Dr. Nicole Rice

Research Associate - 2021


The elusive Dr. Nicole Rice was with the group from October 2016 to early 2021 and was never captured on camera... her Ninja like skills were the reason she was great in the lab while avoiding detection.

Publications with the LRG

129. Mirka, B.; Rice, N.; Richard, C.; Lefebvre, D.; King, B.; Bodnaryk, W.; Fong, D.; Adronov, A.; Lessard, B. H.* Contact Engineering in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors: Implications for Silane-Treated SiO2 Substrates doi:10.1021/acsanm.2c02052

118. Vebber, M.; Rice, N.; Brusso, J.; Lessard, B. H.* Thermodynamic Property-Performance Relationships in Silicon Phthalocyanine-based Organic Photovoltaics. doi:10.1021/acsaem.1c04013

115. Faure, M,; Dindault, C.; Rice, N. A.; Lessard, B. H.* Layer-By-Layer Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells using a Solution-Processed Silicon Phthalocyanine Non-Fullerene Acceptor. doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c05715

113. Cranston. R.; King, B.; Dindault , C.; Grant, T. M.; Rice, N. A.; Tonnelé, C.; Muccioli, L.; Castet, F.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H.* Highlighting the processing versatility of a silicon phthalocyanine derivative for organic thin-film transistors. doi:10.1039/D1TC05238A

111. Comeau, Z. J.; Rice, N. A.; Harris, C. S.; Shuhendler, A. J.*; Lessard, B. H.* Organic Thin-Film Transistors as Cannabinoid Sensors: Effect of Analytes on Phthalocyanine Film Crystallization. doi:10.1002/adfm.202107138

106. Tousignant, M. N.; Rice, N. A.; Niskanen, J.; Chloe Richard, C.; Ritaine, D.; Adronov, A.; Lessard, B. H.*; High Performance Organic Electronic Devices Based on a Green Hybrid Dielectric. doi:10.1002/aelm.202100700

103. Yutronkie, N.; King. B.; Rice, N. A.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Attaining air stability in high performing n-type phthalocyanine based organic semiconductors. doi.org/10.1039/D1TC02275J

102. Vebber. M.; Rice, N. A.; Brusso, J.; Lessard, B. H.* Variance-resistant PTB7 and axially-substituted silicon phthalocyanines as active materials for high-Voc organic photovoltaics. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94704-5

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

96. King, B.; Daszczynski, A.; Rice, N. A.; Peltekoff, A.; Yutronkie, N.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J.* Cyanophenoxy-substituted silicon phthalocyanines for low threshold voltage n-type organic thin-film transistors doi:10.1021/acsaelm.1c00175

95. Cranston. R.; Vebber, M.; Rice, N. A.; Tonnelé, C.; Muccioli, L.; Castet, F.; Brusso, J.; Lessard, B. H.* N-Type Solution-Processed Tin versus Silicon Phthalocyanines: A Comparison of Performance in Organic Thin-Film Transistors and in Organic Photovoltaics. doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.1c00114

93. Grant, T. M.; Dindault, C.; Rice, N. A.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H.*; Synthetically Facile Organic Solar Cells with 4% Efficiency using P3HT and a Silicon Phthalocyanine Non-Fullerene Acceptor doi:10.1039/D1MA00165E

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

90. King, B.; Melville, O. A.; Rice, N. A.; Kashani, S.; Tonnelé, C.; Raboui, H.; Swaraj, S.; Grant, T. M.; McAfee, T.; Bender, T.; Ade, H.; Castet, F.; Muccioli, L.; Lessard, B. H.* Silicon phthalocyanines for n-type organic thin-film transistors: development of structure property relationships doi:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00871

84. Grant, T. M.; Kaller, K. L.; Coathup, T. J.; Rice, N. A.; Hinzer, K.; Lessard, B. H.* High Voc solution-processed organic solar cells containing silicon phthalocyanine as a non-fullerene electron acceptor doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105976

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

79. Tousignant, M. N.; Rice, N. A.; Peltekoff, A. J.; Melville, O. A.; Sundaresan, C.; Miao, C.; Hamad, W.; Lessard, B. H.* Improving Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Thin Film Properties Through the Addition of Low Weight Percentages of Cellulose Nanocrystals doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00068

76. Melville, O. A.; Grant, T. M.; Rice, N. A.; Wang, B.; Josse, P.; Lessard, B. H.* Functionalization of commercial pigment Hostasol Red GG for incorporation into organic thin-film transistors doi:10.1039/C9NJ04851K

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

69. Mirka, B. T.; Fong, D.; Rice, N.; Melville , O.; Adronov, A.; Lessard, B. H.* Polyfluorene-Sorted Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Applications in Organic Thin Film Transistors doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b05357

67. Grant, T. M.; Rice, N.; Muccioli, L.; Castet, F.; Lessard, B. H.* Solution-Processable N-Type Tin Phthalocyanines in Organic Thin Film Transistors and as Ternary Additives in Organic Photovoltaics doi:10.1021/acsaelm.8b00113

61. Rice, N. A.; Bodnaryk, W.; Mirka, B.; Melville, O.; Adronov, A.*; Lessard, B. H.* Polycarbazole-Sorted Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Incorporation Into Organic Thin Film Transistors doi:10.1002/aelm.201800539

58. Payne, A.-J.; Rice, N. A.; McAfee, S. M.; Li, S.; Josse, P.; Cabanetos, C.*; Risko, C.*; Lessard, B. H.*; Welch, G. C.* Donor or Acceptor? How Selection of Rylene Imide Endcap Impacts Polarity of pi-Conjugated Molecules for Organic Electronics doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b00929

52. Rice, N. A.; Magnan, F.; Melville, O.; Brusso, J. L.*; Lessard, B. H. Organic Thin Film Transistors Incorporating Solution Processable 2D Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Thienoacenes doi:10.3390/ma11010008

50. Melville, O. A.; Rice, N. A.; Therrien, I.; Lessard, B. H.* Organic thin-film transistors incorporating a commercial pigment (Hostasol Red GG) as a low-cost semiconductor doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.10.034

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