2025
102) W. Shi,* M. Wang,* L. Venkataraman and J. D. Tovar, “Single-molecule conductance through hybrid linearly and radially pi-conjugated macromolecules reveals an unusual intramolecular pi-interaction,” in Nano Letters, 2025 (25) 12101-12106. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c03693)
101) N. P. Adams, S. Garrido Hidalgo and J. D. Tovar, “Benzo[b]furan platforms for tailorable photochromic molecules,” invited for the special issue “π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials” in Organic Letters, 2025 (27) 8613-8617. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02559)
100) S. T. Rich-New,* R. Wang,* A. Zia, F. Wang and J. D. Tovar, “Cryo-EM visualization of intermolecular pi-electron interactions within pi-conjugated peptide nanostructures,” in ACS Macro Letters, 2025 (14) 1100-1106. (DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00360)
99) R. Wang and J. D. Tovar, “Sequence-dependent aggregation-induced emission characteristics of tetraphenylethene-containing pi-peptides,” in Macromolecules, 2025 (58) 8352-8359. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00976)
98) R. Bhattacharjee, J. D. Tovar and M. Kertesz, “Quinonoid radial pi-conjugation,” in Chemical Science, 2025 (16) 14595-14604. (DOI: 10.1039/D5SC00639B).
97) L. R. O’Connor, N. P. Adams, C. R. Honick, Y. Song, N. Haldar, J. D. Tovar and A. E. Bragg, “Structure-Dependent Balance between Excited-State Deactivation Pathways in Cross-Conjugated Molecular Photoswitches,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2025 (129) 481-491. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c06720).
96) N. P. Adams and J. D. Tovar, “Torsional influences on cross-conjugated thieno[3,4-b]thiophene photochromes,” Cover Article in the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (part of a special issue on Excited-State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity), 2025 (38) e4650. (DOI: 10.1002/poc.4650)
2024
95) G. E. K. Hall*, T. Lee*, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “Utilizing pi-peptide supramolecular polymers to template growth of hybrid organic-inorganic electronic materials,” in RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 (1) 944-957. (DOI: 10.1039/d4lf00087k)
2023
94). T. Lee, S. S. Panda, G. E. K. Hall, Y. Song, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “Relation among Absorbance Shifts, Mineralization Morphology, and Electronic Conductivity of π-Peptide Aggregates with Different Amino Acid Residues,” in Materials Advances, 2023 (4) 1964-1977. (DOI: 10.1039/D2MA00979J)
93) J. Han, Y. Jiang, E. Tiernan, C. Ganley, Y. Song, T. Lee, A. Chiu, P. McGuiggan, N. Adams, P. Clancy, T. P. Russell, P. E. Hopkins, S. M. Thon, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “Blended Conjugated and n-Dopant Polymers Towards All-Polymer Conductors and Higher ZT Thermoelectrics,” in Angewandte Chemie, 2023 (62) e202219313. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219313)
92) C. R. Honick, S. S. Panda, L. R. O’Connor, J. D. Tovar and A. E. Bragg, “Supramolecular Tuning of Exciton Transport in Pi-Peptide Assemblies,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 (127) 1310-1319. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c07014)
91) J. P. Dibble, S. R. Deboer, M. Mersha, T. J. Robinson, R. J. Felling, S. R. Zeiler and J. D. Tovar, “In vivo formation and tracking of pi-peptide nanostructures,” invited as part of a Forum issue on “Applied Supramolecular Materials” in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 (15) 25091-25097. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c04598).
90) J. P. Dibble, S. S. Panda, J. D. Tovar “Constitutional and configurational isomerism within peptide/pi electron self-assembling molecules and their impacts on supramolecular nanostructures” Supramolecular Nanotechnology: Advanced Design of Self‐Assembled Functional Materials, 2023 (1) 215-229 (DOI: 10.1002/9783527834044.ch6)
2022
89) A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Evolution of pi-peptide assembly: from understanding to prediction and control,” invited as a Feature Article by Langmuir, 2022 (38) 15463-15475. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02399).
88) J. Han, Y. Song, N. Chen, A. Chiu, P. McGuiggan, N. Adams, S. Thon, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “A Dichlorinated Dithienylethene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Copolymer with Pronounced P-N Crossover: Evidence for Anionic Seebeck Contribution,” in ACS Materials Letters, 2022 (4) 1139-1145. (DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00267)
87) K. Shmilovich, S. S. Panda, A. Stouffer, J. D. Tovar and A. L. Ferguson, “Hybrid Computational-Experimental Data-Driven Design of Self-Assembling π-Conjugated Peptides,” in Digital Discovery, 2022 (1) 448-462. (DOI: 10.1039/D1DD00047K)
86) J. Han, E. Tiernan, T. Lee, A. Chiu, P. McGuiggan, N. Adams, J. A. Tomko, P. E. Hopkins, S. M. Thon, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “A New Polystyrene-Polyvinyl Pyridinium Ionic Copolymer Dopant for N-type All-Polymer Thermoelectrics with High Stable Conductivity Relative to Seebeck Coefficient Giving High Power Factor,” in Advanced Materials, 2022 (34) 2201062. (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201062)
85) G. Grover, J. D. Tovar and M. Kertesz, “Quinonoid vs. aromatic π-conjugated oligomers and polymers and their diradical characters,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022 (126) 5302-5310. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00113)
84) K. Shmilovich, Y. Yao, J. D. Tovar, H. E. Katz, A. Schleife and A. L. Ferguson, “Computational discovery of high charge mobility self-assembling π-conjugated peptides,” in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2022 (7) 447-459 (DOI: 10.1039/D2ME00017B)
83) E. Peterson, R. L. Maust, R. Jasti, M. Kertesz and J. D. Tovar, “Splitting the ring: impact of ortho and meta pi conjugation pathways through disjointed [8]cycloparaphenylene electronic materials,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 (144) 4611-4622. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00419)
82) C. Hong, J. Baltazar and J. D. Tovar, “Manifestations of antiaromaticity in organic materials: case studies of cyclobutadiene, borole and pentalene,” invited for a special issue in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry in honor of Prof. Klaus Hafner, 2022, e202101343. (DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101343)
2021
81) S. S. Panda, K. Shmilovich, N. Herringer, N. Marin, A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Computationally Guided Tuning of Peptide-Conjugated Perylene Diimide Self-Assembly,” in Langmuir, 2021 (37) 8594-8606. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01213)
80) S. S. Panda and J. D. Tovar, “Aqueous Self-assembly of Peptide-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Conjugates with Variation of N-alkyl Side Chain and π-Core Lengths, invited for the special issue “Supramolecular Optoelectronic Materials” by Organic Materials, 2021 (3) 353-361. (DOI: 10.1055/a-1503-5912)
79) J. D. Tovar, “Repurposing aromaticity for organic electronics: making, breaking and stacking pi-circuits,” invited by the Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2021 (68) 51-58. (DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000524)
2020
78) S. A. Harry, F. Ghorbani, J. Capilato, C. R. Pitts, J. Joram, G. M. Peters, J. D. Tovar, I. Smajlagic, M. Siegler, T. Dudding and T. Lectka, “Carbonyl-Directed Aliphatic Fluorination: A Special Type of Hydrogen Atom Transfer Beats Out Norrish II,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 (142) 14710-14724. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07004)
77) J. P. Dibble, C. Troyano-Valls and J. D. Tovar, “A tale of three hydrophobicities: Impact of constitutional isomerism on nanostructure evolution and electronic communication in pi-conjugated peptides,” in Macromolecules, 2020 (53) 7263-7273. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01492).
76) S. S. Panda, K. Shmilovich, A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Computationally guided tuning of amino acid configuration influences the chiroptical properties of supramolecular peptide-pi-peptide nanostructures,” in Langmuir, 2020 (36) 6782-6792. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00961).
75) G. Grover, G. M. Peters, J. D. Tovar, M. Kertesz, “Quinonoid vs aromatic structures of heteroconjugated polymers from oligomer calculations,” in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 (22) 11431-11439. (DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00606H)
74) R. Jira, K. Shmilovich, T. S. Kale, A. L. Ferguson, J. D. Tovar, C. M. Schroeder, “Effect of core oligomer length on the phase behavior and assembly of π-conjugated peptides,” in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020 (12) 20722-20732. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02095)
73) K. Shmilovich, R. A. Mansbach, H. Sidky, O. E. Dunne, S. S. Panda, J. D. Tovar, A. L. Ferguson, “Discovery of self-assembling pi-conjugated peptides by active learning-directed coarse-grained molecular simulation,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 (124) 3873-3891. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00708)
72) T. Lee, S. S. Panda, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “Unusually conductive organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures derived from bio-inspired mineralization of peptide/pi-electron assemblies,” in ACS Nano, 2020 (14) 1846-1855. (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07911)
71) C. R. Honick, G. M. Peters, J. D. Tovar and A. E. Bragg, “Core structure dependence of cycloreversion dynamics in diarylethene analogs,” in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 (22) 3314-3328. (DOI: 10.1039/C9CP05797H)
70) G. M. Peters, G. Grover, R. Maust, C. Colwell, H. Bates, W. Edgell, R. Jasti, M. Kertesz, and J. D. Tovar, “Linear and radial conjugation in extended pi-electron systems,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 (142) 2293-2300. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10785)
2019
69) B. A. Thurston, E. P. Shapera, J. D. Tovar, A. Schleife and A. L. Ferguson, “Revealing the Sequence-Structure-Electronic Property Relation of Self-Assembling π-Conjugated Oligopeptides by Molecular and Quantum Mechanical Modeling,”Langmuir, 2019 (35) 15221-15331. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02593)
68) Baghernejad, C. van Dyck, J. Bergfield, D. R. Levine, A. Gubicza, J. D. Tovar, M. Calame, P. Broekmann and W. Hong, “Quantum interference enhanced chemical responsivity in single-molecule dithienoborepin junctions,” in Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019 (25) 15141-15146. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903315)
67) S. Panda, K. Shmilovich, A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Controlling supramolecular chirality in peptide-pi-peptide networks by variation of alkyl spacer length,” in Langmuir 2019 (35) 14060-14073. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02683)
66) Kim, J. Oh, S. Park, J. L. Zafra, J. R. DeFrancisco, D. Casanova, M. Lim, J. D. Tovar, J. Casado and D. Kim, “Two-Electron Transfer Stabilized by Excited-State Aromatization,” in Nature Communications 2019 (10) 4983. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12986-w).
65) D. Young, C. R. Honick, J. Zhou, C. R. Pitts, F. Ghorbani, G. M. Peters, J. D. Tovar, T. Lectka, A. E. Bragg, “Energy- and conformer-dependent excited-state relaxation of an E/Z photoswitchable thienyl-ethene,” in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2019 (21) 14440-14452. (DOI: 10.1039/C9CP01226E).
64) G. M. Peters and J. D. Tovar, “Pendant Photochromic Conjugated Polymers Incorporating a Highly Functionalizable Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene Switching Motif,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 (141) 3146-3152. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12617)
63) R. E. Messersmith and J. D. Tovar, “Borepin rings as ‘sigma-free’ reporters of aromaticity within polycyclic aromatic scaffolds,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019 (123) 881-888. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00125)
62) S. Kale,* H. A. M. Ardoña,* A. Ertel and J. D. Tovar, “Torsional impacts on quaterthiophene segments confined within peptidic nanostructures,” in Langmuir, 2019 (35) 2270-2282. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03708).
2018
61) R. E. Messersmith, M. A. Siegler and J. D. Tovar, “A heptacyclic heptacycle: A doubly naphtho[b]thiophene fused borepin,” invited by Synlett (part of a Cluster issue on Synthesis of Materials), 2018 (29) 2499-2502. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610163)
60) J. R. DeFrancisco, G. L. Espejo, J. L. Zafra, S. Yadav, R. E. Messersmith, C. J. Gómez-García, H. Ottosson, J. Casado and J. D. Tovar, “Torsional bias as a strategy to tune singlet-triplet gaps in organic diradicals,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018 (122) 12148-12157. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01905)
59) S. S. Panda, H. E. Katz and J. D. Tovar, “Solid-state electrical applications of protein and peptide-based nanomaterials,” invited by Chemical Society Reviews (part of a special issue on “Peptide and Protein Nanotechnology”), 2018 (14) 3640-3658. (DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00817A)
58) J. D. Tovar, “Photon management in supramolecular peptide nanomaterials,” invited by Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (part of a special issue on “Biophotonics and biologically inspired photonics”), 2018 (13) 015004. (DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/aa9685)
2017
57) R. E. Messersmith, S. Yadav, M. A. Siegler, H. Ottosson and J. D. Tovar, “Benzo[b]thiophene fusion enhances local borepin aromaticity in polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds,” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 (82) 13440-13448. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02512
56) Y. Zhou, B. Li, S. Li, H. A. M. Ardoña, W. L. Wilson, J. D. Tovar and C. M. Schroeder, “Concentration-driven assembly and sol-gel transition of pi-conjugated oligopeptides,” in ACS Central Science, 2017 (3) 986-994. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00260
55) T. S. Kale, J. E. Marine and J. D. Tovar, “Self-assembly and associated photophysics of dendron-appended peptide-pi-peptide triblock macromolecules,” in Macromolecules, 2017 (50) 5315-5322. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00821
54) H. A. M. Ardoña, E. R. Draper, F. Citossi, M. Wallace, L. Serpell, D. J. Adams, J. D. Tovar, “Kinetically controlled coassembly of multichromophoric peptide hydrogelators and the impacts on energy transport,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 (139) 8685-8692. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04006
53) H. A. M. Ardoña, T. S. Kale, A. Ertel and J. D. Tovar, “Non-resonant and local field effects on the photophysics of oligo(phenylenevinylene) segments within peptidic nanostructures,” in Langmuir, 2017 (33) 7435-7445. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01023
52) A. M. Sanders, T. S. Kale, H. E. Katz and J. D. Tovar, “Solid-phase synthesis of self-assembling multivalent pi-conjugated peptides,” in ACS Omega, 2017 (2) 409-419. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00414
51) B. Li, S. Li, Y. Zhou, H. A. M. Ardoña, L. R. Valverde, W. L. Wilson, J. D. Tovar and C. M. Schroeder, “Non-equilibrium self-assembly of pi-conjugated oligopeptides in solution,” in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017 (9) 3977-3984. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b15068
50) T. S. Kale and J. D. Tovar, “Synthesis and Evaluation of Self—Assembled Nanostructures of Peptide-pi chromophore Conjugates,” invited by Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.
49) W. Liyanage, H. A. M. Ardoña, H.-Q. Mao and J. D. Tovar, “Cross-linking approaches to tune the mechanical properties of peptide-pi-electron based hydrogels,” invited by Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2017 (28) 751-759. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00593
48) D. R. Levine, R. E. Messersmith, M. A. Siegler and J. D. Tovar, “Ring fusion isomers of dithienoborepins: perturbations of electronic structure, aromaticity and reactivity in boron-containing polycyclic heteroaromatics,” invited by the Canadian Journal of Chemistry as part of a special issue in honor of Professor Reginald Mitchell, 2017 (95) 381-389. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2016-0493
2016
47) T. S. Kale and J. D. Tovar, “Regulation of Peptide-π-Peptide Nanostructure Bundling: The Impact of “Cruciform” π-Electron Segments,” invited as part of a Symposium-in-Print in honor of the retirement of Professor Gary H. Posner, Tetrahedron, 2016 (72), 6084-6090. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.07.064
46) R. E. Messersmith, M. A. Siegler and J. D. Tovar, “Aromaticity competition in differentially-fused borepin containing polycyclic aromatics,” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016 (81), 5595-5605. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00927
45) A. M. Sanders, T. J. Magnanelli, A. E. Bragg and J. D. Tovar, “Photoinduced electron transfer within supramolecular donor-acceptor peptide nanostructures under aqueous conditions,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3362-3370. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12001
44) A. M. Fraind, L. R. Ryzhkov and J. D. Tovar, “Chain dynamics, relaxation times and conductivities of bithiophene-acene copolymers measured using high-frequency saturation transfer EPR,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 1033-1039. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11212
43) B. A. Thurston, J. D. Tovar and A. L. Ferguson, “Thermodynamics, morphology, and kinetics of early-stage self-assembly of π-conjugated oligopeptides,” in Molecular Simulation, 2016, 42, 955-975. DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2015.1125997
2015
42) H. A. M. Ardoña and J. D. Tovar, “Peptide pi-electron conjugates: organic electronics for biology?” Invited cover article by Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2015, 26, 2290-2302. DOI:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00497
41) K. Besar, H. A. M. Ardoña, J. D. Tovar and H. E. Katz, “Demonstration of hole transport and voltage equilibration in self-assembled pi-conjugated peptide nanostructures using field-effect transistor architectures,” ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 12401-12409. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05752
40) B. C. Streifel, J. L. Zafra, G. L. Espejo, C. J. Gómez-García, J. Casado and J. D. Tovar, “An unusually small singlet-triplet gap in a quinoidal 1,6-methano[10]annulene due to Baird’s 4n pi-electron triplet stabilization,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5888-5893 (inside cover article). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500879
39) H. A. M. Ardoña, K. Besar, M. Togninalli, H. E. Katz and J. D. Tovar, “Sequence-dependent mechanical, photophysical and electrical transport properties of pi-conjugated peptide hydrogelators,” J. Mater. Chem. C (part of a special themed issue on bioelectronics), 2015, 3, 6505-6514. DOI: 10.1039/C5TC00100E
38) R. E. Messersmith and J. D. Tovar, “Assessment of the aromaticity of borepin rings by spectroscopic, crystallographic, and computational methods: a historical overview,” J. Phys. Org. Chem., 2015, 28, 378-387 (cover article). DOI: 10.1002/poc.3422
37) J. D. Tovar, “Peptide nanostructures with pi-ways: photophysical consequences of peptide/pi-electron molecular self-assembly,” invited by the Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 55, 622-627. DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201400161
36) H. A. M. Ardoña and J. D. Tovar, “Energy transfer within responsive pi-conjugated peptide-based coassembled nanostructures in aqueous environments,” Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 1474-1484. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03122A
2014
35) B. D. Wall, Y. Zhou, S. Mei, H. A. M. Ardoña, A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Variation of formal hydrogen bonding networks within electronically delocalized pi-conjugated oligopeptide nanostructures,” Langmuir, 2014, 11375-11385. DOI: 10.1021/la501999g.
34) B. C. Streifel, J. F. Martinez-Hardigree, H. E. Katz, and J. D. Tovar, “Heteroaromatic variation in amorphous 1,6-methano[10]annulene-based charge-transporting organic semiconductors,” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 7851-7858. DOI: 10.1039/c4tc01326c
33) D. R. Levine, M. A. Siegler, and J. D. Tovar, “Thiophene-Fused Borepins as Directly Functionalizable Boron-Containing π-Electron Systems,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 7132-7139. DOI: 10.1021/ja502644e
32) B. D. Wall, A. E. Zacca, A. M. Sanders, W. L. Wilson, A. L. Ferguson and J. D. Tovar, “Supramolecular polymorphism: Tunable electronic interactions within pi-conjugated peptide nanostructures dictated by primary amino acid sequence,” Langmuir, 2014, 30, 5946-5956. DOI: 10.1021/la500222y
31) J. D. Tovar, “Prospecting in Hückel space: From Hinokitiol to Non-benzenoid Organic Electronic Materials,” invited by The Chemical Record as an introductory essay for the Tetsuo Nozoe Autograph Book project, 2014, 14, 214-225. DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201300034
30) A. M. Sanders and J. D. Tovar, “Solid-phase Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling methods for the construction of π-conjugated peptide nanomaterials,” Supramol. Chem., 2014, 26, 259-266. DOI:10.1080/10610278.2013.852675
2013
29) A. B. Marciel, M. Tanyeri, B. D. Wall, J. D. Tovar, C. M. Schroeder, and W. L. Wilson. “Fluidic-Directed Assembly of Aligned Oligopeptides with π-Conjugated Cores,” Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 6398-6404. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302496
28) S. R. Diegelmann and J. D. Tovar, “Polydiacetylene-Peptide 1-D Nanomaterials,” Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2013, 34, 1343-1350. (invited feature article). DOI: 10.1002/marc.203100423
27) A. M. Fraind, G. Sini, C. M. Risko, L. R. Ryzhkov, J.-L. Brédas and J. D. Tovar, “Charge Delocalization Through Benzene, Naphthalene, and Anthracene Bridges in π-Conjugated Oligomers: An Experimental and Quantum Chemical Study,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 6304-6317. DOI: 10.1021/jp401448a.
26) J. D. Tovar, “Supramolecular Construction of Optoelectronic Biomaterials,” Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 1527-1537. DOI: 10.1021/ar3002969.
25) D. Hagaman, J. Gredzik, P. A. Peart, J. D. Tovar, A. Sidorenko, “Block copolymer supramolecular assembly using a precursor to a novel conjugated polymer,” Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 1482-1490. DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20680C
2012
24) A. M. Sanders, T. J. Dawidcyzk, H. E. Katz and J. D. Tovar, “Peptide-Based Supramolecular Semiconductor Nanomaterials via Pd-Catalyzed Solid-Phase ‘Dimerizations’,” ACS Macro Lett., 2012, 1, 1326-1329. DOI: 10.1021/mz3004665
23) B. C. Streifel, P. A. Peart, J. F. Martinez-Hardigree, H. E. Katz and J. D. Tovar, “Torsional influences within disordered organic electronic materials based upon non-benzenoid 1,6- methano[10]annulene rings,” in Macromolecules, 2012 (45), 7339-7349. DOI: 10.1021/ma301408w
22) D. R. Levine, A. Caruso Jr., M. A. Siegler and J. D. Tovar, “Meta-B-entacenes: new polycyclic aromatics incorporating two fused borepin rings,” Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6256-6258. (part of a special web-themed issue on “aromaticity”). DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32500D
21) S. R. Diegelmann, N. Hartman, N. Markovic and J. D. Tovar, “Synthesis and alignment of discrete polydiacetylene-peptide nanostructures,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 2028-2031. DOI: 10.1021/ja211539j
20) B. D. Wall and J. D. Tovar, “Synthesis and characterization of pi-conjugated peptide-based supramolecular materials,” Pure. Appl. Chem., 2012, 84, 1039-1045. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-11-10-24
2011
19) B. D. Wall, S. R. Diegelmann, S. Zhang, T. J. Dawidczyk, W. L. Wilson, H. E. Katz, H.-Q. Mao and J. D. Tovar, “Aligned macroscopic domains of optoelectronic nanostructures prepared via the shear flow assembly of peptide hydrogels,” Adv. Mater., 2011, 23, 5009-5014. (cover article) DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102963
18) C. P. Harvey and J. D. Tovar, “Pi conjugated chain extenders for the synthesis of optoelectronic segmented polyurethanes,” J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym.Chem., 2011, 49, 4861-4874. DOI: 10.1002/pola.24937
17) C. P. Harvey and J. D. Tovar, “Main chain photochromic conducting polymers,” Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2699-2706. (invited article) DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00304F
16) J. D. Tovar, “Organic halogenation chemistry as a vital tool for the construction of functional π-conjugated materials” Synthesis, 2011, (15), 2387-2391. (invited article for special themed issue on “organic halogenation;” Erick M. Carreira, editor) DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260086
15) G. A. Elbaz, L. M. Repka and J. D. Tovar, “Influence of annulene ratio on the electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of methano[10]annulene-thiophene random copolymers,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 2551-2556. DOI: 10.1021/am200409b
14) A. Caruso Jr. and J. D. Tovar, “Conjugated “B-entacenes:” polycyclic aromatics containing two borepin rings,” in Organic Letters, 2011, 13, 3106-3109. DOI: 10.1021/ol2010159
13) Caruso Jr., A.; Tovar, J. D. “Functionalized dibenzoborepins as components of small molecule and polymeric pi-conjugated electronic materials.” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 2227-2239. DOI: 10.1021/jo2001726
2010
12) Peart, P. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Acid-responsive poly(cyclopropenone)s: formal inclusion of the smallest Hückel aromatic into pi-conjugated polymers.” J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 5689-5696. DOI: 10.1021/jo101108f
11) Vadehra, G. S.; Wall, B. D.; Diegelmann, S. R.; Tovar, J. D. “On resin dimerization incorporates a diverse array of pi-conjugated functionality within aqueous self-assembling peptide backbone.” Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 3947-3949. DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00301h
10) Caruso Jr. A.; Siegler, M. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Synthesis of functionalizable boron-containing pi-electron materials incorporating formally aromatic fused borepin rings.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 4213-4217. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000411
9) Tovar, J. D.; Diegelmann, S. R.; Peart, P. A. “Non-traditional aromatic topologies and biomimetic assembly motifs as components of functional pi-conjugated oligomers,” Materials, 2010, 3, 1269-1280 (invited article for the special themed issue “Conjugated Oligomers”; guest editor Herbert Meier). DOI: 10.3390/ma3021269
8) Peart, P. A.; Elbaz, G.; Tovar, J. D. “Optical and electrical properties of pi-conjugated polymers built with the 10 pi-electron methano[10]annulene ring system,” Pure Appl. Chem., 2010, 82, 1045-1053. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-09-10-05
7) Fraind, A. M.; Tovar, J. D. “A comparative survey of conducting polymers containing benzene, naphthalene and anthracene cores: interplay of localized aromaticity and polymer electronic structures,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 3104-3116. DOI: 10.01021/jp9101459
2009
6) Peart, P. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Expanding the realm of furan-based conducting polymers through conjugation with 1,6-methano[10]annulene,” Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 4449-4455. DOI: 10.1021/ma9006494
5) Guthrie, D. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Conformationally complex π-conjugated molecular and polymeric materials: new challenges for organic synthesis.” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2009, 15, 5176-5185. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900398
2008
4) Diegelmann, S. R.; Gorham, J. M.; Tovar J. D. “One-dimensional optoelectronic nanostructures derived from the aqueous self-assembly of π-conjugated oligopeptides.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13840-13841. DOI: 10.1021/ja805491d
3) Guthrie D. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Conformation as a protecting group: a regioselective aromatic bromination en route to complex π-electron systems.” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4323-4326. DOI: 10.1021/ol801828n
2) Peart, P. A.; Repka, L. M.; Tovar, J. D. “Emerging Prospects for Unusual Aromaticity in Organic Electronic Materials: The Case for Methano[10]annulene.” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 2193–2206. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200800533
2007
1) Peart, P. A.; Tovar, J. D. “Methano[10]annulene revisited: extended delocalization through conjugated polymers bearing larger Hückel aromatics.” Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3041-3044. DOI: 10.1021/ol071062y
