Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and (by courtesy) Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

BS, University of Maryland

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Hard and Soft Electronic and Photonic Materials

     Our interdisciplinary materials chemistry program is divided into three parts.
     Thin film photonic materials: We are studying nanoscopic assemblies for doubling and modulating input light for high-speed data transmission. We are also self-assembling electroluminescent structures for advanced displays. We study the theory of molecular photonic phenomena in collaboration with chemistry department colleague Mark Ratner.
     Electrically functional materials: We focus on low-dimensional molecular assemblies in which intermolecular interactions are subject to chemical tuning. We study crystal and electronic structures by X-ray diffraction and magnetic susceptibility as well as by Raman, Mössbauer, ESR, NMR, and photoelectron spectroscopy.
      Electroceramics: We synthesize high-quality films from the vapor phase (MOCVD). Our approach uses volatile coordination complexes that allow deposition of high-quality films of ferroelectrics, dielectrics, and transparent conductors.     In our research we design, synthesize, and characterize new substances having novel and useful chemical, physical, or biological properties. Our interests range from organometallic chemistry to novel catalytic, electronic, and photonic materials to anticancer drugs. In each area, chemical synthesis is closely linked to a broad array of techniques to elucidate structure, reaction mechanism, and bonding.
   
The Marks Group

Associations and Awards

2003 Frankland Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

2003 Karl Ziegler Medal of the German Chemical Society

2003 Evans Medal of the Ohio State University

2002 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal

2001 American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Materials

2001 Linus Pauling Medal, Oregon-Washington ACS Sections

2001 Burwell Award, North American Catalysis Society

2001 Williard Gibbs Medal, ACS Chicago Section

2000 Cotton Medal, ACS Texas A&M Section

1999 Paolo Chini Award, Italian Chemical Society

1998 Francis Clifford Phillips Award, U. of Pittsburgh

1997 Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry

1994 American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1993

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993

1989 American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry
Guggenheim Fellow, 1989-1990

Publications

Facchetti, A.; Mushrush, M.; Katz, H.E.; Marks, T.J. N-Type Building Blocks for Organic Electronics. A Homologous Family of Fluorocarbon-Substituted Thiophene Oligomers with High Carrier Mobility, Advan. Mater., 2003, 15, 33-38.

Huang, Q.; Cui, J.; Veinot, J.G.C.; Yan, H.; Marks, T.J.; Realization of High Efficiency/High Luminance Small Molecule Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Synergistic Effects of Siloxane Anode Functionalization/Hole Injection Layers and Hole-, Exciton- Blocking/Electron Transport Layers, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2003, 82, 331-333.

Koide, Y.; Such, M.W.; Basu, R.; Evmenenko, G.; Cui, J.; Dutta, P.; Hersam, M.C.; Marks, T.J. Hot Microcontact Printing for Patterning ITO Surfaces. Methodology, Morphology, Microstructure, and OLED Charge Injection Barrier Imaging, Langmuir, 2003, 19, 86-93.

Veinot, J.G.C.; Yan, H.; Smith, S.M.; Cui, J.; Huang, Q.; Marks, T.J. Fabrication and Properties of Organic Light-Emitting "Nanodiode" Arrays, Nano Letters, 2002, 2, 333-335.