BROCHARD Sandrine

Professeur des universités

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

 

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

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.045201