| Frictional forces and Amontons' law: from the molecular to the macroscopic scale J Gao, WD Luedtke, D Gourdon, M Ruths, JN Israelachvili, U Landman The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (11), 3410-3425, 2004 | 647 | 2004 |
| Adsorption, lubrication, and wear of lubricin on model surfaces: polymer brush-like behavior of a glycoprotein B Zappone, M Ruths, GW Greene, GD Jay, JN Israelachvili Biophysical journal 92 (5), 1693-1708, 2007 | 374 | 2007 |
| Surface forces and nanorheology of molecularly thin films M Ruths, JN Israelachvili Nanotribology and Nanomechanics II: Nanotribology, Biomimetics, and …, 2011 | 198 | 2011 |
| Multivalent counterions diminish the lubricity of polyelectrolyte brushes J Yu, NE Jackson, X Xu, Y Morgenstern, Y Kaufman, M Ruths, ... Science 360 (6396), 1434-1438, 2018 | 159 | 2018 |
| Effects of unsaturation on film structure and friction of fatty acids in a model base oil SM Lundgren, M Ruths, K Danerlöv, K Persson Journal of colloid and interface science 326 (2), 530-536, 2008 | 135 | 2008 |
| The X-ray surface forces apparatus: structure of a thin smectic liquid crystal film under confinement SHJ Idziak, CR Safinya, RS Hill, KE Kraiser, M Ruths, HE Warriner, ... Science 264 (5167), 1915-1918, 1994 | 126 | 1994 |
| Effects of confinement and shear on the properties of thin films of thermotropic liquid crystal M Ruths, S Steinberg, JN Israelachvili Langmuir 12 (26), 6637-6650, 1996 | 106 | 1996 |
| Multivalent ions induce lateral structural inhomogeneities in polyelectrolyte brushes J Yu, NE Jackson, X Xu, BK Brettmann, M Ruths, JJ De Pablo, M Tirrell Science advances 3 (12), eaao1497, 2017 | 96 | 2017 |
| Repulsive forces and relaxation on compression of entangled, polydisperse polystyrene brushes M Ruths, D Johannsmann, J Rühe, W Knoll Macromolecules 33 (10), 3860-3870, 2000 | 92 | 2000 |
| Preparing contamination-free mica substrates for surface characterization, force measurements, and imaging JN Israelachvili, NA Alcantar, N Maeda, TE Mates, M Ruths Langmuir 20 (9), 3616-3622, 2004 | 85 | 2004 |
| Boundary friction of aromatic silane self-assembled monolayers measured with the surface forces apparatus and friction force microscopy M Ruths, NA Alcantar, JN Israelachvili The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107 (40), 11149-11157, 2003 | 76 | 2003 |
| Friction of fatty acids in nanometer-sized contacts of different adhesive strength M Ruths, S Lundgren, K Danerlöv, K Persson Langmuir 24 (4), 1509-1516, 2008 | 67 | 2008 |
| Rate-dependent adhesion between polymer and surfactant monolayers on elastic substrates M Ruths, S Granick Langmuir 14 (7), 1804-1814, 1998 | 65 | 1998 |
| Boundary friction of aromatic self-assembled monolayers: comparison of systems with one or both sliding surfaces covered with a thiol monolayer M Ruths Langmuir 19 (17), 6788-6795, 2003 | 57 | 2003 |
| Tribology of confined Fomblin-Z perfluoropolyalkyl ethers: role of chain-end chemical functionality M Ruths, S Granick The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 103 (41), 8711-8721, 1999 | 50 | 1999 |
| Influence of Alignment of Crystalline Confining Surfaces on Static Forces and Shear in a Liquid Crystal, 4‘-n-Pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl M Ruths, S Granick Langmuir 16 (22), 8368-8376, 2000 | 49 | 2000 |
| Depletion attraction versus steric repulsion in a system of weakly adsorbing polymer effects of concentration and adsorption conditions M Ruths, H Yoshizawa, LJ Fetters, JN Israelachvili Macromolecules 29 (22), 7193-7203, 1996 | 48 | 1996 |
| Surface characterization and protein interactions of segmented polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic polyurethanes D Cozzens, A Luk, U Ojha, M Ruths, R Faust Langmuir 27 (23), 14160-14168, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Exploring the “friction modifier” phenomenon: nanorheology of n‐alkane chains with polar terminus dissolved in n‐alkane solvent M Ruths, H Ohtani, ML Greenfield, S Granick Tribology Letters 6 (3), 207-214, 1999 | 40 | 1999 |
| Alignment of complex fluids under confinement and flow I Koltover, SHJ Idziak, P Davidson, Y Li, CR Safinya, M Ruths, S Steinberg, ... Journal de Physique II 6 (6), 893-907, 1996 | 39 | 1996 |
