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(32) Tanzida Zubair, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Raul S. Ramos, Robert M. Pankow*, "Conjugated Polymers with Near-Infrared (NIR) Optical Absorption: Structural Design Considerations and Applications in Organic Electronics" J. Mater. Chem. C 2024, 12, 8188-8216. accepted. DOI: 10.1039/D4TC01391C.  From themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators 2024.

(31)  Vinod K. Sangwan*, Zachary Martin, Guoping Li, Fei Qin, Shreyash Hadke, Robert M. Pankow, Woo Cheol Jeon, Ding Zheng, Yongjoon Cho, Ryan M. Young*, Kevin L. Kohlstedt*, Michael R. Wasielewski*, George C. Schatz*, Antonio Facchetti*, Mark C. Hersam*, Tobin J. Marks*, "Elucidating performance degradation mechanisms in non-fullerene acceptor solar cells" J. Mater. Chem. A 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4TA03501A.

(30) Jaehyun Kim, Robert M. Pankow, Yongjoon Cho, I. Daniel Duplessis, Fei Qin, Dilara Meli, Rachel Daso, Ding Zheng, Wei Huang, Jonathan Rivnay*, Tobin J. Marks*, Antonio Facchetti*, “Monolithically-integrated ultra-high-resolution vertical organic electrochemical transistor arrays and complementary circuits” Nat. Electron. 2024, 7, 234-243. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-024-01127-x.

(29) Jianglin Wu, Caixia Fu, Robert M. Pankow, Yao Chen*, Ding Zheng, Zhiyun Lu, Yan Huang*, Tobin J. Marks*, and Antonio Facchetti*, "Copolymers Based on π-Conjugated Asymmetric Naphthalene Diimide Building Blocks: Synthesis, Crystallography, and Structure–Property–Charge Transport/Photovoltaic Correlations" Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 10106-10118. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02182.

(28) Fei Qin, Guoping Li, Yang Liu, Yongjoon Cho, Robert M. Pankow, Dayong Zhang, Liangwen Feng, Yuyang Wang, Seonghun Jeong, Giacomo Forti, Ding Zheng, Changduk Yang, Yinhua Zhou*, Tobin J. Marks*, Antonio Facchetti*, "Conjugated versus Nonconjugated Polymerized Small-Molecule Acceptors. Photovoltaic Response and Mechanical Properties" ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 4733-4745. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01490.

(27) Robert M. Pankow, Brendan Kerwin, Yongjoon Cho, Seonghun Jeong, Giacomo Forti, Bryan Musolino, Changduk Yang, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, "Enhanced Optical Contrast and Switching in Near-Infrared Electrochromic Devices by Optimizing Conjugated Polymer Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Sidechain Content and Gel Electrolyte Composition" Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2309428. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202309428.

(26) Guoping Li, Fei Qin, Robert M. Jacobberger , Subhrangsu Mukherjee , Leighton O. Jones, Ryan M. Young, Robert M. Pankow, Brendan Kerwin , Lucas Q. Flagg , Ding Zheng , Kevin L. Kohlstedt*, Vinod K. Sangwan*, Mark C. Hersam*, George C. Schatz*, Dean M. DeLongchamp*, Michael R. Wasielewski*, Yinhua Zhou*, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, “What is the Role of Non-Fullerene Acceptor Symmetry in Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency?” Joule 2023, 7, 2152-2173. DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2023.07.005.

(25) Giacomo Forti, Robert M. Pankow, Fei Qin, Yongjoon Cho, Brendan Kerwin, Isaiah Duplessis, Andrea Nitti, Seonghun Jeong, Changduk Yang*, Antonio Facchetti*, Dario Pasini*, Tobin J. Marks*, “Anthradithiophene (ADT)-Based Polymerized Non-Fullerene Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells” Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202300653.

(24) Robert M. Pankow, Alexandra Harbuzaru, Ding Zheng, Brendan Kerwin, Giacomo Forti, Isaiah D. Duplessis, Bryan Musolino, Rocio Ponce Ortiz, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, “Oxidative-Reductive Near-Infrared Electrochromic Switching Enabled by Porous Vertically Stacked Multilayer Devices” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 13411-13419.

(23) Wei Huang*, Jianhua Chen, Yao Yao, Ding Zheng*, Xudong Ji, Liang-Wen Feng, David Moore, Nicholas R. Glavin, Miao Xie, Yao Chen, Robert M. Pankow, Abhijith Surendran, Zhi Wang, Yu Xia, Libing Bai, Jonathan Rivnay, Jianfeng Ping, Xugang Guo, Yuhua Cheng*, Tobin J. Marks*, Antonio Facchetti*, “Vertical Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Complementary Logic Circuits” Nature 2023, 613, 496-502.

(22) Ning Su, Jianhua Chen*, Mengran Peng, Guoping Li, Robert M. Pankow, Ding Zheng, Junqiao Ding*, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, “π-Extension and chlorination of non-fullerene acceptors enable more readily processable and sustainable high-performance organic solar cells” J. Energy Chem. 2023, 79, 321-329.

(21) Gabriele Bianchi, Chiara Carbonera, Laura Ciammaruchi*, Nadia Camaioni, Nicola Negarville, Francesca Tinti*, Giacomo Forti, Andrea Nitti*, Dario Pasini, Antonio Facchetti, Robert M. Pankow, Tobin J. Marks, Riccardo Po, “An Anthradithiophene Donor Polymer for Organic Solar Cells with a Good Balance Between Efficiency and Synthetic Accessibility” Solar RRL 2022, 6, 2200643.

(20) Robert M. Pankow, Jianglin Wu, Alexandra Harbuzaru, Brendan Kerwin, Yao Chen, Rocio Ponce Ortiz, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, “All-Polymer Solar Cells Incorporating Readily Accessible Naphthalene Diimide and Isoindigo Acceptor Polymers for Improved Light Harvesting” Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 3267-3279.

(19) Jianhua Chen, Wei Huang*, Ding Zheng*, Zhaoqian Xie*, Xinming Zhuang, Dan Zhao, Yao Chen, Ning Su, Hongming Chen, Robert M. Pankow, Zhan Gao, Junsheng Yu, Xugang Guo, Xinge Yu*, Tobin J. Marks*, Antonio Facchetti*, “Highly Stretchable Organic Electrochemical Transistors with Strain-Resistant Performance” Nat. Mater. 2022, 21, 564-571.

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 (18) Guoping Li, Liang-Wen Feng, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Leighton O. Jones, Robert . Jacobberger, Wei, Huang, Ryan M. Young, Robert M. Pankow, Weigang Zhu, Norman Lu, Kevin L. Kohlstedt*, Vinod K. Sangwan*, Michael R. Wasieleski*, Mark C. Hersam*, George C. Schatz*, Dean M. DeLongchamp*, Antonio Facchetti*, Tobin J. Marks*, “Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Direct and Indirect Hexa-Fluorination Afford >17% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells” Energy Environ. Sci. 2022, 15, 645-659.

(17) Wei Huang, Jianhua Chen, Gang Wang, Yao Yao, Xinming Zhuang, Robert M. Pankow, Yuhua Cheng, Tobin J. Marks*, Antonio Facchetti*, “Dielectric materials for electrolyte gated transistor applications” J. Mat. Chem. C., 2021, 9, 9348-9376.

(16) Robert M. Pankow and Barry C. Thompson*, “The Development of Conjugated Polymers as the Cornerstone of Organic Electronics” Polymer 2020, 207, 122874. Invited Perspective Article.

(15) Liwei Ye, Alexander Schmitt, Robert M. Pankow, Barry C. Thompson*, “An Efficient Precatalyst Approach for the Synthesis of Thiazole-Containing Conjugated Polymers via Cu-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (Cu-DArP)” ACS. Macro Letters 2020, 9, 1446-1451.

(14) Robert M. Pankow, Liwei Ye, Barry C. Thompson*, “Influence of the Ester Directing-Group on the Inhibition of Defect Formation in Polythiophenes with Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP),” Macromolecules 2020, 53, 3315-3324.

(13) Robert M. Pankow and Barry C. Thompson*, “Approaches for Improving the Sustainability of Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP),” Polymer Chemistry 2020, 11, 630-640. Invited Review.

(12) Liwei Ye, Robert M. Pankow, Alexander Scmitt, Barry C. Thompson*, “Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers using Aryl-Bromides via Cu-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (Cu-DArP),” Polymer Chemistry 2019, 10, 6545-6550.

(11) Liwei Ye, Robert M. Pankow, Mami Horikawa, Elizabeth Melenbrink, Kangying Liu, Barry C. Thompson*, “Green Solvent Processed Amide-Functionalized Conjugated Polymers Prepared via Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP),” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 9383-9388.

(10) Robert M. Pankow¸ Liwei Ye, Barry C. Thompson*, “Influence of an Ester Directing-Group on Defect Formation in the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers via Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) using Sustainable Solvents,” Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10, 4561-4572.

(9) Dhritiman Bhattacharyya, Angelo Montenegro, Purnim Dhar, Muhammet Mammetkuliyev, Robert M. Pankow, Moon Chul Jung, Mark E. Thompson, Barry C. Thompson, Alexander V. Benderskii*, "Molecular orientation of poly-3-hexylthiophene at the buried interface with fullerene" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 1757-1762.

(8) Robert M. Pankow, Liwei Ye, Barry C. Thompson*, "Sustainable Synthesis of a Fluorinated Arylene Conjugated Polymer via Cu-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP)," ACS Macro Lett. 2018, 10, 1232-1236.

(7) Robert M. Pankow, Liwe Ye, and Barry C. Thompson*, “Copper Catalyzed Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers using Direct Arylation Polymerization,” Polymer Chemistry 2018, 9, 4120-4124.

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(6) Robert M. Pankow, Liwe Ye, Nemal S. Gobalasingham, Neda Salami, and Barry C. Thompson*, “Investigation of Green Solvents for Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP),” Polymer Chemistry 2018, 9, 3885-3992.

(5) Robert M. Pankow, John D. Munteanu, and Barry C. Thompson*, “Influence of the aryl spacer in 2,5-dialkoxyphenylene and diaryl substituted thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione copolymers,” J. Mat. Chem. C. 2018, 6, 5992-5998.

(4) Nemal S. Gobalasingham, Seyma Ekiz, Robert M. Pankow, Francesco Livi, Eva Bundegaard, and Barry C. Thompson*, “Carbazole-Based Copolymers via Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) for Suzuki-Convergent Polymer Solar Cell Performance," Polymer Chemistry 2017, 8, 4393-4402.

(3) Robert M. Pankow, Nemal S. Gobalasingham, John Munteanu, and Barry C. Thompson*, "Preparation of Semi-Alternating Conjugated Polymers using Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) and Improvement of Photovoltaic Device Perfomance," J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 3370-3380.

(2) Nemal S. Gobalasingham, Robert M. Pankow, Seyma Ekiz, and Barry C. Thompson*, " Evaluating Structure-Function Relationships Toward Three-Component Conjugated Polymers via Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) for Stille Convergent Solar Cell Performance,"J. Mat. Chem. A 2017, 5, 14101-14113.

(1) Nemal S. Gobalasingham, Robert M. Pankow, and Barry C. Thompson*, "Synthesis of Random Poly(Hexyl Thiophene-3-Carboxylate) Copolymers via Oxidative Direct Arylation Polymerization (Oxi-DArP)," Polymer Chemistry 2017, 8, 1963-1971.

Book Chapters:

(1) Brian Schmatz, Robert M. Pankow, Barry C. Thompson, John Reynolds, “Perspective on the Advancements in Conjugated Polymer Synthesis, Design, and Functionality over the Past Ten Years.” In The Handbook of Conducting Polymers, 4th ed; Barry C. Thompson, John R. Reynolds, and Terje Skotheim, Ed.; Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, 2019.