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Jean-Michel Léger

Jean-Michel Léger

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Chemistry
France
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
24334
World Ranking
2573
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Michel Léger is affiliated with the University of Poitiers in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines within physics, earth sciences, and related technological applications.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their work touches on several subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research topics covered by Jean-Michel Léger include:

  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on geomagnetic reference fields, magnetometer technologies, and structural database contributions. Sample works include:

  • International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the thirteenth generation, 2021, Earth Planets and Space
  • A 4He vector zero-field optically pumped magnetometer operated in the Earth-field, 2021, Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Using improved Swarm's experimental absolute vector mode data to produce a candidate Definitive Geomagnetic Reference Field (DGRF) 2015.0 model, 2021, Earth Planets and Space
  • CCDC 2298766: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2024, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Optically-Pumped Magnetometers for the Energy Sector: Challenges & Prospects, 2025, e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Review of Scientific Instruments
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Collaborations have been established with colleagues including:

  • Thomas Jäger
  • Gauthier Hulot
  • P. Vigneron
  • Patrick Alken
  • Erwan Thébault

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and Design of Superhard Materials

    J. Haines;J. M. Leger;G. Bocquillon

  • Recent advances in the development of direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFC)

    Claude Lamy;Alexandre Lima;Véronique LeRhun;Fabien Delime

  • Recent progress in the direct ethanol fuel cell: development of new platinum–tin electrocatalysts

    C Lamy;S Rousseau;E.M Belgsir;C Coutanceau

  • In situ FTIRS study of the electrocatalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide and methanol at platinum–ruthenium bulk alloy electrodes

    A Kabbabi;R Faure;R Durand;B Beden

  • X-ray diffraction study of the phase transitions and structural evolution of tin dioxide at high pressure:ffRelationships between structure types and implications for other rutile-type dioxides

    J. Haines;J. M. Léger

  • A kinetic analysis of the electro-oxidation of ethanol at a platinum electrode in acid medium

    H. Hitmi;E.M. Belgsir;J.-M. Léger;C. Lamy

  • How bimetallic electrocatalysts does work for reactions involved in fuel cells?: Example of ethanol oxidation and comparison to methanol

    J.-M. Léger;S. Rousseau;C. Coutanceau;F. Hahn

  • Aromatic δ-Peptides

    Hua Jiang;Jean-Michel Léger;Ivan Huc

  • Electrocatalysis for the Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell

    Fabrice Vigier;Séverine Rousseau;Christophe Coutanceau;Jean-Michel Leger

  • Tailoring, Structure, and Activity of Carbon-Supported Nanosized Pt−Cr Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Pure and Methanol-Containing Electrolytes

    Hui Yang;Nicolás Alonso-Vante;and Jean-Michel Léger;Claude Lamy

  • Relative stability of ZrO 2 and HfO 2 structural phases

    J. E. Lowther;J. K. Dewhurst;J. M. Leger;J. Haines

  • Electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol on platinum-based binary electrodes

    B. Beden;F. Kadirgan;C. Lamy;J.M. Leger

  • Development of electrocatalysts for solid alkaline fuel cell (SAFC)

    C. Coutanceau;L. Demarconnay;C. Lamy;J.-M. Léger

  • Methanol tolerant oxygen reduction on carbon-supported Pt–Ni alloy nanoparticles

    Hui Yang;Christophe Coutanceau;Jean-Michel Léger;Nicolas Alonso-Vante

  • Electro-oxidation of ethanol on gold: analysis of the reaction products and mechanism

    G Tremiliosi-Filho;E.R Gonzalez;A.J Motheo;E.M Belgsir

  • Formic acid oxidation on single crystal platinum electrodes. Comparison with polycrystalline platinum

    J. Clavilier;R. Parsons;R. Durand;C. Lamy

  • Mechanistic aspects of methanol oxidation on platinum-based electrocatalysts

    J.-M. Léger

  • Pressure-induced structural phase transitions in zirconia under high pressure.

    Jean Michel Leger;P.E. Tomaszewski;A. Atouf;Altair Soria Pereira

  • Pressure Effect on the Curie Temperatures of Transition Metals and Alloys

    J. M. Leger;C. Loriers-Susse;B. Vodar

  • Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen at platinum-modified polyaniline electrodes

    M.J. Croissant;T. Napporn;J.-M. Léger;C. Lamy

  • Review of different methods for developing nanoelectrocatalysts for the oxidation of organic compounds

    C. Coutanceau;S. Brimaud;C. Lamy;J.-M. Léger

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérald Guillaumet
Gérald Guillaumet University of Orléans
Julien Haines
Julien Haines University of Montpellier
Ivan Huc
Ivan Huc Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christophe Coutanceau
Christophe Coutanceau University of Poitiers
Claude Lamy
Claude Lamy University of Montpellier
Hua Jiang
Hua Jiang Beijing Normal University
Brice Kauffmann
Brice Kauffmann University of Bordeaux
Philippe Guionneau
Philippe Guionneau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Cyrille Boyer
Cyrille Boyer University of New South Wales
Stéphane Quideau
Stéphane Quideau University of Bordeaux

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