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.
- 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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