Material Surface Analysis (LASM)

Affiliated To

• Department of Engineering Physics

Contact Information

• Telephone: (514) 340-4711 # 7459
• Fax: (514) 340-5195
• Email: olivier.grenier@polymtl.ca
• Web Site: http://www.gcmlab.ca/

Professors/Researchers

• Patrick Desjardins, Responsible
• Edward Sacher, Co-responsible

Research Specification

Open-access shared facility for the analysis of the surface of materials.

Research Personnel

• Professors/Researchers: 2
• Research Assistants and Technicians: 3

Specialized Equipments

• XPS (VG ESCALAB 3 Mark II)

XPS, XPD, UPS, AES and LEED measurement

Preparation chamber and deposition chamber

UHV transfer modele

• Time-of-flight SIMS (ION-TOF)

Molecular and atomic imaging capabilities

Surface penetration and lateral resolution are 1-5 nm and 100 nm respectively

Mass accuracy of 0.001 amu

• FTIR 6000 Stingray (BioRad)

Step-scan photoacoustic and array detection capabilities for chemical mapping

• FTIR 3000 Excalibur (BioRad)

Photoacoustic capabilities

• Multi-mode AFM (Digital Instruments)
• AFM/STM (Discoverer Topometrix)
• Contact angle goniometer Ramé-Hart NRL-100

Surface thermodynamics determination

External Sources of Funding

NanpQuébec; NSERC; FQRNT and user fees.