Mark E. Thompson

79.2k total citations · 33 hit papers
440 papers, 68.3k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Thompson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Thompson has authored 440 papers receiving a total of 68.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 281 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 166 papers in Materials Chemistry and 106 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Thompson's work include Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (204 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (157 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (102 papers). Mark E. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (204 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (157 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (102 papers). Mark E. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Mark E. Thompson's co-authors include Stephen R. Forrest, Marc A. Baldo, Peter I. Djurovich, P. E. Burrows, Chihaya Adachi, Sergey Lamansky, D. F. O’Brien, Yujian You, Scott P. Sibley and Robert Bau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Thompson

431 papers receiving 67.1k citations

Hit Papers

Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic ele... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1998 2001 2001 1999 2006 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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  1. Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices
    1998 6.2k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  2. Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light-emitting device
    2001 3.0k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  3. Highly Phosphorescent Bis-Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes:  Synthesis, Photophysical Characterization, and Use in Organic Light Emitting Diodes
    2001 2.5k citations Peter I. Djurovich, Stephen R. Forrest et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Very high-efficiency green organic light-emitting devices based on electrophosphorescence
    1999 2.5k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  5. Management of singlet and triplet excitons for efficient white organic light-emitting devices
    2006 2.1k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  6. High-efficiency fluorescent organic light-emitting devices using a phosphorescent sensitizer
    2000 1.9k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  7. Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Platinum Complexes
    2002 1.2k citations Jason Brooks, Peter I. Djurovich et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
  8. Synthesis and Characterization of Facial and Meridional Tris-cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes
    2003 1.1k citations Arnold Tamayo, Peter I. Djurovich et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes
    2001 1.1k citations Peter I. Djurovich, Robert Bau et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
  10. Blue organic electrophosphorescence using exothermic host–guest energy transfer
    2003 1.0k citations Russell J. Holmes, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  11. Excitonic singlet-triplet ratio in a semiconducting organic thin film
    1999 1.0k citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  12. Continuous, Highly Flexible, and Transparent Graphene Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Organic Photovoltaics
    2010 1.0k citations Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  13. Endothermic energy transfer: A mechanism for generating very efficient high-energy phosphorescent emission in organic materials
    2001 940 citations Peter I. Djurovich, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  14. High-efficiency organic electrophosphorescent devices with tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium doped into electron-transporting materials
    2000 922 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  15. Relationship between electroluminescence and current transport in organic heterojunction light-emitting devices
    1996 740 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  16. Deep blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with very high brightness and efficiency
    2015 733 citations Thilini Batagoda, Caleb Coburn et al. profile →
  17. Introduction:  Organic Electronics and Optoelectronics
    2007 714 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson Chemical Reviews profile →
  18. Relationship between the ionization and oxidation potentials of molecular organic semiconductors
    2005 669 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Peter I. Djurovich et al. profile →
  19. .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
    1987 669 citations Mark E. Thompson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. Efficient, deep-blue organic electrophosphorescence by guest charge trapping
    2003 655 citations Russell J. Holmes, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  21. Synthetic Control of Excited-State Properties in Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes Using Ancillary Ligands
    2005 634 citations Peter I. Djurovich, Muhammed Yousufuddin et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
  22. Improved energy transfer in electrophosphorescent devices
    1999 611 citations Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  23. High-efficiency red electrophosphorescence devices
    2001 610 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  24. Blue and Near-UV Phosphorescence from Iridium Complexes with Cyclometalated Pyrazolyl or N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands
    2005 605 citations T. Sajoto, Peter I. Djurovich et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
  25. Reliability and degradation of organic light emitting devices
    1994 593 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  26. Eliminating nonradiative decay in Cu(I) emitters: >99% quantum efficiency and microsecond lifetime
    2019 568 citations Rasha Hamze, Jesse L. Peltier et al. profile →
  27. Temperature Dependence of Blue Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes
    2009 548 citations T. Sajoto, Peter I. Djurovich et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  28. Cationic Bis-cyclometalated Iridium(III) Diimine Complexes and Their Use in Efficient Blue, Green, and Red Electroluminescent Devices
    2005 530 citations Arnold Tamayo, T. Sajoto et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
  29. Three-Color, Tunable, Organic Light-Emitting Devices
    1997 523 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. profile →
  30. Measuring the Efficiency of Organic Light‐Emitting Devices
    2003 484 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  31. Molecular and Morphological Influences on the Open Circuit Voltages of Organic Photovoltaic Devices
    2009 483 citations Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  32. Measurement of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of molecular organic semiconductors
    2009 389 citations Peter I. Djurovich, Stephen R. Forrest et al. profile →
  33. Two-Coordinate Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Coinage Metal Complexes: Molecular Design, Photophysical Characters, and Device Application
    2024 94 citations Tian‐Yi Li, Peter I. Djurovich et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark E. Thompson United States 120 54.1k 36.7k 17.2k 11.1k 5.0k 440 68.3k
Wenping Hu China 122 37.8k 0.7× 28.4k 0.8× 15.9k 0.9× 6.9k 0.6× 6.8k 1.3× 1.2k 60.9k
Chihaya Adachi Japan 130 68.6k 1.3× 51.1k 1.4× 14.4k 0.8× 7.1k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 847 78.8k
Yunqi Liu China 109 34.1k 0.6× 30.3k 0.8× 16.9k 1.0× 7.8k 0.7× 7.8k 1.6× 910 59.3k
Fred Wudl United States 105 33.1k 0.6× 21.4k 0.6× 28.2k 1.6× 21.9k 2.0× 6.5k 1.3× 594 59.8k
Guillermo C. Bazan United States 130 41.9k 0.8× 18.8k 0.5× 32.4k 1.9× 12.0k 1.1× 3.6k 0.7× 731 63.4k
Prashant V. Kamat United States 142 37.4k 0.7× 60.8k 1.7× 8.1k 0.5× 6.5k 0.6× 10.4k 2.1× 684 83.3k
Wai‐Yeung Wong Hong Kong 96 24.3k 0.4× 22.7k 0.6× 10.8k 0.6× 9.6k 0.9× 4.8k 1.0× 989 42.5k
Daoben Zhu China 130 39.3k 0.7× 43.8k 1.2× 21.8k 1.3× 12.1k 1.1× 10.8k 2.1× 1.1k 83.8k
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin Switzerland 171 89.4k 1.7× 89.4k 2.4× 42.1k 2.5× 5.1k 0.5× 6.4k 1.3× 916 143.2k
Frank Würthner Germany 123 19.4k 0.4× 33.2k 0.9× 9.7k 0.6× 19.3k 1.7× 4.2k 0.8× 715 56.5k

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All Works

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Djurovich, Peter I., et al.. (2025). Structural and Electronic Tuning of Luminescent ZnII Complexes Based on an o-Terphenyl Ligand Motif. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(32). 29065–29078.
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Li, Tian‐Yi, et al.. (2024). Two-Coordinate Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Coinage Metal Complexes: Molecular Design, Photophysical Characters, and Device Application. Chemical Reviews. 124(7). 4332–4392. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kapper, Savannah C., et al.. (2023). Bis-oxazoline derivatives as ancillary ligands for bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 1004. 122947–122947. 2 indexed citations
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Sauvan, P., et al.. (2023). Nuclear scoping analysis of ITER bioshield top lid toward its preliminary design review. Fusion Engineering and Design. 195. 113960–113960. 2 indexed citations
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McClure, Eric T., Michael S. Kellogg, Stephen E. Bradforth, et al.. (2023). Temperature dependence of radiative and non-radiative decay in the luminescence of one-dimensional pyridinium lead halide hybrids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(33). 21993–22001. 8 indexed citations
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Djurovich, Peter I., et al.. (2022). π-Extension of heterocycles via a Pd-catalyzed heterocyclic aryne annulation: π-extended donors for TADF emitters. Chemical Science. 13(20). 5884–5892. 19 indexed citations
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Kapper, Savannah C., et al.. (2022). Dynamics of rotation in two‐coordinate thiazolyl copper(I) carbazolyl complexes. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 38(10). 3 indexed citations
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Kapper, Savannah C., Abegail C. Tadle, Thilini Batagoda, et al.. (2021). Blue Emissive fac/mer‐Iridium (III) NHC Carbene Complexes and their Application in OLEDs. Advanced Optical Materials. 9(8). 67 indexed citations
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Jung, Moon Chul, Jongchan Kim, Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah Ravinson, et al.. (2021). Molecular Alignment of Homoleptic Iridium Phosphors in Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes. Advanced Materials. 33(36). e2102882–e2102882. 27 indexed citations
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Ravinson, Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah, Tyler Fleetham, Jongchan Kim, et al.. (2021). Symmetric “Double Spiro” Wide Energy Gap Hosts for Blue Phosphorescent OLED Devices. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(2). 17 indexed citations
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Li, Tian‐Yi, Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah Ravinson, Ralf Haiges, Peter I. Djurovich, & Mark E. Thompson. (2020). Enhancement of the Luminescent Efficiency in Carbene-Au(I)-Aryl Complexes by the Restriction of Renner–Teller Distortion and Bond Rotation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(13). 6158–6172. 100 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Dhritiman, et al.. (2020). Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Study of the Interference Effect on a Thin Film of 4,4′-Bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (CBP) and Its Interfacial Orientation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(23). 26515–26524. 15 indexed citations
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Hamze, Rasha, Daniel Sylvinson Muthiah Ravinson, Moon Chul Jung, et al.. (2020). Highly Efficient Deep Blue Luminescence of 2-Coordinate Coinage Metal Complexes Bearing Bulky NHC Benzimidazolyl Carbene. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 401–401. 54 indexed citations
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Kellogg, Michael S., et al.. (2019). Symmetry breaking charge transfer as a means to study electron transfer with no driving force. Faraday Discussions. 216(0). 379–394. 67 indexed citations
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Fleetham, Tyler, et al.. (2019). Tuning State Energies for Narrow Blue Emission in Tetradentate Pyridyl-Carbazole Platinum Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(18). 12348–12357. 37 indexed citations
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Hamze, Rasha, Shuyang Shi, Savannah C. Kapper, et al.. (2019). “Quick-Silver” from a Systematic Study of Highly Luminescent, Two-Coordinate, d10 Coinage Metal Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(21). 8616–8626. 238 indexed citations
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Savory, Christopher N., et al.. (2019). Anionic order and band gap engineering in vacancy ordered triple perovskites. Chemical Communications. 55(21). 3164–3167. 51 indexed citations
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Sajoto, T., Peter I. Djurovich, Arnold Tamayo, et al.. (2005). Blue and Near-UV Phosphorescence from Iridium Complexes with Cyclometalated Pyrazolyl or N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 44(22). 7992–8003. 605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tian, Jing, et al.. (1994). 共役ポリ(p-ピリジルビニレン)およびポリ(p-ピリジニウムビニレン)のルミネセンス特性. Polymer preprints. 35(2). 761–762. 10 indexed citations

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