| Advances in understanding damage by salt crystallization RM Espinosa-Marzal, GW Scherer Accounts of chemical research 43 (6), 897-905, 2010 | 251 | 2010 |
| Phase changes of salts in porous materials: Crystallization, hydration and deliquescence RM Espinosa, L Franke, G Deckelmann Construction and Building Materials 22 (8), 1758-1773, 2008 | 212 | 2008 |
| Influence of the age and drying process on pore structure and sorption isotherms of hardened cement paste RM Espinosa, L Franke Cement and concrete research 36 (10), 1969-1984, 2006 | 186 | 2006 |
| Crystallization of sodium sulfate salts in limestone RM Espinosa Marzal, GW Scherer Environmental geology 56 (3), 605-621, 2008 | 148 | 2008 |
| Microslips to “avalanches” in confined, molecular layers of ionic liquids RM Espinosa-Marzal, A Arcifa, A Rossi, ND Spencer The journal of physical chemistry letters 5 (1), 179-184, 2014 | 138 | 2014 |
| Predicting salt damage in practice: A theoretical insight into laboratory tests. R Flatt, NA Mohamed, F Caruso, H Derluyn, J Desarnaud, B Lubelli, ... RILEM Technical Letters 2, 108-118, 2017 | 135 | 2017 |
| Ionic liquids confined in hydrophilic nanocontacts: Structure and lubricity in the presence of water RM Espinosa-Marzal, A Arcifa, A Rossi, ND Spencer The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (12), 6491-6503, 2014 | 133 | 2014 |
| Model for the mechanical stress due to the salt crystallization in porous materials RM Espinosa, L Franke, G Deckelmann Construction and Building Materials 22 (7), 1350-1367, 2008 | 131 | 2008 |
| Insight into the electrical double layer of an ionic liquid on graphene LA Jurado, RM Espinosa-Marzal Scientific reports 7 (1), 4225, 2017 | 114 | 2017 |
| Mechanisms of damage by salt RM Espinosa-Marzal, GW Scherer | 111 | 2010 |
| Response of simulated drinking water biofilm mechanical and structural properties to long-term disinfectant exposure Y Shen, C Huang, GL Monroy, D Janjaroen, N Derlon, J Lin, ... Environmental science & technology 50 (4), 1779-1787, 2016 | 106 | 2016 |
| Inkbottle pore-method: prediction of hygroscopic water content in hardened cement paste at variable climatic conditions RM Espinosa, L Franke Cement and concrete research 36 (10), 1954-1968, 2006 | 103 | 2006 |
| Impact of in-pore salt crystallization on transport properties RM Espinosa-Marzal, GW Scherer Environmental earth sciences 69 (8), 2657-2669, 2013 | 96 | 2013 |
| Hydrated-ion ordering in electrical double layers RM Espinosa-Marzal, T Drobek, T Balmer, MP Heuberger Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14 (17), 6085-6093, 2012 | 95 | 2012 |
| Mitigation of ASR by the use of LiNO3—Characterization of the reaction products A Leemann, L Lörtscher, L Bernard, G Le Saout, B Lothenbach, ... Cement and Concrete Research 59, 73-86, 2014 | 93 | 2014 |
| The role of water in fault lubrication Y Diao, RM Espinosa-Marzal Nature communications 9 (1), 2309, 2018 | 84 | 2018 |
| Irreversible structural change of a dry ionic liquid under nanoconfinement LA Jurado, H Kim, A Arcifa, A Rossi, C Leal, ND Spencer, ... Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (20), 13613-13624, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| Stick–Slip Friction Reveals Hydrogel Lubrication Mechanisms T Shoaib, J Heintz, JA Lopez-Berganza, R Muro-Barrios, SA Egner, ... Langmuir 34 (3), 756–765, 2018 | 79 | 2018 |
| Polymer brushes under shear: Molecular dynamics simulations compared to experiments MK Singh, P Ilg, RM Espinosa-Marzal, M Kröger, ND Spencer Langmuir 31 (16), 4798-4805, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| Can drying and re-wetting of magnesium sulfate salts lead to damage of stone? E Balboni, RM Espinosa-Marzal, E Doehne, GW Scherer Environmental Earth Sciences 63 (7), 1463-1473, 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
Nicholas D. SpencerEmeritus Professor of Surface Science and Technology, ETH ZurichVerified email at ethz.ch
