Élie Raphaël

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Élie Raphaël is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Élie Raphaël has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Computational Mechanics, 49 papers in Materials Chemistry and 35 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Élie Raphaël's work include Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (45 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (29 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (26 papers). Élie Raphaël is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (45 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (29 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (26 papers). Élie Raphaël collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Japan. Élie Raphaël's co-authors include Thomas Vilmin, P. G. de Gennes, Thomas Salez, Michael Benzaquen, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, Pascale Fabre, M. Veyssié, Miguel Aubouy, C. Casagrande and Joshua D. McGraw and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Élie Raphaël

145 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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Dewetting of thin polymer films

2006 599 citations Thomas Vilmin, Élie Raphaël The European Physical Journal E profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Swelling and Evaporation Determine Surface Morphology of Grafted Hydrogel Thin Films 2025 ·Langmuir ·(unknown), (unknown), Yvette Tran, Matthieu Labousse, Élie Raphaël, Thomas Salez, Finn Box, Joshua D. McGraw	1
2	Studies on V-Formation and Echelon Flight Utilizing Flapping-Wing Drones 2024 ·Drones ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sophie F. Armanini, Élie Raphaël, Mostafa Hassanalian	0
3	Directed droplet motion along thin fibers 2024 ·PNAS Nexus ·(unknown), (unknown), Élie Raphaël, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress	2
4	Microscopic foundation of the μ(I) rheology for dense granular flows on inclined planes 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Salez, Élie Raphaël, Pascal Damman	4
5	Mechanical response of a thick poroelastic gel in contactless colloidal-probe rheology 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·(unknown), V. Bertin, Élie Raphaël, Joshua D. McGraw, Thomas Salez	6
6	On the bridge hypothesis in the glass transition of freestanding polymer films 2023 ·The European Physical Journal E ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James A. Forrest, Élie Raphaël, Thomas Salez	0
7	Effect of the density of pillar-patterned substrates on contact mechanics: Transition from top to mixed contact with a detailed pressure-field description 2021 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), Élie Raphaël, Frédéric Restagno, Christophe Poulard	1
8	Microscopic Picture of Erosion and Sedimentation Processes in Dense Granular Flows 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Salez, Élie Raphaël, Pascal Damman	5
9	Symmetrization of Thin Freestanding Liquid Films via a Capillary-Driven Flow 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·V. Bertin, John Niven, Howard A. Stone, Thomas Salez, Élie Raphaël, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress	7
10	Adhesion-induced fingering instability in thin elastic films under strain 2018 ·The European Physical Journal E ·B. Davis-Purcell, (unknown), Thomas Salez, Élie Raphaël, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress	8
11	Elastocapillary bending of microfibers around liquid droplets 2016 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Salez, Élie Raphaël, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress	25
12	The Rayleigh-Plateau Instability on a Fiber Revisited - Influence of the Hydrodynamic Boundary Condition 2014 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Benzaquen, Thomas Salez, Robert Peters, Joshua D. McGraw, Élie Raphaël, Karin Jacobs, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress	1
13	Numerical solutions of thin-film equations for polymer flows 2012 ·The European Physical Journal E ·Thomas Salez, Joshua D. McGraw, (unknown), Oliver Bäumchen, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, Élie Raphaël	30
14	Self-consistent theory of capillary-gravity-wave generation by small moving objects 2010 ·Physical Review E ·A. D. Chepelianskii, Michael Schindler, Frédéric Chevy, Élie Raphaël	8
15	Dynamic Instability of Thin Viscoelastic Films under Lateral Stress 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Vilmin, Élie Raphaël	13
16	Can Nonlinear Elasticity Explain Contact-Line Roughness at Depinning? 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Pierre Le Doussal, Kay Jörg Wiese, Élie Raphaël, Ramin Golestanian	33
17	Residual stresses in thin polymer films cause rupture and dominate early stages of dewetting 2005 ·Nature Materials ·Günter Reiter, Moustafa Hamieh, Pascal Damman, (unknown), Sylvain Gabriele, Thomas Vilmin, Élie Raphaël	297
18	Fluctuation Spectrum of Fluid Membranes Coupled to an Elastic Meshwork: Jump of the Effective Surface Tension at the Mesh Size 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·Jean‐Baptiste Fournier, David Lacoste, Élie Raphaël	54
19	Surface flows of granular materials: a short introduction to some recent models 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Physique ·Ashod Aradian, Élie Raphaël, Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes	40
20	From thin to thick granular surface flows: The stop flow problem 1998 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Thomas Boutreux, Élie Raphaël	9

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