Tovar Group

The Tovar group has broad interests in electrically-conductive plastics and other types of π-conjugated organic electronic materials.  We use molecular design as a tool to predict, control and seek a better understanding of charge mobility and conductivity through organic electronic materials to enable their employment in emerging applications ranging from inexpensive flexible circuitry to active biomedical materials.  Current molecular targets incorporate unusual π-conjugated systems and therefore provide extensive experience in organic synthesis (aromatic, polymer and peptide chemistries) along with optical and electrochemical characterization techniques.