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Compound Semiconductor Week: session "Quantum Nanostructures and Physics" in Kumamoto-Japan, https://csw-jpn.org/ Marc Bescond gave an invited talk at the CSW "on Cooling at the Nanoscale with Quantum Heterostructures". Many thanks to the organizers for this great event! Ref : M. Bescond, "Cooling at the Nanoscale with Quantum Heterostructures," CSW ,24-28 May 2026, Kumamoto (Japan).

Publication in Physical Review Applied! Electron-hole pairs in organic photovoltaics are known to dissociate efficiently despite a Coulomb binding energy that exceeds thermal energy, a behavior that remains only partially understood. While previous studies have highlighted the role of electron-phonon interactions and nonequilibrium effects, a clear and physically transparent picture of the dissociation mechanism is still lacking. In this work, we investigate this problem usin

QUANTUM MECHANICS is all around us! Have a look at this issue to explore the fascinating nano-world!

Nicolas Cavassilas has received the Innovation Award from SFP ("Société Française de Physique") for his work on 2D material device modeling for energy applications. CONGRATULATIONS!!

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The week of the 13 th of October, Marc Bescond visited several primary schools in North-district of Marseille and the Vaucluse department to bring science to potentially less exposed students. He gave small talks on thermoelectricity, with hands-on demos and Q&A. The idea was above all to show that science can be fun and close to our everyday lives. It was great moments of exchange with the pupils, who asked lots of questions and showed great curiosity!

EXOTHERM (EXploring nanoscale heat and charge transport in van der Waals heterostructures for advanced THERMal management) is an...

Last Friday, July 11th 2025, the NQS group gathered for a convivial lunch in the presence of two former members: Youseung Lee (now at...

E-MRS: Symposium A: "Carrier transport, photonics and sensing in group IV-based and other semiconductors" in Strasbourg,...

50th anniversary of Japan-France Science & Technology Cooperation!

Publication in Scientific Reports! Cooling devices grounded in solid-state physics are promising candidates for integrated-chip...

The third physical GELATO meeting has been held in Paris the 17th and 18th of October 2024. Prof. K. Hirakawa and Dr. X. Zhu specially...

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Publication in Physical Review Applied ! We investigate evaporative electron cooling in cascading semiconductor double-quantum-well (QW)...

Nanoscale and Microscale Heat Transfer conference (NMHT) in Girona https://nmht2024.eu/ Marc Bescond gave an invited talk at the...

Publication in Physical Review Applied! Using quantum transport simulations, we study the operating principle of a proposed quantum...

Publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C! Optical refrigeration of a semiconductor generally requires a laser excitation very...

The second physical GELATO meeting has been held in Tokyo the 26th and 27th of October 2023. Mr. T. Vezin, Dr. J. Toldo, Dr. R. Ferreira,...

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Transport of excitons in van der Waals heterostructures!