James E. Mark

{{short description|American academic}}

James E. Mark (December 14, 1934 - September 23, 2017){{cite web|title=In memory of James E. Mark|url=http://www.mrfh.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=2022848|accessdate=1 January 2018}} was a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati.{{cite web|title=James E. Mark brief bio |url=http://www.che.uc.edu/jmark/JEMark/jim.html |accessdate=12 Sep 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042912/http://www.che.uc.edu/jmark/JEMark/jim.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}

Mark made important contributions to understanding the physical chemistry of polymers. His contributions included models of the elasticity of polymer networks,{{cite book |last1=Mark |first1=J. E. |last2=Erman |first2=B. |title=Rubberlike elasticity: a molecular primer |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=United Kingdom |isbn=9781139461566 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kkDOn41D3YC |access-date=4 February 2024}} hybrid organic-inorganic composites,{{cite journal |last1=Mark |first1=J. E. |title=Ceramic-reinforced polymers and polymer-modified ceramics. |journal=Polymer Engineering & Science |date=1996 |volume=36 |issue=24 |pages=2905–2920 |doi=10.1002/pen.10692}} liquid-crystalline polymers,{{cite journal |last1=Mark |first1=J. E. |title=Some interesting things about polysiloxanes |journal=Accounts of Chemical Research |date=2004 |volume=37 |issue=12 |pages=946–953 |doi=10.1021/ar030279z|pmid=15609986 }} and a variety of computer simulations.{{cite journal |last1=Mark |first1=J. E. |title=Some recent theory, experiments, and simulations on rubberlike elasticity |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B |date=2003 |volume=107 |issue=4 |pages=903–913 |doi=10.1021/jp020056a}}