Regular Member

Principal Investigator Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Rice University (James M. Tour), 2004–2006

• Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry, Université Laval (Mario Leclerc), 2004

  
  

Laboratory Name

Organic Nanomaterials Laboratory

Affiliated Department

Department of Chemistry

Other Affiliations

• Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials Research (CERMA)

• Regular Member of the Quebec Centre for Functional Materials (CQMF)

• Member of the Canadian Chemical Society (CSC)

• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

  
  

Funding Agencies

• Canada First Research Excellence Fund

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

• Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQ-NT)

  
  

Laboratory Research

Design, synthesis, and characterization of organic nanomaterials to advance fundamental knowledge in materials science and for various application areas, including materials science, nanoscience and nanotechnology, energy, molecular electronics, and nanomedicine.

Areas of Expertise

Prof. Jean-François Morin's research group actively develops new organic nanomaterials, including dendrimers and semiconductors, as well as carbon-rich nanomaterials, such as nanotube derivatives and functionalized graphene nanoribbons. The proposed strategies aim to address the main challenges generally associated with conventional synthesis methods.

Research projects focus on both material synthesis and characterization along three main areas:

1. Development of functionalized carbon-rich nanomaterials (graphene, nanotubes, and nanoparticles) using hybrid methods combining synthesis and self-assembly.

2. Development of new π-conjugated materials based on polycyclic aromatic compounds.

3. Development of new therapeutic dendrimers for nanomedicine.

   
   

Teaching

• CHM-2001 — Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry

• CHM-4200 — Polymer Chemistry

• CHM-4202 — Properties and Applications of Modern Materials

• CHM-6001 — Polymer Materials

• CHM-6005 — Properties and Applications of Modern Materials

• CHM-7008 — Special Topics in Chemistry

• CHM-7054 — Conjugated Systems and Aromaticity

• CHM-7062 — Catalysis and Green Chemistry

  
  

Research and Development (R&D) Services

Research services include scientific consulting, literature reviews, proof-of-concept studies, and basic synthesis and characterization of new materials and polymers with research professionals.

Over the years, Prof. Jean-François Morin's research group has developed unique expertise in materials science in Canada, particularly in the synthesis of organic nano-objects using a hybrid approach, which combines the advantages of the two main nanomaterial synthesis strategies, bottom-up and top-down, to create novel nanoscale structures.

Industrial Research Collaborations

• Past: ABB, Konarka, iQLP, SJPC

• Active: INO, SiliCycle, Matrix Innovation, Oléotek, and two other confidential partners