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Yannick Coffinier

Yannick Coffinier

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
44
Citations
5502
World Ranking
12176
National Ranking
379

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
41
Citations
5117
World Ranking
7111
National Ranking
150

Yannick Coffinier publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yannick Coffinier sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Yannick Coffinier D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yannick Coffinier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yannick Coffinier is affiliated with the University of Lille in France. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing notably on biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, conducting polymers and their applications, advanced memory and neural computing, electrochemical analysis and applications, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, neuroscience and neural engineering, as well as neural dynamics and brain function.

Recent publications reflect this breadth of interest and include the following papers:

  • Low impedance and highly transparent microelectrode arrays (MEA) for in vitro neuron electrical activity probing, 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Preparation of boron-doped diamond nanospikes on porous Ti substrate for high-performance supercapacitors, 2020, Electrochimica Acta
  • Bio-inspired adaptive sensing through electropolymerization of organic electrochemical transistors, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • A critical review on surface modifications mitigating dairy fouling, 2021, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Redox-labelled electrochemical aptasensors with nanosupported cancer cells, 2022, Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Coffinier frequently publishes in journals such as SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Electrochimica Acta, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, and Nature Communications.

Collaborations are evident with several recurrent coauthors, including Sébastien Pecqueur, Fabien Alibart, Vincent Thomy, Corentin Scholaert, and Manon Saget.

Best Publications

  • Wettability Switching Techniques on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Nicolas Verplanck;Yannick Coffinier;Vincent Thomy;Rabah Boukherroub

  • Reversible electrowetting on superhydrophobic silicon nanowires.

    Nicolas Verplanck;Elisabeth Galopin;Jean-Christophe Camart;Vincent Thomy

  • Reduction and Functionalization of Graphene Oxide Sheets Using Biomimetic Dopamine Derivatives in One Step

    Izabela Kaminska;Manash R. Das;Yannick Coffinier;Joanna Niedziolka-Jonsson

  • Eco-friendly synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles with different morphologies and their visible light photocatalytic performance for the degradation of Rhodamine B

    Sana Akir;Alexandre Barras;Yannick Coffinier;Mohamed Bououdina

  • MoS2/reduced graphene oxide as active hybrid material for the electrochemical detection of folic acid in human serum.

    Fereshteh Chekin;Fereshteh Chekin;Florina Teodorescu;Yannick Coffinier;Guo-Hui Pan

  • Silicon nanowires coated with silver nanostructures as ultrasensitive interfaces for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

    Elisabeth Galopin;Jacques Barbillat;Yannick Coffinier;Sabine Szunerits

  • Matrix-free laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry on silicon nanowire arrays prepared by chemical etching of crystalline silicon.

    Gaëlle Piret;Hervé Drobecq;Yannick Coffinier;Oleg Melnyk

  • Preparation of superhydrophobic silicon oxide nanowire surfaces.

    Yannick Coffinier;Sébastien Janel;Ahmed Addad;Ralf Blossey

  • Quantitative testing of robustness on superomniphobic surfaces by drop impact.

    Thi Phuong Nhung Nguyen;Philippe Brunet;Yannick Coffinier;Rabah Boukherroub

  • Preparation of boron-doped diamond nanowires and their application for sensitive electrochemical detection of tryptophan

    Sabine Szunerits;Yannick Coffinier;Elisabeth Galopin;Josef Brenner

  • Culture of mammalian cells on patterned superhydrophilic/superhydrophobic silicon nanowire arrays

    Gaëlle Piret;Gaëlle Piret;Elisabeth Galopin;Elisabeth Galopin;Yannick Coffinier;Yannick Coffinier;Rabah Boukherroub;Rabah Boukherroub

  • Cobalt phthalocyanine-supported reduced graphene oxide: A highly efficient catalyst for heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate for rhodamine B and pentachlorophenol degradation

    Cornelia Marinescu;Monaam Ben Ali;Monaam Ben Ali;Abderrahmane Hamdi;Yacine Cherifi

  • Engineering sticky superomniphobic surfaces on transparent and flexible PDMS substrate.

    Renaud Dufour;Maxime Harnois;Yannick Coffinier;Vincent Thomy

  • EWOD driven cleaning of bioparticles on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces

    M. Jönsson-Niedziolka;M. Jönsson-Niedziolka;F. Lapierre;Y. Coffinier;S.J. Parry

  • Extreme resistance of super-hydrophobic surfaces to impalement: reversible electrowetting related to the impacting/bouncing drop test

    P. Brunet;F. Lapierre;V. Thomy;Y. Coffinier

  • Extreme resistance of superhydrophobic surfaces to impalement: reversible electrowetting related to the impacting/bouncing drop test.

    P. Brunet;F. Lapierre;V. Thomy;Y. Coffinier

  • The antimicrobial effect of silicon nanowires decorated with silver and copper nanoparticles.

    Ouarda Fellahi;Rupak K Sarma;Manash R Das;Ratul Saikia

  • Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Combed Double-Stranded DNA Bundles

    Samar Najjar;David Talaga;Léonard Schué;Yannick Coffinier

  • High sensitive matrix-free mass spectrometry analysis of peptides using silicon nanowires-based digital microfluidic device

    Florian Lapierre;Gaëlle Piret;Hervé Drobecq;Oleg Melnyk

  • Facile synthesis of carbon-ZnO nanocomposite with enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance

    Sana Akir;Sana Akir;Abderrahmane Hamdi;Abderrahmane Hamdi;Ahmed Addad;Yannick Coffinier

  • Biomolecule and nanoparticle transfer on patterned and heterogeneously wetted superhydrophobic silicon nanowire surfaces.

    Gaëlle Piret;Yannick Coffinier;Clément Roux;Oleg Melnyk

  • Diamond nanowires for highly sensitive matrix-free mass spectrometry analysis of small molecules

    Yannick Coffinier;Yannick Coffinier;Sabine Szunerits;Sabine Szunerits;Hervé Drobecq;Oleg Melnyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Rabah Boukherroub
Rabah Boukherroub University of Lille
Sabine Szunerits
Sabine Szunerits University of Lille
Alexandre Barras
Alexandre Barras University of Lille
Ahmed Addad
Ahmed Addad University of Lille
Manash R. Das
Manash R. Das North East Institute of Science and Technology
Ken Haenen
Ken Haenen Hasselt University
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos University of British Columbia
Edmond Payen
Edmond Payen University of Lille
Léon Gengembre
Léon Gengembre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sreekumar Kurungot
Sreekumar Kurungot National Chemical Laboratory

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