Edwin L. Thomas

  • Morris Cohen Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering
  • BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1969
  • PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 1974

Photonic Materials; Polymers; Self Assembly

Edwin L. Thomas

Recent News

Phononic crystals

March 21, 2010

Prof. Ned Thomas and colleagues have succeeded in creating a synthetic crystal that can very effectively control the transmission of heat — stopping it in its tracks and reflecting it back. This advance could lead to insulating materials that could block the escape of heat more effectively than…  

Publications

2013

W. I. Park et al., “Host-Guest Self-assembly in Block Copolymer Blends”, Scientific Reports, vol. 3. 2013.
J. P. Singer, Lin, P. -T., Kooi, S. E., Kimerling, L. C., Michel, J., and Thomas, E. L., “Direct-Write Thermocapillary Dewetting of Polymer Thin Films by a Laser-Induced Thermal Gradient”, Advanced Materials, vol. 25. pp. 6100-6105, 2013.

2008

C. A. Ross et al., “Si-containing block copolymers for self-assembled nanolithography”, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 26. pp. 2489-2494, 2008.

2003

M. Maldovan, Carter, C., and Thomas, E. L., “Three-dimensional dielectric network structures with large photonic band gaps”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83. pp. 5172-5174, 2003.
M. Maldovan, Ullal, C. K., Carter, C., and Thomas, E. L., “Exploring for 3D photonic bandgap structures in the 11 f.c.c. space groups”, Nature Materials, vol. 2. pp. 664-667, 2003.
M. Maldovan, Bockstaller, M. R., Thomas, E. L., and Carter, C., “Validation of the effective-medium approximation for the dielectric permittivity of oriented nanoparticle-filled materials: effective permittivity for dielectric nanoparticles in multilayer photonic composites”, Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, vol. 76. pp. 877-884, 2003.

2002

M. Maldovan, Urbas, A. M., Yufa, N., Carter, C., and Thomas, E. L., “Photonic properties of bicontinuous cubic microphases”, Physical Review B, vol. 65. 2002.
A. M. Urbas, Thomas, E. L., Maldovan, M., and Carter, C., “Three dimensionally periodic block copolymer photonic crystals.”, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 223. pp. C109 - C109, 2002.

2001

B. Temelkuran, Thomas, E. L., Joannopoulos, J. D., and Fink, Y., “Low-loss infrared dielectric material system for broadband dual-range omnidirectional reflectivity”, Optics Letters, vol. 26. pp. 1370-1372, 2001.
Y. Fink, Thomas, E. L., Urbas, A., and Xenidou, M., “Self assembling block copolymer structures as photonic crystals.”, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 221. pp. U233 - U233, 2001.
A. C. Edrington et al., “Polymer-based photonic crystals”, Advanced Materials, vol. 13. pp. 421-425, 2001.

2000

M. Ibanescu, Fink, Y., Fan, S., Thomas, E. L., and Joannopoulos, J. D., “An all-dielectric coaxial waveguide”, Science, vol. 289. pp. 415-419, 2000.
A. Urbas, Sharp, R., Fink, Y., Thomas, E. L., Xenidou, M., and Fetters, L. J., “Tunable block copolymer/homopolymer photonic crystals”, Advanced Materials, vol. 12. pp. 812-814, 2000.
S. Joly et al., “Multilayer nanoreactors for metallic and semiconducting particles”, Langmuir, vol. 16. pp. 1354-1359, 2000.

1999

Y. Fink, Urbas, A. M., Bawendi, M. G., Joannopoulos, J. D., and Thomas, E. L., “Block copolymers as photonic bandgap materials”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 17. pp. 1963-1969, 1999.
Y. Fink, Ripin, D. J., Fan, S. H., Chen, C. P., Joannopoulos, J. D., and Thomas, E. L., “Guiding optical light in air using an all-dielectric structure”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 17. pp. 2039-2041, 1999.
H. Mattoussi et al., “Composite thin films of CdSe nanocrystals and a surface passivating/electron transporting block copolymer: Correlations between film microstructure by transmission electron microscopy and electroluminescence”, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 86. pp. 4390-4399, 1999.
A. Urbas, Fink, Y., and Thomas, E. L., “One-dimensionally periodic dielectric reflectors from self-assembled block copolymer-homopolymer blends”, Macromolecules, vol. 32. pp. 4748-4750, 1999.

1998

Y. Fink et al., “A dielectric omnidirectional reflector”, Science, vol. 282. pp. 1679-1682, 1998.
H. Mattoussi, Radzilowski, L. H., Dabbousi, B. O., Thomas, E. L., Bawendi, M. G., and Rubner, M. F., “Electroluminescence from heterostructures of poly(phenylene vinylene) and inorganic CdSe nanocrystals”, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 83. pp. 7965-7974, 1998.