PROGRAM BOOKLETEffective on 25 July 2019

CSSTC 2019

The 19th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference

July 28 – August 1, 2019, Saskatoon, Canada

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HistoryThe Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC) has a long tradition, dating back to 1982, when the first meeting of this

biennial series, under the name of Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference (CSTC), was organized in Ottawa by the National Research Council

of Canada (NRC). In order to avoid overlaps with the International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) biennial series, the meeting was

switched from even to odd years with the 7th CSTC, which was held in 1995. NRC had been the main organizer and sponsor for CSTC until 2005. The

13th CSTC was held in Montreal in 2007, followed by the 14th meeting in Hamilton in 2009. In recognition of the growing presence of fundamental

research and its importance in driving applications and technology transfer, the conference was given its present name of the Canadian Semiconductor

Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC) at the 15th meeting in 2011 in Vancouver. The following meetings, 16th CSSTC in 2013 was held in Thunder

Bay, 17th in 2015 in Sherbrooke and the last 18th in 2017 in Waterloo. The last conference website is still active and provides a good perspective on

the nature of this meeting.

Oral Presentations

Plenaries, Special Invited: 45 minutes

Invited Papers (-I-): 20 minutes

Regular Papers (-O-): 15 minutes

This is the total time and includes the questions and comments at the end; as well as 2

minutes for the exchange of speakers

Wireless Network

Network name: uofs-public

Eduroam should be available

Program subject to change without advanced notice

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Peter Mascher (Advisory Board Chair), McMaster University

Richard Ares, Université de Sherbrooke

Marie D'Iorio, University of Ottawa

Jan Dubowski, Université de Sherbrooke

Dan Gale, CMC Microsystems

Karin Hinzer, University of Ottawa

Siegfriend Janz, National Research Council of Canada

Safa Kasap, University of Saskatchewan

Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University

Harry Ruda, University of Toronto

Tom Tiedje, University of Victoria

Zbig Wasilewski, University of Waterloo

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Michael Bradley (Chair), University of Saskatchewan

Dayan Ban, University of Waterloo

Alla Reznik, Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Regional Research

Institute, Canada

Zahangir Kabir, Concordia University

Stephen O'Leary, UBC Kelowna

Pavel Chaben, National Research Council

Lyudmila Goncharova, University of Western

Ayse Turak, McMaster University

Guangrui Xia, University of British Columbia

Oussama Moutanabbir, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta

Serge Charlebois, Université de Sherbrooke

Kristin Poduska, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Derek Oliver, University of Manitoba

Zhenghong Lu, University of Toronto

Ray DeCorby, University of Alberta

Na Young Kim, University of Waterloo

Yujun Shi, University of Calgary

Raafat R. Mansour, University of Waterloo

Qiying Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

University of Saskatchewan

Safa Kasap, Chair

Michael Bradley, Co-Chair

Robert Johanson

Farley Chicilo, Assistant Manager

William Elcock, Conference Secretary (1)

Onyebuchi Onumonu, Conference Secretary (2)

Kieran Ramaswami , Conference Secretary (3)

Emmanuel Adeagbo, Conference Secretary (4)

Ozan Gunes, Conference Secretary (5)

INVITED PAPERS

Al MeldrumUniversity of Alberta, Microsphere lasers from a conjugated polymer Alexander MoewesUniversity of Saskatchewan, Direct Measurements of 5d energy levels in Eu2+ for pc-LED Lighting applications Amr HelmyUniversity of Toronto, Amorphous hybrid plasmonic detectors technologies Andy KnightsMcMaster University, Strategies for optical to electrical conversion in silicon photonics for wavelengths up to 3000nm Ayşe TurakMcMaster University, Functional nanoparticles for third generation photovoltaics and light emitting structures: monodispersity and size control for high performance devices

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Dave GriderWolfspeed, a Cree Company, Durham, NC, USA, Recent Advances in SiC MOSFET and SiC Power Electronics Technology for Current and Future Power Electronics Applications Dayan BanUniversity of Waterloo, Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting Derek Oliver University of Manitoba, Designing p-i-n silicon microwires for water-splitting applications Dimiter AlexandrovLakehead University, Meso-scale effects in nitride semiconductors Douglas BuchananUniversity of Manitoba, A floating gate MOS based olfactory sensor system: Conventional silicon fabrication functionalized with organic polymer thin films Federico RoseiINRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Multifunctional materials for emerging technologies Frank van VeggelUniversity of Victoria, On the upconversion of Ln3+ based nanoparticles Gianluigi BottonCanadian Light Source and McMaster University, Advanced Electron and Ion Microscopy and Spectroscopy of semiconducting materials and nanostructures Giovanni FanchiniUniversity of Western Ontario, Organic flash memory devices from radical polymers and carbon nanomaterials Jamal DeenMcMaster University, Nanomaterials Based Low-cost Sensors Jan DubowskiUniversity of Sherbrook, Photo Atomic Layer Etching (Photo ALE) of compound semiconductors Jayshri SabarinathanWestern University, Opto-mechanics of photonic crystal thin film membrane waveguides Joe ZwanzigerDalhousie University, Advances in first-principles studies of semiconductors: optical, mechanical, and magnetic interactions Jonathan BaughUniversity of Waterloo, A pathway for quantum computing in silicon Renjie Wang (Jonathan Bradley)

McMaster University, Active and nonlinear tellurite glass photonic devices integrated on silicon nitride and silicon- on-insulator platforms Karen KavanaghSimon Fraser University, Phase Imaging of Nanowire Junction Potentials Karin HinzerUniversity of Ottawa, Designs to further improve multijunction solar cell efficiencies Karthik ShankarUniversity of Alberta, Plasmon-Enhanced Semiconductor Photocatalysis: Using Hot Electrons to Drive Chemical Reactions Kris PoduskaMemorial University of Newfoundland, Far-Infrared/THz absorption in disordered solids Michel MeunierPolytechnique Montréal, Plasmon-enhanced ultrafast laser nanoablation: from a lab curiosity to nanomedicine applications Miroslav VlcekUniversity of Pardubice, Photo and electron beam sensitivity of spin-coated chalcogenide glasses thin films Mita DasogDalhousie University, Metal Nitride Plasmonic Nanostructures Peyman ServatiUniversity of British Coloumbia, Stretchable electronics and smart textiles for medical and health applications Pierre BeriniUniversity of Ottawa, Surface plasmon optoelectronics on silicon Rafik NaccacheConcordia University, Fluorescent Carbon Dots and their Applications Raphael KleimanMcMaster University, Probing carrier lifetime and diffusion in silicon via modulated free carrier absorption Rick WongCisco Systems, Terrestrial Radiation Effects on Integrated Circuits Simone AssaliPolytechnique Montréal, Germanium-Tin Semiconductors for Silicon-Compatible Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics Siva SivoththamanUniversity of Waterloo, Photovoltaic and detector application of Cadmium-free colloidal quantum dots Stefania Sciara (Roberto Morandotti)INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Quantum frequency

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combs for the on-chip generation, coherent control and processing of complex entangled photon states Stephen O'LearyUniversity of British Columbia, Auger-limited carrier recombination and relaxation in CdSe colloidal quantum wells and its device implications T.K. ShamUniversity of Western Ontario, Light emission properties of nanocomposites: photon-in photon-out investigations using synchrotron radiation Tigran GalstianUniversity of Laval, Electro-responsive liquid crystals beyond display applications Timothy KellyUniversity of Saskatchewan, Recent Progress in Thin Film Perovskites for Photovoltaics Xihua WangUniversity of Alberta, Chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots for flexible sensors,

photodetection and solar energy harvesting Zahangir KabirConcordia University, Electron-hole pair generation mechanism in amorphous selenium for optical to high energy photon excitation Zbigniew WasilewskiUniversity of Waterloo, Elucidating the nature of interfaces in 6.1 Å material system heterostructures Zhenguo LuNRC Canada, Quantum Dot Semiconductor Lasers and their Applications in 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks

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ABSTRACTS

All abstracts are available online

http://www.csstc2019.org/program/index.html

POSTERS

Posters may be posted anytime from Monday afternoon onwards, but must be taken down

before the end of Wednesday. You should be by your poster during the poster session on

Tuesday (18:00 – 20:30). Food and drinks will be available. There will be several best poster

prizes

PROGRAM Sunday (July 28)

Time Event

16.00 – 19:00 Registration, Physics Building Foyer

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MONDAY, JULY 29

Time Physics Foyer

08:30 – 16:00 Registration

Note: If you have already registered online and paid, you can pick-up your badge anytime before or after lectures.

09:30 – 10:45 Coffee

Time Physics Lecture Theatre (Room 107)

10:00– 10:30 Opening

Safa Kasap and Michael Bradley

M-1: Session (1): Materials I

Chair: Michael Bradley

10:30 – 10:50 M-I-1.1: Alex Moewes, University of Saskatchewan

Direct Measurements of 5d energy levels in Eu2+ for pc-LED Lighting applications

10:50 – 11:10 M-I-1.2: Dimiter Alexandrov, Lakehead University

Meso-scale effects in nitride semiconductors

11:10– 11:30 M-I-1.3: Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University

Metal Nitride Plasmonic Nanostructures

11:30 – 11:50 M-I-1.4: Miroslav Vlcek, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Photo and electron beam sensitivity of spin-coated chalcogenide glasses thin films

11:50– 12:10 M-I-1.5: Raphael Kleiman, McMaster University

Probing carrier lifetime and diffusion in silicon via modulated free carrier absorption

12:10– 12:20 M-I-1.6: Xihua Wang, University of Alberta

Chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots for flexible sensors, photodetection and solar energy harvesting

12:20 – 13:40 LUNCH (Provided) in Physics Foyer

M-2: Session (2): Materials II

Chair: Xihua Wang

13:40 – 14:00 M-I-2.1: Tim Kelly, University of Saskatcewan

Recent Progress in Thin Film Perovskites for Photovoltaics

14:00 – 14:20 M-I-2.2: Karin Hinzer, University of Ottawa

Designs to further improve multijunction solar cell efficiencies

14:20 – 14:40 M-I-2.3: Siva Sivoththaman, University of Waterloo

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Photovoltaic and detector application of Cadmium-free colloidal quantum dots

14:40 – 14:55 M-O-2.4: Gavin Forcade, University of Ottawa

Nanostructured Surfaces in Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems to Improve Temperature-Dependent Power Output

14:55 – 15:10 M-O-2.5: Erin Tonita, University of Waterloo

Bifacial Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Performance in Northern Environments

15:10 – 15:25 M-O-2.6: Ujwal Thakur and Karthik Shankar, University of Alberta

High Voc halide perovskite solar cells using optimized charge transport layers

15:25 – 16:00 Coffee break

M-3: Session (3) Materials III

Chair: Alex Moewes

16:00 – 16:15 M-O-3.1: Alan Malcolm, University of Waterloo

Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Langmuir-Blodgett Films

16:15 – 16:30 M-O-3.2: Alex Brice Poungoue Mbeunmi, Université de Sherbrooke

Epitaxy and Memory effect of Ge in GaAs epilayers grown in UHV environment using IBGe

16:30 – 16:45 M-O-3.3: Antoine Dumont, University of Toronto

Development of Perovskite Quantum Dots LED by Dual-Source Evaporation

16:45 – 17:05 M-I-3.4: Ayse Turak, McMaster University

Functional nanoparticles for third generation photovoltaics and light emitting structures: monodispersity and size control for

high performance devices

18:00 – 20:00 Reception

Physics Foyer: Drinks and light snacks

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TUESDAY, JULY 30

Time Physics Lecture Theatre (Room 107)

Tu-1: Session (1) Photons and Photonics

Chair: Amr Helmy

09:00 – 09:20 Tu-I-1.1: Stefania Sciara and Roberto Morandotti, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT)

Quantum frequency combs for the on-chip generation, coherent control and processing of

complex entangled photon states

09:20 – 9:40 Tu-I-1.2: Zhenguo Lu , NRC Canada

Quantum Dot Semiconductor Lasers and their Applications in 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks

9:40 – 10:00 Tu-I-1.3 Zbig Wasilewski, University of Waterloo

Elucidating the nature of interfaces in 6.1 Å material system heterostructures

10:00 – 10:20 Tu-I-1.4: Andrew Knights, McMaster University

Strategies for optical to electrical conversion in silicon photonics for wavelengths up to 3000nm

10:20 – 11:00 Coffee break

Tu-2: Session (2) Photonics

Chair: Andrew Knights

11:00 – 11:20 Tu-I-2.1: Amr Helmy, University of Toronto

Multifunctional materials for emerging technologies

11:20 – 11:40 Tu-I-2.2: Renjie Wang (Jonathan Bradley), McMaster University

Active and nonlinear tellurite glass photonic devices integrated on silicon

nitride and silicon- on-insulator platforms

11: 30 – 12: 30 Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre Tour

Starts from Physics Foyer next to signage

Please wait next to signage for Dr. George Belev

12:10 – 13:30 CSSTC Advisory Committee Meeting, Room 175 in Physics

11:40 – 12:00 Tu-I-2.3: Pierre Berini, University of Ottawa

Surface plasmon optoelectronics on silicon

12:00 – 12:20 Tu-I-2.4: Jayshri Sabarinathan, Western University

Opto-mechanics of photonic crystal thin film membrane waveguides

12:20 – 13:40 LUNCH (Provided) in Physics Foyer

Tu-3: Session (3) Materials IV

Chair: Derek Oliver

13:40 – 14:00 Tu-I-3.1: Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University

Phase Imaging of Nanowire Junction Potentials

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14:00 – 14:20 Tu-I-3.2: Jonathan Baugh, University of Waterloo

A pathway for quantum computing in silicon

14:20 – 14:40 Tu-I-3.3: Jan Dubowski, University of Sherbrook

Photo-Atomic Layer Etching of III-V semiconductors

Canadian

Light

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Tour

14:40 – 15:00 Tu-I-3.4: Simone Assali, Polytechnique Montreal

Germanium-Tin Semiconductors for Silicon-Compatible Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics

15:00 – 15:15 Tu-O-3.5: Paul Bazylewski, University of Western

Raman spectroscopy as an in-situ optical characterization tool for L-cysteine-functionalized

chemiresistors based on semiconducting MoS

15:15 – 15:30 Tu-O-3.6: Guangrui Xia, University of British Columbia

Fabrication and Raman Study of Black Phosphorus on Graphene

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

Tu-4: Session (4) Materials and Devices

Chair: Karen Kavanagh

16:00 – 16:20 Tu-I-4.1: Karthik Shankar, University of Alberta

Plasmon-Enhanced Semiconductor Photocatalysis: Using Hot Electrons to Drive Chemical Reactions

16:20 – 16:40 Tu-I-4.2: Derek Oliver, University of Manitoba

Designing p-i-n silicon microwires for water-splitting applications

16:40 – 16:55 Tu-O-4.3: Dipanjan Nandi, University of Alberta

Design and optimization of a novel nanophotonic sensor for virus particle detection

16:55 – 17:10 Tu-O-4.4: Mingze Yang, Simon Fraser University

Detection of interfacial defects in core-shell nanowires via electron-beam-induced current

17:10 – 17:30 Tu-I-4.5: Dayan Ban, University of Waterloo

Piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting

18:00 – 20:30 POSTER SESSION (Physics Foyer)

Posters. Drinks and Light Meal

Poster judges: Karen Kavanagh, Simon Fraser University and Kris Poduska, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

Time Physics Lecture Theatre (Room 107)

W-1: Session (1) Materials V

Chair: Jan Dubowski

09:20 – 09:40 W-I-1.1: Michel Meunier, Poltechnique Montreal

Plasmon-enhanced ultrafast laser nanoablation: from a lab curiosity to nanomedicine applications

09:40– 10:00 W-I-1.2: T.K. Sham, University of Western Ontario

Light emission properties of nanostructures: photon-in photon-out investigations using synchrotron radiation

10:00 – 10:15 W-O-1.4: Christopher Deimert and Zbig Wasilewski, University of Waterloo

Room temperature THz intersubband transitions in continuously-graded AlGaAs parabolic quantum well arrays

10:15 – 10:30 W-O-1.5: Chunzi Zhang, University of Saskatchewan

Synthesis and Metal-Insulator Transition in VOx Thin Films

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

W-2: Session (2) Materials and Applications

Chair: Zbig Wasilewski

11:00 – 11:20 W-I-3.1: Federico Rosei, INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)

Multifunctional materials for emerging technologies

11:20 – 11:40 W-I-3.2: Peyman Servati, University of British Columbia

Stretchable electronics and smart textile for medical and health applications

11:40 – 12:00 W-I-3.3: Jamal Deen, McMaster University

Nanomaterials Based Low-cost Sensors

12:00 – 12:15 W-O-3.4: Asif Abdullah Khan, University of Waterloo

Modulating the porosity of composite piezoelectric polymer film to accomplish a sustainable energy source for self-powered electronics

12:15 – 12:30 W-O-3.5: Nebile Isik Goktas, McMaster University

Doping-related twinning superlattices in Te-doped GaAs nanowires

12:30 – 13:40 LUNCH (Provided) in Physics Foyer

W-3: Session (3) Materials and Techniques

Chair: Giovanni Fanchini

13:40 – 14:00 W-I-3.1: Douglas Buchanan, University of Manitoba

A floating gate MOS based olfactory sensor system: Conventional silicon fabrication functionalized with organic polymer thin films

14:00 – 14:15 W-O-3.2: Tristan de Boer, University of Saskatchewan

Detecting and depth profiling defects in semiconductors using synchrotron radiation: Insight from x-ray excited optical luminescence

14:15 – 14:30 W-O-3.3: Ian Andvaag, University of Saskatchewan, Hybrid Gold-Conductive Metal Oxide Films for

Attenuated Total Reflectance Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy

Canadian

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Tour

14:30 – 14:50 W-I-3.4: Kris Poduska, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Far-Infrared/THz absorption in disordered solids

14:50 – 15:30 Coffee break

W-4: Session (4) Devices and Sensors

Chair: Safa Kasap

15:30 – 15:50 W-I-4.1: Tigran Galstian, Université Laval

Electro responsive liquid crystals beyond display applications

15:50 – 16:10 W-I-4.2: Giovanni Fanchini, Western University

Organic flash memory devices from radical polymers and carbon nanomaterials

16:10 – 16:55 Special Invited W-I-4.3: Rick Wong, Cisco Systems

Terrestrial Radiation Effects on Integrated Circuits

18:30 – 21:00 Banquet (The Exeter Room, Marquis Hall)

Student Poster Prizes

CSSTC2021 Announcement and Presentation

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easurements; everyone belives in the theory, except the person who formulated it.

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(An old adage in materials science.)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1

Time Physics Lecture Theatre (Room 107)

Th-1: Session (1) Photonics

Chair: Robert Johanson

09:00 – 10:00 Th-P-1.1: PLENARY

Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta

Imaging ultrafast phenomena on the nanoscale

10:00 – 10:30 Th-I-1.2: Gianluigi Botton, Canadian Light Source

Research Oppurtunities at the Canadian light Source

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

Th-2: Session (2) Materials and Devices

Chair: Safa Kasap

11:00 – 11:20 Th-I- 2.1: Joe Zwanziger, Dalhousie University

Advances in first-principles studies of semiconductors: optical, mechanical, and magnetic interactions

11:20 – 11:40 Th-I-2.2: Al Meldrum, University of Alberta,

Microsphere lasers from a conjugated polymer

11:40 – 12:00 Th-I-2.3: Alla Reznik, Lakehead University

Amorphous lead oxide (a-PbO) for application in digital direct conversion X-ray medical imaging detectors

12:00 – 12:20 Th-I-2.4: Zahangir Kabir, Concordia University

Electron-hole pair generation mechanism in amorphous selenium for optical to high energy photon excitation

12:20 – 13:30 LUNCH (Provided) in Physics Foyer

Th-3: Session (3) Materials and Devices

Chair: Al Meldrum

13:30 – 13:50 Th-I-3.1: Rafik Naccache, Concordia University

Fluorescent Carbon Dots and their Applications

13:50 – 14:10 Th-I-3.2: Gianluigi Botton, Canadian Light Source and McMaster Univerity

Advanced Electron and Ion Microscopy and Spectroscopy of semiconducting materials and nanostructures.

14:10 – 14:25 Th-O-3.3: Farley Chicilo, University of Saskatchewan

X-ray Induced Sm-Valence Conversion in Fluoroaluminate Glasses as a Tool for Investigating Dose Distributions and Electron Transport in Microbeam

Radiation Therapy

14:25 – 14:40 Th-O-3-4: William Elcock, University of Saskatchewan

SPICE modeling of SiC MOSFETs

14:40 – 15:15 Coffee break

Th-4: Session (4) Materials and Devices

Chair: Michael Bradley

15:15 – 16:00 Special Invited: Th-I-4.1: Dave Grider, Wolfspeed, a Cree Company, Durham, NC, USA

Recent Advances in SiC MOSFET and SiC Power Electronics Technology for Current and Future Power Electronics Applications

16:00 – 16:15 Closing

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I. COME TO THE CONFERENCE

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE AT LEAST 15% OF THE WORK (It just might get accepted!)

MMON AUTHOR—PREFERABLY YOURSELF—BETWEEN THE ACCEPTED ABSTRACT AND THE ACTUAL PAPER

(This will help the organizers to identify the work.)

VI. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF PRODUCING AN ERRONEOUS PAPER dy will notice it. People don't read papers these days; they just write them.)

VED SOMETHING BIG—SAY, NEGATIVE OR IMAGINARY FRACTIONS IN THE QUANTUM HALL EFFECT.

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POSTERS18:00 – 20:30 POSTER SESSION (Physics Building)

P01 Mourad Jellite, Université de Sherbrooke

Epiready graphene-coated mesoporous silicon compliant substrate

P02 Matthew Nagorski, Lakehead University

Experimental Study of Lithium Metal in Nitrogen Environment

P03 Beatriz Diaz Moreno, Canadian Light Source

Three new diffraction beamlines at the Canadian Light Source

P04 Tristan de Boer, University of Saskatchewan

Emergence of a pre- π* Feature in Graphite upon Intercalation: An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Hexafluorophosphate

P05 Peicheng Li, Zheng-Hong Lu, University of Toronto

Energy disorder and energy level in host-dopant organic semiconductors

P06 Cyril Koughia, University of Saskatchewan

Radiation trapping in selected Er3+ doped chalcogenide glasses and the extraction of the nonradiative lifetime

P07 Abderraouf Boucherif, Mohamed El-Gahouchi, Université de Sherbrooke

Duplicated GaAs solar cells with high efficiency at ultra-high concentrations

P08 Dayan Ban, University of Waterloo

Observation of charge trapping in individual QDs using conductive atomic force microscope

P09 Kadikoff Berek, Lakehead University

Investigation and Optimization of DC Nitrogen Plasma Conditions for Group III-N Semiconductor Thin-Film Growth

P10 Farley Chicilo, University of Saskatchewan

X-ray Induced Sm-Valence Conversion in Fluoroaluminate Glasses as a Tool for Investigating Dose Distributions and Electron Transport in Microbeam

Radiation Therapy

P11 Gudi Dhanvini, University of Alberta

Pulsed laser deposition-based synthesis of MoS2 thin films for optoelectronic and electronic device applications

P12 Amir Qamar, University of Saskatchewan

X-ray spectroscopic study of amorphous and polycrystalline PbO films, α-PbO, and β-PbO for direct conversion imaging

P13 Yinqiu Shi, Zbig Wasilewski, University of Waterloo

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Transport Properties of InSb/AlInSb Surface Quantum Well Heterostructures

P14 Jean-Pierre Landesman, McMaster University

Effect of the plasma etching on InAsP/InP quantum well structures measured through low temperature micro-photoluminescence intensity scanning

P15 Devin Huyghebaert, University of Saskatchewan

Design and construction of a 1 kW VHF amplifier for probing the ionosphere using novel radar sensing techniques

P16 Ruhul Amin, University of Saskatchewan

Electronic structure, bandgap and thermal quenching behavior of Ultra-narrow band blue emitting Oxoberyllates AELi2Be4O6 :Eu2+ (AE: Ba, Sr) studied by

DFT calculations and X-ray spectroscopy

P17 Teak Boyko, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Determining the Crystal Structure of Novel Materials using Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

P18 Ida Sadeghi, Zbigniew Wasilewski, University of Waterloo

On the Origin of Hillock Formation during the Growth of InGaAs/InAlAs Superlattice on InP(111) Substrates

P19 Adeagbo, Emmanuel, University of Saskatchewan

Comparative Study between Amorphous Selenium and Organic Perovskite X-ray Detectors for X-ray Imaging Applications

P20 Jian Yin, University of Waterloo

Simulation of GaN/InGaN micro light-emitting diodes with n-doped quantum well barriers

P21 Kirean Ramaswami, University of Saskatchewan

Monte Carlo Simulation of an Integrating Semiconductor Detectors under Small to Large Signals: Predicting Collection Efficiency and its Variance

P22 Robert Dubreuil, Lakehead University

GaN Growth on Ceramics by Low Temperature RP-MOCVD

P23 Filip Dinic, University of Toronto

Heavy-Metal-Free Quantum Dot Inks for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells

P24 Takami Abe, Iwate University, Japan

Effects of a Parylene HT coating on photoconductive properties of a ZnO single crystal UV sensor

P25 Noriaki Kawaguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

Novel phosphor materials for scintillation detectors and dosimeters

P26 Abbas Nakhlband, Simon Fraser University

Shallow donor complexes in ZnO containing Sn and Li studied by photoluminescence spectroscopy

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Saskatchewan Structural Sciences CentreWhat is SSSC? (https://sssc.usask.ca/)

The SSSC is a multidisciplinary research laboratory where academic and industry

research is conducted. Researchers in Agriculture, Engineering, Medicine and

Natural Sciences use the $15M of instruments and components to conduct

research. Highly trained professional staff in the SSSC teach and assist

researchers with structure determination and spectroscopy. Over 1000 highly

qualified personnel (HQP) have received hands on training and over 50

industries have utilized the SSSC through academic or contract research. SSSC

staff work with researchers to develop interdisciplinary research methods and

hybrid instruments to solve problems. The SSSC’s unique open access model for

an advanced research laboratory has invigorated multidisciplinary research.

Access to the SSSC is 24 hours per day, year-round.

One stop analytical services are provided to industry clients who require

measurements from one of our instruments at the SSSC, instruments in

chemical engineering, instruments in food science, instruments in the WCVM

microscopy laboratory and the Canadian Light Source. These instruments are

accessed seamlessly on a fee for service basis. Our highly qualified staff develop

methods, collect and interpret data from all the instruments to provide a full

line of analytical service. Over the years, the SSSC has provided analytical and

testing services to several industries.

Mining and Minerals

Corrosion

Diamond Quality

Tailing

Mineral Imaging

Water Quality

Materials Analysis

Defect in Materials

Nanomaterials

Corrosion

Thin Films

Electronics Failure

Material Composition

Adhesive Force

Structure Determination

Catalyst

Small Molecules Crystallography

Electronic and Molecular Structure

Trace Analysis

Water

Toxins

Contamination

Agriculture Value Added

Antioxidant

Imaging

Biomolecular Interactions

Protein Folding

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Interaction

Shelf Life Studies

Aggregation

Other

Method development and research contract. Please discuss

requirements with Dr. Sammynaiken (r.sammynaiken@usask.ca)

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