Dr. Rémi Beaulac

Education

Ph.D. University of Montréal, Québec, Canada with Prof. Christian Reber (2006)

B.Sc. University of Montréal, Québec, Canada (2001)

Awards

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007-2009)

Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT), Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007)

Publications

Vlaskin, V., Beaulac, R., Gamelin, D. R. “Dopant-carrier magnetic exchange coupling in colloidal inverted core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals.” Nano Lett. , 2009 , (published ASAP, DOI 10.1021/nl9026499.)

Beaulac, R., Scheider, L., Archer, P. I., Bacher, G., Gamelin, D. R. “Light-induced spontaneous magnetization in doped colloidal quantum dots.” Science , 2009 , 325, 973-976.

Beaulac, R.; Archer, P. I.; Ochsenbein, S. T.; Gamelin, D. R. "Mn²⁺-Doped CdSe Quantum Dots: New Inorganic Materials for Spin-Electronics and Spin-Photonics." Advanced Functional Materials, 2008, 18, 3873-3891 (Feature Article).

Beaulac, R.; Archer, P. I.; van Rijssel, J.; Meijerink, A.; Gamelin, D. R. "Exciton Storage by Mn²⁺ in Colloidal Mn²⁺-Doped CdSe Quantum Dots." Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 2949-2953.

Beaulac, R.; Reber, C. "Spectroscopic Effects of Excited-State Coupling in a Tetragonal Chromium (III) Complex", Inorg. Chem., 2008; 47, 5048-5054.

Beaulac, R.; Archer, P. I.; Gamelin, D. R. "Luminescence in Colloidal Mn²⁺-doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals." J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 181, 1585-1592.

Beaulac, R.; Archer, P. I.; Liu, X.; Lee, S.; Salley, G. M.; Dobrowolska, M.; Furdyna, J. K.; Gamelin, D. R. "Spin-Polarizable Excitonic Luminescence in Colloidal Mn²⁺-Doped CdSe Quantum Dots." Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 1197-1201.

Beaulac, R.; Reber, C.; Lever, A. B. P. "Excited-state distortions in Ru (II) complexes probed by resonance Raman spectroscopy." Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 48-52.

Rusanova, J.; Rusanov, E.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Christendat, D.; Popescu, R.; Farah, A. A.; Beaulac, R.; Reber, C.; Lever, A. B. P. "The very covalent diammino (o -benzoquinonediimine) dichlororuthenium (II). An example of very strong p -back-donation." Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 6246-6262.

Beaulac, R.; Tregenna-Piggott, P. L. W.; Barra, A.-L.; Weihe, H.; Luneau, D.; Reber, C. "The electronic ground state of [V(urea)₆]³⁺ probed by NIR luminescence, electronic Raman and high-field EPR spectroscopies." Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 3399-3407.

Beaulac, R.; Luneau, D.; Reber, C. "The emitting state of the imino nitroxide radical." Chem. Phys. Letters, 2005, 405, 153-158.

Nolet, M.-C.; Beaulac, R.; Boulanger, A.-M.; Reber, C. "Allowed and forbidden d-d bands in octahedral coordination compounds: Intensity borrowing and interference dips in absorption spectra." Struct. Bond., 2004, 107, 145-158.

Bussière, G.; Beaulac, R.; Bélisle, H.; Lescop, C.; Luneau, D.; Rey, P.; Reber, C. "Excited states and optical spectroscopy of nitronyl nitroxides and their lanthanide and transition metal complexes." Top. Curr. Chem., 2004, 241, 97-118.

Reber, C.; Beaulac, R. "Optical (Electronic) Spectroscopy" in McCleverty, J. A. and Meyer, T. J. (editors), Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II, 2004, 2, Chapter 2.22, 287-302.

Lescop, C.; Bussière, G.; Beaulac, R.; Bélisle, H.; Belorizky, E.; Rey, P.; Reber, C.; Luneau, D. "Magnetic and optical properties of nitroxide radicals and their lanthanide complexes." J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2004, 65, 773-779.

Cohen, Y.; Hatton, B.; Miguez, H.; Coombs, N.; Fournier-Bidoz, S.; Grey, J. K.; Beaulac, R.; Reber, C.; Ozin, G. A. "Spin-on Nanostructured silicon-silica film displaying room-temperature nanosecond lifetime photoluminescence." Adv. Mater., 2003, 15, 572-576.

Beaulac, R.; Bussière, G.; Reber, C.; Lescop, C.; Luneau, D. "Solid-state absorption and luminescence spectroscopy of nitronyl nitroxide radicals." New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 1200-1206.

Beaulac, R.; Tremblay, J. C.; Bussière, G.; Reber, C. "Application of near-infrared luminescence spectroscopy to vanadium(III) complexes. Characterization of their electronic ground state." Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc., 2001, 46, 152-161.

Bussière, G.; Beaulac, R.; Cardinal-David, B.; Reber, C. "Coupled-excited states in trans-[MCl₂(H₂O)₄ ]ⁿ⁺ complexes (M: Ni(II), Co(II), V(III), Cr(III)) probed by absorption and luminescence spectroscopy." Coord. Chem. Rev., 2001, 219-221, 509-543.