Alain Pignolet, Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Research

Composites & Heterostructures Epitaxy & Strain Engineering Magnetoelectric & Multiferroic Films MEMS New Materials Perovskites Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM)Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)

Latest papers

Catalytic Activity of Piezoelectric and Paraelectric BaTiO3 Nanoparticles.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Magnetoelectric Coupling in Room Temperature Multiferroic Ba2EuFeNb4O15/BaFe12O19 Epitaxial Heterostructures Grown by Laser Ablation.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · senior author
Phonon confinement and particle size effect on the low-frequency Raman mode of aurivillius phase Bi4Ti3O12 powders.
RSC advances · 2023 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

EPITAXY, INTERFACES, AND DOMAIN BOUNDARIES OF ROOM TEMPERATURE MULTIFERROIC MAGNETOELECTRIC FILMS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Investigating, implementing and testing solutions to eliminate the drift in the resistance of ceramic thick film printed heaters in order to ensure a stable operation.
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Investigating the origin of the drift in the resistance of ceramic thick film printed heaters in order to ensure a stable operation with a minimal resistance variation.
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 14 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Catalytic Activity of Piezoelectric and Paraelectric BaTiO3 Nanoparticles.

Asadi A, Kalhori H, Greschner AA, Ruediger A, Pignolet A

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/nano16161008 PMID: 42646417

02

Magnetoelectric Coupling in Room Temperature Multiferroic Ba2EuFeNb4O15/BaFe12O19 Epitaxial Heterostructures Grown by Laser Ablation.

Hajlaoui T, Harnagea C, Pignolet A

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/nano13040761 PMID: 36839129

03

Phonon confinement and particle size effect on the low-frequency Raman mode of aurivillius phase Bi4Ti3O12 powders.

Amaechi IC, Ruediger A, Pignolet A

RSC advances2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06297f PMID: 36762079

04

Low-cost photodetector architectures fabricated at room-temperature using nano-engineered silicon wafer and sol-gel TiO2 - based heterostructures.

Banerjee D, Asuo IM, Pignolet A, Cloutier SG

Scientific reports2019

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54481-8 PMID: 31784637

05

Highly Efficient and Ultrasensitive Large-Area Flexible Photodetector Based on Perovskite Nanowires.

Asuo IM, Fourmont P, Ka I, Gedamu D, Bouzidi S, Pignolet A, Nechache R, Cloutier SG

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2019

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804150 PMID: 30609286

06

Hysteresis-Free 1D Network Mixed Halide-Perovskite Semitransparent Solar Cells.

Ka I, Asuo IM, Basu S, Fourmont P, Gedamu DM, Pignolet A, Cloutier SG, Nechache R

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2018

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201802319 PMID: 30144286

07

Ferroelectric switching in Bi4Ti3O12 nanorods.

Azodi M, Harnagea C, Buscaglia V, Buscaglia MT, Nanni P, Rosei F, Pignolet A

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2012.2405 PMID: 23007759

08

Two-dimensional nanoscale structural and functional imaging in individual collagen type I fibrils.

Harnagea C, Vallières M, Pfeffer CP, Wu D, Olsen BR, Pignolet A, Légaré F, Gruverman A

Biophysical journal2010

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.047 PMID: 20550920

09

Growth, structure, and properties of BiFeO/sub 3/-BiCrO/sub 3/ films obtained by dual cross beam PLD

Nechache R, Harnagea C, Gunawan L, Carignan L-P, Maunders C, Menard D, Botton GA, Pignolet A

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control20078 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2007.593

EPITAXY, INTERFACES, AND DOMAIN BOUNDARIES OF ROOM TEMPERATURE MULTIFERROIC MAGNETOELECTRIC FILMS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pignolet, Alain

Keywords: magnetoelectric & multiferroic films; epitaxy & strain engineering; perovskites; composites & heterostructures; new materials; pulsed laser deposition (pld); sensors & actuators; piezoresponse force microscopy (pfm); ultra-fast dynamics; mems

$144,000

Investigating, implementing and testing solutions to eliminate the drift in the resistance of ceramic thick film printed heaters in order to ensure a stable operation.

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: PIGNOLET, Alain

$12,500

Investigating the origin of the drift in the resistance of ceramic thick film printed heaters in order to ensure a stable operation with a minimal resistance variation.

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Pignolet, Alain

$25,000

Improving the corrosion resistance of low temperature gas nitrided/nitrocarburized stainless steels

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: Pignolet, Alain

$12,500

Tuning gaseous nitriding/nitrocarburizing process parameters for improved tribological and mechanical surface properties

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Pignolet, Alain

$25,000

Room Temperature Magnetoelectric & Multiferroic Films and Composites for novel Devices

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: PIGNOLET, Alain

$246,000

Scanning probe microscopy upgrade for double-modulation imaging capability

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Rosei, Federico

$129,671

Centre de caractérisation microscopique des matériaux, le (CM)2

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: LEspérance, Gilles

$45,500

Epitaxial growth, nanostructuring and nanoscale characterization of advanced oxides

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pignolet, Alain

$174,455

Functional dielectrics for organic electronic devices

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Rosei, Federico

$136,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications
Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre - Varennes
Energy, Materials and Telecommunications
Materials Science and Engineering
Génie électrique

Co-authors at Institut national de la recherche scientifique, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Andreas Ruediger

Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre - Varennes

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Gianluigi Botton

Materials Science and Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Riad Nechache

Génie électrique

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Federico Rosei

Energy, Materials and Telecommunications

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Composites & Heterostructures Dear Professor Pignolet, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Catalytic Activity of Piezoelectric and Paraelectric BaTiO3 Nanoparticles." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "EPITAXY, INTERFACES, AND DOMAIN BOUNDARIES OF ROOM TEMPERATURE MULTIFERROIC MAGNETOELECTRIC FILMS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]