Dr. Jean-François Moulin

Neutronenstreuung, Hereon-Außenstelle am FRM II in Garching bei München

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Tel: +49 (0)89 158860-762

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Working Areas

Reflectometry (mainly neutrons), GISAS
Instrumentation for neutron reflectometry
Data analysis and simulations (python)
Soft-matter, structure of interfaces

Curriculum Vitae

Jean-François Moulin is a physico-chemist using scattering methods to characterize materials at interfaces. His approach is based on the complementary use of reflectometry and small angle scattering.

Professional Experience

2010-present: Head of Department, Department of Neutron Scattering, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (cooperatively shared with Sebastian Busch since 2020)

2007-present: First Instrument Responsible of the TOF reflectometer REFSANS

2006-2007: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair for Functional Materials, Physics Department (E13) at the Technical University of Munich

2001-2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, ISMN Bologna, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche

2000-2001: Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS Institut-Charles Sadron, Strasbourg (France)

2000: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Université de Mons-Hainaut (Now U.Mons), Mons (Belgium)

Key Publications

Advice on describing Bayesian analysis of neutron and X-ray reflectometry McCluskey, A. R.; Caruana, A. J. ; Kinane, C. J. ; Armstrong, A. J. ; Arnold, T. ; Cooper, J. F. K. ; Cortie, D. L. ; Hughes, A. V. ; Moulin, J.-F. ; Nelson, A. R. J. ; Potrzebowski, W. ; Starostin, V., Journal of applied crystallography 56(1), yr5098 (2023) [10.1107/S1600576722011426]

Interaction of nanoparticles with lipid films: the role of symmetry and shape anisotropy, Caselli, L. ; Ridolfi, A. ; Mangiapia, G. ; Maltoni, P. ; Moulin, J.-F. ; Berti, D. ; Steinke, N.-J. ; Gustafsson, E. ; Nylander, T. ; Montis, C. Physical chemistry, chemical physics N/A, 10.1039.D1CP03201A (2022) [10.1039/D1CP03201A]

Mutually Beneficial Combination of Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulations and Scattering Experiments Zec, N. ; Mangiapia, G. ; Hendry, A. C. ; Barker, R. ; Koutsioubas, A. ; Frielinghaus, H. ; Campana, M. ; Ortega-Roldan, J. L. ; Busch, S.; Moulin, J.-F. Membranes 11(7), 507 (2021) [10.3390/membranes11070507]

Ternary nanoswitches realized with multiresponsive PMMA-b-PNIPMAM films in mixed water/acetone vapor atmospheres C.Geiger, J.Reitenbach, C.Henschel, L.P.Kreuzer, T.Widmann, P.Wang, G.Mangiapia, J.-F.Moulin, C.M.Papadakis, A.Laschewsky, P.Müller-Buschbaum Adv. Eng. Mater. 23, 2100191 (2021)

Boron carbide coatings for neutron detection probed by x-rays, ions, and neutrons to determine thin film quality Nowak, G. ; Störmer, M. ; Becker, H.-W. ; Horstmann, C. ; Kampmann, R. ; Höche, D. ; Haese-Seiller, M. ; Moulin, J.-F. ; Pomm, M. ; Randau, C. ; Lorenz, U. ; Hall-Wilton, R. ; Müller, M. ; Schreyer, A. Journal of Applied Physics 117(3), 034901 (2015)

Design of a horizontal neutron reflectometer for the European Spallation Source Nekrassov, D.; Trapp, M.; Lieutenant, K.; Moulin, J. -F.; Strobl, Markus LU and Steitz, R. (2014) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: 755. p.85-96

Debye-Scherrer rings from block copolymer films with powder-like order; P.Busch, M.Rauscher, J.-F.Moulin, P.Müller-Buschbaum J. Appl. Cryst. 44, 370-379 (2011)

Flow at interfaces: a new device for x-ray surface scattering investigations; J-.F.Moulin, S.V.Roth, P.Müller-Buschbaum Rev.Sci.Instr. 79, 015109 (2008)

Self-organization of rotaxane thin films into spatially correlated nanostructures: morphological and structural aspects.Moulin JF, Kengne JC, Kshirsagar R, Cavallini M, Biscarini F, León S, Zerbetto F, Bottari G, Leigh DA. J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jan 18;128(2):526-32

Oriented Crystalline Films of Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum(III): Growth of the Alpha Polymorph onto an Ultra-Oriented Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Substrate. Moulin, J.-.-F., Brinkmann, M., Thierry, A. and Wittmann, J.-.-C. (2002), Adv. Mater., 14: 436-439