Franois Devreux

 

Directeur de Recherche au CNRS

Laboratoire de Physique de la Matire CondensŽe

UnitŽ de Recherche 7643 du CNRS et de l'Ecole Polytechnique

 

Adresse : Laboratoire PMC, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France

Courriel : francois.devreux@polytechnique.fr

 

  • NŽ ˆ Paris en 1948
  • Doctorat es-Sciences Physiques, Grenoble, 1979
  • Chercheur au DŽpartement de Recherche Fondamentale, Centre d'Etudes NuclŽaires de Grenoble (1972-1987)
  • Chercheur au Laboratoire de Physique de la Matire CondensŽe, Ecole Polytechnique (depuis 1987)

 

 

 

 

English / Franais

 

 

 

 

Thmes de recherche

ThŽorie de la relaxation nuclŽaire

MagnŽtisme ˆ basse dimension (1972 - 1987)

Conducteurs unidimensionnels (1973 -1982)

Polymres conducteurs (1979 - 1988)

Gels et aŽrogels inorganiques (1987 - 1998)

Corrosion des verres (depuis 1997)

Transport ˆ l'Žchelle nanomŽtrique ( depuis 2008)

 

 

Enseignement

Professeur chargŽ de cours ˆ l'Ecole Polytechnique (1993-2005)

Coordinateur des Projets Scientifiques Collectifs de Physique des Žlves de l'Ecole Polytechnique (depuis 2007)

Correcteur au Concours d'EntrŽe ˆ l'Ecole Polytechnique (depuis 2008)

 

Prix et Distinctions

MŽdaille de bronze du CNRS (1979)

Prix Ivan Peyches de lÕAcadŽmie des Sciences (1992)

Palmes acadŽmiques (2005)

 

 

Selected Publications

 

Nuclear relaxation theory

Temps de relaxation nuclŽaire T1D et T1r en prŽsence de mouvement de spins Žlectroniques

F. Devreux, J.P. Boucher et M. Nechtschein, J. Physique, 35, 271 (1974)

Nuclear relaxation in one-dimensional Hubbard systems

F. Devreux, Phys. Rev. B, 13, 4651 (1976)

Effect of delocalization on one-dimensional spin dynamics

F. Devreux, Phys. Rev. B, 25, 6609 (1982)

Non-exponentiality and thermal variation of nuclear relaxation in glasses

F. Devreux and L. Malier, Phys. Rev. B, 51, 11344 (1995)

 

Low-dimensional magnetism

Diffusive solitons in impure Sine-Gordon chains: experimental evidence in TMMC

J.P. Boucher, H. Benner, F. Devreux et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 48, 431 (1982)

Solitons in Ising-like quantum spin chains in a magnetic field: a second-quantization approach

F. Devreux and J.P. Boucher, J. Physique, 48, 1663 (1987)

 

Low-dimensional conductors

Nuclear relaxation and spin dynamics in NMP TCNQ

F. Devreux, M. Guglielmi and M. Nechtschein, J. Physique, 39, 541 (1978)

Electron-proton couplings and local susceptibilities in TTF and TCNQ salts

F. Devreux, C. Jeandey, M. Nechtschein, M. Favre and L. Giral, J. Physique, 40, 671 (1979)

Charge transport in the organic conductor Qn TCNQ2

F. Devreux, M. Nechtschein and G. Gruner, Phys. Rev. Lett., 45, 53 (1980)

93Nb NMR study of NbSe3

F. Devreux, J. Physique, 43, 1489 (1982)

 

Inorganic gels and aerogels

Self similarity of alumino-silicates aerogels

F. Chaput, J.P. Boilot, A. Dauger, F. Devreux and A. de Geyer, J. of Non-Cryst. Solids, 116, 133 (1990)

Sol-gel condensation of rapidly hydrolyzed alkoxydes: a joint 29Si NMR and SAXS study

F. Devreux, J.P. Boilot, F. Chaput and A. Lecomte, Phys. Rev A, 41, 6901 (1990)

NMR determination of the fractal dimension in silica aerogels

F. Devreux, J.P. Boilot, F. Chaput and B. Sapoval, Phys. Rev. Lett., 65, 614 (1990)

Cross-over from scalar to vectorial percolation in silica gelation

F. Devreux, J.P. Boilot, F. Chaput, L. Malier and M.A.V. Axelos, Phys. Rev. E, 47, 2689 (1993)

 

Conducting polymers

One-dimensional spin diffusion in polyacetylene, (CH)x

M. Nechtschein, F. Devreux, R.L. Greene, T.C. Clarke and G.B. Street, Phys. Rev. Lett., 44, 356 (1980)

Magnetic resonance studies in undoped trans-polyacetylene (I)

K. Holczer, J.P. Boucher, F. Devreux and M. Nechtschein, Phys. Rev. B, 23, 1051 (1981)

Magnetic resonance studies in undoped trans-polyacetylene (II)

M. Nechtschein, F. Devreux, F. Genoud, M. Guglielmi and K. Holczer, Phys. Rev. B, 27, 61 (1983)

Solid State 13C NMR in conducting polymers

F. Devreux, G. Bidan, A.A. Syed and C. Tsintavis, J. Physique, 46, 1595 (1985)

Transport and magnetic resonance studies of polyaniline

J.P. Travers, J. Chroboczek, F. Devreux et al., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 121, 195 (1985)

Polarons, bipolarons and charge interactions in polypyrrole: physical and electrochemical approaches

M. Nechtschein, F. Devreux, F. Genoud, E. Veil, J.M. Pernaud and E. Genis, Synth. Metals, 15, 59 (1986)

Statistical mechanics of a chain of polarons and bipolarons

F. Devreux, Europhys. Lett., 1, 233 (1986)

Statistical mechanics of localized states in conducting polymers

F. Devreux, Synth. Metals, 17, 129 (1987)

NMR evidence for anomalous diffusion in a conducting polymer

F. Devreux and H. Lecavelier, Phys. Rev. Lett., 59, 2585 (1987)

 

Corrosion of glasses

A simplified model for glass dissolution in water

F. Devreux, P. Barboux, M. Filoche and B. Sapoval, J. Mater. Sci., 36, 1331 (2001)

Leaching of borosilicates glasses: I. Experiments

A. Ledieu, F. Devreux, P. Barboux, L. Sicard and O. Spalla, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 343, 3-12 (2004)

Leaching of borosilicates glasses: II. Model and Monte-Carlo simulations

F. Devreux, A. Ledieu, P. Barboux and Y. Minet, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 343, 13-25 (2004)

On the effect of glass composition on the dissolution of glasses by water

C. Cailleteau, C. Weigel, A. Ledieu, P. Barboux and F. Devreux, J. Non Cryst. solids, 354, 117-123 (2008)

Insight into silicate glass corrosion

C. Cailleteau, F. Angeli, F. Devreux, S. Gin, J. Jestin, P. Jollivet and O. Spalla, Nature Mater., 7, 978-983 (2008)

Evidence for a threshold in the biosolubility of aluminosilicate vitreous fibers

F. Devreux, C. Cailleteau and P. Barboux, J. Mater. Sci., 45, 11154-1159 (2010)

Why do certain glasses with a high disolution rate undergo a low degree of corrosion?

C. Cailleteau, F. Devreux, O. Spalla, F. Angeli and S. Gin, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 5846-5855 (2011)