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Delphine Bouilly and her team assemble ultra-miniature electronic circuits and sensors to explore the dynamics of the interactions between biological molecules (DNA and proteins) or the fluctuations within a single molecule. The goal is to develop new tools to identify biomarkers associated with various types of cancer and to improve our understanding of the mechanics of basic macromolecules.
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Ludvik Martinu works on the optical, mechanical, and electrical properties of thin films and optical and protective coatings; on the microstructure and microanalysis of materials; on the properties of plastic (adhesion, wear, erosion); but also on the cold plasma within the framework of the plasma-surface interaction.
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Tami Pereg-Barnea’s group works in the field of condensed matter theory. She. is interested in systems with unusual properties often related to topological order or strong interactions.
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Ion Garate is a theorist interested in the quantum theory of condensed matter. His current research focuses on the theory of topological materials. They are insulators, semi-metals and superconductors whose electronic energy bands and wave functions are characterized by non-zero integers called topological invariants. Topological invariants manifest themselves physically by virtue of particular electronic states located at the boundaries of the sample.
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Mathieu Massicotte studies two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals and their heterostructures. Assembling these 2D building blocks into so-called van der Waals heterostructures opens up exciting opportunities for designing engineered materials with atomic-layer precision.
The general objective of his research is to unlock the potential of these new 2D materials for advanced technologies, in particular integrated photonics and quantum technologies.
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Vincent Aimez studies and develop micro / nano-fabrication techniques applied to the field of micro-electronics and photonics: fabrication of integrated complex photonic components, 3D micro-fabrication technologies, telecom, biomedical application and very high efficiency photovoltaic components (CPV)
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Richard Arès studies many aspects of semiconductor epitaxy, from tool technology to advanced processes and materials. My main fields of interest are photovoltaics, power electronics and photonics
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Antonella Badia’s research focuses on the molecular assembly and characterization of ultra-thin organic layers, structured at the nanometric scale. These could serve as model biomembranes, matrices for the selective deposition of nanomaterials, or for the electrochemical actuation of micromechanical devices.
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The Bevan Research Group explores nanoscale electronic materials and devices, to develop next-generation energy, computing, and sensing technologies. This is accomplished through the application and development of “technology computer aided design” (TCAD) methods. The ultimate goal of this research is to drive the design and discovery of new technologies through “electronic design automation” (EDA). Group members research electronic materials and devices through advanced simulation methods. This is rooted in the exploration of materials from the “bottom-up”, whereby material properties are tailored through atomic-scale and nano-scale modeling methods. Research is often conducted in close collaboration with experimental groups.
Andrea Bianchi studies experiments to probe thermodynamic, magnetic, and transport properties in intense magnetic fields and at very low temperatures. His expertise includes the growth and characterization of advanced materials including quasi-crystals , strongly correlated insulators , and superconductors , and frustrated magnets .
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François Boone studies design, fabrication and characterization of micro-machined passive components, characterization of concretes by microwave measurements, design and development of MMIC.
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Claude Bourbonnais works on understanding microscopically the influence of a very strong spatial anisotropy on the establishment of long-range order, for states of broken symmetry of the antiferromagnetic, superconducting and structural type.
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Serge Charlebois studies advanced micro and nanofabrication for the creation of new semiconductor and superconductor microsystems and components, the photon counting microsystem by 3D integration, the 3D integration of superconducting systems, the integration and characterization of organically insulated TSVs in CMOS chips.
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Lilian Childress works on quantum devices with solid state defects and the Diamond NV Center. His research uses techniques developed in quantum optics and atomic physics to understand and control the quantum states of defect centers in crystal hosts. The group uses the optical transitions of these faults to access and control individual spins in the diamond network.
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Michel Côté’s research activities focus on the application of quantum mechanics for calculating material properties. He is concentrating on developing new organic materials for photovoltaic applications, understanding high-temperature superconductor properties using the ab initio approach, and studying nanomaterials such as nanotubes.
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Dominique Drouin develops nanoelectronic device with low energy consumption (fabrication of Si / SiGe nanowire, carbon nanotube, thin silicon film and monoelectronic transistors), and the integration on CMOS of innovative function (gas/strain/humidity sensors, resistive memory metal oxide, low power circuit).
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Jan Dubowski works on semiconductor surfaces and interfaces for detecting electrically charged biomolecules in liquid environments and on Laser-based technology for selective area processing/functionalization and nanophotonic device integration.
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Serge Ecoffey develops materials as well as manufacturing and integration processes for micro-nano-electronic devices and systems and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). He also develops chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) processes for the production of microelectronic devices and circuits.
Prof. Patrick Fournier’s research group explores the physical properties of materials and artificial structures. They mainly focus their efforts on oxides which show a wide spectrum of phases ranging from superconductivity at high critical temperature, to colossal magnetoresistance in the presence of ferromagnetism, through insulating behavior in the presence of charge order, ferroelectricity …
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Luc Fréchette develops energy conversion microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidic and aerothermal sensors and actuators on a small scale. He studies flows in microchannels and porous materials.
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Guillaume Gervais team is specializes in Low Temperature Nanoscience experiments. The broad theme of our laboratory is the search and/or study of quantum matter on-a-chip. In our laboratory, we develop and implement novel tools and techniques such as resistively detected NMR with ‘too few spins’, all-electrical thermodynamic measurements, refrigeration on-a-chip, and spectrometer-based mass counting for nanofluidics at low temperatures.
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The Peter Grutter’s group tries to push the limits of instrumentation and is one of the internationally leading groups in the development of atomic force microscope (AFM) techniques and its application to understanding how nanoscale objects can be used for information storage and processing (the field commonly known as nanoelectronics). AFMs are a unique tool for the nanoscale: they are capable of imaging, measuring properties and manipulating nano objects such as single electrons, individual molecules or single synapses in almost any environment. As a result, one can discover how atomic scale structure relates to exciting emerging nanoscale properties of matter.
The theoretical research of Gun Hong focuses on two main areas: the theory and modeling of quantum electronic transport in nanoelectronics, and the physics of materials in nanotechnology. Overall, our work is centered on the innovation of first-principle theoretical and computational methods. In nanoelectronics, he develops theoretical formalisms and associated computational tools to calculate quantum transport properties. In materials physics, a new developed technique is the real-space electronic structure method called RESCU.
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Gwenaëlle Hamon studies materials and processes for optoelectronic devices, and more particularly on the manufacture and packaging of triple junction solar cells for concentrating photovoltaics.
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Dr. Patanjali Kambhampati is recognized for his work in energetic materials and ultrafast laser science. His research focuses on energy, its dynamics, its manifestation in novel materials, and in the deployment of advanced measurement techniques of energetic processes.
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Stephan Kena-Choen’s research lies at the interface between semiconductor physics, photonics and quantum optics. The objective is to understand the microscopic processes that take place in optical materials, with the aim of using them in state-of-the-art optoelectronic devices. The research areas are Strong light-matter coupling, Organic light-emitting diodes and organic lasers, Mid-infrared devices based on 2D black phosphorus, Optical antennas and optical nonlinearities, and Photophysics of novel materials.
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Anne-Marie Kietzig studies biomimetic surface engineering. Biomimicry is the science of transferring concepts found in nature to other fields. The terms biomimicry, biomimetics, or biomimic come from the Greek words bios = life and mimesis = imitate. Nature displays many superb and unique ways of solving complex problems, which humans tackle in a more energy consuming, less sustainable way.
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Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha’s main research interests are the science and technology of thin films, surfaces, interfaces and coating systems. She has notably contributed to the field of hard and superhard protective coatings, tribological coatings, mechanical and tribo-corrosion properties of materials, coatings on plastics, and analysis of surfaces and interfaces, particularly for aerospace applications. , automotive, biomedical, optical and industrial manufacturing.
She is co-founder and currently director of the Laboratory of Optical and Tribo-Mechanical Metrology (LOTM), and Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Functional Coatings and Surface Engineering (LaRFIS).
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Nikolay Kornienko develops materials to convert solar energy into chemical fuels as a means of energy storage. Transforming solar energy into chemical bonds requires efficient and synchronous operation of several processes as well as a fundamental understanding of the underlying chemistry at work.
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Stefanos Kourtis’ research lies at the crossroads of quantum matter and computational physics. He builds and studies models of quantum systems to discover and understand exciting phenomena. He also develops numerical methods to solve physics and interdisciplinary problems, particularly in relation to quantum information and artificial intelligence.
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Audrey Laventure’s research range from molecular assembly to functional materials. Concepts of molecular interactions in organic materials (e.g. polymers) are studied in a 3D printing context, as well as the development of functional 3D printed materials for various applications (e.g. energy conversion), and simultaneous integration of form and function in 3D printed functional organic materials.
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Bruce Lennox’s Researches are oriented around structure/property relationships of classes of molecules which form interfaces and nanomaterials.
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Richard Leonelli’s research program focuses on the dynamics of excitons when created in nanostructured media to describe how energy is absorbed and redistributed as part of a representation in terms of collective excitations. Although fundamental in nature, this subject is intimately linked with the development of excitonics, an emerging field that aims to design and manufacture better optical devices for applications ranging from lighting to quantum computing.
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Richard Martel holds a Canada Research Chair in Electrically Active Nanostructures and Interfaces. He is interested in physico-chemical phenomena in carbon nanotubes and in the study of transport and charge transfer phenomena at the interfaces of nanostructures. With his team, they study various electroactive nanostructures in order to better understand the phenomena occurring at surfaces and interfaces, such as charge transfer and electrical conduction. For several years, he has been at the forefront of the international community interested in carbon nanotubes.
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Jean-François Masson is currently working on the development of surface chemistries, new plasmonic materials and on instrumentation to perform the clinical analysis of proteins and drugs. He develops spectroscopic instruments for the analysis of biomolecules present in medical samples by biosensors. He studies the properties of nano- and microstructures to increase the sensitivity of instruments and the properties of surface chemistry improving the selectivity of analysis in biological fluids.
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Michel Meunier’ team is busy creating new nanomaterials and biomedical tools for theranostics. The goal: to develop nanoparticles that can be used both for diagnosis (medical imaging and biosensors) and therapy (surgery, treatments).
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Sean Molesky is interested in the intersection of photonics, optimization, and computer modeling, broadly encompassing issues related to inverse design, universal characteristics of wave phenomena (limits), and the development of numerical methods.
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Denis Morris studies radiation-matter interactions, nanomaterials, optics and photonics, quantum phenomena, and semiconductors.
Normand Mousseau’s work focuses on the numerical study of the behavior of matter at the atomic level. He is interested in the dynamics of protein assembly into neurotoxic structures associated with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He also study the formation of nanostructures, such as the assembly of silicon nanowires under a drop of gold, as well as the relaxation of disordered systems such as glasses and amorphous materials.
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The primary theme of Jeffrey Quilliam research is the study of frustrated magnetic materials. I employ various experimental techniques, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermodynamic measurements and muon spin rotation (µSR), often at temperatures approaching absolute zero.
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Christian Reber’s team studies inorganic molecules and materials using advanced spectroscopic experiments and theoretical models, in order to discover, understand and control their properties.
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Walter Reisner’s lab is interested in the basic science of nanoconfined polymers and applications of nanofluidic technology to biological analysis. They study DNA confined in nanoscale geometries, to better understand both the physics of polymers and of life at its smallest scales. The key theme of their work is the development and use of nanofabrication technology as a tool for single molecule manipulation and control.
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Stephan Reuter’s research focuses on the interaction of non-thermal plasmas with liquids and diagnostic methods such as ultrafast laser spectroscopy, spectral imaging and one-shot techniques. The fields of application studied are plasmas for medicine, the environment and the synthesis of materials.
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Sjoerd Roorda’s research is mainly in the field of modification and analysis of materials by ion beams.
Understanding the atomic structure of amorphous semiconductors, amorphous silicon in particular, is important for fundamental research (understanding the role of disorder) and for pragmatic reasons (solar cells and laser printers are made of amorphous silicon). Using high energy X-ray diffraction it is possible to measure the projection of the mean density as a function of distance from a random central atom.
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Dominic Ryan use nuclear methods to study a wide variety of problems in magnetism.
His research interests are centred on magnetic materials which contain frustrated or competing interactions that lead to exotic magnetic ordering behaviour.
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Jack Sankey use the force exerted by light to control and enhance the performance of sensitive micromechanical elements. This research will lead to the manufacture of high-quality micromechanical devices that are controlled by laser light, and could potentially lead to technology in which traditional flexible materials are entirely replaced by photons.
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Clara Santato’s research activity consists in understanding and enhancing the functional properties of semiconductor films for solar energy conversion, solid-state lighting and sensing applications.
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Ion implantation is a technique which makes it possible to modify the surface of materials by injecting atoms into them at the desired depth, and in precise quantities. It is widely used for doping semiconductors in the manufacture of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI). Being a strongly non-equilibrium phenomenon (the incident atoms typically have energies millions of times higher than that of the atoms of the material) the implantation often generates, at the atomic scale, new structures which can, depending on the case, be exploited to improve the performance of high-tech materials, or constitute a problem to be circumvented.
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David Senechal work on solid state theory, strongly correlated electrons.
In particular the development of numerical methods of the ‘quantum cluster’ type and application of these methods to the study of strongly correlated electron models. The phenomena studied include superconductivity, different magnetic orders and topological insulators.
Lena Simine works on modeling nano to meso scale systems in which molecular disorder is not a disturbance but the whole story. Her goal is to discover new properties and new applications in nanotechnology and biotechnology for the challenging but enormous class of disordered materials ranging from amorphous graphene to synthetic biological sequences (ssDNA, peptides).
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Adaptation/development of machine learning and related algorithms for the simulation of strongly disordered matter.
Multi-scale modeling of amorphous materials using generative AI
Quantum dynamics: dynamics of electronic excitations in materials, modeling of 2DE spectr, development of new methods
In-silico design of DNA-based sensors using ‘active learning’
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Philippe St-Jean’s main research interests are related to the experimental study of light-matter interaction, both in the quantum regime and in photonic systems with exotic symmetry elements. The ultimate objective of this work is twofold: 1- to design new, more robust photonic devices for applications in quantum technologies, and 2- to explore the emergence of new phases of matter (e.g. topological or strongly correlated) using emulators photonics.
Professor Stafford’s research activities revolve around the physics of highly reactive plasmas and the plasma-surface interactions taking place during the synthesis, etching and modification by cold plasmas (out of thermodynamic equilibrium) of materials and of nanomaterials. More specifically, the research is oriented along three lines:
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Julien Sylvestre works on thermomechanical modeling, the reliability of microsystems (microelectronics, MEMS, photovoltaics, etc.), the manipulation of information by micro and nanometric mechanical systems, and high-speed acoustic microscopy.
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The strong interactions between electrons are an inexhaustible source of intriguing collective properties. The quantum materials that Louis Taillefer studies include unconventional superconductors, spin liquids, and strange metals with their Planckian dissipation, among others. His experimental approach consists in measuring the electrical, thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of these quantum materials by subjecting them to different conditions of temperature, magnetic field and pressure. These measurements allow us to explore the behavior of electrons and to describe the interactions at the origin of this behavior.
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Modern technology stems in large part from a deep understanding of materials. This understanding has developed from empirical, experimental and theoretical knowledge. André-Marie Tremblay is interested in fundamental theoretical aspects of the electronic properties of materials. He develops new theoretical methods and solves models based on quantum mechanics, among other things using supercomputers. Its objectives are to understand materials with exceptional properties, such as high-temperature superconductors, and to make predictions that guide experimental research on the basis of the development of new technologies.
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Kai Wang is a scientist in optics and photonics. His research interests mainly include quantum photonics, topological photonics, metasurfaces and metamaterials, nanophotonics, and nonlinear optics.
Michel R. Wertheimer is professor emeritus since 2005. Their Plasma Processing Laboratory, founded in 1974, is specialized in the study of « cold » (non-equilibrium) plasmas, mostly for application in materials science and technology, namely for surface modification and for PECVD (« plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition »).
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Paul W. Wiseman’s research interests lie at the interface between the physical and biological sciences. I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in cellular adhesion (how biological cells stick together and to an underlying substrate) and how cells dynamically regulate adhesion receptors to control cellular migration. I am also interested in developing new biophysical methods such as third harmonic generation (THG) microscopy and the use of bioconjugated quantum dots as robust luminescent labels for biophysical imaging applications on live cells.
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William Witczak-Krempa works on quantum states of matter. These most often include in low temperature materials and involve the complex quantum behavior of many electrons. Ultracold atomic gases provide another rapidly evolving platform for studying quantum matter.
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Songrui Zhao works on nano-electronic devices and materials. His research interests include molecular beam epitaxy of III nitride nanostructures, photonics/nanophotonics, clean energy and quantum technologies.
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The high-level vision of the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Light-Matter Interactions is to deliver new knowledge of the properties of microscopic systems made of many interacting light-indiced particles in the solid state, which will empower the discovery and implementation of new materials for photonics and quantum technologies. These particles interact not only amongst themselves, but also with the noisy, complex environment in which they reside, and their quantum dynamics depend intrinsically in this many-partner dance with a moving dancefloor. In quantum emission, for example, in devices that emit light as single particles termed photons, it is critical to know whether emission occurs in a quantum-mechanical or classical regime, and it is further necessary to find means to manipulate and control the quantum state of light-matter excitations. We are active in this level of fundamental materials physics. The CERC will develop innovative training and equity, diversity, and inclusion programmes in parallel, and these will be an intrinsic part of the CERC research programme.