Department of Materials Science and Engineering

My group is interested in organic electronics. This term refers to a new technology that relies on the use of organic materials (as opposed to traditional semiconductors such as silicon) to create electronic devices with unique capabilities. It represents one of the most dramatic technological developments of the past two decades. Our laboratory is at the forefront of this new technology. We are a diverse group of scientists and engineers who investigate the electronic properties of organic materials and advance their applications in electronics. Our interests span key aspects of organic electronics, including understanding the structure of organic thin films, developing their processing and patterning, understanding charge transport and injection in organic semiconductors, developing their device physics, and exploring their application in biosensors.

• Physics of organic film growth
• Nanoscale patterning of organic semiconductors and devices
• Charge injection and transport in organic semiconductors
• Novel organic semiconductor devices utilizing mixed conductors
• Organic photovoltaics
• Organic transistors for sensor applications
• Organic bioelectronics
  

•  J.D. Slinker, J. Rivnay, J.S. Moskowitz, S. Berhard, H.D. Abruña, and G.G. Malliaras, “Electroluminescent devices from ionic transition metal complexes”, J. Mater. Chem. 17, 2976 (2007).
  
• J.T. Mabeck and G.G. Malliaras, "Chemical and biological sensors based on organic thin-film transistors", Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 384, 343 (2006).
• G.G. Malliaras and R.H. Friend, "An organic electronics primer", Physics Today 58, 53 (2005).
• R. Ruiz, D. Choudhary, B. Nickel, T. Toccoli, K.-C. Chang, A.C. Mayer, P. Clancy, J.M. Blakely, R.L. Headrick, S. Iannotta, and G.G. Malliaras, "Pentacene film growth", Chem. Mater. 16, 4497 (2004).
• Y. Shen, A. Hosseini, M.H. Wong, and G.G. Malliaras, "How to make ohmic contacts to organic semiconductors", ChemPhysChem. 5, 16 (2004).

Selected Papers

• J.D. Slinker, J.A. De Franco, M.J. Jaquith, W.R. Silveira, Y.-W. Zhong, J.M. Moran-Mirabal, H.G. Craighead, H.D. Abruña, J.A. Marohn, and G.G. Malliaras, “Direct measurement of the electric field distribution in a light-emitting electrochemical cell”, Nature Mater. 6, 894 (2007).
  
• D.A. Bernards, S. Flores-Torres, H.D. Abruña, and G.G. Malliaras, "Electroluminescence and photovoltaic response in ionic junctions", Science 313, 1416 (2006).
• A.C. Mayer, A. Kasimirov, and G.G. Maliaras, "The dynamics of bimodal growth in pentacine thin films", Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 105503 (2006).
• L. Soltzberg, J.D. Slinker, S. Flores-Torres, D.A. Bernards, G.G. Malliaras, H.D. Abruña, J.S. Kim, R.H. Friend, M. Kaplan, and V. Goldberg, "Identification of a quenching species in ruthenium tris-bipyridine electroluminescent devices", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 7721 (2006).

• Organic Semiconductors in Sensor Applications, Eds. D.A. Bernards, R.M. Owens, and G.G. Malliaras, Springer (2008).
• Semiconducting Polymers, Eds. G. Hadziioannou, and G.G. Malliaras, WILEY-VCH (2006).

Awards and recognition

• NY Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
• DuPont Young Professor Grant
• NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
  
• Fiona Ip Li ’78 and Donald Li ’75 Excellence in Teaching Award
• James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Award for Excellence in Advising First Year Students
  

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Groningen (the Netherlands), 1995
• B.S. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 1991

Appointments

• Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Lester B. Knight Director, Cornell NanoScale Facility