Jean-Pierre Gaspard

Born in  Haine-St-Paul (Belgium) on 7 August 1945. Married with two children.

Diplomas

• Degree in Mathematics (1967), University of Liège (Belgium) and Solid State Physics (1969), University of Paris XI-Orsay (France)
• 3D cycle thesis (1972) in Physics, University of Paris XI-Orsay (France)
• Thèse d’état (1975) in Solid State Physics, University of Paris XI-Orsay (France) (Supervisor : Prof. J. Friedel)

Positions

• Professor of Condensed Matter Physics), University of Liège (Belgium)
• Associate Professor in various universities (Namur, Brussels, Grenoble, Marseille, Nancy, Paris XI-Orsay)
• Director of the Condensed Matter Laboratory of the University of Liège
• Member of the Council of the Centre Interfacultaire des Métaux of the University of Liège (since 1999)
• Member of the Committee "Solid State Physics" FWO-Vlanderen "Solid State Physics" (since 1998
• Member of the Committee of the European Neutron Scattering Association (since 1995).
• Member of the Beamtime Selection Committee of LURE (Paris), of the Laboratory Léon Brillouin (Saclay) (1992-2000) and Chairman (1996 –2000).
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Laboratory CNRS-ONERA (Paris)
• Member of the Science Advisory Committee de l'ESRF (Grenoble) (since 2001).
• Member of the Review Committee de l'ESRF (Grenoble), Hard Condensed Matter (since 2001), Chairman since 2003.
• Member of the Board of the Cost Action P7 "X-ray and Neutron Optics" (since 2002).
• Member of the Scientific Council of the ScienceMuseum, University of Liège (since 2003).
• Workpackage Responsible (Platforms and Tools) of the NoE FAME.

 Research interests

• Matter under extreme conditions (high temperature and high pressures). Neutron and X-Ray scattering.
• Electronic instabilities.
• EXAFS of covalent materials at high pressures.
• Total energy calculations and Monte-Carlo simulation of liquids
• Crystal growth of carbon nanotubes
• Small angle X-Ray and neutron scattering of polymeric micelles and liposomes

Supervision

• 5 Ph. D’s in Science and Engineering
• 10 Diploma’s works in Science and Engineering

Publications

Chapters of books

1. Gaspard, J.-P.. Du cristal à l'amorphe : structure et cohésion. In: Structures et instabilités. Editions de Physique, Les Ullis, pp. 441-544, 1986.
2. Gaspard, J.-P. Deterministic and stochastic models  In Non Linear Phenomena in Materials Science; L. Kubin, Ed.; Trans. Tech. Publications, pp. 97-107, 1988

Papers (Since 1987)

1. H. Libotte and J.-P. Gaspard Study of the Peierls distortion in Na8@Si-34 under pressure High Pressure Research, 2004, 24,1,139–147
2. Raty, J.-Y., J.-P. Gaspard, and C. Bichara, Properties of molten Ge chalcogenides: an ab initio molecular dynamics study. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2003. 15: p. S167–S173.
3. Libotte, H. and J.-P. Gaspard, Ab initio study of the site ordering in the  GaSb beta-Sn  phase.Europhys. Lett., 2003. 63((4)): p. 545-548.
4. Gaspard, J.-P. and J.-Y. Raty, La structure des semiconducteurs fondus.J. Phys. IV, 2003. 111: p. 125-145.
5. Bergman, C., et al., Experimental investigation of the waterlike density anomaly in the liquid Ge15Te85 eutectic alloy. Phys. Rev. B, 2003. 67: p. 104202.
6. Raty, J.-Y., et al., Local structure of liquid GeTe via neutron scattering and ab initio simulations. Research report, 2002. University of Minesota.
7. Raty, J.-Y., et al., Local structure of liquid GeTe via neutron scattering and ab initio simulations. Phys. Rev. B, 2001. 65(115205).
8. Raty, J.-Y., et al., Distance correlations and dynamics of liquid GeSe : an ab initio molecular dynamics study. Phys. Rev. B, 2001. 64(235209): p. 1-7.
9. SanMiguel, A., et al., Bromine metallization under pressure studied by X-Ray absorption spectroscopy. European Journal of Physics, 2000. B 17: p. 227-233.
10. Raty, J.Y., et al., Structural and electronic properties of high-temperature fluid selenium. Computational Materials Science, 2000. 17: p. 239-242.
11. Raty, J.-Y., et al., Evidence of a Re-entrant Peierls distortion in liquid GeTe. Phys. Rev. Letters, 2000. 85(9): p. 1950-3.
12. Raty, J.Y., et al., Re-entrant Peierls distortion in IV-VI compounds.Physica B, 2000. 276-278: p. 473-474.
13. Libotte, H. and J.-P. Gaspard, Pressure induced distortion of the b-Sn phase in silicon: Effects of non hydrostaticity. Phys. Rev. B, 2000. 62(11): p. 7110-7115.
14. Libotte, H., et al., Semiconductors under pressure. Synchrotron radiation studies and theoretical analyses. Physicalia Magazine, 2000. 22(1-3): p. 33-43.
15. Raty, J.Y., et al., Local order of the high pressure metallic phase of liquid selenium: a diffraction study. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 1999. 11(50): p. 10243-10249.
16. Raty, J.Y., et al., On the structure of liquid IV-VI semiconductors. J. Non Cryst. Solids, 1999. 250-252: p. 277-280.
17. Raty, J.Y., et al., Structure of high-temperature fluid selenium. Physical Review B, 1999. 60(4): p. 2441-2448.
18. Prigent, G., et al., Local order and metal-non-metal transition in CdxTe1-x: a neutron diffraction study. J. Non Cryst. Solids, 1999. 250-252: p. 297-300.
19. Bichara, C., J.-Y. Raty, and J.-P. Gaspard, Structure of high temperature fluid selenium. J. Non Cryst. Solids, 1999. 250-252: p. 419-422.
20. Raty, J.Y., et al., Evolution of the Peierls distortion in liquid AsxSb1-x compounds. J. Non Cryst. Sol., 1998. 232-234: p. 59-64.
21. Long, G.L., et al., Mössbauer-effect and x-ray-absorption spectral study of sonochemically prepared amorphous iron. Phys. Rev. B, 1998. 57(17): p. 10716-10722.
22. Leyh, B., et al., Shear-induced order in aqueous solutions of amphiphilic poly(tert-butylstyrene)-b-poly(Na methacrylate diblock. Macromolecules, 1998. 31(26): p. 9258-64.
23. Gaspard, J.-P., C. Bichara, and J.-Y. Raty. Covalent liquids : tight binding simulation versus experimental results. in MRS Symposium Proceedings. 1998. Boston, Ma: Materials Research Society.
24. Gaspard, J.-P., et al., Peierls instabilities in covalent structures.Phil. Mag., 1998. 77(3): p. 727-744.

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