About

Mark Edward Thompson

Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science

Contact Information
E-mail: met@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-6402
Office: LJS 268

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Profile on Departmental Website
Personal Website
 

Education
B.S. , University of California, Berkeley, 1/1980
Ph.D. , California Institute of Technology, 1/1985
 

Postdoctoral Training
Postdoc, Inorgnaic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, England, 08/1985-06/1987  
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 07/01/1987-05/31/1995  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
The major thrust of Professor Thompson's research at USC is aimed at extending the control chemists have developed for molecular species to solid materials. He researches two principal areas: molecular/polymeric materials for optical studies and nanoscale materials and devices for sensing and catalytic studies. Currently, he studies the development of new light emitting device technologies for flat panel displays and general illumination, solar energy conversion using devices based on molecular and polymeric materials, nanowire and nanotube based sensors, and bioadhesives. Detailed information can be found on his personal web pages (listed above).
 

Research Specialties
Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry; organic optoelectronic devices; materials science; nanoscience; photophysics; photochemistry
 

Publications

Journal Article
Djurovich, P. I., Mayo, E. I., Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Measurement of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of molecular organic semiconductors. Organic Electronics. Vol. 10 (3), pp. 515-520.
Ishikawa, F. N., Chang, H. K., Curreli, M., Liao, H. I., Olson, C. A., Chen, P. C., Zhang, R., Roberts, R. W., Sun, R., Cote, R. J., Thompson, M. E., Zhou, C. W. (2009). Label-Free, Electrical Detection of the SARS Virus N-Protein with Nanowire Biosensors Utilizing Antibody Mimics as Capture Probes. Acs Nano. Vol. 3 (5), pp. 1219-1224.
Kumar, R., Ohulchanskyy, T. Y., Roy, I., Gupta, S. K., Borek, C., Thompson, M. E., Prasad, P. N. (2009). Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Polymeric Nanomicelles: Efficient Optical Probes for Tumor Imaging and Detection. Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. Vol. 1 (7), pp. 1474-1481.
Perez, M. D., Borek, C., Djurovich, P. I., Mayo, E. I., Lunt, R. R., Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Organic Photovoltaics Using Tetraphenylbenzoporphyrin Complexes as Donor Layers. Advanced Materials. Vol. 21 (14-15), pp. 1517-1520.
Perez, M. D., Borek, C., Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Molecular and Morphological Influences on the Open Circuit Voltages of Organic Photovoltaic Devices. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 131 (26), pp. 9281-9286.
Perez, M. D., Djurovich, P. I., Hassan, A., Cheng, G. Y., Stewart, T. J., Aznavour, K., Bau, R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Exciplex quenching of a luminescent cyclometallated platinum complex by extremely poor Lewis bases. Chemical Communications. (28), pp. 4215-4217.
Rausch, A. F., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2009). Blue Light Emitting Ir(III) Compounds for OLEDs - New Insights into Ancillary Ligand Effects on the Emitting Triplet State. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 113 (20), pp. 5927-5932.
Rausch, A. F., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2009). Matrix Effects on the Triplet State of the OLED Emitter Ir(4,6-dFppy)(2)(pic) (FIrpic): Investigations by High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 48 (5), pp. 1928-1937.
Rausch, A. F., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2009). Triplet state relaxation processes of the OLED emitter Pt(4,6-dFppy)(acac). Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 468 (1-3), pp. 46-51.
Sajoto, T., Djurovich, P. I., Tamayo, A. B., Oxgaard, J., Goddard, W. A., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Temperature Dependence of Blue Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 131 (28), pp. 9813-9822.
Wahjudi, P. N., Oh, J. H., Salman, S. O., Seabold, J. A., Rodger, D. C., Tai, Y. C., Thompson, M. E. (2009). Improvement of metal and tissue adhesion on surface-modified parylene C. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. Vol. 89A (1), pp. 206-214.
Wang, S. Y., Mayo, E. I., Perez, M. D., Griffe, L., Wei, G. D., Djurovich, P. I., Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). High efficiency organic photovoltaic cells based on a vapor deposited squaraine donor. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 94 (23)
Wang, S. Y., Mayo, E. I., Perez, M. D., Griffe, L., Wei, G. D., Djurovich, P. I., Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2009). High efficiency organic photovoltaic cells based on a vapor deposited squaraine donor. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 94 (23)
Giebink, N. C., D'Andrade, B. W., Weaver, M. S., Mackenzie, P. B., Brown, J. J., Thompson, M. E., Forrest, S. R. (2008). Intrinsic luminance loss in phosphorescent small-molecule organic light emitting devices due to bimolecular annihilation reactions. Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 103 (4)
Ma, B., Djurovich, P. I., Yousufuddin, M., Bau, R., Thompson, M. E. (2008). Phosphorescent platinum dyads with cyclometalated ligands: Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical studies. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 112 (21), pp. 8022-8031.
Lee, A. S., Peteu, S. F., Ly, J. V., Requicha, A. A., Thompson, M. E., Zhou, C. (2008). Actuation of polypyrrole nanowires. Nanotechnology. Vol. 19 (16)
Ow, F. P., Djurovich, P. I., Thompson, M. E., Zink, J. I. (2008). Wavelength-dependent photofragmentation of a mixed-ligand cyclometalated Platinum(II) coordination compound in a molecular beam. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 47 (7), pp. 2389-2395.
Bauer, R., Finkenzeller, W. J., Bogner, U., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2008). Matrix influence on the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac) in polymeric host materials - Studies by persistent spectral hole burning. Organic Electronics. Vol. 9 (5), pp. 641-648.
Bauer, R., Finkenzeller, W. J., Bogner, U., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2008). Matrix influence on the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac) in polymeric host materials - Studies by persistent spectral hole burning. Organic Electronics. Vol. 9 (5), pp. 641-648.
Giebink, N. C., D'Andrade, B. W., Weaver, M. S., Mackenzie, P. B., Brown, J. J., Thompson, M. E., Forrest, S. R. (2008). Intrinsic luminance loss in phosphorescent small-molecule organic light emitting devices due to bimolecular annihilation reactions. Journal of Applied Physics. Vol. 103 (4)
Ma, B., Djurovich, P. I., Yousufuddin, M., Bau, R., Thompson, M. E. (2008). Phosphorescent platinum dyads with cyclometalated ligands: Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical studies. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 112 (21), pp. 8022-8031.
Ow, F. P., Djurovich, P. I., Thompson, M. E., Zink, J. I. (2008). Wavelength-dependent photofragmentation of a mixed-ligand cyclometalated Platinum(II) coordination compound in a molecular beam. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 47 (7), pp. 2389-2395.
Qi, X. F., Djurovich, P. I., Giebink, N. C., Thompson, M. E., Forrest, S. R. (2008). Evidence for enhanced dipolar interactions between Pt centers in binuclear phosphorescent complexes. Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 458 (4-6), pp. 323-328.
Wang, X. H., Li, J. A., Thompson, M. E., Zink, J. I. (2007). Excited-state distortions of cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes determined from the vibronic structure in luminescence spectra. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 111 (17), pp. 3256-3262.
Borek, C., Hanson, K., Djurovich, P. I., Thompson, M. E., Aznavour, K., Bau, R., Sun, Y. R., Forrest, S. R., Brooks, J., Michalski, L., Brown, J. (2007). Highly efficient, near-infrared electrophosphorescence from a Pt-metalloporphyrin complex. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. Vol. 46 (7), pp. 1109-1112.
Thompson, M. E., Wang, X. H., Li, J. A., Zink, J. I. (2007). Excited-state distortions of cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes determined from the vibronic structure in luminescence spectra. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 111, pp. 3256-3262.
Djurovich, P. I., Murphy, D., Thompson, M. E., Hernandez, B., Gao, R., Hunt, P. L., Selke, M. (2007). Cyclometalated iridium and platinum complexes as singlet oxygen photosensitizers: quantum yields, quenching rates and correlation with electronic structures. Dalton Transactions. (34), pp. 3763-3770.
Thompson, M. E., Shih, T. Y., Requicha, A. A., Koel, B. E. (2007). Investigation of the thermal stability of 2-D patterns of Au nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol. 7, pp. 2863-2869.
Finkenzeller, W. J., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2007). Phosphorescence dynamics and spin-lattice relaxation of the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac). Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 444, pp. 273-279.
Ma, B., Kim, B. J., Deng, L., Poulsen, D. A., Thompson, M. E., Frechet, J. M. (2007). Bipolar copolymers as host for electroluminescent devices: Effects of molecular structure on film morphology and device performance. Macromolecules. Vol. 40, pp. 8156-8161.
Zhang, H., Marma, M. S., Kim, E. S., McKenna, C. E., Thompson, M. E. (2007). Mercuric ion sensing by a film bulk acoustic resonator. Ieee Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. Vol. 54, pp. 1723-1725.
Finkenzeller, W. J., Hofbeck, T., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2007). Triplet state properties of the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac): Characterization by site-selective spectroscopy and application of high magnetic fields. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 46 (12), pp. 5076-5083.
Thompson, M. E., Hirani, B., Li, J., Djurovich, P. I., Yousufuddin, M., Oxgaard, J., Persson, P., Wilson, S. R., Bau, R., Goddard, W. A. (2007). Cyclometallated iridium and platinum complexes with noninnocent ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 46, pp. 3865-3875.
Thompson, M. E., Sun, Y., Borek, C., Hanson, K., Djurovich, P. I., Brooks, J., Brown, J. J., Forrest, S. R. (2007). Photophysics of Pt-porphyrin electrophosphorescent devices emitting in the near infrared. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 90
Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2007). Introduction: Organic electronics and optoelectronics. Chemical Reviews. Vol. 107 (4), pp. 923-925.
Borek, C., Hanson, K., Djurovich, P. I., Thompson, M. E., Aznavour, K., Bau, R., Sun, Y. R., Forrest, S. R., Brooks, J., Michalski, L., Brown, J. (2007). Highly efficient, near-infrared electrophosphorescence from a Pt-metalloporphyrin complex. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. Vol. 46 (7), pp. 1109-1112.
Djurovich, P. I., Murphy, D., Thompson, M. E., Hernandez, B., Gao, R., Hunt, P. L., Selke, M. (2007). Cyclometalated iridium and platinum complexes as singlet oxygen photosensitizers: quantum yields, quenching rates and correlation with electronic structures. Dalton Transactions. (34), pp. 3763-3770.
Finkenzeller, W. J., Hofbeck, T., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2007). Triplet state properties of the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac): Characterization by site-selective spectroscopy and application of high magnetic fields. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 46 (12), pp. 5076-5083.
Finkenzeller, W. J., Thompson, M. E., Yersin, H. (2007). Phosphorescence dynamics and spin-lattice relaxation of the OLED emitter Ir(btp)(2)(acac). Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 444 (4-6), pp. 273-279.
Forrest, S. R., Thompson, M. E. (2007). Introduction: Organic electronics and optoelectronics. Chemical Reviews. Vol. 107 (4), pp. 923-925.
Hirani, B., Li, J., Djurovich, P. I., Yousufuddin, M., Oxgaard, J., Persson, P., Wilson, S. R., Bau, R., Goddard, W. A., Thompson, M. E. (2007). Cyclometallated iridium and platinum complexes with noninnocent ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 46 (10), pp. 3865-3875.
Shih, T. Y., Requicha, A. A., Thompson, M. E., Koel, B. E. (2007). Investigation of the thermal stability of 2-D patterns of Au nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol. 7 (8), pp. 2863-2869.
Sun, Y., Borek, C., Hanson, K., Djurovich, P. I., Thompson, M. E., Brooks, J., Brown, J. J., Forrest, S. R. (2007). Photophysics of Pt-porphyrin electrophosphorescent devices emitting in the near infrared. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 90 (21)
Thompson, M. E. (2007). The evolution of organometallic complexes in organic light - Emitting devices. Mrs Bulletin. Vol. 32 (9), pp. 694-701.
Wang, X. H., Li, J. A., Thompson, M. E., Zink, J. I. (2007). Excited-state distortions of cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes determined from the vibronic structure in luminescence spectra. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Vol. 111 (17), pp. 3256-3262.
Zhang, H., Marma, M. S., Kim, E. S., McKenna, C. E., Thompson, M. E. (2007). Mercuric ion sensing by a film bulk acoustic resonator. Ieee Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. Vol. 54 (9), pp. 1723-1725.
Thompson, M. E., Burrows, P. E., Padmaperuma, A. B., Sapochak, L. S., Djurovich, P. (2006). Ultraviolet electroluminescence and blue-green phosphorescence using an organic diphosphine oxide charge transporting layer. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 88
Thompson, M. E., Deng, L., Furuta, P. T., Garon, S., Li, J., Kavulak, D., Frechet, J. M. (2006). Living radical polymerization of bipolar transport materials for highly efficient light emitting diodes. Chemistry of Materials. Vol. 18, pp. 386-395.
Thompson, M. E., Holmes, R. J., Forrest, S. R., Sajoto, T., Tamayo, A., Djurovich, P. I. (2006). Reduced geminate recombination in iridium-based electrophosphorescent materials. Organic Electronics. Vol. 7, pp. 163-172.
Thompson, M. E., Hong, H. P., Zhang, X., Hogen-Esch, T. E. (2006). Poly (9,9-dimethyl-2-vinyfluorene) as efficient hole transporters in the organic light emitting diode. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 231
Thompson, M. E., Hong, H. P., Yang, J. L., Abdelrazzaq, F., Li, Y. M. (2006). Morphology studies of self-assembled multilayers of polyelectrolytes. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 231
Thompson, M. E., Lee, A. S., Mahapatro, M., Caron, D. A., Requicha, A. A., Stauffer, B. A., Zhou, C. W. (2006). Whole-cell sensing for a harmful bloom-forming microscopic alga by measuring antibody-antigen forces. Ieee Transactions on Nanobioscience. Vol. 5, pp. 149-156.
Thompson, M. E., Ma, B. W., Djurovich, P. I., Garon, S., Alleyne, B. (2006). Platinum binuclear complexes as phosphorescent dopants for monochromatic and white organic light-emitting diodes. Advanced Functional Materials. Vol. 16, pp. 2438-2446.
Thompson, M. E., Mayo, E. I., Kilsa, K., Tirrell, T., Djurovich, P. I., Tamayo, A., Lewis, N. S., Gray, H. B. (2006). Cyclometalated iridium(III)-sensitized titanium dioxide solar cells. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. Vol. 5, pp. 871-873.
Thompson, M. E., Mutolo, K. L., Mayo, E. I., Rand, B. P., Forrest, S. R. (2006). Enhanced open-circuit voltage in subphthalocyanine/C-60 organic photovoltaic cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 128, pp. 8108-8109.
Thompson, M. E., Sun, Y. R., Giebink, N. C., Kanno, H., Ma, B. W., Forrest, S. R. (2006). Management of singlet and triplet excitons for efficient white organic light-emitting devices. Nature. Vol. 440, pp. 908-912.
Ma, B. W., Djurovich, P. I., Garon, S., Alleyne, B., Thompson, M. E. (2006). Platinum binuclear complexes as phosphorescent dopants for monochromatic and white organic light-emitting diodes. Advanced Functional Materials. Vol. 16 (18), pp. 2438-2446.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Synthetic Control of Pt...Pt Separation and Photophysics of Binuclear Platinium Complexes. No Journal Defined. pp. p.28-29.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Synthetic Control of Excited State Properties in Cyclometalated Ir(111) Complexes Using Ancillary Ligands. No Journal Defined. pp. p.1713-1727.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Organic Electrophosphorescence. No Journal Defined. pp. p.267-305.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Fabrication of Polystyrene Latex Nanostructures by Nanomanipulation and Thremal Processing. No Journal Defined. pp. p.2624-2629.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Orgnaic double-heterostructure photovoltaic cells employing thick tris (acetylacetonato) ruthenium(III) exciton-blocking layers. No Journal Defined. pp. p.2714-2718.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Synthesis and electon properties of individual single-walled carbon nanotube/polypyrrole composite nanocables. No Journal Defined. pp. p.2727-2732.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Excimer and Electron Transfer Quenching Studies of a Cyclometalated Platinum Complex. No Journal Defined. pp. p.1501-1510.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Cationic Bis-cyclometalated Iridium (III) Diimine Complexes and Their Use in Efficient Blue, Green, and Red Electroluminescent Devices. No Journal Defined. pp. p.8723-8732.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Blue and Near-UV Phosphorescence from Iridium Complexes with Cyclometalated Pyrazolyl of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society/American Chemical Society. pp. p.7992-8003.
Thompson, M. E. (2005). Complementary Detection of Prostate-Specific Antigen Using In203 Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society/American Chemical Society. pp. p.12484-12485.
Thompson, M. E., Garon, S., Lau, E. K., Chew, S. L., Lee, S. T. (2005). Metal (IV) tetras (8-hydroxyquinoline) (M = Zr, Hf) used as electroluminescent material and electron-transport layer in OLEDs. Journal of the Society for Information Display. Vol. 13, pp. 405-409.
Thompson, M. E., Harel, E., Meltzer, S. E., Requicha, A. A., Koel, B. E. (2005). Fabrication of polystyrene latex nanostructures by nanomanipulation and thermal processing. Nano Letters. Vol. 5, pp. 2624-2629.
Thompson, M. E., Mascaro, D. J., Smith, H. I., Bulovic, V. (2005). Forming oriented organic crystals from amorphous thin films on patterned substrates via solvent-vapor annealing. Organic Electronics. Vol. 6, pp. 211-220.
Thompson, M. E., Salzman, R. F., Xue, J. G., Rand, B. P., Alexander, A., Forrest, S. R. (2005). The effects of copper phthalocyanine purity on organic solar cell performance. Organic Electronics. Vol. 6, pp. 242-246.
Li, J., Thompson, M. E., Alleyne, B. (2004). Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes with Pyrazolyl Ancillary Ligands. Polyhedron/Elsevier Science. Vol. 419-428
 

Honors and Awards
USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, Spring 2007   
MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 11/2006  
Jan Rajchman Prize for Outstanding Research in Flat Panel Displays, Society for Information Displays, 6/2006  
USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, Fall 2004   
Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, presented by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey, 11/1998  
Distinguished Inventor of the Year, awarded by The Intellectual Property Owners Association, 3/1998  
 
 
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