Mircea Rastei

Mircea Rastei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organic Materials (DMO) at IPCMS (Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg), University of Strasbourg. His research focuses on the electronic, magnetic, optical, and quantum mechanical properties of nanostructures using advanced atomic force microscopy techniques.

Dr. Rastei's primary research interests include light-matter interaction, local photovoltaic effects, inversion symmetry breaking-driven charge generation, ferroelectric materials for data storage, and the discretization of interactions between solid-state nanostructures. His work bridges fundamental physics with practical applications in nanotechnology and materials science.

His recent publications (2020-2025) demonstrate a consistent focus on ferroelectric Bi₂FeCrO₆ thin films, photovoltaic effects, magnetic properties of nanoparticles, and advanced atomic force microscopy techniques. The research spans multiple disciplines including condensed matter physics, materials science, and nanotechnology, with significant contributions to understanding nanoscale phenomena.

Dr. Rastei actively supervises PhD students including Antoine Bagard (2024), X. Henning (2024), M. D. Pichois (2022), and M. A. Hurier (2021), guiding research in ferroelectric materials, photovoltaic effects, and nanoscale characterization techniques. His laboratory features two specialized Atomic Force Microscopes coupled with wavelength-tunable lasers for optical excitation studies from 350-900 nm, enabling advanced photoinduced force microscopy/spectroscopy techniques (hν-CAFM, hν-KPFM, hν-PFM, PiFM-vis).