Electrochemical platform for the characterization of biosensors, advanced materials and environmental samples

我们的研究兴趣是开发：用于监测复杂基质中分子的电化学生物传感器;用于能源相关应用的新型先进材料;以及，了解水环境中溶解有机物的分析工具，目的是获得对这些复杂物理化学过程的基本了解。 为了满足为舍布鲁克大学提供一个执行最先进电化学的平台的迫切需要，该提案旨在购买一个尖端的现代先进电化学工作站。该工作站将支持Philippe Dauphin Ducharme（分析化学），Jérôme Claverie（材料化学），Gessie Gesliard（材料化学），Martin Désilets（材料化学和工程）和Céline Guéguen（环境地球化学）的研究。我们的多学科研究团队由来自化学，生物地球化学和化学工程的研究人员组成，他们处于学术生涯的各个阶段。 如果这项计划通过NSERC RTI计划获得资助，我们将能够更新校园内现有的老化（20世纪80年代）和不稳定的电化学基础设施，并向现代电化学询问方法过渡，这对支持我们的研究计划和对这些分析工具日益增长的需求至关重要。拟议的工作站将允许多功能的电化学测量提供在我们各自的研究小组，如：生物传感器，光催化剂，电池，燃料电池，熔盐和低（pM纳米）浓度分析物在复杂的环境矩阵研究的广泛的实验系统的深入表征能力。我们设想工作站将推动我们的研究计划，并成为解决健康，环境和能源相关的社会经济挑战，将有利于魁北克省和加拿大的关键工具。

Our research interests are to develop: electrochemical biosensors for monitoring molecules in complex matrices; novel advanced materials for energy-related applications; and, analytical tools to understand dissolved organic matter in aqueous environment with the purpose to acquire a fundamental understanding of these complex physico-chemical processes. In response to the urgent need to provide the Université de Sherbrooke with a platform to perform state-of-the-art electrochemistry, this proposal is for the purchase of a cutting-edge modern advanced electrochemical workstation. This workstation will support the research of Philippe Dauphin Ducharme (analytical chemistry), Jérôme Claverie (materials chemistry), Gessie Brisard (materials chemistry), Martin Désilets (materials chemistry and engineering) and Céline Guéguen (environmental biogeochemistry). Our multidisciplinary research team is composed of researchers from Chemistry, Biogeochemistry and Chemical Engineering who are at various stages in their academic careers. Should this initiative be funded via the NSERC RTI program, we will be able to renew aging (1980s) and precarious electrochemical infrastructure currently available on campus and transition towards modern electrochemical interrogation methods essential to support our research programs and growing needs for these analytical tools. The proposed workstation will allow for versatile electrochemical measurements providing in depth characterization capabilities of a wide array experimental systems studied in our respective research groups such as: biosensors, photocatalysts, batteries, fuel cells, molten salts and low (pM nM) concentration analytes in complex environmental matrices. We envision the workstation will propel our research programs and become a critical tool in addressing health, environmental and energy-related socioeconomical challenges that will benefit Québec and Canada.