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Von Hippel Award

The Materials Research Society's highest honor, the Von Hippel Award, is conferred annually to an individual in recognition of the recipient's outstanding contribution to interdisciplinary research on materials.

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Tobin Marks Northwestern University Consistently discovering and applying new scientific principles, Tobin Marks has advanced materials science across a spectrum from self-assembly to crystal growth, encompassing organic electronic, photonic and photovoltaic materials, and oxide dielectrics, conductors, and superconductors Talk Presentation:  Molecule-Based Organic and Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Electronics and Opto-Electronics

Abstract

Chemists are exceptionally skilled at designing and constructing individual molecules with the goal of imbuing them with defined chemical and physical properties.  However, the task of rationally assembling them into organized, functional supramolecular structures with precise, nanometer-level, structural control is a daunting challenge.  In this lecture, brief vignettes are related for two interrelated themes and challenges: 1) design of materials for unconventional electronic circuitry; 2) design of interfacial structures to optimize charge flow across interfaces for unconventional display and photovoltaic devices.

Bio

Tobin Marks received his BS from the University of Maryland in 1966 and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1971. A professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, he is also the Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry; and the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry.

Marks’ research interests include:  transition metal and f-element organometallic chemistry; catalysis; vibrational spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance; synthetic facsimiles of metalloprotein active sites; carcinostatic metal complexes; solid state chemistry and low-dimensional molecular metals; nonlinear optical materials; polymer chemistry; tetrahydroborate coordination chemistry; macrocycle coordination chemistry; laser-induced chemistry and isotope separation; molecular electro-optics;  metal-organic chemical vapor deposition; polymerization catalysis; printed flexible electronics; solar energy; and transparent conductors.

He has been honored by numerous universities, societies, and foundations for his achievements, and in 2009 was named an MRS Fellow. He has nearly 100 patents.