Between 1971 and 1973 he obtains a two year research fellowship from Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California in Berkeley with Dr. Rolf Muller. This is where he constructs the first automatic ellipsometer and has first contacts with Prof. Gabor Somorjai and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis(ESCA).
In January 1974 he rejoins EPFL and assumes responsability of the Surface Analysis Group within the Laboratory of Chemical Metallurgy (Prof. Dieter Landolt). He receives together with D. Landolt the EMPA research prize. He becomes Privat-Docent at EPFL in 1982 and is nominated titular professor in 1994.
From the first day on his main interest in research at EPFL is aimed at the development of Surface Analysis and Thin Films of solid materials and oxide films. Since 1993 he moves more and more towards the field of biomaterials and biosensing. Teaching at EPFL on the master and Ph.D. level is in the area of Surface Analysis and Biomaterials. H.J. Mathieu was director of the Doctoral School of the Materials Section at EPFL until 2007.
Prof. H.J. Mathieu was chairman of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the European Conference for Applications in Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA) 1997-2007, secretary and later head of the Applied Surface Science Division (ASSD) (1995-2001) of the International Union for Vacuum Science and Technology (IUVSTA), permanent member of the Technical Committee TC201 of the International Standard Organisation (ISO), expert in the Technical Committee on Surace Chemical analysis of the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) since 1989, and co-founder and president of the Swiss Working Group for Surface Analysis (SAOG-GSSI) 1985-2009. He is author and co-author of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications, books and book-chapters. He is member of the International Advisory Board of the Wiley journal "Surface and Interface Analysis".
Education
1969 – 1971 TU Karlsruhe, TU Dortmund
Professionals experiences
post-doc
Selected publications
Analytical Tools for Biosensor Surface Chemical Characterization
H.J. Mathieu
Published in Recognition Receptors in Biosensors, (M. Zourob ed.), Springer, New York, ISBN 978-1-4419-0918-3 (2010) in
Auger Electron Spectroscopy (ch.2)
H.J. Mathieu
Published in John C. Vickerman & Ian S. Gilmore, 2nd ed., Surface Analysis - The Main Techniques - 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, ISBN - 978-0-470-01763-0 (2009) in
Self-assembled monolayers on Aluminum and Copper Oxide Surfaces: Surface and Interface Characteristics, Nanotribological proproperties, and chemical stability
E. Hoque, J.A. DeRose, B. Bhushan, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in NanoScience and Technology ISSN 1434-4904, Applied Scanning Probe Methods IX - Characterization, B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, M. Tomitori (eds.), Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ch. 22, ISBN 978-3-540-74082-7 (2008) in
High Resolution Nanoimprinting with a Robust and Reusable Polymer Mold
D. R. Barbero, M. S. M. Saifullah, P. Hoffmann. H. J. Mathieu, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, M. E. Welland, and U. Steiner
Published in Advances Functional Materials 17, 2419-2425 (2007) in
Wet silver treatment of endotracheal tubes in order to produce antibacterial surfaces
M. Ramstedt, R. Houriet, D. Mossialos, D. Haas, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in J Biomed Mater Res, Part B: Appl Biomater 83B: 169-180 (2007) in
Insights from ToF-SIMS analysis of dendritic macromolecules: catonization and PCA to probe their molecular weight on surfaces
G. Coullerez, S. Lundmark, M. Malkoch, H. Magnusson, E. Malmstr�m, A. Hult, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in Applied Surface Science 203-204 620-624 (2003) in
Microcontact Printing Using Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Stamps Hydrophilized by Poly(ethylene oxide) Silanes
E. Delamarche, C. Donzel, F. S. Kamounah, H. Wolf, M. Geissler, R. Stutz, P. Schmidt-Winkel, B. Michel, H.J. Mathieu, and K. Schaumburg
Published in Langmuir 19, 8749-8758 (2003) in
Surface Modification of PVC Endotracheal Tubes by Oxygen Glow Discharge to Reduce Bacterial Adhesion
D. J. Balazs, K. Triandafillu, Y. Chevolot, B-O. Aronsson, H. Harms, P. Descouts, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in Surf. Interface Anal. 35, 301-309 (2003) in
Analyse et Technologie des Surfaces - Couches minces et tribologie
H.J. Mathieu, E. Bergmann, R. Gras
Published in Trait� des Mat�riaux, vol. 4, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR), CH-1015 Lausanne, 512 pages, ISBN 2-88074-454-7 (2003) in
Plasma Surface Modified Polystyrene Biochip for Enhanced Biological Coupling
X. Gao, M. Schawaller, H.J. Mathieu and C. Hollenstein
Published in 16th Intern. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry ISPC-16, Taormina/I, June 22-27 (2003) Abstracts and Full Papers CD, edited by R. d'Agostino, P. Favia, F. Fracassi and F. Palumbo, 711 (2003) in
Surface modification of titanium with phosphonic acid to improve bone bonding: characterization by XPS and ToF-SIMS
C. Viornery, Y. Chevolot, D. L�onard, B.-O. Aronsson, P. P�chy, H. J. Mathieu, P. Descouts, and M. Gr�tzel
Published in Langmuir 18 (7), 2582 (2002) in
Improvement of the photovoltaic performance of solid-state dye-sensitized device by silver comlexation of the sensitizer cis-bis(4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'bipyridine)-bis (isothiocyanato)ruthenium(II)
J. Kr�ger, R. Plass, M. Gr�tzel and H.J. Mathieu
Published in Appl. Physics Lett. 81 (2) 367-369 (2002) in
Bioengineered material surfaces for medical applications
H.J. Mathieu
Published in Surface and Interface Analysis 32, 3-9, (2001) in
Elemental Analysis by AES, XPS and SIMS
H. J. Mathieu
Published in ch. 6 in Non-destructive Elemental Analysis - Z.B. Alfassi (Editor.), Blackwell, Oxon, 201-232, (2001) in
Plasma Treatment of Solid Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
H. Biederman, F. Carney, P. Chabrecek, J. Vogt, Houriet, R., H. Hofmann, Y. Chevolot, N. Xanthopoulos, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in European Cells and Materials, 2, 60 (2001) in
Application of Teflon-AF� Thin Films for Biopatterning of Neural Cell Adhesion
S.A. Makohliso, L. Giovangrandi, D. L�onard, H.J. Mathieu, M. Illegems and P. Aebischer
Published in Biosensors & Bioelectronics 13, 1227-1235 (1998) in
Phosphorylcholine containing polyurethanes for the control of protein adsorption and specific cell attachment via photoimmobilised laminin oligopeptides
L. Ruiz, E. Fine, J. V�r�s, S.A. Makohliso, D. L�onard, D.S. Johnston, M. Textor, and H.J. Mathieu
Published in Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition, 10(9), 931-955 (1999) in
Spontaneous Movement of Ions through Calcite at Standard Temperature and Pressure
S.L.S. Stipp, J. Konnerup-Madsen, K. Franzreb, A. Kulik and H.J. Mathieu
Published in Nature 396 356-359 (1998) in
Ecasia 95: 6th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, Montreux, Switzerland, October 9-13, 1995
H.J. Mathieu, B. Reihl, and D. Briggs
Published in John Wiley & Sons, Chichester ISBN-13: 978-0471958994 (1996) in
The Ultra-High Resolution Depth Profiling Reference Material Ta2O5 Anodically Grown on Ta
M.P. Seah, H.J. Mathieu and C.P. Hunt
Published in Surface Science 139, 549-557 (1984) in
Quantitative Auger Electron Spectroscopy Analysis of Ag-Pd and Ni-Pd Alloys
H.J. Mathieu and D. Landolt
Published in Surf. Sci. 53, 228-240 (1975) in
Auger electron spectroscopy study on reaction layers formed under Reichert wear test conditions in the presence of extreme pressure additives
R. Schumacher, E. Gegner, A. Schmidt, H.J. Mathieu, and D. Landolt
Published in Tribology International 13 (6), 311-317 (1980) in
Fast Self-Compensating Ellipsometer
H.J. Mathieu, D.E. McClure and R.H. Muller
Published in Rev. Sci. Instr. 45 798-802 (1974) in
The Mechanism of the Electrochemical Degradation of Cu2S-CdS Solar Cells
H.J. Mathieu, K.K. Reinhartz and H. Rickert
Published in Proceedings 10th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Palo Alto, p. 93-97 (1973)
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Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students
Yves Pitton, Laurence Ruiz, Yann Chevolot, Géraldine Sylvie Coullerez, Dawn Balazs, Enamul Hoque