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• Canada
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professor

  • Apr 2005 - Present

  Nanostructured superhydrophobic and icephobic coatings Between 04/2005-08/2008, the establishment of nanolaboratories and introduction nanotechnology in the preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces and their application in icephobicity at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) is one of the best achievements in candidate’s research career. The research involved a combination of chemical and plasma processes in creating superhydrophobic coatings on conductors and insulators substrates. With the available resources, the candidate has been successful in making nanostructured superhydrophobic coatings [A2-A6, A19, A21-A27, B4-B12]. The superhydrophobic coatings show reduced ice adhesion properties [A2].The research work on ice phobic coatings has been considered the seventh among the top ten discoveries of Quebec in 2008 by Quebec Science. After the acceptance of a review article written by the applicant [A2], the candidate is currently involved as guest editor of a special issue on ice adhesion for the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology [3.3]. He continued working on the field of superhydrophobicity, and, recently, invented one-step deposition process to achieve superhydrophobic coatings [A1, A18]. Presently, he is guiding two master students in the applications of superhydrophobic coatings on corrosion resistance and surface drag reduction. He is also working to achieve self-cleaning transparent, UV-absorbing, and moisture repellent nanostructured coatings [B1-B3] Show less



INRS-Energy and Materials, Quebec, Canada

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Feb 2003 - Mar 2005

  Plasma and laser process and their coatings: The candidate has designed and assembled a plasma ion implanter from scratch at INRS-EMT (2000-2001). Its successful operation [A10] has led to the training of several undergraduate students and successful completion of one graduate student (M. A. Fortin, Ph.D., presently, professor at Laval University). In industry (2002-2003, PATT technologies inc.), the candidate has worked in the developments of hard protective coatings of TiN, TiB2, and on plasma nitrdation [RD1, RD2]. At INRS-EMT (03/2002-03/005), candidate used plasma sputtering and laser deposition systems to produce mixed dielectric thin films [A8, A12, A13, B13-B17, B19]. At UQAC (2005-2008), the candidate has used plasma process to prepare superhydrophobic coatings [A2, A3, A5, A19] as well as to produce well ordered nanodots and nanorings [A4]. High-k dielectric thin films: Production of high-k dielectric thin films is another significant research contribution for the applicant. While the industries were looking for a replacement of SiO2 in CMOS device with higher dielectric constant materials, the candidate at INRS-EMT (03/2002-03/005) extensively worked in the preparation and the characterization of dielectric thin films of titanium silicate using sol-gel techniques, magnetron sputtering as well as pulsed laser deposition (PLD) techniques[A7-A9, A12, A13, B13-B19]. Candidate also collaborated with DALSA Semiconductor and obtained a US patent [P1]. Preparation and characterization of nanoparticles and nanopatterns: The candidate has used electroplating to produce well ordered copper nanoparticles at University of Waterloo (2001-2002). Show less