Associate Professor
  Education: Ph.D. McGill University (1996)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (1997)
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill Centre for the Physics of Materials (1998)
Awards: Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation, USA (1999)
FQRNT/FCAR University Faculty Award (2000-2004)
Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation, USA (2002)
CNC-IUPAC Travel Award (2004)
 
   Research Areas
 Interfacial chemistry, ultrathin organic films, and scanning probe microscopy
  Our research focuses on atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigations of the structure/interfacial property relationships of ultrathin organic films (self-assembled monolayers, supported phospholipid films, polyelectrolytes). An understanding of how the two-dimensional organization and defect structure of these films determine their redox properties and surface interactions is key to the engineering of functional surfaces for molecular electronic devices, biomimetic surfaces, and the development of chemically-sensitive AFM techniques.

Ongoing projects include:

1. AFM studies of the phase behavior of supported lipid membranes
2. Design of nanostructured phospholipid films and their use as selective adsorption templates
3. Electrochemical modulation of adhesion forces in AFM
4. Surface stress measurements of redox-active thin films using an AFM microcantilever sensor

Students undertaking any of these projects will gain experience in surface and interfacial chemistry, organic thin film preparation methods (self-assembly and Langmuir-Blodgett technique), scanning probe microscopy, electrochemical methods, and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy.
 
   Representative Publications
  Kujawa, P.; Sanchez, J.; Badia, A.; Winnik, F.M. “Probing the stability of biocompatible sodium hyaluronate/chitosan nanocoatings against changes in salinity and pH”, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2006, 6, in press.

Awaleh, M. O.; Badia, A.; Brisse, F.; Bu, X.-H. “Synthesis and Characterization of Silver(I) Coordination Networks Bearing Flexible Thioethers: Anion vs. Ligand Dominated Structures”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 1560-1574.

Kujawa, P.; Moraille, P.; Sanchez, J.; Badia, A.; Winnik, F.M. “Effect of Molecular Weight on the Exponential Growth and Morphology of Hyaluronan/Chitosan Multilayers: A Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9224-9234.

Moraille, P.; Badia, A. “Enzymatic Lithography of Phospholipid Bilayer Films by Stereoselective Hydrolysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6546-6547.

Awaleh, M. O.; Badia, A.; Brisse, F. “Coordination Networks with Flexible Ligands Based on Silver(I) Salts. Complexes of the 1,3-Bis(phenylthio)propane with Silver(I) Salts: PF6-, CF3COO-, CF3CF2COO-, CF3CF2CF2COO-, p-TsO-, CF3SO3-”, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7833-7845.

Awaleh, M. O.; Badia, A.; Brisse, F. “Silver Coordination Polymers with Flexible Ligands. Crystal Structures and Effect of the Counter-anion and the Solvent on the Structure. Complexes of the Bis(phenylthio)methane Ligand, L, with Silver(I) Salts: ClO4-, BF4-, CF3COO-, CF3SO3-, CF3CF2CF2COO- and -OOCCF2CF2COO-”, Cryst. Growth Des. 2005, 5, 1897-1906.

Fukuto, M.; Heilmann, R.K.; Pershan, P.S.; Badia, A.; Lennox, R.B. “Monolayer/Bilayer Transition in Langmuir Films of Derivatized Gold Nanoparticles at the Gas/Water Interface: An X-ray Scattering Study”, J. Chem. Phys. 2004, 120, 3446-3459.

Quist, F.; Tabard-Cossa, V.; Badia, A. "Nanomechanical Cantilever Motion Generated by a Surface-Confined Redox Reaction", J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 10691-10695.

Moraille, P.; Badia, A. "Nanoscale Stripe Patterns in Phospholipid Bilayers Formed by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique", Langmuir 2003, 19, 8041-8049.

Sanchez, J.; Badia, A. "Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Lateral Phase Separation in Mixed Monoloyers of Dipalmitoylphosphalidylcholine and Dilauroylphosphatidylcholine", Thin Solid Films 2003, 440, 223-239.

Moraille, P.; Badia, A. "Spatially Directed Protein Adsorption by Using a Novel, Nanoscale Surface Template", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 4303-4306.

Moraille, P.; Badia, A. "Highly Parallel, Nanoscale Stripe Morphology in Mixed Monolayers Formed by Langmuir-Blodgett Transfer", Langmuir 2002, 18, 4414-4419.

Meli, M.-V.; Badia, A.; Grütter, P.; Lennox, R.B. "Self-Assembled Masks for the Transfer of Nanometer-Scale Patterns into Surfaces: Characterization by AFM and LFM", Nano Lett. 2002, 2, 131-135.

Badia, A.; Lennox, R.B.; Reven, L. "A Dynamic View of Self-Assembled Monolayers", Accounts of Chemical Research 2000, 33, 475-481.

Badia, A.; Arnold, S.; Scheumann, V.; Zizlsperger, M.; Mack, J.; Jung, G.; Knoll, W. "Probing the Electrochemical Deposition and/or Desorption of Self-Assembled and Electropolymerizable Organic Thin Films by Surface Plasmon Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy", Sensors and Actuators B 1999, B54 (1-2), 145-165.
 

   Memberships
  Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS)
Thin Film Physics and Technology Research Center (GCM)
Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (RQMP)
Groupe d'études des protéines membranaires (GEPROM)
Laboratory for the Characterization of Materials (LCM)
 
   Opportunities
  Students must contact Dr. Badia for information concerning graduate studies, postdoctoral fellowships or summer employment in her research group.
 
   Contact Information
  Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, QC  H3C-3J7  Canada
Tel: (514) 343-7057  Fax: (514) 343-7586
E-mail: antonella.badia@umontreal.ca  Office: D-644 Pavillon Roger Gaudry
     
Last updated: March 8, 2006