In this presentation, I will provide an overview of my past and future research work. Since my PhD, synthesis and characterization of carbon and low-dimensional materials have always been at the heart of my research interests. The presentation will mainly focus on the use of advanced transmission electron microscopy for the study of 2D materials, from synthesis to properties. The challenges are to push the technical limit to access to various atomic-scale information on one side, and to unveil the mysteries hidden in these atomically thin layers on the other side. I will demonstrate the capability of the advanced (S)TEM developed for 2D materials study in the laboratory, showing several previous and ongoing works carried out with young researchers.

Jury :
Rapporteur Dr. Marc Monthioux Directeur de Recherche CEMES-CNRS Toulouse, France
Rapporteur Dr. Martine Mayne Directrice de Recherche CEA-Saclay, France
Rapporteur Dr. Philippe Vennéguès CRHEA-CNRS Sophia-Antipolis, France
Examinateur Prof. Christian Ricolleau Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Examinateur Prof. Catherine Journet-Gautier Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Examinateur Prof. Etienne Gheeraert Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Invité Prof. Jean-Christophe Charlier Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium