Work with Gregory ABADIAS | NotedSource
25 years experience in thin film growth (thermal
evaporation and magnetron sputtering) and thin-film
microstructure engineering Expertise in residual stress
analysis using XRD and wafer curvature Nanostructures and
multilayers Ion irradiation Current research projects on
Ag-based low-e coatings and high entropy alloys
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Gregory ABADIAS
Full Professor at University of Poitiers, Head of Thin Film Activities at Pprime Institute, France
Poitiers
Research Expertise
Ag-based coatings
thin film growth
residual stress
compositionally complex alloys
surface science and interfaces
multilayers
About
25 years experience in thin film growth
(thermal evaporation and magnetron sputtering)
and thin-film microstructure engineering
Expertise in residual stress analysis using
XRD and wafer curvature Nanostructures and
multilayers Ion irradiation Current research
projects on Ag-based low-e coatings and high
entropy alloys
Publications
Solid -state dewetting in Pd/a-Ge bilayers
Scripta Materialia
2026
Impact of substrate curvature on
grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray
scattering signal: theory and example of
Ag thin-film growth
Journal of Applied
Crystallography
2026
Real-time study of the interplay between
phase formation and stress evolution at
the
W 1 − x Si x / a − Si
Physical Review Materials
2024
Unravelling the effect of nitrogen on the
morphological evolution of thin silver
films on weakly-interacting substrates
Applied Surface Science
2024
In Situ Study of the Interface-Mediated
Solid-State Reactions during Growth and
Postgrowth Annealing of Pd/a-Ge Bilayers
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2023
Manipulation of thin metal film morphology
on weakly interacting substrates via
selective deployment of alloying species
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and
Films
2022
Physical Review B
2022
Structure, electrical, and optical
properties of reactively sputter-deposited
Ta—Al—N thin films
Journal of Applied Physics
2022
Self-Assembled Dichroic Plasmonic Nitride
Nanostructures with Broken Centrosymmetry
for Second-Harmonic Generation
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2021
Effect of temperature on the growth of TiN
thin films by oblique angle
sputter-deposition: A three-dimensional
atomistic computational study
Computational Materials Science
2021
In Situ and Real-Time Nanoscale Monitoring
of Ultra-Thin Metal Film Growth Using
Optical and Electrical Diagnostic Tools
Nanomaterials
2020
Study of columnar growth, texture
development and wettability of reactively
sputter-deposited TiN, ZrN and HfN thin
films at glancing angle incidence
Surface and Coatings Technology
2020
Structure, stress, and mechanical
properties of Mo-Al-N thin films deposited
by dc reactive magnetron cosputtering:
Role of point defects
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A
2020
Manipulation of thin silver film growth on
weakly interacting silicon dioxide
substrates using oxygen as a surfactant
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and
Films
2020
3D-to-2D Morphology Manipulation of
Sputter-Deposited Nanoscale Silver Films
on Weakly Interacting Substrates via
Selective Nitrogen Deployment for
Multifunctional Metal Contacts
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2020
Blistering in Helium-Ion-Irradiated
Zirconium, Aluminum, and Chromium Nitride
Films
Journal of Surface Investigation:
X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron
Techniques
2020
Design of defected TaN supercells dataset
for structural and elastic properties from
ab initio simulations and comparison to
experimental data
Data in Brief
2020
Large influence of vacancies on the
elastic constants of cubic epitaxial
tantalum nitride layers grown by reactive
magnetron sputtering
Acta Materialia
2020
On the Stability of Multilayer ZrN/SiNx
and CrN/SiNx Coatings Formed by Magnetron
Sputtering to High-Temperature Oxidation
Journal of Surface Investigation:
X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron
Techniques
2020
Role of nonlocal thermoelastic peaks in
the stress and texture evolution of TiN
coatings formed by plasma based ion
implantation and deposition
Surface and Coatings Technology
2020
Structural Properties and Oxidation
Resistance of ZrN/SiNx, CrN/SiNx and
AlN/SiNx Multilayered Films Deposited by
Magnetron Sputtering Technique
Coatings
2020
Surface blistering in ZrSiN nanocomposite
films irradiated with He ions
Surface and Coatings Technology
2020
The effect of kinetics on intrinsic stress
generation and evolution in
sputter-deposited films at conditions of
high atomic mobility
Journal of Applied Physics
2020
Tolerance of MeN/Si3N4 (Me = Zr,
Al, Cr) multilayered systems to radiation
erosion
Surface and Coatings Technology
2020
Atomic-scale diffusion rates during growth
of thin metal films on weakly-interacting
substrates
Scientific Reports
2019
Elastic properties of α- and β-tantalum
thin films
Thin Solid Films
2019
Interfacial Silicide Formation and Stress
Evolution during Sputter Deposition of
Ultrathin Pd Layers on a-Si
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2019
Reactive sputter deposition of CoCrCuFeNi
in oxygen/argon mixtures
Surface and Coatings Technology
2019
Texture and Stress Evolution in HfN Films
Sputter-Deposited at Oblique Angles
Coatings
2019
Tuning high power impulse magnetron
sputtering discharge and substrate bias
conditions to reduce the intrinsic stress
of TiN thin films
Thin Solid Films
2019
Blister formation in ZrN/SiN multilayers
after He irradiation
Surface and Coatings Technology
2018
Conductive nitrides: Growth principles,
optical and electronic properties, and
their perspectives in photonics and
plasmonics
Materials Science and Engineering: R:
Reports
2018
Impact of Ge alloying on the early growth
stages, microstructure and stress
evolution of sputter-deposited Cu-Ge thin
films
Acta Materialia
2018
Microstructure Characterization of
Multilayer Thin Coatings
ZrN/Si3N4 by X‐Ray
Diffraction Using Noncoplanar Measurement
Geometry
physica status solidi (a)
2017
Nanocolumnar TiN thin film growth by
oblique angle sputter-deposition:
Experiments vs. simulations
Materials & Design
2018
P-type Al-doped Cr-deficient CrN thin
films for thermoelectrics
Applied Physics Express
2018
Reactive sputter deposition of CoCrCuFeNi
in nitrogen/argon mixtures
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2018
Reprint of “Blister formation in ZrN/SiN
multilayers after He irradiation”
Surface and Coatings Technology
2018
Review Article: Stress in thin films and
coatings: Current status, challenges, and
prospects
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and
Films
2018
Size effect in AlN/SiN multilayered films
irradiated with helium and argon ions
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam
Interactions with Materials and
Atoms
2018
Thermal Stability of TiZrAlN and TiZrSiN
Films Formed by Reactive Magnetron
Sputtering
Inorganic Materials: Applied
Research
2018
Benefits of energetic ion bombardment for
tailoring stress and microstructural
evolution during growth of Cu thin films
Acta Materialia
2017
Epitaxial growth of Cu(001) thin films
onto Si(001) using a single-step HiPIMS
process
Scientific Reports
2017
Features of microstructure of ZrN, Si 3 N
4 and ZrN/SiN x nanoscale films irradiated
by Xe ions
Vacuum
2017
Multilayer design of CrN/MoN protective
coatings for enhanced hardness and
toughness
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2017
On the origin of the metastable β-Ta phase
stabilization in tantalum sputtered thin
films
Acta Materialia
2017
Setup for high-temperature surface
Brillouin light scattering: Application to
opaque thin films and coatings
Review of Scientific Instruments
2017
Spectral and Color Changes of Ag/TiO2
Photochromic Films Deposited on Diffusing
Paper and Transparent Flexible Plastic
Substrates
Applied Spectroscopy
2016
Structural-elastic relationships of Zr-TL
(TL = Cu, Co, Ni) thin films
metallic glasses
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2017
Thermal stability and oxidation resistance
of ZrSiN nanocomposite and ZrN/SiNx
multilayered coatings: A comparative study
Surface and Coatings Technology
2017
Ti, Al and N adatom adsorption and
diffusion on rocksalt cubic AlN (001) and
(011) surfaces: Ab initio calculations
Applied Surface Science
2017
A kinetic model for stress generation in
thin films grown from energetic vapor
fluxes
Journal of Applied Physics
2016
A load-lock compatible system for
in situ electrical resistivity
measurements during thin film growth
Review of Scientific Instruments
2016
Compressive intrinsic stress originates in
the grain boundaries of dense refractory
polycrystalline thin films
Journal of Applied Physics
2016
Direct Observation of the
Thickness-Induced Crystallization and
Stress Build-Up during Sputter-Deposition
of Nanoscale Silicide Films
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2016
Growth, structural and mechanical
properties of magnetron-sputtered ZrN/SiNx
nanolaminated coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2016
Nanostructured multielement (TiHfZrNbVTa)N
coatings before and after implantation of
N+ ions (1018cm−2): Their structure and
mechanical properties
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam
Interactions with Materials and
Atoms
2016
Optical properties of Ti x Al 1−x N thin
films in the whole compositional range
Surface and Coatings Technology
2016
Plasmonic spectral tunability of
conductive ternary nitrides
Applied Physics Letters
2016
Structural and mechanical properties of
NbN and Nb-Si-N films: Experiment and
molecular dynamics simulations
Ceramics International
2016
Three-dimensional kinetic Monte Carlo
simulations of cubic transition metal
nitride thin film growth
Physical Review B
2016
Composition, structure and tribotechnical
properties of TiN, MoN single-layer and
TiN/MoN multilayer coatings
Journal of Superhard Materials
2015
Extrinsic mechanical size effects in thin
ZrNi metallic glass films
Acta Materialia
2015
Investigation of Nanoscale TiN/MoN
Multilayered Systems, Fabricated Using Arc
Evaporation
Acta Physica Polonica A
2015
Ion-induced changes in the structure and
phase composition of nanocrystalline
TiZrSiN coatings formed via magnetron
sputtering
Journal of Surface Investigation.
X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron
Techniques
2015
Ion‐induced degradation of phase stability
and hardness of TiZrSiN nanocomposite thin
films
physica status solidi c
2014
Magnetron Sputtering Deposition of
Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposite Thin
Films for Repeatable and Multicolor
Photochromic Applications on Flexible
Substrates
Advanced Materials Interfaces
2015
Structure and hardness of quaternary
TiZrSiN thin films deposited by reactive
magnetron co-sputtering
Thin Solid Films
2015
Structure and properties of arc evaporated
nanoscale TiN/MoN multilayered systems
International Journal of Refractory
Metals and Hard Materials
2015
Structure and properties of nanostructured
NbN and Nb-Si-N films depending on the
conditions of deposition: Experiment and
theory
The Physics of Metals and
Metallography
2015
Thermal stability of nanocrystalline
(Ti,Zr)0.54Al0.46N films implanted by He+
ions
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam
Interactions with Materials and
Atoms
2015
Thermal stability of nanostructured
TiZrSiN thin films subjected to helium ion
irradiation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam
Interactions with Materials and
Atoms
2015
Volmer-Weber growth stages of
polycrystalline metal films probed by
in situ and real-time optical
diagnostics
Applied Physics Letters
2015
Alloying effects on the structure and
elastic properties of hard coatings based
on ternary transition metal (M = Ti, Zr or
Ta) nitrides
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Comparison of tribological characteristics
of nanostructured TiN, MoN, and TiN/MoN
Arc-PVD coatings
Journal of Friction and Wear
2014
Electronic structure and mechanical
properties of ternary ZrTaN alloys studied
byab initiocalculations and
thin-film growth experiments
Physical Review B
2014
High Temperature Annealing of Ion-Plasma
Nanostructured Coatings Based on
AlN-TiB_2(TiSi_2)
Acta Physica Polonica A
2014
Influence of Deposition Parameters and
Thermal Annealing on the Structure and
Properties of Nitride Coatings
(TiHfZrVNb)N
Acta Physica Polonica A
2014
Ion-induced phase transformations in
nanostructural TiZrAlN films
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Microstructure, physical and chemical
properties of nanostructured
(Ti–Hf–Zr–V–Nb)N coatings under different
deposition conditions
Materials Chemistry and Physics
2014
Preface
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Preface
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Real-time stress evolution during early
growth stages of sputter-deposited metal
films: Influence of adatom mobility
Vacuum
2014
Structure and Properties of Multilayer
Nanostructured Coatings TiN/MoN Depending
on Deposition Conditions
Acta Physica Polonica A
2014
The effect of nanolayer thickness on the
structure and properties of multilayer
TiN/MoN coatings
Technical Physics Letters
2014
Atom insertion into grain boundaries and
stress generation in physically vapor
deposited films
Applied Physics Letters
2013
Growth, structure and properties of
magnetron sputtered ultra-thin WTi films
MRS Proceedings
2013
ICMCTF 2012—Preface
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
ICMCTF 2012 — Preface
Thin Solid Films
2013
Influence of Al content on the phase
formation, growth stress and mechanical
properties of TiZrAlN coatings
Thin Solid Films
2013
Influence of particle and energy flux on
stress and texture development in
magnetron sputtered TiN films
Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics
2012
Lattice instability and elastic response
of metastable Mo1 − x x
Physical Review B
2013
Real-time curvature and optical
spectroscopy monitoring of
magnetron-sputtered WTi alloy thin films
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
Stress, phase stability and oxidation
resistance of ternary Ti–Me–N (Me=Zr, Ta)
hard coatings
Thin Solid Films
2013
Structural and elastic properties of
ternary metal nitrides TixTa1−xN alloys:
First-principles calculations versus
experiments
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
Structure, electrical conductivity,
critical superconducting temperature and
mechanical properties of TiNxOy thin films
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
The effect of the deposition parameters of
nitrides of high-entropy alloys
(TiZrHfVNb)N on their structure,
composition, mechanical and tribological
properties
Journal of Superhard Materials
2013
Thermal stability and oxidation behavior
of quaternary TiZrAlN magnetron sputtered
thin films: Influence of the pristine
microstructure
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
Time-domain and energetic bombardment
effects on the nucleation and coalescence
of thin metal films on amorphous
substrates
Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics
2013
In situ
photoelectrochemical/photocatalytic study
of a dye discoloration in a microreactor
system using TiO2 thin films
Environmental Science and Pollution
Research
2012
Intrinsic stress in ZrN thin films:
Evaluation of grain boundary contribution
from in situ wafer curvature and
ex situ x-ray diffraction
techniques
Journal of Applied Physics
2012
Structural and elastic properties of
single-crystal and polycrystalline
Ti1−xZrxN alloys: A computational study
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2012
Structure, phase stability and elastic
properties in the Ti1–xZrxN thin-film
system: Experimental and computational
studies
Acta Materialia
2012
Elastic properties of metastable Mo1−xSix
alloy thin films: A Brillouin light
scattering study
Surface and Coatings Technology
2011
ICMCTF 2011 — Preface
Thin Solid Films
2011
ICMCTF 2011 — Preface
Surface and Coatings Technology
2011
Sputter deposited transition metal
nitrides as back electrode for CIGS solar
cells
Solar Energy
2011
Structural and photoelectrochemical
properties of Ti1−xWxO2 thin films
deposited by magnetron sputtering
Surface and Coatings Technology
2011
Texture and microstructure evolution in
single-phase TixTa1−xN
alloys of rocksalt structure
Journal of Applied Physics
2011
Anisotropic strain-stress state and
intermixing in epitaxial Mo(110)/Ni(111)
multilayers: An x-ray diffraction study
Journal of Applied Physics
2010
Electronic and crystal structure and
bonding in Ti-based ternary solid solution
nitrides and Ti–Cu–N nanocomposite films
Surface and Coatings Technology
2010
Influence of Phase Transformation on
Stress Evolution during Growth of Metal
Thin Films on Silicon
Physical Review Letters
2010
Preface
Surface and Coatings Technology
2010
Reactive magnetron cosputtering of hard
and conductive ternary nitride thin films:
Ti–Zr–N and Ti–Ta–N
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and
Films
2010
Stability of Ti–Zr–N coatings under Xe-ion
irradiation
Surface and Coatings Technology
2010
Stress and microstructure evolution during
growth of magnetron-sputtered low-mobility
metal films: Influence of the nucleation
conditions
Thin Solid Films
2010
Structure and properties of nitrogen‐doped
titanium dioxide thin films produced by
reactive magnetron sputtering
Surface and Interface Analysis
2010
ICMCTF 2010
Thin Solid Films
2010
Elastic properties and phonon generation
in Mo/Si superlattices
Physical Review B
2009
On the Nanostructure of Cu in
Ti<sub>x</sub>Cu<sub>1-x</sub>
and TiN/Cu Films: A XAFS Study
Journal of Nano Research
2009
Stress evolution in magnetron sputtered
Ti–Zr–N and Ti–Ta–N films studied by in
situ wafer curvature: Role of energetic
particles
Thin Solid Films
2009
Structure, stability and bonding of
ternary transition metal nitrides
Surface and Coatings Technology
2009
Conducting transition metal nitride thin
films with tailored cell sizes: The case
of δ-TixTa1−xN
Applied Physics Letters
2008
Effects of thermal annealing on C/FePt
granular multilayers:in situandex situstudies
Journal of Physics: Condensed
Matter
2007
Epitaxial growth and mechanical properties
of (001) ZrN/W nanolaminates
Surface and Coatings Technology
2008
In situ stress evolution during
magnetron sputtering of transition metal
nitride thin films
Applied Physics Letters
2008
Optical properties, structural parameters,
and bonding of highly textured rocksalt
tantalum nitride films
Journal of Applied Physics
2008
Stress and preferred orientation in
nitride-based PVD coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2008
Structural and mechanical stability upon
annealing of arc-deposited Ti–Zr–N
coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2008
Growth stress buildup in ion beam
sputtered Mo thin films and comparative
study of stress relaxation upon thermal
annealing or ion irradiation
Journal of Vacuum Science &
Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and
Films
2007
Optimized pulsed laser deposition by
wavelength and static electric field
control: The case of tetrahedral amorphous
carbon films
Journal of Applied Physics
2007
Stress and Intermixing in Epitaxial
Ni(111)/Mo(110) Superlattices
Defect and Diffusion Forum
2007
Stress, interfacial effects and mechanical
properties of nanoscale multilayered
coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2007
Interdependence between stress, preferred
orientation, and surface morphology of
nanocrystalline TiN thin films deposited
by dual ion beam sputtering
Journal of Applied Physics
2006
Ion-irradiation induced stress relaxation
in metallic thin films and multilayers
grown by ion beam sputtering
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam
Interactions with Materials and
Atoms
2006
Nanoindentation hardness and structure of
ion beam sputtered TiN, W and TiN/W
multilayer hard coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2006
The phase composition and stress
development in ternary Ti–Zr–N coatings
grown by vacuum arc with combining of
plasma flows
Surface and Coatings Technology
2006
Anomalous Fine Structure in XRay Resonant
Diffuse Scattering from Multilayers
Physica Scripta
2005
Strain, interdiffusion, and
microstructural evolution under ion
irradiation inNi ( 111 ) ∕ Mo ( 110 )
Physical Review B
2005
Stress and mechanical properties of
Ti–Cr–N gradient coatings deposited by
vacuum arc
Surface and Coatings Technology
2005
Preface
Thin Solid Films
2005
Determination of intrinsic stresses in
textured and epitaxial TiN thin films
deposited by dual ion beam sputtering
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Diffraction stress analysis in
fiber-textured TiN thin films grown by
ion-beam sputtering: Application to (001)
and mixed (001)+(111) texture
Journal of Applied Physics
2004
Nanometer-scale multilayer coatings
combining a soft metallic phase and a hard
nitride phase: study of the interface
structure and morphology
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Stress field in sputtered thin films: Ion
irradiation as a tool to induce relaxation
and investigate the origin of growth
stress
Applied Physics Letters
2004
Structural characterization and mechanical
properties of Ti–Zr–N coatings, deposited
by vacuum arc
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Nanoscaled composite TiN/Cu multilayer
thin films deposited by dual ion beam
sputtering: growth and structural
characterisation
Thin Solid Films
2003
Experimental evidence for the role of
supersaturated interfacial alloys on the
shear elastic softening of Ni/Mo
superlattices
Physical Review B
2002
Strains and stresses in an epitaxial
Ni(111)/Mo(110) multilayer grown by direct
ion beam sputtering
Applied Surface Science
2002
A relation between the Au-surfactant
effect and the chemical mixing during the
epitaxial growth of Ni on Au(0 0 1)
Applied Surface Science
2001
On the stability of (001) Au/Ni
artificially modulated structures grown by
MBE
Journal of Crystal Growth
2001
Epitaxial-strain-stabilized ordering
inAu 1 − x Ni x
Physical Review B
2000
Anisotropic modulated structures upon
annealing of epitaxial AuNi ultrathin
films on Au(001)
Applied Physics Letters
1998
Influence of epitaxial stress on spinodal
decomposition in binary alloys with large
size effects: application to the Au–Ni
system
Acta Materialia
1998
Stress-induced compositional modulations
in ultrathin Au–Ni solid solutions grown
on Au(001) by molecular beam epitaxy: a
temperature X-ray diffraction study
Thin Solid Films
1998
Structural evolution of Au[001]/Ni MBE
thin films and Au1−cNic solid solutions
with temperature: a HREM study
Thin Solid Films
1998
Education
PhD, Materials Science / November, 1998
Grenoble
University of Poitiers
Habilitation, Materials Science / November, 2006
Poitiers
Experience
University of Poitiers
Full Professor / October, 2011 — Present
Assoc. Prof. / October, 2000 — September, 2011
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