Regular Member

Principal Investigator Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 1988–1989

• Postdoctoral Researcher, INRS Energy and Materials, 1987–1988

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Université Laval, 1987

  
  

Laboratory Name

Laboratory of Electroactive and Photoactive Polymers

Affiliated Department

Department of Chemistry

Other Affiliations

• Quebec Centre for Functional Materials (CQMF)

• Member of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC)

• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)

  
  

Funding Organizations

• NSERC Canadian Network on Green Printed Electronics (GreEN)

• Canada Research Chair in Electroactive and Photoactive Polymers

• Canada First Research Excellence Fund

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

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

• Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)

  
  

Laboratory Research

Our research group focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of conjugated polymers for applications in organic electronics. All research is conducted in our laboratories, which are equipped with the facilities and expertise required to develop electroactive polymers and optoelectronic devices for applications in renewable energy, organic and printed electronics, thermoelectrics, energy storage, and biomedical sensors.

Areas of Expertise

Prof. Mario Leclerc's group designs and synthesizes conjugated polymer materials for applications in organic electronics. The research group has the expertise and equipment required to develop advanced electroactive polymers and optoelectronic devices. These conducting polymers enable the fabrication of flexible and lightweight devices using various architectures that could facilitate rapid implementation in the industrial sector, including roll-to-roll processes.

The laboratory also develops new, greener polymerization and synthesis methods, such as direct heteroarylation. This polymerization methodology makes it possible to obtain materials with improved physicochemical properties in fewer synthetic steps, at lower cost, and without using heavy and toxic metals such as tin.

Teaching

• CHM-2150 — Chemistry for the Environment

• CHM-3004 — Ethics and Management for Chemists

• CHM-4013 — Electrochemistry of Energy Systems

• CHM-4200 — Polymer Chemistry

• CHM-4202 — Properties and Applications of Modern Materials

• CHM-6001 — Polymer Materials

• CHM-6005 — Properties and Applications of Modern Materials

  
  

Research and Development (R&D) Services

• Consulting (literature reviews and scientific problem-solving in materials science)

• Synthesis, purification, and basic characterization of monomers, oligomers, and conducting polymers

• Technology transfer of materials

• Fabrication and characterization of devices: OPV, OFET, etc.

• Industrial research collaborations

• 2003–2005: Nexia Biotechnologies Inc.

  
  

Industrial Research Collaborations

• National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

• ABB

• St-Jean-Photochimie

• IREQ

• Merck

• French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)