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1972-2021

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1 - Electrons AUGER émis par bombardement ionique

C.R. Acad. Sci. 5, 7, (1971).

L. Viel, C. Benazeth, B. Fagot, F. Louchet and N. Colombié


 2 - Secondary electron spectra of some solid targets under ionic bombardment.

Rad. Effects, Vol. 4 (1972).

F. Louchet, L. Viel, C. Benazeth, B. Fagot and N. Colombié


 3 - Dislocations substructures in the anomalous slip plane of Niobium strained a 50 K.

Acta Metall., Vol. 23 (1975).

F. Louchet, L. P. Kubin


 4 - Formation of helical dislocations in pure Niobium single crystals under electron irradiation.

Rad. Effects, 26, 67 (1975).

F. Louchet, L.P. Kubin


 5 - A possible explanation for the anomalous slip of BCC metals from "in situ" experiments.

Scripta Metall. (1975).

F. Louchet, L.P. Kubin


 6 - Description of low temperature interstitial hardening of the BCC lattice from "in situ" experiments. Phil. Mag. A38, n02, 205 (1978).

L.P. Kubin, F. Louchet


 7 - Analysis of softening in the Fe-C system from "in situ" and conventional tensile experiments. -I- "In situ" experiments.

Acta Met., 27, 337 (1979).

L.P. Kubin, F. Louchet


 8 - Analysis of softening in the Fe-C system from "in situ" and conventional tensile experiments. -II- Conventional experiments.

Acta Met., 27, 343 (1979).

L.P. Kubin, F. Louchet, J.P. Peyrade, P. Groh, J.P. Cottu


 9 - "In situ" deformation of BCC crystals at low temperatures by HVEM. Dislocation mechanisms and rate equation.

Phil. Mag., A 39, nø 4, 433-454 (1979).

F. Louchet, L.P. Kubin, D. Vesely


10 - Dislocation processes in BCC metals.

 Phys. Stat. Sol., (a), 56, 169 (1979).

F. Louchet, L.P. Kubin


11 - Thermally activated dislocation sources in Silicon.

Journal of Physics C, 13, L847 (1980).

F. Louchet


12 - On the mobility of dislocations in Silicon by "in situ" straining in a high voltage electron microscope

Phil. Mag. A43, n° 5, 1289 (1981)

F. Louchet


13 - On the structure of multiple Frank loops in quenched aluminum-silicon alloys.

Acta Metall., 29, 383 (1981).

M. Fnaiech, F. Louchet, B. Jouffrey


14 - Preparation of Lithium thin foils for T.E.M. observations.

J. Microsc. Spectr. Electr., 6, 48 (1981).

L. Bernard, F. Louchet, L.P. Kubin


15 - TEM analysis of Square-shaped dislocation configurations in the g' phase of a Ni-based superalloy

Acta Metall. 34, 8, 1681-1685 (1986)

F. Louchet, M. Ignat


16 - Dislocation cores in semiconductors : from the "shuffle or glide" dispute to the "glide and shuffle" partnership.

Article de mise au point. Revue de Physique Appliquée 22, 207-219 (1987).

F. Louchet, J. Thibault-Desseaux


17 - Experimental (TEM and STEM) investigation and theoretical approach to the fatigue-induced dissolution of delta prime precipitates in a 2.5 wt% AlLi alloy.

Phil. Mag. A 56, 3, 353-366 (1987).

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, C. Marchionni, J.L. Verger-Gaugry


18 - Investigation of dislocation mobilities in Germanium in the low temperature range by in situ straining experiments.

Phil. Mag. A 57, 2, 327-335 (1988).

F. Louchet, D. Cochet-Muchy, Y. Bréchet, J. Pélissier


19 - Microscopie électronique à transmission : transmission conventionnelle et balayage en transmission.

Revue Technique de l'Ingénieur (1988).

F. Louchet, J.L. Verger-Gaugry, J. Thibault-Desseaux, P. Guyot


20 - On the stability of Orowan loops around coherent spherical ordered precipitates.

Acta Met., 37, n° 9, 2429 (1989).

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet


21 - The reduction of dislocation density in GaAs by In doping : a specific interaction of In with the cores of 30° partial dislocations.

J. Phys., 49, 1219 (1988).

F. Louchet


22 - Fatigue of Al-Li alloys : mechanical properties, microstructure (TEM and STEM) characterization and strain localization.

J. Mat. Sci., 25, 3053-3060 (1990).

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, T. Magnin


23 - Compression creep of <110> oriented single crystals of Ni-base superalloy CMSX-2.

Acta Metall. Mater., 38, nø 4, 663-670 (1990).

J. Courbon, M. Ignat, F. Louchet


24 - Precipitation hardening and strain localization : instabilities induced by geometrical shearing or by chemical reversion.

J. of the Mech. Behaviour of Metals, 2, n° 3-4, 335-351 (1990).

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet


25 - Analysis of in situ shearing mechanisms of the g' phase in a Ni-base superalloy at 1120 K.

Phil. Mag. Letters, 63, 2, 73-78 (1991).

J. Courbon, F. Louchet, M. Ignat, J. Pélissier, P. Debrenne


26 - Microstructure and mechanical properties of a 2091 alloy. -I- Microstructure investigated by SAXS and TEM.

Acta Metall. Mater. 40, n°4, 847-855 (1992)

Ph. Gomiéro, F. Livet, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet


27 - Microstructure and mechanical properties of a 2091 alloy. -II- Mechanical properties : yield stress and work hardening.

Acta Metall. Mater. 40, n°4, 857-861 (1992)

Ph. Gomiéro, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, A. Tourabi, B. Wack


28 - Microstructure and mechanical properties of a 2091 alloys. -III- Quantitative analysis of Portevin le Chatelier instabilities and relation to toughness in Al-Li, AlCu Mg and AlLiCuMg (2091) alloys.

Acta Metall. Mater. 40, n°4, 863-871 (1992)

Ph. Gomiéro, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, A. Tourabi, B. Wack


29 - Plastic instabilities in Al-Li alloys.

Non Linear Phenomena in Materials Science. -II- 

L.P. Kubin, G. Martin Eds. Trans. Tech. Publications (1992)

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, Ph. Gomiéro


30 - Physics of toughness : a kinetic approach of the brittle-ductile transition and of the role of plastic instabilities.

Phys. Stat. Sol.(a) vol.131 n°2, juin 1992 (special issue for Prof. P. Haasen's 65th birthday)

F. Louchet, Y. Bréchet


31 - A physical approach of the toughness problem: from thermodynamics to kinetics:

         -I- the homogeneous case.

Acta Metall. Mater. 41, n°3, p. 783-791 (1993).

Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet


32 -  A physical approach of the toughness problem: from thermodynamics to kinetics:

         -II- the heterogeneous case : 

Acta Metall. Mater.41, n°3, p.793-800, (1993).

F. Louchet, Y. Bréchet


33- On the mechanisms of formation of superlattice stacking faults in L12 precipitates embedded in a FCC matrix.

Phys. Stat. Sol.(a), 137, 417 (1993) (special issue for Prof. H. Alexander's 65th birthday).

J. Courbon et F. Louchet


34- Precipitation internal friction peak in AlMgSi

 Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 139, 345 (1993)

S.E. Urreta de Pereyra, A.A. Ghilarducci, F. Louchet


35- The local pinning-unzipping model: a statistical theory for stress anomalies in L10 intermetallics.

Scripta Met. 31, n°4, p.369-374, July 1994

F. Louchet and B. Viguier


36- A model for dislocation glide with impurity dragging: application to GaAs 0.2% In,

Philos. Mag. A, 71, n°3, 701-711, 1995.

A. Rakotobe, N. Burle, B. Pichaud and F. Louchet


37 - Modelling the flow stress anomaly in g TiAl. Part I: experimental observations of dislocation mechanisms. Philos. Mag. A 71, 1295, 1995

B. Viguier, K.J. Hemker, J. Bonneville, F. Louchet and J.L. Martin,


38- Modelling the flow stress anomaly in g TiAl. Part II: the Local Pinning-Unzipping model: statistical analysis and consequences. Philos. Mag.A 71, 1313, 1995

F. Louchet et B. Viguier


39- A model for negative creep in Ni based superalloys, Scripta Met., 33, p.  913-918  (1995)

F. Louchet


40- Flow stress anomalies, mobile dislocation exhaustion and strain rate sensitivity

Phil. Mag. A, 72, No 4, p. 905-912 (1995).

F. Louchet


41- High temperature plasticity of two phase alloys: constitutive laws and microstructure evolution

H. Gehanno, M. Véron, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet

(dedicated to F. Kroupa in honour of his 70th birthday)

Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 45, n°11, 1995


42- Dislocation exhaustion and stress anomaly in L12 alloys: the "ELU" model

Journal de Physique III, 5, p.1803-1807, nov. 1995.

F. Louchet


43- Thermal ageing of a Fe Cu alloy: microstructural evolution and precipitation hardening.

Phil. Mag. A, 73, n° 4, 883-897(1996).

M. Charleux, F. Livet, F. Bley, F. Louchet and Y. Bréchet


44- Directional coarsening of Ni-based superalloys: computer simulation at a mesoscopic level

M. Véron, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet

Acta Mater., 44, n°9, pp. 3633-3641 (1996).


45- Internal stresses in an Austenoferritic stainless steel

B. Verhaeghe, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, J.P. Massoud, D. Touzeau

Physica Status Solidi (a) 153, 47 (1996)


46- Strain-induced directional coarsening in Ni-based superalloys

M. Véron, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet

Scripta Mater., 34, #12, 1883 (1996).


47- A note on the deformation behaviour of two dimensional model cellular structures

O. Prakash, P. Bichebois, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet, J.D. Embury

Phil. Mag. A, 73, n° 3, 739-751 (1996)


48- Choix et Usage des Matériaux.

Techniques de l'Ingénieur, "Conception des Produits Industriels", T5-100, pp. 1-23, and doc. T5-100, pp.1-5, 1996.

Y. Bréchet, M.F. Ashby, M. Dupeux, F. Louchet


49- La sélection des materiaux et des procédés: I- Complexité et richesse du choix.

"Matériaux et Techniques", 1996

Y. Bréchet, M.F. Ashby, M. Dupeux and F. Louchet


50- Damage and Rupture Mechanisms in an Austenoferritic Duplex Steel.

Acta Metall. Mater., 45, #5, 1811-1819 (1997)

B. Verhaeghe, F. Louchet, Y. Bréchet and J.P. Massoud


51- Micromechanisms of Deformation of an Austenoferritic Duplex Stainless Steel

Phil. Mag. A, 76, #5, 1079-1091 (1997)

B. Verhaeghe, F. Louchet, B. Doisneau-Cottignies, Y. Bréchet and J.P. Massoud


52- Cross-diffusional creep and its application to directional coarsening of superalloys

Scripta Mater., 37, #5, p. 589 (1997).

F. Louchet and A. Hazotte


53- "La déformation plastique et les défauts cristallins", Les Aciers Spéciaux, pp. 279 - 334, G. Béranger, G. Henry, G. Labbé, P. Soulignac Eds., Lavoisier Tec Doc, London, Paris, New York 1997

F. Louchet, H. Michaud and L. Roesch


54- Comment on "A simulation of dislocation dynamics and the flow stress anomaly in L12 alloys"

Phil. Mag. A, 77, n°3, p. 761 (1998).

F. Louchet


55- Al-Si alloys as a model system for damage accumulation in composite materials

Phys Stat Sol. (a) 168, 117 (1998)

M. Slamova, Y. Bréchet,  C. Verdu, R. Fougères and F. Louchet


56- New Trends in Directional Coarsening under Stress in Superalloys

Article de mise au point, Revue de Métallurgie, no12, 1481, décembre 1998.

F. Louchet, M. Véron,Y. Bréchet, A. Hazotte, J.Y. Buffière, P. Bastie, A. Royer


57- Microstructure and fracture mechanisms in Al Zn Mg based alloys: experimental investigation of ductility anisotropy,  Mat. Sci. Eng., (1999).

D. Solas, Y. Bréchet, F. Louchet et J.C. Ehrström


58- Modelling Strength Anomalies in Crystalline Materials

Invited review paper, "Research Signpost" (India), S.G. Pandalai Ed. (1999)

F. Louchet


59- Investigation of vacancy formation by a jogged dissociated dislocation with large-scale molecular dynamics and dislocation energetics.

Acta Mater. 47, no9, 2695 (1999)

S. J. Zhou, D. L. Preston and F. Louchet

                                                                                                                                                 

60- Crack generation and avoidance during the growth of sapphire domes from an element of shape

Journal of Crystal Growth (1999)

F. Théodore, Th. Duffar, J.L. Santailler, J. Pesenti, M. Keller, P. Dusserre, F. Louchet, V. Kurlov.


61- Specific dislocation multiplication mechanisms and mechanical properties in nanoscaled multilayers: the example of pearlite.

Phil. Mag. A 80, no7, 1605-1619 (2000)

M. Janecek, F. Louchet, B. Doisneau-Cottignies, Y. Bréchet, N. Guelton


62- Ordinary dislocations in  g-TiAl: cusp unzipping, jog dragging and stress anomaly.

Phil. Mag. A 80, no4, 765-779 (2000)

F. Louchet and B. Viguier


63- Intermetallics: Anomalous yielding

Invited contribution to the Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Elsevier Science Ltd., p. 4158-4165 (2001)

F. Louchet


64- Yield Strength Anomaly in B2-Ordered FeAl Alloys: Role of Boron.

Scripta Materialia 43, 69-75 (2000)

O. Calonne, A. Fraczkiewicz and F. Louchet


65- A simple model for dry snow slab avalanche triggering

F. Louchet

Comptes Rendus à l'Académie des Sciences, 330, 821-827 (2000)


66- On the Hall-Petch law breakdown in nanocrystalline materials. J. of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials (www.scientific.net), vol. 7, p. 55-63 (2000)

François Louchet and Harriet Kung


67- Fracture behaviour of an Al-Mg-Si industrial alloy.

Materials Science and Engineering A302, 300-307 (2001)

S.E. Urreta, F. Louchet, A.A. Ghilarducci.


68- Creep instability of the weak layer and natural slab avalanche triggerings.

Cold Regions Science and Technology, 33, 141-146 (2001)

F. Louchet


69- Creep of polycrystalline Uranium dioxide: from microscopic mechanisms to macroscopic behaviour

Acta Mater. 50, 1495-1505 (2002)

F. Dherbey , F. Louchet, A. Mocellin et S. Leclercq


70- In situ electron transmission microscopy study of the strength and stability of nanoscaled structural materials. Advanced Engineering Materials, 3, no08, C152 (2001)

F. Louchet, J.J. Blandin, M. Veron


71- What can be learnt from TEM in situ straining experiments?, Kovove Materialy, vol 40, pp. 353-364 (2002)

Milos Janecek, Francois Louchet, Olivier Calonne, and Béatrice Doisneau-Cottignies


72- Comments to the paper: Observation of dislocation dynamics in the electron microscope, by B.W. Lagow et al., Materials Science and Engineering A352, 71-75 (2003).

F. Louchet et H. Saka


73- Dislocations and plasticity in ice

C.R. Physique 5, 687-698 (2004).

F. Louchet


74- A mean-field model for steady state plasticity of ice single crystals

Phil Mag Letters 84, n° 12, p. 797-802, (dec 2004)

F. Louchet


75 - Two-threshold model for scaling laws of non-interacting snow avalanches

Physical Review Letters 93, no 20, 12 nov. 2004

J. Faillettaz , F. Louchet and J-R. Grasso


76- Breakdown of avalanche critical behaviour in polycrystalline plasticity

Nature Materials, vol. 4, 465-469, june 2005

Th. Richeton, J. Weiss et F. Louchet


77- Dislocation avalanches: Role of temperature, grain size and strain hardening.

Acta Mater. 53, 4463-4471 (2005)

T. Richeton, J. Weiss & F. Louchet


78- Seismology of plastic deformation

Scripta Mater. 54, 747-751 (2006)

J. Weiss & F. Louchet


79- A new insight into slab avalanche triggering: a combination of four basic phenomena in series.

The Avalanche Review, Vol. 24, no 3, febr. 2006 (the American Avalanche Association Inc.)

F. Louchet & A. Duclos


80- On the critical character of plasticity in metallic single crystals

Materials Science & Engineering, A424, 190-195 (2006)

T. Richeton, P. Dobron, F. Chmelik, J. Weiss & F. Louchet


81- A pseudopotential density functional theory study of native defects and Boron impurities in FeAl

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 18, 8859-8876 (2006)

C.D. Latham, S. Oberg, P.R. Briddon & F. Louchet


82- Hall-Petch law revisited in terms of collective dislocation dynamics

Phys. Rev. Letters, 97, 075504 (august 2006)

François Louchet, Jérôme Weiss and Thiebaud Richeton


83- Nickel-induced strengthening of FeAl (B2) alloys Intermetallics, 15, p. 85-92 (2007)

D. Colas, A. Fraczkiewicz, F. Louchet


84- Critical character of plasticity from AE experiments in hcp and fcc metals

Richeton, T., Weiss, J., Louchet, F., Dobron, P., Chmelik, F.

Kovove Mater. (metallic materials) 45 (2007), 149-152.


85- Evidence for universal intermittent crystal plasticity from acoustic emission and high resolution extensometry experiments.

J. Weiss, T. Richeton, F. Louchet, F. Chmelik, P. Dobron, D. Entemeyer, M. Lebyodkin, T. Lebedkina, C. Fressengeas & R.J. McDonald.

Phys. Rev. B, 76, 224110 (2007)


86. Rearrangement of dislocation structures in the ageing of ice single crystals.

V. Taupin, T. Richeton, J. Chevy, C. Fressengeas, J. Weiss, F. Louchet and M-C. Miguel

Acta Mater, 56, pp. 1555-1563 (2008)


87. Andrade creep revisited. Special issue Crussard, Int. Journal of Materials Research (former Zeitschrift für Metallkunde) pp. 1433-1439 (2009)

F. Louchet & P. Duval


88. A new type of <001> junction observed in a (B2) Fe-Al-Ni-B alloy by TEM in-situ straining

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 499 (2010) 176–182Anna Fraczkiewicz, Brigitte Decamps, David Colas, Olivier Calonne & François Louchet

89. Creep behaviour of ice single crystals loaded in torsion explained by dislocation cross-slip Chevy, J; Louchet, F; Duval, P; Fivel, M: Philosophical Magazine Letters, 92 (6):262-269; 10.1080/09500839.2012.658447 (2012)

90.  On the role of long-range internal stresses on grain nucleation during dynamic discontinuous recrystallization, Duval, P; Louchet, F; Weiss, J; Montagnat, M: Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 546 207-211; 10.1016/j.msea.2012.03.052 JUN 1 (2012)


91. From mild to wild fluctuations in crystal plasticity

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 105504 (2015)

J. Weiss, W. Ben Rhouma, T. Richeton, S. Deschanel, F. Louchet, L. Truskinowsky


92. A brief theory of epidemic kinetics

F.Louchet

Biology 2020, 9, 134; doi:10.3390/biology9060134

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