Thin film deposition platform

我们寻求获得薄膜沉积系统，以支持在蒙特利尔大学和巴黎综合理工学院进行的表面科学和材料工程领域的不同主要研究活动。参与该提案的研究人员在生物传感、生物分析、多功能涂层和生物材料领域有着悠久的合作历史和坚实的科学贡献记录。我们研究的一个重要部分，独立于其具体应用，涉及到具有良好控制光学性质的功能金属表面的制造。这只能通过专门定制的高质量沉积系统来实现，以制造复杂的多组分薄膜，这些薄膜能够覆盖本提案中收集的不同pi所领导的整个研究活动范围。这些研究活动包括用于超润滑和超防污的功能基板和材料的开发，用于下一代智能设备和响应性微流体设备的响应性纳米膜的开发，用于下一代医疗设备的生物功能表面的制造，以及用于增强多功能成像的等离子体传感器的设计和制造。***获得拟议的沉积系统不仅将促进获得该技术，还将使开发和快速测试结合多种元素和沉积模式/结构的新基板成为可能。这对我们研究项目的未来至关重要。**

We seek the acquisition of a thin film deposition system to support different major research activities in the field of surface science and materials engineering taking place at University of Montreal and Ecole Polytechnique. The researchers involved in this proposal have a long history of collaboration and a solid track record of scientific contributions in the areas of biosensing, bioanalytics, multifunctional coatings and biomaterials. An important part of our research, independently of its specific application, involves the fabrication of functional metallic surfaces with well controlled optical properties. This can only be achieved with a high quality deposition system specially customized to fabricate complex multicomponent films able to cover the whole spectrum of research activities lead by the different PIs gathered in this proposal. These research activities include the development of functional substrates and materials for super-lubrication and super-antifouling, the development of responsive nanofilms for next generation smart devices and responsive microfluidic devices, the fabrication of biofunctional surfaces for next generation medical devices, and finally the design and fabrication of plasmonic sensors for enhanced multifunctional imaging.***The acquisition of the proposed deposition system will not only facilitate access to the technique, it will enable the development and rapid testing of new substrates combining several elements and deposition patterns/structures. This is absolutely crucial for the future of our research program. **