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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For identification of critical process–structure–property relationships governing the performance of polymer-based electronic materials.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2001 - Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, American Section
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the discovery, development, and engineering leadership of new families of lithographic materials and processes that enable VLSI manufacturing.

Overview

Elsa Reichmanis is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Within these broad domains, the scientist's work primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and automotive engineering.

The primary research topics covered include organic electronics and photovoltaics, advancements in battery materials, conducting polymers and applications, advanced battery materials and technologies, perovskite materials and applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and advanced battery technologies research.

Elsa Reichmanis has published research in several notable venues, including:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Frequent coauthors include Amy C. Marschilok, Esther S. Takeuchi, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Yulong Zheng, and Zeyuan Sun.

Recent publications demonstrate a diverse range of focus within Reichmanis's research portfolio, including advancements in solar concentrator technology, hydrogel fiber communications, perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, deformable organic electrochemical transistors, and machine learning applied to polymer stabilizers. Notable papers include:

  • "Consensus statement: Standardized reporting of power-producing luminescent solar concentrator performance," 2022, Joule
  • "Integrated dynamic wet spinning of core-sheath hydrogel fibers for optical-to-brain/tissue communications," 2020, National Science Review
  • "26.7% Efficient 4-Terminal Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Composed of a High-Performance Semitransparent Perovskite Cell and a Doped Poly-Si/SiOxPassivating Contact Silicon Cell," 2020, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • "Advances and opportunities in development of deformable organic electrochemical transistors," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Small Data Machine Learning: Classification and Prediction of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Stabilizers Using Molecular Descriptors," 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Reichmanis has been recognized with several awards and distinctions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995), for the discovery, development, and engineering leadership of new families of lithographic materials and processes enabling VLSI manufacturing
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)
  • Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, American Section (2001)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2018), for identification of critical process-structure-property relationships governing polymer-based electronic materials performance
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2020)

Best Publications

  • Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching.

    Jiuke Mu;Gang Wang;Hongping Yan;Huayu Li

  • Photopolymer Materials and Processes for Advanced Technologies

    James V. Crivello;Elsa Reichmanis

  • Chemical amplification mechanisms for microlithography

    E. Reichmanis;F. M. Houlihan;O. Nalamasu;T. X. Neenan

  • Polymer materials for microlithography

    Elsa Reichmanis;Larry F. Thompson

  • Ring oscillator fabricated completely by means of mass-printing technologies

    A.C. Huebler;F. Doetz;H. Kempa;H.E. Katz

  • Research in Macromolecular Science: Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Decade

    C. K. Ober;S. Z. D. Cheng;P. T. Hammond;M. Muthukumar

  • Nanoporous Ultralow Dielectric Constant Organosilicates Templated by Triblock Copolymers

    Shu Yang;Peter A. Mirau;Chien-Shing Pai;Omkaram Nalamasu

  • Elastomer-Polymer Semiconductor Blends for High-Performance Stretchable Charge Transport Networks

    Dalsu Choi;Hyungchul Kim;Nils Persson;Ping-Hsun Chu

  • Nucleation, Growth, and Alignment of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofibers for High-Performance OFETs

    Nils E. Persson;Ping-Hsun Chu;Michael McBride;Martha Grover

  • Nitrobenzyl ester chemistry for polymer processes involving chemical amplification

    F. M. Houlihan;A. Shugard;R. Gooden;E. Reichmanis

  • Tunable Crystallinity in Regioregular Poly(3‐Hexylthiophene) Thin Films and Its Impact on Field Effect Mobility

    Avishek R. Aiyar;Jung-Il Hong;Rakesh Nambiar;David M. Collard

  • Photoinduced Anisotropic Supramolecular Assembly and Enhanced Charge Transport of Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) Thin Films

    Mincheol Chang;Jiho Lee;Nabil Kleinhenz;Boyi Fu

  • Ordering of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in Solutions and Films: Effects of Fiber Length and Grain Boundaries on Anisotropy and Mobility

    Nabil Kleinhenz;Nils Persson;Zongzhe Xue;Ping Hsun Chu

  • Molecular Templating of Nanoporous Ultralow Dielectric Constant (≈1.5) Organosilicates by Tailoring the Microphase Separation of Triblock Copolymers

    Shu Yang;Peter A. Mirau;Chien-Shing Pai;Omkaram Nalamasu

  • Synthesis of Cycloolefin−Maleic Anhydride Alternating Copolymers for 193 nm Imaging

    F. M. Houlihan;T. I. Wallow;O. Nalamasu;E. Reichmanis

  • Versatile Interpenetrating Polymer Network Approach to Robust Stretchable Electronic Devices

    Guoyan Zhang;Guoyan Zhang;Michael McBride;Nils Persson;Savannah Lee

  • Enhancing Field‐Effect Mobility of Conjugated Polymers Through Rational Design of Branched Side Chains

    Boyi Fu;Jose Baltazar;Ashwin Ravi Sankar;Ping-Hsun Chu

  • Microfluidic Crystal Engineering of π-Conjugated Polymers.

    Gang Wang;Nils Persson;Ping-Hsun Chu;Nabil Kleinhenz

  • Organic Materials Challenges for 193 nm Imaging

    Elsa Reichmanis;Omkaram Nalamasu;Frank M. Houlihan

  • The role of Cr doping in NiFe oxide/(oxy)hydroxide electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution

    Dongyu Xu;Dongyu Xu;Michaela Burke Stevens;Yichuan Rui;Giovanni DeLuca

  • Solvent Based Hydrogen Bonding: Impact on Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoscale Morphology and Charge Transport Characteristics

    Mincheol Chang;Dalsu Choi;Boyi Fu;Elsa Reichmanis

  • Method and apparatus for aligning a photo-tunable microlens

    Zhenan Bao;Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine;Alan Michael Lyons;Mary Louise Mandich

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin Arthur Chandross
Edwin Arthur Chandross Alcatel Lucent (Germany)
Amy C. Marschilok
Amy C. Marschilok Stony Brook University
Esther S. Takeuchi
Esther S. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Kenneth J. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Hongzhi Wang
Hongzhi Wang Donghua University
Shu Yang
Shu Yang University of Pennsylvania
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Kathryn E. Uhrich
Kathryn E. Uhrich University of California, Riverside
Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona
Yaogang Li
Yaogang Li Donghua University

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