control of leaf water loss and alters stomatal development and mechanical properties
Paige E Panter, Jacob Seifert, M. Dale, Ashley J. Pridgeon +4 more
2023Journal of Experimental Botany12 citations Open access
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A simple mathematical model of allometric exponential growth describes the early three-dimensional growth dynamics of secondary xylem in Arabidopsis roots
A. Thamm, Sabina Sanegre-Sans, Jennifer Paisley, Susana Meader +3 more
2019Royal Society Open Science12 citations Open access
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Electrostatic and steric interactions determine bacteriorhodopsin single-molecule biomechanics.
Kislon Voïtchovsky, S. Contera, J. F. Ryan
2007Biophysical Journal12 citations Open access
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Amphiphilic DNA tiles for controlled insertion and 2D assembly on fluid lipid membranes: the effect on mechanical properties.
C. Dohno, Shingo Makishi, K. Nakatani, S. Contera
2017Nanoscale11 citations Open access
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Mapping cellular nanoscale viscoelasticity and relaxation times relevant to growth of living Arabidopsis thaliana plants using multifrequency AFM
Jacob Seifert, C. Kirchhelle, I. Moore, S. Contera
2020bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Lateral coupling and cooperative dynamics in the function of the native membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin
Kislon Voïtchovsky, S. Contera, J. F. Ryan
200910 citations Open access
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Imaging the proteins pseudoazurin and apo-pseudoazurin on gold by STM in air: effect of the bias voltage.
S. Contera, H. Iwasaki
2002Ultramicroscopy10 citations
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Polymeric microellipsoids with programmed magnetic anisotropy for controlled rotation using low (≈10 mT) magnetic fields
Andrea Bonilla-Brunner, Isabel Llorente García, Bumjin Jang, Midori Amano Patiño +4 more
2020Applied Materials Today9 citations
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How to probe the spin contribution to momentum relaxation in topological insulators
M. Nam, Benjamin H. Williams, Yu-Lin Chen, S. Contera +7 more
2018Nature Communications8 citations Open access
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Sub-nanoscale free volume and local elastic modulus of chitosan-carbon nanotube biomimetic nanocomposite scaffold-materials.
E. Axpe, L. Bugnicourt, D. Mérida, M. Goiriena-Goikoetxea +5 more
2015Journal of materials chemistry. B8 citations Open access
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Nanotribology of Clean and Oxide-Covered Silicon Surfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy
W. Moon, S. Contera, T. Yoshinobu, H. Iwasaki
20008 citations
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Communication is central to the mission of science
S. Contera
2021Nature Reviews Materials7 citations Open access
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Reconfigurable T-junction DNA origami.
Katherine G. Young, Behnam Najafi, W. Sant, S. Contera +4 more
2020Angewandte Chemie6 citations Open access
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Ambient STM and in situ AFM study of nitrite reductase proteins adsorbed on gold and graphite: influence of the substrate on protein interactions.
S. Contera, H. Iwasaki, S. Suzuki
2003Ultramicroscopy6 citations
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Action of the general anaesthetic isoflurane reveals coupling between viscoelasticity and electrophysiological activity in individual neurons
Casey Adam, C. Kayal, A. Ercole, S. Contera +2 more
2023Communications Physics5 citations Open access
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Transcending Markov: non-Markovian rate processes of thermosensitive TRP ion channels
Yuval Ben-Abu, S. Tucker, S. Contera
2023bioRxiv5 citations Open access
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Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Images of the Copper-Containing Amine Oxidase from Arthrobacter Globiformis in the Holo and Apo Forms Adsorbed on Gold under Ambient Conditions
S. Contera, T. Okajima, H. Iwasaki
20025 citations
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Nano Comes to Life
S. Contera
20194 citations
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STM study of the reactivity of niobium diselenide in air and N2
S. Contera, T. Yoshinobu, H. Iwasaki, K. Kisoda +1 more
19984 citations
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Lipid-Modulated Assembly of Magnetized Iron-Filled Carbon Nanotubes in Millimeter-Scale Structures
Nashville C. Toledo, M. de Planque, S. Contera, N. Grobert +1 more
20073 citations Open access
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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Misfit Layer Compounds (LaSe)xNbSe2 and (PbSe)xNbSe2
S. Contera, T. Yoshinobu, H. Iwasaki, K. Kisoda
19983 citations
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Lab-on-a-graphene-FET detection of key molecular events underpinning influenza virus infection and effect of antiviral drugs
T. Ono, K. Kamada, R. Hayashi, A. R. Piacenti +12 more
2020bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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Formation of nano-pyramids of layered materials with AFM
S. Contera, T. Yoshinobu, H. Iwasaki, Z. Bastl +1 more
2000Ultramicroscopy2 citations
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Correction to ‘Bioelectrical understanding and engineering of cell biology’
Zoe Schofield, G. Meloni, Peter Tran, Christian Zerfaß +13 more
2020Journal of the Royal Society Interface1 citations Open access
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Clustering and Functional Interaction of MscL Channels
A. Keleshian, S. Grage, T. Turdzeladze, A. Battle +11 more
20101 citations Open access
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Lipid bilayer functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes
M. de Planque, Nashville C. Toledo, S. Contera, J. F. Ryan
20071 citations
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