HOMEPAGE

Short Biography

Nicolas Martin obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Franche-Comté in 1997 and an habilitation degree (Docent) from the same University in 2005. He was a researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) from 1998 to 2000 in the Physics department. He got a permanent position as Assistant Professor at the National Engineering School ENSMM – “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques in Besançon in 2000. He became Professor of Materials Science in 2008. He was a visiting researcher in 2012-2013 at the University of Uppsala (Sweden) where he worked at the Angström Laboratory in the Department of Engineering Sciences, Solid State Electronics. In 2017, he spent a short sabbatical leave in the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada) to work in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research is focused on the physics and technology of metallic and ceramic thin films prepared by reactive sputtering. He is also interested in nanostructuration of coatings prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD). He was the head of the MIcro NAno MAterials & Surfaces team (MINAMAS) in the Micro Nano Sciences & Systems (MN2S) research department of the FEMTO-ST Institute for 2008 and 2009. He previously was the Deputy Director of MN2S research department from 2010 to 2014. Nicolas Martin authored or co-authored more than 150 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 1 patent, 5 chapters in books, 1 ebook, and more than 200 presentations in conferences, workshops and short courses.

Research Areas

Physics of metallic and ceramic thin films

Reactive sputtering

GLancing Angle Deposition (GLAD)

Electronic transport properties