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Dr Michel Sassi

Dr Michel Sassi

Position	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty	Faculty of Science & Engineering
School	School of Science
Department	Dept of Chemistry
Campus	Bentley Campus
Location	500.1105
Phone	61892664327
Email	Michel.Sassi@curtin.edu.au

Employment History

• 2010-Present: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University
• 2007-2010: PhD Physics & Material Science, Aix-Marseille University (France)
• 2002-2007: MSc, Aix-Marseille University (France)

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Research Interests

I am using ab initio methods based on the density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the physical and chemical properties of solids and molecular systems.
• Details on the present work:
I perform numerical simulations to study the structural and electronic changes following the transmutation of unstable isotopes, either in solids or in organic compounds.
• Details on previous works:
I studied various molecular systems in which molecules auto-assemble to form supramolecular networks. Depending on the molecule, the networks can be stabilized either by hydrogen bonds or by covalent bonds (through polymerization) between molecular entities.

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Specialty Areas

Computational material science, solid-state physics and molecular systems.

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Publications

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

2013

• N. A. Marks, D. J. Carter, M. Sassi, A. L. Rohl, K. E. Sickafus, B. P. Uberuaga and C. R. Stanek, "Chemical Evolution via Beta-decay: A Case Study in Strontium-90", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 25, 065504, (2013).
  doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/6/065504

2012

• M. Sassi, B. P. Uberuaga, C. R. Staneck and N. A. Marks, "Transmutation in ⁹⁰SrF₂: a density-functional-theory study of phase stability in ZrF₂", Physical Review B, 85, 094104, (2012).
  doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.094104

2011

• O. Ourdjini, R. Pawlak, M. Abel, S. Clair, L. Chen, N. Bergeon, M. Sassi, V. Oison, J.-M. Debierre, R. Coratger and L. Porte, "Substrate-mediated ordering and defect analysis of a surface covalent organic framework", Physical Review B, 84, 125421, (2011).
  doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.125421

2010

• R. Pawlak, L. Nony, F. Bocquet, V. Oison, M. Sassi, J.-M. Debierre, C. Loppacher and L. Porte, "Supramolecular assemblies of 1,4-benzene diboronic acid on KCl(001)", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 9290-9295, (2010).
  doi: 10.1021/jp102044u
• R. Stiufiuc, L. M. A. Perdigao, B. Grandidier, D. Deresmes, G. Allan, C. Delerue, D. Stievenard, P. H. Beton, S. C. Erwin, M. Sassi, V. Oison and J.-M. Debierre, "Above-barrier surface electron resonances induced by a molecular network", Physical Review B, 81, 045421, (2010).
  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.045421

2009

• M. Sassi, V. Oison, J.-M. Debierre and S. Humbel, "Modelling the two-dimensional polymerization of 1,4-benzene diboronic acid on a Ag surface", ChemPhysChem, 10, 2480-2485, (2009).
  doi: 10.1002/cphc.200900168

2008

• M. Sassi, V. Oison and J.-M. Debierre, " First principle study of a bimolecular thin film on Ag(111) surface", Surface Science, 602, 2856-2862, (2008).
  doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2008.07.019

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