Carl V. Thompson

  • Title: Professor
  • Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Staff

  • Dr. Wardhana Sasangka
  • Dr. Swee Ching Tan

Collaborators

  • Prof. Wee Kiong Choi (Nat’l. U. Singapore)
  • Prof. Soo Jin Chua (NUS)
  • Prof. Jesus del Alamo (MIT)
  • Prof. Chee Lip Gan (Nanyang Tech. U.)
  • Prof. D.L. Plata, Mt. Holyoke College
  • Prof. A. John Hart (U. Michigan)
  • Dr. Reiner Moenig (Karlsruhe Inst. Tech.)
  • Dr. Gilbrt Nessim (Bar Ilan U.)
  • Prof. Tomas Palacios (MIT)
  • Prof. Yang Shao-Horn (MIT)
  • Prof. Evelyn Wang (MIT)

Graduate Students

  • Ahmed Al-Obeidi  (DMSE)
  • Wubin Bai (DMSE)
  • Tom Batcho (DMSE)
  • Chee Ying Khoo (SMA)
  • Gye Hyun Kim (DMSE)
  • Changquan Lai (SMA)
  • Prayudi Lianto (SMA)
  • Hang Yu (DMSE)
  • Hang Bo Zhao (DMSE)
  • Wen Zheng (DMSE)

Support Staff

  • Kathleen A. Fitzgerald, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

Ye, J. and Thompson, C.V., “Anisotropic edge retraction and hole growth during solid-state dewetting of single crystal nickel thin films,” Acta Materialia 59, 582 (2011).

Nessim, G.D., Seita, M., Plata, D.L., O’Brien, K.P., Hart, A.J., Meshot, E.R., Reddy, C.M., P.M. Gschwend,P.M., and Thompson, C.V. “Precursor gas chemistry determines the crystallinity of carbon nanotubes synthesized at low temperature,” Carbon 49, 804 (2011).

Oh, J., and Thompson, C.V., “A Tungsten Interlayer Process for Fabrication of Through-pore Anodic Aluminum Oxide Scaffolds on Gold Substrates,” J. Eelectrochem. Soc. 158, K11 (2011).

Oh, J., and Thompson, C.V., “Abnormal Anodic Aluminum Oxide Formation in Confined Structures for Lateral Pore Arrays,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 158, C71 (2011).

Ye, J. and C.V. Thompson, C.V., “Templated Solid-State Dewetting to Controllably Produce Complex Patterns,” Advanced Materials 23, 1567 (2011).

Oh, J., and Thompson, C.V., “The role of electric field in pore formation during aluminum anodization,” Electrochemica Acta 56, 4044 (2011).

Giermann, A.L., and Thompson, C.V., “Requirements for graphoepitaxial alignment through solid-state dewetting of Au films,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 083520 (2011).

Choi, Z.-S., Lee, J., Lim, M.K., Gan C.L., and Thompson, C.V., “Void Dynamics in Copper-Based Interconnects,” J. Appl. Phys. 110, 033505 (2011).

Mitchell, R.R., Gallant, B.M., Thompson, C.V., and Shao-Horn, “All-carbon-nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li–O2 batteries,” Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 2952 (2011).

Sasangka, W.A., Gan, C.L., Thompson, C.V., Choi, W.K. and Wei, J., “Influence of Bonding Parameters on the Interaction Between Cu and Noneutectic Sn-In Solder Thin Films,” J. Electronic Materials 40, 2329-3336 (2011).

Gao, F., Lu, B., Li, L., Kaun, S. Speck, J.S., Thompson, C.V., and Palacios, T.,  “Role of oxygen in the OFF-state degradation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors,” Appl. Phys. Letts. 99, 223506 (2011).

Made, R.I., Gan, C.L., Yan, L., Kor, K.H.B., Chia, H.L., Pey. And Thompson, C.V. “Experimental characterization and modeling of the mechanical properties of Cu–Cu thermocompression bonds for three-dimensional integrated circuits,” Acta Materialia 60, 578 (2012).

Li, L., Joh, J., del Alamo, J.A., and Thompson, C.V.,”Spatial distribution of structural degradation under high-power stress in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs,” Appl. Phys. Letts. 100, 172109 (2012).

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