Education
- UC Berkeley, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2005
- Princeton University, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Ph. D., 2005
- Princeton University, Chemical Engineering, M. A., 2000
- Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Materials Engineering, B.Eng. 1998
Research Interests
We seek to measure, control, and understand the properties of surfaces and thin films, especially those with relevance to biology and materials science. We focus on the application and development of experimental methods designed to probe the properties of interfaces and confined fluids. An important technique we employ is the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA) which allows us to measure forces with a resolution in surface separation (2-3 Å). Our experiments are relevant to the field of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), especially for efficient operations in liquids and at the nanoscale.
Publications
- J. Frechette, R. Maboudian, C. Carraro, “Effect of temperature on in-use stiction of cantilever beams coated with perfluorinated alkylsiloxane monolayer”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 15 (4), 737-744, 2006.
- J. Frechette and T.K. Vanderlick, “Electrocapillary at contact: Potential-dependent adhesion between a gold electrode and a mica surface”, Langmuir 21, 985-991, 2005..
- J. Frechette and T.K. Vanderlick, “Double layer forces over large potential ranges as measured in an Electrochemical Surface Forces Apparatus”. Langmuir 17, 7620-7627, 2001 .
- J. Frechette and C. Carraro, “Diameter-dependent modulation of the polarization anisotropy in Raman spectra of individual nanowires”, Physical Review B, 74, 161404, 2006
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- J. Frechette and C. Carraro, “Resolving radial composition gradients in polarized confocal Raman spectra of individual 3C-SiC nanowires”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 14774, 2006.
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