Contact
email: leriche1@seas.upenn.edu
Office: 112 Towne
Education
PhD. in contact mechanics and wear of hard materials “Visualizing, Quantifying, and Understanding Nanowear of Hard Multi-Asperity Contacts”. University of Amsterdam/ Advanced Research Center for NanoLithography (ARCNL).
- Advisor: Dr. Bart Weber
- Promotor: Prof. Dr. Daniel Bonn
Master program: Advanced matter and Energy Physics. University of Amsterdam
B.S: Parcours spéciaux: mathématiques, phisique, chimie. Université Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier
Research and interest
Currently, my research consists of looking at the interplay between surface roughness and change in contact mechanics of interfaces from the nano to the macro-scale. My main research project is on the growth of anti-wear tribofilms. This project reflects on my scientific convictions as it aims to improve the performances and reduce the cost of green energy production.
Publications
1. Hogenelst, T. N., Leriche, C., Troglia, A., Weber, B., Bliem, R. “Pulsed laser deposition of (TaNbHfTiZr)C high-entropy carbide layers with 38 GPa hardness”
Surface and Coatings Technology, 2026, vol. 520, 132976.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.132976
2. Leriche, C., Pedretti, E., Sahin, O., Kang, D., Righi, M. C., Weber, B. “Passivation Species Suppress Atom-by-Atom Wear of Microcrystalline Diamond”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, vol. 17, no. 39, 55511–55520.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c08647
3. Pradhan, A., Müser, M. H., Miller, N., Abdelnabe, J. P., Afferrante, L., Albertini, D., …, Leriche, C., …
“The surface-topography challenge: A multi-laboratory benchmark study to advance the characterization of topography”
Tribology Letters, 2025, vol. 73, no. 3, 110.
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-025-02014-y
4. Troglia, A., Leriche, C., van de Poll, M. L., Morscher, C., ten Brink, G. H., Kooi, B. J., Weber, B., Bliem, R.
“Bridging the gap between high-entropy alloys and metallic glasses: Control over disorder and mechanical properties of coatings”
Materials Today Communications, 2024, vol. 41, 110604.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.110604
5. Leriche, C., Xiao, C., Franklin, S., Weber, B.
“From atomic attrition to mild wear at multi-asperity interfaces: The wear of hard Si₃N₄ repeatedly contacted against soft Si”
Wear, 2023, vol. 528, 204975.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2023.204975
6. Xiao, C., Peng, L., Leriche, C., Hsia, F. C., Weber, B., Franklin, S.
“Capillary adhesion governs the friction behavior of electrochemically corroded polycrystalline diamond”
Carbon, 2023, vol. 205, 345–352.
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.01.050
7. Leriche, C., Franklin, S., Weber, B.
“Measuring multi-asperity wear with nanoscale precision”
Wear, 2022, vol. 498, 204284.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2022.204284