Jean-Yves RAUCH obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Franche-Comté—Besançon, France in 2000. He got a permanent position as a Research Engineer in 2002 at FEMTO-ST Institute in Besançon—University of Franche-Comté. He develops research activities devoted to thin films by magnetron sputtering and evaporation, vacuum and plasma sciences. He also works on surface analyses such as, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and focused ion beam (FIB). He works also on the microRobotex station a dual cross beam, with microrobot inside the vacuum chamber. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fr&user=4Amsvf0AAAAJ