Michel Mitov

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Michel Mitov is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Mitov has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michel Mitov's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (58 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (37 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers). Michel Mitov is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (58 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (37 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers). Michel Mitov collaborates with scholars based in France, Bulgaria and Greece. Michel Mitov's co-authors include Nathalie Dessaud, Philippe Méléard, Christian Bourgerette, I. Bivas, Gonzague Agez, P. Bothorel, Corinne Binet, J.F. Faucon, A. Boudet and A. Derzhanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michel Mitov

89 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Broad Light Reflection... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Broad Light Reflection Band
    2012 504 citations Michel Mitov profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Mitov France 29 2.1k 1.5k 1.0k 720 712 91 3.6k
Alenka Mertelj Slovenia 30 1.9k 0.9× 726 0.5× 588 0.6× 948 1.3× 779 1.1× 92 3.0k
John L. West United States 31 3.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.0× 458 0.4× 957 1.3× 729 1.0× 158 4.1k
Miha Škarabot Slovenia 29 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 563 0.5× 950 1.3× 318 0.4× 93 3.2k
Torsten Hegmann United States 36 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 639 0.6× 1.5k 2.1× 810 1.1× 117 4.3k
Sergij V. Shiyanovskii United States 33 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 524 0.5× 708 1.0× 434 0.6× 88 3.2k
Hirotsugu Kikuchi Japan 31 4.3k 2.0× 2.1k 1.4× 748 0.7× 1.3k 1.8× 575 0.8× 179 5.0k
Dong Ki Yoon South Korea 33 2.1k 1.0× 839 0.6× 322 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 719 1.0× 178 3.5k
Heinz‐S. Kitzerow Germany 34 3.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 534 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 446 0.6× 175 4.3k
Sin‐Doo Lee South Korea 32 2.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 492 0.5× 820 1.1× 745 1.0× 226 3.6k
Shao-Tang Sun United States 19 1.6k 0.8× 832 0.6× 493 0.5× 1.0k 1.4× 1.5k 2.1× 30 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Mitov

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Mitov

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fernandes, Susete N., et al.. (2024). Cellulose and Chitin Twisted Structures: From Nature to Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 35/2024). Advanced Functional Materials. 34(35).
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Fernandes, Susete N., et al.. (2023). Cellulose and Chitin Twisted Structures: From Nature to Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(35). 19 indexed citations
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Soldan, Vanessa, et al.. (2020). Biomimetic design of iridescent insect cuticles with tailored, self-organized cholesteric patterns. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4108–4108. 55 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel, Vanessa Soldan, & Stéphanie Balor. (2018). Observation of an anisotropic texture inside the wax layer of insect cuticle. Arthropod Structure & Development. 47(6). 622–626. 15 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel. (2017). Cholesteric liquid crystals in living matter. Soft Matter. 13(23). 4176–4209. 257 indexed citations
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Agez, Gonzague, et al.. (2016). Multiwavelength micromirrors in the cuticle of scarab beetle Chrysina gloriosa. Acta Biomaterialia. 48. 357–367. 53 indexed citations
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Agez, Gonzague, et al.. (2014). Cholesteric liquid crystal gels with a graded mechanical stress. Physical Review E. 89(2). 22513–22513. 22 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel. (2014). Liquid‐Crystal Science from 1888 to 1922: Building a Revolution. ChemPhysChem. 15(7). 1245–1250. 46 indexed citations
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Dierking, Ingo, Michel Mitov, & M. A. Osipov. (2014). Smectic layer instabilities in liquid crystals. Soft Matter. 11(5). 819–837. 16 indexed citations
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Agez, Gonzague, et al.. (2014). Wavelength-tunable light shaping with cholesteric liquid crystal microlenses. Lab on a Chip. 14(12). 2063–2063. 20 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel & Nathalie Dessaud. (2007). Dépassement de la limite de réflexion de la lumière des cristaux liquides cholestériques : de Plusiotis resplendens aux gels à inversion d'hélicité. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 11(3). 253–260. 5 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel & Nathalie Dessaud. (2006). Going beyond the reflectance limit of cholesteric liquid crystals. Nature Materials. 5(5). 361–364. 257 indexed citations
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Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C., Emmanouil E. Kriezis, Michel Mitov, & Corinne Binet. (2006). Theoretical and experimental optical studies of cholesteric liquid crystal films with thermally induced pitch gradients. Physical Review E. 73(6). 61701–61701. 52 indexed citations
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Vitkova, Victoria, Julia Genova, Michel Mitov, & I. Bivas. (2004). Mechanical properties of lipid mono- and bilayers in the presence of small carbohydrates in the aqueous phase. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences. 57(6). 55–60. 3 indexed citations
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Vitkova, Victoria, et al.. (2004). Surface charge effect on the bending elasticity of lipid bilayers. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences. 57(11). 11. 5 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel, et al.. (2004). NEW OPTICAL MEMORY EFFECTS IN POLYMER-STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS DUE TO PITCH CHANGES DURING THE UV-CURING. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 413(1). 515–525. 15 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel, Élysée Nouvet, & Nathalie Dessaud. (2004). Polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals as switchable photonic broad bandgaps. The European Physical Journal E. 15(4). 413–419. 85 indexed citations
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Mitov, Michel. (2000). Les cristaux liquides. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 48–51. 3 indexed citations
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Méléard, Philippe, et al.. (1998). Mechanical properties of model membranes studied from shape transformations of giant vesicles. Biochimie. 80(5-6). 401–413. 56 indexed citations

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