Tobin J. Marks
Professor

- t-marks@northwestern.edu
- Website
- 847-491-5658
- Tech M294
Affiliations
Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
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
Irwin, M.D.; Buchholz, D.B.; Hains, A.W.; Chang, R.P.H.; Marks, T.J. p-Type Semiconducting Nickel Oxide as an Efficiency-Enhancing Anode Interfacial Layer in Polymer Bulk-Heterojuction Solar Cells, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, 2008, 105, 2783-2787.
Rivnay, J.; Jimison, L.H.; Toney, M.F.; Noriega, R.; Marks, T.J.; Facchetti, A.; Salleo, A. Transport Anisotropy in Solution-Processed Molecular Semiconductor Thin Films with Engineered In-Plane Grain Boundaries, Nature Materials, 2009, 8, 952-958.
Hains, A.W.; Ramanan, C.; Irwin, M.D.; Liu, J.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Marks, T.J. Designed Bithiophene-Based Interfacial Layer for High-Efficiency Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Cells. Importance of Interfacial Energy Level Matching, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2010, 2, 175-185.
Kim, M.-G.; Kim, H.S.; Ha, Y.-G.; He, J.; Kanatzidis, M.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. High-Performance Solution-Processed Amorphous Zinc-Indium-Tin-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 10352-10364.
Liu, J.; Buchholz, D.B.; Chang, R.P.H.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T.J. High-Performance Flexible Transparent Thin Film Transistors Using a Hybrid Gate Dielectric and an Amorphous Zinc Indium Tin Oxide Channel,Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, 2333-2337.
Weiss, C.J.; Marks, T.J. Organozirconium Complexes as Catalysts for Markovnikov-Selective Intermolecular Hydrothiolation of Terminal Alkynes Reaction Scope and Mechanism, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2010, 132, 10533-10546.
Liu, J.; Buchholz, D.B.; Chang, R.P.H.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T.J. All-Amorphous-Oxide Flexible Transparent Thin Film Transistors, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 11934-11942.
Weiss, C.J.; Marks, T.J. Organo-f-Element Catalysts for Efficient and Highly Selective Hydroalkoxylation and Hydrothiolation, Dalton Trans. Perspective, 2010, 39, 6576-6588.
Motiei, L.; Yao, Y.; Choudhury, J.; Marks, T.J.; van der Boom, M.E.; Facchetti, A. Self-Propagating Molecular Assemblies as Interlayers for Efficient Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 12528-12530.
Selected Honors/Awards
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar
- DuPont Young Faculty Fellow
- 1979 Fresenius Pure and Applied Chemistry Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon
- Innovation Recognition Award, Union Carbide Corporation
- 1984 ACS Arthur K. Doolittle Award in Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
- 1984 Sobral Medal, Portuguese Chemical Society
- 1986 1987 Mack Awardee and Lecturer, Ohio State U.
- 1989 American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry. Guggenheim Fellow, 1989-1990
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
- Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1993
- 1994 American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry
- 1997 Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1998 Francis Clifford Phillips Award, U. of Pittsburgh
- 1999 Paolo Chini Award, Italian Chemical Society
- 2000 Cotton Medal, ACS Texas A&M Section
- 2001 American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Materials
- 2001 Burwell Award, North American Catalysis Society
- 2001 Williard Gibbs Medal, ACS Chicago Section
- 2001 Linus Pauling Medal, Oregon-Washington ACS Sections
- 2002 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
- 2003 Karl Ziegler Prize, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- 2003 Evans Medal, Ohio State U
- 2004 Sir Edward Frankland Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2005 U. of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry UK, 2005
- 2005 John Bailar Medal, U. of Illinois
- Member, Leopoldina German National Academy of Natural Sciences, 2005
- US National Medal of Science, 2005
- American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 2008
- 2008 Principe de Asturias Prize for Technical and Scientific Research (Spain)
- Honorary Fellow, Chemical Research Society of India, 2009
- Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2009
- 2009 Herman Pines Award, Chicago Section of the North American Catalysis Society
- 2009 Nelson W. Taylor Award in Materials Research, Penn. State U.
- 2009 Materials Research Society von Hippel Medal
- 2010 William H. Nichols Medal, ACS New York Section
- 2010 Distinguished Affiliated Professor Award, Technical University of Munich
- 2010 Wilhelm Manchot Prize, Technical University of Munich
- 2010 Centennial Medal, U. of Oviedo (Spain)
- 2011 Schulich Award, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- 2011 Mosher Award, ACS Santa Clara Section
- 2011 ACS Arthur Cope Senior Scholar Award
- 2011 Member, Indian National Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences
- 2012 Theodore W. Richards Medal, American Chemical Society
- 2012 U.S. National Academy of Sciences Award in the Chemical Sciences
- 2012 Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
- 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award and Election, Circle of Discovery, University of Maryland
- 2012 American Chemical Society Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
- 2012 Honorary Member, Israel Chemical Society
- 2013 Alan G. MacDiarmid Medal, University of Pennsylvania
- 2014 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry