Publications Revues Internationales

1. "Changing thin film growth by modulating the incident flux"
   N.Combe and P.Jensen, Phys. Rev. B, 57, 15553 (1998)

2. "Kinetics of shape equilibration for two dimensional islands"
   P.Jensen, N.Combe, H.Larralde, J.L.Barrat, C.Misbah, and A.Pimpinelli, Euro. Phys. J. B, 11, 497 (1999)

3. "Diffusion of gold nanoclusters on graphite"
   L. J. Lewis, P. Jensen, N. Combe, J-L. Barrat, Phys. Rev. B, 61, 16084 (2000)
   selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

4. "Changing shapes in nanoworld"
   N.Combe, P.Jensen, and A.Pimpinelli, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 110 (2000)
   selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

5. "Low-temperature shape relaxation of two-dimensional islands by edge diffusion "
   N.Combe and H.Larralde, Phys. Rev. B, 62, 16074 (2000)

6. "Stable unidimensional arrays of coherent strained islands"
   N.Combe, P.Jensen and J-L.Barrat, Surf. Science, 490, 351 (2001)

7. "Understanding the growth of nanocluster films"
   P. Jensen et N. Combe, Comput. Mat. Science, 24, 78 (2002)

8. "Dynamic pruned-enriched Rosenbluth method"
   N. Combe, T. J. H. Vlugt, P. R. ten Wolde et D. Frenkel, Mol. Phys. 101, 1675 (2003)

9. "Phase behavior of lattice protein model"
   N. Combe, et D. Frenkel, J. Chem. Phys., 118, 9015 (2003)

10. Electron-acoustic phonon interaction and resonant Raman scattering in Ge quantum dots : Matrix and quantum confinement effects
    J. R. Huntzinger, A. Mlayah, V. Paillard, A. Wellner, N. Combe et C. Bonafos, Phys. Rev. B, 74, 115308 (2006)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

11. Simple off-lattice model to study folding and aggregation of peptides,
    N. Combe et D. Frenkel, Mol. Phys, 105, 375 (2007)

12. Vibrations of quantum dots and light scattering properties: Atomistic versus continuous models,
    N. Combe and J. R. Huntzinger and A. Mlayah, Phys. Rev. B, 76, 205425 (2007)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

13. Raman study of E2 and surface phonon in zinc oxide nanoparticles surrounded by organic molecules
    P.-M. Chassaing, F. Demangeot, V. Paillard, A. Zwick, N. Combe, C. Pagès, M. L. Kahn, A. Maisonnat, and B. Chaudret, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 053108 (2007)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

14. Surface optical phonons in cylindrical ZnO nanoparticles : dielectric effect of outer medium
    P.-M. Chassaing, F. Demangeot, V. Paillard, A. Zwick, N. Combe, C. Pagès, M. L. Kahn, A. Maisonnat, and B. Chaudret, Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 92, 012165 (2007)

15. Surface optical phonons as a probe of organic ligands on ZnO nanoparticles: An investigation using a dielectric continuum model and Raman spectrometry
    P.-M. Chassaing, F. Demangeot, V. Paillard, A. Zwick, N. Combe, C. Pagès, M. L. Kahn, A. Maisonnat, and B. Chaudret, Phys. Rev. B, 77, 153306 (2008)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

16. Surface effects in Zinc Oxyde nanoparticles
    N. Combe, P.-M. Chassaing, F. Demangeot, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 045408(2009)

17. Surface loving and avoiding modes
    N. Combe, J.R. Huntzinger and J. Morillo, Europhys. B, 68, 47 (2009)
    Cover of EPJ B Volume 68(1)
    

18. Raman scattering by acoustic phonons in wurtzite ZnO prismatic nanoparticles
    P.-M. Chassaing, F. Demangeot, N. Combe, L. Saint-Macary, M.L. Kahn and B. Chaudret, Phys. Rev B., 79, 155314 (2009)

19. Acoustic modes in metallic nanoparticles: atomistic versus elasticity modeling
    N. Combe and L. Saviot, Phys Rev B 80, 035411 (2009)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

20. Ge-Si chemical contrast in spherical-aberration-corrected HRTEM images Visualising alloy fluctuations
    MJ. Casanove, N. Combe, F. Houdelier and M.J. Hytch, EuroPhys. Lett., 91, 36001 (2010)

21. Achievement of InSb Quantum Dots on InP(100) Substrates
    W. Lu and T. Rohel and N. Bertru and H Folliot and C. Paranthoen and J. M. Jancu and A. Letoublon and A. Le Corre and C. Gatel and A. Ponchet and N. Combe and J. M. Ulloa and P. Koenraad, Jap. J. Appl. Phys., 49, 060210 (2010)

22. Nano self-organization using standing surface acoustic waves
    C. Taillan, N. Combe and J. Morillo, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 076102 (2011)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
    

23. Unidimensional model of the adatom diffusion on a substrate submitted to a standing acoustic wave I. Derivation of the ad-atom motion equation.
    N. Combe, C. Taillan and J. Morillo, Phys. Rev. B, 85, 155420 (2012)
    
    
24. Unidimensional model of the adatom diffusion on a substrate submitted to a standing acoustic wave II. Solutions of the ad-atom motion equation.
    C. Taillan, N. Combe and J. Morillo, Phys. Rev. B, 85, 155421 (2012)
    
    
25. Number of observable features in the acoustic-Raman spectra of nanocrystals
    L. Saviot, N. Combe and A. Mlayah, Phys. Rev. B, 85, 075405 (2012)
    selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
    
    
26. Structural and electronic properties of the Au(001)/Fe(001) interface from density functional theory calculations
    Magali Benoit, Cyril Langlois, Nicolas Combe, Hao Tang and Marie-Jose Casanove Phys. Rev. B 86, 075460 (2012)
    
    
27. Erratum: Structural and electronic properties of the Au(001)/Fe(001) interface from density functional theory calculations [Phys. Rev. B 86, 075460 (2012)]
    Magali Benoit, Cyril Langlois, Nicolas Combe, Hao Tang and Marie-Jose Casanove Phys. Rev. B 87, 119905 (2013)
    
    
28. From the inverted pendulum to periodic interface modes
    N. Combe, Europhys. B, 86, 25 (2013)
    
    
29. Evidence of grain boundary dislocation step motion associated to shear-coupled grain boundary migration
    A. Rajabzadeh , M. Legros , N. Combe, F. Mompiou and A. Molodov, Philosophical Magazine, 93, 1299 (2013)
    
    
30. Elementary mechanisms of shear-coupled grain boundary migration
    A. Rajabzadeh, F. Mompiou, M. Legros and N. Combe, Phys. Rev. Lett., 110,265507 (2013)
    
    
31. Experimental investigation of the vibrational density of states and electronic excitations in metallic nanocrystals
    M. Bayle, P. Benzo, N. Combe, C. Gatel, C. Bonafos, G. Benassayag and R. Carles, Phys. Rev. B, 89, 19540 (2014)
    
    
32. Screw dislocation in hcp Ti : DFT dislocation excess energies and metastable core structures
    N. Tarrat,M. Benoit, D. Caillard, L. Ventelon; N. Combe, and J. Morillo, 22, 055016, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (2014)
    
    
33. Vibrational and electronic excitations in gold nanocrystals
    M. Bayle, N. Combe, N.M. Sangeetha, G. Viau, and R. Carles, Nanoscale, 6, 9157-9165 (2014)
    
    
34. The role of disconnections in deformation-coupled grain boundary migration
    A. Rajabzadeh, F. Mompiou, N. Combe, M. Legros, S. Lartigue-Korinek, and D.A. Molodov, Acta Mat., 77, 223-235 (2014)
    
    
35. Strain effects on the structural, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of the Au(001)/Fe(001) interface from first principles
    M. Benoit, N. Combe, A. Ponchet, J. Morillo, and M.-J. Casanove, Phys. Rev. B, 90, 165437 (2014)
    
    
36. Fully Crystalline Faceted Fe-Au Core-Shell Nanoparticles
    C. Langlois, P. Benzo, R. Arenal, M. Benoit, J. Nicolai, N. Combe, A. Ponchet, and M. J. Casanove Nano Lett., 15, 5075 (2015)
    
    
37. Chladni figures at the nanoscale
    C. Taillan, N. Combe, J. Morillo, Euro. Phys. J. B, 88, 317 (2015)
    
    
38. Disconnections kinks and competing modes in shear-coupled grain boundary migration
    N. Combe, F. Mompiou, M. Legros, Phys. Rev. B, 93, 024109 (2016)
    
    
39. Highly strained AlAs-type interfaces in InAs/AlSb heterostructures
    Vallet, M. and Claveau, Y. and Warot-Fonrose, B. and Gatel, C. and Nicolai, J. and Combe, N. and Magen, C. and Teissier, R. and Baranov, A. N. and Ponchet, A. , Appl. Phys. Lett., 108, 211908 (2016)
    
    
40. Elastic properties of AlAs-like and InSb-like strained interfaces in [InAs/AlSb] heterostructures
    Claveau Y. ,Vallet M., Tang H., Combe N. , and Ponchet, A. , Appl. Phys. Lett., 109, 041903 (2016)
    
    
41. Controlled synthesis of core-shell Fe@Au faceted nanoparticles
    P. Benzo, M. Benoit, N. Tarrat, C. Langlois, R. Arenal, B. Pecassou, A. Le Priol, N. Combe, A. Ponchet and M. J. Casanove, 2016 IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, 1-3 (2016)
    
    
42. Prediction of Co nanoparticle morphologies stabilized by ligands: towards a kinetic model
    Van Bac Nguyen, Magali Benoit*, Nicolas Combe and Hao Tang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 19, 4636 - 4647 (2017)
    
    
43. Modeling Iron-Gold Nanoparticles Using a Dedicated Semi-Empirical Potential. Application to the Stability of Core-Shell Structure
    Calvo F., Combe N., Morillo J., Benoit M., J. Phys. Chem., 121, 4680 (2017)
    
    
44. Self-organization of clusters by a standing surface acoustic wave
    Taillan C., Combe N., Morillo J., Phys. Rev. B, 96, 035414 (2017)
    
    
45. Shear-coupled grain-boundary migration dependence on normal strain/stress
    Combe N., Mompiou F., and Legros M., Phys. Rev. M, 1, 033605 (2017)
    
    
46. Disconnections, dislocations and generalized disclinations in grain boundary ledges
    X.Y.Sun, C.Fressengeas, V.Taupin, P.Cordier, N.Combe , International Journal of Plasticity, 104, 134 (2018)
    
    
47. Heterogeneous disconnection nucleation mechanisms during grain boundary migration
    N. Combe, F. Mompiou, and M. Legros, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 060601(R) (2019)
    
    
48. Role of the shell thickness in the core transformation of magnetic core(Fe)-shell(Au) nanoparticles
    P. Benzo, S. Combettes, B. Pecassou, N. Combe, M. Benoit, M. Respaud, and M. J. Casanove, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 096001 (2019)
    
    
49. A general and robust analytical method for interface normal determinationin TEM
    Rui-Xun Xie, Melvyn Larranaga, Frédéric Mompiou, Nicolas Combe, Wen-Zheng Zhang, Ultramicroscopy 215, 113009 (2020)
    
    
50. Performances of the Lamb Model to Describe the Vibrations of Gold Quantum-Sized Clusters
    Q. Martinet, A. Berthelot, A. Girard, B. Donoeva, C. Comby-Zerbino, É. Romeo, F. Bertorelle, M. van der Linden, N. Tarrat, N. Combe, J. Margueritat, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 19324 (2020)
    
    
51. Role of sessile disconnection dipoles in shear-coupled grain boundary migration
    M. Larranaga, F. Mompiou, M. Legros, and N.Combe, Phys. Rev. Mat. 4, 123606 (2020)
    
    
52. Shear-coupled migration of grain boundaries: the key missing link in the mechanical behavior of small-grained metals?
    R. Gautier ; A. Rajabzadeh ; M. Larranaga ; N. Combe ; F. Mompiou ; M. Legros, Comptes Rendus. Physique, 22 (S3), 1-16 (2021) doi : 10.5802/crphys.52
    
    
53. Multiple coupling modes to relax shear strain during grain boundary migration
    N.Combe, F. Mompiou, M. Legros, Acta Mat., 218, 117222 (2021)
    
    
54. High temperature plasticity at twin boundary in Al: An in-situ TEM perspective
    M. Larranaga, S. Lartigue-Korinek, M. Legros, N. Combe and F. Mompiou, Acta Mat., 251, 118877 (2023)
    
    
55. Thermal mass transport mechanism of an adatom on a crystalline surface
    A. Roux and N. Combe, Phys. Rev B, 108, 115410 (2023)
    
    
    
56. Kapitza-resistance-like exciton dynamics in atomically flat MoSe 2 -WSe 2 lateral 2 heterojunction
    H. Lamsaadi, D. Beret, I. Paradisanos, P. Renucci, D. Lagarde, X. Marie, B. Urbaszek, Z. Gan, A. George, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Turchanin, L.Lombez, N. Combe, V. Paillard, and J.-M. Poumirol, Nature Com., 14, 5881 (2023)
    
    
57. Coriolis acceleration and critical slowing-down : a quantitative laboratory experiment
    R. Mathevet, P. Marchou, C. Fabre N. Lamrani et N. Combe, Am. J. Physics, 92, 100-107 (2024)
    
    
58. Surface thermomigration of 2D voids
    Stefano Curiotto, Nicolas Combe, Pierre Müller, Ali El Barraj, Nayef Abu Dahech, Fabien Cheynis, Olivier Pierre-Louis, Frédéric Leroy Appled Physcis Letters 125, 121601 (2024)
    
    
59. Erratum : Thermal mass transport mechanism of an adatom on a crystalline surface Phys. Rev B, 108, 115410 (2023)
    A. Roux and N. Combe, Phys. Rev B, 110, 119902 (2024)
    
    
60. Exciton Collimation, Focusing and Trapping using Complex Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Lateral Heterojunctions
    Hassan Lamsaadi, Aurelien Cuche, Gonzague Agez, Ioannis Paradisanos, Dorian Beret, Laurent Lombez, Pierre Renucci, Delphine Lagarde, Xavier Marie, Ziyang Gan, Antony George, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Andrey Turchanin, Nicolas Combe, Bernhard Urbaszek, Vincent Paillard1, and Jean-Marie Poumiro Advanced Optical Materials, 13 , 2403009 (2025)
    
    
61. Cluster transport induced by a thermal gradient on a crystalline surface
    Aurelien Roux, Nicolas Combe, Comput. Mater. Sci. 249, 113620 (2025)
    
    
62. Evidence and origin of anomalous diffusion of Ag+ ion in amorphous silica: A molecular dynamics study with neural network interatomic potentials
    Salomé Trillot, Nathalie Tarrat, Nicolas Combe, Patrizio Benzo, Caroline Bonafos Magali Benoit, J. Chem. Phys. 162, 104701 (2025)
    
    
63. Plastic displacement as a collective variable to study shear-coupled grain boundary migration and grain boundary phase transitions
    N.Combe, F. Mompiou, M. Legros Phys. Rev. Mat. 9, 083606 (2025)
    
    

Chapitre Ouvrage

1. "Growth and properties of nanostructured films prepared by cluster deposition" Pablo Jensen, Laurent Bardotti, Nicolas Combe, Véronique Dupuis, Patrice Mélinon, Brigitte Prével, Juliette Tuaillon-Combes et Alain Perez dans "Nanoclusters and Nanocrystals", un volume d'une série de livre intitulée "Advances in Nanophase Materials and Nanotechnology" (2002) 61.

2. "Growth and properties of nanostructured films" Pablo Jensen, Laurent Bardotti, Nicolas Combe, Véronique Dupuis, Patrice Mélinon, Brigitte Prével, Juliette Tuaillon-Combes and Alain Perez in "Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology" (2003)

3. Simulation a l'echelle atomique d'interfaces dans des systemes de basse dimensionalite
   J. Morillo, R. Besson,N. Combe,S. Dennler,G. Geneste,H. Tang, Editeur Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau (2006)

4. Vibration properties of nanoparticles
   N. Combe.  chapitre d'un livre. "Mechanics of Nano-Objects" Olivier Thomas, Anne Ponchet, Samuel Forest (editeurs) ParisTech (2011)

Cours - Ecole

1. "Vibrations des nano-objets" (1h) - Mechanics of nano-objects Spring School- Autrans, France 14-19 March 2010.

2. "Introduction to Molecular Dynamic" (2h30)- Path integral molecular dynamics Spring School- Toulouse, France 4-9 june, 2012.

3. "Monte Carlo simulations"- (1h) - Path integral molecular dynamics Spring School- Toulouse, France 4-9 june, 2012.

4. Méthodes thermodynamiques à l'équilibre- Ecole d'été du GDR Modmat. Istres, France- - 15-19 juillet 2019:

Publications: Revues Nationales

1. Propagation d'ondes dans un milieu periodique et oscillateur parametrique
   N. Combe, J. Morillo et J.R. Huntzinger, Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 908, 133 (2008)
2. Analyse Video et mecanique du solide
   N. Combe, Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 957, 925 (2013)
   Couverture du bulletin d'octobe 2013
   
3. Une histoire de braquet
   N. Combe, C. Durand, Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1039, 1127 (2021)
4. Mesures quantitatives des accélérations d'inertie avec un smartphone 1. Accélération de Coriolis
   N. Combe, R. Mathevet, P. Marchou, C. Fabre N. Lamrani , Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1050, 51 (2023)
5. Mesures quantitatives des accélérations d'inertie avec un smartphone 2. Accélération d'entrainement
   N. Combe, R. Mathevet, P. Marchou, C. Fabre N. Lamrani, Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1051, 173 (2023)
6. Bifurcation fourche et ralentissement critique
   R. Mathevet, S. Garrigou, A. Lehouelleur, E. Ablonet, P. Marchou, C. Fabre N. Lamrani et N. Combe , Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1056, 573 (2023)
7. Exemples d’effets non linéaires sur les oscillateurs Partie 1 Oscillations libres
   N.Combe , Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1067, 795 (2024)
8. Exemples d’effets non linéaires sur les oscillateurs Partie 2 Oscillations forcées
   N.Combe , Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens, 1068, 895 (2024)

Vulgarisation (interventions orales) :

Publications: Revues locales

1. Modelisation a l'echelle atomique: defauts et auto-organisation dans les materiaux
   M. Benoit, N. Combe, J. Morillo et H. Tang, Paul Sabatier Magazine, 23, 10, Novembre 2011.
2. CRÉER DE NOUVELLES NANOPARTICULES aux propriétés multiples et étonnantes
   Magali Benoit, Patrizio Benzo, Marie-José Casanove, Nicolas Combe, Roland Coratger, Julien Lam, Pierre Lecante, Anne Ponchet, Hao Tang, Nathalie Tarrat, Le petit illustré de physique, CNRS-La dépèche, 2024.

Referee pour des revues internationales

1. referee pour Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. E, Phys. Rev. Lett., Nanoscale, Journal of Applied physics, Computational Material science, Acta Physica Polonica A, Scripta Materiala, Euro J. Applied Phys.
   

Direction, Codirection et encadrement de These

1. Quelques illustrations du role de la surface dans des nanoparticules de ZnO
   P. M. Chassaing, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 3 juillet 2009. Co-encadrement a 50%. Direction F. Demangeot

2. Structuration dynamique du substrat
   C. Taillan, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 2012. Co-direction à 50% avec J Morillo.
   

3. Plasticite par mouvement de joints de grains.
   Armin Rajabzadeh, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 2013. Codirection. F. Mompiou et M. Legros.
   
4. Plasticite par mouvement de joints de grains.
   Melvyn Larranaga, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 2020. Codirection à 50% avec F. Mompiou.
   
5. Mécanisme de transport d'un adatome sur une surface cristalline par thermomigration .
   Aurelien Roux, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 2024.
   
6. Manipulation de l’exciton neutre dans les hétérostructures de dichalcogénures de métaux de transition.
   Hassan Lamsaadi, Universite Toulouse 2025.Co-encadrement à 20% avec JM. Poumirol et V. Paillard
   

Jury de these

1. Examinateur pour les theses de PM Chassaing(cemes Toulouse,2009), C. Taillan(cemes Toulouse,2012), A. Rajabzadeh(cemes Toulouse,2013), Y. Wang (Cirimat Toulouse,2014), A. Rivere (LNCMI Toulouse,2017), M. Larranaga (Cemes Toulouse,2020), N. Davier (LPT Toulouse,2023), E. Yildrim (LPCNO, Toulouse,2023), Y.F. Woguem (P' Poitiers,2023), T. Seuwin (LOMA Bordeaux, 2024), A. Roux (2024)
   Président de jury de thèse: A. Rivere (LNCMI Toulouse), N. Davier (LPT Toulouse), E. Yildrim (LPCNO, Toulouse), Y.F. Woguem (P' Poitiers), M Meheut(Get Toulouse,2021), M. Athenes (Cea Saclay,2017)
2. Examinateur HDr : M Meheut(Get Toulouse,2021) Rapporteur pour les theses: M. Ignacio (ILM lyon,2014), F. Abed El Nabi (Pprime Poitier,2015), O. MacKain (CEA Saclay,2017); F. Boccardo (ILM Lyon,2022), H.Iteney (IM2NP Marseille 2024)
3. Rapporteur HDR: M. Athenes (Cea Saclay,2017), D. Tanguy(ILM Lyon,2018), S. Curiotto (Cinam, Marseille,2023)
   

Evaluation de laboratoire

1. Commission HCERES DMN-CEA SACLAY (2019)
   

Taches Administratives.