Laboratory of Organic Iontronics

Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec
What the facility does

Processing and characterization of materials, and study of the properties of new devices made from these materials

Areas of expertise

The facility is unique as it uses a number of cutting-edge technologies to manufacture and characterize materials and electrochemical devices.

Research services
  • Electrochemical measurements: voltammetry, impedance, scanning electron microscopy
  • Electrical measurements: electrical conductivity, current and voltage characteristics
  • Thin film deposition: centrifuging, vapour phase polymerization, sol-gel
Sectors of application
  • Aerospace and satellites
  • Clean technology
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Healthcare and social services
  • Manufacturing and processing
Equipment Function
Vapour phase polymerizationDeposition of electroactive thin films by on-surface polymerization
Surface treatment toolOxygen plasma surface functionalization
Scanning electron microscopeMicrometre-scale imaging and electrochemical characterization
Improved hyperspectral imaging systemHyperspectral imaging
Electrical measuring stationElectrical contacts of micrometre-scale devices
Semiconductor parameter analyserElectrical measurements of devices (current and voltage) across a broad frequency range
Electrochemical measuring stationElectrochemical analysis (voltammetry, impedance) and electrochemical synthesis (electropolymerization)
Environmental test chamberCharacterization of materials in a controlled humidity environment
  • Hexoskin
  • Biomomentum
  • Philip Morris International
  • Ste Justine Hospital
  • Plasmionique