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Institut Pprime
Département de Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux
UPR 3346 – CNRS – Université de Poitiers – ISAE-ENSMA
Bâtiment H1 (SP2MI)
11 Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie
Site du Futuroscope
TSA 41123
86073 Poitiers Cedex 9
Research
Elementary plasticity mechanisms, numerical approaches:
Onset of plasticity in nano-objects: thin films, nanowires
Surfaces, interfaces, twinning and plasticity
Atomistic simulations (classical / ab initio) / elasticity
Metals / semi-conductors
Teaching
Physics:
Statistical physics
Quantum mechanics
Computational physics
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Department of Physics web site: http://sfa.univ-poitiers.fr/physique/
Selected publications
- Structural stability of tungsten nanoparticles
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.086001
- First-principles molecular dynamics compression of small metallic nanoparticles
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115863
- Elastic energy and interactions between twin boundaries in nanotwinned gold
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112355
- Atomic scale simulations of {112} symmetric incoherent twin boundaries in gold
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101678
- Twin-interface interactions in nanostructured Cu/Ag: molecular dynamics study
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.10.036
- Onset of plasticity in zirconium in relation with hydrides precipitation
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.05.025
- Onset of ductility and brittleness in silicon nanowires mediated by dislocation nucleation
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0965-0393/23/2/025010
- Numerical simulations and modeling of the stability of noble gas atoms in interaction with vacancies in silicon
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.07.011
- A new parametrization of the Stillinger–Weber potential for an improved description of defects and plasticity of silicon
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/5/055801
- Plasticity in crystalline-amorphous core-shell Si nanowires controlled by native interface defects