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Nicholas D. Spencer

Nicholas D. Spencer

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Materials Science
Switzerland
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
100
Citations
31817
World Ranking
1066
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Nicholas D. Spencer is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research contributions encompass several specialized subfields, including Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Organic Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Spencer's work focuses on multiple interconnected topics such as Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications, Lubricants and Their Additives, and Tribology and Wear Analysis.

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Spencer include:

  • Exploring the roles of roughness, friction and adhesion in discontinuous shear thickening by means of thermo-responsive particles, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Surface-Initiated Photoinduced ATRP: Mechanism, Oxygen Tolerance, and Temporal Control during the Synthesis of Polymer Brushes, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Oxygen Tolerant and Cytocompatible Iron(0)-Mediated ATRP Enables the Controlled Growth of Polymer Brushes from Mammalian Cell Cultures, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Oxygen inhibition of free-radical polymerization is the dominant mechanism behind the "mold effect" on hydrogels, 2021, Soft Matter
  • Topological Polymer Chemistry Enters Materials Science: Expanding the Applicability of Cyclic Polymers, 2020, ACS Macro Letters

Spencer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Shivaprakash N. Ramakrishna (12 joint publications), Edmondo M. Benetti (8 joint publications), Rok Simič (8 joint publications), Joydeb Mandal (6 joint publications), and Lucio Isa (6 joint publications).

Their research is regularly published in venues such as Tribology Letters, Langmuir, Soft Matter, arXiv (Cornell University), and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, reflecting engagement with journals covering tribology, surface science, and polymer chemistry.

In addition to journal publications, Spencer has contributed to book literature with the publication titled More from the Cutting Edge of Tribology expected from World Scientific in 2025.

Best Publications

  • A comparative study of protein adsorption on titanium oxide surfaces using in situ ellipsometry, optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy, and quartz crystal microbalance/dissipation

    F.F Hook;J. Voros;M. Rodahl;R. Kurrat

  • Poly(L-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) layers on metal oxide surfaces: Attachment mechanism and effects of polymer architecture on resistance to protein adsorption

    Gregory L. Kenausis;Janos Vörös;Donald L. Elbert;Ningping Huang

  • Poly(l-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) Layers on Metal Oxide Surfaces: Surface-Analytical Characterization and Resistance to Serum and Fibrinogen Adsorption

    Ning Ping Huang;Roger Michel;Janos Voros;Marcus Textor

  • Systematic study of osteoblast and fibroblast response to roughness by means of surface-morphology gradients

    Tobias P. Kunzler;Tanja Drobek;Martin Schuler;Nicholas D. Spencer

  • Nanoparticle printing with single-particle resolution

    Tobias Kraus;Tobias Kraus;Laurent Malaquin;Heinz Schmid;Walter Riess

  • Optical grating coupler biosensors.

    J Vörös;J.J Ramsden;G Csúcs;I Szendrő

  • Surface Characterization of Implant Materials c.p. Ti, Ti-6Al-7Nb and Ti-6Al-4V With Different Pretreatments

    C Sittig;M Textor;N D Spencer;M Wieland

  • The relationship between skin function, barrier properties, and body-dependent factors.

    A.K. Dąbrowska;F. Spano;S. Derler;Christian Adlhart

  • Covalent Attachment of Cell-Adhesive, (Arg-Gly-Asp)-Containing Peptides to Titanium Surfaces

    Shou-Jun Xiao;Marcus Textor;Nicholas D. Spencer;Hans Sigrist

  • Biotin-Derivatized Poly(L-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol): A Novel Polymeric Interface for Bioaffinity Sensing

    Ning-Ping Huang;Janos Vörös;Susan M. De Paul;Marcus Textor

  • Iron single crystals as ammonia synthesis catalysts: Effect of surface structure on catalyst activity

    N. D. Spencer;R. C. Schoonmaker;G. A. Somorjai

  • Influence of epidermal hydration on the friction of human skin against textiles.

    LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt;LC Lutz-Christian Gerhardt;V Strässle;A Lenz;ND Spencer

  • Effects of ionic strength and surface charge on protein adsorption at PEGylated surfaces.

    Stéphanie Pasche;Janos Vörös;Hans J. Griesser;Nicholas D. Spencer

  • Polyionic coatings in analytic and sensor devices

    Jeffrey A. Hubbell;Marcus Textor;Donald L. Elbert;Stephanie Finken

  • Structural Chemistry of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Octadecylphosphoric Acid on Tantalum Oxide Surfaces

    Marcus Textor;Laurence Ruiz;Rolf Hofer;Antonella Rossi

  • Alkyl Phosphate Monolayers, Self-Assembled from Aqueous Solution onto Metal Oxide Surfaces

    R. Hofer;M. Textor;N. D. Spencer

  • Probing resistance to protein adsorption of oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated self-assembled monolayers by scanning force microscopy

    K. Feldman;G. Hahner;N. D. Spencer;P. Harder

  • Comparative investigation of the surface properties of commercial titanium dental implants. Part I: chemical composition

    C. Massaro;P. Rotolo;F. De Riccardis;E. Milella

  • Surface-chemical and -morphological gradients

    Sara Morgenthaler;Christian Zink;Nicholas D Spencer

  • Sweet, Hairy, Soft, and Slippery

    Seunghwan Lee;Nicholas D. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonella Rossi
Antonella Rossi University of Cagliari
Marcus Textor
Marcus Textor ETH Zurich
Wilfred T. Tysoe
Wilfred T. Tysoe University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Edmondo M. Benetti
Edmondo M. Benetti Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Janos Vörös
Janos Vörös ETH Zurich
Lucio Isa
Lucio Isa ETH Zurich
Jeffrey A. Hubbell
Jeffrey A. Hubbell New York University
Tobias Kraus
Tobias Kraus Leibniz Association
Richard M. Lambert
Richard M. Lambert University of Cambridge
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University

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