Simon Desbief

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Desbief is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Desbief has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Simon Desbief's work include Conducting polymers and applications (12 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (9 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (6 papers). Simon Desbief is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (12 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (9 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (6 papers). Simon Desbief collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. Simon Desbief's co-authors include Roberto Lazzaroni, Xavier Crispin, Magnus Berggren, Mats Fahlman, Zia Ullah Khan, Peter Murphy, J.-B. Arlin, Igor Zozoulenko, Daniel Dagnelund and Olga Bubnova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, Physical Review B and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Simon Desbief

24 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Semi-metallic polymers 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Semi-metallic polymers
    2013 732 citations Olga Bubnova, Zia Ullah Khan et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Desbief Belgium 16 883 865 703 354 97 25 1.5k
Marina Y. Timmermans Belgium 13 282 0.3× 892 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 831 2.3× 94 1.0× 41 1.9k
Bernard Ratier France 27 823 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 776 1.1× 300 0.8× 27 0.3× 100 1.8k
Dong‐Jin Yun South Korea 31 809 0.9× 2.2k 2.6× 1.3k 1.8× 624 1.8× 72 0.7× 130 2.9k
Fei Xiu China 25 310 0.4× 1.0k 1.2× 703 1.0× 1.0k 2.9× 82 0.8× 63 1.8k
Youde Shen Singapore 15 280 0.3× 704 0.8× 600 0.9× 641 1.8× 56 0.6× 18 1.3k
Sergey B. Lee United States 9 419 0.5× 667 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 787 2.2× 27 0.3× 14 1.8k
Boyu Peng China 23 561 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 425 0.6× 898 2.5× 42 0.4× 62 2.0k
Ilias Katsouras Netherlands 21 625 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 789 1.1× 1.1k 3.2× 34 0.4× 43 2.1k
P. C. M. Grim Belgium 13 781 0.9× 725 0.8× 355 0.5× 654 1.8× 23 0.2× 15 1.3k
Kouki Akaike Japan 17 318 0.4× 809 0.9× 557 0.8× 348 1.0× 15 0.2× 46 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Desbief

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Desbief

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Desbief. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Desbief based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Simon Desbief. Simon Desbief is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Desbief, Simon, et al.. (2024). Study of curtaining effect reduction methods in Inconel 718 using a plasma focused ion beam. Journal of Microscopy. 295(3). 287–299. 2 indexed citations
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Guérin, David, S. Lenfant, Simon Desbief, et al.. (2017). Electron-transport polymeric gold nanoparticles memory device, artificial synapse for neuromorphic applications. Organic Electronics. 50. 499–506. 10 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Michele Di Lauro, Stefano Casalini, et al.. (2016). Electrolyte-gated organic synapse transistor interfaced with neurons. Organic Electronics. 38. 21–28. 69 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Adrica Kyndiah, David Guérin, et al.. (2015). Low voltage and time constant organic synapse-transistor. Organic Electronics. 21. 47–53. 35 indexed citations
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Smaali, Kacem, Simon Desbief, Thomas Frederiksen, et al.. (2014). On the mechanical and electronic properties of thiolated gold nanocrystals. Nanoscale. 7(5). 1809–1819. 20 indexed citations
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Bubnova, Olga, Zia Ullah Khan, Hui Wang, et al.. (2013). Semi-metallic polymers. Nature Materials. 13(2). 190–194. 732 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deshayes, Gaëlle, David Moerman, Simon Desbief, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of poly[(4,4′-(dihexyl)dithieno(3,2-b;2′,3′-d)silole)] and copolymerization with 3-hexylthiophene: new semiconducting materials with extended optical absorption. Polymer Chemistry. 4(16). 4303–4303. 19 indexed citations
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Ouhib, Farid, Jean Manca, Fortunato Piersimoni, et al.. (2013). Thermally Stable Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Cross-Linkable Acrylate-Functionalized Polythiophene Diblock Copolymers. Macromolecules. 46(3). 785–795. 45 indexed citations
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Ouhib, Farid, Simon Desbief, Roberto Lazzaroni, et al.. (2013). Electrografting onto ITO substrates of poly(thiophene)-based micelles decorated by acrylate groups. Polymer Chemistry. 4(15). 4151–4151. 5 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Olivier Douhéret, Mathieu Surin, et al.. (2012). Nanoscale investigation of the electrical properties in semiconductor polymer–carbon nanotube hybrid materials. Nanoscale. 4(8). 2705–2705. 41 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Lionel Patrone, D. Goguenheim, & D. Vuillaume. (2011). Different types of phase separation in binary monolayers of long chain alkyltrichlorosilanes on silicon oxide. RSC Advances. 2(7). 3014–3014. 2 indexed citations
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Clément, Sébastien, Simon Desbief, Ahmad Mehdi, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and characterisation of π-conjugated polymer/silica hybrids containing regioregular ionic polythiophenes. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(8). 2733–2733. 33 indexed citations
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Vandeparre, Hugues, Simon Desbief, Roberto Lazzaroni, Cyprien Gay, & Pascal Damman. (2011). Confined wrinkling: impact on pattern morphology and periodicity. Soft Matter. 7(15). 6878–6878. 24 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Lionel Patrone, D. Goguenheim, David Guérin, & D. Vuillaume. (2010). Impact of chain length, temperature, and humidity on the growth of long alkyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(7). 2870–2879. 39 indexed citations
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Desbief, Simon, Olivier Douhéret, Andrea Minoia, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposites Based on Functional Regioregular Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 31(16). 1427–1434. 41 indexed citations
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Yu, Xuan, Xianjie Liu, Simon Desbief, et al.. (2010). Thermoelectric properties of conducting polymers: The case of poly(3-hexylthiophene). Physical Review B. 82(11). 197 indexed citations
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Bozukova, Dimitriya, Christophe Pagnoulle, Marie‐Claire De Pauw‐Gillet, et al.. (2007). Improved Performances of Intraocular Lenses by Poly(ethylene glycol) Chemical Coatings. Biomacromolecules. 8(8). 2379–2387. 72 indexed citations

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