2026 Laurent Bellaiche: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	90	2239	2131	1131	1057	511	29339

Laurent Bellaiche publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurent Bellaiche sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 511 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Laurent Bellaiche D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurent Bellaiche sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the firstprinciples theory of semiconductor alloys and ferroelectric materials

Overview

Laurent Bellaiche is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering, with notable contributions to Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The main research topics addressed by Laurent Bellaiche include:

Multiferroics and related materials
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Magnetic properties of thin films
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Among their recent scientific publications are:

"High-density switchable skyrmion-like polar nanodomains integrated on silicon" (2022) published in Nature
"Topological spin texture in Janus monolayers of the chromium trihalides Cr(I, X)3" (2020) published in Physical review. B./Physical review. B
"Possible Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid State in 2D Materials with S = 3/2" (2020) published in Physical Review Letters
"Topological phases in polar oxide nanostructures" (2023) published in Reviews of Modern Physics
"Electric-Field Switching of Magnetic Topological Charge in Type-I Multiferroics" (2020) published in Physical Review Letters

Laurent Bellaiche has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

Sergei Prokhorenko
Yousra Nahas
Bin Xu
Charles Paillard
Sergey Prosandeev

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues such as:

Physical review. B./Physical review. B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Letters
Nature Communications
Physical Review Materials

Laurent Bellaiche has also contributed to book publications, including the work titled Celebrating 1 year of Frontiers in Electronic Materials, published by Frontiers Media in 2024.

Recognition of their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2010, cited for pioneering contributions to the first-principles theory of semiconductor alloys and ferroelectric materials.

Best Publications

Unusual phase transitions in ferroelectric nanodisks and nanorods

Ivan I. Naumov;L. Bellaiche;Huaxiang Fu

970
Citations
Virtual crystal approximation revisited: Application to dielectric and piezoelectric properties of perovskites

L. Bellaiche;David Vanderbilt

906
Citations
Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals.

Fei Li;Fei Li;Matthew J. Cabral;Bin Xu;Bin Xu;Zhenxiang Cheng

850
Citations
Finite-Temperature Properties of Pb\(Zr 1-x Ti x \)O 3 Alloys from First Principles

L. Bellaiche;Alberto García;David Vanderbilt

705
Citations
The unusual conduction band minimum formation of Ga(As{sub 0.5{minus}y}P{sub 0.5{minus}y}N{sub 2y}) alloys

L. Bellaiche;Normand A. Modine;Eric D. Jones

609
Citations
Learning through ferroelectric domain dynamics in solid-state synapses.

Sören Boyn;Sören Boyn;Julie Grollier;Gwendal Lecerf;Bin Xu

574
Citations
Quantum anomalous Hall effect in graphene proximity coupled to an antiferromagnetic insulator

Zhenhua Qiao;Wei Ren;Hua Chen;L. Bellaiche

462
Citations
Crafting the magnonic and spintronic response of BiFeO3 films by epitaxial strain

D. Sando;A. Agbelele;D. Rahmedov;J. Liu

441
Citations
Evidence for room-temperature multiferroicity in a compound with a giant axial ratio.

Hélène Béa;Bertrand Dupé;Bertrand Dupé;Stéphane Fusil;Stéphane Fusil;R. Mattana

432
Citations
Enhanced electric conductivity at ferroelectric vortex cores in BiFeO 3

Nina Balke;Benjamin Winchester;Wei Ren;Ying Hao Chu

427
Citations
Localization and percolation in semiconductor alloys: GaAsN vs GaAsP.

L. Bellaiche;S. H. Wei;Alex Zunger

424
Citations
Interplay between Kitaev interaction and single ion anisotropy in ferromagnetic CrI 3 and CrGeTe 3 monolayers

Changsong Xu;Jungsheng Feng;Jungsheng Feng;Hongjun Xiang;Laurent Bellaiche

337
Citations
Giant Negative Electrocaloric Effect in Antiferroelectric La‐Doped Pb(ZrTi)O3 Thin Films Near Room Temperature

Wenping Geng;Yang Liu;Yang Liu;Xiangjian Meng;Laurent Bellaiche

308
Citations
Ferroelectricity in barium titanate quantum dots and wires

Huaxiang Fu;L. Bellaiche

291
Citations
Ultrathin Films of Ferroelectric Solid Solutions under a Residual Depolarizing Field

Igor Kornev;Huaxiang Fu;L. Bellaiche

268
Citations
Finite-Temperature Properties of Multiferroic BiFeO 3

Igor A. Kornev;Igor A. Kornev;S. Lisenkov;R. Haumont;B. Dkhil

260
Citations
Phase Diagram of Pb ( Zr , Ti ) O 3 Solid Solutions from First Principles

Igor Kornev;L. Bellaiche;Pierre Eymeric Janolin;Brahim Dkhil

259
Citations
Coexistence of the phonon and relaxation soft modes in the terahertz dielectric response of tetragonal BaTiO3.

J. Hlinka;T. Ostapchuk;D. Nuzhnyy;J. Petzelt

249
Citations
Resonant hole localization and anomalous optical bowing in InGaN alloys

L. Bellaiche;T. Mattila;L.-W. Wang;S.-H. Wei

239
Citations
Band gaps of GaPN and GaAsN alloys

L. Bellaiche;S.-H. Wei;Alex Zunger

237
Citations