Nathalie VIART

Nathalie VIART

Professor, Inorganic Materials Chemistry (DCMI)Nathalie.Viart@ipcms.unistra.fr
Tél: +33(0)3 88 10 72 10Bureau: 2009

Research background

  • 2007 Professor – European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials of Strasbourg (ECPM), University of Strasbourg (Unistra), Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS)
  • 1997 Assitant Professor – University of Strasbourg, Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Strasbourg
  • 1996-1997 Post-doctorate : Oxford University (Clarendon Laboratory), England, “Introduction of oxides in magnetoresistive devices”. Fellow of the ’Oxide Spin Electronics’ European program network (OXSEN, Training and Mobility of Researchers program). Supervisor : Dr. J. F. Gregg

Academic background

  • 2005 Accreditation to supervise research activities, University of Strasbourg, “Composite materials with magnetic and/or electric properties : from powder to thin films”, Warant : Dr. G. Pourroy
  • 1996 PhD, University of Strasbourg, Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Strasbourg “Elaboration by the sol-gel process of silica / iron oxides magnetic nanocomposites”, Supervisor : Pr. Jean Guille, Dr. J.-L. Rehspringer

Current researches

Functional oxides in thin films
GFO Magnetoelectric Ga2-xFexO3 compounds
Spinelle Frustrated CoFe2O4 and FeV2O4 spinel compounds
Nickelates Rare earth nickelates
MISSION The “Magnetoelectric Oxides for Spintronics” project (MISSION)

Publications

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A. Thomasson, F. Ibrahim, C. Lefèvre, E. Autissier, F. Roulland, C. Mény, C. Leuvrey, S. Choi, W. Jo, O. Crégut, G. Versini, S. Barre, M. Alouani, N. Viart, Effects of iron concentration and cationic site disorder on the optical properties of magnetoelectric gallium ferrite thin films, RSC Advances 3 (2013) 3124–3130. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra22681b.
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A. Thomasson, S. Cherifi, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, B. Gautier, D. Albertini, C. Mény, N. Viart, Room temperature multiferroicity in Ga0.6Fe1.4O3:Mg thin films, Journal of Applied Physics 113 (2013) 214101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4808349.
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A. Thomasson, J. Kreisel, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, G. Versini, S. Barre, N. Viart, Raman scattering of magnetoelectric gallium ferrite thin films, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25 (2013) 045401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/4/045401.
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S.K. Sinha, A. Khammari, M. Picher, F. Roulland, N. Viart, T. LaGrange, F. Banhart, Nanosecond electron pulses in the analytical electron microscopy of a fast irreversible chemical reaction, Nature Communications 10 (2019) 3648. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11669-w.
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L. Schlur, C. Bouillet, F. Roulland, G. Versini, M. Lenertz, C. Leuvrey, J. Robert, G.A. Chahine, N. Blanc, A.P. Corredor, D. Preziosi, C. Lefèvre, N. Viart, Elaboration of the magnetically frustrated GeFe2O4 spinel thin films by pulsed laser deposition, Materials Chemistry and Physics 340 (2025) 130831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.130831.
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H. Sahib, A. Raji, F. Rosa, G. Merzoni, G. Ghiringhelli, M. Salluzzo, A. Gloter, N. Viart, D. Preziosi, Superconductivity in PrNiO2 Infinite-Layer Nickelates., Advanced Materials (2025) e2416187. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202416187.
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H. Sahib, L. Schlur, B. Mundet, K. Cordero, N. Viart, D. Pesquera, D. Preziosi, Freestanding perovskite and infinite-layer nickelate membranes, Physical Review Materials 9 (2025) 014801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.9.014801.
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F. Roulland, G. Roseau, A.P. Corredor, L. Wendling, G. Krieger, C. Lefèvre, M. Trassin, G. Pourroy, N. Viart, Promoting the magnetic exchanges in PLD deposited strained films of FeV2O4 thin films, Materials Chemistry and Physics 276 (2022) 125360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125360.
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F. Roulland, C. Lefèvre, A. Thomasson, N. Viart, Study of Ga(2-x)FexO3 solid solution: Optimisation of the ceramic processing, in: Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2013: pp. 1029–1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.11.014.
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A. Raji, G. Krieger, N. Viart, D. Preziosi, J.-P. Rueff, A. Gloter, Charge Distribution across Capped and Uncapped Infinite-Layer Neodymium Nickelate Thin Films., Small (2023) e2304872. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304872.
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D. Preziosi, S. Homkar, C. Lefèvre, M. Salluzzo, N. Viart, Unusual anisotropic magnetic orbital moment obtained from x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in a multiferroic oxide system, Physical Review B 103 (2021) 184420. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.184420.
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A. Pena Corredor, M. Gamarde, L. El Khabchi, M.J.V. Bernardez, M. Lenertz, C. Leuvrey, L. Schlur, F. Roulland, N. Viart, C. Lefèvre, Room-temperature magnetism and controlled cation distribution in vanadium ferrite thin films, Materials Chemistry and Physics 314 (2024) 128856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128856.
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A. Pena Corredor, N. Viart, C. Lefèvre, inserexs: reflection choice software for resonant elastic X-ray scattering., Journal of Applied Crystallography 56 (2023) 854–859. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576723002212.
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S.H. Oh, R.H. Shin, C. Lefèvre, A. Thomasson, F. Roulland, Y. Shin, D.-H. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, A. Demchenko, C. Leuvrey, C. Mény, W. Jo, N. Viart, Incorporation of cobalt ions into magnetoelectric gallium ferrite epitaxial films: tuning of conductivity and magnetization, RSC Advances 5 (2015) 34265–34271. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra03609g.
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B. Meunier, S. Homkar, F. Choueikani, M.G. Silly, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, C. Leuvrey, J. Robert, D. Preziosi, N. Viart, Nonmonotonous temperature fluctuations of the orbital moment and spin-orbit coupling in multiferroic gallium ferrite thin films, Physical Review B 106 (2022) 184410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.184410.
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E. Martin, S. Grenier, S. Barre, G. Versini, N. Blanc, N. Boudet, F. Roulland, G. Pourroy, N. Viart, C. Lefevre, Deleterious effect of rare earth elements substitution on the auxetic behavior of CoFe2O4 thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 935 (2023) 168082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.168082.
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E. Martin, F. Roulland, S. Grenier, F. Appert, J. Juraszek, M. Trassin, C. Bouillet, E. Chikoidze, C. Arnold, B. Berini, Y. Dumont, S. Colis, S. Barre, G. Versini, D. Preziosi, C. Leuvrey, N. Blanc, N. Boudet, G. Pourroy, N. Viart, C. Lefèvre, Non-auxeticiauxetic transitions inducing modifications of the magnetic anisotropy in CoFe2O4 thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 836 (2020) 155425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155425.
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C. Lefèvre, A. Demchenko, C. Bouillet, M. Luysberg, X. Devaux, F. Roulland, G. Versini, S. Barre, Y. Wakabayashi, N. Boudet, C. Leuvrey, M. Acosta, C. Mény, E. Martin, S. Grenier, V. Favre-Nicolin, N. Viart, Nondestructive Method for the Determination of the Electric Polarization Orientation in Thin Films: Illustration on Gallium Ferrite Thin Films, Small Methods 1 (2017) 1700234. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.201700234.
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C. Lefèvre, A. Thomasson, F. Roulland, V. Favre-Nicolin, Y. Joly, Y. Wakabayashi, G. Versini, S. Barre, C. Leuvrey, A. Demchenko, N. Boudet, N. Viart, Determination of the cationic distribution in oxidic thin films by resonant X-ray diffraction: the magnetoelectric compound Ga$\sb 2$-$ıt x$Fe$\sb ıt x$O$\sb 3$, Journal of Applied Crystallography 49 (2016) 1308–1314. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576716010001.
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C. Lefèvre, R.H. Shin, J.H. Lee, S.H. Oh, F. Roulland, A. Thomasson, E. Autissier, C. Mény, W. Jo, N. Viart, Reduced leakage currents and possible charge carriers tuning in Mg-doped Ga0.6Fe1.4O3 thin films, Applied Physics Letters 100 (2012) 262904 /p.1–4. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729872.
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C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, A. Thomasson, E. Autissier, C. Leuvrey, S. Barre, G. Versini, N. Viart, G. Pourroy, Stabilization of scandium rich spinel ferrite CoFe(2-x)Sc(x)O4 (x <= 1) in thin films, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 232 (2015) 118–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2015.09.012.
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C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, A. Thomasson, C. Mény, F. Porcher, G. Andre, N. Viart, Magnetic and Polar Properties’ Optimization in the Magnetoelectric Ga2-xFexO3 Compounds, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (2013) 14832–14839. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp403733b.
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B. Kundys, F. Roulland, C. Lefèvre, C. Mény, A. Thomasson, N. Viart, Room temperature polarization in the ferrimagnetic Ga2-xFexO3 ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 35 (2015) 2277–2281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.02.029.
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G. Krieger, C.-P. Su, H. Sahib, R. Fan, P. Steadman, A. Gloter, N. Viart, D. Preziosi, Tailoring the breathing-mode distortions in nickelate/ferroelectric heterostructures, Journal of Applied Physics 137 (2025) 125301. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255194.
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G. Krieger, H. Sahib, F. Rosa, M. Rath, Y. Chen, A. Raji, P.V.B. Pinho, C. Lefèvre, G. Ghiringhelli, A. Gloter, N. Viart, M. Salluzzo, D. Preziosi, Signatures of canted antiferromagnetism in infinite-layer nickelates studied by x-ray magnetic dichroism, Physical Review B 110 (2024) 195110. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.195110.
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G. Krieger, A. Raji, L. Schlur, G. Versini, C. Bouillet, M. Lenertz, J. Robert, A. Gloter, N. Viart, D. Preziosi, Synthesis of infinite-layer nickelates and influence of the capping-layer on magnetotransport, Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 56 (2023) 024003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aca54a.
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G. Krieger, L. Martinelli, S. Zeng, L.E. Chow, K. Kummer, R. Arpaia, M. Moretti Sala, N.B. Brookes, A. Ariando, N. Viart, M. Salluzzo, G. Ghiringhelli, D. Preziosi, Charge and Spin Order Dichotomy in NdNiO2 Driven by the Capping Layer, Physical Review Letters 129 (2022) 027002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.027002.
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N. Kharouf, D. Mancino, J. Zghal, S. Helle, H. Jmal, M. Lenertz, N. Viart, N. Bahlouli, F. Meyer, Y. Haikel, V. Ball, Dual role of tannic acid and pyrogallol incorporated in plaster of Paris: Morphology modification and release for antimicrobial properties, Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications 127 (2021) 112209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2021.112209.
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S. Homkar, E. Martin, B. Meunier, A. Anadon-Barcelona, C. Bouillet, J. Gorchon, K. Dumesnil, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, O. Copie, D. Preziosi, S. Petit-Watelot, J.-C. Rojas-Sanchez, N. Viart, Spin Current Transport in Hybrid Pt/Multifunctional Magnetoelectric Ga0.6Fe1.4O3 Bilayers, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 3 (2021) 4433–4440. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.1c00586.
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S. Homkar, D. Preziosi, X. Devaux, C. Bouillet, J. Nordlander, M. Trassin, F. Roulland, C. Lefèvre, G. Versini, S. Barre, C. Leuvrey, M. Lenertz, M. Fiebig, G. Pourroy, N. Viart, Ultrathin regime growth of atomically flat multiferroic gallium ferrite films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, Physical Review Materials 3 (2019) 124416. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.124416.
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L. El Khabchi, A.P. Corredor, F. Roulland, M. Lenertz, C. Leuvrey, J. Robert, G. Versini, L. Schlur, C. Lefèvre, N. Viart, Solid-state synthesis of stoichiometric and dense CoV2O4 targets, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 45 (2025) 117286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117286.
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A. Demchenko, S. Homkar, C. Bouillet, C.T. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, D. Preziosi, G. Versini, C. Leuvrey, P. Boullay, X. Devaux, N. Viart, Unveiling unconventional ferroelectric switching in multiferroic Ga-0.6 Fe1.4O3 thin films through multiscale electron microscopy investigations, Acta Materialia 240 (2022) 118337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118337.
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A. Demchenko, Y. Chang, E. Chikoidze, B. Berini, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, C. Ulhaq-Bouillet, G. Versini, S. Barre, C. Leuvrey, V. Favre-Nicolin, N. Boudet, S. Zafeiratos, Y. Dumont, N. Viart, Tuning the conductivity type in a room temperature magnetic oxide: Ni-doped Ga0.6Fe1.4O3 thin films, RSC Advances 6 (2016) 28248–28256. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra01540a.
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G. De Luca, M.D. Rossell, J. Schaab, N. Viart, M. Fiebig, M. Trassin, Domain Wall Architecture in Tetragonal Ferroelectric Thin Films, Advanced Materials 29 (2017) 1605145. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201605145.
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A.P. Corredor, A. Anadon, L. Schlur, J. Robert, H. Damas, J.-C. Rojas-Sanchez, S. Petit-Watelot, N. Viart, D. Preziosi, C. Lefevre, Spin transport properties of spinel vanadate-based heterostructures, Applied Physics Letters 123 (2023) 072407. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165642.
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A.P. Corredor, L. Wendling, D. Preziosi, L. Schlur, C. Leuvrey, D. Thiaudiere, E. Elklaim, N. Blanc, S. Grenier, F. Roulland, N. Viart, C. Lefèvre, Oxygen crystallographic positions in thin films by non-destructive resonant elastic X-ray scattering, Journal of Applied Crystallography 55 (2022) 526–532. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722003673.
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S. Choi, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, C. Mény, N. Viart, B. To, D.E. Shafer, R. Shin, J. Lee, W. Jo, Optical transitions in magnetoelectric Ga0.6Fe1.4O3 from 0.73 to 6.45 eV, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 30 (2012) 041204 /p.1–5. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4721649.
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A. Anadon, E. Martin, S. Homkar, B. Meunier, M. Verges, H. Damas, J. Alegre, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, C. Dubs, M. Lindner, L. Pasquier, O. Copie, K. Dumesnil, R. Ramos, D. Preziosi, S. Petit-Watelot, N. Viart, J.-C. Rojas-Sanchez, Thermal Spin-Current Generation in the Multifunctional Ferrimagnet Ga0.6Fe1.4O3, Physical Review Applied 18 (2022) 054087. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054087.