George Malliaras, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program grant from the National Science Foundation. The value of the NSF Career grant is $450,000 over five years.
Malliaras' previous research involved optoelectronic properties and device applications of polymers and small organic molecules. With the NSF grant, he will develop a research and education program in the area of organic semiconductor interfaces. The program, he believes, will advance fundamental understanding of organic interfaces and will provide a unique environment to prepare students for careers in the rapidly growing area of organic optoelectronics.
In the past few years, the field of organic optoelectronics has experienced fast growth as mechanically flexible electronics have allowed the development of such devices as light emitting diodes (LEDs), thin film transistors, photodiodes and photorefractives. These devices promise to revolutionize the way we store, process and display information.
Malliaras earned his doctorate, with highest honors, for his research on photorefractivity in polymers from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He joined the Cornell faculty in September 1998 from the IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, Calif., where he had conducted research on LEDs based on polymers and small organic molecules. In 1994, his work on LEDs was included in the annual review of research highlights of the American Institute of Physics.
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