Le projet consiste à amorcer une décharge entre deux électrodes pointues. Pour cela, une impulsion de tension très brève est appliquée à l’aide d’un générateur. La décharge se produit dans un espace confiné dans lequel un aérosol est injecté. Un aérosol est défini comme une suspension de particules dans un gaz. Celui utilisé ici est […]

This project is an research internship with SOKENDAI in Japan with the goal of gaining hands-on experience with advanced mass spectrometry techniques used in nuclear and atomic physics. During the internship, the intern will work alongside researchers at SOKENDAI to learn how Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry systems are operated, optimized, and used in active experiments. […]

During the 4-month internship, postdoctoral fellow Ruby Liu will (1) fabricate fibrous filter plugs from the amine-functionalized chitosan and cellulose materials; (2) characterize their surface charge and adsorption performance toward model anionic surfactants; and (3) perform filtration experiments at Merinov’s facility. The outcomes will provide proof-of-concept for integrating bio-based, renewable nanomaterials into industrial water-treatment systems. […]

Optimal nutrition is essential for normal growth and development throughout the lifespan. This includes fat-soluble vitamins (FSVs), A, D, E, and K given their key roles in promoting cardiometabolic and immune health. Chronic vitamin deficiencies are modifiable risk factors that contribute to chronic disease. Nutritional metabolomics is an emerging field of epidemiology involving the untargeted […]

Quantum sensing exploits quantum mechanical effects to achieve unparalleled precision in measuring magnetic and electric fields, temperature, and time, enabling transformative applications across healthcare, environmental monitoring, aerospace, secure communications, and next-generation navigation systems. As quantum computing and communication technologies accelerate globally, the development of robust, scalable, and highly sensitive quantum sensors has become a critical […]

The proposed project is focused on developing an improved therapeutic protein for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). More than 10% of the world population (primarily those over the age of 50) are impacted by OA, an inflammatory joint disease that affects all the joint tissues due to cartilage loss and to date lacks curative treatment. […]

This project, “Validation of numerical methods for luminescent coupling in novel semiconductor technologies and material systems,” is a partnership between Canadian and German researchers at the University of Ottawa, the University of Freiburg, and the affiliated Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy. It aims to produce a program for calculating luminescent coupling within semiconducting devices such […]

Reading out quantum states is a key bottleneck for scaling superconducting-circuit quantum computers. Current schemes require many high-bandwidth coaxial cables to send and receive microwave readout pulses, leading to prohibitive thermal and physical overheads: a processor with about one hundred qubits would need several hundred readout lines. Optical readout via electro-optic transduction at the processor […]

Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) is a promising pathway for clean hydrogen production, enabling high efficiency while utilizing non-precious metal catalysts and cost-effective system components. A critical element in AEMWE systems is the anion exchange membrane (AEM), which facilitates hydroxide ion transport and maintains ionic separation between the electrodes under strongly alkaline conditions. A […]

The advance of sensors can have important impacts to our lives, ranging from developing safer self-driving cars to more precise medical imaging. Quantum properties like entanglement can dramatically improve the sensitivity of sensors. This project will study a new type of quantum sensing that aims to track speed. A new design will be considered that […]

The objective of this project is to synthesize and isolate new heteroleptic metal-organic cages (MOCs) to function as reaction vessels for a series of different applications. The MOCs will consist of two triarylborane ligands and two triarylamine ligands for a ligand ratio of 1:1. Two separate cages will be explored with one consisting of ligands […]

Organic gunshot residue (OGSR) is a trace residue released during firearm discharge. It includes unburned, partially burned, and pyrolyzed components of the propellant (smokeless powder) and other organic substances (stabilizers, plasticizers, flame suppressants). Recently, the forensic community has shown interest in complementing standard SEM-EDS methods for the detection of inorganic gunshot residue (IGSR), with analytical […]