F. Lévy

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
265 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

F. Lévy is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Lévy has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Materials Chemistry, 131 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 73 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in F. Lévy's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (70 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (59 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (58 papers). F. Lévy is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (70 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (59 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (58 papers). F. Lévy collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and France. F. Lévy's co-authors include R. Sanjinés, P. E. Schmid, Hongyu Tang, P. Hones, Matthieu Diserens, H. Berger, H. Berger, Jörg Patscheider, Jacques‐E. Moser and Maja Remškar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

F. Lévy

264 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Photoluminescence in TiO2 anatase single crystals

1993 639 citations P. E. Schmid, F. Lévy et al. Solid State Communications profile →
Urbach tail of anataseTiO2

1995 573 citations F. Lévy, P. E. Schmid et al. profile →
High mobility n-type charge carriers in large single crystals of anatase (TiO2)

1994 416 citations F. Lévy et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
F. Lévy	7.7k	4.3k	3.4k	1.9k	1.5k	265	10.8k
Catherine Stampfl	10.2k 1.3×	3.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	3.2k 2.2×	294	13.8k
Kevin F. McCarty	7.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	761 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	162	9.4k
B Clemens	3.6k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	879 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	195	7.2k
M. C. M. van de Sanden	11.3k 1.5×	15.4k 3.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	3.6k 2.4×	572	20.7k
Paul Erhart	7.8k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	793 0.2×	743 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	188	9.9k
Rajdeep Singh Rawat	3.2k 0.4×	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	319	7.7k
K. L. Chopra	9.8k 1.3×	9.3k 2.2×	1.0k 0.3×	717 0.4×	2.0k 1.3×	325	13.9k
Xiaotao Zu	8.4k 1.1×	5.5k 1.3×	633 0.2×	2.3k 1.2×	999 0.7×	540	13.5k
Florian Banhart	12.4k 1.6×	4.2k 1.0×	763 0.2×	992 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	181	15.4k
Masanori Kohyama	5.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	645 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	281	8.0k

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Armitage, N. P., Riccardo Tediosi, F. Lévy, et al.. (2010). Infrared Conductivity of Elemental Bismuth under Pressure: Evidence for an Avoided Lifshitz-Type Semimetal-Semiconductor Transition. Physical Review Letters. 104(23). 237401–237401. 41 indexed citations

Marsili, Francesco, David Bitauld, Andrea Fiore, et al.. (2008). High efficiency NbN nanowire superconducting single photon detectors fabricated on MgO substrates from a low temperature process. Optics Express. 16(5). 3191–3191. 52 indexed citations

Marsili, Francesco, David Bitauld, A. Divochiy, et al.. (2008). Superconducting nanowire photon number resolving detector at telecom wavelength. 1–2. 4 indexed citations

Pârvulescu, Vasile I., et al.. (2006). Comparative photocatalytic behavior of Ta catalysts prepared by d.c.-sputtering, sol–gel and grafting in acetone degradation. Catalysis Today. 118(3-4). 433–439. 4 indexed citations

Sanjinés, R., et al.. (2006). Electronic structure of Nb2N and NbN thin films. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(4). 35 indexed citations

Struski, Stéphanie, Martine Doco‐Fenzy, Michael Köehler, et al.. (2003). Cytogenetic Evolution of Human Ovarian Cell Lines Associated with Chemoresistance and Loss of Tumorigenicity. Analytical Cellular Pathology. 25(3). 115–122. 3 indexed citations

Martínez, Elena, R. Sanjinés, O. Banakh, & F. Lévy. (2003). Electrical, optical and mechanical properties of sputtered CrNy and Cr1−xSixN1.02 thin films. Thin Solid Films. 447-448. 332–336. 88 indexed citations

Riedo, Elisa, F. Lévy, & Harald Brune. (2002). Kinetics of Capillary Condensation in Nanoscopic Sliding Friction. Physical Review Letters. 88(18). 185505–185505. 235 indexed citations

Djouadi, M.A., O. Banakh, A. Soltani, R. Sanjinés, & F. Lévy. (2001). Physical properties of cubic boron nitride films synthesized by PVD using a bi-step process. Thin Solid Films. 398-399. 205–209. 11 indexed citations

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Hones, P., F. Lévy, & Nicholas X. Randall. (1999). Influence of deposition parameters on mechanical properties of sputter-deposited Cr₂O₃ thin films. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 14(9). 3623–3629. 24 indexed citations

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Demarne, V., et al.. (1993). Integrated gas sensor for oxygen detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 14(1-3). 497–498. 23 indexed citations

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Moser, Jacques‐E. & F. Lévy. (1993). MoS2−x lubricating films: structure and wear mechanisms investigated by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. Thin Solid Films. 228(1-2). 257–260. 49 indexed citations

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Catana, A., P. E. Schmid, M. Heintze, et al.. (1990). Atomic scale study of local TiSi2/Si epitaxies. Journal of Applied Physics. 67(4). 1820–1825. 32 indexed citations

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Pignolet, A., et al.. (1990). Properties of Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 thin films prepared by r.f. magnetron sputtering and heat treatment. Materials Research Bulletin. 25(12). 1495–1501. 22 indexed citations

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Lévy, F., et al.. (1986). Correlation between process conditions, chemical composition and morphology of MoS2 films prepared by RF planar magnetron sputtering. Journal of Applied Physics. 19. 1575–1585. 1 indexed citations

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Capozzi, V., et al.. (1985). Radiative Decay from Free and Bound Excitons in GaSe. physica status solidi (b). 129(1). 247–257. 13 indexed citations

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Lévy, F., et al.. (1984). Morphological and compositional properties of MoSe2 films prepared by r.f. magnetron sputtering. Thin Solid Films. 116(4). 367–372. 50 indexed citations

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Grilli, E., M. Guzzi, & F. Lévy. (1982). Direct excitonic transitions in indium monobromide. Solid State Communications. 44(6). 755–759. 4 indexed citations

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Cerrina, F., I. Abbati, L. Braicovich, F. Lévy, & G. Margaritondo. (1978). Valence band photoemission spectroscopy of a ternary layered semiconductor: ZnIn2S4. Solid State Communications. 26(2). 99–102. 16 indexed citations

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Lévy, F., Ph. Schmid, & H. Berger. (1976). Electrical properties of layered MoSe₂single crystals doped with Nb and Re. Philosophical magazine. 34(6). 1129–1139. 32 indexed citations

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