Benzobisazoles as modular building blocks for novel organic

Benzobisazoles  as  modular  building  blocks   for  novel  organic  electronic  materials.       The   goal   of   this   project   is   to   use   experimental   and   theoretical   methods   to   design   new   electron   accepting  conjugated  polymers.       By   changing   the   substituents   on   a   benzobisazole   building   block   we   can   tune   the   HOMO,   LUMO   and  resulting  band  gap.     The  predicted  values  show   excellent  correlation  to   experimental  results.     Dr.  Malika  Jeffries-­‐EL,  Department  of  Chemistry  Iowa  State  University