Current PhD thesis

• François Housaer, Powder metallurgy synthesis of metal matrix composites. Thesis started in 2011. Other co-advisors: Alexandre Legris, Gang Ji.

Defended PhD thesis

• Zoller Carine, Caractérisation de préformes élaborées par voie sol-gel en vue de réaliser des fibres dopées par des nanoparticules semi-conductrices. Thesis defended in 2007. Other co-advisor: Jacques Crampon.
• Nicolas Nuns, Caractérisation de la charge d'espace aux joints de grains du spinelle MgAI2O4 : influence possible sur la superplasticité. Thesis defended in 2005. Other co-advisor: Jacques Crampon. Present position: Ingénieur de recherches à l'Unite de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide.

Recent communications

10 oral presentation(s). 4 poster(s). Detailled list.

Recent publications

12. M. Touzin, F. Béclin, Fabrication and characterization of composite sol–gel coatings on porous ceramic substrate , Journal of the European Ceramic Society 31 pp. 1661-1667 (2011) [doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.03.002]
11. B. N. S. Bhaktha, C. Kinowski, M. Bouazaoui, B. Capoen, O. Robbe-cristini, F. Beclin, P. Roussel, M. Ferrari, S. Turrell, Controlled Growth of SnO2Nanocrystals in Eu3+-Doped SiO2−SnO2Planar Waveguides: A Spectroscopic Investigation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 pp. 21555-21559 (2009) [doi: 10.1021/jp907764p]
10. S. N. B. Bhaktha, C. Armellini, F. Beclin, M. Bouazaoui, B. Capoen, A. Chiappini, A. Chiasera, M. Ferrari, Y. Jestin, C. Kinowski, E. Moser, D. N. Rao, G. C. Righini, S. Turrell, SiO2-SnO2 glass-ceramic planar waveguides activated by rare earth ions, Proceedings of SPIE 7212 pp. 721207-1 - 721207-7 (2009) [doi: 10.1117/12.808277]
9. A. Mussi, G. Bernard granger, A. Addad, N. Benameur, F. Beclin, A. Bataille, Inversion defects in MgAl2O4 elaborated by pressureless sintering, pressureless sintering plus hot isostatic pressing, and spark plasma sintering, Scripta Materiala 61 pp. 516-519 (2009) [doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.05.011]
8. N. Nuns, F. Béclin, J. Crampon, Grain-Boundary Characterization in a Nonstoichiometric Fine-Grained Magnesium Aluminate Spinel : Effects of Defect Segregation at the Space-Charge Layers, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 92 pp. 870–875 (2009) [doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02901.x]
7. S. N. B. Bhaktha, F. Beclin, M. Bouazaoui, B. Capoen, A. Chiasera, M. Ferrari, C. Kinowski, G. C. Righini, O. Robbe, S. Turrell, Enhanced fluorescence from Eu3+ in low-loss silica glass-ceramic waveguides with high SnO2 content, Applied Physics Letters 93 pp. 11904-1 - 211904-3 (2008) [doi: 10.1063/1.3037224]
6. G. Ehrhart, B. Capoen, O. Robbe, F. Béclin, P. Boy, S. Turrell, M. Bouazaoui, Energy transfer between semiconductor nanoparticles(ZnS or CdS) and Eu3+ ions in sol–gel derived ZrO2 thin films, Optical Materials 30 pp. 1595-1602 (2008) [doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2007.10.004]
5. A. Addad, F. Béclin, J. Crampon, R. Duclos, High temperature deformation of spinelle–zirconia composites: Effect of zirconia content, Ceramics International 33 pp. 1057-1063 (2007) [doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2006.03.008]
4. E. Berrier, C. Zoller, F. Béclin, S. Turrell, M. Bouazaoui, B. Capoen, Microstructures and structural properties of sol-gel silica foams, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 pp. 22799-22807 (2005) [doi: 10.1021/jp053089]
3. B. Capoen, V. Q. Lam, S. Turrell, J. P. Vilcot, F. Béclin, Y. Jestin, M. Bouazaoui, Study of structural and optical properties of InSb-doped SiO2 thin films, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 351 pp. 1819-1824 (2005) [doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.04.023]
2. N. Nuns, F. Béclin, J. Crampon, Space charge characterisation by EDS microanalysis in spinel MgAl2O4”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 25 pp. 2809-2811 (2005) [doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.03.145]
1. M. Lancry, M. Douay, P. Niay, F. Beclin, Y. Menke, D. Milanese, M. Ferraris, B. Poumellec, Self induced gratings in ternary SiO2:SnO2:Na2O bulk glasses by UV light seeding, Optics express 13 pp. 6878-6886 (2005) [doi: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006878 ]