Resources

Our Equipment

The Lessard Research Group operates and maintains a wide variety of specialized and standard tools and instruments. If you are interested in using any of our equipment or in running samples please contact Professor Benoit Lessard or Dr. Joseph Manion. Click more on an instrument below to read about how we use our equipment or to inquire about our services.

Materials Analysis

  • Bruker Dektak XT

    Stylus Profilometer

  • Evident DSX1000

    Optical Microscope

  • Bruker Dimension FastScan

    Atomic Force Microscope

  • Bruker Dimension Icon

    Atomic Force Microscope

  • Renishaw inVia Qontor

    Confocal Raman Microscope

  • Linkam THMS600

    Environmentally Controlled Microscope Stage

  • TA Instruments TGA 5500

    Thermogravimetric Analyzer

  • Malvern Panalytical OmniSec

    Size Exclusion Chromatography System

Device Characterization

  • Keithley 2614b

    Source Meter Units

  • Kreus oesProbe

    Environmentally Controlled Probe Station

  • LRG Gen1H Autotester

    Heated OTFT Autotester

  • LRG Gen2 Autotester

    Portable OTFT Autotester

  • Metrohm M204 Autolab

    Multichannel Potentiostat

  • Metrohm PGSTAT204

    Single Channel Potentiostat

  • PalmSens MultiEmStat4

    Multichannel Potentiostat

  • Rohde & Schwarz RTC1002

    Oscilloscope

  • Oriel Sol3A

    Solar Simulator

Fabrication

  • Angstrom Engineering EvoVac

    Physical Vapour Deposition System

  • INERT Glovebox System

    Inert Atmosphere Device Fabrication Systems

  • Laurell WS-650MZ-23NPPB

    Spincoater

  • Ossila L2001A-U1

    Spincoater

  • Erichsen Coatmaster 510

    Automatic Film Applicator

  • Musashi Engineering SM200SX

    Automated Drop Dispenser

  • Shel Lab SVAC1E

    Vacuum Ovens

  • Harrick Plasma PDC-32G

    Air-Based Plasma Cleaner

  • Prusa Core One

    3D Printer

Synthesis

  • Thermo Scientific Sorvall ST 16R

    Refrigerated Centrifuge

  • Lindberg Hevi-Duty 54231

    Tube Furnace

  • BUCHI Rotavapor R-100

    Rotary Evaporator

  • VWR 97043-964

    Ultrasonic Cleaners

  • VWR 164AC Series

    Analytical Balances

  • IKA RCT Basic

    Magnetic Stirrers and Hotplates

  • IKA PETTE Vario

    Micropipettes

  • Analytik Jena UVG-11

    254 nm UV Lamps

  • Thermo Scientifc Thermolyne

    Industrial Benchtop Furnace

  • Jenway 3520

    Digital pH Meter

Our uOttawa Partners

The LRG leverages tools from around uOttawa primarily through the centres, institutes, and 25+ core facilities available to our researchers.

Professor Lessard is a member of both the Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI) and the Nexus for Quantum Technologies (NEXQT) Institute. We make frequent use of resources available through uOttawa’s NanoFab, Matchar, NMR, and X-ray core facilities. We also collaborate closely with research groups across campus to maximize our capabilities.

Our members are actively encouraged to pursue hands-on training through the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design (CEED) and we routinely design custom hardware and software in partnership with the Faculty of Science’s Electronics Shop and our internal Machine Shop in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Sciences.