Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée

Groupe Electrochimie et Couches Minces

CNRS senior researcher


catherine.henry-de-villeneuve-AT-polytechnique.edu
+33 (0)1 69 33 46 64

Research areas

Surface functionalization 
 • Monolayer grafting on silicium
 • Molecular interaction and organization on surfaces
Functional thin layers on silicon
 • Photoswitchable organic monolayers
 • MOF (Metal Organic Framework) layers =>
 • Lipid based dielectric thin layers for FET chemical sensors
Chemical sensors 
Silicon anodes for Li ion batteries =>

Skills

Surface chemistry in solution, silicon surface chemical engineering, heterogeneous growth
Scanning Probe Microscopies (AFM), Optical spectroscopies (ATR-FTIR in-situ, Raman), XRay diffraction (XRD), Electron microscopy (SEM), electrochemistry.

Professional career

• Since 2003
CNRS permanent researcher at laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC) at Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
• 1993 - 2003
CNRS permanent researcher at laboratoire des Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques (LISE) at Université Pierre & Marie Curie.
• 1991 – 1993
Teaching and research assistant at Ecole Centrale de Lyon.

Other professional activities

• Since 2023
Gender parity and equality referent, member of gender parity and equality CNRS Physique network
• Since 2019
Elected member of the laboratory council
• 2017 - 2021
Correspondent of the research network DIM RESPORE
• 2013 - 2018
Member of one network steering committee of the research network LabEx CHARM3AT
• 2010 – 2013
Teaching (experimental training) for Master 2 students, Nanosciences International track at Paris-Sud Saclay university.

Recent publications

• Growth of Fe-BDC Metal Organic Frameworks onto functionalized Si (111) surfaces, H. Yuan, W. Fu, N. Soulmi, C. Serre, N. Steunou, M. Rosso, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, Chemistry - An Asian Journal 17 (2022) e202200129.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202200129
• Affinity driven ion exchange EG-OFET sensor for high selectivity and low limit of detection of Cesium in seawater, T.P. Nuy, V. Kilinc, R. Hayakawa, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, J.-M. Raimundo, Y. Wakayama, A. Charrier, Sensors & Actuators B : Chemical 351 (2022) 130956.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.130956
• Controlling homogeneity of the first lithiation in methylated amorphous silicon, Y. Feng, A. Cheriet, M. Panagopoulou, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, M. Rosso, F. Ozanam, Electrochimica Acta 403 (2022) 139655.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202200129
• ToF-SIMS Li depth profiling of pure and methylated amorphous silicon electrodes after their partial lithiation, Y. Feng, B. M. Koo, A. Seyeux, J. Światowska, C. Henry de Villeneuve, M. Rosso, F. Ozanam, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14 (2022) 35716-35725.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c08203
• Influence of Light Polarization on Photoswitching of Fulgimide Monolayers on Surfaces, S. Klaes, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, F. Ozanam, C. Barta, K. Rueck-Braun, R. Métivier, P. Allongue, J. Phys. Chem. C (2019) 123, 19, 12223-12233.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00836S
• Lithiation of pure and methylated amorphous silicon : Monitoring by operando optical microscopy and ex situ atomic force microscopy, Y. Feng, T.-D.-T. Ngo, M. Panagopoulou, A. Cheriet, B.-M. Koo, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, M. Rosso, F. Ozanam, Electrochimica Acta 302 (2019) 249-258.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.02.016
• Structure of Mixed Acid/Decyl Monolayers Grafted on Oxide-Free Si(111) Surfaces, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, T.-L. Nguyen-Le, F. Ozanam, P. Allongue, Langmuir (2019) 35, 7, 2547-2553.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03746
• Novel and innovative interface as potential active layer in Chem-FET sensor devices for the specific sensing of Cs2+, V. Kilinc, C. Henry-de-Villeneuve, T. P. Nguy, Y. Wakayama, A. Charrier, J.-M. Raimundo, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18188
• Active Acetylcholinesterase Immobilization on a Functionalized Silicon Surface, K. Khaldi, S. Sam, A. C. Gouget-Laemmel, C. Henry de Villeneuve, A. Moraillon, F. Ozanam, J. Yang, A. Kermad, N. Ghellai, N. Gabouze, Langmuir (2015) 31, 8421-8428.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01928
• Poly(dimethylsiloxane) as a pre-coating in layer-by-layer films containing phosphotungstate nanoclusters electrochemically sensitive toward s-triazines, A. L. Souza, G. Tremiliosi-Filho, L. T. Kubota, R. K. Mendes, A. M. B. do Rego, O. N. Oliveira, C. Henry de Villeneuve, J. N. Chazalviel, P. Allongue, F. Ozanam, and U. P. Rodrigues, Rsc. Advances (2014) 4, 29612.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ra01468e
• Methylated silicon : A longer cycle-life material for Li-ion batteries,
L. Touahir, A. Cheriet, D. Alves Dalla Corte, J.-N. Chazalviel, C. Henry de Villeneuve, F. Ozanam, I. Solomon, A. Keffous, N. Gabouze, M. Rosso, J. Power Sources (2013) 240, 551-557.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.04.089
• Thermal decomposition of alkoxy monolayers on silicon : a mechanistic model, D. Dusciac, C. Henry de Villeneuve, P. Allongue, F. Ozanam, J.-N. Chazalviel, Surface Science (2013) 609, 230-235.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2012.12.008
• Quantitative IR Readout of Fulgimide Monolayer Switching on Si(111) Surfaces, C. Henry de Villeneuve, F. Michalik, J.-N. Chazalviel, K. Rück-Braun, P. Allongue, Adv. Mater. (2013) 25, 416-421.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201201546