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  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For innovation in electronic, photonic, and photovoltaic materials and catalytic polymerization.
  • 2012 - NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (US) For groundbreaking contributions to understanding structure and function of catalysts, useful in the production of environmentally friendly plastics and new materials for the benefit of mankind.
  • 2010 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2009 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
  • 2005 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering research in the areas of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, organo-f-element chemistry, new electronic and photonic materials, and diverse areas of coordination and solid state chemistry.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
  • 2001 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2000 - F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1996 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1974 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Tobin J. Marks is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Recent notable papers authored by or involving Tobin J. Marks include:

  • Achieving 19% Power Conversion Efficiency in Planar-Mixed Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using a Pseudosymmetric Electron Acceptor, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Vertical organic electrochemical transistors for complementary circuits, 2023, Nature
  • Flexible and stretchable metal oxide nanofiber networks for multimodal and monolithically integrated wearable electronics, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Teaching an Old Anchoring Group New Tricks: Enabling Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Antonio Facchetti
  • Wei Huang
  • Yosi Kratish
  • Mark C. Hersam
  • Yao Chen

The scientist has a strong presence in several prominent publication venues such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ChemCatChem
  • ACS Catalysis

Throughout their career, they have received numerous recognitions including:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2017)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2013)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for innovation in electronic, photonic, and photovoltaic materials and catalytic polymerization
  • NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (US) (2012) for contributions to understanding catalysts for environmentally friendly plastics and new materials
  • William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2010)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2009)
  • Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society (2009)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (2005) awarded for pioneering research in catalysis, organo-f-element chemistry, and new electronic and photonic materials
  • Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2001)
  • F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2000)
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1996)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1993)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1992)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1989)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1974)

Best Publications

  • Emerging Device Applications for Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

    Deep Jariwala;Vinod K. Sangwan;Lincoln J. Lauhon;Tobin J. Marks

  • Design and construction of molecular assemblies with large second-order optical nonlinearities. Quantum chemical aspects

    David R. Kanis;Mark A. Ratner;Tobin J. Marks

  • Cocatalysts for Metal-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization: Activators, Activation Processes, and Structure−Activity Relationships

    Eugene You Xian Chen;Tobin Jay Marks

  • Rylene and related diimides for organic electronics.

    Xiaowei Zhan;Antonio Facchetti;Stephen Barlow;Tobin J. Marks

  • P-type semiconducting nickel oxide as an efficiency-enhancing anodal interfacial layer in bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Michael D. Irwin;Donald B. Buchholz;Tobin J. Marks;Robert P.H. Chang

  • Effective Passivation of Exfoliated Black Phosphorus Transistors against Ambient Degradation

    Joshua D. Wood;Spencer A. Wells;Deep Jariwala;Kan Sheng Chen

  • Catalysis Research of Relevance to Carbon Management: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Hironori Arakawa;Michele Aresta;John N. Armor;Mark A. Barteau

  • Metal oxides for optoelectronic applications

    Xinge Yu;Tobin J. Marks;Antonio Facchetti

  • Mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures

    Deep Jariwala;Tobin J. Marks;Mark C. Hersam

  • Carbon nanomaterials for electronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and sensing

    Deep Jariwala;Vinod K. Sangwan;Lincoln J. Lauhon;Tobin J. Marks

  • Low-temperature fabrication of high-performance metal oxide thin-film electronics via combustion processing

    Myung Gil Kim;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

  • Gate Dielectrics for Organic Field‐Effect Transistors: New Opportunities for Organic Electronics

    Antonio Facchetti;Myung Han Yoon;Tobin Jay Marks

  • Organolanthanide-catalyzed hydroamination.

    Sukwon Hong;Tobin Jay Marks

  • Tuning orbital energetics in arylene diimide semiconductors. materials design for ambient stability of n-type charge transport.

    Brooks A. Jones;Antonio Facchetti;Michael R. Wasielewski;Tobin J. Marks

  • High-mobility air-stable n-type semiconductors with processing versatility: dicyanoperylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximides).

    Brooks A. Jones;Michael J. Ahrens;Myung Han Yoon;Antonio Facchetti

  • Imide- and Amide-Functionalized Polymer Semiconductors

    Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

  • Polymer solar cells with enhanced fill factors

    Xugang Guo;Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jeremy Smith

  • Cationic zirconocene olefin polymerization catalysts based on the organo-Lewis acid tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. A synthetic, structural, solution dynamic, and polymerization catalytic study

    Xinmin Yang;Charlotte L. Stern;Tobin Jay Marks

  • High-k organic, inorganic, and hybrid dielectrics for low-voltage organic field-effect transistors.

    Rocfo Ponce Ortiz;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin Jay Marks

  • COVALENT TRANSITION METAL, LANTHANIDE, AND ACTINIDE TETRAHYDROBORATE COMPLEXES

    T. J. Marks;J. R. Kolb

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
Mark C. Hersam
Mark C. Hersam Northwestern University
Carl R. Kannewurf
Carl R. Kannewurf Northwestern University
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
Massimiliano Delferro
Massimiliano Delferro Argonne National Laboratory
Michael J. Bedzyk
Michael J. Bedzyk Northwestern University
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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