DUVAIL Jean-Luc
Professor
Function
- Full Professor, Exceptional Class, CNU Section 28, University of Nantes (September 1, 2021 – present)
- Member of the C’Nano Steering Committee, National Center of Excellence in Nanosciences, CNRS Research and Support Unit (UAR 2205)
- Coordinator of the C’Nano Northwest Office
- Elected Member of the Department of Physics Council, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nantes University (since 2013)
- Alternate Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Nantes University (04/2026 – …
Teaching leadership
- Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Materials Science (since 2017) web page
- Co-Director of the M2 Innovative Materials and Energy Systems program, E-Mat Graduate Program web page
Previously
- Member of the Board of Directors of the French Physical Society (SFP) (February 1, 2018 – February 1, 2021)
- Head of the “Physics of Materials and Nanostructures” team, 2007–2013 (16 permanent researchers, 17 non-permanent researchers)
- Head of the Nantes campus of the CNano Master 2 program (Nanosciences, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies), jointly offered by the Universities of Nantes, Rennes, and Bretagne-Sud. (2011–…), project leader for accreditation.
- Co-Director of the Master’s 1 program in Physics (2008–2015)
Career
- Full Professor, CNU28 Section, University of Nantes (September 1, 2011 – present)
- Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR), University of Nantes (October 4, 2007)
- Assistant Professor, University of Nantes (September 1, 1998 – August 31, 2011)
- Postdoctoral Position, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) (September 1, 1996 – August 31, 1998)
- ATER – Postdoctoral Fellow, CNRS-Thalès Joint Research Unit, Palaiseau (October 1, 1995 – August 31, 1996)
- Contingent Scientist, Thomson CSF Central Research Laboratory (November 1, 1994 – August 31, 1995)
- Ph.D. student, Solid-State Physics Laboratory, Orsay (September 1, 1991 – August 31, 1994)
Training
Master’s Degree in Physics, University of Orsay (September 1988 – June 1991)
Expertise
- Materials Physics
- Nanophysics: nanoelectronics, plasmonics, nano-optics, nanomagnetism
- Nanomaterials: nanowires, nanotubes, template method
Main Research Topics
- Quantum materials: study of the insulator-to-metal transition in Mott insulators; volatile and non-volatile filaments. Memory – Neuromorphism.
- Multifunctional nanowires and nanotubes: design, synthesis using the template method, characterization, and physical properties. Based on conjugated polymers, noble metals, magnetic metals, polymer nanocomposites filled with carbon nanotubes, and photoluminescent clusters.
- Spin Electronics – Nanomagnetism.
