Research Statement
Among the themes of our research are synthetic organo-f-element and early-transition metal organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials chemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, molecule-based photonic materials, superconductivity, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and biological aspects of transition metal chemistry.
Selected Publications
Jensen, T. R. & Marks, T. J. Diversity of Pathways in Ring-Opening Ziegler Polymerization. A New Single-Site Chain Transfer Mechanism. Macromolecules 36, 1775-1778 (2003).
Zhao, Y. -G., Chang, S., Wu, A., Lu, H. -L., Ho, S. T., van der Boom, M. E. & Marks, T. J. Second-Generation Approach to All-Organic Modulators Based on Intrinsically Polar Self-Assembled Molecular Superlattices. Optical Engineering Letters 42, 298-299 (2003).
Towner, D. J., Ni, J., Marks, T. J. & Wessels, B. W. Effects of Two-Stage Deposition on the Structure and Properties of Heteroepitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films. J. Crystal Growth 255, 107 (2003).
Facchetti, A., Yoon, M. -H., Stern, C. L., Katz, H. E. & Marks, T. J. Building Blocks for n-Type Organic Electronics. Regiochemically Controlled Inversion of Majority Carrier Sign in Perfluoroarene-Modified Thiophene Oligomers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in press
Most Significant Awards
United States Medal of Science 2005, Member, National Academy of Sciences, Member, AAAS, Guggenheim Fellow Member, Evans Medal of the Ohio State University (2003) , Karl Ziegler Medal of the German Chemical Society (2003) , Frankland Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2003) , American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2002) ,Willard Gibbs Medal, ACS Chicago Section (2001), Linus Pauling Medal, Pacific Northwest ACS Sections(2001), Cotton Medal, ACS Texas A&M Section (2000)
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