{"id":16,"date":"2016-02-17T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/el\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:50:36","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/el\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>50.\u00a0<\/strong>Tannir, S.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Perspective on Balancing the Costs and Performances of Organic Electronics in 21st Century Academic Research&#8221;, Journal of American Chemical Society, <strong>2025<\/strong>; DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.5c06878\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.5c06878<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>49<\/strong>. Tannir, S.; Pan, Y.; Josephs, N.; Cunningham, C.; Hendrick, N. R.; Beckett, A.; McNeely, J.; Beeler, A.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Kolaczyk, E. &#8220;Predicting Emission Wavelengths in Benzobisoxazole-Based OLEDs with Gradient Boosted Ensemble Models&#8221;, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, <strong>2024<\/strong>; DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.4c00077\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.4c00077\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artwork selected for the front cover of the July 2024 issue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>48<\/strong>. Tannir, S.; Chavez III, R.; Molina III, G.; Tomlinson A.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Evaluating the Effect of Extended Conjugation and Regioisomerism on the Optoelectronic Properties and Device Efficiencies of Blue Light-Emitting Benzobisoxazoles&#8221;, <em>Chemistry of Materials <\/em><strong>2024<\/strong>; DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.chemmater.3c02109\">10.1021\/acs.chemmater.3c02109<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part of Chemistry of Materials virtual special issue &#8220;In Honor of Prof. Elsa Reichmanis&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>47. <\/strong>Wheeler, D.; Tannir, S.; Yakir, R. H.; Dishi, O.; Gidron, O,; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;<span class=\"title_heading\">Exploring color space: an investigation of heteroaryl-substituted benzobis[1,2-<span class=\"italic\">d<\/span>:4,5-<span class=\"italic\">d<\/span>\u2032]oxazoles and their application in organic light-emitting diodes&#8221; <em>Materials Advances<\/em> <strong>2024<\/strong>; DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D3MA01154B\">10.1039\/D3MA01154B\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artwork selected for the back cover of the Materials Advances June 2024 issue<\/li>\n<li>Highlighted in the &#8220;Popular Advances&#8221; of Materials Advances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>46. <\/strong>Wheeler, D.; Fischer Jr. ,L.; Friedrich, P.; Cunningham, C.; Muthike, A. L.; Aspuru-Guzik A.; Goodson III, T.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Carbazole subsituted benzobisoxazoles: near UV fluorescent emitters and am bipolar hosts for organic light-emitting diodes&#8221;\u00a0<em>J. Mater. Chem. C\u00a0<\/em><strong>2023<\/strong>; DOI:<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link to landing page via DOI\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2TC03190F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.1039\/D2TC03190F<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>45. <\/strong>Wheeler, D.; Tannir, S.; Smith E.; Tomlinson, A.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;A computational and experimental investigation of deep-blue light-emitting tetraaryl-benzobis[1,2-<em>d<\/em>:4,5-<em>d<\/em>&#8216;]oxazoles&#8221;\u00a0<em>Materials Advances\u00a0<\/em><strong>2022<\/strong>; DOI<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2022\/ma\/d1ma00990g\">:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D1MA00990G<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artwork selected for the inside cover of the Materials Advances March 2022 issue<\/li>\n<li>Highlighted in the &#8220;Popular Advances&#8221; of Materials Advances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>44<\/strong>. <span>Gott-Betts, C. L.; Burney-Allen, A.;\u00a0<\/span><span>Wheeler, D.<\/span><span>; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Based on 2,3,6,7-tetra(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b&#8217;]difuran and Their Performance in Polymer Solar Cells&#8221; <em>Materials Advances<\/em> <strong>2022<\/strong>; DOI:<\/span><a class=\"text--small\" title=\"Link to landing page via DOI\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2MA00116K\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2MA00116K<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>43.<\/strong> Burney-Allen, A.; Shaw, J; Wheeler, D.; Diodati, L; Duzhko, V; Tomlinson, A.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Benzobisoxazole cruciforms: A cross-conjugated platform for designing tunable donor\/acceptor materials&#8221;\u00a0<em>Asian J. Org. Chem.\u00a0<\/em><strong>2021,<\/strong> <em>10<\/em>, 215-223; DOI:<a class=\"epub-doi\" aria-label=\"Digital Object Identifier\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ajoc.202000502\">10.1002\/ajoc.202000502<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>42.<\/strong> Wheeler, D.; Diodati, A.; Tomlinson, A.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Evaluating the Role of Molecular Heredity on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Cross-Conjugated Benzo[1,2-d:4,5-d\u2019]bisoxazoles&#8221; <em>ACS Omega,<span>\u00a0<strong>2020<\/strong>, 5, 21, 12374-12384.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsomega.0c01126\" target=\"_blank\" data-content=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsomega.0c01126\" data-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">10.1021\/acsomega.0c01126<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>41.<\/strong> Muller, E.; Burney-Allen, A. A.; Shaw, J.; Wheeler, D.; Duzhko, V.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;<span>Synthesis of 1,6-Didecylnaphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b&#8217;]difuran-Based Copolymers by Direct Heteroarylation Polymerization&#8221;\u00a0<i>J. Polym. Sci<\/i>.\u00a0<strong><span class=\"pubYear\">2020<\/span><\/strong>; 58,\u00a0<em>9<\/em>, 1299-1310<span class=\"pageLast\">\u00a0DOI:\u00a0<a class=\"epub-doi\" aria-label=\"Digital Object Identifier\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pol.20200069\">10.1002\/pol.20200069<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>40.\u00a0<\/strong>Chavez III, R.; Diodati, L.; Wheeler, D.; Shaw, J.; Tomlinson, A.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;<span class=\"hlFld-Title\">Evaluating the Impact of Fluorination on the Electro-optical Properties of Cross-Conjugated Benzobisoxazoles&#8221;\u00a0<em>J. Phys. Chem. A.<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>2019<\/strong>. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.8b07778\"><span>10.1021\/acs.jpca.8b07778<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>39.<\/strong>\u00a0Ifeanyi K. Madu; Evan W. Muller; Hyungjun Kim; Jessica Shaw; Alfred A. Burney-Allen; Paul Zimmerman; Malika Jeffries-EL; Theodore Goodson. &#8220;Heteroatom and Side Chain Effects on the Optical and Photophysical Properties: Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of New Naptho[1,2-b:5,6-b&#8217;]difuran Donor Polymers&#8221;\u00a0<em>J. Phys. Chem. C,\u00a0<\/em><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpcc.8b03914\"><span>10.1021\/acs.jpcc.8b03914<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>38.\u00a0<\/strong>Intemann, J.J.; Hellerich, E.S.; Ewan, M. D.; Tlach, B.C.; Speetzen, E.D.; Shinar, R.; Shinar, J.; Jeffries-EL, M. &#8220;Investingating the impact of conjugation pathway on the physical and electronic properties of benzobisoxazole-containing polymers&#8221;\u00a0<em>J. Mater. Chem. C.<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>2017<\/strong>, 5, 12839-12847. DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2017\/tc\/c7tc04458e#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/c7tc04458e<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>37.<\/strong>\u00a0Hale, B.J.; Elshobaki, M.; Gebhardt, R.; Wheeler, D.; Stoffer; J. Tomlinson, A.L.; Chaudhary, S.; Jeffries-EL, M. \u201cEvaluating the influence of heteroatoms on the electronic properties of aryl[3,4-c]pyrroledione based copolymers\u201c. Polymer, <strong>2017<\/strong>, 109, 85\u201392. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.polymer.2016.12.013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOI: 10.1016\/j.polymer.2016.12.013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>36.<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Chavez, R; Cai, M; Tlach, B.C.; Wheeler, D.L.; Kaudal,<sup> <\/sup>R; Tomlinson, A.L.; Shinar, R; Shinar, J.; and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.<\/strong><sup>*<\/sup> \u201cBenzobisoxazole cruciforms: A tunable, cross-conjugated platform for the generation of deep blue OLED materials.\u201d <em> Mater. Chem C<\/em>, <strong>2016<\/strong>, 4, 3765-3773. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C5TC03622D\">DOI: 10.1039\/C5TC03622D<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>35.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Bhuwalka, A.; Ewan, M.D.; Mike, J.F.; Elshobaki, M.; Chaudhary, S. and Jeffries-EL, M.* \u201cSynthesis and photovoltaic properties of 2,6-bis(2-thienyl) benzobisazole and 4,8-bis(thienyl)-benzo[1,2-<em>b<\/em>:4,5-<em>b\u2019<\/em>]dithiophene copolymers\u201d. <em> Poly. Sci. A<\/em>, <strong>2016<\/strong>, 54, 316 \u2013 324. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/pola.27793\/full\">DOI: 10.1002\/pola.27793<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span><strong>34.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhuwalka, A.; Mike, J.J.; Intemann, J.J.; Ellern, A.; Jeffries-EL, M.* \u201cA Versatile and Efficient Synthesis of Bithiophene-Based Dicarboxaldehydes.\u201d Org. Biomol. Chem<strong>., 2015<\/strong>, <em>13<\/em>, 9462-9470. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/c5ob01135c\">DOI: 10.1039\/c5ob01135c<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a highlight see \u201cBridged Bithiophene Building Block\u201d. Synfacts <strong>2015<\/strong>; 11(10): 1044. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/owens.mit.edu:8888\/sfx_local?__char_set=utf8&amp;id=doi:10.1055\/s-0035-1560294&amp;sid=libx%3Amit&amp;genre=article\">1055\/s-0035-1560294<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>33.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Bhuwalka, A.; Ewan, M.D.; Mike, J.F.; Elshobaki, M.; Kobilka, B.M.; Carr, J., Chen, Y., Chaudhary, S. and Jeffries-EL, M.* \u201cSynthesis Characterization and Photovoltaic Properties of Dithenylbenzobisazole-Dithienosilole Copolymer. <em>J. Poly. Sci. A<\/em>, <strong>2015<\/strong>, 53 (13), 1533 \u2013 1540. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/pola.27603\">DOI: 10.1002\/pola.27603<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>32.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Jeffries-EL, M.*; Kobilka, B.M.; and Hale, B.J. \u201cOptimizing the performance of conjugated polymers in organic photovoltaic cells by traversing group 16.\u201d Macromolecules. <strong>2014<\/strong>, 47(21),\u00a07253-7271. <a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ma501236v\">DOI:10.1021\/ma501236v<\/a>. <strong>Invited Perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>31.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Tlach, B.C., Tomlinson, A.L.,<sup> <\/sup>Morgan, K.D.,<sup> <\/sup>Collins, C.R., and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.<sup>*<\/sup><\/strong> \u201cEffect of Extended Conjugation on the Optoelectronic Properties Benzo[1,2-<em>d<\/em>:4,5-<em>d<\/em>\u2032]bisoxazole Polymers\u201c. <em>Aust J. Chem. <\/em><strong>2014<\/strong>, 67, 711-721. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1071\/CH13528\">DOI:10.1071\/CH13528<\/a><span>&#8211;<\/span><strong><em> Invited manuscript for a special issue on physical organic chemistry.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>30.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Kobilka, B.M., Hale, B.J., Ewan, M.D., Dubrovskiy, A.V., Nelson, T.L., Duzhko, V. and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.<sup>*<\/sup> \u201c<\/strong>Influence of heteroatoms on photovoltaic performance of donor-acceptor copolymers based on 2,6-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-<em>b<\/em>:4,5-<em>b<\/em>\u2019]difurans and diketopyrrolopyrrole\u201d. Polym. Chem <strong>2013<\/strong>, 4,<em> 5329-5336<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C3PY00138E\">DOI:10.1039\/C3PY00138E<\/a><span>&#8211;<\/span><strong><em> Invited manuscript for a special issue on conjugated polymers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>29.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Balaji,G., Esfahani, M.S., Joshi, P., Bhattacharaya, J., <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>., Dalal, V.* \u201cSynthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of a Furan-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Fluorene Terpolymer\u201d <em>Eur. Polym. J.<\/em>, <strong>2013<\/strong>, 49, 3921-3928. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eurpolymj.2013.08.021\">DOI: 10.1016\/j.eurpolymj.2013.08.021<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>28.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Hellerich, E.S., Intemann, J.J., Cai, M. Liu, R., Ewan, M.D. Tlach, B.C., <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>. Shinar, R.* and Shinar, J. \u201c<sup> <\/sup>Fluorescent polymer guest: small molecule host solution-processed OLEDs\u201d. <em>J. Mater. C<\/em> <strong>2013<\/strong>, 1, 5191-5199. <em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C3TC31019A\">DOI:10.1039\/C3TC31019A<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>27.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Tlach, B.C., Tomlinson, A.L., Ryno, A., Knoble, D.<sup> <\/sup>and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>* \u201cInfluence of Conjugation Axis on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Aryl-Substituted Benzobisoxazoles.\u201d <em>J. Org. Chem<\/em>. <strong>2013<\/strong>, 78 (13), 6570\u20136581. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jo4007927\">DOI: 10.1021\/jo4007927<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>26.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Hinkens, D.M., Chen, Q, Siddiki, M.K., Gosztola, D., Tapsak, M., Qiao, Q., <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>., Darling, S.B.* Model Compounds based on Poly(p-phenylenevinyleneborane) and Terthiophene:Investigating the p-n \u00a0Junction in Diblock Copolymers. <em>Polymer<\/em>, <strong>2013<\/strong>, 54, 3510-3520. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.polymer.2013.05.008\">DOI:10.1016\/j.polymer.2013.05.008<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>25.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Intemann, J. J.; Mike, J. F.; Cai, M.; Xiao, T.; Shinar, R.; Shinar J.S; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cSynthesis, Characterization and Electroluminescence Properties of Poly(fluorenevinylene benzobisthiazoles).\u201d <em>J. Poly. Sci. A.<\/em>, <strong>2013<\/strong>, 51, 916-923. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/pola.26449\">DOI: 10.1002\/pola.26449<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>24.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Intemann, J.J.; Hellerich, E.S.; Tlach, B.C.; Ewan, M.D. Barnes, C.A.; Bhuwalka, A.; Cai, M.; Shinar, J.; Shinar, R. and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cAltering the Conjugation Pathway for Improved Performance of Benzobisoxazole-Based Polymer Guest Emitters in PLEDs.\u201c <em>Macromolecules<\/em>, <strong>2012<\/strong>, 45, 6888-6897. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ma300821m\">DOI: 10.1021\/ma300821m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>23.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Kobilka, B. M.; Dubrovskiy, A. V.; Ewan, M. D.; Tomlinson, A. L.; Larock, R. C.; Chaudhary, S.; <strong>Jeffries-El, M.*<\/strong>: \u201cSynthesis of 3,7-diiodo-2,6-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b\u2019]difurans: functional building blocks for the design of new conjugated polymers.\u201d <em>Chem. Commun.<\/em> <strong>2012<\/strong>, 48, 8919-8921. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C2CC34070D\">10.1039\/C2CC34070D<\/a>.- <strong><em>Invited manuscript for a special issue on aromaticity<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Klimavicz, J.S.; Mike, J.F.; Bhuwalka, A; Tomlinson, A.L.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.*<\/strong> \u201cSynthesis of Benzobisoxazole Based D\u2212\u03c0-A\u2212\u03c0-D Organic Chromophores with Variable Optical and Electronic Properties.\u201d <em>Pure Appl. Chem<\/em>., <strong>2012<\/strong>, 84, (4), 991-1004. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-CON-11-10-23\">DOI:10.1351\/PAC-CON-11-10-23<\/a>. <strong><em>Invited manuscript for a special issue for the 14th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-14), Eugene, USA, 24\u201329 July 2011.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>21.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Bhuwalka, A.; Mike, J. F.; He, M. Intemann, J.J.; Nelson, T.; Ewan, M.D.; Roggers, R.A.; Lin, Z.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<em>*<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>\u201cQuaterthiophene-Benzobisazole Copolymers for Photovoltaic Cells: Effect of Heteroatom Placement and Substitution on the Optical and Electronic Properties.\u201c <em>Macromolecules<\/em>, <strong>2011<\/strong>, 44 (24), 9611 -\u2013 9617. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ma202133e\">DOI: 10.1021\/ma202133e.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Tlach, B.C.; Tomlinson, A.L.; Bhuwalka, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.*<\/strong> \u201cTuning the Optical and Electronic Properties of 4,8-Disubstituted Benzobisoxazoles via Alkynyl Substitution.\u201d <em>J. Org. Chem<\/em>, <strong>2011<\/strong>, 76 (21), 8670 \u00ad\u2013 8681. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jo201078w\">DOI: 10.1021\/jo201078w<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Mike, J. F.; Intemann, J.J.; Cai, M.; Xiao, T.; Shinar, R.; Shinar, J.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.*<\/strong> Efficient Synthesis of Benzobisazole Terpolymers Containing Thiophene and Fluorene. <em>Polym. Chem<\/em>. <strong>2011<\/strong>, 2, 2299 &#8211; 2305. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C1PY00218J\">DOI: 10.1039\/C1PY00218J<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Zhao, L.; Pang, X.; Adhikary, R.; Petrich, J.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>. and Lin, Z.* \u201cOrganic-Inorganic Nanocomposites by Placing Conjugated Polymers in Intimate Contact with Quantum Rods.\u201d <em>Adv. Mater<\/em>. <strong>2011<\/strong>, 23, 2844 \u2013 2849. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/adma.201100923\">DOI:\u00a010.1002\/adma.201100923<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Mike, J F.; Nalwa, K.; Makowski, A. J.; Putnam, D.; Tomlinson A.; Chaudhary, S. and <strong>Jeffries-EL, M.*<\/strong> \u201cSynthesis, Characterization and Photovoltaic Properties of Poly(thiophenevinylene) Benzobisoxazoles.\u201d <em>Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys<\/em>. <strong>2011<\/strong>, 13, 1338 \u2013 1344. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C0CP00353K\">DOI:10.1039\/C0CP00353K<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Intemann, J. J.; Mike, J. F.; Cai, M.; Bose, S.; Xiao, T.; Mauldin T.; Shinar, J.; Shinar, R.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cSynthesis and Characterization of Poly (9,9-dialkylfluorenevinylene benzobisoxazoles): New Solution Processable Electron-Accepting Conjugated Polymers.\u201d <em>Macromolecules<\/em>, <strong>2011<\/strong>, 44 (2) 248 \u2013 255. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ma102010s\">DOI:10.1021\/ma102010s<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Mike, J. F.; Makowski, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cSynthesis and Characterization of Organic-Soluble Poly(Phenylenevinylene)Benzobisoxazoles.\u201d <em>J. Poly. Sci. A<\/em>, <strong>2010<\/strong>, 48 (6), 1456 \u2013 1460. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pola.23869\">DOI:10.1002\/pola.23886<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Mike, J. F.; Makowski, A.; Ellern, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cFacile Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted Benzobisthiazoles: Functional Monomers for the Design of Organic Semiconductors.\u201d J.Org. Chem., 2010, 75(2), 495 \u2013 497. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jo9023864\">DOI: 10.1021\/jo9023864<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a highlight see: Mike, J. F.; Makowski, A.; Ellern, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>. \u201cVersatile Monomers for Conjugated Polymer Synthesis\u201d. Synfacts, <strong>2010<\/strong>, 4, 0419.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Byun, M.; Laskowski, R.; Qiu, F.; Jeffries-EL, M.; Lin, Z. \u201cHierarchically Structured Regioregular Conjugated Polymer Patterns via Controlled Evaporative Self-Assembly.\u201d Soft. Mat., <strong>2009<\/strong>, 5 (8), 1585 \u2013 1586. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/b822998h\">DOI: 10.1039\/b822998h<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong><span> \u00a0<\/span>Mike, J. F.; Makowski, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.* \u201cAn Efficient Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted Benzobisoxazoles: New Building Blocks for Organic Semiconductors.\u201d Org. Lett., <strong>2008<\/strong>, 10(21), 4915 \u2013 4918. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ol802011y\">DOI: 10.1021\/ol802011y<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a highlight see: Mike, J. F.; Makowski, A.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>, ChemInform 40 (12), 12-183, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> \u00a0Xu, J.; Wang, J.; Mitchell, M.; Mukherjee, P.; <strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.; Petrich, J.; Lin, Z. \u201cOrganic-Inorganic Nanocomposites via Directly Grafting Conjugated Polymers onto Quantum Dots.\u201d J. Am. Chem. Soc., <strong>2007<\/strong>, 129(42), 12828 \u2013 12833. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ja074133x\">DOI: 10.1021\/ja074133x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><em>From\u00a0postdoctoral appointment<\/em><\/em><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> \u00a0Bhatt, M.P.; Magurudeniya, H.D.;\u00a0Sista, P.;\u00a0Sheina, E.E<strong>.<\/strong>;<strong>Jeffries-EL, M<\/strong>.;\u00a0Janesko,*\u00a0\u00a0McCullough, R.D; and\u00a0Stefan, M.C. \u201cRole of the transition metal in Grignard metathesis polymerization (GRIM) of 3-hexylthiophene.\u201d J. Mater. Chem. 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