Rémi AVRILLER

Member of the Condensed Matter Theory Team and Quantum Transport and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Group.

I am a permanent researcher (Chargé de Recherche) in french CNRS.
My main topics of investigations are the Theory of Quantum Transport and Molecular Electronics.
I am exploring the interplay between electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom down to the molecular scale.

My recent research interests are in the emergent field of cavity-induced chemistry, the aim of which is to engineer and control the kinetics of chemical reactions in plasmonic nanocavities. This research project is funded by the ANR CERCa ( Charge, Energy transfer and chemical Reactions with molecules in an electromagnetic Cavity).

If you are motivated to work with us on those topics, for an internship, a PhD or a Post-doc research project, you are welcome to contact me directly by email.

Follow me on twitter : @remiavriller
email : remi.avriller at u-bordeaux.fr

Selected overview

Selected overview


23/11/2023 :

Our last paper entitled “Stochastic Dynamics of Resonance Electronic Energy Transfer in Bi-Dimensional Overexcited Molecular Ensembles” in collaboration with  A. Marché and G. Jonusauskas (LOMA), has been published in Phys. Rev. B and is available at : pdf ArXiv HAL

 

2D ensemble, with Donor (in red) and Acceptor (in blue) molecules, undergoing energy-transfer processes. Adapted from Phys. Rev. B 108, 205419 (2023).

 


25/11/2022:

Closed.

We have several new position openings in the group:

    1. M1, M2 internships and One PhD opening (2023) : on a project entitled “Phase synchronization and neuromorphic computing in arrays of nanoelectromechanical oscillators”, financed by Agence Nationale de la recherche, in collaboration with Fabio Pistolesi (LOMA).

 


26/04/2023 :

Our last work about “Classical Approaches to Chiral Polaritonics” in collaboration with J. Fregoni (UAM) and J. Feist (UAM), is published in Phys. Rev. A. and is available at : ArXiv pdf HAL

DCT in FP cavity

Optical transmission and circular dichroism in a helicity-preserving Fabry-Pérot cavity.


21/02/2023 :

Our last work about “Chiral Discrimination in Helicity-Preserving Fabry-Pérot Cavities” in collaboration with J. Fregoni (UAM) and J. Feist (UAM) is published in Phys. Rev. A. Letter and is available at : ArXiv pdf HAL

Scheme of a helicity-preserving Fabry-Pérot cavity. Adapted from the paper.


19/07/2022:

NEW OPENING !!!

We have currently the following position opening in the group:

      1. One Post-doc opening (2022) : 2 year project entitled “Coupling photons to electronic transport in STM cavities”, in collaboration with Thomas Frederiksen (DIPC) and Fabio Pistolesi(LOMA).

     


12/07/2022:

Lorenzo MAURO, successfully defended his PhD thesis, funded the ANR CERCa project, and Light Graduate Program of the University of Bordeaux.


09/05/2022 :

Welcome to Alice who will do her M1 internship related to the ANR CERCa project entitled “Collective Interactions and Energy-Transfer between Molecules in Electromagnetic Cavities”.


26/01/2022:

We co-organize the CECAM Flagship Workshop « Local vs Collective Interactions in Polaritonic Chemistry » that will take place in the University of Bordeaux, the 22-24th of June 2022.

CECAM Workshop


19/07/2021:

Our last paper published in Phys. Rev. B. Letter, about “Photon-Emission Statistics induced by Electron Tunnelling in Plasmonic Nanojunctions”: HAL ArXiv  pdf

 

Scheme of a STM setup emitting single photons upon electron injection

 


13/10/2020-19/04/2021:

Lorenzo, PhD researcher in the ANR CERCa, published his first paper in Phys.Rev.B about “Charge-transfer Chemical Reactions in Nanofluidic Fabry-Perot Cavities”:  HAL  ArXiv  pdf     

Scheme of reacting molecules in a nanofluidic electromagnetic Fabry-Perot cavity.


04/09/2020:

Quentin, PhD researcher in the team, defended successfully his PhD thesis entitled “Emission de photons et transport quantique en cavité nanoplasmonique” in the University of Bordeaux.


25/06/2020:

Lorenzo, PhD researcher in the ANR CERCa project, is selected to join the Light Graduate Program of the University of Bordeaux.


25/06/2019:

Our latest work about the dynamics of two-level systems as topological actuator for nanomechanical modes : pdf


30/01/2020:

Our latest work highlighted by the scientific blog mapping ignorance.

29/07/2019:

Our latest theory work investigating the interplay between electronic current and photon emission in nanoplasmonic STM junctions. We predict that strong coupling between an electromagnetic cavity mode and the electronic level of a single molecule, allows current-driven non-classical light emission.
Read our latest paper (2019) : pdf  ArXiv

Schematic of two metallic electrodes forming a plasmonic nanocavity. A single electronic level of a molecule in the nanogap couples to the electromagnetic radiation. Electrons can tunnel to and from the dot.


01/07/2019 :

Welcome to Lorenzo who will do his PhD thesis on topics related to the ANR CERCa project.


15/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson VI to the course “Molecular electronics & Marcus theory II”.


12/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson V to the course “Molecular electronics & Marcus theory I”


08/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson IV to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process III”.


05/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson III to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process II”.


04/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson II to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process I”.


29/03/2019:
Teaching Lesson I to the course “Introduction to Marcus Theory. Some necessary physical backgrounds”.

04/03/2019 :

Welcome to Karen who will do her M2 internship related to the ANR CERCa project.


13/02/2019:

The build-up of vibron-mediated electron correlations in molecular junctions, as seen in the real-time electronic current I(t) and fluctuations of the vibron mode displacement <x(t)x(0)>. 
Read our latest paper published in Phys. Rev. B. (Rapid Com) (2019) : ArXiv hal pdf


01/10/2018:

NEWS !!!

The project CERCa ( Charge, Energy transfer and chemical Reactions with molecules in an electromagnetic Cavity), financed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) has officially started.
Openings for several master internships and one PhD fellowship are now officially closed.
However, if you are motivated to work with us on this topic, we may found other solutions.
You are thus welcome to contact me directly by email.


21/03/2018:

The time-dependent building-up of a Kondo-peak is shaking upon vibronic excitations.
Read our latest preprint :  ArXiv hal pdf
 

10/01/2018:

The Wigner distribution of a quantum nanomechanical oscillator coupled to tunneling electrons.
Read our latest paper : ArXiv  hal pdf

 


31/03/2017:

Awarded Outstanding Reviewer for 2016  by IOP Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.


14/03/2017:

The PhD thesis of our student G. Micchi is available online.
“Mechanical signatures of the current-blockade instability in suspended carbon nanotubes”hal

29/07/2016:
A nice picture of the current fluctuation spectrum for a carbon nanotube nanomechanical resonator.
Read our latest paper : ArXiv  hal pdf


20/07/2015:
A nice signature of the current-blockade instability on mechanical properties of a carbon nanotube resonator.
Read our latest paper : ArXiv pdf


10/07/2015:
How long do electrons have to wait before tunneling across a molecular junction ?
Answer in our latest paper :  ArXiv pdf


Past News :
The Workshop « Nano Electro Mechanical Systems and Beyond » is organized by our team and will take place in the University of Bordeaux, the 3-5th of June 2015.
Website of the Workshop:  Nano Electro Mechanical Systems and Beyond.
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Keywords

Keywords

Keywords reflecting my scientific activities :

  • Mesoscopic physics.
  • Quantum Transport and Molecular junctions (see Fig.a).
  • Time-dependent Quantum Electronics.
  • Electron-phonon interactions in nano-structures.
  • Full-counting statistics of interacting systems.
  • Non-equilibrium phenomena and Keldysh Green functions techniques.
  • Ab-initio computations of inelastic shot-noise.
  • Out-of-equilibrium Superconductivity.
  • Decoherence and Dissipation in nanoscale open systems.
  • Nano ElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS) with carbon nanotubes (see Fig.b).
  • Quantum Transport in Plasmonic Cavities (see Fig.d).
  • Chemical properties of molecular populations embedded inside an electromagnetic cavity (see Fig.c).
  • Marcus theory of charge transfer chemical reactions in confined plasmonic cavities.
  • Photon emissions statistics in plasmonic nanojunctions.
  • Chiral polaritons in optical Fabry-Pérot cavities.
  • Resonance electronic energy transfer (RET) in molecular ensembles/aggregates.

 

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Scientific Slides

Scientific Slides

 

Here is a selection of some talks I have given in international conferences.
Their aim is to provide a snapshot of my research activities.


2017

1. Presentation given at the international Conference FQMT17 “Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics” in Prague, 2017.
“Time-Dependent Quantum Transport in Molecular Junctions: Effects of e-ph Interactions”
Presentation_FQMT_R_Avriller_Compressed

2. Presentation given at the international Conference FNS2017 “Frontiers of Nanomechanical Systems (FNS)” in La Thuile, 2017.
“Electro-Mechanical Transition in Quantum Dots”
Presentation_FNS_R_Avriller_Compressed


2016

1. Presentation given at the international Workshop TRMME “Towards Reality in Modelling of Molecular Electronics”  in San Sebastian, 2016.
“Dynamical Aspects of Electron-Phonon Interactions in Quantum Transport”
Presentation_TRMME_R_Avriller_Compressed


2015

1. Presentation given at the international Workshop ctcqed15Charge Transfer meets Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics” in Dresden, 2015.
“Andreev Bound-State Dynamics in a Quantum dot Josephson Junction: a Washing-out of the 0-|pi Transition”
Presentation_Dresden_R_Avriller_Compressed

Publications

Publications

My Publications from HAL Archive



32 documents

Articles dans une revue

  • Lorenzo Mauro, J. Fregoni, J. Feist, Rémi Avriller. Classical approaches to chiral polaritonics. Physical Review A, 2024, 109 (2), pp.023528. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.109.023528⟩. ⟨hal-04505332⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, A. Marché, G. Jonusauskas. Stochastic dynamics of resonance electronic energy transfer in bidimensional overexcited molecular ensembles. Physical Review B, 2023, 108 (20), pp.205419. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.108.205419⟩. ⟨hal-04302585⟩
  • L. Mauro, J. Fregoni, J. Feist, Rémi Avriller. Chiral discrimination in helicity-preserving Fabry-Pérot cavities. Physical Review A, 2023, 107 (2), pp.L021501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.107.L021501⟩. ⟨hal-04000433⟩
  • L Mauro, K Caicedo, G Jonusauskas, Rémi Avriller. Charge-Transfer Chemical Reactions in Nanofluidic Fabry-Pérot Cavities. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2021, ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.103.165412⟩. ⟨hal-02962814⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, Q. Schaeverbeke, T. Frederiksen, F. Pistolesi. Photon-emission statistics induced by electron tunneling in plasmonic nanojunctions. Physical Review B, 2021, 104 (24), pp.L241403. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L241403⟩. ⟨hal-03472241⟩
  • C. Dutreix, R. Avriller, B. Lounis, F. Pistolesi. Two-level system as topological actuator for nanomechanical modes. Physical Review Research, 2020, 2 (2), pp.023268. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023268⟩. ⟨hal-02864896⟩
  • Quentin Schaeverbeke, Rémi Avriller, Thomas Frederiksen, Fabio Pistolesi. Single-photon emission mediated by single-electron tunneling in plasmonic nanojunctions. Physical Review Letters, 2019, 123 (24), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.246601⟩. ⟨hal-02340314⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, R Seoane Souto, A. Martin-Rodero, A Levy Yeyati. Build-up of Vibron-Mediated Electron Correlations in Molecular Junctions. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2019, 99 (121403), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.99.121403⟩. ⟨hal-02014483⟩
  • R Seoane Souto, Rémi Avriller, a Levy Yeyati, A Martín-Rodero. Transient dynamics in interacting nanojunctions within self-consistent perturbation theory. New Journal of Physics, 2018, 20 (8), pp.083039 (1-16). ⟨10.1088/1367-2630/aad99d⟩. ⟨hal-02014525⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, B Murr, F. Pistolesi. Bistability and Displacement Fluctuations in a Quantum Nano-mechanical Oscillator. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2018, 97 (15), pp.155414 (1-13). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155414⟩. ⟨hal-01680222⟩
  • Gianluca Micchi, Rémi Avriller, Fabio Pistolesi. Electromechanical transition in quantum dots. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2016, 94 (12), pp.125417 (1-15). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.94.125417⟩. ⟨hal-01349755⟩
  • G. Micchi, R. Avriller, F. Pistolesi. Mechanical Signatures of the Current Blockade Instability in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 2015, 115 (20), pp.206802 (1-5). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.206802⟩. ⟨hal-01178253⟩
  • R. Seoane Souto, Rémi Avriller, R. C. Monreal, A. Martin-Rodero, A. Levy Yeyati. Transient dynamics and waiting time distribution of molecular junctions in the polaronic regime. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2015, 92 (12), pp.125435 (1-10). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.92.125435⟩. ⟨hal-01216379⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, Fabio Pistolesi. Andreev Bound-State Dynamics in Quantum-Dot Josephson Junctions: A Washing Out of the 0-π Transition. Physical Review Letters, 2015, 114 (3), pp.037003 (1-5). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.037003⟩. ⟨hal-01026390⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, T. Frederiksen. Inelastic shot noise characteristics of nanoscale junctions from first principles. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2012, 86 (15), pp.155411 (1-13). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155411⟩. ⟨hal-00740447⟩
  • Manohar Kumar, Rémi Avriller, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Jan M. van Ruitenbeek. Detection of Vibration-Mode Scattering in Electronic Shot Noise. Physical Review Letters, 2012, 108 (14), pp.146602 (1-4). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.146602⟩. ⟨hal-00713221⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, F. S. Bergeret, Fabio Pistolesi. Detection of ultrafast oscillations in superconducting point contacts by means of supercurrent measurements. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2011, 84 (19), pp.195415 (1-8). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195415⟩. ⟨hal-00664434⟩
  • Blanca Biel, Alessandro Cresti, Rémi Avriller, Simon Dubois, Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, et al.. Mobility gaps in disordered graphene-based materials: an ab initio-based tight-binding approach to mesoscopic transport. physica status solidi (c), 2010, Special Issue: 10th International Conference Trends in Nanotechnology (TNT 2009), 7 (11-12), pp.2628-2631. ⟨10.1002/pssc.200983826⟩. ⟨hal-01560963⟩
  • D. F. Urban, Rémi Avriller, A. Levy Yeyati. Nonlinear effects of phonon fluctuations on transport through nanoscale junctions. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2010, 82 (12), pp.121414. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.82.121414⟩. ⟨hal-01560961⟩
  • R. Avriller, A. Levy Yeyati. Electron-phonon interaction and full counting statistics in molecular junctions. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2009, 80 (4), pp.041309. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.80.041309⟩. ⟨hal-01560964⟩
  • Christophe Adessi, R. Avriller, A. Bournel, Xavier Blase, H. Cazin d'Honincthun, et al.. Multiscale simulation of carbon nanotube devices. Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2009, 10 (4), pp.305-319. ⟨10.1016/j.crhy.2009.05.004⟩. ⟨hal-00400169⟩
  • Sebastien Nanot, R. Avriller, Walter Escoffier, Jean-Marc Broto, S. Roche, et al.. Propagative Landau states and Fermi level pinning in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 2009, 103, pp.256801. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.256801⟩. ⟨hal-00555341⟩
  • Bertrand Raquet, R. Avriller, B. Lassagne, Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, et al.. Landau Level Formation in Carbon Nanotubes-Based Electronic Fabry-Perot Resonators. Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101, pp.046803. ⟨hal-00356136⟩
  • Bertrand Raquet, Rémi Avriller, Benjamin Lassagne, Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, et al.. Onset of Landau-level formation in carbon-nanotube-based electronic Fabry-Perot resonators. Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101 (4), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.046803⟩. ⟨hal-01560966⟩
  • Luis E. F. Foa Torres, Rémi Avriller, Stephan Roche. Nonequilibrium energy gaps in carbon nanotubes: Role of phonon symmetries. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2008, 78 (3), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035412⟩. ⟨hal-01560965⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, Stephan Roche, François Triozon, Xavier Blase, Sylvain Latil. Low-dimensional quantum transport properties of chemically-disordered carbon nanotubes: From weak to strong localization regimes. Modern Physics Letters B, 2007, 21 (29), pp.1955-1982. ⟨10.1142/s0217984907014322⟩. ⟨hal-01560967⟩
  • B. Lassagne, Jean-Pierre Cleuziou, Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, R. Avriller, et al.. Aharonov-Bohm conductance modulation in ballistic carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 2007, 98 (17), pp.176802. ⟨hal-00202920⟩
  • Rémi Avriller, Sylvain Latil, François Triozon, X. Blase, Stephan Roche. Chemical disorder strength in carbon nanotubes: xMagnetic tuning of quantum transport regimes. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2006, 74 (12), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.74.121406⟩. ⟨hal-01560968⟩

Communications dans un congrès

  • Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, Jean-Marc Broto, R. Avriller, S. Roche, et al.. Mise en évidence expérimentale des niveaux de Landau dans les nanotubes de carbone. GdR Physique Mésoscopique, Dec 2008, Aussois, France. ⟨hal-00358033⟩
  • Bertrand Raquet, Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, Jean-Marc Broto, R. Avriller, et al.. Tuning the electronic states of carbon nanotube based devices under magnetic field. ElecMol08, Dec 2008, Grenoble, France. ⟨hal-00358316⟩
  • Bertrand Raquet, R. Avriller, B. Lassagne, Sebastien Nanot, Walter Escoffier, et al.. Landau Level Formation in Carbon Nanotubes-Based Electronic Fabry-Perot Resonators – exploration under 60T. NT08, Jun 2008, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-00358313⟩

Thèses

  • Rémi Avriller. Contribution à la modélisation théorique et à l'étude du transport quantique dans les dispositifs à base de nanotubes de carbone.. Matière Condensée [cond-mat]. Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble I, 2008. Français. ⟨NNT : ⟩. ⟨tel-00326421⟩

 


2023

1. R. Avriller, A. Marché and G. Jonusauskas,
Stochastic Dynamics of Resonance Electronic Energy Transfer in Bi-Dimensional Overexcited Molecular Ensembles,
Phys. Rev. B. 108, 205419 (2023) : pdf ArXiv HAL

2. L. Mauro, J. Fregoni, J. Feist and R. Avriller,
Classical Approaches to Chiral Polaritonics,
Phys. Rev. A. 109, 023528 (2024) : pdf ArXiv
HAL


2022

1. L. Mauro, J. Fregoni, J. Feist and R. Avriller,
Chiral Discrimnation in Helicity-Preserving Fabry-Pérot Cavities,
Phys. Rev. A 107, L021501 (2023) : ArXiv pdf HAL


2021

1. R. Avriller, Q. Schaeverbeke, T. Frederiksen, and F. Pistolesi,
Photon-Emission Statistics induced by Electron Tunnelling in Plasmonic Nanojunctions,
Phys. Rev. B. 104, L241403 (2021) : HAL ArXiv  pdf


2020

1. L. Mauro, K. Caicedo, G. Jonusauskas, and R. Avriller,
Charge-transfer Chemical Reactions in Nanofluidic Fabry-Perot Cavities,
Phys. Rev. B. 103, 165412 (2021) : HAL  ArXiv pdf


2019

1. Q. Schaeverbeke, R. Avriller, T. Frederiksen and F. Pistolesi,
Single-photon emission mediated by single-electron tunneling in plasmonic nanojunctions,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 246601 (2019) : pdf ArXiv 

2. C. Dutreix, R. Avriller, B. Lounis and F. Pistolesi,
Two-level system as topological actuator for nanomechanical modes,
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023268 (2020) :ArXiv hal pdf 

3. R. Avriller, R. Seoane Souto, A. Martin-Rodero and A. Levy Yeyati,
Build-up of Vibron-Mediated Electron Correlations in Molecular Junctions,
Phys. Rev. B. 99, 121403(R) (2019) : ArXiv hal pdf


2018

1. R. Avriller, B. Murr and F. Pistolesi,
Bistability and Displacement Fluctuations in a Quantum Nano-mechanical Oscillator,
Phys. Rev. B. 97, 155414 (2018) : ArXiv hal pdf

2. R. Seoane Souto, R. Avriller, A. Levy Yeyati and A. Martin-Rodero,
Transient Dynamics in Interacting Nanojunctions within Self-consistent Perturbation Theory,
New Journal of Physics 20, 083039 (2018) :   ArXiv hal pdf


2016

1. G. Micchi, R. Avriller and F. Pistolesi,
Electro-Mechanical Transition in Quantum dots,
Phys. Rev. B. 94, 125417 (2016). ArXiv hal pdf


2015

1. R. Seoane Souto, R. Avriller, R. C. Monreal, A. Martin-Rodero and A. Levy Yeyati,
Transient dynamics and waiting time distribution of molecular junctions in the polaronic regime,
Phys. Rev. B. 92, 125435 (2015). ArXiv pdf

2. G. Micchi, R. Avriller and F. Pistolesi,
Mechanical Signatures of the Current Blockade Instability in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206802 (2015). ArXiv pdf 


2014

1. R. Avriller and F. Pistolesi,
Andreev Bound-State Dynamics in Quantum-Dot Josephson Junctions: A Washing Out of the 0π Transition,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 037003 (2015).  ArXiv pdf
Selected by the Physics institute of French CNRS as an “Actualité 2014” :  Actualité2014 pdf


2012

1. M. Kumar, R. Avriller, A. Levy Yeyati and J. M. van Ruitenbeek,
Detection of vibration-mode scattering in electronic shot noise,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 146602 (2012). pdf
Selected by the editor for a Synopsis in physics. A Noisy Junction

2. R. Avriller and T. Frederiksen,
Inelastic shot noise characteristics of nanoscale junctions from first principles,
Phys. Rev. B 86, 155411 (2012). ArXiv pdf


2011

1. R. Avriller, F. S. Bergeret, and F. Pistolesi,
Detection of ultrafast oscillations in superconducting point contacts by means
of supercurrent measurements
,

Phys. Rev. B 84, 195415 (2011). ArXiv pdf

2. R. Avriller,
Unified description of charge transfer mechanisms and vibronic dynamics in nanoscale junctions,
J. Phys. : Condens. Matter 23 105301 (2011). ArXiv pdf


2010

1. D. F. Urban, R. Avriller, and A. Levy Yeyati,
Nonlinear effects of phonon fluctuations on transport through nanoscale junctions,
Phys. Rev. B 82, 121414 (2010). ArXiv pdf

2. B. Biel, A. Cresti, R. Avriller, S. Dubois, A. López-Bezanilla, F. Triozon, X. Blase, J.-C. Charlier and S. Roche,
Mobility gaps in disordered graphene-based materials :an ab initio-based tight-binding approach to mesoscopic transport,
Physica Status Solidi (c) 7, 2628 (2010). pdf


2009

1. R. Avriller and A. Levy Yeyati,
Electron-phonon interaction and full counting statistics in molecular junctions,
Phys. Rev. B 80, 041309(R) (2009). ArXiv pdf

2. S. Nanot, R. Avriller, W. Escoffier, J.-Marc Broto, S. Roche, and B. Raquet,
Propagative Landau States and Fermi Level Pinning in Carbon Nanotubes,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256801 (2009). pdf

3. C. Adessi, R. Avriller, X. Blase, A. Bournel, H. Cazin d’Honincthun, P. Dollfus, S. Frégonèse, S. Galdin-Retailleau, A. López-Bezanilla, C. Maneux, H. Nha Nguyen, D. Querlioz, S. Roche, F. Triozon and T. Zimmer,
Multiscale simulation of carbon nanotube devices,
C. R. Physique 10, 305 (2009). pdf


2008

1. L. E. F. Foa Torres, R. Avriller, and S. Roche,
Nonequilibrium energy gaps in carbon nanotubes : Role of phonon symmetries,
Phys. Rev. B 78, 035412 (2008). pdf

2. B. Raquet, R. Avriller, B. Lassagne, S. Nanot, W. Escoffier, J.-Marc Broto, and S. Roche,
Onset of Landau-Level Formation in Carbon-Nanotube-Based Electronic Fabry-Perot Resonators,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 046803 (2008). pdf

3. R. Avriller,
PhD Thesis (2008), Université Joseph Fourier,
“Contribution à la modélisation théorique et à l’étude du transport quantique
dans les dispositifs à base de nanotubes de carbone.”
pdf


2007

1. B. Lassagne, J-P. Cleuziou, S. Nanot, W. Escoffier, R. Avriller, S. Roche, L. Forró, B. Raquet, and J.-M Broto,
Aharanov-Bohm Conductance Modulation in Ballistic Carbon Nanotubes,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 176802 (2007). pdf

2. R. Avriller, S. Roche, F. Triozon, X. Blase and S. Latil,
Low-dimensional quantum transport properties of chemically-disordered carbon nanotubes :
from weak to strong localization regimes
,

Mod. Phys. Lett. B 21, 1955 (2007). pdf

3. P. Actis, R. Avriller, C. Couzon, P. Delorme, C. Dupré, E. Engel, V. Garlatti, O. Le Roux, L. Nussbaum and Schlosser,
Atelier 7 : Classes Passerelles,
Annales des ateliers du CIES de l’Académie de Grenoble, Vol 1 (2007). pdf


2006

1. R. Avriller, S. Latil, F. Triozon, X. Blase and S. Roche,
Chemical disorder strength in carbon nanotubes : Magnetic tuning of quantum transport regimes
Phys. Rev. B 74, 121406(R) (2006). pdf

Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

 


2023-2024 :

Visiting the Groupe of Cyriaque Genet (ISIS, Strasbourg) for a one year project entitled “Etude de la Dynamique Stochastique de Réactions Chimiques en Cavité Electromagnétique“ financed by CNRS and projects ITINÉRANCE@INC2023.


2018-2023 :

PI of the project  ANR CERCa ( Charge, Energy transfer and chemical Reactions with molecules in an electromagnetic Cavity), financed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR).


Since 2014 :

Active member of the Transborder Joint Laboratory (LTC-Laboratoire Transfrontelier Conjoint) Theoretical Chemistry and Physics at the Quantum Scale: QuantumChemPhys.


2012-2019 :

Responsible for Scientific Communication in LOMA


Teaching duties :

Teaching nanomechanics and optomechanics in Master M2 Lasers, Matière et Nanoscience, University of Bordeaux.

Teaching to the doctoral school of physics and chemistry of Bordeaux University: “Modern views on Marcus theory of charge-transfer chemical reactions”.

Since 2012 :

Expert at Observatoire des Micro et Nano Technologies (OMNT) section NEMS.


Since 2011 :

Chargé de recherches au CNRS (permanent researcher),
Laboratoire Onde et Matière d’Aquitaine (LOMA), French CNRS (Bordeaux),
Team “Transport Quantique et Systèmes Nano-électromécaniques”. website


2010-2011 :

Post-doc researcher in the team of Thomas Frederiksen,
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC). website


2008-2010 :

Post-doc researcher in the team of Alfredo Levy Yeyati,
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM),
Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada.website


2005-2008 :

PhD Thesis under the direction of Stephan Roche,
Theory group of the CEA Grenoble, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC).website
Title : “Contribution à la modélisation théorique et à l’étude du transport quantique dans les dispositifs à base de nanotubes de carbone.”


Since 2004 :

Professeur Agrégé de physique.


2001-2005 :

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France),
Magistère de Physique, Université Paris XI, Orsay (France).
M1 : Parcours physique fondamentale.
M2 : “Physique quantique” at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (France).

Openings

 

NEW OPENING !!!

Sorry, there is currently no position opened in the group.

Alternatively, if you want to propose a research topic, and/or are motivated to work with us in molecular electronics, quantum transport, polaritonic chemistry and more generally nanoscience and condensed matter theory, do not hesitate to contact me directly by email: remi.avriller at u-bordeaux.fr

Pedagogic Ressources

Pedagogic Ressources

 


Slides of courses about Marcus theory:

The courses of the lesson “Modern views on Marcus theory of charge-transfer chemical reactions” will be soon online.


A “Python-Newton” Tutorial :

Here are some slides of a Python tutorial that I presented during the LOMA days in Oleron (2017).

The aim of this tutorial is to provide a naive introduction to Python programming langage.
The tutorial is applied to a well known physical problem.

The slides of the tutorial and the corresponding Python scripts are available upon request.

The scripts are for pedagogic purposes only and come with no warranty of being exempt of errors.

List of current & former students

List of current & former students


PhD Students :

Lorenzo Mauro. Direction of his PhD thesis (2019-2022).
PhD title : Charge, Energy transfer and chemical Reaction with molecules in an electromagnetic Cavity.

Quentin Schaeverbeke. Co-direction of his PhD thesis (2016-2019) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA) and T. Frederiksen.
PhD titleDynamical aspects of quantum transport in nanoelectronics.

Gianluca Micchi. Co-direction of his PhD thesis (2013-2016) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA).
PhD title : Mechanical signatures of the current-blockade instability in suspended carbon nanotubes

Rubén Seoane Souto. Visiting PhD student in LOMA (2014) with A. Levy Yeyati (LOMA).
Project title : “Etude des propriétés de transport dépendent du temps de jonctions moléculaires dans le régime polaronique”.


Master Students :

Alice Marche. Direction of her M1 internship (2022).
Internship title : “Collective Aspects of Energy-Transfer between Molecules”.

Karen Caicedo. Direction of her M2 internship (2019).
Internship title : “Chemical Reactivity of Molecules Strongly Coupled to an Electromagnetic Cavity Mode”.

Adrien Solacroup. Direction of his M1 internship (2018).
Internship title : “Réactions chimiques au sein d’une population de molécules confinées en cavité électromagnétique”.

Bechara Murr. Direction of his M2 internship (2017) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA).
Internship title : “Blocage de courant dans un oscillateur mécanique quantique”.

Antoine Bernard. Co-direction of his M1 internship (2016) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA).
Internship title : “Oscillateur nano-mécanique quantique sous l’effet d’un fort couplage électronique”.

Antton Goïcoechea. Co-direction of his M1 internship (2014) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA).
Internship title : “Méthode des sauts quantiques pour la description d’un oscillateur couplé à un système à deux niveaux”.

Jonathan Atteia. Co-direction of his M1 internship (2013) with F. Pistolesi (LOMA).
Internship title : “Décohérence dans un système mécanique à l’interface quantique-classique”.


Licence students and others :

Hervé Schmit-Veiler. Co-direction with F. Pistolesi (LOMA) of his L1 internship (2023).
Internship title : “Étude théorique sur la synchronisation entre oscillateurs non-linéaires”.

Nathan Moumique. Co-direction with Yvan Le Borgne (LaBRI) of his L3 internship (2023).
Internship title : “Efficient analysis of qbits hamiltonians via mapping to free fermion model”.

Elias Tauziet. Direction of his L3 internship (2023).
Internship title : “Etude d’un oscillateur mécanique: du régime linéaire vers le régime non-linéaire”.

Titouan Collongue Bourgeois. Stage de 3ième de découverte de la recherche (2018).

Research Project ANR CERCa

Charge, Energy transfer and chemical Reaction with molecules in an electromagnetic Cavity ( CERCa )

 

 


NEWS !!

 


23/11/2023:

Our last work in the thematics of the ANR CERCa, in collaboration with A. Marché and G. Jonusauskas (LOMA), about “Stochastic Dynamics of Resonance Electronic Energy Transfer in Bi-Dimensional Overexcited Molecular Ensembles” has been published in Phys. Rev. B. and is available at : pdf ArXiv HAL

26/04/2023:

Our last work in the thematics of the ANR CERCa, in collaboration with J. Fregoni (UAM) and J. Feist (UAM), about “Classical Approaches to Chiral Polaritonics” has been published in Phys. Rev. A. and is available at: pdf ArXiv HAL

21/02/2023:

Our last paper in the thematics of the ANR CERCa, in collaboration with J. Fregoni (UAM) and J. Feist (UAM), about “Chiral Discrimination in Helicity-Preserving Fabry-Pérot Cavities” is published in Phys. Rev. A. Letter and available at: pdfArXiv HAL

12/07/2022:

Lorenzo MAURO, successfully defended his PhD thesis, funded the ANR CERCa project, and Light Graduate Program of the University of Bordeaux.


09/05/2022 :

Alice will do her M1 internship entitled “Collective Interactions and Energy-Transfer between Molecules in Electromagnetic Cavities”.


26/01/2022:

We co-organize the CECAM Flagship Workshop « Local vs Collective Interactions in Polaritonic Chemistry » that will take place in the University of Bordeaux, the 22-24th of June 2022.

CECAM Workshop

 


19/07/2021:

Paper in the thematics of the ANR CERCa, published in Phys. Rev. B. Letter, about “Photon-Emission Statistics induced by Electron Tunnelling in Plasmonic Nanojunctions” submitted to publication: HALArXivpdf


13/10/2020-19/04/2021:

Lorenzo, PhD researcher in the ANR CERCa, published his first paper in Phys.Rev.B about “Charge-transfer Chemical Reactions in Nanofluidic Fabry-Perot Cavities”:  HALArXivpdf


25/06/2020:

Lorenzo, PhD researcher in the CERCa project, is selected to join the Light Graduate Program of the University of Bordeaux.


01/07/2019:

Welcome to Lorenzo who will do his PhD (2019-2022) thesis on topics related to the CERCa project.


15/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson VI to the course “Molecular electronics & Marcus theory II”.


12/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson V to the course “Molecular electronics & Marcus theory I”


08/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson IV to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process III”.


05/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson III to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process II”.


04/04/2019:

Teaching Lesson II to the course “CT reaction seen as a multiphonon relaxation process I”.


29/03/2019:
Teaching Lesson I to the course “Introduction to Marcus Theory. Some necessary physical backgrounds”.

04/03/2019 :
Welcome to Karen who will do her M2 internship (2019) on a topic related to the CERCa project.

Partners involved in the project.

R. Avriller, CNRS, LOMA. PI of the project.
F. Pistolesi, CNRS, LOMA. Collaborator C1.
T. Frederiksen, DIPC, San Sebastian. Collaborator C2.
G. Jonusauskas, CNRS, LOMA. Collaborator C3.


Scientific context. Recent progresses in nanotechnology led to a new generation of nano-structures playing the role of electromagnetic cavities, like plasmonic structures [1] (see Fig.1),  organic micro-cavities [2] and nano-fluidic Fabry-Pérot cavities [3]. Of particular interest, is the possibility to confine inside such a nano-cavity a solution of complex organic molecules and to further study their optical and chemical properties.

Similarly to the case of atoms in cavity quantum electrodynamics [4], the interaction between the confined molecules and one electromagnetic mode of the cavity arises through a dipolar type light-matter coupling. Recent experiments were performed on sub-micrometer cavities [5], that exhibit a cavity photon-mode of frequency located in the optical range, that is resonant with a molecular transition. The conjunction of a large dipole moment of the embedded organic molecules, weak effective cavity volume, and favorable scaling of the coupling strength with the molecules’ concentration, results in a sufficiently large molecule-light coupling to induce the formation of a hybrid molecule-cavity polariton.

 

Toward an engineering of chemical reactions in nano-cavities. The possibility to hybridize the electronic structure of complex organic molecules with a resonant cavity-photon mode, even in the case where no photon in average is present inside the cavity, has important consequences on the physical and chemical properties of the confined molecules. In particular, the formation of hybrid polaritons in the cavity has remarkable effects on the kinetics of chemical reactions and was shown to be responsible for a significant slowing-down of photochromic chemical reaction rates, compared to the case of absence of cavity [2] (see Fig.2).

References: [1] R. Chikkaraddy et al., Nature 535, 127 (2016). [2] J. A. Hutchison et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 1592 (2012). [3] H. Bahsoun, et al., ACS Photonics 5, 225 (2018). [4] S. Haroche and D. Kleppner, Phys. Today, 42, 1 (1989). [5] T. Schwartz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 196405 (2011).

 


Objectives of the ANR project CERCa. The emergent field of cavity-induced chemistry opens the way to engineer and control the kinetics of chemical reactions of molecular systems confined inside a cavity-QED setup.

In this ANR project, we propose to investigate original and innovative nano-probes and open chemical nano-reactors in order to initiate, probe and modulate the rate of chemical reactions at the nanoscale.

We will propose from the point of view of theory, alternative ways of building open chemical reactors using state-of-the-art nanotechnology spectroscopic tools. Two relevant cases for chemistry will be investigated: (i) passing an electronic current across the tip of an STM plasmonic hot-spot involving single to few molecules, (ii) using a stationary flow of reactants in solution, entering and leaving an open-chemical reactor made of a nano-fluidic optical cavity (see Fig.3).

We will identify crucial physical ingredients related to the strong-coupling between electronic or vibrational degrees of freedom of the embedded molecules and a cavity photon mode, and incorporate them into the theoretical description of chemical reactions.

 


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Rémi AVRILLER

Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine (LOMA)
351 cours de la libération
33405 Talence Cedex

Phone : + 33 (0)5 40 00 89 56
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E-mail: remi.avriller at u-bordeaux.fr