Laurent Heux

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Laurent Heux is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurent Heux has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Biomaterials, 27 papers in Plant Science and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Laurent Heux's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (53 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (21 papers). Laurent Heux is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (53 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (22 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (21 papers). Laurent Heux collaborates with scholars based in France, Japan and United States. Laurent Heux's co-authors include Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Jean‐Luc Putaux, Karim Mazeau, Frédéric Dubreuil, C. Bonini, Cyrille Rochas, Bruno Jean, J.Y. Cavaillé, Grégory Chauve and Nadia Ljungberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Laurent Heux

82 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

The Shape and Size Distribution of Crystalline Nanoparticles Prepared by Acid Hydrolysis of Native Cellulose

2007 922 citations Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Jean‐Luc Putaux et al. profile →
Individualization of Nano-Sized Plant Cellulose Fibrils by Direct Surface Carboxylation Using TEMPO Catalyst under Neutral Conditions

2009 638 citations Laurent Heux, Akira Isogai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laurent Heux France	40	4.8k	2.1k	1.6k	877	567	83	6.3k
Per Tomas Larsson Sweden	38	5.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	831 0.9×	393 0.7×	90	6.6k
Eero Kontturi Finland	45	4.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	578 0.7×	830 1.5×	173	6.7k
Tetsuo Kondo Japan	42	4.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	791 0.9×	895 1.6×	174	6.3k
Janne Laine Finland	49	7.3k 1.5×	3.7k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	879 1.0×	846 1.5×	195	9.3k
Tatiana Budtova France	47	4.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	566 0.4×	981 1.1×	850 1.5×	165	7.2k
Yimin Fan China	40	3.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	585 0.4×	501 0.6×	762 1.3×	190	5.5k
Brigitte Heublein Germany	11	4.4k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	778 0.5×	728 0.8×	622 1.1×	24	6.2k
Jean Bouchard Canada	31	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	824 0.5×	267 0.3×	414 0.7×	55	3.8k
Tekla Tammelin Finland	37	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	556 0.4×	369 0.4×	492 0.9×	110	3.9k
Takeshi Okano Japan	28	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	574 0.7×	214 0.4×	47	3.9k

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Heux, Laurent, et al.. (2024). Insight into the hydrophobic functionalization of cellulose microfibrils using the Passerini three-component reaction. Carbohydrate Polymers. 341. 122323–122323. 4 indexed citations

Quilès, Fabienne, Christine Lancelon‐Pin, Laurent Heux, et al.. (2023). Bactericidal and bioinspired chitin-based anisotropic layer-by-layer brushed-nanocoating. Applied Materials Today. 32. 101816–101816. 7 indexed citations

Frka‐Petesic, Bruno, Bruno Jean, & Laurent Heux. (2023). Electrohydrodynamic convection instabilities observed in suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose. 30(13). 8311–8323. 6 indexed citations

Cassim, Adiilah Mamode, Yu Gao, Marion Décossas, et al.. (2021). Biophysical analysis of the plant-specific GIPC sphingolipids reveals multiple modes of membrane regulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100602–100602. 30 indexed citations

Pettignano, Asja, et al.. (2020). Multifunctionalization of cellulose microfibrils through a cascade pathway entailing the sustainable Passerini multi-component reaction. Green Chemistry. 22(20). 7059–7069. 22 indexed citations

Heux, Laurent, et al.. (2019). Hybrid Gibbsite Nanoplatelet/Cellulose Nanocrystal Multilayered Coatings for Oxygen Barrier Improvement. Frontiers in Chemistry. 7. 507–507. 11 indexed citations

Nishiyama, Yoshiharu, et al.. (2018). Ultrastructural Characterization of the Core–Shell Structure of a Wide Range of Periodate-Oxidized Cellulose from Different Native Sources by Solid-State ¹³C CP-MAS NMR. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(1). 412–420. 39 indexed citations

Oikonomou, Evdokia K., et al.. (2018). Design of eco-friendly fabric softeners: Structure, rheology and interaction with cellulose nanocrystals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 525. 206–215. 23 indexed citations

Rivallin, Matthieu, et al.. (2016). The Reductive Dehydration of Cellulose by Solid/Gas Reaction with TiCl₄ at Low Temperature: A Cheap, Simple, and Green Process for Preparing Anatase Nanoplates and TiO₂/C Composites. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(48). 17262–17268. 7 indexed citations

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Faria-Tischer, Paula C. S., César Augusto Tischer, Laurent Heux, et al.. (2015). Preparation of cellulose II and IIII films by allomorphic conversion of bacterial cellulose I pellicles. Materials Science and Engineering C. 51. 167–173. 21 indexed citations

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Lafitte, Claude, Mireille Chabaud, Sophie Drouillard, et al.. (2013). Aphanomyces euteiches Cell Wall Fractions Containing Novel Glucan-Chitosaccharides Induce Defense Genes and Nuclear Calcium Oscillations in the Plant Host Medicago truncatula. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75039–e75039. 35 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Kayoko, Satoshi Kimura, Laurent Heux, & Masahisa Wada. (2013). Crystal transition between hydrate and anhydrous (1→3)-β-d-xylan from Penicillus dumetosus. Carbohydrate Polymers. 97(1). 105–110. 11 indexed citations

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Lafitte, Claude, Laurent Heux, Nicholas Skandalis, et al.. (2008). Cell Wall Chitosaccharides Are Essential Components and Exposed Patterns of the Phytopathogenic Oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches. Eukaryotic Cell. 7(11). 1980–1993. 72 indexed citations

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Lafitte, Claude, Laurent Heux, Nicholas Skandalis, et al.. (2008). Cell wall chitosaccharides are essential components and exposed patterns of the phytopathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6 indexed citations

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Habibi, Youssef, Laurent Heux, Mostafa Mahrouz, & Michel R. Vignon. (2007). Morphological and structural study of seed pericarp of Opuntia ficus-indica prickly pear fruits. Carbohydrate Polymers. 72(1). 102–112. 53 indexed citations

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Wada, Masahisa, Laurent Heux, & Junji Sugiyama. (2004). Polymorphism of cellulose I family: reinvestigation of cellulose IV-I. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Vignon, M.R., Laurent Heux, M.E. Malainine, & Mostafa Mahrouz. (2003). Arabinan–cellulose composite in Opuntia ficus-indica prickly pear spines. Carbohydrate Research. 339(1). 123–131. 79 indexed citations

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Mazeau, Karim & Laurent Heux. (2003). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Bulk Native Crystalline and Amorphous Structures of Cellulose. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(10). 2394–2403. 329 indexed citations

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Wada, Masahisa, Laurent Heux, Akira Isogai, et al.. (2001). Improved Structural Data of Cellulose III_I Prepared in Supercritical Ammonia. Macromolecules. 34(5). 1237–1243. 66 indexed citations

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Merritt, Matthew E., et al.. (1997). Determination of the Extent of Reaction of Amine Cross-Linked Epoxy Resins by Solid-State ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR. Macromolecules. 30(22). 6760–6763. 14 indexed citations

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