Etienne Ferain

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Etienne Ferain is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Etienne Ferain has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Etienne Ferain's work include Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures (11 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (7 papers). Etienne Ferain is often cited by papers focused on Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures (11 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (7 papers). Etienne Ferain collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Spain and France. Etienne Ferain's co-authors include R. Legras, Luc Piraux, K. Ounadjela, J.-M. George, J.F. Després, A. Fert, Céline M. Leroy, Sophie Demoustier‐Champagne, R. Legras and A. Encinas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Etienne Ferain

48 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayered nanowires 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayered nanowires
    1994 533 citations Luc Piraux, Etienne Ferain et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Etienne Ferain Belgium 24 1.1k 685 572 557 353 49 1.9k
E. Majková Slovakia 24 980 0.9× 967 1.4× 490 0.9× 482 0.9× 365 1.0× 220 2.1k
Z. Osváth Hungary 21 1.9k 1.7× 674 1.0× 555 1.0× 522 0.9× 283 0.8× 62 2.3k
Guillaume Vignaud France 22 570 0.5× 380 0.6× 257 0.4× 306 0.5× 206 0.6× 53 1.3k
Y. L. Foo Singapore 27 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 383 0.7× 473 0.8× 389 1.1× 72 2.2k
T. Voss Germany 27 1.9k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 339 0.6× 600 1.1× 827 2.3× 104 2.6k
Yuri M. Strzhemechny United States 19 1.3k 1.2× 795 1.2× 226 0.4× 272 0.5× 365 1.0× 78 1.8k
K. Fleischer Ireland 24 1.1k 1.0× 836 1.2× 475 0.8× 465 0.8× 551 1.6× 98 2.0k
N.L. Yakovlev Singapore 20 745 0.7× 769 1.1× 246 0.4× 233 0.4× 295 0.8× 88 1.5k
L. Vanzetti Italy 28 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.9× 753 1.3× 528 0.9× 183 0.5× 137 2.2k
E. Piscopiello Italy 25 921 0.8× 569 0.8× 341 0.6× 329 0.6× 334 0.9× 61 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Etienne Ferain

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All Works

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Piraux, Luc, Pascal Van Velthem, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Gomes, et al.. (2024). Improved electrical and thermoelectric properties of electrodeposited Bi1−xSbx nanowire networks by thermal annealing. Nanoscale Advances. 7(1). 124–132. 2 indexed citations
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Piraux, Luc, Pascal Van Velthem, Tristan da Câmara Santa Clara Gomes, et al.. (2023). Polycrystalline bismuth nanowire networks for flexible longitudinal and transverse thermoelectrics. Nanoscale. 15(33). 13708–13717. 5 indexed citations
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Shimasaki, Takeo, Satoko Yamamoto, Kagenori Ito, et al.. (2021). Novel Platform for Regulation of Extracellular Vesicles and Metabolites Secretion from Cells Using a Multi-Linkable Horizontal Co-Culture Plate. Micromachines. 12(11). 1431–1431. 9 indexed citations
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Gómez, Andrés, José Manuel Vila‐Fungueiriño, Judith Oró‐Solé, et al.. (2021). Crystal Engineering and Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale in Epitaxial 1D Manganese Oxide on Silicon. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 3 indexed citations
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Bachelet, Romain, Guillaume Saint‐Girons, M. Gendry, et al.. (2015). Integration of functional complex oxide nanomaterials on silicon. Frontiers in Physics. 3. 19 indexed citations
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Sgroi, Mauro Francesco, et al.. (2013). Nanoporous PBI membranes by track etching for high temperature PEMs. Journal of Membrane Science. 454. 243–252. 25 indexed citations
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Carretero‐Genevrier, Adrián, Jaume Gàzquez, César Magén, et al.. (2012). Chemical synthesis of oriented ferromagnetic LaSr-2 × 4 manganese oxide molecular sieve nanowires. Chemical Communications. 48(50). 6223–6223. 9 indexed citations
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Carretero‐Genevrier, Adrián, Jaume Gàzquez, Teresa Puig, et al.. (2010). Vertical Nanostructures: Vertical (La,Sr)MnO3 Nanorods from Track‐Etched Polymers Directly Buffering Substrates (Adv. Funct. Mater. 6/2010). Advanced Functional Materials. 20(6). 1 indexed citations
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Molenberg, Isabel, Jean‐Michel Thomassin, Etienne Ferain, Christophe Detrembleur, & Isabelle Huynen. (2009). RF diagnostic methods for two nanostructured polymer applications. 1045–1048. 1 indexed citations
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Xavier, Stéphane, Stefan Mátéfi‐Tempfli, Etienne Ferain, et al.. (2008). Stable field emission from arrays of vertically aligned free-standing metallic nanowires. Nanotechnology. 19(21). 215601–215601. 18 indexed citations
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Carretero‐Genevrier, Adrián, N. Mestres, Teresa Puig, et al.. (2008). Single‐Crystalline La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanowires by Polymer‐Template‐Directed Chemical Solution Synthesis. Advanced Materials. 20(19). 3672–3677. 37 indexed citations
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Piraux, Luc, et al.. (2006). Characterisation of nanowired magnetic composites for microwave devices. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 3 indexed citations
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Saib, Aimad, Danielle Vanhoenacker‐Janvier, Isabelle Huynen, et al.. (2003). Magnetic photonic band-gap material at microwave frequencies based on ferromagnetic nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 83(12). 2378–2380. 61 indexed citations
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Balanzat, E., et al.. (2003). Chemical modifications induced in bisphenol A polycarbonate by swift heavy ions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 209. 103–112. 56 indexed citations
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Ferain, Etienne & R. Legras. (2001). Pore shape control in nanoporous particle track etched membrane. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 174(1-2). 116–122. 69 indexed citations
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Ferain, Etienne & R. Legras. (1997). Characterisation of nanoporous particle track etched membrane. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 131(1-4). 97–102. 73 indexed citations
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Ferain, Etienne & R. Legras. (1994). Track-etched membrane: dynamics of pore formation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 84(3). 331–336. 67 indexed citations
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Ferain, Etienne & R. Legras. (1993). Modification of PEEK model compounds and PEEK film by energetic heavy ion and ultraviolet irradiations. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 83(1-2). 163–166. 10 indexed citations
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Ferain, Etienne & R. Legras. (1993). Heavy ion tracks in polycarbonate. Comparison with a heavy ion irradiated model compound (diphenyl carbonate). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 82(4). 539–548. 69 indexed citations

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