Seth Marder

About

Seth Marder is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and serves as the Director of RASEI. He holds a BA in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981) and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1985). His areas of expertise include polymers, surface chemistry, covalent organic frameworks, chiral materials, and dopants. Throughout his career, Professor Marder has received numerous awards and honors, including the Humboldt Research Award in 2018, the Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award at Georgia Tech in 2018, and election as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016. He has also been recognized as a Fellow of the Materials Research Society and has held visiting and guest professorships at institutions such as the University of Strasbourg and Wuhan University. His research focuses on advancing materials science, particularly in organic electronics and photonics, and he is actively involved in leading research groups at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Research topics

• Optoelectronics
• Materials science
• Optics
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Chemical physics
• Thermodynamics
• Composite material
• Organic chemistry
• Photochemistry

Selected publications

• Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution

  Chemical Reviews · 2023 · 79 citations

  Solution-processed semiconductors are in demand for present and next-generation optoelectronic technologies ranging from displays to quantum light sources because of their scalability and ease of integration into devices with diverse form factors. One of the central requirements for semiconductors used in these applications is a narrow photoluminescence (PL) line width. Narrow emission line widths are needed to ensure both color and single-photon purity, raising the question of what design rules…

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• Remote chirality transfer in low-dimensional hybrid metal halide semiconductors

  Nature Chemistry · 2024-10-25 · 61 citations

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• Reactive Passivation of Wide-Bandgap Organic–Inorganic Perovskites with Benzylamine

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024-09-30 · 41 citations

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  While amines are widely used as additives in metal-halide perovskites, our understanding of the way amines in perovskite precursor solutions impact the resultant perovskite film is still limited. In this paper, we explore the multiple effects of benzylamine (BnAm), also referred to as phenylmethylamine, used to passivate both FA0.75Cs0.25Pb(I0.8Br0.2)3 and FA0.8Cs0.2PbI3 perovskite compositions. We show that, unlike benzylammonium (BnA+) halide salts, BnAm reacts rapidly with the formamidinium (…

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• Thermal Properties of Polymer Hole-Transport Layers Influence the Efficiency Roll-off and Stability of Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

  Nano Letters · 2023 · 30 citations

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• Increased Brightness and Reduced Efficiency Droop in Perovskite Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using Carbazole-Based Phosphonic Acid Interface Modifiers

  ACS Nano · 2025-01-06 · 22 citations

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  We demonstrate the use of [2-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic acid (2PACz) and [2-(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic acid (t-Bu-2PACz) as anode modification layers in metal-halide perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). Compared to conventional QLED structures with PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrenesulfonate)/PVK (poly(9-vinylcarbazole)) hole-transport layers, the QLEDs made with phosphonic acid (PA)-modified indium tin oxide (ITO) anodes sh…

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: Development of Dimeric Molecular n- and p-Dopants and their Application in Organic Light-emitting Diodes

  NSF · $650k · 2018–2022

• Collaborative Research: Development of Dimeric Molecular n- and p-Dopants and their Application in Organic Light-emitting Diodes

  NSF · $132k · 2022–2023

• Studies of Metal-Organic and Organic Charge-Transport for Plastic Opto-Electronics

  NSF · $486k · 2003–2007

Frequent coauthors

• Stephen Barlow

  University of Colorado Boulder

  1166 shared

• Jean‐Luc Brédas

  University of Arizona

  501 shared

• Joseph W. Perry

  356 shared

• Bernard Kippelen

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  351 shared

• Tatiana V. Timofeeva

  New Mexico Highlands University

  195 shared

• Chad Risko

  151 shared

• David J. Hagan

  University of Central Florida

  141 shared

• Xiaowei Zhan

  Peking University

  141 shared

Education

• B.A., Chemistry

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1981

• Ph.D., Chemistry

  University of Wisconsin at Madison

  1985

Awards & honors

• Humboldt Research Award (2018)
• Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award, Georgia Tech (2…
• Elected Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
• Materials Research Society Mid-Career Award (2015)
• Thank a Teacher certificate, Georgia Tech (2014)

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