Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé - DRF/IRAMIS (SPEC)

Laboratory presentation

The Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory (SPEC) is a CEA-CNRS mixed unit (UMR 3680) which is part of the DRF/IRAMIS of CEA Saclay and INP at CNRS.
The physic of condensed matter is one of the biggest research themes conducted at SPEC, from its fundamental aspects to its various applications. The research includes a variety of subjects on complex systems and statistical physics, nanophotonic, nanoelectronic, nanomagnetism and oxydes, quantronics and quantum technologies. Theoretical and experimental approaches at SPEC are diverse and allows a wide range of scientific research at the nano-scale to macroscopic objects. Many activities of this laboratory benefit from many platforms: cryogenic, UBM (for ultra-bas bruit magnétique or very low magnetic noise), mecanical and nanofabrication workshop...
Having multiple scientific publications, SPEC is also a meeting point for technological and patent transfer. The laboratory is part of many collaborations at the national level (CNRS, CEA, Paris-Saclay university...) as well as at the international level.

The 20 latest publications

Title Authors Publication date Source
Hydrodynamic instabilities in a two-dimensional sheet of microswimmers embedded in a three-dimensional fluid Cesare Nardini 02/02/24 Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Emergence and cosmic evolution of the Kennicutt- Schmidt relation driven by interstellar turbulence Christophe Pichon 02/01/24 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Innovative experimental approach for the dynamic Multi-Variable investigation of Pulsating heat Pipes Mauro Abela 01/15/24 Applied Thermal Engineering
A novel electrochemical flow-cell for operando XAS investigations in X-ray opaque supports Hélène Magnan 01/08/24 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
From Academia to Industry: Criteria for Upscaling Ionic Liquid-Based Thermo-Electrochemical Cells for Large-Scale Applications S. Nakamae, B. E. Torres Bautista 01/01/24 Energies
Identification of Galaxy Protoclusters Based on the Spherical Top-hat Collapse Theory Christophe Pichon 01/01/24 Astrophysical Journal
Surface Core-Level Shifts as a Toolbox to Evidence the BaTiO<inf>3</inf> Ferroelectric Phase Transition Hélène Magnan, Antoine Barbier 12/28/23 Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Structure and Photonic Properties of a Perylenediimide Monolayer Assembled by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique Nicolas Fabre, R. Trojanowicz, Laureen Moreaud, Céline Fiorini-Debuisschert, Simon Vassant, Fabrice Charra 12/19/23 Langmuir
Metastability of Discrete-Symmetry Flocks Hugues Chaté 11/24/23 Physical Review Letters
Relationship between glass-transition pressure of pressurized homologous imidazolium-based ionic liquids and internal pressure from activation volume measurements Marco Bonetti 11/15/23 Journal of Molecular Liquids
Ion specific tuning of nanoparticle dispersion in an ionic liquid: a structural, thermoelectric and thermo-diffusive investigation M. Beaughon, B. E. Torres Bautista, K. Bhattacharya, S. Nakamae 10/05/23 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Vertical Structure of Buoyancy Transport by Ocean Baroclinic Turbulence Julie Meunier, Basile Gallet 09/16/23 Geophysical Research Letters
Paramagnetic Singularities of the Orbital Magnetism in Graphene with a Moiré Potential Claude Fermon, Myriam Pannetier Lecoeur 09/15/23 Physical Review Letters
Tuning the Multiferroic Properties of BiFeO3 under Uniaxial Strain A. Forget, D. Colson 09/15/23 Physical Review Letters
Extreme Spontaneous Deformations of Active Crystals Hugues Chaté 09/08/23 Physical Review Letters
Spatiotemporal boundary dissipation measurement in Taylor–Couette flow using diffusing-wave spectroscopy Enzo Francisco, Sébastien Aumaître 09/01/23 Experiments in Fluids
Low-surface-brightness Galaxies are Missing in the Observed Stellar Mass Function Christophe Pichon 07/01/23 Astrophysical Journal
Structural properties of Bi/Au(110) Alexander Smogunov, Yannick J. Dappe 06/04/23 Nanotechnology
Identification of a Large Number of Spin-Wave Eigenmodes Excited by Parametric Pumping in Yttrium Iron Garnet Microdisks T. Srivastava, I. Ngouagnia Yemeli, G. De Loubens 06/01/23 Physical Review Applied
A direct derivation of the Gent-McWilliams/Redi diffusion tensor from quasi-geostrophic dynamics Julie Meunier, Basile Gallet 05/19/23 Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Number of publications of the laboratory by scientific field (2016-2021)

Every paper can be classified in one or more scientific fields. The figure below shows the lab's number of publications in each scientific field, according to the ASJC classification (Elsevier)