Ralph Spolenak

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Ralph Spolenak (born August 17, 1971 in Wels ) is an Austrian physicist and materials scientist (nanometallurgy).

Life

Spolenak graduated from the University of Vienna in 1995 and received his doctorate in 1999 from the University of Stuttgart . In 2004 he became an assistant professor and later professor and director of the laboratory for nanometallurgy at the ETH Zurich . He is also head of ScopeM (Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy).

In 2005 he received the Science Prize: Research between Basics and Applications . Among other things, he investigated the adhesion mechanisms of geckos and other biological systems and developed technical adhesion mechanisms based on them.

Fonts

  • with E. Arzt, SN Gorb: From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 100, 2003, pp. 10603-10606.
  • with SN Gorb u. a .: Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 102, 2005, pp. 16293-16296.
  • G. Huber, SN Gorb, R. Spolenak, E. Doctor: Resolving the nanoscale adhesion of individual gecko spatulae by atomic force microscopy. In: Biology Letters. 1, 2005, pp. 2-4.
  • with SN Gorb, H. Gao, E. Arzt: Effects of contact shape on the scaling of biological attachments. Proc. Roy. Soc., A, Vol. 461, 2005, pp. 305-319.
  • with G. Huber u. a .: Influence of surface roughness on gecko adhesion. Acta Biomaterialia, Volume 3, 2007, pp. 607-610.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth prabook
personal data
SURNAME Spolenak, Ralph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels (city)