Denis Bartolo

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Denis Bartolo is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Bartolo has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 19 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Denis Bartolo's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (33 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (14 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers). Denis Bartolo is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (33 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (14 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers). Denis Bartolo collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Denis Bartolo's co-authors include Daniel Bonn, Christophe Josserand, Jean-Baptiste Caussin, Sébastien Moulinet, Nicolas Desreumaux, Olivier Dauchot, Eric Lauga, Axel Buguin, Pascal Silberzan and Emilie Verneuil and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Denis Bartolo

72 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Emergence of macroscopic directed motion in populations of motile colloids
    2013 711 citations Nicolas Desreumaux, Denis Bartolo et al. Nature profile →
  2. Bouncing or sticky droplets: Impalement transitions on superhydrophobic micropatterned surfaces
    2006 559 citations Denis Bartolo et al. profile →
  3. Maximum Diameter of Impacting Liquid Droplets
    2014 378 citations Denis Bartolo, Christophe Josserand et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Denis Bartolo 2.2k 1.9k 1.6k 1.6k 979 74 5.4k
Ignacio Pagonabarraga 2.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 250 0.2× 2.1k 1.4× 2.4k 2.4× 227 6.7k
Uwe Thiele 584 0.3× 3.5k 1.8× 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.9× 145 5.7k
Marc Fermigier 2.0k 0.9× 857 0.5× 501 0.3× 1.9k 1.2× 679 0.7× 51 3.7k
Eric Lauga 7.5k 3.4× 2.1k 1.1× 859 0.5× 6.2k 3.9× 1.2k 1.2× 194 10.7k
Ralf Seemann 685 0.3× 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.8× 117 6.4k
Axel Voigt 729 0.3× 1.8k 0.9× 471 0.3× 650 0.4× 2.0k 2.0× 208 4.7k
Narayanan Menon 903 0.4× 873 0.5× 292 0.2× 910 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 53 3.5k
Paulo E. Arratia 836 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 133 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 664 0.7× 113 4.1k
Giorgio Volpe 2.5k 1.2× 202 0.1× 247 0.2× 3.3k 2.1× 944 1.0× 51 5.5k
Lou Kondic 329 0.2× 2.6k 1.3× 634 0.4× 653 0.4× 952 1.0× 154 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Denis Bartolo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis Bartolo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Denis Bartolo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Denis Bartolo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Denis Bartolo. Denis Bartolo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bain, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). Emergence of collective oscillations in massive human crowds. Nature. 638(8049). 112–119. 12 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, et al.. (2024). Active hydraulics laws from frustration principles. Nature Physics. 20(2). 303–309. 10 indexed citations
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Carpentier, David, et al.. (2023). Non-orientable order and non-commutative response in frustrated metamaterials. Nature. 618(7965). 506–512. 32 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, et al.. (2022). Geometry and topology tango in ordered and amorphous chiral matter. SciPost Physics. 12(1). 10 indexed citations
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Shankar, Suraj, et al.. (2021). Emergence of dynamic vortex glasses in disordered polar active fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(10). 30 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, et al.. (2021). When soft crystals defy Newton's third law: Non-reciprocal mechanics and dislocation motility. arXiv (Cornell University). 31 indexed citations
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Shankar, Suraj, et al.. (2020). Meandering flows and dynamical vortex glasses in disordered polar active matter. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Morin, Alexandre, David Lopes Cardozo, Vijayakumar Chikkadi, & Denis Bartolo. (2017). Self-propulsion through disorder. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Bain, Nicolas & Denis Bartolo. (2017). Critical mingling and universal correlations in model binary active liquids. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15969–15969. 16 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, et al.. (2012). Imbibition in porous media. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Azioune, Ammar, et al.. (2012). Engineering the surface properties of microfluidic stickers. Lab on a Chip. 12(17). 3028–3028. 38 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis & Dirk G. A. L. Aarts. (2012). Microfluidics and soft matter: small is useful. Soft Matter. 8(41). 10530–10530. 13 indexed citations
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Desreumaux, Nicolas, et al.. (2012). Active and driven hydrodynamic crystals. The European Physical Journal E. 35(8). 68–68. 18 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, et al.. (2010). Collective beating of artificial microcilia arrays. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 63. 1 indexed citations
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Vasseur, Romain, et al.. (2010). Traffic Jams and Intermittent Flows in Microfluidic Networks. Physical Review Letters. 105(4). 44502–44502. 33 indexed citations
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Düring, Gustavo, Denis Bartolo, & Jorge Kurchan. (2009). Irreversibility and self-organization in hydrodynamic echo experiments. Physical Review E. 79(3). 30101–30101. 15 indexed citations
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Lauga, Eric & Denis Bartolo. (2008). No many-scallop theorem: Collective locomotion of reciprocal swimmers. Physical Review E. 78(3). 30901–30901. 56 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis, Christophe Josserand, & Daniel Bonn. (2005). Retraction dynamics of aqueous drops upon impact on non-wetting surfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 545. 329–338. 323 indexed citations
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Derényi, Imre, Denis Bartolo, & Armand Ajdari. (2004). Effects of Intermediate Bound States in Dynamic Force Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 86(3). 1263–1269. 41 indexed citations
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Bartolo, Denis & Jean‐Baptiste Fournier. (2003). Elastic interaction between "hard" or "soft" pointwise inclusions on biological membranes. The European Physical Journal E. 11(2). 141–146. 26 indexed citations

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