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Michael Kappl

Michael Kappl

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Materials Science

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62
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19121
World Ranking
6362
National Ranking
373

Overview

Michael Kappl is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a prominent focus on Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Other subfields contributing to their research include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in Michael Kappl's research cover Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, and Membrane Separation Technologies.

Their recent scientific contributions include publications such as:

  • Contact angle hysteresis, 2022, published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Elastic Superhydrophobic and Photocatalytic Active Films Used as Blood Repellent Dressing, 2020, published in Advanced Materials
  • One-Step Synthesis of a Durable and Liquid-Repellent Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Coating, 2021, published in Advanced Materials
  • Fabrication of Anticounterfeiting Nanocomposites with Multiple Security Features via Integration of a Photoresponsive Polymer and Upconverting Nanoparticles, 2021, published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Bioinspired footed soft robot with unidirectional all-terrain mobility, 2020, published in Materials Today

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Kappl include:

  • Hans-Jürgen Butt
  • Youmin Hou
  • Шуай Ли
  • W. Steffen
  • Εvangelos Gogolides

They have published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Langmuir
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Materials
  • Soft Matter
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Best Publications

  • Force measurements with the atomic force microscope: Technique, interpretation and applications

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Brunero Cappella;Michael Kappl

  • Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Karlheinz Graf;Michael Kappl

  • Normal capillary forces.

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Michael Kappl

  • Hydrodynamic force measurements: boundary slip of water on hydrophilic surfaces and electrokinetic effects.

    Elmar Bonaccurso;Michael Kappl;Hans-Jürgen Butt

  • The Colloidal Probe Technique and Its Application to Adhesion Force Measurements

    Michael Kappl;Hans-Jürgen Butt

  • Steric Forces Measured with the Atomic Force Microscope at Various Temperatures

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Michael Kappl;Henning Mueller;Roberto Raiteri

  • Surface and Interfacial Forces: BUTT:SURFACE FORCES O-BK

    Hans-Jürgen Butt;Michael Kappl

  • Recent experimental advances for understanding bubble-particle attachment in flotation.

    Yaowen Xing;Xiahui Gui;Xiahui Gui;Lei Pan;Bat El Pinchasik

  • Organic Field‐Effect Transistors based on Highly Ordered Single Polymer Fibers

    Suhao Wang;Michael Kappl;Ingo Liebewirth;Maren Müller

  • Fabrication of large-area, transferable colloidal monolayers utilizing self-assembly at the air/water interface

    Markus Retsch;Zuocheng Zhou;Sergio Rivera;Michael Kappl

  • Early Homogenous Amorphous Precursor Stages of Calcium Carbonate and Subsequent Crystal Growth in Levitated Droplets

    Stephan E. Wolf;Jork Leiterer;Michael Kappl;Franziska Emmerling

  • On the adhesion between fine particles and nanocontacts: An atomic force microscope study

    Mahdi Farshchi-Tabrizi;Michael Kappl;Yajun Cheng;Jochen Gutmann

  • Hollow silica spheres: synthesis and mechanical properties.

    Lijuan Zhang;Maria D’Acunzi;Michael Kappl;Günter K. Auernhammer

  • Insights into the Adhesive Mechanisms of Tree Frogs using Artificial Mimics

    Dirk-Michael Drotlef;Lukas Stepien;Michael Kappl;W. J. P. Barnes

  • Elastic Superhydrophobic and Photocatalytic Active Films Used as Blood Repellent Dressing

    Jie Liu;Lijun Ye;Yuling Sun;Minghan Hu

  • The application of atomic force microscopy in mineral flotation.

    Yaowen Xing;Mengdi Xu;Xiahui Gui;Xiahui Gui;Yijun Cao;Yijun Cao

  • One-Step Synthesis of a Durable and Liquid-Repellent Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Coating

    Jie Liu;Yuling Sun;Xiaoteng Zhou;Xiaomei Li

  • Torrent Frog-Inspired Adhesives: Attachment to Flooded Surfaces

    Jagoba Iturri;Longjian Xue;Michael Kappl;Luis Garcia-Fernandez

  • Hybrid Surface Patterns Mimicking the Design of the Adhesive Toe Pad of Tree Frog

    Longjian Xue;Belén Sanz;Belén Sanz;Aoyi Luo;Kevin T. Turner

  • Flexible Minerals: Self-Assembled Calcite Spicules with Extreme Bending Strength

    Filipe Natalio;Filipe Natalio;Tomas P. Corrales;Martin Panthöfer;Dieter Schollmeyer

  • Using the Atomic Force Microscope to Study the Interaction between Two Solid Supported Lipid Bilayers and the Influence of Synapsin I

    Ioana Pera;Rüdiger Stark;Michael Kappl;Hans-Jürgen Butt

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jürgen Butt
Hans-Jürgen Butt Max Planck Society
Aránzazu del Campo
Aránzazu del Campo Leibniz Association
Doris Vollmer
Doris Vollmer Max Planck Society
Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Syuji Fujii
Syuji Fujii Osaka Institute of Technology
Kaloian Koynov
Kaloian Koynov Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
George Floudas
George Floudas University of Ioannina

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