Bernard Legrand

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Bernard Legrand is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Legrand has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bernard Legrand's work include Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (33 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (32 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers). Bernard Legrand is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (33 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (32 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers). Bernard Legrand collaborates with scholars based in France, Japan and United States. Bernard Legrand's co-authors include M. Guillopé, Vittorio Rosato, G. Tréglia, Jean‐Michel Gérard, V. Thierry‐Mieg, B. Gayral, E. Costard, B. Sermage, C. Mottet and D. Stiévenard and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Legrand

88 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Thermodynamical and structural properties of f.c.c. transition metals using a simple tight-binding model

1989 895 citations Bernard Legrand et al. profile →
Enhanced Spontaneous Emission by Quantum Boxes in a Monolithic Optical Microcavity

1998 774 citations Jean‐Michel Gérard, B. Sermage et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernard Legrand France	26	2.3k	1.4k	1.1k	969	809	94	3.4k
M. G. Lagally United States	33	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	896 0.9×	613 0.6×	360 0.4×	97	3.7k
Ch. Heyn Germany	34	3.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	806 0.8×	131 0.2×	211	3.8k
Bert Voigtländer Germany	33	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	778 0.8×	424 0.5×	118	3.9k
H. Melchior Switzerland	34	2.2k 1.0×	4.4k 3.2×	501 0.5×	433 0.4×	360 0.4×	197	5.3k
W. T. Masselink Germany	37	4.6k 2.0×	4.1k 3.0×	1.4k 1.3×	850 0.9×	320 0.4×	270	6.5k
D. E. Savage United States	38	4.6k 2.0×	3.4k 2.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	166 0.2×	142	6.5k
Barry Stipe United States	24	3.8k 1.6×	2.6k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	84 0.1×	50	4.8k
Roberto Paiella United States	32	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	588 0.6×	959 1.0×	211 0.3×	117	3.2k
A. M. Andrews Austria	33	2.5k 1.1×	2.9k 2.1×	685 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	442 0.5×	208	4.6k
L. T. Florez United States	40	4.7k 2.1×	4.5k 3.3×	936 0.9×	572 0.6×	147 0.2×	210	6.5k

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Mauran, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). High-Temperature Dual-Rail Contactless MEMS Logic for Industrial Edge Computing. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 542–545. 1 indexed citations

Fanet, Hervé, et al.. (2024). Behavior analysis of comb-drive actuators operating in near-zero-overlap configuration. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 376. 115652–115652.

Mazenq, Laurent, et al.. (2024). Suspended tip overhanging from chip edge for atomic force microscopy with an optomechanical resonator. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 4(3). 1 indexed citations

Allain, Pierre Etienne, Nicolas Mauran, Xavier Dollat, et al.. (2022). Very-high-frequency probes for atomic force microscopy with silicon optomechanics. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 8(1). 32–32. 15 indexed citations

Lagrange, Denis, et al.. (2020). Low Latency Demodulation for High-Frequency Atomic Force Microscopy Probes. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 29(5). 2264–2270. 4 indexed citations

Allain, Pierre Etienne, M. Gély, Olivier Lemonnier, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive optical losses investigation of VLSI Silicon optomechanical ring resonator sensors. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 10. 4.7.1–4.7.4. 2 indexed citations

Legrand, Bernard, et al.. (2017). Multi-MHz micro-electro-mechanical sensors for atomic force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 175. 46–57. 9 indexed citations

Goyhenex, C., G. Tréglia, & Bernard Legrand. (2015). Environment dependence of magnetic moment and atomic level shifts within tight-binding approximation: An illustration in the case of cobalt. Surface Science. 646. 261–268. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Fei, Nicolas Clément, D. Ducatteau, et al.. (2014). Quantitative impedance characterization of sub-10 nm scale capacitors and tunnel junctions with an interferometric scanning microwave microscope. Nanotechnology. 25(40). 405703–405703. 18 indexed citations

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Keum, Hohyun, S. Rhee, Bernard Legrand, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of nanoplate resonating structures via micro-masonry. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 24(11). 115012–115012. 9 indexed citations

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Haddadi, Kamel, T. Lasri, Nicolas Clément, et al.. (2013). An interferometric scanning microwave microscope and calibration method for sub-fF microwave measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments. 84(12). 123705–123705. 43 indexed citations

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Faucher, M., et al.. (2013). MEMS piezoresistive ring resonator for AFM imaging with pico-Newton force resolution. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 23(3). 35016–35016. 13 indexed citations

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Roussel, Jean-Marc, G. Tréglia, & Bernard Legrand. (2011). Surface Segregation Maps Derived from Tight-Binding Ising Model. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 172-174. 1008–1015. 5 indexed citations

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Guisbiers, Grégory, Étienne Herth, Bernard Legrand, et al.. (2009). Materials selection procedure for RF-MEMS. Microelectronic Engineering. 87(9). 1792–1795. 19 indexed citations

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Stiévenard, Didier & Bernard Legrand. (2006). Silicon surface nano-oxidation using scanning probe microscopy. Progress in Surface Science. 81(2-3). 112–140. 41 indexed citations

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Tétot, R., F. Berthier, Jérôme Creuze, et al.. (2003). Cu-Ag (111) Polymorphism Induced by Segregation and Advacancies. Physical Review Letters. 91(17). 176103–176103. 20 indexed citations

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Legrand, Bernard, D. Deresmes, & D. Stiévenard. (2002). Silicon nanowires with sub 10 nm lateral dimensions: From atomic force microscope lithography based fabrication to electrical measurements. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 20(3). 862–870. 28 indexed citations

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Legrand, Bernard & D. Stiévenard. (1999). Nanooxidation of silicon with an atomic force microscope: A pulsed voltage technique. Applied Physics Letters. 74(26). 4049–4051. 71 indexed citations

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Bloch, J., F. Bœuf, Jean‐Michel Gérard, et al.. (1998). Strong and weak coupling regime in pillar semiconductor microcavities. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 2(1-4). 915–919. 19 indexed citations

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Gérard, Jean‐Michel, Bernard Legrand, B. Gayral, et al.. (1998). InAs quantum boxes in GaAs/AlAs pillar microcavities: from spectroscopic investigations to spontaneous emission control. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 2(1-4). 804–808. 8 indexed citations

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