Free PDF: Research Highlight - Dr. Alexandre Dazzi
Inventing Photothermal AFM-IR to Enable Nanoscale Chemical Identification
This research highlight features Alexandre Dazzi, Ph.D., a tenure professor at the Université Paris-Saclay in Orsay, France. Dazzi discusses his journey to the development of photothermal AFM-IR and what advancements have been made since the initial invention. He also highlights some of the fascinating work that can be done with the photothermal AFM-IR technique.
“Let’s buy an AFM and we will detect the expansion. AFM-IR was born, just by this idea.”
ABOUT THE RESEARCHER:
Alexandre Dazzi, Ph.D., is a tenure professor at the Université Paris-Saclay in Orsay, France. He and his research group are a part of the Institut de Chimie Physique, which is a joint research unit of the French National Center for Scientific Research and Paris-Saclay University. For his work on nanoscale IR spectroscopy (including photothermal AFM-IR), Dazzi has won numerous awards, most recent of which is the Raimond Castaing Grand Prize (Materials Sciences) from the Sfµ (Société Française des Microscopies) for his remarkable contributions to microscopy.
FIELD OF STUDY:
Dazzi’s research focuses on the novel usage and continued development of the photothermal AFM-IR technique. He has worked with samples in a wide range of fields, from astrochemistry to cultural heritage.
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