Prof. Abdou Djouadi
University of Nantes, France
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Biography:
Abdou Djouadi is Professor of University of Nantes since 2002, he is doing his
research in Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel of Nantes.
He received his PhD in 1993 from University Paris XI (IEF). He worked eight years in
ENSAM School of Engineer on the development of oxides and nitrides coatings and
obtained his habilitation (HDR) in 2001 from University of Nancy.
His current research interests include thin films and nanotubes synthesis by different
plasma methods( DC and HiPIMS, PECVD, …). He is mainly interested by the
development and use of new plasma processes and their application for thin films
and nano-objects in micro and optoelectronic.
A. Djouadi has authored or co-authored more than 120 international peer review
publications and up to 150 communications in international conferences.
Since 1990, Prof. A. Djouadi has intensively studied aluminium and boron nitride thin
films by several plasma methods which he also used for the synthesis of nanocompounds,
nanotubes or nanofibers. Professeur Djouadi and colleagues
successfully synthesized well crystallised AlN films and even epitaxial AlN films on
AlGaN and epitaxial ZnO layer on AlN. Moreover, thanks to in situ diagnostics (OES,
Mass spectrometry, …) they succeeded to synthesize such a difficult materials using
HiPIMS.
Moreover Prof. Djouadi worked during the last ten years on thermal management of
electronic devices. In this frame they developed several thin films wih very ggod
thermal conductivity (up to 250 W/K.m) and also sensors based on thin films and
integrate them in real HEMT transistors and QCL Lasers.
These researches were also in close connexion with industrial problems and in this
frame Prof. Djouadi leaded several industrial contracts (BatsCap, ALCATELTHALES,
MHS, Béliers Associés, GLADU, Platit, PSA, …). He leaded three
European projects as CRAFT HOBS and KNIWOOD in connection with SME’s and
TEMPUS MEDA program which was more academic. He is also a scientific
responsible for Nantes University for the European project TIPS (2015-2018)
He was the coordinator of ANR HIPPOPP project (2008-2010), ANR PNano
NanothermIC (2010-2012), ANR CREATIVEPI (2011-2012) and the scientific
responsible for ANR Fichtre (2014-2017) and ANR SALSA (2015-2018).
Prof. A. Djouadi was also the French representative of European COST Action
MP0804 involving up to 40 countries in the field of HiPIMS technique. He was in
charge of the Workgroup V, HiPIMS deposition in reactive mode.