Scientific skills
- Advanced solar cell concepts
- Specialised in growth, nanopatterning and characterisation of oxide thin films for applications in electronic transport, magnetism, and optoelectronics
- Pulsed laser deposition
- Caracterisation of novel devices for electronics
Techniques frequently used: X-ray grazing angle reflectometry, XRD (symmetric and asymmetric), RHEED, SEM, TEM preparation, UV transmission, profilometry, AFM, SQUID, AGFM, VSM, ferroelectric measurements, transport measurements at low temperature with magnetic field and/or illumination, PLD, sputtering, etching, lithography, focused ion beam patterning. Synchrotron user for XMCD.
Professional experience
| 2012- |
CNRS researcher at ICube
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| 2006-2012 |
Research Associate at University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science, United Kingdom. Associate at St John's College.
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| 2003-2006 |
PhD in Physics at IPCMS, University of Strasbourg – CNRS, France
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Education
| 2003-2006 |
PhD at Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS-CNRS) University of Strasbourg, France. Subject: “Thin films of Sr2FeMoO6 deposited by pulsed laser deposition for magnetic tunnel junctions”
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| 2002-2003 |
MSc in Physics of Condensed Matter at University of Strasbourg (Materials, Nanostructures and Soft Matter)
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| 2000-2003 |
MSc in Physical Engineering: Diplôme d’Ingénieur de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (ENSPS, now called Télécom Physique Strasbourg)
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| 1998-2000 |
Mathématiques Supérieures et Spéciales, Physics and Chemistry: intensive undergraduate studies to prepare national competitive exams for admission to French “Grandes Ecoles”
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Teaching
| 2008-2010 |
100h tutorials at the University of Cambridge, in: Materials and Mineral Sciences, Part IA; Thermal and Statistical Physics, Part II; Quantum condensed matter, Part II; Electrons and photons in solids, MSc Materials Science
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| 2003-2006 |
190h experimental physics at INSA de Strasbourg (engineering) and IUT Louis-Pasteur (Université de Strasbourg).
16h tutorials in electrical engineering at INSA de Strasbourg
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Student mentoring
Mentoring of three PhD students, two MSc students, and two trainee-engineers
Papers in international journals with review committee
[1] Structural and magnetic properties of CoTiO3 thin films on SrTiO3 (001), F. Schoofs, M. Egilmez, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, Mark G. Blamire, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., to be published.
[2] Tuning the low-dimensional carrier density at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces via rare earth doping, F. Schoofs, M. Egilmez, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, M.G. Blamire, Sol. State Comm., to be published.
[3] Strong room temperature exchange bias in self-assembled BiFeO3–Fe3O4 nanocomposite heteroepitaxial films, E.M. Choi, E. Weal, Z. Bi, H. Wang, A. Kursumovic, T. Fix, M.G. Blamire, and J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 012905 (2013)
[4] Nd:SrTiO3 thin films as photon downshifting layers for photovoltaics, T. Fix, H. Rinnert, M.G. Blamire, A. Slaoui, and J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 102, 71 (2012)
[5] Proposal of a one-dimensional electron gas in the steps at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, N.C. Bristowe, T. Fix, M.G. Blamire, P.B. Littlewood, and E. Artacho, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 166802 (2012)
[6] Impact of structural transitions on electron transport at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces, F. Schoofs, M. Egilmez, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 081601 (2012)
[7] Influence of SrTiO3 substrate miscut angle on the transport properties of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, T. Fix, F. Schoofs, Z. Bi, A. Chen, H. Wang, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, M.G. Blamire, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 022103 (2011)
[8] Optimized transport properties of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces by variation of pulsed laser fluence,
F. Schoofs, T. Fix, A. S. Kalabukhov, D. Winkler, Y. Boikov, I. Serenkov, V. Sakharov, T. Claeson, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll and M. G. Blamire, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 305002 (2011)
[9] Structural and dielectric properties of SnTiO3, a putative ferroelectric, T. Fix, S.L. Sahonta, V. Garcia, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, Cryst. Growth Des. 11, 1422 (2011)
[10] Structural evolution and competing magnetic orders in polycrystalline GdN films, K. Senapati, T. Fix, M.E. Vickers, M.G. Blamire, and Z.H. Barber, Phys. Rev. B 83, 014403 (2011)
[11] Coexistence of strong ferromagnetism and polar switching at room temperature in Fe3O4-BiFeO3 nanocomposite thin films, E. Weal, S. Patnaik, Z. Bi, H. Wang, T. Fix, A. Kursumovic, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 153121 (2010)
[12] Influence of doping at the nanoscale at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, T. Fix, F. Schoofs, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 072110 (2010)
[13] Strain dependent defect mediated ferromagnetism in Mn-doped and undoped ZnO thin films, F. Schoofs, T. Fix, A.M.H.R. Hakimi, S.S. Dhesi, G. van der Laan, S.A. Cavill, S. Langridge, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 053911 (2010)
[14] Magnetic exchange hardening in polycrystalline GdN thin films, K. Senapati, T. Fix, M.E. Vickers, M.G. Blamire and Z.H. Barber, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 302003 (2010)
[15] Charge confinement and doping at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, T. Fix, F. Schoofs, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 166802 (2009)
[16] Ferromagnetism in Co-doped (La,Sr)TiO3, T. Fix, M. Liberati, H. Aubriet, S.L. Sahonta, R. Bali, C. Becker, D. Ruch, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, E. Arenholz, M.G. Blamire, New J. Phys. 11, 073042 (2009)
[17] Delta-doped LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, M.G. Blamire, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 172101 (2009)
[18] Electrical and magnetic properties of La0.35Sr0.65Ti1-xFexO3 thin films, G.W. Leung, M.E. Vickers, T. Fix, M.G. Blamire, J. Phys. – Cond. Mat., 21, 426003 (2009)
[19] Influence of the dopant concentration in In-doped SrTiO3 on the structural and transport properties, T. Fix, R. Bali, N. Stelmashenko, and M. G. Blamire, Sol. State Comm., 146, 428 (2008)
[20] How to obtain a magnetic hard-soft architecture by pulsed laser deposition, T. Fix, M. Trassin, R. Sayed Hassan, G. Schmerber, N. Viart, C. Mény, S. Colis and A. Dinia, Nanotechnology 18, 495708 (2007)
[21] High quality SrTiO3 tunnel barrier deposited by pulsed laser deposition, T. Fix, V. Da Costa, C. Ulhaq-Bouillet, S. Colis, A. Dinia, K. Bouzehouane and A. Barthelemy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 083104 (2007)
[22] Nanoscale analysis of interfaces in a metal/oxide/oxide trilayer obtained by pulsed laser deposition, T. Fix, G. Bertoni, C. Ulhaq-Bouillet, S. Colis, J. Verbeeck, G. Van Tendeloo and A. Dinia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 023106 (2007)
[23] Absence of tunnel magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6-based magnetic tunnel junctions, T. Fix, A. Barla, C. Ulhaq-Bouillet, S. Colis, J. P. Kappler and A. Dinia, Chem. Phys. Lett., 434, 276 (2007)
[24] Exchange coupling in NiO/CoFe2 and CoFe2O4/CoFe2 systems grown by pulsed laser deposition, T. Fix, S. Colis, K. Sauvet, J. L. Loison, G. Versini, G. Pourroy, and A. Dinia, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 43907 (2006)
[25] Diode effect in all-oxide Sr2FeMoO6-based magnetic tunnel junctions, T. Fix, D. Stoeffler, Y. Henry, S. Colis, A. Dinia, T. Dimopoulos, L. Bär, and J. Wecker, J. Appl. Phys. 99, J8107 (2006)
[26] Coupling between ferromagnetic electrodes through ZnS barrier, T. Fix, S. Colis, G. Schmerber, C. Ulhaq, A. Dinia, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 286, 134 (2005)
[27] Pressure effect on the magnetization of Sr2FeMoO6 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, T. Fix, G. Versini, J. L. Loison, S. Colis, G. Schmerber, G. Pourroy, and A. Dinia, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 024907 (2005)
[28] Effects of strain relaxation on the electronic properties of epitaxial Sr2FeMoO6 grown by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO3 (001), T. Fix, D. Stoeffler, S. Colis, C. Ulhaq, G. Versini, J. P. Vola, F. Huber, and A. Dinia, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 023712 (2005)
[29] Structural defects in Sr2FeMoO6 double perovskite: Experimental versus theoretical approach, S. Colis, D. Stoeffler, C. Mény, T. Fix, C. Leuvrey, G. Pourroy, A. Dinia, and P. Panissod, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 033905 (2005)
International conferences or schools
[1] Invited: Transparent conductive oxides, T. Fix, European Photovoltaics Summer School (July 2012, Krakow, Poland)
[2] Invited: Novel interface effects in oxide nanocomposite thin films, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, E.M. Choi, T. Fix, A. Kursumovic, A. Chen, H. Wang, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) (May 2012, Strasbourg, France)
[3] Invited: Achieving a room temperature magnetoelectric by materials selection and nanocomposite thin film design, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, E.M. Choi, T. Fix, A. Kursumovic, Q. Jia, A. Chen, H. Wang, Z. Bi, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (MRS) (April 2012, San Francisco, USA)
[4] Magnetoelectric coupling in Perovskite-ZnO nanocomposites, T. Fix, M.G. Blamire, and J.L. Driscoll, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (MRS) (April 2012, San Francisco, USA)
[5] Structural and dielectric properties of SnTiO3, a putative ferroelectric, T. Fix, L. Sahonta, J.L. Driscoll, and M.G. Blamire, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (MRS) (April 2012, San Francisco, USA)
[6] Invited: Novel approaches to large area functional nanowires arrays, J. Driscoll, S. Harrington, A. Kursumovic, Q. Jia, H. Wang, Z. Bi and T. Fix, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (MRS) (December 2011, Boston, USA)
[7] Influence of defects in quasi-two-dimensional electron gases at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, T. Fix, F. Schoofs, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll and M. Blamire, 17th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (September 2010, Awaji, Japan)
[8] Invited: Influence of defects in quasi-two-dimensional electron gases at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, T. Fix, F. Schoofs, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll and M. Blamire, Inter-phase: Novel Electronic States at Interfaces in Oxides (March 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands)
[9] Quasi-two-dimensional Electron Gas at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface Doped with Magnetic Impurities, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll and M. Blamire, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (MRS) (April 2009, San Francisco, USA)
[10] Origin of Ferromagnetism in Co-doped (La,Sr)TiO3, T. Fix, L. Sahonta and M. Blamire, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (MRS) (April 2009, San Francisco, USA)
[11] Invited: Delta-doped LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces: evidence for sub-nanometer carrier confinement and possible spin polarization, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll and M. Blamire, Symposium on Advanced Oxide materials : catalysis, energy and spintronics, 2nd UK-Taiwan International Networking for Young Scientists (March 2009, Taipei, Taiwan)
[12] Influence of the dopant concentration in In-doped SrTiO3 on the structural and transport properties, T. Fix, R. Bali, N. Stelmashenko and M.G. Blamire, THIOX Advances and new challenges in oxide electronics (April 2008, Sestri Levante, Italy)
[13] Transport and magnetic effects in nanoscale junctions based on perovskites, T. Fix, N. Stelmashenko, R. Bali, and M. Blamire, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (MRS) (November 2007, Boston, USA)
[14] Structures based on Sr2FeMoO6, T. Fix, A. Barla, J.P. Kappler, S. Colis, and A. Dinia, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) (June 2006, Nice, France)
Main collaborations
- A. Dinia, D. Stoeffler, IPCMS, France
- H. Rinnert, IJL, France
- C. Becker, Laboratoire de Technologies Industrielles, Luxembourg
- G. Bertoni, G. Van Tendeloo, EMAT, Antwerp, Belgium
- M. Rührig, L. Bär, SIEMENS, Germany
- V. Garcia, A. Barthélémy, Unité Mixte CNRS/Thales, France
- E. Arenholz, M. Liberati, Advanced Light Source, USA
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