Materials Science & Engineering

 

Alex K-Y. Jen, MSE Chair

Boeing/Johnson Chair Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

Professor of Chemistry

Director, Institute of Advanced Materials & Technology (i-AMT)

Office:  302F Roberts Hall
Telephone:  (206) 543-2626
Fax:  (206)-543-3100
Email:  ajen@u.washington.edu

 

Web:  Jen Research Group

Web:  Institute of Advanced Materials and Technology

Web:  STC: Materials & Devices for Information Technology Research

Web:  GEMSEC: Genetically Engineered Materials Science & Engineering Center

Web:  DURINT:  Defense University Research Initiative on Nanotechnology


 

Education, Honors, and Awards

  • Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984

  • Board of Directors, Washington Technology Center, Appointed by Governor of Washington State, 2007

  • Faculty of Research Innovator Award, College of Engineering, University of Washington, 2007

  • Changjiang Endowed Chair Professorship, Ministry of Education, China, 2007

  • OSA Fellow, The Optical Society of America, 2007

  • SPIE Fellow, The International Society of Optical Engineering, 2006

  • AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

  • Member of Advisory Board, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2002-

  • Boeing-Johnson Endowed Chair, University of Washington, 1999-

  • Industrial Fellow (rank as full professor), Northwestern University, 1995-2000

  • Founder’s Award, ROITech, 1995

  •  Outstanding Achievement Award, EniChem America, 1994

  • President’s Award, EniChem America, 1989

  • Rohm & Hass Research Fellowship, Dept. of Chemistry, U. of Pennsylvania, 1981


Professional Experience

  • Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2007 - present

  • Director, Institute for Advanced Materials & Technology,  Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., 2006 - present

  • Acting Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2005 - Sep-2007.

  • Boeing-Johnson Chair Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2000 - present.

  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA., 1997-1999

  • Vice President, Optical Materials Division, ROI Technology, 1995-1996

  • Group Leader-Senior Scientist, NLO Materials, EniChem America, 1990-1994

  • Project Leader-Principal Scientist, Advanced Materials Laboratory, EniChem America, 1988-1990

  • Research Scientist, Specialty Polymers Department, Allied-Signal Inc., 1984-1988

Patents & Invention Records: >45

 

Publications: 425

 

Selected Publications

  1. “Design and Synthesis of Chromophores and Polymers for Electro-optic and Photorefractive Applications”, S. R. Marder, B. Kippelen, A. K-Y. Jen, and N. Peyghambarian, Nature, 1997, 388, 845.

  2. “Molecular Biomimetics: Nanotechnology through Biology”, M. Sarikaya, C. Tamerler, A. K-Y. Jen, K. Schulten, and F. Baneyx, An Invited Review in Nature Materials, 2003, 2, 577.

  3. “Terahertz All-Optical Modulator in Silicon”, M. Hochberg, T. Bachr-Jones, G. Wang, J. Parker, K. Harvard, J. D. Luo, B. Chen, Z. Shi, R. Lawson, P. Sullivan, A. K-Y. Jen, L. Dalton, and A. Scherer, Nature Materials, 2006, 5(9), 703.

  4. “Record Electro-optic Coefficient of 170 pm/V and Vp of 1V at 1.55 mm in Hybrid Crosslinkable Polymer/Sol-gel Waveguide Modulators”, Y. Enami, C. T. DeRose, D. Mathine, C. Loychik, C. Greenlee, R. A. Norwood, T. D. Kim, J. Luo, Y. Tian, A. K-Y. Jen, and N. Peyghambarian, Nature Photonics, 2007, 1, 180.

  5. “Directed Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Drop-Casting onto a UV-Patterned Photosensitive Monolayer”, J. A. Bardecker, A. Afzali, G. S. Tulevski, T. Graham, J. B. Hannon, and A. K-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(23), 7226.

  6. “Theory-Guided Design and Synthesis of Multi-chromophore Dendrimers: An Analysis of the Electro-Optic Effect”, P. A. Sullivan, H. Rommel, Y. Liao, B. C. Olbricht, A. J. P. Akelaitis, K. A. Firestone, J-W. Kang, J. D. Luo, D. H. Choi, B. E. Eichinger, P. J. Reid, A. Chen, Alex K-Y. Jen, B. H. Robinson, L. R. Dalton, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129(24), 7523.

  7. “Two-photon Absorbing Block Copolymer as a Nanocarrier for Porphyrin - Energy Transfer and Singlet Oxygen Generation in Micellar Aqueous Solution”, C-Y. Chen, Y. Tian, Y-J. Cheng, C. A. Young, J-W. Ka, A. K.-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 7220.

  8. “Ultra-Large and Thermally Stable Electro-Optic Activities from Supramolecular Self-Assembled Molecular Glasses”, T. D. Kim, J. W. Kang, J. D. Luo, S. H. Jang, J. W. Ka, S. Hau, Z. Shi, N. M. Tucker, T. Gray, R. M. Overney, L. R. Dalton, W. Herman, J. B. Benedict, and A. K-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc,, 2007, 129, 488.

  9. “Patterning of Robust Self-Assembled n-type Hexaazatrinaphthylene-based Nanorods and Nanowires by Microcontact Printing”, H.-L. Yip, J. Zhou, H. Ma, Y. Tian, N. M. Tucker, and A. K.-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 13042.

  10. “Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Pyrene Phosphonic Acid: Transfer of Stacks on Structured Surface” H. L. Yip, H. Ma, A. K-Y. Jen, J-C. Dong, B. A. Parviz, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(17), 5672.

  11. “Systematic Study of the Structure-Property Relationship of a Series of Ferrocenyl Nonlinear Optical Chromophores”, Y. Liao, B. E. Eichinger, K. A. Firestone, M. Haller, J. Luo, W. Kaminsky, J. B. Benedict, P. J. Reid, A. K-Y Jen, L. R. Dalton, and B. H. Robinson, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 2758.

  12. “Divalent Osmium Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Strong Red Phosphorescence and Electrophosphrescence”, B. Carlson, L. Dalton, X. Jiang, S. Liu, and A. K-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14162.

  13. “Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Nonlinear Optical Dendrimer for Electro-optics”, H. Ma, B. Chen, T. Sassa, L. R. Dalton, and A. K-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 986.

  14. "Highly Efficient, Thermally and Chemically Stable Second-order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores with a 2-Phenyl-tetracyanobutadienyl Acceptor", X. Wu, J. Wu, and A. K-Y. Jen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121(2), 472.

  15. “Mesoscale Dynamics and Cooperativity of Networking Dendronized Nonlinear Optical Molecular Glasses”, T. Gray, T-D. Kim, D. Knorr, J. D. Luo, A. K.-Y. Jen, and R. M. Overney, Nano Lett., 2008, 8(2), 754.

  16. “Efficient CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using a Thermally Polymerized Hole Transport Layer”, J. Zhao, J. A. Bardecker, A. M. Munro, M. S. Liu, Y. Niu, I-K. Ding, J. Luo, B. Chen, A. K-Y. Jen, and D. S. Ginger, Nano Lett., 2006, 6(3), 463.

  17. “Controlled Assembly of Conducting Monomers for Molecular Electronics”, H. Zareie, H. Ma, B. Reed, A. K-Y. Jen, and M. Sarikaya, Nano Lett., 2003, 3(2), 139.

  18. “Polymer Solar Cells using Self-Assembled Monolayers Modified ZnO/Metals as Cathodes”, H-L. Yip, S. K. Hau, N-S. Baek, H. Ma, A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2008, 20(12), 2376.

  19. “Highly Efficient White Polymer Light-emitting Diodes Based on Nanoscale Control of the Electron Injection Layer Morphology through Solvent Processing”, Y. Zhang, F. Huang, Y. Chi, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, 1565.

  20.  “Solution Processed Organic Monolayer/High-k Metal Oxide Hybrid Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Organic Transistors”, O. Acton, G. Ting, H. Ma, J. W. Ka, H. L. Yip, N. M. Tucker, and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2008, (in press).

  21. “Neutral Conjugated Surfactant as a Highly Efficient Electron Injection Layer in Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes”, F. Huang, Y.-H. Niu, Y. Zhang, J.-W. Ka, M. S. Liu and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2007, 19, 2010.

  22. “Improved Performance from Multilayer Quantum-dot Light-emitting Diodes via Thermal Annealing of the Quantum Dot Layer”, Y. H. Niu, A. M. Munro, Y. J. Cheng, M. S. Liu, Y. Q. Tian, J. Zhao, J. A. Bardecker, I. J-L. Plante, D. S. Ginger, A. K. -Y. Jen, Adv. Mater. 2007, 19(20), 3371.

  23. “Crosslinkable Hole-Transport Layer on Conducting Polymer for High Efficiency White Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes”, Y. H. Niu, M. S. Liu, J. W. Ka, J. Bardeker, M. Zin, Y. Chi, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2007, 19(2), 300.

  24. “Ultra-Large and Thermally Stable Electro-Optic Activities from Diels-Alder Crosslinkable Polymers Containing Binary Chromophore Systems”, T. D. Kim, J. Luo, J-W. Ka, S. Hau, Y. Tian, Z. Shi, N. M. Tucker, S.-H. Jang, J.-W. Kang, and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2006, 18(22), 3038.

  25. “Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Electro-optic Polymer from a Smartly Controlled Poling    and Crosslinking Process”, J. Luo, M. Haller, H. Li, and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2003, 15(19), 1635.

  26. “Electrophosphorescence from a Conjugated Copolymer Doped with Iridium Complex: High Brightness and Improved Operational Stability”, X. Gong, J. Ostrowski, G. C. Bazan, A. J. Heeger, M. S. Liu, and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2003, 15(1), 45.

  27. “Focused Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Highly Efficient Nonlinear Optical Chromophores and Their Performance in Electro-Optics”, S. Liu, M. Haller, H. Ma, L. R. Dalton, and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2003, 15(7-8), 603.

  28. “Polymer-Based Optical Waveguides: Materials, Process, and Devices”, H. Ma, A. K-Y. Jen, and L. R. Dalton, Adv. Mater., 2002, 14(19), 1339.

  29. “Design, Synthesis, and Properties of Highly Efficient Side-chain Dendronized Nonlinear Optical Polymers for Electro-optics”, J. Luo, S. Liu, M. Haller, L. Liu, H. Ma, Alex K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2002, 14(23), 1763.

  30. “Functional Dendrimers for Nonlinear Optics”, H. Ma and A. K-Y. Jen, Adv. Mater., 2001, 13(15), 1201.

  31. “Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient, Chemically and Thermally Stable Chromophores with Chromone-containing Electron Acceptors for Nonlinear Optical Applications”, A. K-Y. Jen, Y. Liu, L. Zheng, S. Liu, K. J. Drost, and Y. Zhang, Adv. Mater., 1999, 11(6), 452.

  32. “Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Diphenylamino-substituted Thiophene Stilbene Chromophores for Nonlinear Optical Applications”, A. K-Y. Jen, Y. Cai, P. Bedworth,  and S. R. Marder,  Adv.  Mater. 1997, 9(2), 132.

  33. “Ordered Self-Assembly and Electronic Behavior of C60-Anthrylphenylacetylene Hybrid” S. H. Kang, H. Ma, M. H. Zareie, M. Kang, K. Kim, M. Sarikaya, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Angew. Chem, Int. Ed., 2004, 43(12), 1512.

  34. “Quantum-chemical Study of the Effect of Thiazole Regiochemistry in the Bridges of Dipolar Chromophores on Two-photon Absorption “, K. Schmidt, A. Leclercq, E. Zojer, P. V. Lawson, S.-H. Jang, S. Barlow, A. K.-Y. Jen, S.R. Marder, and J. L. Brédas, Adv. Func. Mater., 2008, 18, 794.

  35.  “Highly Efficient Diels-Alder Crosslinkable Electro-Optic Dendrimers for Electric-Field Sensors”, Z. Shi, S. Hau, J. D. Luo, T. D. Kim, N. M. Tucker, J.-W. Ka, H. Sun, A. Pyajt, L. R. Dalton, A. Chen, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Func. Mater., 2007, 17, 2557.

  36. “Hydrophobic Chromophores in Aqueous Micellar Solution Showing Large Two-photon Absorption Cross-sections”, Y. Tian, C. Chen, Y-J. Cheng, A. C. Young, N. M. Tucker, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Func. Mater., 2007, 17(10), 1691.

  37. “Ultrafast Spectroscopic Study of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in an Oligo (thienylenevinylene): Fullerene Composite”, I. W. Hwang, Q. H. Xu, C. Soci, B. Q. Chen, A. K-Y. Jen, D. Moses and A. J. Heeger, Adv. Func. Mater., 2007, 17(4), 563.

  38. “High-efficiency and Color Stable Blue Light-emitting Polymers and Devices”, F. Huang, Y. Zhang, M. S. Liu, Y.-J. Cheng, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Func. Mater., 2007, 17, 3808.

  39. “Perfluorocyclobutane-Based Arylamine Hole-Transporting Materials for Organic and Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes”, X. Jiang, S. Liu, M. S. Liu, P. Herguth, A. K-Y. Jen, H. Fong and M. Sarikaya, Adv. Func. Mater., 2002, 12(11-12), 745.

  40. “Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Electro-Optic Dendrimers for Photonics”, H. Ma, S. Liu, J. Luo, S. Suresh, L. Liu, S. H. Kang, M. Haller, Takafumi Sassa, and Alex K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Func. Mater., 2002, 12, 565.

  41. “Polymeric Materials and Their Orientation Techniques for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics”, F. Kajzar, K. S. Lee and A. K-Y. Jen, Special Issue for Polymers for Photonic Applications”, Invited Review, Adv. Polym Sci., 2003, 161, 1.

  42. “A Novel Oxadiazole-Containing Polyfluorene with Efficient Blue Electroluminescence”, F-I. Wu, D. S. Reddy, C. F. Shu, M. S. Liu, A. K-Y. Jen, Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 269.

  43. “Highly Efficient Blue Light-Emitting Diodes from Polyfluorene Containing Bipolar Pendent Groups”, C. F. Shu, R. Dodda, F. I. Wu, M. S. Liu, and A. K-Y. Jen, Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 6698.

  44. “High-Performance Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Fabricated with a Novel Hole Injection Layer”, X. Gong, S. Liu, A. K-Y. Jen, D. Moses, and A. Heeger, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2003, 83(1), 183.

  45. “Efficient Green Light-Emitting Diodes from A Silole-Containing Copolymer”, M. S. Liu, J. Luo and A. K-Y. Jen, Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 3496.

  46. “Self-Assembled Monolayer of Aromatic Thiols Stabilized by Parallel-Displaced p-p Stacking Interactions”, R. F. Dou, X-C. Ma, H. L. Yip, K-Y. Wong, W. M. Lau, W. S. Yang, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, H. Ma, A. K-Y Jen, and Langmuir, 2006, 22(7), 3049.

  47. “Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Using Genetically Engineered Polypeptides”, M. Zin, H. Ma, M. Sarikaya, A. K-Y. Jen, Small, 2005, 1(7), 698.

  48. “Technological Brighten Horizen for Organic Nonlinear Optics”, N. Peyghambarian, L. R. Dalton, A. K-Y. Jen, B. Kippelen, S, R, Marder, R. A. Norwood, and J. W. Perry, Laser Focus World, 2006, 43, 85.

  49. “Light Detection and Electro-optic Tuning in Slotted Waveguides”, T Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, G. Wang, R. Lawson, Y. Liao, P. A Sullivan, C. Walker, L. Dalton, A. K.-Y. Jen, A. Scherer, Optics Express, 2005, 13, 5216.

  50. “Organic Electro-optic Modulator Using Transparent Conducting Oxide as Electrode”, G. Xu, Z. Liu, J. Ma, B. Liu, S-T. Ho, L. Wang, P. Zhu, T. J. Marks, J. D. Luo, and A. K-Y. Jen, Optics Express, 2005, 13(19), 7380.

  51. “Pyrroline Chromophores for Electro-Optics”, S. H. Jang, J. D. Luo, N. M. Tucker, A. Leclercq, E. Zojer, M. A. Haller, T. D. Kim, J. W. Kang, K. Firestone, D. Bale, D. Lao, J. B. Benedict, D. Cohen, W. Kaminsky, B. Kahr, J-L. Brédas, P. Reid, L. R. Dalton, and A. K.-Y. Jen, Chem. Mater., 2006, 18(13), 2982.

  52. “Facile Synthesis of Highly Efficient Phenyltetraene-Based Nonlinear Optical Chromophores for Electro-Optics”, J. D. Luo, Y.-J. Cheng, T.-D. Kim, S. Hau, S. H. Jang,  Z. Shi, and A. K-Y. Jen, Org. Lett., 2006, 8(7), 1387.

  53. “High Sensitivity Transmission IR Spectroscopy for the Chemical Identification and Structural Analysis of Conjugated Molecules on GaAs”, D. Krapchetov, H. Ma, A. K-Y. Jen, Y-L. Loo, Langmuir, 2006, 22, 9491.

  54. “Two-photon Absorption in Quadrupolar Bis(Acceptor)-terminated Chromophores with Electron-rich Bis(heterocycle)vinylene Bridges”, S. Zheng, A. Leclercq, J. Fu, L. Beverina, L. A. Padilha, E. Zojer, K. Schmidt, S. Barlow, J. Luo, A. K-Y. Jen, Y. Yu, Z. Shuai, E. W. Van Stryland, D. J. Hagan, J-L. Brédas, and S. R. Marder, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19(3), 432.

  55. “Synthesis and Characterization of Hole-transporting Materials Using Styrene as an Efficient Thermally Crosslinkable Group for Light-Emitting Devices”, Y. J. Cheng, M. S. Liu, Y. H. Niu, F. Huang, H. L. Yip, Y. Q. Tian, and A. K-Y. Jen, Chem, Mater. 2008, 20, 413.

  56. “An atomic force microcopy study of the mechanical and electrical properties of monolayer films of molecules with aromatic end groups”, L. Fang, J. Y. Park, H. Ma, A. K.-Y. Jen, and M. Salmeron, Langmuir, 2007, 23, 11522.

  57. “Phenyltetraene-Based Nonlinear Optical Chromophores with Enhanced Chemical Stability and Electro-Optic Activity”, J. D. Luo, S. Huang, Y. J. Cheng, T. D. Kim, Z. W. Shi, X. H. Zhou, and A. K-Y. Jen, Org. Lett., 2007, 9(22), 4471.

  58. “Facile Synthesis of Thiolated Phenyltetraene-based Nonlinear Optical Chromophore Leading to Large Hyperpolarizibility, E-O Activity and Improved Photochemical Stability”, Y. J. Cheng, J. D. Luo, S. Huang, T.-D. Kim, D. H. Bale, S. H. Jang, X. H. Zhou, Z. Shi, Y. Tian, P. J. Reid, L. R. Dalton and A. K-Y. Jen, Chem. Mater., 2008, 20, 5047.

  59. “Nonlinear Optical Polymer-Clad Silicon Slot Waveguide with a Half Wave Voltage of 0.25V”, T. Baehr-Jones, J. Huang, P. Sullivan, J. Takayesu, J. Luo, T. D. Kim, M. Hochberg, L. R. Dalton, A. K-Y. Jen, and A. Scherer, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2008, 12, 163303.

  60. “Polarization Selective Electro-optic Polymer Waveguide Devices by Direct Electron Beam Writing”, H. Sun, A. Chen, B. C. Olbricht, J. A. Davies, P. A. Sullivan, Y. Liao, Z. W. Shi, J. Luo, A. K-Y. Jen, and L. R. Dalton, Optics Express, 2008, 16(12), 8472.