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Christophe Clanet

Christophe Clanet

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
46
Citations
12466
World Ranking
5046
National Ranking
101

Overview

Christophe Clanet is affiliated with École Polytechnique in France and has a research focus primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work extensively covers several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Aerospace Engineering.

Among the main topics Christophe Clanet addresses are:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Frequent venues where Christophe Clanet publishes include:

  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Soft Matter
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Reflets de la physique

The scientist has coauthored multiple papers with several colleagues, particularly collaborating with David Quéré and C. M. S. Cohen, each with eight joint publications. Other frequent coauthors include Rémi Carmigniani with six publications, Emmanuel Brunet with four, and Pierre Chantelot with three.

Recent research articles by Christophe Clanet include:

  • "Viscous bouncing" (2020), published in Soft Matter
  • "Self-excitation of Leidenfrost drops and consequences on their stability" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Thermophobic Leidenfrost" (2021), published in Soft Matter
  • "Short- and mid-term effects on performance, health and qualitative behavioural assessment of Romane lambs in different milk feeding conditions" (2021), published in animal
  • "Droplets impaling on a cone" (2020), published in Physical Review Fluids

Best Publications

  • Contact time of a bouncing drop

    Denis Richard;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré

  • Maximal deformation of an impacting drop

    Christophe Clanet;Cédric Béguin;Denis Richard;David Quéré

  • On the "Tulip Flame" Phenomenon

    Christophe Clanet;Geoffrey Searby

  • Making a splash with water repellency

    Cyril Duez;Christophe Ybert;Christophe Clanet;Lyd ´ Eric Bocquet

  • Water impacting on superhydrophobic macrotextures.

    Anaïs Gauthier;Sean Symon;Sean Symon;Christophe Clanet;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré;David Quéré

  • Leidenfrost on a ratchet

    Guillaume Lagubeau;Guillaume Lagubeau;Marie Le Merrer;Marie Le Merrer;Christophe Clanet;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré;David Quéré

  • Transition from dripping to jetting

    Christophe Clanet;Juan C. Lasheras

  • First steps in the spreading of a liquid droplet.

    Anne-Laure Biance;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré

  • Antifogging abilities of model nanotextures

    Timothée Mouterde;Gaëlle Lehoucq;Stéphane Xavier;Antonio Checco

  • On the elasticity of an inertial liquid shock

    Anne-Laure Biance;Frédéric Chevy;Christophe Clanet;Guillaume Lagubeau

  • Water spring: A model for bouncing drops

    Ko Okumura;Ko Okumura;Frédéric Chevy;Denis Richard;David Quéré

  • Dynamics of transient cavities

    V. Duclaux;F. Caillé;C. Duez;C. Ybert

  • Pyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surface

    Yuriko Renardy;Stéphane Popinet;Laurent Duchemin;Michael Renardy

  • Water spring: a model for bouncing drops

    K. Okumura;F. Chevy;C. Clanet;D. Richard

  • A universal law for capillary rise in corners

    Alexandre Ponomarenko;David Quéré;Christophe Clanet

  • Life of a flapping liquid sheet

    E. Villermaux;C. Clanet

  • First Experimental Study of the Darrieus-Landau Instability

    C. Clanet;G. Searby

  • Capturing drops with a thin fiber

    Élise Lorenceau;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré

  • Life of a smooth liquid sheet

    Christophe Clanet;Emmanuel Villermaux

  • Drop friction on liquid-infused materials

    Armelle Keiser;Armelle Keiser;Ludovic Keiser;Ludovic Keiser;Christophe Clanet;Christophe Clanet;David Quéré;David Quéré

  • The force of impacting rain

    Dan Soto;Dan Soto;Aurélie Borel De Larivière;Aurélie Borel De Larivière;Xavier Boutillon;Christophe Clanet;Christophe Clanet

  • Onset of menisci

    Christophe Clanet;David Quéré

Frequent Co-Authors

Lydéric Bocquet
Lydéric Bocquet École Normale Supérieure
Emmanuel Villermaux
Emmanuel Villermaux Aix-Marseille University
Pedro Reis
Pedro Reis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tomas Bohr
Tomas Bohr Technical University of Denmark
Charles T. Black
Charles T. Black Brookhaven National Laboratory
Juan C. Lasheras
Juan C. Lasheras University of California, San Diego
Jacques Magnaudet
Jacques Magnaudet Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse
Elie Raphaël
Elie Raphaël PSL University
Jacco H. Snoeijer
Jacco H. Snoeijer University of Twente

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