Dr. Nic Boileau

PhD - 2024


Nic is one of the co-founders of Ekidna and has been leading the company since its inception. He was part of the team that initially developed the technology behind Ekidna’s lab-on-a-chip during his PhD

Nic’s Publications

172. Dallaire, N.; Boileau, N. T.; Myers, I.; Brixi, S.; Ourabi, M.; Ewenike, R.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H. R.; King, B.; Ronnasi, B.; Melville, O. A.; Manion, J. G.*; Lessard, B. H.* High Throughput Characterization of Organic Thin Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/adma.202406105

162. Boileau, N. T; King, B.; Kapar, S.; Sohi, A. N.; Manion, J. G.; Godin, M.; Lessard, B. H.; Microfluidic-Organic Thin Film Transistor Coupled Platform for Simple Solution Exposure. doi:10.1039/D3LF00269A

128. Lamontagne, H.; Comeau, Z. J.; Cranston, R.; Boileau, N.; Harris, C. S.; Shuhendler, A. J.*; Lessard, B. H.* Chloro Aluminum Phthalocyanine-based Organic Thin-Film Transistors as Cannabinoid Sensors: Engineering the thin film response. doi:10.1039/D2SD00071G

98. Mirka. B.; Rice, N. A.; Williams, P.; Tousignant, M. N.; Boileau, N.; Bodnaryk, W.; Fong, D.; Adronov, A.; Lessard, B. H.* Excess Polymer in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors: Its Removal Prior to Fabrication Is Unnecessary doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c08584

91. Cranston. R.; Vebber, M.; Rice, N. A.; Boileau, N.; Berbigier, J.; Tonnelé, C.; Comeau, Z. J.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Brusso, J. L.; Muccioli, L.; Castet, F.; Kelly, T. L. Lessard, B. H.* Thin-film engineering of solution processable n-type silicon phthalocyanines for organic thin-film transistors doi:10.1021/acsami.0c17657

80. Melville, O. A.; Grant, T. M.; Lochhead, K.; King, B.; Ambrose, R.; Rice, N. A.; Boileau, N. T.; Peltekoff, A. J.; Tousignant, M.; Hill, I. G.; Lessard, B. H.* Contact Engineering using Manganese, Chromium and Bathocuproine in Group 14 Phthalocyanine Organic Thin-Film Transistors doi:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00104

74. Comeau, Z. J.; Boileau, N.; Lee, T.; Melville, O. A.; Rice, N.; Troung, Y., Harris, C. S.; Lessard, B. H.* Shuhendler, A. J.* On-The-Spot Detection and Speciation of Cannabinoids Using Organic Thin Film Transistors doi:10.1021/acssensors.9b01150

72. Boileau, N.; Cranston, R.; Mirka, B.; Melville, O. A.; Lessard, B. H.* Metal phthalocyanine organic thin-film transistors: changes in electrical performance and stability in response to temperature and environment doi:10.1039/C9RA03648B

71. Melville, O. A.; Grant, T. M.; Mirka, B.; Boileau, N.; Lessard, B. H.* Ambipolarity and Air Stability of Silicon Phthalocyanine Organic Thin-Film Transistors doi:10.1002/aelm.201900087

63. Boileau, N. T.; Melville , O.; Mirka, B.; Cranston, R.; Lessard, B. H.* P and N type copper phthalocyanines as effective semiconductors in organic thin-film transistor based DNA biosensors at elevated temperature doi:10.1039/C8RA08829B

56. Brixi, S.; Melville, O. A.; Boileau, N.; Lessard, B. H.* The Influence of Oxygen and Temperature on the Performance of PBDB-T and P3HT in Organic Thin Film Transistors doi:10.1039/C8TC00734A