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  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of highly efficient electrophosphorescent materials for organic light emitting devices used in displays and lighting worldwide.
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark E. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, chemistry, and engineering, with particular emphasis on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry. Their work spans various subfields including physical and theoretical chemistry as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research covers a range of specialized topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Mark E. Thompson has published extensively in several scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Materials Horizons

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of this scientist's career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Peter I. Djurovich
  • Jonas Schaab
  • Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah Ravinson
  • Collin N. Muniz
  • Savannah C. Kapper

Recent notable publications by Mark E. Thompson are:

  • "Two-Coordinate Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Coinage Metal Complexes: Molecular Design, Photophysical Characters, and Device Application" (2024), Chemical Reviews
  • "π-Extended Ligands in Two-Coordinate Coinage Metal Complexes" (2022), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Blue Emissive fac/mer-Iridium (III) NHC Carbene Complexes and their Application in OLEDs" (2021), Advanced Optical Materials
  • "Enhancement of the Luminescent Efficiency in Carbene-Au(I)-Aryl Complexes by the Restriction of Renner-Teller Distortion and Bond Rotation" (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Thermally assisted delayed fluorescence (TADF): fluorescence delayed is fluorescence denied" (2020), Materials Horizons

The scientist has received several honors including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for the development of highly efficient electrophosphorescent materials for organic light emitting devices used in displays and lighting worldwide. Additional recognitions include fellowship in the National Academy of Inventors (2014) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices

    M. A. Baldo;D. F. O'Brien;Y. You;A. Shoustikov

  • Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light emitting device

    Chihaya Adachi;Marc A. Baldo;Mark E. Thompson;Mark E. Thompson;Stephen R. Forrest

  • VERY HIGH-EFFICIENCY GREEN ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES BASED ON ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENCE

    M. A. Baldo;S. Lamansky;P. E. Burrows;M. E. Thompson

  • Highly phosphorescent bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes: synthesis, photophysical characterization, and use in organic light emitting diodes.

    Sergey Lamansky;Peter Djurovich;Drew Murphy;Feras Abdel-Razzaq

  • High-efficiency fluorescent organic light-emitting devices using a phosphorescent sensitizer

    M. A. Baldo;M. E. Thompson;S. R. Forrest

  • Management of singlet and triplet excitons for efficient white organic light-emitting devices

    Yiru Sun;Noel C. Giebink;Hiroshi Kanno;Biwu Ma

  • Synthesis and characterization of phosphorescent cyclometalated platinum complexes.

    Jason Brooks;Yelizaveta Babayan;Sergey Lamansky;Peter I Djurovich

  • Blue organic electrophosphorescence using exothermic host-guest energy transfer

    R. J. Holmes;S. R. Forrest;Y.-J. Tung;R. C. Kwong

  • EXCITONIC SINGLET-TRIPLET RATIO IN A SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC THIN FILM

    M. A. Baldo;D. F. O’Brien;M. E. Thompson;S. R. Forrest

  • Continuous, highly flexible, and transparent graphene films by chemical vapor deposition for organic photovoltaics.

    Lewis Gomez De Arco;Yi Zhang;Cody W. Schlenker;Koungmin Ryu

  • Synthesis and characterization of facial and meridional tris-cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes.

    Arnold B Tamayo;Bert D Alleyne;Peter I Djurovich;Sergey Lamansky

  • High-efficiency red electrophosphorescence devices

    Chihaya Adachi;Marc A. Baldo;Stephen R. Forrest;Sergey Lamansky

  • High-efficiency organic electrophosphorescent devices with tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium doped into electron-transporting materials

    Chihaya Adachi;Marc A. Baldo;Stephen R. Forrest;Mark E. Thompson

  • OLEDs doped with phosphorescent compounds

    Mark E. Thompson;Yujian You;Andrei Shoustikov;Scott Sibley

  • Transparent contacts for organic devices

    Stephen R. Forrest;Mark E. Thompson;Paul E. Burrows;Vladimir Bulovic

  • Endothermic energy transfer: A mechanism for generating very efficient high-energy phosphorescent emission in organic materials

    Chihaya Adachi;Raymond C. Kwong;Raymond C. Kwong;Peter Djurovich;Peter Djurovich;Vadim Adamovich;Vadim Adamovich

  • Relationship between electroluminescence and current transport in organic heterojunction light‐emitting devices

    P. E. Burrows;Z. Shen;V. Bulovic;D. M. McCarty

  • Improved energy transfer in electrophosphorescent devices

    D. F. O’Brien;M. A. Baldo;M. E. Thompson;S. R. Forrest

  • Reliability and degradation of organic light emitting devices

    P. E. Burrows;V. Bulovic;S. R. Forrest;L. S. Sapochak

  • .sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R = H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the .pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic C-H bonds

    Mark E. Thompson;Mark E. Thompson;Steven M. Baxter;A. Ray Bulls;Barbara J. Burger

  • Synthesis and characterization of phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium complexes.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Forrest
Stephen R. Forrest University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter I. Djurovich
Peter I. Djurovich University of Southern California
Paul E. Burrows
Paul E. Burrows Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chongwu Zhou
Chongwu Zhou University of Southern California
Raymond Kwong
Raymond Kwong Universal Display Corporation
Stephen E. Bradforth
Stephen E. Bradforth University of Southern California
Chihaya Adachi
Chihaya Adachi Kyushu University
Kenneth Hanson
Kenneth Hanson Florida State University

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