The objective of this thesis is to provide error bounds for linear and nonlinear eigenvalue problems arising from electronic structure calculation. We focus on ground-state calculations based on Density Functional Theory, including Kohn-Sham models. Our bounds mostly re...

Several arguments from the literature suggested the importance of diets in cancer development and in the efficacy of anti-cancer therapies. Calorie restriction (CR) suppresses cancer growth in various animal models and sensitizes tumor cells to targeted therapies (Meyne...

This thesis presents the latest achievements regarding the Sr optical lattice clock experiment at LNE-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris. After having described the general principles for optical lattice clocks and the operation of the clock in question, the emphasis is put o...

This thesis provides an overview of the formation, characterization and testing of micelles of different morphology for biological applications. One major aspect of this thesis is the understanding of the processes which lead to the formation of block copolymer micelles...

This thesis contributes to the problem of 3D reconstruction for deformable surfaces using a single camera. In order to model surface deformation, we use the isometric prior because many real object deformations are near-isometric. Isometry implies that the surface canno...

This thesis deals with the direct simulation and inverse design of garments in the presence of frictional contact.The shape of draped garments results from the slenderness of the fabric, which can be represented in mechanics by a thin elastic plate or shell, and from it...

This research is devoted to understanding the physical mechanism of cavitation erosion in compressible liquid flows on the fundamental scale of cavitation bubble collapse. As a consequence of collapsing bubbles near solid wall, high pressure impact loads are generated. ...

In this thesis, our focus is to develop signal processing methods to be used on electroencephalography (EEG) signals recorded from epileptic patients. The aim of these methods is to be able to quantify the state of the patient with epilepsy and to study the progress of ...

As a part of interstellar dust, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in so-called photodissociation regions (PDRs) are processed by the interaction with ultraviolet (UV) photons that are emitted by hot stars. After absorption of a UV photon, an isolated PAH can under...

The earthquake characterization is a fundamental research field in seismology, which final goal is to provide accurate estimations of earthquake attributes. In this study field, various questions may rise such as the following ones: when and where did an earthquake happ...