Equipment and processes

The Quebec Infrastructure in R&D - IRDQ - offers a wide spectrum of equipment which, coupled to a team of experts, can help accelerate the developpment of new products and application : fabrication of microsystems, material synthesis, surface modification, characterization, scale-up equipment, etc.

• Characterization

  • Ultrashort laser pulses
  • Sample preparation for electron microscopy
  • X-ray Microscope
  • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  • Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
  • Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
  • Spectrometric and spectroscopic analysis
  • Thin film thickness measurements
  • Electrical characterization
  • Electrochemical characterization
  • Physico-chemical characterization
  • High performance scientific computing
  • Thermal characterization

• materials synthesis and surface functionalization

  • Thin film and micro/nanoparticule growth
  • Organic material synthesis
  • Electrochemical surface structuring

• cleanroom

  • Optical and ebeam lithography
  • Other lithographic techniques
  • Etcher
  • Ion implant
  • Thermal process

• scale-up

  • Characterization techniques - high throughput
  • Pilote test bench
  • Backend/frontend process