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  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the processing of thin-block copolymer films to achieve well-organized nanostructures.
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the application of smallangle scattering and reflectivity techniques to the study of the morphology of interfaces, polymer blends, and block copolymers

Overview

Thomas P. Russell is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research activity spans multiple disciplines, including materials science and engineering, with a focus on areas such as materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to fields related to polymers, organic chemistry, and biomedical engineering. Specific subfields include polymers and plastics, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and advanced polymer synthesis and characterization.

Their work addresses topics like Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, conducting polymers and their applications, surfactants and colloidal systems, perovskite materials and applications, organic electronics and photovoltaics, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, and micro and nano robotics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas P. Russell include Shaowei Shi, Qin Hu, Todd Emrick, Zachary Fink, and Paul Y. Kim.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues, notably:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Recent publications include:

  • "Single-layered organic photovoltaics with double cascading charge transport pathways: 18% efficiencies," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Buried Interfaces in Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Near-complete depolymerization of polyesters with nano-dispersed enzymes," 2021, Nature
  • "Hysteresis-Free Nanoparticle-Reinforced Hydrogels," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Low-Bandgap Porphyrins for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells: Materials, Morphology, and Applications," 2020, Advanced Materials

Thomas P. Russell has been recognized with several professional honors. These include being a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2018), Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2010), Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2008) for contributions to thin-block copolymer film processing, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002), and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1990) for applications of scattering and reflectivity techniques in polymer morphology studies.

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticle Polymer Composites: Where Two Small Worlds Meet

    Anna C. Balazs;Todd Emrick;Thomas P. Russell

  • Ultrahigh-Density Nanowire Arrays Grown in Self-Assembled Diblock Copolymer Templates

    T. Thurn-Albrecht;J. Schotter;G. A. Kästle;N. Emley

  • Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

    Zhicai He;Biao Xiao;Feng Liu;Hongbin Wu

  • Controlling Polymer-Surface Interactions with Random Copolymer Brushes

    P. Mansky;Y. Liu;E. Huang;T. P. Russell

  • Self-assembly of nanoparticles into structured spherical and network aggregates

    Andrew K. Boal;Faysal Ilhan;Jason E. DeRouchey;Thomas Thurn-Albrecht

  • X-ray and neutron reflectivity for the investigation of polymers

    T.P. Russell

  • Controlled Synthesis of Polymer Brushes by “Living” Free Radical Polymerization Techniques

    Marc Husseman;Eva E. Malmström;Molly McNamara;Mathew Mate

  • Nanoparticle Assembly and Transport at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

    Y. Lin;H. Skaff;T. Emrick;A. D. Dinsmore

  • Self-directed self-assembly of nanoparticle/copolymer mixtures

    Yao Lin;Alexander Böker;Alexander Böker;Jinbo He;Kevin Sill

  • Highly Oriented and Ordered Arrays from Block Copolymers via Solvent Evaporation

    Seung Hyun Kim;Matthew J. Misner;Ting Xu;Masahiro Kimura

  • Local Control of Microdomain Orientation in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films with Electric Fields

    T. L. Morkved;M. Lu;A. M. Urbas;E. E. Ehrichs

  • Electrically induced structure formation and pattern transfer

    Erik Schäffer;Thomas Thurn-Albrecht;Thomas P. Russell;Ullrich Steiner

  • A series of simple oligomer-like small molecules based on oligothiophenes for solution-processed solar cells with high efficiency.

    Bin Kan;Miaomiao Li;Qian Zhang;Feng Liu

  • Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%

    Qian Zhang;Bin Kan;Feng Liu;Guankui Long

  • Nanoscopic Templates from Oriented Block Copolymer Films

    Thomas Thurn-Albrecht;Rachel Steiner;Jason DeRouchey;Christopher M. Stafford

  • Macroscopic 10-terabit-per-square-inch arrays from block copolymers with lateral order.

    Soojin Park;Dong Hyun Lee;Ji Xu;Bokyung Kim

  • Holey Silicon as an Efficient Thermoelectric Material

    Jinyao Tang;Hung-Ta Wang;Dong Hyun Lee;Melissa Fardy

  • Block copolymer nanolithography: translation of molecular level control to nanoscale patterns

    Joona Bang;Unyong Jeong;Du Yeol Ryu;Thomas P. Russell

  • Block Copolymer Lithography: Merging “Bottom-Up” with “Top-Down” Processes

    Craig J. Hawker;Thomas P. Russell

  • P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics: correlating efficiency and morphology.

    Dian Chen;Atsuhiro Nakahara;Dongguang Wei;Dennis Nordlund

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd Emrick
Todd Emrick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Craig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker University of California, Santa Barbara
Du Yeol Ryu
Du Yeol Ryu Yonsei University
Mark T. Tuominen
Mark T. Tuominen University of Massachusetts Amherst
Soo-Jin Park
Soo-Jin Park Inha University
Ting Xu
Ting Xu University of California, Berkeley
Cheng Wang
Cheng Wang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James J. Watkins
James J. Watkins University of Massachusetts Amherst
Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Brett A. Helms
Brett A. Helms Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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