My research :
Nanosciences are at the focus of various fields : physics, chemistry and biology, and obviously, require the help of expensive technological apparatus.My interest is the interaction of the nanotube with the environment. We can expect to use nanotubes for their quantum conductance. Massive chemical doping effect, which put the Fermi level in the electronic bands, is a good way to obtain uniform conducting tubes.
I work on double walled as they are more reactive than simple and enough conductive for applications. If you go to Tokyo, in the national museum of emerging science and innovation, which is for families, you can see that the physics of nanotubes is not only for experts but for everybody. It's not so complicated ...
My teaching (free download - courses in french) :
A good starting point is to observed your surrounding : how a geyser works ?
Is it like a pressure cooker ? Is it possible to generate electricity at home ?
And what is the link between the RGB color of a flat screen and
the spectral absorption of human cone and rod cells ? How the light is focussed inside your eyes ? Physics is like taking the sun , if you try, enjoy, you will never stop. You start with experiments, play with ab initio codes and finish by writing a paper (on the right side, DFT image of double wall carbon nanotubes with some molecules, so small in diameter and sometimes micrometric in length). Teaching can't be dissociated to research as what you teach serves to your research and research serves to your teaching too.
Optics (geometrical and diffraction theory) : cours_optique.pdf
Thermodynamics : CBPS_cours_TD.pdf or Thermodynamique_L1.pdf
Matlab : basis (becoming obsolete matlab_octave2003.pdf ) and examples calcul_scientifique.pdf . Presently, octave-forge is fully compatible with Matlab, less fast but enough for training. Add a dll in your Matlab to read experimental Raman data (or whatever you want) : place the file lectura.c in your work directory, compile with "mex lectura.c" and use it with the command "[x,y]=lectura('filename'), more in the next page.
Physics for kids (5-6 years old) with pages for creating a practical exercise book : technologie_maternelle.pdf
2nd year level of the Physics licence at Paul Sabatier university.
Other interests :
Taking the sun in nice places like Muiron Islands, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia and travelling around the world.