Rose Cranston

PhD - 2024


Rose described her research as tinkering around with blue semiconducting goo until it became a functional thin-film transistor, then taking pretty pictures of the results. Apart from the lab, Rose enjoyed spending her time drawing, scuba diving, and cycling until her legs didn’t work.

Rose’s Publications

178. Cranston, R.; Mauthe, J.; Ourabi, M.; Wang, T.; Thapa, G. J.; Amassian, A.; Lessard, B. H.* Rapid Prototyping for Accelerated Establishment of Film Processing-Performance Relationships in Silicon Phthalocyanine OFETs. doi:10.1002/aelm.202400500

174. Thapa, G. J.; Chauhan, M.; Cranston, R. R.; Guo, B.; Lessard, B. H.; Dougherty, D. B.*; Amassian, A*. Linking Electronic and Structural Disorder Parameters to Carrier Transport in a Modern Conjugated Polymer. doi:10.1021/acsami.4c10298

173. Ewenike, R.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H. R.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Kim, C.-H.; Brusso, J.; Lessard, B. H.* Engineering the Template Layer for Silicon Phthalocyanine Based Organic Thin Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/adfm.202408779

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

160. Cranston, R. R.; Lanosky, T.; Ewenike, R.; McKillop, S.; King, B.; Lessard, B. H.; Polarized Raman Microscopy to Image Microstructure Changes in Silicon Phthalocyanine Thin-Films doi:10.1002/smsc.202300350

159. Lamontagne, H. R.; Cranston, R. R.; Comeau, Z. J.; Harris, C. S.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Lessard, B. H.; Axial Phenoxylation of Aluminum Phthalocyanines for Improved Cannabinoid Sensitivity in OTFT Sensors doi:10.1002/advs.202305515

152. Dickson, L. E.; Cranston, R. R.; Xu, Hao.; Swaraj, S.; Seferos, D. S.; Lessard, B. H. Blade Coating Poly(3-hexylthiophene): The Importance of Molecular Weight on Thin-Films Microstructures doi:10.1021/acsami.3c12335

150. García-Calvo, J.; Cranston, R.López-Duarte, I.; Torres, T.; Lessard, B. H. Soluble Ruthenium Phthalocyanines as Semiconductors for Organic Thin-Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/celc.202300286

137. Comeau, Z.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H.; Shuhendler, A.*; Lessard, B. H.* Strong Magnetic Fi eld Annealing for Improved Phthalocyanine Organic Thin-Fi lm Transistors. doi: 10.1002/smll.202206792

132. Comeau, Z.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H.; Harris, C.; Shuhendler, A.*; Lessard, B. H.* Surface Engineering Part-Per-Billion Sensitivity of Cannabinoids in Zinc Phthalocyanine Organic Thin-Film Transistors. doi: 10.1038/s42004-022-00797-y

130. Cranston, R.; Vebber, M.; Berbigier, J.; Brusso, J.; Kelly, T.; Lessard, B. H.* High performance solution processed n-type OTFTs through surface engineered F-F interactions using asymmetric silicon phthalocyanines. doi: 10.1002/aelm.202200696

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.

126. Hicks, G.; Cranston, R.; Lotocki, V.; Manion, J.; Lessard, B. H.; Seferos, D.* Dopant-Stabilized Assembly of Poly(3-hexylthiophene). doi:10.1021/jacs.2c04984

123. Li, S.; Cranston, R.; Lessard, B. H.; Seferos, D*. Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-stat-poly(3-dodecylselenophenes): Conjugated Statistical Copolymers and Their Gels. doi:10.1021/acsapm.2c00841

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

100. Cranston, R. and Lessard, B. H.* Metal Phthalocyanines: Thin-film Formation, Microstructure, and Physical Properties. doi:10.1039/D1RA03853B

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

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

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

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