2020 CAP Virtual Sessions / Sessions virtuelle de l'ACP 2020

Session

DCMMP Best Student Oral Competition

R-DCMMP-Stud

11 Jun 2020, 12:00

Virtual Platforms

Conveners

DCMMP Best Student Oral Competition

• Michel Gingras

83. Scanning Near-Field Electroluminescence: a new tool to measure solid-state light emission

Mr Victor Wong (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada)

11/06/2020, 12:00

Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

From light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to solar cells, there is a large demand for developing new materials towards more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable optoelectronic devices. [1] Critical to all of these devices is an extensive knowledge on exciton photo-generation and carrier recombination processes. Electroluminescence (EL) imaging is a well-established tool that can used to evaluate...

84. Molecular-level study of N-heterocyclic carbenes for biosensing: orientation and self-assembly

Alex Inayeh (Queen's University)

11/06/2020, 12:18

Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of organic molecules are extensively used to functionalize surfaces for a wide range of applications from medicine to nanophotonics. However, creating a SAM that is sufficiently stable has been a persistent problem. Although thiols have been the gold-standard for thirty years, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have recently been used to create SAMs that are more...

93. Binding of Proteins to a Phytoglycogen-Functionalized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Surface

Mr Nicholas van Heijst (University of Guelph)

11/06/2020, 12:36

Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

Phytoglycogen is a highly branched polymer of glucose produced as soft, compact nanoparticles by sweet corn. Properties such as softness, porosity and mechanical integrity, combined with nontoxicity and biodegradability, make phytoglycogen nanoparticles ideal for applications involving the human body. Many of these applications rely on the binding of small molecules onto phytoglycogen...