2026 Sylvain Deville: 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	47	10978	10606	332	319	139	14232

Sylvain Deville publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sylvain Deville sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 139 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Sylvain Deville D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sylvain Deville is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials within these broader domains.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Ceramics and Composites. Their research topics encompass Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Advanced ceramic materials synthesis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, and Reproductive Biology and Fertility.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sylvain Deville include the following publications:

Ice-templated porous tungsten and tungsten carbide inspired by natural wood, 2020, Journal of Material Science and Technology
Determination of interface fracture properties by micro- and macro-scale experiments in nacre-like alumina, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Solute strongly impacts freezing under confinement, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
Nacre-like alumina composites reinforced by zirconia particles, 2021, Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Interface failure in nacre-like alumina, 2020, Journal of the European Ceramic Society

They frequently publish in the following scientific venues:

Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Materialia
arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Material Science and Technology

Sylvain Deville collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

Sylvain Meille
Hassan Saad
Thierry Douillard
Cécile Monteux
Francisco M. Fernandes

Best Publications

Freezing as a path to build complex composites.

Sylvain Deville;Eduardo Saiz;Ravi K. Nalla;Antoni P. Tomsia

2141
Citations
Freeze-Casting of Porous Ceramics: A Review of Current Achievements and Issues

Sylvain Deville

1135
Citations
Freeze casting of hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

Sylvain Deville;Eduardo Saiz;Antoni P. Tomsia

1046
Citations
Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

Florian Bouville;Florian Bouville;Eric Maire;Sylvain Meille;Bertrand Van de Moortèle

984
Citations
Ice-templated porous alumina structures

Sylvain Deville;Eduardo Saiz;Antoni P. Tomsia

886
Citations
Low-Temperature Degradation of Zirconia and Implications for Biomedical Implants

Jérôme Chevalier;Laurent Gremillard;Sylvain Deville

858
Citations
Critical effect of cubic phase on aging in 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics for hip replacement prosthesis

Jérôme Chevalier;Sylvain Deville;Etienne Münch;Romain Jullian

534
Citations
Influence of surface finish and residual stresses on the ageing sensitivity of biomedical grade zirconia

Sylvain Deville;Jérôme Chevalier;Laurent Gremillard

414
Citations
Ice-templating, freeze casting: Beyond materials processing

Sylvain Deville

381
Citations
Freeze-Casting of Porous Biomaterials: Structure, Properties and Opportunities

Sylvain Deville

367
Citations
Architectural Control of Freeze-Cast Ceramics Through Additives and Templating

Etienne Munch;Eduardo Saiz;Antoni P. Tomsia;Sylvain Deville

333
Citations
A critical comparison of methods for the determination of the aging sensitivity in biomedical grade yttria-stabilized zirconia

Sylvain Deville;Laurent Gremillard;Jérôme Chevalier;Gilbert Fantozzi

271
Citations
Metastable and unstable cellular solidification of colloidal suspensions

Sylvain Deville;Eric Maire;Guillaume Bernard-Granger;Audrey Lasalle

249
Citations
Low-temperature ageing of zirconia-toughened alumina ceramics and its implication in biomedical implants

Sylvain Deville;Jérôme Chevalier;Gilbert Fantozzi;José F Bartolomé

245
Citations
In situ X-ray radiography and tomography observations of the solidification of aqueous alumina particle suspensions. Part I: Initial instants

Sylvain Deville;Eric Maire;Audrey Lasalle;Agnès Bogner

170
Citations
Fabrication and in vitro characterization of three-dimensional organic/inorganic scaffolds by robocasting.

Julie Russias;Eduardo Saiz;Sylvain Deville;Karol Gryn

161
Citations
Modeling the aging kinetics of zirconia ceramics

Laurent Gremillard;Jérôme Chevalier;Thierry Epicier;Sylvain Deville

158
Citations
Freezing Colloids: Observations, Principles, Control, and Use

Sylvain Deville

143
Citations
Influence of Particle Size on Ice Nucleation and Growth During the Ice‐Templating Process

Sylvain Deville;Eric Maire;Audrey Lasalle;Agnes Bogner

136
Citations
Polyproline as a Minimal Antifreeze Protein Mimic That Enhances the Cryopreservation of Cell Monolayers

Ben Graham;Trisha L. Bailey;Joseph R. J. Healey;Moreno Marcellini

132
Citations
In Situ X-Ray Radiography and Tomography Observations of the Solidification of Alumina Particles Suspensions. Part I: Initial Instants

Sylvain Deville;Eric Maire;Audrey Lasalle;Agnès Bogner

70
Citations