Seth Marder is the director of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, which is a joint institute between the University of Colorado at Boulder and NREL. He is also a professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Chemistry, a fellow of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a senior research fellow at NREL.
Research Interests
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of polymeric, organic, and organometallic materials for both second-and-third-order nonlinear optical studies and applications
Design of materials for organic light emitting diodes, organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics, and dye sensitized solar cell applications
Design and synthesis of infrared absorbing dyes for electronics, photonics, and biological applications
Design and synthesis of electron transfer active molecules
Examination of the photophysical properties of donor-acceptor compounds with extended conjugation
Design and applications of dyes with two-photon and multi-photon absorption
Development of surface modifiers for electronic, thermoelectric, and encapsulation applications
Thermochemical nanolithography
Education
B.A., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Associations and Memberships
Co-Founder, Arizona Microsystems LLC
Co-Founder, Focal Point LLC
Co-Founder, LumoFlex LLC
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, Materials Research Society
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
Fellow, Optical Society of America
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers
Member, World Cultural Council
Featured Work
Humidity Sensing through Reversible Isomerization of a Covalent Organic Framework, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020)
New Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020)
Rapid Synthesis of High Surface Area Imine-Linked 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks by Avoiding Pore Collapse During Isolation, Advanced Materials (2020)
Beating the thermodynamic limit with photo-activation of n-doping in organic semiconductors, Nature Materials (2017)
n-Doping of Organic Electronic Materials using Air-Stable Organometallics, Advanced Materials (2012)
Design of Polymethine Dyes with Large Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities and Loss Figures of Merit, Science (2010)
An Efficient Two-Photon-Generated Photoacid Applied to Positive-Tone 3D Microfabrication, Science (2002)
Two-Photon Polymerization Initiators for Three-Dimensional Optical Data Storage and Microfabrication, Nature (1999)
Design of Organic Molecules with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections, Science (1998)
Patents
Two-Photon or Higher-Order Absorbing Optical Materials and Methods of Use, U.S. Patent No. 6,267,913 (2021)
Devices with Organic Semiconductor Layers electronically-doped over a Controlled Depth U.S. Patent No. 10,763,447 (2020)
N-Doping of Organic Semiconductors by Bis-Metallosandwich compounds, U.S. Patent No. 9,231,219 (2016)
Systems and Methods for Producing Low Work Function Electrodes, U.S. Patent No. 9,076,768 (2015)
Two-Photon or Higher-Order Absorbing Optical Materials and Methods of Use, U.S. Patent No. 8,197,722 (2012)
N-Type Doping of An Electron Transport Material and Methods of Use Thereof, U.S. Patent No. 7,981,328 (2011)
Materials, Methods & Uses for Photochemical Generation of Acids and/or Radical Species, U.S. Patent No. 7,459,106 (2008)
Method for Patterning Metal Using Nanoparticle Containing Precursors, U.S. Patent No. 7,252,699 (2007)
Two-Photon or Higher-Order Absorbing Optical Materials for Generation of Reactive Species, U.S. Patent No. 6,608,228 (2003)
Awards and Honors
Georgia Power Chair in Energy Efficiency (2010–2021)
Humboldt Research Award (2018)
Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award, Georgia Tech (2018)
Materials Research Society Mid-Career Award (2015)
Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award, Georgia Tech (2014)
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2011)
Elected Co-Vice Chair of 2012 Gordon Research Conference of Electronic Processes in the Organic Solid State and Co-Chair of 2014 Conference (2010)
Georgia Tech, Outstanding Award in Research Program Development (2009)