Pierre Becker

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Pierre Becker is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Becker has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Pierre Becker's work include X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (9 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (4 papers). Pierre Becker is often cited by papers focused on X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (9 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (4 papers). Pierre Becker collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Algeria. Pierre Becker's co-authors include P. Coppens, Yue‐Ju Yang, T.N.G. Row, Pak‐Hing Leung, E.D. Stevens, Jean‐Michel Gillet, M. Haddad, J. Dobaczewski, Pietro Cortona and J. Engel and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Becker

32 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Extinction within the limit of validity of the Darwin transfer equations. I. General formalism for primary and secondary extinction and their applications to spherical crystals

1974 915 citations Pierre Becker, P. Coppens Acta Crystallographica Section A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Becker France	18	1.1k	779	492	488	484	32	2.2k
C. Wilkinson United Kingdom	23	1.0k 0.9×	721 0.9×	214 0.4×	447 0.9×	297 0.6×	81	2.0k
E. N. Maslen Australia	28	1.5k 1.3×	688 0.9×	674 1.4×	224 0.5×	554 1.1×	128	3.2k
A. C. Larson United States	34	1.7k 1.5×	999 1.3×	446 0.9×	668 1.4×	801 1.7×	104	3.5k
Α. Kirfel Germany	28	1.7k 1.5×	598 0.8×	266 0.5×	408 0.8×	363 0.8×	176	3.1k
Peter P. Edwards United Kingdom	27	940 0.8×	544 0.7×	587 1.2×	829 1.7×	631 1.3×	131	2.5k
Christina Hoffmann United States	27	1.0k 0.9×	482 0.6×	349 0.7×	322 0.7×	674 1.4×	78	2.3k
R. Tellgren Sweden	27	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	336 0.7×	650 1.3×	323 0.7×	134	2.4k
F. Trouw United States	26	827 0.7×	488 0.6×	444 0.9×	418 0.9×	423 0.9×	87	1.8k
G. Heger Germany	36	2.4k 2.1×	1.7k 2.2×	583 1.2×	1.4k 2.9×	620 1.3×	168	4.2k
Β. Τ. M. Willis United Kingdom	32	2.4k 2.1×	525 0.7×	479 1.0×	518 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	80	3.4k

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Becker, Pierre, et al.. (2022). P504 Screening of Belgian bats and hibernacula for the description of related fungal microbiomes and the detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Medical Mycology. 60(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Dobaczewski, J., J. Engel, M. Kortelainen, & Pierre Becker. (2018). Correlating Schiff Moments in the Light Actinides with Octupole Moments. Physical Review Letters. 121(23). 232501–232501. 39 indexed citations

Claiser, Nicolas, Sébastien Pillet, Pierre Becker, et al.. (2012). Experimental determination of spin-dependent electron density by joint refinement of X-ray and polarized neutron diffraction data. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 68(6). 675–686. 36 indexed citations

Becker, Pierre, et al.. (2006). Closed-form expressions for correlated density matrices: Application to dispersive interactions and example of He2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 125(15). 154109–154109. 1 indexed citations

Becker, Pierre, et al.. (2006). Dynamic charge density, a simple approach to chemical reaction mechanism. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 62(a1). s165–s165. 5 indexed citations

Bouhmaida, Nouzha, et al.. (2002). Gradient vector field and properties of the experimental electrostatic potential: Application to ibuprofen drug molecule. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 116(14). 6196–6204. 32 indexed citations

Becker, Pierre, et al.. (2001). Complementary aspects of charge and momentum density for the study of the chemical bond. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 105(4-5). 284–291. 7 indexed citations

Aourag, H., et al.. (2000). Molecular Dynamics Study of Zinc-Blende GaN, AIN and InN. Molecular Simulation. 23(4-5). 327–341. 17 indexed citations

Aourag, H., et al.. (1999). Theoretical Studies of Positron Annihilation in GaP1?xNx. physica status solidi (b). 214(1). 59–68. 1 indexed citations

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Aourag, H., et al.. (1999). Atomistic study of zinc-blende BAs from molecular dynamics. Physics Letters A. 252(1-2). 71–76. 19 indexed citations

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Becker, Pierre, et al.. (1996). A simple method for predicting electron density in complex flexible molecules. A tribute to F.L. Hirshfeld. Chemical Physics Letters. 260(3-4). 319–325. 8 indexed citations

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Velders, Guus J. M., Jean‐Michel Gillet, Pierre Becker, & D. Feil. (1991). Electron density analysis of nonlinear optical materials: an ab initio study of different conformations of benzene derivatives. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(22). 8601–8608. 21 indexed citations

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Graafsma, H., et al.. (1991). Measurement of the piezoelectric tensor of an organic crystal by the x-ray method: The nonlinear optical crystal 2-methyl 4-nitroaniline. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 43(18). 14683–14691. 28 indexed citations

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Becker, Pierre & M. Haddad. (1989). Concerning order parameters in the statistical dynamical theory of diffraction. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 45(5). 333–337. 10 indexed citations

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Haddad, M. & Pierre Becker. (1988). On the statistical dynamical theory of diffraction: application to silicon. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 44(3). 262–270. 22 indexed citations

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Cohen‐Addad, C., M. S. Lehmann, Pierre Becker, László Pa̋rkányi, & Alajos Kálmán. (1984). Nature of S ⋯· O interaction in short X –S ⋯· O contacts: charge density experimental studies and theoretical interpretation. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 191–196. 29 indexed citations

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Stephens, Michael E. & Pierre Becker. (1983). Virial partitioning analysis of electron correlation and nuclear motion in diatomic molecules. Molecular Physics. 49(1). 65–89. 17 indexed citations

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Becker, Pierre. (1983). Phosphates and phosphoric acid : raw materials, technology, and economics of the wet process. M. Dekker eBooks. 154 indexed citations

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Becker, Pierre. (1977). Interpretation of Experimental Charge Densities. The study of chemical bonding. Physica Scripta. 15(2). 119–142. 16 indexed citations

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Becker, Pierre & P. Coppens. (1974). Extinction within the limit of validity of the Darwin transfer equations. II. Refinement of extinction in spherical crystals of SrF₂and LiF. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 30(2). 148–153. 159 indexed citations

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