W. Zesch

3.1k citations
14 papers · 2.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 9

Impact in

Papers in

Journals
Nature (1 paper)Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application (1 paper)Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE (4 papers)Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) (1 paper)Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (1 paper)

In The Last Decade

W. Zesch

14 papers receiving 2.4k citations

W. Zesch's Hit Papers

Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair 2000 · 2.2k citations
2.2k0+8+17Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

Peers

W. Zesch
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 930
  • Mechanics of Materials 1.5k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 801
  • Biomedical Engineering 846
  • Mechanical Engineering 565
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Michael Varenberg United States
Alexander Kovalev Germany
Delphine Gourdon United States
Benoît Roman France
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Zesch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 14 scholars most cited alongside W. Zesch, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
#Work
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Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair
Hit paper breakdown →
20002190
2 2002107
3 199556
4 199845
5 200237
6 199524
7 201022
8 200010
9 19978
10 20107
11
Inertial Drives for Micro- and Nanorobots: Two Novel Mechanisms
19957
12 19996
13
High Precision Robots for Automated Handling of Micro Objects
19943
14 20122

About W. Zesch

W. Zesch is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 14 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (4 papers), Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (3 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (3 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (3 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (2 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (2 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (930 citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (801 citations), Biomedical Engineering (846 citations) and Mechanical Engineering (565 citations). W. Zesch has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Ronald S. Fearing, Kellar Autumn, S. Tonia Hsieh, Thomas W. Kenny, Robert J. Full, Yiching A. Liang, Andréa Weber, Roland Siegwart, A. Codourey and R. Moser. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application, Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) and Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

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