Maximilien E. Launey

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Maximilien E. Launey is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Maximilien E. Launey has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Maximilien E. Launey's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (10 papers), Glass properties and applications (7 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (6 papers). Maximilien E. Launey is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (10 papers), Glass properties and applications (7 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (6 papers). Maximilien E. Launey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. Maximilien E. Launey's co-authors include Robert O. Ritchie, Markus J. Buehler, William L. Johnson, Douglas C. Hofmann, Marios D. Demetriou, Glenn R. Garrett, Jamie J. Kruzic, Eduardo Saiz, Joseph P. Schramm and Ralf Busch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Maximilien E. Launey

25 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

On the Fracture Toughness of Advanced Materials

2009 776 citations Maximilien E. Launey, Robert O. Ritchie profile →
A damage-tolerant glass

2011 573 citations Marios D. Demetriou, Maximilien E. Launey et al. Nature Materials profile →
On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone

2010 571 citations Maximilien E. Launey, Markus J. Buehler et al. Annual Review of Materials Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maximilien E. Launey United States	20	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	758	605	27	3.7k
M.J. Kaufman United States	35	3.3k 2.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	736 1.0×	369 0.6×	135	5.0k
H. Kahn United States	34	993 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	562 0.7×	208 0.3×	96	3.9k
Matthew J. Olszta United States	33	749 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	106 0.2×	118	4.1k
M. Halvarsson Sweden	35	2.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	626 0.6×	535 0.7×	523 0.9×	151	4.2k
Jonathan Almer United States	53	4.0k 2.3×	5.3k 3.7×	1.1k 1.0×	471 0.6×	980 1.6×	312	8.9k
Fengchun Jiang China	38	3.6k 2.1×	2.3k 1.6×	514 0.5×	315 0.4×	430 0.7×	196	5.1k
Jamie J. Kruzic Australia	52	4.2k 2.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	567 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	216	8.3k
R.K. Nalla United States	37	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	2.4k 2.2×	1.4k 1.8×	280 0.5×	54	7.3k
A.H.W. Ngan Hong Kong	44	3.6k 2.1×	3.7k 2.6×	1.0k 0.9×	535 0.7×	257 0.4×	251	6.8k
Yukichi Umakoshi Japan	41	6.4k 3.8×	4.9k 3.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 2.1×	748 1.2×	382	8.6k

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Launey, Maximilien E., et al.. (2025). High-Durability Nitinol for Medical Devices: A 100 Million-Cycle Bending Fatigue Characterization Study. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 11(4). 708–725.

Pelton, Alan R., et al.. (2024). Development of High-Durability Nitinol for Heart Valve Frames. 84840. 50–51. 2 indexed citations

Pelton, Alan R., et al.. (2024). Crack Formation and Pathways in Nitinol Biomedical Devices. Procedia Structural Integrity. 66. 265–281.

Launey, Maximilien E., et al.. (2023). Considerations on Tension–Tension Fatigue Predictions for Nitinol. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 9(1). 97–115. 7 indexed citations

Garrett, Glenn R., et al.. (2019). Designing color in metallic glass. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3269–3269. 14 indexed citations

Garrett, Glenn R., Marios D. Demetriou, Maximilien E. Launey, & William L. Johnson. (2016). Origin of embrittlement in metallic glasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(37). 10257–10262. 39 indexed citations

Robertson, Scott W., et al.. (2015). A statistical approach to understand the role of inclusions on the fatigue resistance of superelastic Nitinol wire and tubing. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 51. 119–131. 46 indexed citations

Launey, Maximilien E., et al.. (2014). Influence of microstructural purity on the bending fatigue behavior of VAR-melted superelastic Nitinol. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 34. 181–186. 37 indexed citations

Tomsia, Antoni P., Maximilien E. Launey, Janice S. Lee, et al.. (2011). Nanotechnology Approaches for Better Dental Implants. The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants. 26. 25. 55 indexed citations

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Launey, Maximilien E., et al.. (2011). Nanotechnology approaches to improve dental implants.. PubMed. 26 Suppl. 25–44; discussion 45. 41 indexed citations

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Demetriou, Marios D., Maximilien E. Launey, Glenn R. Garrett, et al.. (2011). A damage-tolerant glass. Nature Materials. 10(2). 123–128. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Launey, Maximilien E., Markus J. Buehler, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2010). On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone. Annual Review of Materials Research. 40(1). 25–53. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Launey, Maximilien E., Po‐Yu Chen, Joanna McKittrick, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Mechanistic aspects of fracture and R-curve behavior in elk antler bone. Acta Biomaterialia. 5 indexed citations

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Bechtle, Sabine, Mukul Kumar, Brian P. Somerday, Maximilien E. Launey, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Grain-boundary engineering markedly reduces susceptibility to intergranular hydrogen embrittlement in metallic materials. Acta Materialia. 57(14). 4148–4157. 400 indexed citations

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Launey, Maximilien E., Douglas C. Hofmann, William L. Johnson, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Solution to the problem of the poor cyclic fatigue resistance of bulk metallic glasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(13). 4986–4991. 82 indexed citations

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Launey, Maximilien E., P.-Y. Chen, Joanna McKittrick, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Mechanistic aspects of the fracture toughness of elk antler bone. Acta Biomaterialia. 6(4). 1505–1514. 124 indexed citations

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Franco, Jaime, Philipp M. Hunger, Maximilien E. Launey, Antoni P. Tomsia, & Eduardo Saiz. (2009). Direct write assembly of calcium phosphate scaffolds using a water-based hydrogel. Acta Biomaterialia. 6(1). 218–228. 165 indexed citations

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Liu, Ming, Richard S. Vallery, David W. Gidley, Maximilien E. Launey, & Jamie J. Kruzic. (2009). Assessment of the fatigue transformation zone in bulk metallic glasses using positron annihilation spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(9). 14 indexed citations

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Launey, Maximilien E., Douglas C. Hofmann, Jin‐Yoo Suh, et al.. (2009). Fracture toughness and crack-resistance curve behavior in metallic glass-matrix composites. Applied Physics Letters. 94(24). 63 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Elizabeth A., Maximilien E. Launey, Holly D. Barth, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Mixed-mode fracture of human cortical bone. Biomaterials. 30(29). 5877–5884. 114 indexed citations

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