Group News

Congratulations, Dr. Ramiro Chavez III

By David WheelerMarch 2nd, 2019

After much hard work and perseverance, the Jeffries-EL group was able to celebrate with Ramiro on his successful doctoral defense: "The Design and Synthesis of Next Generation Organic Semiconductors Based on Benzobisoxazole". Dr. Chavez III will be the ninth doctoral student to graduate under Dr. Jeffries-EL.   Way to go, Ramiro!

Farewell, Robin

By David WheelerMarch 2nd, 2019

The Jeffries-EL group bid a heartfelt farewell to Robin Wessling after completing 6 months of research abroad from his home university in Freiburg, Germany. Robin's research focused on the synthesis of D-A polymers for organic solar cell application.   Good luck, Robin!

Group Members to Present at Upcoming ACS Meeting

By David WheelerAugust 18th, 2018

This week, several group members from the Jeffries-EL team will be presenting their newest findings on the characterization and synthesis of organic semiconducting materials for OPV and OLED application. Come by and check them out! Evan Muller: "Investigating naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b’]difuran (NDF) as an electron rich co-monomer in donor-acceptor conjugated polymer systems utilizing... More

Dr. Jeffries-EL named a 2018 ACS Fellow

By David WheelerAugust 10th, 2018

This summer, the American Chemical Society (ACS) deemed our own Dr. Jeffries-EL as a 2018 ACS Fellow. Thanks to her contributions and research in the field of chemistry, Jeffries-EL will be recognized for her achievement at the Fall ACS Conference here in Boston on August 20th.

Group Bids Farewell to Summer 2018 Students

By David WheelerAugust 10th, 2018

The Jeffries-EL group said their 'goodbyes' to two bright and up-coming chemists this week.  Hard at work for the past two months, they have synthesized new, novel materials for organic electronic devices.  DeZhanae McCall-Butler's (pictured left) work consisted of BBO-based, donor-acceptor photovoltaic polymers for renewable energy application. Simone Tennyson (pictured... More

Jeffries-EL members publish exciting new work

By David WheelerJuly 27th, 2018

A set of new naptho[1,2-b:5,6-b']difuran polymers were synthesized and investigated with the help of Evan Muller, Alfred Burney-Allen, and Dr. Jessica Shaw. The time-resolved spectroscopic properties elucidate the potential of these polymers use in photovoltaic devices.  Read the full article here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03914