The GCM fosters interdisciplinary and cutting edge research in advanced materials. The GCM includes 27 first-rate professors who supervise approximately 165 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates in a highly stimulating and collaborative research environment. Their work relates to one of the three main research thrusts of the GCM:

• Microelectronics and nanoelectronics
• Photonics and optoelectronics
• Functional coatings and surface engineering

GCM facilities are open to researchers from Québec, Canada and elsewhere in the world. We encourage researchers to explore how the GCM facilities can contribute to fulfill their research objectives. The GCM possesses both the equipment and expertise to make your project a success.

GCM’s major research topics are :

• Microelectronics, nanoelectronics and photonics
• Micro- and nano-structures: multilayers, superlattices, nanocomposites, quantum systems, self-assembled nanoclusters
• Advanced materials : semiconductors, dielectrics, ferromagnetics, metals, polymers, biomaterials
• Plasma physics and technology
• Physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces
• Materials characterization and process diagnostics
• Dynamic molecular simulations, Monte-Carlo and ab-initio simulations