@CRC_CRC and Associate Professor @uottawa @uottawagenie : polymers, phthalocyanines, thin films, OTFTs, sensors. Co-founder @EkidnaSensing | he/his

Ottawa, Ontario
Joined July 2013
Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
#MediaRelease: Researchers from @uOttawa @uOttawaGenie have made breakthroughs in the study of #ThinFilmTransistors that could could dramatically improve the efficiency and sustainability some of the small, wearable #electronic devices we rely on daily. bit.ly/4smmbm1
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Replying to @sswaraj
@sswaraj, @DrLessard, and myself are looking for a PhD candidate to work on the future of High performance Organic Thin-Film Transistors (OTFT). We are looking for a motivated candidate with a Master's degree or equivalent in polymer/materials science! drive.google.com/file/d/1-56…
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Just published in #MaterialsAdvances by @DrLessard et al. cytocompatible, disintegrable, low-voltage operation n-type organic thin film transistors for applications in bioresorbable electronics👉doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01148A
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Need an interesting article to read today? Self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymer based dielectrics on semiconductor formation and performance by @DrLessard Read the Advanced Manuscript here: doi.org/10.1039/D4TC03157A
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
🎉 Félicitations à nos chercheurs @uOttawa: Ryan Graham @GrahamLab1, @DanielFigeys, @DrLessard et Michael Organ! @uOttawaHealthSc @uOttawaMed @uOttawaBMRI @uOttawaGenie @uOttawaScience
📣 Excellente nouvelle pour la #recherche au Canada : 515 millions de dollars accordés pour soutenir 100 projets innovants d'infrastructure #FinancéeFCI dans le cadre du concours Fonds d'innovation 2023. Félicitations ! 👏 Détails [LIEN] : bit.ly/49LoTXS @ScienceCdn
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🎉 Congratulations to our @uOttawa researchers: Ryan Graham @GrahamLab1, @DanielFigeys, @DrLessard and Michael Organ! @uOttawaHealthSc @uOttawaMed @uOttawaBMRI @uOttawaGenie @uOttawaScience
📣 Great news for #research in Canada: $515M awarded to support 100 innovative #CFIFunded #ResearchInfrastructure projects through the 2023 Innovation Fund competition Congratulations to all the recipients! 👏 Details [LINK]: bit.ly/3VeZrp9 @CDNScience
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Très heureux de participer au congrès @ACFAS demain sur Synthèses et applications de polymères fonctionnels acfas.ca/evenements/congres/… Merci @DrLessard pour l'organisation ...ça risque d'être super intéressant.
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Putting single molecule magnets on surfaces and investigating if they retain their properties and move towards applications? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… congrats to all. Also Looking for students and PDF to work in two groups at @uOttawa (@murugesu @DrLessard )
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
🚨New Publication🚨 In collaboration with Marcel Bouvet at @ICMUB we developed p- and n-type heterojunction ammonia gas sensors where the majority charge carrier was controlled by peripheral fluorination of a silicon phthalocyanine sublayer. @DrLessard sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
New paper: "Poly(2-vinylpyridine) as an Additive for Enhancing N-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistor Stability" by Brixi et al. doi.org/10.1002/aelm.2023006… #GIWAXS #OTFT #OrganicSemiConductor @AdvSciNews Congrats @Chloe_Ddlt @BenjaminKing96 @sswaraj @DrLessard !
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Félicitations au professeur d’@uOttawaGenie, @DrLessard, et son équipe pour cette avancée révolutionnaire dans la fabrication de dispositifs. 🥼👏 Hats off to @uOttawa professor @DrLessard and his team for this breakthrough, opening the doors to a realm of new tech possibilities.
Researchers from @uOttawa @DrLessard @uOttawaGenie recently used the CLS to study conductive polymers, organic materials making possible next-gen tech such as stretchable solar panels and sensors for optimizing cannabis harvest. bit.ly/48BmBde #AdvancedMaterials
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Researchers from @uOttawa @DrLessard @uOttawaGenie recently used the CLS to study conductive polymers, organic materials making possible next-gen tech such as stretchable solar panels and sensors for optimizing cannabis harvest. bit.ly/48BmBde #AdvancedMaterials
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Peripherally Fluorinated Silicon Phthalocyanines: How Many Fluorine Groups Are Necessary for Air-Stable Electron Transport in Organic Thin-Film Transistors? By @DrLessard et al. @uOttawa Read the paper 👉 go.acs.org/78o
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Soluble Ruthenium Phthalocyanines as Semiconductors for Organic #ThinFilm Transistors (Benoit H. Lessard, Tomás Torres and co-workers) @DrLessard @uOttawaResearch @uOttawaGenie #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Thank you @NOVAChemicals for sponsoring the NOVA Chemicals MSED Early Career Investigator Award! Here is @DrVignolaChem presenting the award to @DrLessard at #CSC2023! @CIC_ChemInst @GilliesER @HoareLab @mehrkhodavandi @Nazemi_Ali @SimonRondeau
Congratulations @DrLessard on receiving the 1st NOVA Chemicals MSED Early Career Investigator Award! Benoît will give his award talk at CSC 2023 -thanks NOVA Chemicals for sponsoring. @CIC_ChemInst @GilliesER @HoareLab @mehrkhodavandi @Nazemi_Ali @SimonRondeau @DrVignolaChem
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Une info web sur des résultats obtenus sur SIRIUS 👇 @DrLessard @BenjaminKing96
📰 #Actu | #chimie des surfaces La fabrication de la prochaine génération d’objets électroniques portables et flexibles reposera sur le développement d'une électronique à faible coût et à haute performance utilisant des films semi-conducteurs organiques.
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
When it comes to securing profitability as an LP, it's all about bringing efficiency up and costs down wherever possible. Some of the largest opportunities to do this lie in potency testing during the extraction process. Find out why: ekidna.ca/blog/extractors-it…
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
With Ekidna, you can do your own potency testing in less than ten minutes so we’ve got a few ideas to fill your new-found free time! ✍️ Message an old friend ✍️ Journal your thoughts 💲 Get more done! (While cutting costs along the way) Learn more: ekidna.ca/thc-potency-test-k…
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Congratulations @DrLessard and thanks to NOVA Chemicals for the generous sponsorship!
Congratulations @DrLessard on receiving the 1st NOVA Chemicals MSED Early Career Investigator Award! Benoît will give his award talk at CSC 2023 -thanks NOVA Chemicals for sponsoring. @CIC_ChemInst @GilliesER @HoareLab @mehrkhodavandi @Nazemi_Ali @SimonRondeau @DrVignolaChem
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Benoît Lessard, Ph.D. retweeted
Polymer Science in Canada is thriving! Congratulations @DrLessard on a well-deserved recognition! #polymerscience @NOVAChemicals @CIC_ChemInst
Congratulations @DrLessard on receiving the 1st NOVA Chemicals MSED Early Career Investigator Award! Benoît will give his award talk at CSC 2023 -thanks NOVA Chemicals for sponsoring. @CIC_ChemInst @GilliesER @HoareLab @mehrkhodavandi @Nazemi_Ali @SimonRondeau @DrVignolaChem
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