Dr. Samantha Brixi

PhD - 2023


Sam's love of cats is rivaled only by her love of science. These might both be caused by brain parasites, but we may never know. If science and engineering don't pan out, she has a promising backup career in collecting empties from the neighbours' garbage with her shopping cart full of cats.

Sam’s Publications

176. Dickson, L.; Brixi, S.; Radford, C. L.; Manion, J.; Kelly, T. L.; Lessard, B. H.* Self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymer based dielectrics on semiconductor formation and performance. doi:10.1039/D4TC03157A

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

170. Laventure, A.*; Brixi, S.; Welch, G.; Lessard, B. H. Stability assessment of PTB7-Th and a quinoxaline-based polymer in both organic thin film transistors and in organic photovoltaic devices. doi:10.1002/cjce.25464

163. Ronnasi, B.; King, B.; Brixi, S.; Swaraj, S.; Niskanen, J.; Lessard, B. H.; Electron Donating Functional Polymer Dielectrics to Reduce the Threshold Voltage of n-type Organic Thin-Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/aelm.202300810

154. Brixi, S.; Dindault, C.; King, B.; Lamontagne, H. R.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Swaraj, S.; Lessard, B. H. Poly(2-vinylpyridine) as an Additive for Enhancing N-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistor Stability doi:10.1002/aelm.202300660

148. Brixi, S.; Lamontagne, H.; King, B.; Shuhendler, A. J.; Lessard, B. H.*. Exposure to Solvent Vapours for Enhanced N-type OTFT Stability. doi:10.1039/D3MA00402C

134. Cyr, M.; Brixi, S.; Ganguly, A.; Lessard, B. H.*; Brusso, J. L.* Synthesis of thieno[3,4-c] pyrrole-4,6-dione-based small molecules for application in organic thin-film transistors doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110964

127. Brixi, S.; Radford. C.; Tousignant, M.; Peltekoff, A. J.; Manion, J. G.; Kelly, T.; Lessard, B. H.* Poly(ionic liquid) gating materials for high performance organic thin-film transistors: the role of block copolymer self-assembly at the semiconductor interface. doi:10.1021/acsami.2c07912.

124. Dallaire, N.; Brixi, S.; Claus, M.; Blawid, S.; Lessard, B. H.* Benchmarking Contact Quality in N-type Organic Thin Film Transistors Through an Improved Virtual-Source Emission-Diffusion Model. doi:10.1063/5.0078907

109. Park, I.; Brixi, S.; Martell, M.; Ocheje, M. U.; Pettipas, R. D.; Harris, D.; Gelfand, B.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Lessard, B. H., Welch, G*. An air-stable n-type bay-and-headland substituted bis-cyano N-H functionalized perylene diimide for printed electronics. doi:10.1039/D1TC03873G

99. Peltekoff, A. J.; Brixi, S.; Niskanen, J.; Lessard, B. H.*; Ionic Liquid Containing Block Copolymer Dielectrics: Designing for High-Frequency Capacitance, Low-Voltage Operation, and Fast Switching Speeds doi:10.1021/jacsau.1c00133

94. Rao, P. S.; Brixi, S.; Shaikh, D. B.; Kobaisi, M. A.; Lessard, B. H.*; Bhosale, S. V.*; Bhosale, S. V.* The effect of TCNE and TCNQ Acceptor Units on Triphenylamine‐Naphthalenediimide Push‐Pull Chromophore Properties. doi:10.1002/ejoc.202100198

92. Birajdar, S. S.; Brixi, S.; Rao, P. S.; Bhosale, R. S.; Kobaisi, M. A.; Akhil Gupta, A.*; Lessard, B. H.*; Bhosale, S.V.*; Bhosale, S.V.* Conjoint use of Naphthalene Diimide and Fullerene Derivatives to Generate Organic Semiconductors for n-type Organic Thin Film Transistors doi:10.1002/open.202000230

83. Harris, D. H.; Brixi , S.; Lessard, B. H.; Welch, G.* A N-H functionalized perylene diimide chromophore for alcohol processed organic electronics doi:10.1039/D0TC02284E

77. Brixi, S.; Melville, O.; Mirka , B. ; He, Y.; Hendsbee , A.; Meng , H.; Li, Y.; Lessard, B. H.* Air and temperature sensitivity of n-type polymer materials to meet and exceed the standard of N2200 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60812-x

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