Dr. Brice Le Borgne

Associate Professor (Maître de conférences) - University of Tours - France


Curriculum Vitae

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Address
Institut GREMAN
Université de Tours
26 rue Pierre et Marie Curie
37071 Tours Cedex 2
France
Phone
+33 666 07 34 35
Email
brice.leborgne@univ-tours.fr

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Work Experiences

2019-current
Associate Professor - GREMAN Institute, Univ. of Tours, France
2017-2019
Postdoctoral researcher - Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), Univ. of Surrey, UK
Main topic : Printed electronics
Sept-Oct. 2017
Postdoctoral researcher - Institut d'Électronique et de Télécommunications (IETR), Univ. Rennes 1, France
Main topic : Biochemical sensors
Other topic : Conformal and 3D electronics
2016-2017
Research and Teaching Assistant (ATER) : ISTIC Engineer School - IETR Laboratory, France
Main topics : Conformal and 3D electronics / Biochemical sensors
2013-2016
Research and Teaching: IETR Laboratory, France
Three years, researcher and teacher as PhD student
February-June 2012
Electronic sciences research during Master internship: IETR Laboratory, Rennes
Fabrication and characterization of suspended gate field effect transistors (SGFET) for proteins detection
June-July 2011
Engineering internship in a transport society : Keolis Rennes Company, Rennes, France
Rennes' metro power losses modelisation

Special Skills

  • Printed electronics : DoD printing, surface characterization, jetting behavior

  • Clean room fabrication : photolithography, plasma etching, CMOS processes

  • Measurement control : ellipsometry, profilometry

  • Materials deposition : polycrystalline silicon (LPCVD & PECVD), silicon dioxide (APCVD & PECVD), porous silicon synthesis

  • Programming Languages: C, Matlab

  • Office automation tools: Latex, Beamer, Word, Power Point

  • UNIX environment

Languages

  • Advanced English level

  • Native French speaker

  • Beginner in Spanish (in progress)

Miscellaneous

  • Long distance running
  • Personal projects combining electronic and computer sciences

Main Publications and Conferences

Journal

[1] P. Giannakou, M.O. Tas, B. Le Borgne and M. Shkunov, “Water-transferred, inkjet-printed supercapacitors toward conformal and epidermal energy storage” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2020) link.

[2] D.M. Frohlich, E. Corrigan-Kavanagh, M. Bober, H. Yuan, R.A. Sporea, B. Le Borgne, C. Scarles, G. Revill, J. Van Duppen, A.W. Brown and M. Beyon, “The Cornwall a-book: An Augmented Travel Guide Using Next Generation Paper” The Journal of Electronic Publishing (2019) link.

[3] B. Le Borgne, B. Chung, M.O. Tas, S.G. King, M. Harnois and R.A. Sporea, “Eco-friendly materials for daily-life inexpensive printed passive devices: Towards “Do-It-Yourself” electronics” MDPI Electronics (2019) link.

[4] B. Salonikidou, T. Yasunori, B. Le Borgne, J. England, T. Shizuo, R.A. Sporea, “Toward Fully Printed Memristive Elements: a-TiO2 Electronic Synapse from Functionalized Nanoparticle Ink” ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2019) link.

[5] B. Le Borgne, S. Liu, X. Morvan, S. Crand, R. Sporea, N. Lu and M. Harnois, “Water Transfer Printing Enhanced by Water-Induced Pattern Expansion: Toward Large‐Area 3D Electronics" (2019), link.

[6] B. Le Borgne, A. Girard, C. Cardinaud, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon and F. Geneste, “Covalent functionalization of polycrystalline silicon nanoribbons applied to Pb(II) electrical detection” Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical (2018) link.

[7] B. Le Borgne, O. de Sagazan, S. Crand, E. Jacques, and M. Harnois, “Conformal Electronics Wrapped Around Daily-life Objects Using Original Method: Water Transfer Printing” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2017) link.

[8] R. Rogel, B. Le Borgne, T. Mohammed-Brahim, E. Jacques and M. Harnois, “Spontaneous Buckling of Multiaxially Flexible and Stretchable Interconnects Using PDMS/Fibrous Composite Substrates” Advanced Materials Interfaces (2017) link.

[9] B. Le Borgne, L. Pichon and A.C. Salaün, “Reduced bulk and surface states densities in metal induced crystallized polycrystalline silicon nanowires” Physica Status Solidi (a) 213 (11), pp. 2890-2894 (2016) link.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

[1] B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon, A. Jolivet-Gougeon, S. Martin, R. Rogel and O. de Sagazan “Silicon Nanowires Based Resistors for Bacteria Detection” Eurosensors 2017, 2017, Paris. link.

[2] B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon and F. Geneste “Aryl-Diazonium Functionalized Polycrystalline Silicon Nanoribbons Based Device for Lead Detection” Eurosensors 2017, 2017, Paris. link.

Other Communications

[1] Oral: R.A. Sporea, B. Le Borgne, A. Brown, G. Revill, C. Scarles, M. Bober, D.M. Frohlich, “Next Generation Paper: An Augmented book platform” SPIE Conference - Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XI, San Diego, United States of America, link.

[2] Oral: B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon, A. Jolivet-Gougeon, S. Martin, R. Rogel and O. de Sagazan “Silicon Nanowires Based Resistors for Bacteria Detection” Eurosensors 2017, 2017, Paris, France. link.

[3] Oral: B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon and F. Geneste, “Resistors based on polycrystalline silicon nanoribbons for lead ions detection” EMRS conference, 2016, Lille, France. link.

[4] B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, and L. Pichon, “Dual gate transistors based on polycrystalline silicon nanowires” EMRS conference, 2016, Lille, France. link.

[5] L. Donero, N. Bouts, A.A. El Mel, B. Le Borgne, L. Le Brizoual, F. Le Bihan and P.Y. Tessier, “From copper/carbon thin films to nanoporous carbon for sensing applications” EMRS Conference, 2016, Lille, France. link.

[6] Oral: L. Pichon, B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, R. Rogel, F. Geneste, “Silicon 3D nanostructures for highly sensitive chemical sensors” NAMIS Workshop, 2016, Enschede, The Netherlands. link.

[7] B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün and L. Pichon, “Electrical characterization of Si nanostructures/SiO2 interfaces by field-effect conductance method” EMRS Conference, 2015, Waraw, Poland. link.

[8] B. Le Borgne, A.C. Salaün, L. Pichon and F. Geneste, “Fabrication and characterization of functionalized nanostructures for lead detection”, NAMIS Summer School, 2015, Montreal, Canada. link.

[9] E. Kovacevic, C. Pattyn, J. Berndt, C. Boulmer-Leborgne, L. Donero, ..., B. Le Borgne and M. Boujtita, “Process development for novel low temperature plasma synthesized nanocarbon–based biosensors.” EMRS 2017, May 2017, Strasbourg, France. link.

Patents

[1] M. Harnois, E. Jacques and B. Le Borgne, "Solvent Transfer Printing" - link.

Reviewer for

  • Solid-State Electronics

  • MDPI Micromachines

  • MDPI Materials

Education

2013-2016
Phd Student : IETR Laboratory, Rennes, France
3 years of research, supervisors: Dr. Anne-Claire Salaün and Pr. Laurent Pichon
Thin films polycrystalline silicon based sensors. Application to lead ions detection in aqueous solution
2 years as a teacher at ISTIC (school of Informatic, Electronics and Telecommunications engineering in Rennes) in addition to my PhD studies
digital and analog electronics, semi-conductors physics
1 year as a teacher at IUT de Rennes (post Baccalaureat school of Electronic engineering and Industial Informatics)
power electronics, mono- and triphased networks, safety equipements
2012-2013
Master: Université de Rennes 1, Rennes
Mechatronics
2011-2012
Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Rennes
Higher-education teacher training in electrical engineering
Preparation of the French agrégation in electrical engineering (did not succeed)
2010-2011
First year of Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes
Electronics and Telecommunications
First year of Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes
Mechanical engineering
2009-2010
Bachelor: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes
Electronics and Telecommunications
Bachelor: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes
Mechanical engineering