Group News

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

Prof. Jeffries-EL to give the 2017 Dow Distinguished Lecture at UCSB

By Malika Jeffries-ElApril 19th, 2017in Lecture

Spring 2017 DOW Distinguished Lecture, will be given by professor Malika Jeffries-EL. The graduate students for diversity in the sciences (GSDS) hosts well-known individuals from academia, industry, and national labs to campus two to three times each academic calendar. These campus visits include two talks: a technical talk describing their work and a diversity talk, frequently... More

Alfred Burney-Allen recieves NESACS-GDCh Fellowship

By Malika Jeffries-ElMarch 15th, 2017in Fellowship

This month Alfred will travel with a group of 12 students and a number of faculty and industrial representatives to Germany. There he will make a poster presentation on his research at the Frühjahrssymposium, a well-established international event for young chemist, in particular undergraduate and PhD students of chemistry and related subjects. The event... More

The next generation of semiconductors

By Malika Jeffries-ElMarch 10th, 2017in Media

Professor Malika Jeffries-EL looks to one of the most abundant elements to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems Chemistry professor Malika Jeffries-EL studies carbon-based polymers. She’s looking for new materials for the next generation of semiconductors. Photos by Cydney Scott For Malika Jeffries-EL, the love affair began at science camp. More

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