The critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale resides in waters with busy shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where incidents of ship strikes have proven to be a primary cause of whale death, resulting in their numbers dwindling to less than 400. Though the implementation of speed limits […]

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a medical imaging modality enabling the detection of many physiological process, such as the uptake of specific molecule by cancer cells. Inside the patient, 511keV gamma produced by positron annihilation is detected and the annihilated point is mapped. Detecting the interaction time of each gamma-ray with a 10ps timing resolution […]

Iron-based nanoparticles can not only be used in sensitizers or absorbers but also retain excellent electrical conductivity, optical, electrical, and magnetic properties. So far, very few synthetic methods are known to implement stable Iron-based nanomaterials. We propose to develop novel synthesis routes to produce QDs. In addition, we plan to develop surface modification processes to […]

Molecular imaging (MI) is a tool designed to help clinicians better understand disease, and potentiates effective clinical patient management through efficient diagnoses, patient stratification and monitoring of treatment response. As such, MI has a rapidly emerging role in the transition toward personalized medicine. One key enabler of MI are radioisotopes, many of which are produced […]

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmental pollutants that occur in various chemical forms across the terrestrial and marine environments and have long been of the subject of intense research worldwide due to their highly toxic properties. PAHs are uptaken by bio-organisms and activated to electrophilic metabolites to exert their toxic effects. Meanwhile, different toxicity of […]

Nuclear power currently provides approximately 50% of Ontario’s electricity. Operation of nuclear power plants produces a variety of radioactive waste. In particular, low-level radioactive waste makes up about 95% of total non-fuel waste volumes. To reduce volume, low-level materials must be sorted to determine if their radioactivity has sufficiently decayed and they can be safely […]

Avec l’augmentation du nombre de personnes sur Terre et du vieillissement dans le monde, les maladies oculaires deviennent des enjeux économiques et sociétaux. De nombreuses recherches sont en cours pour développer des vecteurs de médicament mucoadhésifs pour ces maladies afin d’améliorer l’administration des médicaments dans les gouttes ophtalmiques. Cependant, chaque individu possède une composition en […]

Water and CO2 Electrolysis paves the way for clean storage for renewable and green energy/electricity. Water electrolysis being a well developed technology lays the groundwork for designing the CO2 electrolysers. In the recent years the research focus has, however, shifted from proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers to anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysers, as AEM based […]

We are interested in the development of new technology that uses CO2 to make chemicals or next-generation fuels. Such technology would address concerns about curbing emissions and alternative fuel sources. Our objective is to investigate catalysts that can selectively and efficiently convert CO2 to CO, which is desirable because CO is a valuable commercial compound […]

Ce projet portant sur le développement de fibres optiques moyen-infrarouge pour l’amplification laser s’appuie sur des compositions de verres à base d’oxydes lourds dopées avec des ions luminescents tels que des terre-rares. En effet grâce à l’emploi d’oxydes lourds, l’énergie de phonons du verre est abaissé permettant une exaltation des phénomènes de luminescence rendant intrinsèquement […]

This project will investigate the light-matter interaction of metallic nanoparticles, known as plasmonic, using experimental and theoretical approaches. The main objective is to provide experimental evidence on the ability of magnesium, a cheap, earth-abundant but yet unexploited for plasmonic applications metal, to enhance the optical response of fluorescent molecules. The effect of the different magnesium […]

Underlying structure of distinct atomic nuclei shows similarities which have been of long interest to science. These similarities are caused by sets of principles, known as fundamental symmetries, which dictate physical properties, such as the rate at which nuclei decay. Recently, a new set of exotic symmetries has been discovered which lead to low decay […]