F. Heslot

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
45 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

F. Heslot is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Heslot has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Computational Mechanics, 15 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in F. Heslot's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (14 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (11 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers). F. Heslot is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (14 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (11 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers). F. Heslot collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Burundi. F. Heslot's co-authors include A. M. Cazabat, S. Fauve, U. Bockelmann, Albert Libchaber, Nathalie Fraysse, B. Perrin, Paul Levinson, T. Baumberger, Vincent Croquette and B. Castaing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

F. Heslot

45 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Scaling of hard thermal turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

1989 781 citations Bernard Castaing, Gemunu H. Gunaratne et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →
Stochastic resonance in a bistable system

1983 698 citations S. Fauve, F. Heslot Physics Letters A profile →
Alignment and Sensitive Detection of DNA by a Moving Interface

1994 658 citations Aaron Bensimon, Adam Simon et al. Science profile →
Creep, stick-slip, and dry-friction dynamics: Experiments and a heuristic model

1994 421 citations F. Heslot, T. Baumberger et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Heslot

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. Heslot. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. Heslot 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 F. Heslot. F. Heslot is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Speed of evolution in large asexual populations with diminishing returns 2014 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·(unknown), Matteo Osella, Philippe Thomen, F. Heslot, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino	2
2	Mapping of Single-Base Differences between Two DNA Strands in a Single Molecule Using Holliday Junction Nanomechanics 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), F. Heslot	4
3	T7 RNA Polymerase Studied by Force Measurements Varying Cofactor Concentration 2008 ·Biophysical Journal ·Philippe Thomen, Pascal Jean Lopez, U. Bockelmann, Jean Guillerez, Marc Dreyfus, F. Heslot	47
4	Mechanically Controlled DNA Extrusion from a Palindromic Sequence by Single Molecule Micromanipulation 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Fabien Guillemot, (unknown), Vincent Croquette, F. Heslot	13
5	DNA mechanics as a tool to probe helicase and translocase activity 2006 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Timothée Lionnet, (unknown), Sarah Bigot, François‐Xavier Barre, Omar A. Saleh, F. Heslot, Jean‐François Allemand, David Bensimon, Vincent Croquette	52
6	Unravelling the Mechanism of RNA-Polymerase Forward Motion by Using Mechanical Force 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Philippe Thomen, Pascal Jean Lopez, F. Heslot	55
7	Dynamics of the DNA Duplex Formation Studied by Single Molecule Force Measurements 2004 ·Biophysical Journal ·U. Bockelmann, Philippe Thomen, F. Heslot	17
8	Unzipping DNA with Optical Tweezers: High Sequence Sensitivity and Force Flips 2002 ·Biophysical Journal ·U. Bockelmann, Philippe Thomen, (unknown), Virgile Viasnoff, F. Heslot	230
9	Mechanical opening of DNA by micro manipulation and force measurements 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Physique ·U. Bockelmann, (unknown), Philippe Thomen, F. Heslot	6
10	Molecular Stick-Slip Motion Revealed by Opening DNA with Piconewton Forces 1997 ·Physical Review Letters ·U. Bockelmann, (unknown), F. Heslot	183
11	Creep, stick-slip, and dry-friction dynamics: Experiments and a heuristic model breakdown → 1994 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·F. Heslot, T. Baumberger, B. Perrin, B. Caroli, C. Caroli	421
12	Alignment and Sensitive Detection of DNA by a Moving Interface breakdown → 1994 ·Science ·Aaron Bensimon, Adam Simon, (unknown), Vincent Croquette, F. Heslot, David Bensimon	658
13	The Spreading of Layered Microdroplets 1993 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Nathalie Fraysse, Marie‐Pierre Valignat, A. M. Cazabat, F. Heslot, Paul Levinson	54
14	Hydrodynamic fingering instability of driven wetting films 1992 ·Advances in Colloid and Interface Science ·A. M. Cazabat, F. Heslot, Philippe Carles, Sandra M. Troian	42
15	Fingering instability of thin spreading films driven by temperature gradients 1990 ·Nature ·A. M. Cazabat, F. Heslot, Sandra M. Troian, Philippe Carles	347
16	Scaling of hard thermal turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection breakdown → 1989 ·Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·Bernard Castaing, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, F. Heslot, Leo P. Kadanoff, Albert Libchaber, S. Thomae, Xiao-Zhong Wu, Stéphane Zaleski, Gianluigi Zanetti	781
17	Molecular layering in the spreading of wetting liquid drops 1989 ·Nature ·F. Heslot, Nathalie Fraysse, A. M. Cazabat	305
18	Fixed Winding Number and the Quasiperiodic Route to Chaos in a Convective Fluid 1985 ·Physical Review Letters ·Joel Stavans, F. Heslot, Albert Libchaber	3
19	Fixed Winding Number and the Quasiperiodic Route to Chaos in a Convective Fluid 1985 ·Physical Review Letters ·Joel Stavans, F. Heslot, Albert Libchaber	137
20	Stochastic resonance in a bistable system breakdown → 1983 ·Physics Letters A ·S. Fauve, F. Heslot	698

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