Multi-scale Modeling of Materials

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The M3 team develops original and predictive atomic-scale models to understand the properties of matter. The goal is to support experiments, guide and control technological processes, enhance material performance, and contribute to innovation.


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Marie Brut

PHD DELEGATE

Jeanne Charollais

We develop innovative and predictive models to understand the properties of matter, fill gaps in experiments, guide and control atomic-scale technological processes, and enhance performance and innovation.

From atom to process

Our team develops and applies predictive atomistic models for technological processes and biology. We rely on a multi-scale approach, implementing a broad spectrum of expertise, including quantum calculations, kinetic Monte Carlo, and the development of original tools.

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Simulation of processes and formation of interface layers

The main objective of these activities is to understand the formation of interface layers in growth processes. We explore the relationships between material composition and structure, and the technological parameters of the processes used.

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Atomic modeling for long-term reliability of electronic devices

We study atomic-scale defects to ensure long-term performance of devices. Utilizing simulations and numerical models, we characterize the impacts of defects on semiconductor materials, paving the way for strategic advancements in electronic design.

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Latest publications

2025

Journal articles

Tingqiang Yang, Matthias Boepple, Anne Hémeryck, Antoine Jay, Sara Karwounopoulos, et al.. H 2 S Sensing with SnO 2 ‐Based Gas Sensors: Sulfur Poisoning Mechanism Revealed by Operando DRIFTS and DFT Calculations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 7 (4), pp.1213-1221. ⟨10.1002/anie.202504696⟩. ⟨hal-05054151⟩

Conference papers

Maria Bolino, Layla Martin-Samos, C. Inguimbert, Anne Hémeryck, Thomas Jarrin, et al.. The role of Self-Interaction in detecting defects in irradiated semiconductors. ICTP-IAEA-MAMBA School on Materials Irradiation, Feb 2025, Rennes, France. ⟨hal-05030998⟩

Adrien Hellier, Antoine Jay, Nicolas Richard, Anne Hémeryck, Thomas Jarrin. Using Machine Learning Potentials to describe collision cascades phenomena in Germanium. 2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Apr 2025, Seattle, United States. ⟨hal-05056362⟩

2024

Journal articles

M. Gunde, A. Jay, M. Poberžnik, N. Salles, N. Richard, et al.. Exploring potential energy surfaces to reach saddle points above convex regions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160 (23), pp.232501. ⟨10.1063/5.0210097⟩. ⟨hal-04671363⟩

M. Gunde, N. Salles, L. Grisanti, L. Martin-Samos, Anne Hémeryck. SOFI: Finding point group symmetries in atomic clusters as finding the set of degenerate solutions in a shape-matching problem. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 161 (6), ⟨10.1063/5.0215689⟩. ⟨hal-04677499⟩

Anne Hémeryck. Vers de nouvelles technologies spatiales résistantes : les avancées de simulation pour l'électronique durcie face aux radiations. Le petit illustré, regards croisés de chercheur.es, 2024, 51, pp.48. ⟨hal-04558181⟩

Julien Parize, Thomas Jarrin, Antoine Fées, Damien Lambert, Antoine Jay, et al.. Comparative study of collision cascades and resulting displacement damage in GaN, Si and Ge. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, In press, ⟨10.1109/tns.2024.3380674⟩. ⟨hal-04542795⟩

Sabine Gavalda, Alexandre Faille, Simone Fioccola, Minh Chau Nguyen, Coralie Carivenc, et al.. Catalytic Cycle of Type II 4′-Phosphopantetheinyl Transferases. ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14 (11), pp.8561-8575. ⟨10.1021/acscatal.3c06249⟩. ⟨hal-04732713⟩

2023

Journal articles

Emilie Guémas, Romain Coppée, Sandie Ménard, Milena Du Manoir, Sandrine Nsango, et al.. Evolution and spread of Plasmodium falciparum mutations associated with resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in central Africa: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Microbe, 2023, 4 (12), pp.e983-e993. ⟨10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00211-2⟩. ⟨hal-04264172⟩

César Jara Donoso, Antoine Jay, Julien Lam, Jonas Müller, Guilhem Larrieu, et al.. A comprehensive atomistic picture of the as-deposited Ni-Si interface before thermal silicidation process. Applied Surface Science, 2023, 631, pp.157563. ⟨10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157563⟩. ⟨hal-04104341⟩

Nicolas Richard, Damien Lambert, Neil Rostand, J. Lomonaco, Julien Parize, et al.. Simulation multiéchelle pour la microélectronique sous radiation : du matériau au circuit. Chocs, 2023, 53, pp.15. ⟨hal-04486870⟩

Chloé Simha, Gabriela Herrero-Saboya, Luigi Giacomazzi, Layla Martin-Samos, Anne Hémeryck, et al.. Deep Levels and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Parameters of Substitutional Nitrogen in Silicon from First Principles. Nanomaterials, 2023, 13 (14), pp.2123. ⟨10.3390/nano13142123⟩. ⟨hal-04186190⟩

Dima Sadek, Antoine Jay, Jihan El Hila, Quentin Gravelier, Alexandre Arnoult, et al.. Growth of BiSb on GaAs (001) and (111)A surfaces: A joint experimental and theoretical study. Applied Surface Science, 2023, 622, pp.156688. ⟨10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156688⟩. ⟨hal-04017077⟩

Damien Lambert, Julien Parize, Nicolas Richard, Mélanie Raine, Olivier Duhamel, et al.. Neutron Displacement Damage Cross Section in GaN: Numerical Evaluations and Differences With Si. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2023, 70 (8), pp.1870 - 1877. ⟨10.1109/TNS.2023.3265463⟩. ⟨hal-04074966⟩

Antoine Jay, Normand Mousseau, Nicolas Salles, Miha Gunde, Matic Poberžnik, et al.. Caractériser les cinétiques des diffusions atomiques - ART : l’explorateur de surfaces d’énergie potentielle. Les Techniques de l'Ingenieur, 2023, pp.Réf : RE192 v1. ⟨10.51257/a-v1-re192⟩. ⟨hal-04467976⟩

P.L. Julliard, A. Johnsson, N. Zographos, R. Demoulin, Richard Monflier, et al.. Prediction of the evolution of defects induced by the heated implantation process: Contribution of kinetic Monte Carlo in a multi-scale modeling framework. Solid-State Electronics, 2023, 200, pp.108521. ⟨10.1016/j.sse.2022.108521⟩. ⟨hal-03867418⟩

Tingqiang Yang, Anne Hémeryck, Suman Pokhrel, Wen Chen, Lutz Mädler, et al.. HCHO Sensing Mechanism of In4Sn3O12 Revealed by DRIFTS and DFT. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, ⟨10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00686⟩. ⟨hal-04106992⟩

Matic Poberžnik, Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Antoine Jay, Anne Hémeryck, et al.. Partn: A Plugin Implementation of the Activation Relaxation Technique Nouveau Hijacking a Minimisation Algorithm. Computer Physics Communications, In press, ⟨10.2139/ssrn.4360939⟩. ⟨hal-04238051⟩

Conference papers

Antoine Jay, C. Mesnard, I. Nicholson, R. Helleboid, G. Mugny, et al.. Quantum Modeling of Semiconductors Leakage Currents Induced by Defects. International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD 2023), Sep 2023, Kobe, Japan. pp.141-144, ⟨10.23919/SISPAD57422.2023.10319491⟩. ⟨hal-04863172⟩

2022

Journal articles

Guido Roma, Antoine Jay, Nathalie Vast, Olivier Hardouin Duparc, Gaelle Gutierrez. Reply to "Comment on 'Understanding first order Raman spectra of boron carbides across the homogeneity range'". Physical Review Materials, 2022, 6 (1), pp.016602. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.016602⟩. ⟨cea-03573786⟩

Amrita Chakraborti, Antoine Jay, Olivier Hardouin Duparc, Jelena Sjakste, Keevin Béneut, et al.. Boron carbide under torsional deformation: evidence of the formation of chain vacancies in the plastic regime. Acta Materialia, 2022, 226, pp.117553. ⟨10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117553⟩. ⟨hal-03849417⟩

Lionel Foulon, Anne Hémeryck, Georges Landa, Marie Brut. Enhancing DFT-based energy landscape exploration by coupling quantum mechanics and static modes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022, 24 (19), pp.12011-12026. ⟨10.1039/d1cp03562b⟩. ⟨hal-03674113⟩

Gabriela Herrero-Saboya, Layla Martin-Samos, Nicolas Richard, Anne Hémeryck. Common defects in diamond lattices as instances of the general T ⊗ (e+t2) Jahn-Teller effect. Physical Review Materials, 2022, 6 (3), pp.034601. ⟨10.1103/physrevmaterials.6.034601⟩. ⟨hal-03606604⟩

Antoine Jay, Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Matic Poberžnik, Layla Martin- Samos, et al.. Activation–Relaxation Technique: An efficient way to find minima and saddle points of potential energy surfaces. Computational Materials Science, 2022, 209, pp.111363. ⟨10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111363⟩. ⟨hal-03640786⟩

Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Anne Hémeryck, Layla Martin-Samos. Iterative Rotations and Assignments (IRA): a shape matching algorithm for atomic structures. Software Impacts, 2022, 12, pp.100264. ⟨10.1016/j.simpa.2022.100264⟩. ⟨hal-03600844⟩

Tingqiang Yang, Shuang Yang, Wei Jin, Yule Zhang, Nicolae Barsan, et al.. Density Functional Investigation on α-MoO 3 (100): Amines Adsorption and Surface Chemistry. ACS Sensors, 2022, 7 (4), pp.1213-1221. ⟨10.1021/acssensors.2c00352⟩. ⟨hal-04106987⟩

2021

Journal articles

Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Anne Hémeryck, Layla Martin-Samos. IRA: A shape matching approach for recognition and comparison of generic atomic patterns. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2021, 61, pp.5446-5457. ⟨10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00567⟩. ⟨hal-03406717⟩

Jordi Soler, Pedro Paiva, Maria Joao Joao Ramos, Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes, Marie Brut. Unraveling cGAS catalytic mechanism upon DNA activation through molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23 (15), pp.9524-9531. ⟨10.1039/D1CP00378J⟩. ⟨hal-03195928⟩

Thomas Jarrin, Antoine Jay, Nicolas Richard, Anne Hémeryck. Coping with the stochasticity of collision cascades in Molecular Dynamics simulations. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2021, 500-501, pp.1-9. ⟨10.1016/j.nimb.2021.02.015⟩. ⟨hal-03287083⟩

Thomas Jarrin, Nicolas Richard, Johannes Teunissen, Fabiana da Pieve, Anne Hémeryck. Integration of electronic effects into molecular dynamics simulations of collision cascades in silicon from first-principles calculations. Physical Review B, 2021, 104 (19), pp.195203. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.104.195203⟩. ⟨hal-03455747⟩

Guido Roma, Kevin Gillet, Antoine Jay, Nathalie Vast, Gaelle Gutierrez. Understanding first order Raman spectra of boron carbides across the whole stoichiometry range. Physical Review Materials, 2021, 5, pp.063601. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.063601⟩. ⟨cea-03719992⟩

Conference papers

Pierre-Louis Julliard, Antoine Jay, Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Frederic Monsieur, et al.. Kinetic Monte Carlo for Process Simulation: First Principles Calibrated Parameters for BO 2. International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), Sep 2021, Dallas, United States. pp.219-223, ⟨10.1109/SISPAD54002.2021.9592580⟩. ⟨hal-03366600⟩

Ruggero Lot, Layla Martin-Samos, Stefano de Gironcoli, Anne Hémeryck. Developing a Neural Network potential to investigate interface phenomena in solid-phase epitaxy. 16th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE NMDC 2021), Dec 2021, Vancouver, Canada. ⟨10.1109/NMDC50713.2021.9677541⟩. ⟨hal-03375965⟩

Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Nicolas Richard, Anne Hémeryck, Layla Martin-Samos. An off-lattice kinetic Monte Carlo kernel guided by topological and geometrical analysis to bridge accurate ab-initio calculations and large scale simulations. APS March Meeting 2021, Mar 2021, Dallas (Virtual), United States. ⟨hal-03435780⟩

Foulon Lionel, Anne Hémeryck, Georges Landa, Marie Brut. Coupling Quantum Mechanics and Static Modes to explore the energy landscape in complex systems. APS March Meeting 2021, Mar 2021, Dallas (virtual), United States. ⟨hal-03435781⟩

Antoine Jay, Anne Hémeryck, Fuccio Cristiano, Denis Rideau, Pierre-Louis Julliard, et al.. Clusters of Defects as a Possible Origin of Random Telegraph Signal in Imager Devices: a DFT based Study. International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), Sep 2021, Dallas, United States. pp.128-132, ⟨10.1109/SISPAD54002.2021.9592553⟩. ⟨hal-03366621⟩

2020

Journal articles

Thomas Jarrin, Antoine Jay, Anne Hémeryck, Nicolas Richard. Parametric study of the Two-Temperature Model for Molecular Dynamics simulations of collisions cascades in Si and Ge. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2020, 485, pp.1-9. ⟨10.1016/j.nimb.2020.09.025⟩. ⟨hal-03005515⟩

Antoine Jay, Christophe Huet, Nicolas Salles, Miha Gunde, Layla Martin-Samos, et al.. Finding reaction pathways and transition states: r-ARTn and d- ARTn as an efficient and versatile alternative to string approaches. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2020, 16 (10), pp.6726-6734. ⟨10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00541⟩. ⟨hal-02918136⟩

G Herrero-Saboya, L. Martin-Samos, Antoine Jay, Anne Hémeryck, N. Richard. A comprehensive theoretical picture of E centers in silicon: from optical properties to vacancy-mediated dopant diffusion. Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, 127 (8), pp.085703. ⟨10.1063/1.5140724⟩. ⟨hal-02492335⟩

N. Salles, L. Martin-Samos, S. de Gironcoli, L. Giacomazzi, M. Valant, et al.. Collective dipole effects in ionic transport under electric fields. Nature Communications, 2020, 11, pp.3330. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-17173-w⟩. ⟨hal-02888925⟩

Anna Staerz, Arne Kobald, Tamara Russ, Udo Weimar, Anne Hémeryck, et al.. Thermal water splitting on the WO3 surface-experimental proof. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020, 2 (10), pp.3254-3262. ⟨10.1021/acsaelm.0c00577⟩. ⟨hal-02948638⟩

Thomas Jarrin, Antoine Jay, Mélanie Raine, Normand Mousseau, Anne Hémeryck, et al.. Simulation of Single Particle Displacement Damage in Si1-xGex alloys – Interaction of Primary Particles with the Material and Generation of the Damage Structure. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2020, 67 (7), pp.1273 - 1283. ⟨10.1109/TNS.2020.2970488⟩. ⟨hal-02469532⟩

Conference papers

P.L. Julliard, P. Dumas, F. Monsieur, F. Hilario, D. Rideau, et al.. Implant heating contribution to amorphous layer formation: a KMC approach. 2020 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), Sep 2020, Kobe, Japan. pp.43-46, ⟨10.23919/SISPAD49475.2020.9241608⟩. ⟨hal-03095123⟩

European Projects

  • Horizon-MSCA-MAMBA (2023-2027)
  • H2020-ICT-MUNDFAB (2019-2023)

ANR Projects

  • PRCE "GeSPAD" (2020-2024)

Others

  • IQOcc PhD grant (2023-2026)
  • pARTn: an implementation of the Activation Relaxation Technique plugin to explore the surface of potential energies
    Publication : pARTn: a plugin implementation of the Activation Relaxation Technique nouveau that takes over the FIRE minimization algorithm - Matic Poberznik, Miha Gunde, Nicolas Salles, Antoine Jay, Anne Hémeryck, Nicolas Richard, Normand Mousseau, Layla Martin-Samos - Computer Physics Communication 295 (2024), 108961, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108961
    Gitlab : https://gitlab.com/mammasmias/artn-plugin.

THESIS / HDR

2024

Chloé Simha, Thèse: Caractérisation ab initio des propriétés spectroscopiques des défauts dans le silicium

2023

Cesar Andres Jara Donoso, Thèse: Procédé de siliciuration : modélisation du dépôt et de la diffusion du nickel à partir des interfaces siliciure/silicium par des calculs ab initio et une approche d'apprentissage automatique

Pierre-Louis Julliard, Thèse: Simulations multi échelles des défauts dans les dispositifs semi-conducteurs

2022

Ruggero Lot, Thèse: Évaluation des méthodologies de réseaux neuronaux pour la compréhension des phénomènes d'interface dans les matériaux intégrés dans les domaines de la microélectronique : application au cas de l'épitaxie en phase solide dans le silicium

2021

Lionel Foulon, Thèse: Exploration du paysage énergétique pour les diffusions atomiques dans les systèmes complexes

Miha Gunde, Thèse: Développement de l'IRA : un algorithme de shape matching, sa mise en oeuvre et son utilité dans un kMC général hors réseau

Thomas Jarrin, Thèse: Modélisation des effets de déplacements atomiques induits par irradiation dans les matériaux pour la microélectronique

Marie Brut, Habilitation à diriger des recherches: Expériences in silico sur biomolécules : Une approche multi-modèles pour décrypter les mécanismes physico-chimiques à l’échelle atomique

2020

Gabriela Herrero Saboya, Thèse: Les défauts dans le silicium : revisiter les modèles théoriques pour guider les calculs ab initio

2019

Ruth Helena Tichauer, Thèse: Criblage in silico des mutations oncogéniques des protéines NRAS : nouvelles données structurales et physico-chimiques sur l'activité catalytique

2016

Mathilde Guiltat, Thèse: Développement d’une plateforme de simulation atomistique pour les procédés en phase vapeur par une approche multi-niveaux : Application au dépôt de CuO sur Al(111)

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