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Education
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 B.S. , University of California, Berkeley, 1/1980
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Ph.D. , California Institute of Technology, 1/1985
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Postdoctoral Training
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Postdoc, Inorgnaic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, England, 08/1985-06/1987
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 07/01/1987-05/31/1995
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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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).
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Research Specialties
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Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry; organic optoelectronic devices; materials science; nanoscience; photophysics; photochemistry
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Publications
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Journal Article
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Thompson, M. E., Borek, C., Hanson, K., Djurovich, P. I., 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, pp. 1109-1112.
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Thompson, M. E., Djurovich, P. I., Murphy, D., 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. pp. 3763-3770.
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Thompson, M. E., Finkenzeller, W. J., Hofbeck, T., 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, pp. 5076-5083.
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Thompson, M. E., Forrest, S. R.
(2007).
Introduction: Organic electronics and optoelectronics. Chemical Reviews.
Vol. 107, pp. 923-925.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2006).
Enhanced Open-Circuit Voltage in Subphathalocyanine/C60 Organic Photovoltaic Cellss. No Journal Defined. pp. p.8108-9109.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2005).
Synthetic Control of Pt...Pt Separation and Photophysics of Binuclear Platinium Complexes. No Journal Defined. pp. p.28-29.
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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.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2005).
Organic Electrophosphorescence. No Journal Defined. pp. p.267-305.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2005).
Fabrication of Polystyrene Latex Nanostructures by Nanomanipulation and Thremal Processing. No Journal Defined. pp. p.2624-2629.
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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.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2005).
Synthesis and electon properties of individual single-walled carbon nanotube/polypyrrole composite nanocables. No Journal Defined. pp. p.2727-2732.
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Thompson, M. E.
(2005).
Excimer and Electron Transfer Quenching Studies of a Cyclometalated Platinum Complex. No Journal Defined. pp. p.1501-1510.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Honors and Awards
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USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship,
Spring
2007
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MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 11/2006
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Jan Rajchman Prize for Outstanding Research in Flat Panel Displays, Society for Information Displays, 6/2006
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award,
Fall
2004
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Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, presented by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey, 11/1998
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Distinguished Inventor of the Year, awarded by The Intellectual Property Owners Association, 3/1998
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