Pierre Hirel

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Pierre Hirel is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Hirel has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Geophysics and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Pierre Hirel's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (10 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (6 papers). Pierre Hirel is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (10 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (6 papers). Pierre Hirel collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Spain. Pierre Hirel's co-authors include Philippe Carrez, Patrick Cordier, S. Brochard, Laurent Pizzagalli, Julien Godet, Matous Mrovec, Christian Elsässer, Pavel Márton, Ch. Elsässer and P. Beauchamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Hirel

26 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Atomsk: A tool for manipulating and converting atomic data files

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Peers

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Shifang Xiao China

Avinash M. Dongare United States

A. Muñóz Spain

Rozaliya Barabash United States

G. Tichy Hungary

Wenjun Liu United States

Timofey Frolov United States

Paul‐François Paradis Japan

Xuebang Wu China

Jürgen Brillo Germany

Shifang Xiao China

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Carrez, Philippe, et al.. (2025). All-around local structure classification with supervised learning: The example of crystal phases and dislocations in complex oxides. Computer Physics Communications. 309. 109480–109480.

Hirel, Pierre, Patrick Cordier, & Philippe Carrez. (2024). 〈110〉{110} edge dislocations in strontium titanate: Charged vs neutral, glide vs climb. Acta Materialia. 285. 120636–120636. 2 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2024). Structures and energies of twist grain boundaries in Mg2SiO4 forsterite. Computational Materials Science. 233. 112768–112768. 2 indexed citations

Dézerald, Lucile, Pierre Hirel, Philippe Carrez, et al.. (2024). Atomistic to continuum mechanics description of crystal defects with dislocation density fields: Application to dislocations and grain boundaries. International Journal of Plasticity. 177. 103990–103990. 10 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Pinning of domain walls by strontium layer in the BaTiO3 perovskite: An atomic-scale study. Physical review. B.. 106(9). 4 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Complexions and stoichiometry of the 60.8°//[100](011) symmetrical tilt grain boundary in Mg2SiO4 forsterite: A combined empirical potential and first-principles study. American Mineralogist. 107(11). 2034–2043. 5 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, Philippe Carrez, & Patrick Cordier. (2022). Why do compact grain boundary complexions prevail in rock-salt materials?. Acta Materialia. 240. 118297–118297. 7 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2021). A critical assessment of interatomic potentials for modelling lattice defects in forsterite Mg$$_2$$SiO$$_4$$ from 0 to 12 GPa. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 48(12). 46–46. 6 indexed citations

Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2018). On low temperature glide of dissociated 〈1 1 0〉 dislocations in strontium titanate. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 98(15). 1397–1411. 5 indexed citations

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Kozinsky, Boris, Sneha A. Akhade, Pierre Hirel, et al.. (2016). Effects of Sublattice Symmetry and Frustration on Ionic Transport in Garnet Solid Electrolytes. Physical Review Letters. 116(5). 55901–55901. 61 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre, Philippe Carrez, Emmanuel Clouet, & Patrick Cordier. (2016). The electric charge and climb of edge dislocations in perovskite oxides: The case of high-pressure MgSiO3 bridgmanite. Acta Materialia. 106. 313–321. 28 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre, Philippe Carrez, & Patrick Cordier. (2016). From glissile to sessile: Effect of temperature on 〈110〉 dislocations in perovskite materials. Scripta Materialia. 120. 67–70. 25 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre. (2015). Atomsk: A tool for manipulating and converting atomic data files. Computer Physics Communications. 197. 212–219. 1484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirel, Pierre, et al.. (2014). Atomic core structure and mobility of [1 0 0](0 1 0) and [0 1 0](1 0 0) dislocations in MgSiO 3 perovskite. Acta Materialia. 79. 117–125. 29 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre, Matous Mrovec, & Christian Elsässer. (2011). Atomistic simulation study of 〈1 1 0〉 dislocations in strontium titanate. Acta Materialia. 60(1). 329–338. 42 indexed citations

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Brochard, S., Pierre Hirel, Laurent Pizzagalli, & Julien Godet. (2010). Elastic limit for surface step dislocation nucleation in face-centered cubic metals: Temperature and step height dependence. Acta Materialia. 58(12). 4182–4190. 53 indexed citations

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Godet, Julien, Pierre Hirel, S. Brochard, & Laurent Pizzagalli. (2009). Evidence of two plastic regimes controlled by dislocation nucleation in silicon nanostructures. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(2). 45 indexed citations

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Godet, Julien, Pierre Hirel, S. Brochard, & Laurent Pizzagalli. (2009). Dislocation nucleation from surface step in silicon: The glide set versus the shuffle set. physica status solidi (a). 206(8). 1885–1891. 17 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre, Julien Godet, S. Brochard, Laurent Pizzagalli, & P. Beauchamp. (2008). Determination of activation parameters for dislocation formation from a surface in fcc metals by atomistic simulations. Physical Review B. 78(6). 26 indexed citations

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Hirel, Pierre, S. Brochard, Laurent Pizzagalli, & P. Beauchamp. (2007). Effects of temperature and surface step on the incipient plasticity in strained aluminium studied by atomistic simulations. Scripta Materialia. 57(12). 1141–1144. 21 indexed citations

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