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Our laboratory is located in the Pierre-Dansereau science complex, in the heart of Place des Arts in Montreal. The NanoQAM materials research infrastructure has a range of instruments available for research, in addition to the instruments in our laboratory at room CB-3020.
Frenette Lab (CB-3020)
Flash Photolysis Spectrometer
LP980, Edinburgh Instruments
CB-3020
Equipped with an Nd:YAG laser, the LP980 can measure the absorption transients of a sample when excited at 1064 or 532 nm. It can be paired with the SFM-3000 stopped-flow system to measure the kinetics of thermal rather than photoactivated reactions.
Stopped-Flow / Freeze-Quench
SFM-3000, BioLogic
CB-3020
A three-syringe stopped-flow system for mixing reagents in solutions and measuring changes in absorptivity in the order of microseconds. The SFM-3000 can also be used in freeze-quench mode, to rapidly cool mixed liquid solutions in the order of microseconds.
Cooling stage
FTIR600, Linkam
CB-3020
A variable and portable temperature stage, allowing to cool or heat a sample between -296 C° (liquid nitrogen) and 600°C. Cocompatible with the Invia Raman spectrometer, and has an infrared transparent window for IR transmission measurements.
Spectroelectrochemical cell
Pine Research
CB-3020
Electrochemistry set containing a quartz cell with UV-Vis transmission window as well as gold and platinum electrodes. Allows measurement of changes in soil UV-Vis absorptionfunctions when an electric current is applied, in addition to allowing electrochemical measurements such as cyclic voltammetry.
Glove box
MBraun
CB-3020
To manipulate themin an inert environment.
NanoQAM
Many characterization and analysis devices are available with the NanoQAM Research Center. The list of instruments can be found on theNanoQAM website.
Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Our computational chemistry work is submitted remotely to the calculation clusters ofDigital Research Alliance of Canada. Lighter calculations and visualization of the results can be done from the four computers in the laboratory (30 Gb RAM / 8 cores).
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