Jean-Charles ARNAULT

Position

  • CEA Research Director, Fellow
  • Editor of Diamond and Related Materials, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/diamond-and-related-materials)
  • SFEC secretary (https://sfec-carbone.org/)

Research Topics

  • Synthesis and Surface modifications of nanodiamonds for energy applications
  • Keywords: Nanodiamonds; Surface modifications; Gas phase treatments; Colloïds; Photo(electro)catalysis; Hydrogen
  • CVD synthesis; Doping; Color centers; Diamond heteroepitaxy

CV

Since 2020 CEA Research Director at Nanometric Structures Laboratory (CEA DRF/IRAMIS/NIMBE)
2007-2020 CEA Researcher at Diamond Sensors Laboratory (CEA DRT/LIST)
2003-2007 Research period at CEA DSM/DRECAM/SPCSI
1993-2003 Assistant Professor at Strasbourg University, Research activities at ICPMS (Surfaces, Interfaces Group)
1990-1993 PhD at Poitiers University

Publications

140 papers in peer review journals, h factor 33 (Scopus) ; 38 (Google Scholar)

Recent papers:

Books

  • Nanodiamonds: Advanced Material Analysis, Properties and Applications, Elsevier, 2017, ISBN 978-0-323-43029-6
  • Synthesis and Applications of Nanocarbons, Wiley, 2020, ISBN 978-1-119-42938-8

Book chapters

  • Diamond Nucleation and Seeding Techniques: two complementary strategies for growth of ultra-thin diamond films, RSC, 2014 ISBN 978-1-84973-639-8
  • Surface modifications of Nanodiamonds and current issues for their biomedecine applications, Springer, 2015
  • Nanodiamonds: from synthesis and purification to deposition techniques, hybrid fabrication and applications, Springer, 2016
  • Heteroepitaxy of diamond on Ir/metal-oxide/Si substrates, Elsevier, 2018 ISBN 9780081021835
  • Advanced Materials designed with nanodiamonds: synthesis and applications, Wiley, 2020, ISBN 78-1-119-42938-8
  • Nanodiamonds: from synthesis to applications, Elsevier, 2021, ISBN 978-0-12-821996-6
  • Tuning surface properties of detonation and milled nanodiamonds by gas phase modifications, Wiley, 2024

Teaching activities

Master 2 Chimie des Matériaux, Université Evry:

  • “Nanodiamonds : synthesis, properties and bioapplications”
  • “Characterization tools for surfaces et interfaces”