Séminaire Joël Bellessa

Joël Bellessa (Institut Lumière Matière, CNRS-Université Lyon 1)

La proximité de nanostructures ou de films métalliques avec des semi-conducteurs affecte considérablement leurs propriétés, en particulier optiques. Nous décrirons, dans un premier temps, le couplage fort lumière-matière entre des semi-conducteurs organiques (molécules de type J-agrégat) et un mode de plasmon de surface. Nous discuterons en particulier des effets collectifs entre différentes molécules, induits par l’hybridation lumière-matière. En structurant le matériau à l’échelle de l’extension des modes cohérents, nous montrerons qu’il est possible de créer un type original de métasurface active polaritonique, ainsi qu’un transfert d’énergie efficace. Dans un deuxième temps, nous aborderons des structures comprenant des métaux et des semi-conducteurs inorganiques (arséniure de gallium). Les potentialités applicatives de ces structures pour la réalisation de lasers de surface seront décrites.

Séminaire du Prof. Ryo Nakayama

Orateur : Prof Ryo Nakayama, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Résumé :

Thin-film model systems offer a powerful platform for studying interfacial phenomena in solid-state lithium batteries and complex hydride electrolytes.  At the Li₃PO₄/LiCo₀.₅Mn₁.₅O₄ interface in a thin-film lithium batteries, the resistance increases above 5 V vs Li/Li+ due to interfacial layer formation but relaxes over time, indicating reversible behavior.  Epitaxial NaBH₄ thin films have been successfully fabricated via infrared pulsed-laser deposition, allowing control over growth orientation which is useful for interface study. These findings highlight the effectiveness of thin films in elucidating interface properties and advancing solid-state energy materials.

Contact: Pierre RABU : pierre.rabu@ipcms.unistra.fr

Seminaire du Pr. Chihaya Adachi, CNRS fellow-ambassador

Orateur : Prof. Chihaya Adachi

Chihaya Adachi is a professor at Kyushu University in Japan and director of the Photonics and Organic Electronics Research Centre (OPERA). His activities focus on the chemistry, physics and implementation of organic semiconductor materials for applications in photonics and organic electronics. In particular, it is behind the development of the third generation of light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) organic materials. Cultivating close links with industry, Chihaya Adachi has co-founded two start-ups: Kyulux, in 2014, for the development and commercialisation of new materials for the OLED market; and Koala Tech, in 2019, for the development of purely organic laser materials and devices. Finally, he has developed numerous international collaborations, particularly with France. In 2023, the CNRS launched the IRP LUX-ERIT, which brings together the OPERA laboratory and four French laboratories, including the Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), the Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV), the Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers (LPL) and the Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), which is currently coordinating the project on the French side.

To meet C. Adachi, please contact: stephane.mery@ipcms.unistra.fr

Séminaire DMO présenté par : OLivier MAURY

Olivier Maury (ENS, https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/olivier.maury/)

Old polymethine dyes, discovered in the middle of the XIXth century for photography application, continue to hold a real fascination in the scientific community owing to their unique spectroscopic properties. In the last decade, these dyes found a renewal of interest for near-infrared (NIR) applications in biological imaging or for the design of advanced photonic materials (laser dyes, nonlinear optics…). Generally speaking, polymethine dyes are charged compounds where the positive (resp. negative) charge is delocalized between two electron-donating (resp. withdrawing) groups via an odd number of sp2 carbon atoms. In spite of their wide range of use, the complete rationalization of their very particular photophysical properties remains a matter of debate from both experimental and theoretical points of view. 

Séminaire AXE 1 – Sciences et Matériaux Quantiquesprésenté par : Alexina Ollier

Speaker: Alexina Ollier, Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, South Korea

Here, we report on imaging the spin texture of triple-Q magnetic order of Co1/3TaS2. The sample
was measured with a low temperature STM (T=6K) under ultra-high vacuum with normal
and spin-polarized tips. The STM images with the normal tip show the triangular lattice of the
sample. The spin-polarized (SP) tip shows an additional symmetry related to the triple-Q
ordering. In addition to that, the SP STM images revealed different spin textures with respect
to the tip-spin orientation. The analysis suggests the presence of a phase difference between the
tip and the triple-Q ordering of the sample. This work gives a new insight into the exploration of
chiral magnetic ordering with topological Hall effect using scanning probe microscopy.

Séminaire de l’Axe 2 “Nanosciences pour le Vivant” présenté par : Thomas PONS

Thomas PONS (Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etudes des Matériaux, ESPCI, Sorbonne Université, Paris (LPME))

Fluorescent biodetection assays using pairs of fluorescent donors and acceptors interacting via Förster Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) are appealing thanks to their ease of use, versatility and specificity. They are however limited in sensitivity due in particular to their limited distance range. We are currently developing a novel type of biodetection assay based on energy transfer using Whispering Gallery Modes (WGM) from optical microcavities excited by fluorescent quantum dots as donors and polymeric dye-loaded nanoparticles (dyeNP) as acceptors. The high quality factor of the microcavities enables a strong enhancement of energy transfer to dyeNP acceptors placed within their evanescent field. In particular, we have studied their interactions in a model system using streptavidin-coated microcavities and biotinylated dyeNPs. Upon their specific biomolecular interaction, the dyeNP bind to the microcavity surface, leading to efficient energy transfer, with a typical sensitivity in the fM range, 4-6 orders of magnitude more sensitive than typical FRET assays. We further demonstrate the ultrasensitive detection of DNA oligonucleotides.

Contact :Damien MERTZ  damien.mertz@ipcms.unistra.fr

Séminaire IPCMS présenté par : Cécilia Ménard-Moyon

Dr. Cécilia Ménard-Moyon  (CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572, University of Strasbourg)

Résumé :

The relatively low-cost production of graphene oxide (GO) and its dispersibility in various solvents,
including water, combined with its tunable surface chemistry, make GO an attractive building block to
design multifunctional materials. There are many applications for which it is fundamental to preserve
the intrinsic properties of GO, for instance in the biomedical field. As a consequence, the derivatization
of GO to impart novel properties has to be well controlled and the characterization of the functionalized
samples thoroughly done. Despite the great progress in the functionalization of GO, its chemistry is not
always well controlled and not fully understood.[1] In this context, I will explain some strategies for the
functionalization of GO through the selective derivatization of the epoxides and hydroxyl groups without
alteration of its properties and with biomedical perspectives for anticancer therapy.[2,3] I will also
present how the incorporation of carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes and GO, in hydrogels
formed by the self-assembly of aromatic amino acid derivatives can control drug release.[4,5]
[1] Guo S, Garaj S, Bianco A, Ménard-Moyon C, Nat. Rev. Phys., 4 (2022) 247.
[2] Guo S, Nishina Y, Bianco A, Ménard-Moyon C, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 59 (2020) 1542.
[3] Guo S, Song Z, Ji DK, Reina G, Fauny JD, Nishina Y, Ménard-Moyon C, Bianco A, Pharmaceutics, 14 (2022) 1365.
[4] Guilbaud-Chéreau C, Dinesh B, Schurhammer R, Collin D, Bianco A, Ménard-Moyon C, ACS Appl. Mater.
Interfaces, 11 (2019) 13147.
[5] Xiang S, Guilbaud-Chéreau C, Hoschtettler P, Stefan L, Bianco A, Ménard-Moyon C, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 255
(2024) 127919.

Séminaire Axe 1- “Sciences et Matériaux Quantiques” présenté par : Cosimo Gorini

Charge currents may be generated by pure spin injection via the spin galvanic effect, also
referred to as “inverse Rashba – Edelstein effect”, and/or the inverse spin Hall effect. In a
typical spin pumping setup consisting of a injector, e.g. a driven magnetic electrode, and a
converter, a metallic spin-orbit coupled system, both effects contribute to the conversion. If
however the converter is 2D only the spin galvanic channel is available. This is notably the
relevant scenario for 2D dimensional electron gases at oxide interfaces.
Recent experiments at such interfaces show strongly anisotropic spin- (and orbit-) to charge
conversion [1], which I will explain in terms of the “tunneling anisotropic spin galvanic effect”
[2]. I will also show how intrinsic time scales heavily affect such conversion in the ultrafast
regime [3].

References
[1] El Hamdi et al., Nat. Phys. 19, 1855 (2023)
[2] Fleury et al., Phys. Rev. B 108, L081402 (2023)
[3] El Hamdi et al., Phys. Rev. B 110, 054412 (2024)

Contact: Arnaud GLOPPE (arnaud.gloppe@ipcms.unistra.fr) – Guillaume SCHULL (schull@unistra.fr)

Séminaire IPCMS présenté par : Rupert Huber

Orateur : Rupert Huber (Department of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN)
University of Regensburg)


Résumé : The carrier wave of light can drive electrons through solids on time scales faster than a cycle of light. This ‘lightwave electronics’ concept opens a fascinating coherent quantum world full of promise for future quantum technologies. We will discuss prominent examples of lightwave-driven dynamics in solid-state quantum materials, ranging from Bloch oscillations via topologically non-trivial electron trajectories to optical band-structure engineering and attoclocking of Bloch electrons. We also take slow-motion movies of single molecules and atomic defects and observe the quantum flow of electrons with the first all-optical subcycle microscope reaching atomic resolution. Our results offer a radically new way of watching and controlling elementary dynamics in nature or steer chemical reactions, on their intrinsic spatio-temporal scales.