• -: Home :-
  • -: Research :-
  • -: Members :-
  • -: Publications :-
  • -: Opportunities :-
  • -: BioPhysics :-
  • -: Physics :-
  • -: uOttawa :-
  • -: Contact :-
  • -: Courses :-

Selected Publications and Features

"Using buoyant mass to measure the growth of single cells"
Nature Methods 7, 387-390 (2010)
PDF (587 kb) or Nature Methods 7, 387-390 (2010)

"Measuring the growth rate of cells, one at a time" by Gilles Charvin
Nature Methods (News and Views) 7, 363 (2010)
PDF (301 kb)
or Nature Methods (News and Views) 7, 363 (2010)


"Cantilever-based sensing: the origin of surface stress and optimization strategies"
Nanotechnology 21, 075501 (2010)
PDF (703 kb)
or
Nanotechnology 21, 075501 (2010)

 

"Mass-Based Readout for Agglutination Assays"
Applied Physics Letters 91, 193902 (2007)
PDF (336 kb) or APL 91, 193902 (2007)

 

"Measuring the mass, density, and size of particles and cells using a suspended microchannel resonator"
Applied Physics Letters 91, 123121 (2007)
PDF (322 kb)
or APL 91, 123121 (2007)

 

"Microcantilever-Based Sensors: Effect of Morphology, Adhesion, and Cleanliness of the Sensing Surface on Surface Stress "
Analytical Chemistry 79 (21), 8136-8143 (2007)
PDF (321 kb)
or Analytical Chemistry 79 (21), 8136-8143 (2007)

"Weighing of Biomolecules, Single Cells, and Single Nanoparticles in Fluid"
Nature 446, 1066-1069 (2007)
PDF (1.15 Mb)
or Nature, 446, 1066-1069 (2007)
Nature Editor's Summary and News & Views

“This year in Nature: 'Weighing in'”, selected as Nature’s favorite ‘applied physics’ contribution of 2007
PDF(149 kb) or Nature 450, 1131 (2007)

 

"Integrated microelectronic device for label-free nucleic acid amplification and detection"
Lab on a Chip 7, 347-354 (2007)
PDF (435 kb)
or Lab Chip (7), 347-354 (2007)

 

"A complete analysis of the laser beam deflection systems used in cantilever-based systems"
Ultramicroscopy 107 (4-5), 422-430 (2007)
PDF (367 kb)
or Ultramicroscopy 107 (4-5), 422-430 (2007)

 

"Monitoring of heparin and its low-molecular-weight analogs by silicon field effect"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (36), 13374-13379 (2006)
PDF (1.56 Mb)
or PNAS 103 (36), 13374-13379 (2006)

 

"Label-Free Microelectronic PCR Quantification"
Analytical Chemistry 78 (8), 2526 - 2531 (2006)
PDF (166 kb)
or Anal. Chem. 78 (8), 2526 - 2531 (2006)

 

"Calibrating laser beam deflection systems for use in atomic force microscopes and cantilever sensors"
Applied Physics Letters 88, 083108 (2006)
PDF (233 kb) or
APL 88, 083108 (2006)
Supporting digital resources

 

"Redox-induced Surface Stress of Polypyrrole-based Actuators"
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109(37), 17531-17537 (2005)
PDF (496 kb) or
J. Phys Chem B 109, 17531 (2005)

 

"A differential microcantilever-based system for measuring surface stress changes induced by electrochemical reactions"
Sensors and Actuators B 107, 233-241 (2005)
PDF (258 kb) or
Sensors and Actuators B 107, 233 (2005)

 

PhD THESIS - Michel Godin
"Surface Stress, Kinetics, and Structure of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers"

PhD Thesis, Department of Physics, McGill University, August 2004
PDF (8.1 Mb)

"Surface Stress, Kinetics, and Structure of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers"
Langmuir 20, 7090 (2004)         << Featured on the Langmuir journal cover >>
PDF (921 kb) or
Langmuir 20, 7090 (2004)
Langmuir Cover

 

"Combined in situ micromechanical cantilever-based sensing and ellipsometry"
Review of Scientific Instruments 74, 4902 (2003)
PDF (568 kB) or
Rev. Sci. Instrum.74, 4902 (2003)

 

"Quantitative Surface Stress Measurements Using a Micro-Cantilever"
Applied Physics Le
tters 79, 551 (2001)
PDF (154 kB) or
Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 551 (2001)