INFRASTRUCTURE<\/h2><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The RQMP has equipped itself with a state-of-the-art infrastructure park that is among the best equipped in the country; with such a wide range of equipment, our researchers are limited only by their imagination! This not only promotes the pursuit of high-level research, but also provides an ideal environment for the training of highly qualified personnel. Our researchers are also constantly pushing the limits of available instrumentation by developing new tools and techniques that allow them to tackle the increasingly complex questions they are faced with.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
CENTRALIZED SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\nIn addition to access to specialized laboratories, our researchers and students benefit from centralized shared infrastructure, equipped with the most advanced instrumentation. Teams of research professionals and technicians ensure the optimal functioning of these devices as well as the training of users . These infrastructure is accessible to users from academic and industrial communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Common infrastructure platforms<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Material Characterization Laboratory (University of Montreal)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nMaterial Characterization Laboratory (University of Montreal)<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/rqmp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unnamed-47.jpg\")
<\/h3>\nDirector: <\/strong><\/h3>\nAntonella Badia<\/a><\/p>\nResponsible:<\/h3>\n
Patricia Moraille<\/a> (AFM & Ellipsometry)<\/p>\nThe LCM is an instrumental and expertise platform for microscopic and vibrational characterization of nanostructured materials. The platform is accessible to students and researchers with technical supervision provided by research staff. The expertise of LCM specialists is also accessible to industrialists on contract.<\/p>\n
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\n- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)<\/li>\n
- Ellipsometry<\/li>\n
- Scanning electron microscopy<\/li>\n
- Infrared spectroscopy<\/li>\n
- Raman spectroscopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Laboratoire faisceaux d'ions (Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nION BEAM LABORATORY (University of Montreal)<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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Director:<\/h3>\n
Fran\u00e7ois Schiettekatte<\/a><\/p>\nResponsible:<\/h3>\n
Martin Chicoine<\/a><\/p>\nThe infrastructure is specialized in low and medium energy ion implantation, structural and elemental analysis of materials and radioisotope activation. The expertise developed benefits more than 55 users from 12 research groups and 3 companies. This infrastructure is the only one in Canada to offer access to ion beams with the full range of energies between 10keV and 40MeV and enjoys worldwide recognition in analytical techniques.<\/p>\n
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\n- Tandetron Accelerator 1.7 MV<\/li>\n
- 6 MV Tandem Accelerator<\/li>\n
- Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS)<\/li>\n
- Elastic recoil detection in time-of-flight mode (ERD-TOF)<\/li>\n
- Ionic implantation of almost all elements<\/li>\n
- Plasma chamber for deposits and treatments<\/li>\n
- Gatan Precision Ionic Polishing System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Materials Surface Analysis Laboratory (Polytechnique Montreal)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/rqmp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unnamed-52-1.jpg\")
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Director:<\/h3>\n
Ludvik Martinu<\/a><\/p>\nResponsible:<\/h3>\n
Josianne Lefebvre<\/a><\/p>\nThis infrastructure brings together structural, chemical analysis and surface composition mapping techniques (XPS and TOF-SIMS). Advanced analytical techniques for chemical and morphological characterizations of surfaces and interfaces of materials such as semiconductors, metals, dielectrics, composites, functional coatings, thin films, catalysts, biological tissues and polymers are commonly used by more than 90 users from 30 research groups and 8 companies.<\/p>\n
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\n- Time-of-Flight SIMS<\/li>\n
- XPS, UPS, REELS, ISS. Including imaging and depth profiling by ion sputtering (mono- and polyatomic) and Angle- resolved XPS.<\/li>\n
- AES (nano-Auger)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Laboratoire microfabrication (Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nMICROFABRICATION LABORATORY (POLYTECHNIQUE MONTREAL)<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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Director:<\/h3>\n
Yves-Alain Peter<\/a><\/p>\nManagers:<\/h3>\n
Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bernier<\/a> and Christophe Cl\u00e9ment<\/a><\/p>\nLMF is a cleanroom infrastructure that allows academic and industrial researchers to use micromachining techniques in class 1000 cleanrooms. The LMF is an integral part of the Thin Film Physics and Technology Research Group (GCM). This research center brings together the laboratories of Montreal University and \u00c9cole Polytechnique dedicated to the study of the physics and technology of thin films, surfaces and interfaces. The GCM’s main research areas are oriented towards microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and functional coatings and surfaces.<\/p>\n
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\n- Photolithography<\/li>\n
- Electron beam lithography<\/li>\n
- Deep engraving ( DeepRIE -ICP)<\/li>\n
- Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)<\/li>\n
- Thin film deposition (CVD, sputtering)<\/li>\n
- Bonding of substrates<\/li>\n
- Parylene Deposition<\/li>\n
- Cutting saw<\/li>\n
- Supercritical drying (CPD)<\/li>\n
- Rapid Annealing Furnace (RTA)<\/li>\n
- Cleaning and stripping<\/li>\n
- Polishing<\/li>\n
- Measures 4 points<\/li>\n
- MicroCT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Sample Preparation Laboratory (Centre for the Physics of Materials - McGill)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSample Preparation Laboratory (Centre for the Physics of Materials – McGill)<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/rqmp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unnamed-46.jpg\")
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Responsible:<\/h3>\n
David Cooke<\/a><\/p>\nContact:<\/h3>\n
Robert Gagnon<\/a><\/p>\nThe Centre for the Physics of Materials (CPM) brings together world-class research groups at McGill to advance the fundamental understanding of the physical processes responsible for the properties of materials. The centre has a wide range of equipment for sample fabrication.<\/p>\n
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\n- Steam deposition chamber\u200b<\/li>\n
- Spin coater<\/li>\n
- Diamond saw, Wire saw<\/li>\n
- Soldering station<\/li>\n
- Tri-arc founder<\/li>\n
- Sonicator<\/li>\n
- Hydraulic press<\/li>\n
- Chamber and vacuum spectroscopy<\/li>\n
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)<\/li>\n
- Crystal growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Micro-filling tools https:\/\/youtu.be\/sYF5PWMTNes<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>3IT (University of Sherbrooke)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nResponsible: Jonathan Vermette<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
\n- 3D printer for metal or insulation<\/li>\n
- Contact angle<\/li>\n
- Optical profilometer<\/li>\n
- Vacuum chamber for crystallographic growth synthesis<\/li>\n
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)<\/li>\n
- Solar simulator (characterization of solar cells)<\/li>\n
- Under-peak station (electrical conductivity characterization)<\/li>\n
- IR, Raman, FTIR spectroscopy<\/li>\n
- Photoluminescence<\/li>\n
- Optical table with IR and UV laser<\/li>\n
- Femtosecond optical table<\/li>\n
- Gas ovens<\/li>\n
- Polishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Quantum Fab Lab (Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nQuantum Fab Lab – Low-temperature equipment park (University of Sherbrooke)<\/a><\/p>\n
The RQMP has equipped itself with a state-of-the-art infrastructure park that is among the best equipped in the country; with such a wide range of equipment, our researchers are limited only by their imagination! This not only promotes the pursuit of high-level research, but also provides an ideal environment for the training of highly qualified personnel. Our researchers are also constantly pushing the limits of available instrumentation by developing new tools and techniques that allow them to tackle the increasingly complex questions they are faced with.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
CENTRALIZED SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to access to specialized laboratories, our researchers and students benefit from centralized shared infrastructure, equipped with the most advanced instrumentation. Teams of research professionals and technicians ensure the optimal functioning of these devices as well as the training of users . These infrastructure is accessible to users from academic and industrial communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Antonella Badia<\/a><\/p>\n Patricia Moraille<\/a> (AFM & Ellipsometry)<\/p>\n The LCM is an instrumental and expertise platform for microscopic and vibrational characterization of nanostructured materials. The platform is accessible to students and researchers with technical supervision provided by research staff. The expertise of LCM specialists is also accessible to industrialists on contract.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fran\u00e7ois Schiettekatte<\/a><\/p>\n Martin Chicoine<\/a><\/p>\n The infrastructure is specialized in low and medium energy ion implantation, structural and elemental analysis of materials and radioisotope activation. The expertise developed benefits more than 55 users from 12 research groups and 3 companies. This infrastructure is the only one in Canada to offer access to ion beams with the full range of energies between 10keV and 40MeV and enjoys worldwide recognition in analytical techniques.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ludvik Martinu<\/a><\/p>\n Josianne Lefebvre<\/a><\/p>\n This infrastructure brings together structural, chemical analysis and surface composition mapping techniques (XPS and TOF-SIMS). Advanced analytical techniques for chemical and morphological characterizations of surfaces and interfaces of materials such as semiconductors, metals, dielectrics, composites, functional coatings, thin films, catalysts, biological tissues and polymers are commonly used by more than 90 users from 30 research groups and 8 companies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yves-Alain Peter<\/a><\/p>\n Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bernier<\/a> and Christophe Cl\u00e9ment<\/a><\/p>\n LMF is a cleanroom infrastructure that allows academic and industrial researchers to use micromachining techniques in class 1000 cleanrooms. The LMF is an integral part of the Thin Film Physics and Technology Research Group (GCM). This research center brings together the laboratories of Montreal University and \u00c9cole Polytechnique dedicated to the study of the physics and technology of thin films, surfaces and interfaces. The GCM’s main research areas are oriented towards microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and functional coatings and surfaces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n David Cooke<\/a><\/p>\n Robert Gagnon<\/a><\/p>\n The Centre for the Physics of Materials (CPM) brings together world-class research groups at McGill to advance the fundamental understanding of the physical processes responsible for the properties of materials. The centre has a wide range of equipment for sample fabrication.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Micro-filling tools https:\/\/youtu.be\/sYF5PWMTNes<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\n Quantum Fab Lab – Low-temperature equipment park (University of Sherbrooke)<\/a><\/p>\nCommon infrastructure platforms<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Material Characterization Laboratory (University of Montreal)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
Material Characterization Laboratory (University of Montreal)<\/a><\/h3>\n
<\/h3>\nDirector: <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Responsible:<\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Laboratoire faisceaux d'ions (Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
ION BEAM LABORATORY (University of Montreal)<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Responsible:<\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Materials Surface Analysis Laboratory (Polytechnique Montreal)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/h3>\nDirector:<\/h3>\n
Responsible:<\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Laboratoire microfabrication (Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
MICROFABRICATION LABORATORY (POLYTECHNIQUE MONTREAL)<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Managers:<\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Sample Preparation Laboratory (Centre for the Physics of Materials - McGill)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
Sample Preparation Laboratory (Centre for the Physics of Materials – McGill)<\/a>
<\/h3>\nResponsible:<\/h3>\n
Contact:<\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>3IT (University of Sherbrooke)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
Responsible: Jonathan Vermette<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Quantum Fab Lab (Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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