The Marder Group is a collection of chemists, chemical engineers, and materials scientists working towards the synthesis and application of organic electronic and optical materials. We work in collaboration with many other groups around the world including those connected through the Center for Materials and Devices for Information Technology and Research (CMDITR) a NSF Science and Technology Center as well as the Center of Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE). In addition to lab work, the group places high priority on mentoring young scientists through programs such as the CMDITR Hooked on Photonics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.
Research in the Marder Group is focused on the development of materials with nonlinear optical properties, surface modification methodologies, and organic molecules and polymers for photonic, display, and electronic applications. Recently, the group has been systematically designing, synthesizing, and characterizing materials including: transport materials for organic electronics (e.g., organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs)) and dyes with third-order nonlinear optical properties (for applications including two-photon induced polymerization, two-photon fluorescence microscopy, optical limiting, and all-optical switching). We are also working to develop methods for well-defined surface modification of metal oxides for applications in organic electronics and thermochemical nanolithography.
The Marder Group, August 2010
Front row: Xuyang He, Seth Marder, Zhen Li, Chun Huang, Suk Gyu Hahm, Reddy Dasari, Will Underwood, Lauren Hayden, Carlos Zuniga, Yulia Getmanenko, Annabelle Scarpaci, Jassem Abdallah, Brian Seifried, Sang Bok Kim
Back row: Hsin-Chieh Lin, Yadong Zhang, Benjamin Wunsch, Swagat Mohapatra, Qing Zhang, Cristina Rumi, Yanrong Shi, Marcel Said, Steve Barlow, Arpornrat (Nam) Nantalaksakul , Jessie Nock, Tissa Sajoto, Sergio Paniagua, Helen Westbrook, Anthony Giordano, Veronique Bredas, Igor Coropceanu, Marsha D Lamb
Not pictured: Richard Mason, O'Neil Smith