Bernard Silvi

17.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
195 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Bernard Silvi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Silvi has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 71 papers in Organic Chemistry and 62 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernard Silvi's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (99 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (42 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (33 papers). Bernard Silvi is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (99 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (42 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (33 papers). Bernard Silvi collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and Poland. Bernard Silvi's co-authors include Andreas Savin, Franck Fuster, Stéphane Noury, Xénophon Krokidis, Juán Andrés, M. E. Alikhani, F. Colonna, Miquel Solà, Miquel Duran and Sławomir Berski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Silvi

191 papers receiving 13.9k citations

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Classification of chemical bonds based on topological analysis of electron localization functions

1994 3.6k citations Bernard Silvi, Andreas Savin Nature profile →
Computational tools for the electron localization function topological analysis

1999 849 citations Xénophon Krokidis, Franck Fuster et al. Computers & Chemistry profile →
Theoretical Evaluation of Electron Delocalization in Aromatic Molecules by Means of Atoms in Molecules (AIM) and Electron Localization Function (ELF) Topological Approaches

2005 675 citations Miquel Duran, Miquel Solà et al. profile →
Topological analysis of the electron localization function applied to delocalized bonds

1996 570 citations Bernard Silvi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Population Analysis From Variational Chemical Partition of Molecular Position Space 2025 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Bernard Silvi, M. E. Alikhani	0
2	Towards an unified chemical model of secondary bonding 2020 ·Journal of Molecular Modeling ·Bernard Silvi, M. E. Alikhani, H. Ratajczak	20
3	Applications of Topological Methods in Molecular Chemistry 2016 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·Rémi Chauvin, Christine Lepetit, Bernard Silvi, M. E. Alikhani	62
4	Carbolithiation of Chloro‐Substituted Alkynes: A New Access to Vinyl Carbenoids 2014 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Catherine Fressigné, Bernard Silvi, Muriel Durandetti, Jacques Maddaluno	19
5	Electronic fluxes during diels‐alder reactions involving 1,2‐benzoquinones: mechanistic insights from the analysis of electron localization function and catastrophe theory 2012 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Patricio González‐Navarrete, Luís R. Domingo, Juán Andrés, Sławomir Berski, Bernard Silvi	24
6	Is delocalization a prerequisite for stability of ring systems? A case study of some inorganic rings 2010 ·Dalton Transactions ·Ashwini K. Phukan, Ankur K. Guha, Bernard Silvi	29
7	Electron Localization Function at the Correlated Level: A Natural Orbital Formulation 2010 ·Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Ferran Feixas, Eduard Matito, Miquel Duran, Miquel Solà, Bernard Silvi	106
8	What can be learnt on biologically relevant systems from the topological analysis of the electron localization function? 2008 ·International Journal of Quantum Chemistry ·Jean‐Philip Piquemal, Julien Pilmé, Olivier Parisel, Hélène Gérard, Isabelle Fourré, Jacqueline Bergès, Christophe Gourlaouen, Aurélien de la Lande, (unknown), Bernard Silvi	54
9	New insights on the bridge carbon–carbon bond in propellanes: A theoretical study based on the analysis of the electron localization function 2007 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Víctor Polo, Juán Andrés, Bernard Silvi	39
10	Energetic and topological analyses of the oxidation reaction between Mo_n (n = 1, 2) and N₂O 2005 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·María del Carmen Michelini, Nino Russo, M. E. Alikhani, Bernard Silvi	28
11	The nature of the chemical bond in di- and polynuclear metal cluster complexes as depicted by the analysis of the electron localization function 2005 ·Comptes Rendus Chimie ·Juán Andrés, Sławomir Berski, M. Feliz, Rosa Llusar, Fabrício R. Sensato, Bernard Silvi	33
12	Charge‐Shift Bonding—A Class of Electron‐Pair Bonds That Emerges from Valence Bond Theory and Is Supported by the Electron Localization Function Approach 2005 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Sason Shaik, (unknown), Bernard Silvi, (unknown), Philippe C. Hiberty	226
13	Energetic and topological analysis of the reaction of Mo and Mo₂ with NH₃, C₂H₂, and C₂H₄ molecules 2004 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·María del Carmen Michelini, Nino Russo, M. E. Alikhani, Bernard Silvi	13
14	Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of the 1,3‐Dipolar Cycloaddition between Fulminic Acid and Acetylene in Terms of the Electron Localization Function and Catastrophe Theory 2004 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Víctor Polo, Juán Andrés, Raquel Castillo, Sławomir Berski, Bernard Silvi	90
15	Influence of protonation on the stability of disulfide radicals 2000 ·Nukleonika ·Jacqueline Bergès, Franck Fuster, Bernard Silvi, Jean‐Pierre Jacquot, Chantal Houée‐Levin	23
16	A topological analysis of the proton transfer in H₅O⁺₂ 1999 ·Molecular Physics ·Xénophon Krokidis, Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Daniel Borgis, Bernard Silvi	68
17	Classification of chemical bonds based on topological analysis of electron localization functions breakdown → 1994 ·Nature ·Bernard Silvi, Andreas Savin	3573
18	Ab initio study of the structure, cooperativity, and vibrational properties of the H2O: (HF)2 hydrogen bonded complex 1992 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Yacine Hannachi, Bernard Silvi, Y. Bouteiller	22
19	Dispersion coefficients for atoms in different states 1983 ·Molecular Physics ·Bernard Silvi, V. Chandrasekharan	3
20	An efficient method for the transformation of two electron integrals 1978 ·Computers & Chemistry ·H. Le Rouzo, G. Raşeev, Bernard Silvi	5

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