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2025 ɬ﷬ Materials Research Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 09:00to18:00
Faculty Club Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

Join FEMR, MC2, and MIAM at Faculty Club for the 2nd ɬ﷬ Materials Research Day, a day-long dive into materials research in Montreal and beyond, with keynote speaker PETER FRATZL (Max Planck Institute), ISABELLE MARCOTTE (UQAM), and OUSAMMA MOUTANABBIR (Polytechnique Montréal).

Also included in the day are talks describing the resources available at the three facilities and the research being done there; technique flash talks by students and postdoctoral fellows; and lunchtime CFI discussion groups.

The main session will be followed at 4:00 pm by a poster session and cocktail hour at the nearby Thomson House.

Free and open to all Montreal researchers. Lunch provided.

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9:00 - 9:15 am
Welcome (Facility Directors)

9:15 - 9:45 am
Morning Talk: Ousamma Moutanabbir on "Old Dogs, New Tricks: Mid-Infrared Technologies and Group IV Materials"

9:45-10:00 am: Morning Break

10:00 - 11:30 am
Technique Showcases with examples from FEMR, MC2, MIAM Characterization and the Nanotools Microfab

  • FEMR: Wanting He, Weawkamol Leelapornpisit andStéphanie Bessette on "Advanced Characterization of Materials from Micro to Nano : A Showcase of FEMR’s Sample Preparation and Electron Microscopy Techniques"
  • MC2:Nathalie Singh andMalsha Suduwella on "Bridging the Gap Between Imaging and Spectroscopy: AFM-IR in Materials Chemistry"
  • MIAM Characterization:Adi Orlov and Raphaela Allgayer on "From 2D Materials to Calcification: Materials Characterization with Confocal Raman Spectroscopy"
  • MIAM Nanotools: Peter Grutter on "A Tour of the ɬ﷬ Nanotools Micro- and Nanofab"

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch (with CFI Discussion Groups)

1:00 - 2:15 pm
Keynote: Peter Fratzl on "A Bio-Inspired Perspective on Materials Sustainability"

2:15-2:30 pm: Afternoon Break

2:30 - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Talk: Isabelle Marcotte on "Fibers of Nature: Unraveling Molecular Designs from Sea to Land Animals"

3:00 - 3:30 pm
Materials Research Flash Talks featuring students and postdoctoral fellows

  • Nuray Basaran on “Temperature, Ultraviolet, and Adsorbate Dependent Charge Migration in Titanium Dioxide Studied by Time-Resolved Atomic Force Microscopy”
  • Zach Katz on “Sustainable Bioadhesive Production from Hemiparasitic Viscum album (Mistletoe) Berries.”
  • Ruby Liu on "STEM-EDX Imaging and Mapping of CdSe/ZnS-Octadeyclamine Quantum Dots."
  • Sadeneh Nikzad on “Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Breast Milk as a Treatment for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) in Preterm Infants”
  • Hanine Zakaria on "High-Resolution TEM Imaging and EELS Investigation of Gd-Doped Iron Oxide Nanoparticles"

4:00-6:00 pm
Poster Session and Cocktail Hour (Thomson House)



The event is hosted by the Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR), the ɬ﷬ Chemistry Characterization Facility (MC2), and the ɬ﷬ Institute for Advanced Materials (MIAM), which houses the Nanotools Microfabrication Facility and the MIAM Characterization Facility.

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