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Professor Laurence D. Marks, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He is known for his highly cited work in the discovery of a type of nanoparticle known as the Marks Decahedron and has pioneered the use of High-Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) to study nanoparticle structure. He applies direct methods to analyze electron and x-ray diffraction data, and utilizes in-situ methods for tribology and electron microscopy, developing fast methods for obtaining optical and structural measurements of single nanoparticles. His research interests encompass transmission electron microscopy, density functional theory, direct methods for inverting diffraction data, surface science particularly on oxides, tribology related to hip replacements, nanoparticle structure and growth, and corrosion, with a recent addition to his work being flexoelectricity and triboelectricity. Professor Marks is the author or co-author of more than 400 refereed publications, and he encourages his students to explore the underlying science of electron behavior in materials.
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