Thin film deposition platform

我们寻求收购薄膜沉积系统，以支持蒙特利尔大学和理工学院在表面科学和材料工程领域的不同主要研究活动。参与这一提议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长期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，独立于它的具体应用，涉及到制造具有良好控制光学性质的功能金属表面。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，能够覆盖本提案中收集的不同PI所领导的所有研究活动的范围。这些研究活动包括开发用于超级润滑和超防污的功能基板和材料，开发用于下一代智能设备和响应性微流控设备的响应性纳米薄膜，制造用于下一代医疗设备的生物功能表面，最后设计和制造用于增强多功能成像的等离子传感器。*收购拟议的沉积系统不仅将促进获得该技术，还将使结合多种元素和沉积图案/结构的新基板的开发和快速测试成为可能。这对我们研究计划的未来绝对至关重要。**

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. **