Alain Billard

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Alain Billard is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Billard has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Materials Chemistry, 87 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 72 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Alain Billard's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (71 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (41 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (39 papers). Alain Billard is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (71 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (41 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (39 papers). Alain Billard collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Portugal. Alain Billard's co-authors include Frédéric Sanchette, Pascal Briois, C. Frantz, J.F. Pierson, Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, Nicolas Martin, Frédéric Schuster, Eric Aubry, David Horwat and J. von Stebut and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Power Sources and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alain Billard

176 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Early studies on Cr-Coated Zircaloy-4 as enhanced accident tolerant nuclear fuel claddings for light water reactors

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tailoring the microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties and oxidation resistance of (AlTiCrVTa)Nx coatings by controlling nitrogen content 2024 ·Ceramics International ·Huan Luo, Hui Sun, Lizhi Yuan, Peipei Wang, Xing Zhao, Pascal Briois, Alain Billard	5
2	On the use of nanometer-scale multilayers to determine interdiffusion coefficients: Comprehensive characterization of interdiffusion at low temperature in the Ni–Cr system 2023 ·Acta Materialia ·Thomas Rieger, Maylise Nastar, A. Debelle, A. Michel, Alain Billard, Marie Loyer-Prost	2
3	Morphological Evolution of La2NiO4 Coatings Synthesized by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering (RMS) at High Pressure as Cathode for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IT-SOFC) 2023 ·Coatings ·Xiaolei Ye, (unknown), Ming Hou, Pierre Bertrand, Alain Billard, Pascal Briois	1
4	Incorporation of SiC on the mechanical properties, tribological performance, and oxidation resistance of HfC-SiC/a-C:H coatings prepared by hybrid HiPIMS and pulsed-DC magnetron co-sputtering 2023 ·Ceramics International ·(unknown), Hui Sun, Xiaolei Ye, Peipei Wang, Xing Zhao, Pascal Briois, Alain Billard	2
5	Determination of the interdiffusion coefficient at low temperature in Ni/NiCr nanometer-scale multilayers using X-ray reflectivity 2022 ·Materialia ·A. Debelle, A. Michel, Marie Loyer-Prost, Thomas Rieger, Alain Billard, Maylise Nastar	3
6	DLC-Based Coatings Obtained by Low-Frequency Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (LFPECVD) in Cyclohexane, Principle and Examples 2021 ·Coatings ·Frédéric Sanchette, Mohamed El Garah, (unknown), Frédéric Schuster, (unknown), C. Ducros, Alain Billard	11
7	Exsolution of Ni Nanoparticles from A-Site-Deficient Layered Double Perovskites for Dry Reforming of Methane and as an Anode Material for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 2021 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiu Liu, Olivier Hernandez, Carmelo Prestipino, Annie Le Gal La Salle, Sébastien Paul, Louise Jalowiecki‐Duhamel, Vincent Dorcet, Alain Billard, Pascal Briois, Mona Bahout	45
8	Feasibility Synthesis and Characterization of Gadolinia Doped Ceria Coatings Obtained by Cathodic Arc Evaporation 2021 ·Nanomaterials ·Pascal Briois, Eric Aubry, Armelle Ringuedé, M. Cassir, Alain Billard	2
9	Experimental Activity Descriptors for Iridium-Based Catalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Camillo Spöri, Pascal Briois, Hong Nhan Nong, Tobias Reier, Alain Billard, Stefanie Kühl, Detre Teschner, Peter Strasser	182
10	Preparation of Cu–Fe–O thin films via post oxidation of iron/copper bilayers: structural, optical and electrical properties 2019 ·Optical and Quantum Electronics ·(unknown), (unknown), F. Chaffar Akkari, M. Kanzari, Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, Alain Billard	7
11	Tunable microstructures and morphology of zirconium films via an assist of magnetic field in HiPIMS for improved mechanical properties 2019 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Huan Luo, Fei Gao, Alain Billard	7
12	Nano-sculptured Janus-like TiAg thin films obliquely deposited by GLAD co-sputtering for temperature sensing 2018 ·Nanotechnology ·Paulo Pedrosa, Armando Ferreira, Nicolas Martin, Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, Alain Billard, S. Lanceros‐Méndez, F. Vaz	26
13	Thickness-dependent optoelectronic properties of CuCr0.93Mg0.07O2 thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering 2017 ·Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing ·Hui Sun, Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, C. Ducros, Sheng‐Chi Chen, Eric Aubry, (unknown), J.H. Hsieh, Frédéric Sanchette, Alain Billard	13
14	Influence of the Cr and Ni concentration in CoCr and CoNi alloys on the structural and magnetic properties 2016 ·Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials ·Eric Aubry, Tao Liu, Alain Billard, (unknown), (unknown), S. Mangin, Thomas Hauet	14
15	Towards delafossite structure of Cu–Cr–O thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering: Influence of substrate temperature on optoelectronics properties 2015 ·Vacuum ·Hui Sun, Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, Pascal Briois, J.F. Pierson, Frédéric Sanchette, Alain Billard	23
16	Tungsten coating developments on large size and complex geometries CuCrZr elements for the WEST project 2014 ·Max Planck Digital Library ·C. Hernandez, M. Richou, M. Firdaouss, N. Vignal, C. Desgranges, (unknown), Alain Billard, G. Pintsuk, H. Greuner, M. Missirlian, F. Samaille, E. Tsitrone, J. Bucalossi	1
17	Zr–Cu thin film metallic glasses: An assessment of the thermal stability and phases’ transformation mechanisms 2014 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Mihai Apreutesei, Philippe Steyer, Alain Billard, L. Joly-Pottuz, C. Esnouf	53
18	Electrical and structural investigations of perovskite structure reactively sputter deposited coatings 2009 ·Solid State Ionics ·Mohammad Arab Pour Yazdi, Pascal Briois, Samuel Georges, Alain Billard	14
19	Influence of oxygen flow rate on the structural and mechanical properties of reactively magnetron sputter-deposited Zr–B–O coatings 1999 ·Thin Solid Films ·J.F. Pierson, Alain Billard, T. Belmonte, H. Michel, C. Frantz	26
20	An optical emission spectroscopy study of a reactive magnetron sputtering Ar-O2 discharge modulated at low frequency 1997 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·(unknown), Alain Billard, C. Frantz	22

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