Rheology of Earth Materials :
Closing the gap between timescales in the laboratory and in the mantle

Where can you meet us ?

AGU25

December 15-19, 2025 | New Orleans, USA

COMPLAS 2025

2-5 September, Barcelona, Spain

Participants: H. Idrissi, P. Cordier

EUROMECH COLLOQUIUM 653
International Colloquium on “Mechanics of Interfaces”

August 26-28, 2025 - Metz, France

Participant: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi

ESMC 2025
12th European Solid Mechanics Conference

July 7-11, 2025 -  Lyon, France

19ème Colloque de la Société Française des Microscopies

30 Juin - 4 Juillet - Toulouse, France

EMPG XIX

June 16-19, 2025 -  Orléans, France

Colloque Plasticité 2025

April 22-24, 2025 - Poitiers, France

 

AGU24

Dec. 9-13, 2024 -  Washington, D.C., U.S.A

Participants: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, T. Weidner

  • P. Carrez, V. Delbecq, P. Cordier "Modeling the mechanical properties of Mg2SiO4 glass through a collection of Eshelby inclusions" (Poster)
  • P. Cordier "On Dislocation Climb and Mineral Deformation in Nature" (Invited, Oral)
  • P. Cordier, I. Ul Haq, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "Deformation Mechanisms of Talc: Insights from Nanomechanical Testing" (Oral)
  • P. Cordier, R. Dohmen, P. Carrez, P. Baral, M. Coulombier, H. Idrissi "The Strain-Rate Challenge: Understanding Amorphous Olivine's Rheology from Ultra-Slow to Ultra-Fast" (Poster)
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, O. Castelnau, A.K. Kronenberg, R. Law, P. Cordier "Advanced Electron Tomography Uncovers Mixed Climb Dislocation Mechanism in Quartz Under Natural Strain Rates" (Oral)

GUMP 2024

20-22 Novembre 2024 - Paris, France

Participant A. Mussi

A. Mussi "Les dernières avancées en tomographie électronique en transmission des dislocations" (Oral)

Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development IX

October 6-11, 2024 - Giardini Naxos, Messina (Sicily), Italy

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier, H. Idrissi "Shear Induced Amorphization: A New Deformation Mechanism for Silicates" (Oral)
  • O. Glushko, F. Hermerschmidt, R. Dohmen, P. Cordier "Micromechanics of thin films with digital image correlation: three case studies" (Oral)

11th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM11)

Sept. 22-27, 2024 - Prague, Czech Republic

Participants: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, J. Furstoss, K. Gouriet, P. Hirel, C. Traisnel

  • V. Delbecq, T. Arbaret, P. Carrez, D. Rodney, P. Cordier "Mechanical properties of Mg2SiO4 glasses" (Oral)
  • J. Furstoss, D. Pino-Muñoz, P. Carrez, P. Hirel, V. Delbecq, P. Cordier "Grain boundary amorphization as a transformation induced plasticity" (Oral)
  • K. Gouriet, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Ultimate mechanical properties of olivine: fayalite vs. forsterite" (Oral)
  • P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Dislocations in SrTiO3 perovskite: neutral vs charged, glide vs climb" (Oral)
  • C. Traisnel, P. Carrez "Ab initio study of charged point defects properties in olivine Mg2SiO4" (Oral)
  • V. Taupin, S. Berbenni, B. Beasir, E. Bouzy, C. Ernould, K.S. Djaka, N. Maloufi, J.J. Fundenberger, J. Guyon, A. Guitton, A. Mussi, K. Gouriet, T. Weidner, P. Cordier, S. Demouchy "Application of field dislocation mechanics and fast Fourier transforms to electron microscopy" (Oral)
  • H. Kharouji, L. Dezerald, P. Hirel, P. Cordier, P. Carrez, V. Taupin, J. Guénolé "Bridging atomistic and continuum mechanics for describing crystal defects and grain boundary excess energy" (Oral)

SEDI 2024

June 23–28, 2024 — Great Barrington, MA, USA

Participant: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, C. Traisnel

  • P. Cordier "Deformation mechanisms in the deep mantle" (invited)

EMMC19
19th European Mechanics of Materials Conference

May 29-31, 2024 — Madrid, Spain

Participant: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, A. Kashiwar

  • P. Cordier, A. Orekhov, N. Gauquelin,  G. Kermouche, P. Baral, R. Dohmen, M. Coulombier, J. Verbeeck, J.P. Raskin, T. Pardoen, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "Room temperature electron beam sensitive viscoplastic response of ultra-ductile amorphous olivine films" (Keynote)
  • H. Idrissi, I. Ul Haq, A. Orekhov, D. Schryvers, P. Cordier "Stress-induced amorphization and grain boundary sliding in olivine" (Keynote)

Colloque Plasticité 2024

April 2-4, 2024 - Organised by J. Amodeo and colleagues at Jardin du Pharo, Marseille

Program

Participants: P. Cordier, K. Gouriet, P. Hirel, H. Idrissi, A. Mussi

  • P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Dislocations dans la perovskite SrTiO3: glissement ou montée, neutres ou chargées ?" (invited)
  • H. Idrissi "Stress-induced amorphization and grain boundary sliding in olivine" (invited)
  • G. Kermouche "Mesure du comportement viscoplastique des matériaux à l’échelle du micron" (invited)
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, O. Castelnau, A. Kronenberg, R. Law, P. Cordier "Mise en évidence par tomographie électronique en transmission des dislocations du mécanisme de montée mixte dans le quartz déformé dans des conditions naturelles" (Oral)
  • T. Weidner, K. Gouriet, L. Dupuy, A. Mussi, P. Cordier "Couplage tomographie électronique en transmission des dislocations et dynamique des dislocations : application à l’olivine" (Poster)
  • F.J. Kakdeu Yewou, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier " Modélisation atomique de dislocations dans la perovskite KTaO3" (Poster)
  • H. Kharouji, L. Dezerald, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, V. Taupin, J. Guénolé " Atomistic-to-continuum crossover for crystal defects descriptions and grain boundary excess energy (Poster)

 

Nanobrücken 2024: Nanomechanical Testing Conference

March 19-21 | Valpré-Lyon | Lyon, France

Participant: G. Kermouche

Program

  • G. Kermouche “Quantification of electron-irradiation creep in amorphous olivine and amorphous silica from in situ TEM and SEM nanomechanical testing” (Invited)

Mechglass 2024

January 12, 2024 — IPGP Paris

Participant: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi

  • H. Idrissi "Room temperature viscoplastic response of amorphous olivine films revealed by advanced ex-situ and in-situ TEM nanomechanical testing" (invited)

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

Dec. 11-15, 2022 -  San Francisco, CA, U.S.A

Participant: P. Carrez

  • P. Carrez, J. Furstoss, P. Hirel, P. Cordier "Grain boundaries in olivine: insights from recent numerical modeling" (Invited)
  • P. Carrez, V. Delbecq, P. Cordier "Rheological properties of Mg2SiO4 glass"
  • Y. Peng, P. Hirel, P. Cordier, J. Deng "Grain boundary diffusion of ferropericlase: implications for the core-mantle interaction"

MRM 2023

December 11-16, 2023 - Kyoto, Japan

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Application of nanomechanical testing in mineral physics" (Oral symposium keynote)
  • P. Cordier, T. Weidner, V. Taupin, A. Mussi " From dislocation electron tomography to continuum mechanics: application to olivine" (Oral)

A scientific life under ultra-high pressure

A tribute to Christian Chopin

October 16 & 17 2023 - École normale supérieure - PSL, Paris

Participant: P. Cordier

IUTAM Symposium Creep in Structures

18-22 Septembre 2023 - Magdeburg, Germany.

Participant: O. Castelnau

  • O. Castelnau, P. Cordier, K. Gouriet, T. Weidner, J. van Orman, J. M. Jackson, P. Carrez "Periclase deforms more slowly than bridgmanite under Earth mantle conditions"

Colloque du réseau des vice-présidentes et vice-présidents recherche et valorisation
Quelle liberté pour la recherche ?

29-30 août 2023 - Nantes Université, Nantes

Participant: P. Cordier

Table ronde : recherche dirigée, recherche libre, quel équilibre ?

Colloque de la Société Française des Microscopies

3-7 July 2023 - Rouen, France

Participant: A. Mussi

  • A. Mussi "Dernière avancée en tomographie électronique en transmission des dislocations" (Invited)

MecaNano General Meeting 2023

First General Meeting of COST Action CA21121

26-27 April 2023 - Madrid (Spain)

Participant: H. Idrissi, I. Ul Hacq

  • I. Ul Hacq, P. Cordier, D. Schrivers, H. Idrissi "In-situ TEM nanomechanical investigations on a grain boundary sliding mechanism in forsterite" (Oral)

Plasticité 2023

3-5 April - Lyon, France

Participants: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, V. Delbecq, J. Furstoss, P. Hirel, A. Mussi

  • V. Delbecq, T. Albaret, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, D. Rodney "Modéliser les événements plastiques dans les verres Mg2SiO: utilisation de la théorie d’Eshelby" (Oral)
  • J. Furstoss, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Impact des degrés de liberté microscopiques sur les joints de grains dans la forsterite" (Poster)
  • P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier. "Complexions de joints de grains dans MgO" (Poster)
  • H. Kharouji, V. Taupin, J. Guénolé, L. Dezerald, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Vers un transfert discret-continu de la description des défauts cristallins" (Oral)
  • A. Mussi, P. Carrez, K. Gouriet, B. Hue, P. Cordier "Etude de l’évolution des dislocations sous irradiation électronique par tomographie électronique des dislocations 4D dans MgO (Poster)
  • A. Mussi, A. Heinzelmeier, T. Weidner, M. Novelli, W. Yu, F. Cuvilly, T. Grosdidier, A. Guitton "Caractérisation de dislocations zonales dans la phase MAX Ti2AlC" (Poster)
  • T. Weidner, K. Gouriet, A. Mussi, P. Cordier, V. Taupin, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi "Couplage tomographie 3D des dislocations et mécanique des champs de dislocations : application à l’olivine" (Poster)

Journée SF2M Micromécanique Conditions Extrêmes

30 March 2023 - Paris, France

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Micro-géodynamique: au croisement des échelles de temps et d’espace" (Invited)

DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM)

26 - 31 March 2023 - Dresden (Germany)

Participant: P. Carrez

  • P. Carrez "Plastic properties of MgO: insights from numerical modelling" (invited)

Microscopy Conference MC2023

26 February - 2 March 2023 - Darmstadt (Germany)

Participant: P. Cordier, I. Ul Hacq, T. Weidner

  • P. Cordier, I. Ul Haq, A. Orekhov, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "Stress-induced amorphization and grain boundary sliding in olivine" (Keynote in session MS 6: Geoscience and construction materials, cultural heritage)
  • I. Ul Haq, P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, D. Schryvers "A full-field quantitative analysis of grain boundary sliding mechanism using digital image correlation (DIC) inside a transmission electron microscope"
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, P. Cordier "Combining electron tomography of dislocations and continuum mechanics to investigate the rheology of minerals"

Séminaire MécaScienceRennes

Journée "Mécanique & Matériaux"

12 Janvier 2023 - Rennes

Participant: P. Cordier

P. Cordier "Eloge de la lenteur en plasticité des minéraux" (Invité)

International Conference on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture, 2023 (ICPDF23)

January 3-9 2023 - Barcelo Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)

Participant: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, H. Idrissi

  • P. Carrez "Plasticity under extremely slow strain-rates " (Invited)
  • P. Cordier "Modeling plastic deformation of the mineral phases of the Earth's mantle" (Keynote)
  • H. Idrissi Stress induced amorphization in olivine investigated by ex-situ and in-situ TEM nano-mechanical testing” (Keynote)

AGU Fall Meeting 2022

Dec. 12-16, 2022 -  Chicago, IL, U.S.A

Participants: P. Cordier, T. Weidner

  • P. Cordier, K. Gouriet, J. Van Orman, O. Castelnau, J.M. Jackson, P. Carrez "Periclase is stronger than bridgmanite under lower mantle pressures, temperatures and strain-rates" (Poster)
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, K. Gouriet, P. Cordier "Combining electron tomography of dislocations and continuum mechanics to investigate the rheology of olivine" (Poster)

2022 IUCr High Pressure Workshop “Advanced High Pressure Crystallography”

6-10 December 2022 - Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory (USA)

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Stress-induced amorphization in olivine and grain boundary sliding" (Invited)

Colloque du G2 2022: «Géodésie, Géophysique et Montagne»

8-10 November 2022 - Grenoble (France)

Participant: J. Furstoss

  • J. Furstoss "Approche numérique de l’évolution microstructurale des péridotite" (Prix de thèse CNFGG)

Science en Nord

69e Congrès National des professeurs de Physique-Chimie

2-5 Novembre 2022 - Lille, France

Participant: P. Cordier

10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM10)

Oct. 2-7, 2022 - Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A

Participants: P. Carrez, V. Delbecq, J. Furstoss

  • P. Carrez, M. Landeiro dos Reis, P. Hirel, P. Cordier "Interaction between dislocation and vacancies in magnesium oxide"
  • M. Landeiro dos Reis, P. Carrez, Y. Giret, P. Cordier "Pipe diffusion mechanism in magnesium oxide"
  • V. Delbecq, T. Albaret, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, J.F. Paul, S. Pipolo "Numerical study of the mechanical properties of Mg2SiO4 glasses"
  • J. Furstoss, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Stable grain boundary complexion in forsterite: properties and implications"
  • P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Grain boundary complexions in rock-salt materials"

Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII

An ECI Conference Series

October 2-7, 2022 - Split, Croatia

Participants: P. Cordier, G. Kermouche

  • P. Cordier, H. Idrissi "On the contribution of nanomechanical testing to the study of Earth mantle deformations" (Keynote)
  • G. Kermouche, P. Baral, A. Orekhov, N. Schrivers, G. Lumbeek, H. Idrissi, M. Coulombier, T. Pardoen, P. Cordier "Evidence of electron-irradiation activated creep in amorphous olivine at room temperature" (Oral)

Earth Mantle Workshop

12-15 september 2022 - Toulouse, France

Participant: P. Cordier

Programme

  • P. Cordier "Creep in the mantle: dislocations ? vacancies ? both ?" (Oral)

23rd International Mineralogical Association General Meeting (IMA 2022)

18 - 22 July 2022 - Lyon, France

Participant: P. Cordier, V. Delbecq, K. Gouriet, T. Weidner

  • P. Cordier "Nanomechanics of minerals" (Plenary Presidential Lecture)
  • P. Cordier "Minerals under stress: highs and lows" (Keynote Lecture)
  • S. Demouchy, M. Thieme, F. Barou, B. Beausir, P. Cordier "Dislocation and disclination densities in experimentally deformed polycrystalline olivine" (Poster)
  • K. Gouriet, P. Roussel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Ultimate mechanical properties of enstatite" (Poster)
  • V. Delbecq, P. Carrez, J.F. Paul, S. Pipolo, P. Cordier "Numerical study of the mechanical properties of Mg2SiO4 glasses" (Oral)
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, P. Cordier "Dislocation climb in naturally deformed quartz by electron tomography of dislocations" (Oral)

UPLIFT Kick-Off Workshop

7-8 July 2022 - Steinbach am Wörthsee (near Munich)

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Rheology: doing the splits between nature and the laboratory" (Oral)

11th European Solid Mechanics Conference

4 - 8 July 2022, Galway, Ireland

Participants: H. Idrissi, G. Kermouche

  • G. Kermouche "Investigating restoration kinetics in metals using the High Temperature Scanning Indentation (HTSI) method" (Invited)
  • A. Orekhov, P. Baral, M. Coulombier,J.P. Raskin,D. Schryvers,T.  Pardoen,H. Idrissi "Electron beam induced giant ductility in amorphous Alumina (a-Al2O3) and a-Al2O3/Al nanolaminates" (Invited)

International Conference on the Strength of Materials (ICSMA-19)

26 June - 1 July 2022 in Metz, France

Including Tamas UNGAR Honorary Symposium

Participant: P. Cordier, A. Mussi, T. Pardoen, T. Weidner

  • T. Pardoen "On the best compromise between strength, ductility and fracture toughness in metallic alloys" (Plenary)
  • P. Cordier, K. Gouriet, T. Weidner, J. Van Orman, O. Castelnau, J.M. Jackson, P. Carrez "Relative strengths of bridgmanite (MgSiO3) and periclase (MgO) in the conditions of the lower mantle" (Oral)
  • T. Weidner, A. Mussi, P. Cordier "Evidence of dislocation climb in naturally deformed quartz by electron tomography of dislocations" (Oral)

Nanobrücken 2022: Nanomechanical Testing Conference

June 8-10 — Charles University — Prague, Czech Republic

Participant: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, I. Ul Haq

Programme

  • H. Idrissi “Stress induced amorphization in olivine: new insights from ex-situ and in-situ TEM nanomechanical testing” (Invited)
  • I. Ul Haq, P. Cordier, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "A quantitative analysis of stress-induced amorphization and grain boundary sliding in forsterite” (Oral)

Bicentenaire de la disparition de René-Just Haüy

June 3 - Sorbonne Université & Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle

Journée organisée par l’Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des matériaux et de Cosmochimie

Programme

Participant: P. Cordier

Colloque Plasticité 2022

4-6 april 2022 - Toulouse

Participant: P. Carrez, P. Cordier, V. Delbecq, J. Furstoss, K. Gouriet, A. Mussi

Programme

  • V. Delbecq, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, J.F.Paul, S. Pipolo « Étude numérique des propriétés mécaniques des verres Mg2SiO4 » (Oral)
  • J. Furstoss, P. Hirel, P. Carrez, P. Cordier  "Complexions stables d'un joint de grains dans la forstérite : propriétés et implications" (Oral)
  • M. Landeiro Dos Reis, Y. Giret, P. Carrez, P. Cordier « Efficacité de la « pipe diffusion » dans MgO » (Poster)
  • K. Gouriet, Ph. Carrez, P. Cordier « Ultimate mechanical properties of forsterite » (Poster)
  • A. Mussi, A. Addad, F. Onimus, L. Dupuy « Caractérisation de l’évolution des microstructures de dislocations dans les alliages de zirconium sous irradiation par tomographie électronique des dislocations » (Poster)

Journée scientifique IRMA

10 March 2022 - Rouen, France

  • A. Mussi: "Quitter Flatland pour regarder les dislocations en 4D dans un microscope électronique en transmission" (Invited)

Programme

Journées de la SFMC 2022 – Imagerie quantitative de l’atome à l’étoile

21-22 February 2022 - Villeneuve d'Ascq

Organisor: Alexandre Mussi

Participants: the whole team

Journée thématique Défauts dans les cristaux: origines, caractérisation et conséquences

2-2 septembre 2021 - Délégation CNRS Rhône-Auvergne (DR7), Villeurbane

Action Thématique organisée sous l’égide des Réseaux CMDO+ (http://cmdo.cnrs.fr/), CRISTECH (http://cristech.cnrs.fr/) et RECIPROCS (https://cdifx.univ-rennes1.fr/RECIPROCS/RECIPROCS.htm) de la Mission pour les Initiatives Transverses et Interdisciplinaires du CNRS (MITI)

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Dislocations dans les minéraux: une affaire de cœur" (Conférence invitée)

European Mineralogical Conference EMC 2020

29 August - 2 September 2021 – Krakow, Poland (Virtual)

Participants: P. Cordier, V. Delbecq

  • V. Delbecq, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, J.F. Paul, S. Pipolo "Numerical study of mechanical properties of Mg2SiO4 glasses" (Oral)
  • I. Ul Haq, V.Samae, P. Cordier, H.Idrissi, D. Schryvers "In situ TEM study of shear-induced amorphization and grain boundary sliding in olivine" (keynote)

Microscopy Conference 2021 Joint Meeting of Dreiländertagung & Multinational Congress on Microscopy

22-26 August  – Virtual (Vienna, Austria)

Participant: I. Ul Hacq

  • I. Ul Haq, P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, D. Schryvers "A quantitative analysis of in-situ grain boundary sliding inside a transmission electron microscope" (Oral)

Goldschmidt 2021

4-9 July 2021 - Virtual (Lyon France)

Participant: P. Cordier, P. Hirel

Theme 6: Nano to Microscale Processes; Chairs: Benjamin Gilbert, Patrick Cordier, Richard Harrison, Katharina Marquardt

  • P. Hirel, P. Carrez and P. Cordier « Grain boundary complexions in minerals » (Invited)
  • P. Cordier, I. Ul Haq, V. Samae, H. Idrissi and D. Schryvers « In situ TEM study of a new grain boundary deformation mechanism in olivine » (Oral)

E-MRS - 2021 Spring Meeting

31 May - 4 June  2021 - Virtual (Strasbourg, France)

Participants: P. Baral, P. Cordier, M. Coulombier, H. Idrissi & I. Ul Haq

Symposium K: Advanced small-scale mechanical characterization: strength, plasticity, fracture and fatigue. Organizers: Thomas W. CORNELIUS, Megan J. CORDILL, Hosni IDRISSI, Benoit MERLE (Main) and Ana Maria RUIZ MORENO - Co-sposored by TimeMan

  • P. Cordier, A. Orekhov, R. Dohmen, M. Coulombier, T. Pardoen, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "Surprising high ductility of amorphous olivine at room temperature during in situ nanomechanical tensile testing" (Oral)
  • M. Coulombier, P. Baral, A. Pip, R. Dohmen, J.P. Raskin, T. Pardoen,  P. Cordier, H. Idrissi,: « Time dependent response of amorphous olivine thin films determined by on-chip nanomechanical testing » (Oral)
  • P. Baral, A. Orekhov, R. Dohmen, M. Coulombier, J.P. Raskin, P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, T. Pardoen : « Rheology of amorphous olivine thin films characterized by nanoindentation at ambient temperature » (Oral)

  • I. Ul Haq, V. Samae, P. Cordier, H. Idrissi, D. Schryvers "In situ TEM study of a new grain boundary deformation mechanism in olivine" (Poster)

EGU General Assembly 2021

25–30 April 2021 - Vienna, Austria

Participant: P. Cordier

Session From Minerals to the Dynamics of Earth's interior: Linking Crystal Chemistry, Rheology and Geodynamics across the scales; Chairs: Anna Gülcher, Sebastian Ritterbex, Jac van Driel, John Hernlund and Patrick Cordier

Colloque Plasticité Virtuel

6 - 7 april 2020 - Anywhere

Participants: everybody

Programme

  • M. Landeiro Dos Reis, P. Carrez, Patrick Cordier « Interaction entres les lacunes chargées et une dislocation coin dans MgO » (Oral)
  • V. Delbecq, P. Carrez, P. Cordier, J.F. Paul, S. Pipolo « Étude numérique des propriétés mécaniques des verres Mg2SiO4 » (Oral)

Nanobrücken 2021

Nanomechanical Testing Conference - Programme

23-24 February 2021 - Virtual event

Participants: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi

  • P. Cordier, A. Orekhov, R. Dohmen, M. Coulombier, T. Pardoen, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi "High ductility of amorphous olivine at room temperature during in situ nanomechanical tensile testing in the TEM" (Video Poster)

Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA 2021)

Jointly programmed by the Electronics Division and Basic Science Division of The American Ceramic Society

19-22 January  2021 - Virtual Meeting

Participants: P. Cordier

Session S11 – Dislocations in Ceramics: Processing, Structure, Plasticity, and Functionality

  • P. Cordier “On the importance of dislocation climb to deform minerals in the Earth” (invited)

AGU Fall Meeting - Virtual

7-11 December 2020

  • P. Cordier, V. Samae, H. Idrissi "Investigating grain boundary sliding in olivine by in situ nanomechanical testing in a transmission electron microscope" (Oral)
  • S. Mahmoud, P. Carrez, P. Cordier "Breaking the barrier of time in computational mineral physics: the example of vacancy diffusion in periclase" (Virtual Poster)

Nanobrücken 2020

Nanomechanical Testing Conference & Bruker Hysitron User Meeting

4-6 February 2020 - Düsseldorf, Germany

Participants: P. Cordier, H. Idrissi

  • H. Idrissi, T. van der Werf, G. Lumbeeck, V. Samaee, T. Pardoen, D. Schryvers, P. Cordier "In situ TEM nanomechanical testing of antigorite suggest weak interfaces” (Oral)
  • P. Cordier, G. Lumbeeck, V. Samaee, R. Dohmen, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi “Quantitative in-situ deformation of nanocrystalline olivine in the transmission electron microscope” (Oral)

 

AGU Fall Meeting

9-13 December 2019 - San Francisco, California

Participants: P Carrez, P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier, V. Samaee, H. Idrissi, J. Gasc, S. Demouchy, F. Barou and S. Koizumi “Microstructural investigation of olivine deforming by grain boundary sliding” (Poster)
  • J.M. Jackson, and P. Cordier “Shear wave anisotropy and viscosity of iron-rich (Mg,Fe)O: Implications for ultralow velocity zones” (invited)

Congresso SIMP-SGI Parma 2019

17-19 September 2019 - Parma, Italy

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier “Creeping minerals: new insights from numerical modelling and transmission electron microscopy" (Plenary lecture)

Dislocations 2019 conference

15-20 September 2019 - Haifa (Israel)

Participants: P. Carrez, J.H. Zhaï

  • J.-H. Zhai, P. Hirel, Ph. Carrez "Atomistic simulation of jog pair in magnesium oxide" 
  • Ph. Carrez, S. Mahendran, P. Cordier "On the glide of [100] dislocation and the origin of “pencil glide” in Mg2SiO4 olivine: insights from atomic scale modeling"  (Invited lecture)

Ecole d’été “Modélisation des Matériaux”

15-19 July 2019 - Istres

Participant: P. Hirel, K. Gouriet

XIX International Meeting on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy of Minerals

2-5 July 2019 - Apatity, Kola peninsula, Russia

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier "Crystal defects and flow in minerals from the Earth’s mantle" (Plenary lecture)

Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials - IIB 2019

1-5 July 2019 - Paris

Participant: P. Hirel, A. Mussi

  • P. Hirel "Numerical simulation of grain boundaries in oxides" (Oral: Monday July, 1st 11:40am)
  • A. Mussi, BC Nzogang, C. Bollinger, P. Cordier, J. Bouquerel "Characterization of recovery by boundary migration and dynamic recrystallization in experimentally deformed polycrystalline olivine" (Poster)

CECAM Workshop: Microscopic simulations: forecasting the next two decades

24-26 april 2019 - Toulouse, France

Participant: P. Cordier, P. Carrez

  • P. Cordier: "Plasticity of minerals of the deep Earth: toward an approach combining numerical modeling and nano mechanical testing" Invited

 

ICAMME'19 — The International Conference on Advanced Materials, Microscopy and Energy

17-19 april 2019 - Meknès, Maroc

Participant: P. Cordier

  • P. Cordier: "Deforming minerals and rocks: from the atoms to plate tectonics and the rheology of the mantle", Keynote lecture

Colloque Plasticité 2019

15-17 april 2019 - Université de Lille

EGU General Assembly 2019

Participant: P. Cordier

  • Patrick Cordier, Ahmed Addad, Philippe Carrez, Damien Jacob, Shun-ichiro Karato, Anwar Mohiuddin, Alexandre Mussi, Billy Nzogang, Pascal Roussel, and Andrea Tommasi "Anhydrous Phase B: Transmission Electron Microscope Characterization and Elastic Properties " Mon, 08 Apr, 14:00–15:45   Hall X2
  • Hosni Idrissi, Thomas van der Werf, Vahid Samaee, Gunnar Lumbeeck, Thomas Pardoen, Dominique Schryvers, and Patrick Cordier "In situ TEM nanomechanical testing of antigorite plasticity and faulting " Thu, 11 Apr, 15:00–15:15   Room K2
  • Julien Gasc, Sylvie Demouchy, Fabrice Barou, Patrick Cordier, and Sanae Koizumi "Low-Temperature Deformation Mechanisms of Forsterite Aggregates and Implications for the Rheology of the Upper Mantle" Fri, 12 Apr, 16:30–16:45   Room D2

Final ITN CREEP Workshop

Participant: P. Cordier

P. Cordier "Rheology of mantle minerals: constraints from atomistic and dislocation dynamics models", Invited

AGU Fall Meeting

10-14 Dec 2018 - Washington DC, USA

Participant: P. Cordier, R. Reali

  • A. Goryaeva, P. Cordier, A. Tommasi, D. Mainprice, P. Cordier. On Anisotropic Plasticity of MgSiO3 Post-Perovskite and its Geophysical Implications Inferred from Atomistic Modeling - Oral - Invited (Monday, 10 December 2018 - 11:35 - 11:50 - Marriott Marquis - Archives)
  • F. Garel, C. Thoraval, S. Demouchy, A. Tommasi, K. Gouriet, P. Cordier, P. Carrez, R. Davies. New insights on the role of olivine dislocation creep rheology in subduction dynamics models - Poster (Tuesday, 11 December 2018 - 13:40 - 18:00 - Poster Hall)
  • R. Reali, J.M. Jackson, J. van Orman, D.J. Bower, P. Carrez, P. Cordier. Modeling Strain Rates and Viscosity of (Mg,Fe)O at Lowermost Mantle Conditions - Oral - Invited (Wednesday, 12 December 2018 - 10:35 - 10:50 - Marriott Marquis - Capitol/Congress)
  • R. Reali, J.S. Pigott, J. van Orman, J.M. Jackson, F. Boioli, P. Carrez, P. Cordier. Constraining viscosity of bridgmanite under lower mantle conditions - Oral (Thursday, 13 December 2018 - 09:30 - 09:45 - Marriott Marquis - Capitol/Congress)
  • A. Davaille, N. Sgreva, R. Reali, P. Carrez, P. Cordier. Plumes morphology in a visco-plastic mantle - Invited (Thursday, 13 December 2018 - 09:45 - 10:00 - Marriott Marquis - Capitol/Congress)
  • P. Cordier, T. van der Werf, G. Lumbeeck, V. Samaee, T. Pardoen, D. Schryvers, H. Idrissi. In situ TEM nanomechanical testing of antigorite suggest weak interfaces - Oral (Thursday, 13 December 2018, 14:40 - 14:55, Marriott Marquis, Capitol/Congress)
  • C. Bollinger, K. Marquardt, F. Ferreira, B.C. Nzogang, A. Mussi, P. Cordier. On the Role of Grain Boundary Processes and Mobility on the Rheology of Forsterite: Microstructural Evidence - Poster (Thursday, 13 December 2018, 13:40 - 18:00, Poster Hall)