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Benoit Simard is a researcher affiliated with the National Research Council Canada. Their work is situated primarily within the field of Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry. The subfields they contribute to include Polymers and Plastics, Ceramics and Composites, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics within Benoit Simard's research portfolio cover a range of advanced materials and techniques, including:

  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Ceramic Materials Synthesis

They have an extensive publication record in a variety of scientific journals and conference venues. Frequent outlets for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Materials Research/Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • ACS Omega
  • Energy & Fuels

Benoit Simard's recent papers exemplify their areas of specialization and research interests. Selected recent publications include:

  • Scalable Gas-Phase Purification of Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Selective Chlorine Etching, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Glass Fiber-Epoxy Composites with Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Enhancing Interlaminar Properties in Structures, 2022, ACS Omega
  • Nanocomposite Fabrics with High Content of Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Tough and Multifunctional Composites, 2022, Journal of Materials Research/Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources
  • Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Boron Nitride Nanotubes and Related Polymer Nanocomposites, 2022, Journal of Materials Research/Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources
  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Optical Fiber Chemical Sensing Applications, 2020, IEEE Sensors Letters

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, forming research partnerships that have produced multiple publications. Frequent collaborators include Aaron Gabriel Nunez Avila, Joseph E. Arnold, Mathieu Morency, Daniel Chartrand, and Thierry Maris.

The breadth of Benoit Simard's work combines synthesis, characterization, and application aspects of advanced materials, with particular emphasis on boron nitride nanotubes and composite materials. Their research intersects material chemistry with structural analysis techniques and emerging nanomaterial applications.

Best Publications

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications

    Rahul Rao;Cary L. Pint;Ahmad E. Islam;Robert S. Weatherup

  • Vancomycin-modified nanoparticles for efficient targeting and preconcentration of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

    Arnold J Kell;Gale Stewart;Shannon Ryan;Regis Peytavi

  • Enhancement of mechanical performance of epoxy/carbon fiber laminate composites using single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Behnam Ashrafi;Jingwen Guan;Vahid Mirjalili;Yunfa Zhang

  • Solubilization of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes by 3‐Aminopropyltriethoxysilane Towards the Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors with Promoted Electron Transfer

    John H. T. Luong;Sabahudin Hrapovic;Dashan Wang;Farid Bensebaa

  • Hydrogen-Catalyzed, Pilot-Scale Production of Small-Diameter Boron Nitride Nanotubes and Their Macroscopic Assemblies

    Keun Su Kim;Christopher T Kingston;Amy Hrdina;Michael B Jakubinek

  • Development and characterization of PEEK/carbon nanotube composites

    Ana M. Díez-Pascual;Mohammed Naffakh;Marián A. Gómez;Carlos Marco

  • Multifunctional Nano-Architecture for Biomedical Applications

    Dongling Ma;Jingwen Guan;Francois Normandin;Stéphane Denommee

  • Large-scale production of single-walled carbon nanotubes by induction thermal plasma

    Keun Su Kim;German Cota-Sanchez;German Cota-Sanchez;Christopher T Kingston;Matej Imris

  • Effect of carbon nanotubes on the crystallization and properties of polypropylene

    Weawkamol Leelapornpisit;Minh-Tan Ton-That;Florence Perrin-Sarazin;Kenneth C. Cole

  • Enrichment of large-diameter semiconducting SWCNTs by polyfluorene extraction for high network density thin film transistors

    Jianfu Ding;Zhao Li;Jacques Lefebvre;Fuyong Cheng

  • Gold cluster carbonyls: saturated adsorption of CO on gold cluster cations, vibrational spectroscopy, and implications for their structures.

    André Fielicke;Gert von Helden;Gerard Meijer;David B . Pedersen

  • Clusters of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles encapsulated in a hydrogel: a particle architecture generating a synergistic enhancement of the T2 relaxation.

    Chantal Paquet;Hendrick W. de Haan;Donald M. Leek;Hung-Yu Lin

  • The bond length of silver dimer

    Benoit Simard;Peter A. Hackett;Andrew M. James;Patrick R.R. Langridge-Smith

  • Laser-assisted synthesis of superparamagnetic Fe@Au core-shell nanoparticles.

    Jin Zhang;Michael Post;Teodor Veres;Zygmunt J. Jakubek

  • High performance PEEK/carbon nanotube composites compatibilized with polysulfones-II. Mechanical and electrical properties

    Ana M. Díez-Pascual;Mohammed Naffakh;José M. González-Domínguez;Alejandro Ansón

  • Single-walled carbon nanotube–epoxy composites for structural and conductive aerospace adhesives

    Michael B. Jakubinek;Behnam Ashrafi;Yunfa Zhang;Yadienka Martinez-Rubi

  • Influence of carbon nanotubes on the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of poly(ether ether ketone)/glass fiber laminates

    Ana M. Díez-Pascual;Behnam Ashrafi;Mohammed Naffakh;José M. González-Domínguez

  • Poly(phenylene sulphide) and poly(ether ether ketone) composites reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotube buckypaper: II - Mechanical properties, electrical and thermal conductivity

    Ana M. Díez-Pascual;Jingwen Guan;Benoit Simard;Marián A. Gómez-Fatou

  • Photoionization spectroscopy of dichromium and dimolybdenum: Ionization potentials and bond energies

    Benoit Simard;Marie-Ange Lebeault-Dorget;Adrian Marijnissen;J. J. ter Meulen

  • High resolution study of the (0, 0) and (1, 1) bands of the A0u+-X0g+ system of Au2

    B. Simard;P.A. Hackett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana M. Díez-Pascual
Ana M. Díez-Pascual University of Alcalá
Pascal Hubert
Pascal Hubert McGill University
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
André Fielicke
André Fielicke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gert von Helden
Gert von Helden Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Jacques Albert
Jacques Albert Carleton University
Dongling Ma
Dongling Ma Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christopher I. Ratcliffe
Christopher I. Ratcliffe National Research Council Canada
Greg G. Goss
Greg G. Goss University of Alberta
Igor L. Moudrakovski
Igor L. Moudrakovski Max Planck Society

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