Vincent Repain
Professor and Deputy Director of MPQ
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Vincent Repain

Research Topics
Structure of nanostructured surfaces
- Nanostructuration of crystalline surfaces by self-organization
- X-ray diffraction and STM studies of surface structure
Molecules on surfaces
- Structure of self-assembled molecular networks
- Properties of spin-crossover molecules on surfaces
- Spin selectivity of chiral molecules on surfaces
Chiral interfaces and ultrathin films
- Crystallography of chiral surfaces
- Epitaxy of metallic thin films on insulating chiral substrates
Magnetic properties of surfaces and interfaces
- Magnetism of nanostructures and nanostructured ultrathin films
- Magnetism of ferromagnetic/molecule interfaces
- Spin electronics of chiral interfaces
International Collaborations
- Pr. Hyunsoo Yang, National University of Singapore, Electrical Engineering
Spin electronics of low-symmetry systems
Possibility of a joint PhD - Pr. Enrique Ortega, San Sebastian University, Nanophysics lab
Electronic properties of chiral surfaces
Possibility of a joint PhD - Pr. Shobhana Narasimhan, Bangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru for Advanced Scientific Research
Ab-initio calculations of spin-crossover molecules on surfaces
Ongoing CEFIPRA project
Administrative Responsibilities
- Deputy Director of the MPQ laboratory: since 2019
- Head of the Bachelor’s degree Teaching Physics and Chemistry: 2020 – 2026
- Deputy Director of the Physics Department (UFR) at Paris Diderot University: 2012 – 2019
- Head of the Self-organization of nanostructures and STM team: 2007 – 2014
- Head of the Fundamental Physics Magistère program at Paris Diderot University:
2007 – 2014
Career Summary
- Since 2010: Full Professor at Paris Cité University
- 2008: Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR), Magnetization reversal in low-dimensional
systems, Paris Diderot University - 2002 – 2010: Associate Professor at Paris Cité University
- 2010 – 2015: Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
- 2001 – 2002: Temporary Teaching and Research Associate (ATER) at the Solid State
Physics Laboratory, project: Creep regime of magnetic domain walls - 1998 – 2001: PhD thesis at the Solid State Physics Group, Self-organization of crystalline
surfaces and applications to the growth of nanostructures, Paris Diderot University,
supervised by Jean-Marc Berroir and Sylvie Rousset - 1996 – 1999: Civil servant student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
Publications
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