Jacob N. Israelachvili

Theory of self-assembly of hydrocarbon amphiphiles into micelles and bilayers

Jacob N. Israelachvili, D. John Mitchell, Barry W. Ninham · Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics · 1976 · 5.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physics +17

Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

Kellar Autumn, Metin Sitti, Yiching A. Liang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 1.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology +15

Measurement of forces between two mica surfaces in aqueous electrolyte solutions in the range 0–100 nm

Jacob N. Israelachvili, Gayle E. Adams · Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases · 1978 · 1.8K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +17

Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

Bruce P. Lee, Phillip B. Messersmith, Jacob N. Israelachvili et al. · Annual Review of Materials Research · 2011 · 1.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Materials Science +17

Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale

Bharat Bhushan, Jacob N. Israelachvili, Uzi Landman · Nature · 1995 · 1.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +12