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Overview

Mark W. Rutland is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily concentrates on the study and application of ionic liquids, with particular attention to their properties and various engineering applications.

The scientist's research spans several connected fields, including Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Subfields of study in their work include Catalysis, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Electrochemistry.

Key scientific topics covered by their publications include:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Lubricants and Their Additives
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Multisensory perception and integration

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark W. Rutland include Sergei Glavatskih, Georgia A. Pilkington, Erik Bergendal, Gustavo S. Luengo, and Lisa Skedung.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the following publication venues:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Experimental Brain Research

Notable recent papers include:

  • Interfacial structuring of non-halogenated imidazolium ionic liquids at charged surfaces: effect of alkyl chain length, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Potential-Dependent Superlubricity of Ionic Liquids on a Graphite Surface, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The finishing touches: the role of friction and roughness in haptic perception of surface coatings, 2020, Experimental Brain Research
  • Ionic liquids enhance electrical conductivity of greases: an impedance spectroscopy study, 2023, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Electroresponsive structuring and friction of a non-halogenated ionic liquid in a polar solvent: effect of concentration, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Best Publications

  • Comparison of model surfaces for cellulose interactions: elevated pH

    Evgeni Poptoshev;Archie Carambassis;Monika Österberg;Per Claesson

  • Long range electrostatic forces in ionic liquids

    Matthew A. Gebbie;Alexander M.R. Smith;Howard A. Dobbs;Alpha A. Lee

  • FORCES MEASURED BETWEEN HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES DUE TO A SUBMICROSCOPIC BRIDGING BUBBLE

    Archie Carambassis;Louisa C. Jonker;Phil Attard;Mark W. Rutland

  • Techniques for measuring surface forces

    P.M. Claesson;T. Ederth;V. Bergeron;M.W. Rutland

  • Adsorption of CTAB on Hydrophilic Silica Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy

    Eric Tyrode;Mark W. Rutland;Colin D. Bain

  • Control of Nanoscale Friction on Gold in an Ionic Liquid by a Potential-Dependent Ionic Lubricant Layer

    James Sweeney;Florian Hausen;Robert Hayes;Grant B. Webber

  • Atomic force microscopy and direct surface force measurements (IUPAC Technical Report)

    John Ralston;Ian Clair Larson;Mark W Rutland;Adam A Feiler

  • An ionic liquid lubricant enables superlubricity to be “switched on” in situ using an electrical potential

    Hua Li;Ross J. Wood;Mark W. Rutland;Rob Atkin

  • Adsorption of the poly(oxyethylene) nonionic surfactant C12E5 to silica: a study using atomic force microscopy

    Mark W. Rutland;Tim J. Senden

  • Hydration forces between silica surfaces: Experimental data and predictions from different theories

    J. J. Valle-Delgado;J. A. Molina-Bolívar;F. Galisteo-González;M. J. Gálvez-Ruiz

  • Ionic liquid lubrication: influence of ion structure, surface potential and sliding velocity.

    Hua Li;Mark W. Rutland;Mark W. Rutland;Rob Atkin

  • Surface forces between silica surfaces in cationic surfactant solutions : adsorption and bilayer formation at normal and high pH

    Mark W. Rutland;John L. Parker

  • Adsorption of pNIPAM Layers on Hydrophobic Gold Surfaces, Measured in Situ by QCM and SPR

    Mark A. Plunkett;Zhehui Wang;Mark W. Rutland;Diethelm Johannsmann

  • Lubricating properties of the initial salivary pellicle--an AFM study.

    I Cecilia Hahn Berg;Mark W Rutland;Thomas Arnebrant

  • Hydration State of Nonionic Surfactant Monolayers at the Liquid/Vapor Interface: Structure Determination by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy

    Eric Tyrode;C Magnus Johnson;Atte Kumpulainen;Mark W Rutland

  • Tip friction - torsional spring constant determination.

    G. Bogdanovic;A. Meurk;Mark W Rutland

  • Superlubricity using repulsive van der Waals forces.

    Adam A. Feiler;Lennart Bergstrom;Mark W. Rutland

  • Xyloglucan in cellulose modification

    Qi Zhou;Mark W. Rutland;Tuula T. Teeri;Harry Brumer

  • Friction and forces between cellulose model surfaces: A comparison

    Johanna Stiernstedt;Niklas Nordgren;Lars Wågberg;Harry Brumer

  • Interactions of cellulose surfaces : Effect of electrolyte

    Archie Carambassis;Mark W. Rutland

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Atkin
Rob Atkin University of Western Australia
Sergei Glavatskih
Sergei Glavatskih Royal Institute of Technology
Per M. Claesson
Per M. Claesson Royal Institute of Technology
Oleg N. Antzutkin
Oleg N. Antzutkin Luleå University of Technology
Harry Brumer
Harry Brumer University of British Columbia
Gregory G. Warr
Gregory G. Warr University of Sydney
Emily D. Cranston
Emily D. Cranston University of British Columbia
Lennart Bergström
Lennart Bergström Stockholm University
Martin Malmsten
Martin Malmsten University of Copenhagen
Monika Österberg
Monika Österberg Aalto University

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