Areas of Research
- Analytical Microscopy
- Fiber Processing
- Nanocrystalline Metals
- Thin films and coatings
- Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics
His research contributions span a variety of topics that includes thermal and mechanical stability of nanocrystalline metals, phase formations and deformation mechanisms in ceramics, shape memory alloys, magnetic nanostructures, and the processing and synthesis science in thin films and fiber growth.
Professor Thompson's scientific research interests resides in elucidating phase transformation mechanisms and how they control structure and properties. Areas of specialty are:
- High Temperature Ceramics
- Transition Metal Carbides
- Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiC
- Shape Memory Alloys
- Tailored Precipitation in Shape Memory Alloys
- Low-Dimensional Materials
- Thin Film Stress
- Nanoscale Stability in Low-Dimensional Materials
- Analytical Microscopy Research
- Cross Correlative Microscopy
- Dynamical Diffraction
The research focus of Professor Thompson’s group involves elucidating connections between material processing, structure, and properties.
