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Samson A. Jenekhe

Samson A. Jenekhe

University of Washington · Chemistry

Active 1980–2025

h-index108
Citations39.0k
Papers45226 last 5y
Funding$4.4M

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About

Samson A. Jenekhe is a Professor of Chemistry and holds the Frank and Julie Jungers Chair of Engineering at the University of Washington. His research focuses on the development and understanding of advanced materials, particularly in the areas of organic electronics, nanomaterials, and polymer science. As a leader in his field, he contributes to the understanding of the structure-property relationships in organic semiconductors and their applications in electronic devices. Jenekhe's work involves exploring new materials for use in flexible electronics, light-emitting devices, and solar energy conversion. His research aims to design and synthesize novel polymers and nanostructured materials that can be integrated into next-generation electronic and optoelectronic systems. His contributions have significantly advanced the development of functional organic materials, impacting both fundamental science and practical applications in electronics and energy.

Research topics

  • Materials science
  • Chemistry
  • Composite material
  • Physics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Engineering
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Optoelectronics

Selected publications

  • A high-conductivity n-type polymeric ink for printed electronics

    Nature Communications · 2021 · 247 citations

    , along with excellent thermal, ambient, and solvent stability. This printable n-type mixed ion-electron conductor has several technological implications for realizing high-performance organic electronic devices, as demonstrated for organic thermoelectric generators with record high power output and n-type organic electrochemical transistors with a unique depletion mode of operation. BBL:PEI inks hold promise for the development of next-generation bioelectronics and wearable devices, in particul…

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  • Influence of Molecular Weight on the Organic Electrochemical Transistor Performance of Ladder‐Type Conjugated Polymers

    Advanced Materials · 2021-10-20 · 198 citations

    articleOpen access

    Abstract Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) hold promise for developing a variety of high‐performance (bio‐)electronic devices/circuits. While OECTs based on p‐type semiconductors have achieved tremendous progress in recent years, n‐type OECTs still suffer from low performance, hampering the development of power‐efficient electronics. Here, it is demonstrated that fine‐tuning the molecular weight of the rigid, ladder‐type n‐type polymer poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline) (BBL) by only…

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  • Ground-state electron transfer in all-polymer donor–acceptor heterojunctions

    Nature Materials · 2020 · 155 citations

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  • On the Origin of Seebeck Coefficient Inversion in Highly Doped Conducting Polymers

    Advanced Functional Materials · 2022-02-05 · 87 citations

    articleOpen access

    Abstract A common way of determining the majority charge carriers of pristine and doped semiconducting polymers is to measure the sign of the Seebeck coefficient. However, a polarity change of the Seebeck coefficient has recently been observed to occur in highly doped polymers. Here, it is shown that the Seebeck coefficient inversion is the result of the density of states filling and opening of a hard Coulomb gap around the Fermi energy at high doping levels. Electrochemical n‐doping is used to…

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  • Hierarchical Materials from High Information Content Macromolecular Building Blocks: Construction, Dynamic Interventions, and Prediction

    Chemical Reviews · 2022-10-19 · 76 citations

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    Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature. Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought inspiration from nature when designing and fabricating hierarchical matter. More and more, however, nature's own high-information content building blocks, proteins, peptides, and peptidomimetics, are being coopted to build hierarchy because the information that determines structure, function, and interfacial interactions…

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Frequent coauthors

  • Felix Sunjoo Kim

    50 shared

  • Selvam Subramaniyan

    University of Washington

    48 shared

  • Abhishek Kulkarni

    31 shared

  • Wen‐Chang Chen

    Ming Chi University of Technology

    31 shared

  • Taeshik Earmme

    Hongik University

    30 shared

  • Guoqiang Ren

    29 shared

  • Maksudul M. Alam

    InnoSense (United States)

    25 shared

  • Eilaf Ahmed

    University of Central Lancashire

    24 shared

Awards & honors

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science…
  • de Gennes Prize (2025)
  • APS Polymer Physics Prize (2020)
  • elected to National Academy of Engineering (2022)

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