DE CASTRO Olivier

Unit: Scientific Instrumentation and Process Technology

Group: Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics

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Languages: Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch, German, English, French

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About

Solid-state experimental physicist with a PhD in scientific instrumental development/accelerator physics. I am passionate about developing innovative technological solutions based on charged particle optics, which allow to access and discover the nano-world of materials, life science and hybrid sample systems in structure and composition, helping to push forward technological and scientific trends.

Mission

Senior R&T Scientist working on numerous instrumentation projects. Principle Investigator (PI) mainly of industry funded projects over the last years (high TRL level). Lab manager & instrument responsible within the AINA group.

Skills and expertise

  • Charged Particle Optics
  • Focused Ion Beams
  • Scientific Instrumentation
  • Materials Science
  • Mass spectrometry

Latest Publications

Localized probing of real-time hydrogen-materials interaction: An in-situ electrochemical approach based on secondary ion mass spectrometry

Suresh Kumar A., Gerard M., Mead M., De Castro O., Schmitz G., Audinot J.N., Eswara S.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 214, art. no. 153705, 2026

Multimodal correlative microscopy for isotopically resolved sub-15 nm chemical imaging of phase-separated polymer blends

Olmos V.B., De Castro O., Bour J., Grysan P., Audinot J.N.

Surfaces and Interfaces, vol. 84, art. no. 108606, 2026

Operando visualization of Li distribution in solid-state batteries using focused ion beam-secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging

Sharma S., Santiago A., Martinez-Ibañez M., Gerard M., Kumar A.S., De Castro O., Wirtz T., Eswara S.

Electrochimica Acta, vol. 536, art. no. 146728, 2025

Hydrogen distribution in electrochemically charged Ti thin film: High resolution SIMS analysis of electrolyte-exposed vs. electrolyte-free surfaces

Suresh Kumar A., Gerard M., Fleming Y., Sharma S., De Castro O., Wirtz T., Eswara S.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 154, art. no. 150290, 2025

Investigation of Li accumulations in LLZO based solid state batteries via operando neutron imaging and ex-situ correlative structural and chemical analysis

Cressa L., Boillat P., Gerard M., Sun Y., Sharma S., De Castro O., Nojabaee M., Schmitz G., Wirtz T., Eswara S.

Electrochimica Acta, vol. 494, art. no. 144397, 2024

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