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2025

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Citations
19969
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4672
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64

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Patrick Bertrand is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with particular emphasis on ceramics and composites, materials chemistry, and mechanics of materials.

Their recent publications cover several topics related to advanced ceramic materials synthesis and numerical methods in engineering, as well as high-velocity impact and material behavior. Notable papers include:

  • Determination of interfacial fracture energy of an environmental barrier coating on ceramic matrix composite substrate, 2024, Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • The Beauvais Tapestry Chinese Series: New Insights Concerning Its Genesis and Production, 2023, West 86th
  • Identification of the interfacial fracture energy at high temperature of an environmental barrier coating on a ceramic matrix composite, 2025, Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • West 86th
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Patrick Bertrand collaborates regularly with several coauthors in their field, including:

  • Cédric Huchette
  • Thibaut Archer
  • Thomas Vandellos
  • François Hild
  • Charissa Bremer-David

Their research topics extensively engage with the synthesis of advanced ceramic materials and the application of numerical methods to engineering challenges. They also investigate the behavior of materials under high-velocity impact conditions.

Best Publications

  • Ultrathin polymer coatings by complexation of polyelectrolytes at interfaces: suitable materials, structure and properties

    P. Bertrand;A. Jonas;A. Laschewsky;R. Legras

  • Direct Electrochemistry of Redox Enzymes as a Tool for Mechanistic Studies

    Christophe Léger;Patrick Bertrand

  • Molecular Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells: Evidence for the Simultaneous Presence of Two Active Sites in Fe-Based Catalysts

    Michel Lefèvre;Jp. Dodelet;Patrick Bertrand

  • O-2 reduction in PEM fuel cells: Activity and active site structural information for catalysts obtained by the pyrolysis at high temperature of Fe precursors

    M. Lefevre;Jp. Dodelet;Patrick Bertrand

  • Unveiling N-protonation and anion-binding effects on Fe/N/C-catalysts for O2 reduction in PEM fuel cells

    Juan Herranz;Frédéric Jaouen;Michel Lefèvre;Ulrike I. Kramm;Ulrike I. Kramm

  • Heat-treated iron and cobalt tetraphenylporphyrins adsorbed on carbon black: Physical characterization and catalytic properties of these materials for the reduction of oxygen in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    G Faubert;G. Lalande;R. Cote;D. Guay

  • Oxygen reduction catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells from the pyrolysis of FeII acetate adsorbed on 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride

    G Faubert;R. Cote;Jp. Dodelet;M. Lefevre

  • Is nitrogen important in the formulation of Fe-based catalysts for oxygen reduction in solid polymer fuel cells?

    G. Lalande;R. Cote;D. Guay;Jp. Dodelet

  • [3Fe-4S] to [4Fe-4S] cluster conversion in Desulfovibrio fructosovorans [NiFe] hydrogenase by site-directed mutagenesis

    Rousset M;Montet Y;Guigliarelli B;Forget N

  • Immediate and long-term results after surgical treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax by VATS

    Patrick C. Bertrand;Jean Francois Regnard;Lorenzo Spaggiari;Jean Francois Levi

  • Relating diffusion along the substrate tunnel and oxygen sensitivity in hydrogenase

    Pierre-Pol Liebgott;Fanny Leroux;Fanny Leroux;Bénédicte Burlat;Bénédicte Burlat;Sébastien Dementin

  • Physical, Chemical and Electrochemical Characterization of Heat-treated Tetracarboxylic Cobalt Phthalocyanine Adsorbed On Carbon-black As Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel-cells

    G. Lalande;R. Cote;G. Tamizhmani;D. Guay

  • Catalytic activity and stability of heat-treated iron phthalocyanines for the electroreduction of oxygen in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    G. Lalande;G Faubert;R. Cote;D. Guay

  • Fibronectin adsorption, conformation, and orientation on polystyrene substrates studied by radiolabeling, XPS, and ToF SIMS.

    J B Lhoest;E Detrait;P van den Bosch de Aguilar;Patrick Bertrand

  • Molecular oxygen reduction in PEM fuel cell conditions: ToF-SIMS analysis of Co-based electrocatalysts

    Marcel Lefevre;Jp. Dodelet;Patrick Bertrand

  • Iron catalysts prepared by high-temperature pyrolysis of tetraphenylporphyrins adsorbed on carbon black for oxygen reduction in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    G Faubert;R. Cote;D. Guay;Jp. Dodelet

  • Adhesion of mammalian cells to polymer surfaces: from physical chemistry of surfaces to selective adhesion on defined patterns.

    J.-L. Dewez;J.-B. Lhoest;E. Detrait;V. Berger

  • Experimental approaches to kinetics of gas diffusion in hydrogenase.

    Fanny Leroux;Fanny Leroux;Sébastien Dementin;Sébastien Dementin;Bénédicte Burlat;Bénédicte Burlat;Laurent Cournac

  • Inhibition and aerobic inactivation kinetics of Desulfovibrio fructosovorans NiFe hydrogenase studied by protein film voltammetry.

    Christophe Léger;Sébastien Dementin;Patrick Bertrand;Marc Rousset

  • Membrane-Bound Hydrogenase I from the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Aquifex aeolicus: Enzyme Activation, Redox Intermediates and Oxygen Tolerance

    Maria-Eirini Pandelia;Vincent Fourmond;Pascale Tron-Infossi;Elisabeth Lojou

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara J. Garrison
Barbara J. Garrison Pennsylvania State University
Paul Rouxhet
Paul Rouxhet Université Catholique de Louvain
Xavier Gonze
Xavier Gonze Université Catholique de Louvain
Bernard Nysten
Bernard Nysten Université Catholique de Louvain
André Laschewsky
André Laschewsky University of Potsdam
Francis Delannay
Francis Delannay Université Catholique de Louvain
Bernard Delmon
Bernard Delmon Université Catholique de Louvain
Alain M. Jonas
Alain M. Jonas Université Catholique de Louvain
Daniel Guay
Daniel Guay Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Roger Legras
Roger Legras Université Catholique de Louvain

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