Philippe Buffat

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philippe.buffat@epfl.ch

Citizenship: Swiss and French

EPFL CIME
MXC 132 (Bâtiment MXC)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne

Office: MXC 132
EPFL > VPA > VPA-AVP-CP > CIME > CIME-GE

Web site: Web site: https://cime.epfl.ch

EPFL SB-DO
PH L1 500 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Office: PH L1 500
EPFL > SB > SB-DEC > PH-SB

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Fields of expertise

HRTEM, HRSTEM, WTEM, RTEM, SEM, EDS
Nanodiffraction, precession
EDS microanalysis
Image simulation
Nanoparticles
- structure
- size effects
- e- irradiation
- phase identfication
Biominerals
- hydroxyapatite,Ca-P
III-V semiconductors
- quantum wells
- interface abruptness and planeity
Ti-base coatings
- nitridation, Ti-Ni-P
CeO2/NLM precipitation
Phase transition
- perovskites
Ni-base superalloys
- phases structure composition
- atom column EDS mapping
Phase identification in Mn-Si thermoelectrics
Swift ion irradiation defects in YBa2Cu3O7

Mission

Former director of the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Microscopie Electronique (CIME) (1980-2007).
Member of the Programme committee of the French Electron Microscopy and Atom Probe net METSA.
Cooperation with the Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Science (ICRAS), the Kurtchatov Research Institute in Moscow and the International Center for Electron Microscopy at the Material Advanced Testing and Computer Modeling of Metallurgical Process Faculty, AGH-University of Science and Technology, Krakow. .

Biography

Born in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1942. EPUL physics engineer diploma in 1967 and EPFL PhD in physics in 1976.
From 1966 he studies at the Experimental Physics Laboratory (Prof. J.P. Borel) the physical properties peculiar to the very small size metal crystals and gets a PhD degree for his thesis "Abaissement de la température de fusion de petits cristaux d

Publications

Infoscience publications

Infoscience

2023

Secondary Phase CeO2 Precipitates in Ce,Er-Doped Na0.5La0.5MoO4 Single Crystals Grown by Czochralski Method

E. Suvorova Buffat; K. A. Subbotin; D. A. Lis; E. V. Zharikov; P. Buffat

Crystals. 2023-07-19. DOI : 10.3390/cryst13071125.

Philippe Buffat

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Fields of expertise

Mission

Biography

Publications

Infoscience publications

Infoscience

2023

Secondary Phase CeO2 Precipitates in Ce,Er-Doped Na0.5La0.5MoO4 Single Crystals Grown by Czochralski Method

Phases and Interfaces in the Cr-Fe-Si Ternary System: X-ray Diffraction and Electron Microscopy Study

2022

Search for Magnetoelectric Coupling at the Fe-57/Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Interface Using Operando Synchrotron Mossbauer Spectroscopy

Structure, Oxygen Content and Electric Properties of Titanium Nitride Electrodes in TiNx/La:HfO2/TiNx Stacks Grown by PEALD on SiO2/Si

2020

Structure evolution, bandgap, and dielectric function in La-doped hafnium oxide thin layer subjected to swift Xe ion irradiation

2018

Effects of Kr and Xe ion irradiation on the structure of Y2O3 nanoprecipitates in YBCO thin film conductors

2017

Structure of precipitates and orientation relationships in Al, Ge, Mo-doped higher manganese silicide crystals

2015

Mechanism of formation of silver nanoparticles in MAG-DMAEMA copolymer aqueous solutions

Imaging and characterization of gamma ' and gamma '' nanoparticles in Inconel 718 by EDX elemental mapping and FIB-SEM tomography

2014

Structure analysis of the YBCO layer in Ag/YBCO/metal oxide buffer/Hastelloy composite tape before and after 107 MeV Kr17+ irradiation

2013

Recent EDS instrumental advances in STEM: from principles to applications

Metamorphic InAlAs/InGaAs/InAlAs/GaAs HEMT heterostructures containing strained superlattices and inverse steps in the metamorphic buffer

2011

TEM study of Mg distribution in micrite crystals from the Mishrif reservoir Formation (Middle East, Cenomanian to Early Turonian)

2009

Transmission electron microscopy of Ca oxide nano- and microcrystals in alpha-tricalcium phosphate prepared by sintering of beta-tricalcium phosphate

Characterisation of phases in nanostructured, multilayered titanium alloys by analytical and high-resolution electron microscopy

2008

Investigation of particles emitted from modern 2-stroke scooters

Study of new sheep bone and Zn/Ca ratio around TiAlV screw: PIXE-RBS analysis

2007

Alloying effects on microstructure and mechanical properties of high volume fraction SiC-particle reinforced Al-MMCs made by squeeze casting infiltration

Phase analysis of multilayered, nanostructured titanium-base alloys by analytical electron microscopy

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy for evaluation of order/disorder in bone structure

Preparation, stabilization and characterization of TiO2 on thin polyethylene films (LDPE): Photocatalytic applications

Erratum to “Preparation, stabilization and characterization of TiO2 on thin polyethylene films (LDPE). Photocatalytic applications"

2006

Analytical transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction for characterization of multiphase Ni-P-Ti surface layer on Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Microstructure, properties and biocompatibility of the nitrided Ti-6Al-4V alloy for medical application

Preparation and structural characterization of thin-film CdTe/CdS heterojunctions

Electron microscopy of biomaterials based on hydroxyapatite

2005

Electron microscopy for investigation of order/disorder in bone structure

The influence of Ti doping methods on the high field performance of (Nb, Ta, Ti)3Sn multifilamentary wires using Osprey bronze

Novel topotactic conversion of an organically templated vanadyl phosphate framework into layered structures

Microstructure and properties of hard layers formed by duplex surface treatment containing nickel and phosphorus on a titanium-base alloy

Characterization of perovskite powders for cathode and oxygen membranes made by different synthesis routes

Pathological mineralization of cardiac valves: Causes and mechanism

Stability of Ag nanoparticles dispersed in amphiphilic organic matrix

Cross section investigations of compositions and sub-structures of tips obtained by focused electron beam induced deposition

Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy characterisation of titanium-base alloys nitrided under glow discharge

Correlation between oxygen transport properties and microstructure in La<sub>0.5</sub>Sr<sub>0.5</sub>FeO<sub>3-δ</sub>

2004

Identification of nano-phases: relative merit of local analysis techniques (HRTEM, nanodiffraction, EDS/EELS)

Identification of nano-phases: relative merit of local analysis techniques (HRTEM, nanodiffraction, EDS/EELS)

Selective synthesis of Pd nanoparticles in complementary micropores of SBA-15

Thermal effects during focused electron beam induced deposition of nanocomposite magnetic-cobalt-containing tips

HRTEM simulation in determination of thickness and grain misorientation for hydroxyapatite crystals

Analytical TEM and AFM studies of nitrided multilayered titanium-base biomaterials

Electron beam induced deposition of rhodium from the precursor [RhCl(PF3)2]2: morphology, structure and chemical composition

Highly dispersed gold on activated carbon fibers for low temperature CO oxidation

Influence of microstructure on oxygen transport in perovskite type membranes

2003

Nanostructure of hydroxyapatite coatings sprayed in argon plasma

Structural and catalytic properties of vanadia-based fibrous catalysts in toluene partial oxidation

Structure of cellulose Acetobacter xylinum

Theoretical and experimental limits of quantitative analysis of strain and chemistry of inGasAs/GaAs layers using (200) dark-fiel TEM imaging

Electron diffraction and HRTEM studies of multipy-twinned structures and dynamical events in metal nanoparticles : facts and artefacts

Superior biodegradability mediated by immobilized Fe-fabrics of waste waters compared to Fenton homogeneous reactions

Dynamical behavior of nanocrystals in transmission electron microscopy : size, temperature or irradiation effects

Pd/SiO2 catalysts: synthesis of Pd nanoparticles with the controlled size in mesoporous silicas

Gold nanoparticles on activated carbon fibers: Role of carbon surface groups for controlling the Au-particle size and catalytic activity

2002

Matrix chemistry optimisation of Al/Altex composites preserving both fibres and matrix alloy integrity