Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée

Ploumistos Alexandros

2026-03-05T08:21:38Z

Groupe Chimie du Solide
ploumistos.alexandros-AT-polytechnique.edu
Synthesis, elaboration and characterization of (nano)materials.
In situ, ex situ and identical location Transmission Electron Microscopy experiments.
Responsible for the CIMEX electron microscopy platform of the École polytechnique..

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Cucinotta Antonino

2026-03-04T12:08:24Z

Groupe Electrochimie et Couches Minces
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antonino.cucinotta-AT-polytechnique.edu
I specialize in non-covalent and covalent surface functionalization, supramolecular self-assembly on semiconductive substrates at the liquid-solid interface, and surface characterization using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques, including scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) in both air and liquid environments.
During my PhD at KU Leuven (Belgium), I focused (…)

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Nonclassical Nucleation Pathways in Condensation

2026-01-19T08:19:43Z

When vapor nucleates into liquid, the critical droplets break a key assumption of classical nucleation theory (CNT). CNT assumes that critical droplets have the same density as the final liquid—an assumption that leads to prediction on nucleation rate that can be wrong by orders of magnitude. Using state-of-the-art computer simulation strategies designed to capture rare events, we directly observe that the critical droplets are less dense than ordinary liquid. This reveals a nonclassical (…)

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Aamlid Solveig

2026-01-15T16:53:18Z

Groupe Chimie
solveig.aamlid -AT-polytechnique.edu
I am a newly appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Physics Department of Ecole Polytechnique and the Materials for Society (M4S) Interdisciplinary center of Institut Polytechnique de Paris. I completed my PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and her postdoctoral work at the University of British Columbia. My scientific work concerns disordered materials such as high entropy oxides, specifically on the (…)

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New Publication: Classical Electrodynamics (Fundamentals and Applications)

2026-01-15T15:44:14Z

We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Classical Electrodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications, co-authored by Fabian Cadiz (PMC Laboratory, École polytechnique – CNRS) and Arnaud Couairon (Centre de Physique Théorique, École polytechnique – CNRS), and published by Springer in the Undergraduate Texts in Physics series (2025).
This textbook offers a unified treatment of classical electrodynamics, combining mathematical rigor with clear presentations of symmetry and (…)

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Dreyfus Lucas

2025-12-17T10:44:22Z

Groupe Electrochimie et Couches Minces
lucas.dreyfus-AT-polytechnique.edu
Doctorant dans le groupe Electrochimie et Couche Mince encadré par François Ozanam et Michel Rosso, je travail sur les effets mécaniques de l'insertion du lithium dans une électrode négative de silicium amorphe méthylée et borée pour les batteries Li-ion. Ces matériaux proposent une capacité bien supérieure à ce qu'on peut retrouver dans le commerce mais ont comme principal défaut de subir d'importantes variations (…)

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Nguyen Dinh Tien

2025-12-01T13:40:24Z

Groupe Electrons Photons Surfaces
dinh-tien.nguyen-AT-polytechnique.edu
I am a PhD student in the QCMX group at the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, École Polytechnique.
Under the supervision of Joël Griesmar, I study the implementation of protected qubits using nearly transparent Josephson junctions. Currently, quantum information can be encoded in the number of Cooper pairs that have tunneled through a Josephson junction, a process similar to noisy tunneling events that (…)

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Electrochemistry under infrared virbrational plasmonic excitations

Rosso Michel — 2025-11-24T13:20:38Z

Contact : Fouad Maroun Participants : Fouad Maroun, François Ozanam, Alistair Rowe
Collaboration : EPS team, PMC laboratory Financial support: ANR ECvibraPlas
One of the new research topics of the ECM team is to study the influence of a plasmonic infrared vibrational excitation on electrochemical reactions. Recently, it was demonstrated that a chemical reaction is modified when performed in an optical cavity tuned to one of the vibration energies of the molecules along the reaction (…)

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Internships, theses, jobs

Rosso Michel — 2025-11-24T11:18:22Z

Post-doc proposal:
Organic monolayers for ISFET sensors
Thesis proposal:
MOF (Metal Organic Framework) thin films for pollutant capture / degradation
Research Program for International Talents: Research Topic Proposal
MOF thin layers
Internship proposals:
– Organic monolayers as thin dielectric layers for ISFET sensors
– Quorum sensing inhibition of bacteria to fight biofilm formation on materials
– MOF thin film synthesis by direct growth on surfaces
– Plasma activation (…)

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Smirr Jean-Loup

2025-10-16T16:49:31Z

Groupe Electrons Photons Surfaces
jean-loup.smirr-AT-polytechnique.edu

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