Northern Illinois University
Department of Physics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Please note that the author lists are typically multiple authors! But for the sake of space, just the title and conference and dates are given. Thompson was presenting author for the talks listed on this page. 

Invited

In-situ x-ray characterizations of oxide and nitride epitaxial film growth (by MOVPE) or How to study film growth using the brightest storage-ring x-ray source in the western hemisphere, Department of Physics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, September 27, 2013.

In Situ X-ray Studies of Epitaxial Growth by MOVPE, 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE17, also known as ICCGE-2013) Warsaw, Poland, August 2013. (http://science24.com/event/iccge17/G10.htm)

In Situ X-ray Studies of Reactive Synthesis of Metastable Materials, 15th European Workshop on Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy (EWOMVPE-2013), Aachen, Germany, June 2013. (http://www.jara.org/index.php?id=606)

In situ x-ray studies of oxide thin film growth behavior, Materials Synthesis by Design Workshop, Argonne, IL, May 21, 2013.

In Situ X-ray Studies of Reactive Synthesis of Metastable Materials, Symposium: Neutron and X-ray Studies of Advanced materials VI: Centennial and Beyond, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS 2013), San Antonio, TX, March 2013. http://www.tms.org/meetings/annual-13/AM13home.aspx

In situ synchrotron x-ray studies during metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of semiconductors, DPG (Berlin 2012) Spring Meeting (German Physical Society) Berlin, Germany, March 2012.

Ferroelectrics at the ERL, Workshop 3: Ultra-fast Science with "Tickle and Probe", Science at the Hard X-ray Diffraction Limit 2011 (XDL 2011), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June 2011.

Nanosecond piezoresponse measurements on thin epitaxial ferroelectric films at the Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe beamline, Symposium: Neutron and X-ray Studies of Advanced materials IV, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS 2011), San Diego, CA, February 2011.

Strain, charge, and surface effects on the polarization structure and dynamics in ultrathin ferroelectric films, 22nd International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF 2010), San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2010.

Time-resolved x-ray studies of materials processing at surfaces and interfaces - present and future, Symposium: Neutron and X-Ray Studies of Advanced Materials III, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting (TMS 2010), Seattle, WA, February 2010.

Polarization switching in ultrathin ferroelectric film by changing the chemical environment, Symposium: Neutron and X-Ray Studies of Advanced Materials II, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting (TMS 2009), San Francisco, CA, February 2009.

Studies of Fast Ferroelectric Domain Dynamics, Symposium: Recent Advances in Structural Characterization of Materials, Materials Science and Technology 2008 (MS+T2008), Pittsburgh, PA, October 2008.

Real-time studies of processing in the MOVPE environment, IBM Interconnect Seminar Series, IBM Yorktown Heights, NY, May 2008.

Real-time studies of processing in the MOCVD environment, Symposium:New Experimental Techniques for Hard X-ray Studies of In-Situ Film Growth and Surface Processing, NSLS Users Meeting, Brookhaven, NY, May 2008.

Contributed (posters and talks)

Fundamental Studies of GaN MOVPE on Various Crystal Orientations, 18th International Conference on MOVPE,San Diego, CA, July 2016.

Anisotropic Island Nucleation and Growth During OMVPE of m-plane GaN, ACCGE-20/OMVPE-17, Big Sky, MT, August 2015.

Real-Time X-ray Studies of Crystal Growth Modes During Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of GaN on m- and c-Plane Single Crystals, Compound Semiconductor Week, [42nd International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors and 27th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials], Santa Barbara, CA, July 2015.