2026 Francois Barthelat: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	49	10417	10061	2479	2301	139	11397

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Materials Science

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Overview

Francois Barthelat is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics including Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Biomimetic Flight and Propulsion Mechanisms, Granular Flow and Fluidized Beds, and Structural Analysis and Optimization.

Among recent publications, select papers authored or co-authored by Francois Barthelat include:

Structural and mechanical properties of fish scales for the bio-inspired design of flexible body armors: A review (2020, Acta Biomaterialia)
Centrifugation and index matching yield a strong and transparent bioinspired nacreous composite (2021, Science)
Is the Bouligand architecture tougher than regular cross-ply laminates? A discrete element method study (2020, Extreme Mechanics Letters)
Segmentations in fins enable large morphing amplitudes combined with high flexural stiffness for fish-inspired robotic materials (2021, Science Robotics)
Manipulating the geometry of architectured beams for maximum toughness and strength (2020, Materials & Design)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francois Barthelat include J. William Pro, Ahmed S. Dalaq, Ashta Navdeep Karuriya, Aram Bahmani, and Saurabh Das.

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, and Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.

Best Publications

On the mechanics of mother-of-pearl: a key feature in the material hierarchical structure

F. Barthelat;H. Tang;P.D. Zavattieri;C.-M. Li

1122
Citations
Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone - Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

Horacio D. Espinosa;Jee E. Rim;Francois Barthelat;Markus J. Buehler

893
Citations
Structure and mechanics of interfaces in biological materials

Francois Barthelat;Zhen Yin;Markus J. Buehler

719
Citations
An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl

F. Barthelat;H. D. Espinosa

576
Citations
Impact-resistant nacre-like transparent materials

Z. Yin;F. Hannard;F. Barthelat

466
Citations
Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

M. Mirkhalaf;A. Khayer Dastjerdi;F. Barthelat

460
Citations
Mechanical properties of nacre constituents and their impact on mechanical performance

François Barthelat;Chun-Ming Li;Claudia Comi;Horacio D. Espinosa

425
Citations
Biomimetics for next generation materials.

Francois Barthelat

391
Citations
Toughness amplification in natural composites

Francois Barthelat;Reza Rabiei

317
Citations
Structure and Mechanical Performance of a “Modern” Fish Scale

Deju Zhu;Cesar Fuentes Ortega;Ramak Motamedi;Lawrence Szewciw

289
Citations
Nacre from mollusk shells: a model for high-performance structural materials

Francois Barthelat

272
Citations
Dynamic failure of metallic pyramidal truss core materials - Experiments and modeling

S. Lee;F. Barthelat;J. W. Hutchinson;Horacio Dante Espinosa

228
Citations
Architectured materials in engineering and biology: fabrication, structure, mechanics and performance

F. Barthelat

213
Citations
Mechanics considerations for microporous titanium as an orthopedic implant material.

Sarah Thelen;François Barthelat;L. Catherine Brinson

205
Citations
A Novel “Subset Splitting” Procedure for Digital Image Correlation on Discontinuous Displacement Fields

J. Poissant;F. Barthelat

203
Citations
Designing nacre-like materials for simultaneous stiffness, strength and toughness: Optimum materials, composition, microstructure and size

Francois Barthelat

202
Citations
Failure mode transition in nacre and bone-like materials.

Reza Rabiei;Sacheen Bekah;Francois Barthelat

186
Citations
On the mechanics of fishscale structures

Franck J. Vernerey;Francois Barthelat

167
Citations
Puncture resistance of the scaled skin from striped bass: collective mechanisms and inspiration for new flexible armor designs.

Deju Zhu;Lawrence Szewciw;Franck Vernerey;Francois Barthelat

155
Citations
Bio-inspired “jigsaw”-like interlocking sutures: Modeling, optimization, 3D printing and testing

I.A. Malik;M. Mirkhalaf;F. Barthelat

152
Citations
Deformation rate effects on failure modes of open-cell Al foams and textile cellular materials

Sungsoo Lee;François Barthelat;Nicolaie Moldovan;Horacio D. Espinosa

139
Citations