José Bico

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
70 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

José Bico is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, José Bico has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 25 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in José Bico's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (28 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (25 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (22 papers). José Bico is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (28 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (25 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (22 papers). José Bico collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. José Bico's co-authors include David Quéré, Benoît Roman, Uwe Thiele, Christian Marzolin, Gareth H. McKinley, W. I. Milne, Kenneth B. K. Teo, Manish Chhowalla, Karen K. Gleason and G.A.J. Amaratunga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

José Bico

69 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Forests

2003 1.3k citations José Bico et al. profile →
Wetting of textured surfaces

2002 1.1k citations José Bico, David Quéré et al. profile →
Pearl drops

1999 832 citations José Bico, David Quéré et al. Europhysics Letters (EPL) profile →
Rough wetting

2001 550 citations José Bico, David Quéré et al. Europhysics Letters (EPL) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
José Bico France	33	4.3k	2.6k	2.0k	1.9k	1.6k	70	7.5k
Tak‐Sing Wong United States	27	6.7k 1.6×	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	50	9.7k
Michael Nosonovsky United States	47	4.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	165	8.2k
Alison Grinthal United States	23	4.6k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	29	7.1k
Xuefeng Gao China	34	7.2k 1.7×	3.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	122	10.0k
Sung Hoon Kang United States	34	3.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	970 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	96	8.0k
Philseok Kim United States	28	4.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	44	7.2k
Wonjae Choi United States	29	5.9k 1.4×	5.0k 1.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	75	9.7k
Benjamin D. Hatton Canada	31	4.9k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	75	8.9k
Kesong Liu China	41	6.6k 1.6×	3.7k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	97	9.6k
Neil J. Shirtcliffe United Kingdom	36	5.1k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	59	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of José Bico

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Reyssat, Étienne, et al.. (2025). Programming developable surfaces using multilayer inflatables. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–13.

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Bico, José, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric bending boundary layer: The λ -test. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2426748122–e2426748122. 1 indexed citations

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Martinet, Baptiste, et al.. (2023). Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(14). 1 indexed citations

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Siéfert, Emmanuel, et al.. (2021). Stretch-Induced Bending of Soft Ribbed Strips. Physical Review Letters. 127(16). 168002–168002. 6 indexed citations

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Mirzaali, Mohammad J., Mahdiyeh Nouri‐Goushki, Nazlı Tümer, et al.. (2021). Curvature Induced by Deflection in Thick Meta‐Plates. Advanced Materials. 33(30). e2008082–e2008082. 43 indexed citations

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Reyssat, Étienne, et al.. (2020). Elastocapillary adhesion of a soft cap on a rigid sphere. Soft Matter. 16(8). 1961–1966. 8 indexed citations

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Keiser, Ludovic, et al.. (2019). Motion of Viscous Droplets in Rough Confinement: Paradoxical Lubrication. Physical Review Letters. 122(7). 74501–74501. 17 indexed citations

8.

Bico, José, et al.. (2017). Motion of a rigid sphere through an elastic tube with a lubrication film. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 3 indexed citations

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Trejo, Miguel, et al.. (2017). Buckling of elastomer sheets under non-uniform electro-actuation. Soft Matter. 13(15). 2876–2885. 23 indexed citations

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Keiser, Ludovic, et al.. (2016). Washing wedges: capillary instability in a gradient of confinement. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 790. 619–633. 11 indexed citations

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Berenschot, Erwin, et al.. (2016). Let's twist again: elasto-capillary assembly of parallel ribbons. Soft Matter. 12(34). 7186–7194. 7 indexed citations

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Marthelot, Joël, Benoît Roman, José Bico, et al.. (2014). Self-Replicating Cracks: A Collaborative Fracture Mode in Thin Films. Physical Review Letters. 113(8). 85502–85502. 77 indexed citations

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Takei, Atsushi, Fabian Brau, Benoît Roman, & José Bico. (2011). Stretch-induced wrinkles in reinforced membranes: From out-of-plane to in-plane structures. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 96(6). 64001–64001. 30 indexed citations

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Piñeirúa, Miguel, José Bico, & Benoît Roman. (2010). Capillary Origami Controlled by Electrowetting. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Vandeparre, Hugues, Miguel Piñeirúa, Fabian Brau, et al.. (2010). Wrinkling hierarchy in constrained thin sheets from suspended graphene to curtains. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

16.

Py, Christophe, Renaud Bastien, José Bico, Benoît Roman, & Arezki Boudaoud. (2007). 3D aggregation of wet fibers. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 77(4). 44005–44005. 79 indexed citations

17.

Py, Charlotte, et al.. (2007). Capillary origami. Physics of Fluids. 19(9). 13 indexed citations

18.

Bico, José & David Quéré. (2002). Self-propelling slugs. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 467. 101–127. 113 indexed citations

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Bico, José & David Quéré. (2001). Falling Slugs. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 243(1). 262–264. 60 indexed citations

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Bico, José, et al.. (2001). Rough wetting. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 55(2). 214–220. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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