Publications by Cécile Hébert

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Advanced materials characterization and modeling using synchrotron, neutron, TEM, and novel micro-mechanical techniques-A European effort to accelerate fusion materials development

For the realization of fusion as an energy source, the development of suitable materials is one of the most critical issues. The required material properties are in many aspects unique compared to the existing solutions, particularly the need for necessary ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Multivariate statistical analysis as a tool for the segmentation of 3D spectral data

Cécile Hébert, Marco Cantoni, Guillaume Lucas, Pierre Burdet

Acquisition of three-dimensional (3D) spectral data is nowadays common using many different microanalytical techniques. In order to proceed to the 3D reconstruction, data processing is necessary not only to deal with noisy acquisitions but also to segment ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Statistical analysis of oxides particles in ODS ferritic steel using advanced electron microscopy

Cécile Hébert, Nadine Baluc, Guillaume Lucas

In this work a combination of advanced transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques enabled a statistically significant analysis of various types of few nanometer size oxides particles in Fe-14Cr-2W-O.3Ti-0.3Y(2)O(3) ferritic steel. These m ...

Elsevier2012

From STEM-EDXS data to phase separation and quantification using physics-guided NMF

Thomas Tim Holvoet, Cécile Hébert, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Nathanaël Perraudin, Guillaume Romain Obozinski

We present the development of a new algorithm which combines state-of-the-art energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectroscopy theory and a suitable machine learning formulation for the hyperspectral unmixing of scanning transmission electron microscope EDX spec ...

2024

Tuning the photophysical properties of soluble single-wall carbon nanotube derivatives by co-functionalization with organic molecules

Cécile Hébert

The photophysical characterization of three soluble derivatives of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), co-functionalized with PEG and aminofluorene and co-functionalized with PEG and aminoanthracene is re ...

2009

Imaging of high-Q cavity optical modes by electron energy-loss microscopy

Romuald Houdré, Cécile Hébert, Marco Cantoni, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Nicolas Le Thomas

We show a technique that images the intensity distribution and local state of polarization of the optical field of high-quality factor optical modes confined in dielectric planar photonic crystal nanocavities. Based on energy-loss spectroscopy of swift ele ...

Amer Physical Soc2013

espm: A Python library for the simulation of STEM-EDXS datasets

Adrien Maxime Louis Teurtrie, Cécile Hébert, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Nathanaël Perraudin, Hui Chen, Guillaume Romain Obozinski, Hui Chen

We present two open-source Python packages: "electron spectro-microscopy"(espm) and "electron microscopy tables"(emtables). The espm software enables the simulation of scanning transmission electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy datacubes ...

ELSEVIER2023

3D Ordering at the Liquid-Solid Polar Interface of Nanowires

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Cécile Hébert, Michele Ceriotti, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Gözde Tütüncüoglu, Nicolas Tappy, Mahdi Zamani, Martin George Friedl, Luca Francaviglia, Giulio Imbalzano, Lea Ghisalberti

The nature of the liquid-solid interface determines the characteristics of a variety of physical phenomena, including catalysis, electrochemistry, lubrication, and crystal growth. Most of the established models for crystal growth are based on macroscopic t ...

Wiley2020

3D reconstruction of curvilinear structures with stereo matching deep convolutional neural networks

Pascal Fua, Cécile Hébert, Emad Oveisi, Anastasiia Mishchuk, Okan Altingövde, Gulnaz Ganeeva

Curvilinear structures frequently appear in microscopy imaging as the object of interest. Crystallographic defects, i.e dislocations, are one of the curvilinear structures that have been repeatedly investigated under transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ...

ELSEVIER2022

Direct Imaging of Dopant Distribution in Polycrystalline ZnO Films

Christophe Ballif, Cécile Hébert, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Stéphane Laurent Escrig, Monica Morales Masis, Sylvain Nicolay, Martin Ledinsky, Arthur Brian Aebersold

Two fundamental requirements of transparent conductive oxides are high conductivity and low optical absorptance, properties strongly dependent on the free-carrier concentration of the film. The free carrier concentration is usually-tuned by the addition of ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Electronic Interactions between "Pea" and "Pod": The Case of Oligothiophenes Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes

Cécile Hébert, Barbora Bártová

One of the most challenging strategies to achieve tunable nanophotonic devices is to build robust nanohybrids with variable emission in the visible spectral range, while keeping the merits of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). This goal is re ...

2011

A TEM study of Ni interfaces formed during activation of SOFC anodes in H 2 : Influence of grain boundary symmetry and segregation of impurities

Jan Van Herle, Cécile Hébert, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Quentin Thomas Jeangros

The electrochemical properties of a solid oxide fuel cell depend on many parameters, including – on the anode side – the connectivity of the Ni network and the segregation of impurities at active points. In this work, advanced scanning transmission electro ...

2016

Zinc blende-wurtzite polytypism in nanocrystalline ZnO films

Christophe Ballif, Cécile Hébert, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Sylvain Nicolay, Arthur Brian Aebersold, Lorenzo Fanni

ZnO is commonly observed and assumed to crystallize fully in a wurtzite structure. Indeed, While polytypism between a wurtzite and a zinc blende phase is often seen in some II-VI compounds, it has only rarely been observed in ZnO. Here, by means of automat ...

Elsevier2017

Slip in directionally solidified Mo-alloy micropillars - Part I: Nominally dislocation-free pillars

Cécile Hébert, Emad Oveisi, Steven Van Petegem, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Barbora Bártová, Cécile Renée Maria Marichal

In situ Laue analysis during microcompression reveals plasticity in [0 0 1]-oriented, directionally solidified Mo alloy pillars to start with slip on the {1 1 2} < 1 1 1 > system having the highest Schmid factor followed by slip on the (1 1 0) plane contai ...

Elsevier2012

Capturing EELS in the reciprocal space

Cécile Hébert, Audrius Alkauskas

In this work two aspects of momentum-dependent electron energy loss spectrometry are studied, both in the core-loss and in the low-loss region. In the case of core losses, we focus on the demonstration and the interpretation of an unexpected non-Lorentzian ...

2011

Non-negative matrix factorization-aided phase unmixing and trace element quantification of STEM-EDXS data

Cécile Hébert, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, James Badro, Farhang Nabiei, Hui Chen

Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) mapping with a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is commonly used for chemical characterization of materials. However, STEM-EDXS quantification becomes challenging when the phases constituting the ...

Elsevier2024

Tilt-less 3-D electron imaging and reconstruction of complex curvilinear structures

Pascal Fua, Cécile Hébert, Emad Oveisi, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Robin Schäublin, Guillaume Lucas

The ability to obtain three-dimensional (3-D) information about morphologies of nanostructures elucidates many interesting properties of materials in both physical and biological sciences. Here we demonstrate a novel method in scanning transmission electro ...

Nature Research2017

Reduction of nickel oxide particles by hydrogen studied in an environmental TEM

Jan Van Herle, Cécile Hébert, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Quentin Thomas Jeangros

In situ reduction of nickel oxide (NiO) particles is performed under 1.3 mbar of hydrogen gas (H-2) in an environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM). Images, diffraction patterns and electron energy-loss spectra (EELS) are acquired to monitor th ...

Springer US2013

Investigating Magma Ocean Solidification on Earth Through Laser‐Heated Diamond Anvil Cell Experiments

Cécile Hébert, Marco Cantoni, Philippe Gillet, James Badro, Farhang Nabiei, Charles-Edouard Boukaré

We carried out a series of silicate fractional crystallization experiments at lower mantle pressures using the laser-heated diamond anvil cell. Phase relations and the compositional evolution of the cotectic melt and equilibrium solids along the liquid lin ...

2021

Theoretical analysis of the momentum-dependent loss function of bulk Ag

Cécile Hébert, Audrius Alkauskas, Simon Schneider

We analyze the momentum-dependent loss function of bulk silver, calculated via the random-phase approximation and based on the band structure from semi-local density functional theory calculations. In the energy range of 0-55 eV the spectrum reveals the ex ...

Elsevier2010