Directory Record for:

Thomas N. Jackson

Title(s):

Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering

Department:

Electrical Engineering

College/Admin. Unit:

College of Engineering

Office Address:

216 Electrical Engineering West

University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone:

(814) 863-8570

Office Fax:

(814) 863-5341

E-Mail Address:

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Web Page(s):

http://jerg.ee.psu.edu

http://www.ee.psu.edu/faculty/jackson/jackson1.html

Research Synopsis:

Current areas of particular interest include organic electronic devices, display technology, molecular electronics, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Bio-molecular motors, high-speed III-V devices, ultra-small devices and quantum devices, optoelectronic integration, superconductor-semiconductor interactions, photovoltaic devices, and microfabrication.

Technologies Impacted by Research:

Organic and molecular electronics; Thin Film Electronics; Flexible substrate electronics; Display Technology; Reconfigurable antennas; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS;)Low-cost memories; Bio-MEMS; Sensors.

Selected Publications:

C. D. Sheraw, L. Zhou, J.R. Huang, D. J. Gundlach, M. G. Kane, I. G. Hill, M. S. Hammond, J. Campi, B. K. Greening, J. Francl, J. West, and T. N. Jackson, �Organic Thin-Film Transistor-Driven Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays on Flexible Polymeric Substrates,� Appl. Phys. Lett, 80, pp. 1088-1090 (February 2002).
S. G. Lim, S. Kriventsov, T. N. Jackson, J. H. Haeni, D. G. Schlom, A. M. Balbashov, R. Uecker, P. Reiche, J. L. Freeouf, and G. Lucovsky, �Dielectric Functions and Optical Bandgaps of High-K Dielectrics for Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors by Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Ellipsometry,� J. Appl. Phys., 91, pp. 4500-4504 (April 2002).
M. G. Kane, J. Campi, M. S. Hammond, F. P. Cuomo, B. Greening; C. D. Sheraw, J. A. Nichols, D. J. Gundlach, J. R. Huang, C.-C. Huang, L. Jia, H. Klauk, and T. N. Jackson, �Analog and digital circuits using organic thin-film transistors on polyester substrates,� IEEE Electron Device Letters, 21, pp. 534-36 (November 2000).