Who we are

We are a young and enthusiastic team working hard on the development of tomorrow's multifunctional nanomaterials.
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We are also a member of uOttawa's Center for Advanced Materials Research. Find out more about CAMaR by clicking on the logo.

What we do

We combine materials chemistry with physical and biomedical aspects to design and study novel lanthanide-based nanophosphors as multifunctional nanocarriers for near-infrared based bioimaging and energy conversion technologies.
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News

  • Inorganic Discussion Weekend 2019 - Congrats to Nikita for winning the 3rd place for his oral presentation on "Microwave-Assisted Solvothermal Synthesis of Upconverting and Downshifting Rare-Earth Doped LiYF4 Microparticles"
  • November 2018 - Welcome to our UROP student Yifei!
  • November 2018 - Our grad student Nikita's and postdoc Riccardo's paper is online! Read more about upconverting and downshifting LiYF4 microparticles...
  • October 2018 - The HemmerLab welcomes visiting student Camille from ENCPB, Paris!
  • September 2018 - Welcome back to school! A special Welcome to our Honours Students Emma and Faduma  and Master Student Fadi!
  • 1 May 2018 - Welcome to our newest group members, RISE summer student Steven and summer volunteer Faduma!
  • April 2018 - Our first paper is online! Read more about Optical Anisotropy and Polymorph‐Dependent Photoluminescence in [Ln2] Complexes...
  • April 2018 - Nikita Panov was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2018-2019. Congratulations, Nikita!
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Announcements

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, don't miss the chance!

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The RISE program supports summer student exchanges among many universities across Canada. The RISE Group is a collection of scientists at nineteen institutions in Canada, whose research emphasizes the study of chemical or biochemical reaction mechanisms. See attached information and application form.
For more information and the application form see http://www.risecanada.ca and click here.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Students, find ​out more about this Workshop around science and career development here.
Check also about updates on the 43rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2019).