Alexandre Solon

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alexandre Solon is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Solon has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Solon's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (28 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (19 papers) and Diffusion and Search Dynamics (9 papers). Alexandre Solon is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (28 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (19 papers) and Diffusion and Search Dynamics (9 papers). Alexandre Solon collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and China. Alexandre Solon's co-authors include Julien Tailleur, Michael E. Cates, Yariv Kafri, Mehran Kardar, Hugues Chaté, Joakim Stenhammar, Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, Jordan M. Horowitz and Raphael Wittkowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Solon

34 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids
    2015 324 citations Alexandre Solon, Yaouen Fily et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Solon France 20 1.7k 1.2k 518 486 282 34 2.0k
Joakim Stenhammar Sweden 15 1.6k 1.0× 943 0.8× 620 1.2× 740 1.5× 194 0.7× 38 1.9k
Raphael Wittkowski Germany 24 2.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 992 1.9× 1.2k 2.4× 272 1.0× 65 2.8k
Benno Liebchen Germany 21 1.1k 0.7× 478 0.4× 584 1.1× 285 0.6× 206 0.7× 67 1.5k
Ivo Buttinoni Germany 15 2.0k 1.2× 735 0.6× 1.0k 2.0× 886 1.8× 201 0.7× 24 2.4k
Demian Levis Spain 17 1.1k 0.7× 593 0.5× 310 0.6× 389 0.8× 131 0.5× 36 1.3k
Felix Kümmel Germany 7 1.6k 1.0× 615 0.5× 788 1.5× 566 1.2× 164 0.6× 7 1.8k
Étienne Fodor Luxembourg 19 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 320 0.6× 288 0.6× 194 0.7× 37 1.6k
Aparna Baskaran United States 26 2.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 939 1.8× 1.1k 2.2× 455 1.6× 61 3.3k
Natsuhiko Yoshinaga Japan 15 957 0.6× 325 0.3× 726 1.4× 345 0.7× 212 0.8× 39 1.5k
Lorenzo Caprini Italy 22 1.1k 0.6× 766 0.7× 274 0.5× 270 0.6× 135 0.5× 50 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Solon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Solon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chaté, Hugues, et al.. (2025). Inescapable Anisotropy of Nonreciprocal XY Models. Physical Review Letters. 135(8). 88302–88302. 1 indexed citations
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Bertin, Éric & Alexandre Solon. (2024). Biased motility-induced phase separation: from chemotaxis to traffic jams. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2024(5). 53201–53201. 3 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre. (2024). Thirty years of surprises about collective motion. Europhysics news. 55(3). 28–31. 2 indexed citations
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Kafri, Yariv, et al.. (2024). Colloquium: Inclusions, boundaries, and disorder in scalar active matter. Reviews of Modern Physics. 96(3). 9 indexed citations
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Chaté, Hugues, et al.. (2023). Metastability of Discrete-Symmetry Flocks. Physical Review Letters. 131(21). 218301–218301. 11 indexed citations
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Ramaswamy, Sriraṁ, et al.. (2022). Flocking without moving. 2 indexed citations
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Chaté, Hugues, et al.. (2022). Metastability of Constant-Density Flocks. Physical Review Letters. 129(26). 268003–268003. 18 indexed citations
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Chaté, Hugues, et al.. (2022). Flocking in one dimension: Asters and reversals. Physical review. E. 106(5). 54608–54608. 5 indexed citations
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Squarcini, Alessio, Alexandre Solon, Pascal Viot, & Gleb Oshanin. (2022). Fractional Brownian gyrator. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 55(48). 485001–485001. 5 indexed citations
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Squarcini, Alessio, Alexandre Solon, & Gleb Oshanin. (2021). Spectral density of individual trajectories of an active Brownian particle. New Journal of Physics. 24(1). 13018–13018. 11 indexed citations
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Shi, Xia-qing, et al.. (2020). Self-Organized Critical Coexistence Phase in Repulsive Active Particles. Physical Review Letters. 125(16). 168001–168001. 57 indexed citations
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Baek, Yongjoo, et al.. (2018). Generic Long-Range Interactions Between Passive Bodies in an Active Fluid. Physical Review Letters. 120(5). 58002–58002. 58 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, et al.. (2018). Nonequilibrium forces following quenches in active and thermal matter. Physical review. E. 97(3). 11 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, Joakim Stenhammar, Michael E. Cates, Yariv Kafri, & Julien Tailleur. (2018). Generalized thermodynamics of phase equilibria in scalar active matter. Physical review. E. 97(2). 20602–20602. 119 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, et al.. (2016). Active Particles with Soft and Curved Walls: Equation of State, Ratchets, and Instabilities. Physical Review Letters. 117(9). 98001–98001. 118 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, Hugues Chaté, & Julien Tailleur. (2015). From Phase to Microphase Separation in Flocking Models: The Essential Role of Nonequilibrium Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters. 114(6). 68101–68101. 164 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, Jean-Baptiste Caussin, Denis Bartolo, Hugues Chaté, & Julien Tailleur. (2015). Pattern formation in flocking models: A hydrodynamic description. Physical Review E. 92(6). 62111–62111. 55 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, Joakim Stenhammar, Raphael Wittkowski, et al.. (2015). Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres. Physical Review Letters. 114(19). 198301–198301. 254 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre, Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, et al.. (2014). What is the Pressure of an Active Particle Fluid. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Solon, Alexandre & Julien Tailleur. (2013). Revisiting the Flocking Transition Using Active Spins. Physical Review Letters. 111(7). 78101–78101. 109 indexed citations

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