The Grizzly, February 1, 2018

Spring Semester Opens with MLK Week • Ursinus Community Questions Response to Bias Incident • Ursinus Announces Nursing Affiliation with Villanova • Tune in to Tune Out • Campus Safety Welcomes a New Family Member • Opinions: Student Calls for Change Regarding Racial Bias Incident; Ansari Allegations Can Help Colleges Communicate About Consent • Swim Team Travels to Florida, Impresses Against Villanova • Eight Straight Wins for Men\u27s Hoopshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1635/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 26, 2018

Ursinus Faculty Land $30,000 NEH Grant • UC Students Gather for Hong and Powell Reading • Main Street Nutrition Hosts Healthy Happy Hour for Ursinus Students • Alumna Returns to Campus to Talk About Self-Publishing • Celebration of the Past and Future • Picnic and a One-Act Show • Opinions: Why Queer House Should be a Permanent Part of SPINT; Syria Airstrikes not the Answer to Alleged Chemical Weapons • Alum Kitty Dawson Returns as Assistant Women\u27s Lacrosse Coach • Final Check-in with UC\u27s Spring Teamshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1646/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 19, 2018

U-Imagine Center Announces Winners of Innovation Competition • Ursinus Receives Grant for IDC • Intersex Activist Pidgeon Pagonis Screens Short Film • Class Offers Alumni and Parents a Taste of the Philadelphia (Theater) Experience • Ursinus LGBTQ Athletes Speak Out • Ursinus College Dance Company Welcomes Spring • Opinions: Ursinus Needs More Diverse Speakers Like Reyna Grande; Male Toplessness Exposes Gender Politics of Body Policing • Golf Squads Dominating Their Spring Schedules • UC Pitching Staff Weighs in on MLB\u27s Pace-of-Play Proposalshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1645/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 22, 2018

Ursinus and Sodexo Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims • Smoothie Bar Opens in Gym • Ursinus Begins Search for Director of Religious Life • Common Intellectual Experience Open to Change • Celebration of Professor Achievement • Digital Skills for the Liberal Arts • Opinions: Why Ursinus Needs a LGBTQ and Women\u27s Center; Student Proposals Should Prioritize Poetry in CIE • New Season Begins for Women\u27s Lacrosse • UC Clinches Fourth Seed in CC Playoffshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1638/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, March 22, 2018

Black Hawk Down Author Speaks About New Book • Writer from The New Yorker Gives Talk on Opioid Empire • Kimberton Whole Foods Opens Near Campus • Q&A with UCSG President and Vice President Candidates • What\u27s Next for Retiring Professor Dr. Carol Cirka? • History Professor\u27s Legacy Becomes More Historic • Opinions: Gender Politics of Men\u27s Bathrooms at Ursinus; Failure of Representation in The Shape of Water • Clara Baker: A Leader for the Women\u27s National Team • UC Teams Hit the Road for Spring Breakhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1641/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 12, 2018

The Distance Between Us : Ursinus Welcomes Mexican-American Author Reyna Grande • Lantern Launch Celebrates All Things Creative About Ursinus • Berman Museum Opens Annual Student Exhibition • International Perspective: Easter Festivities in Prague Recall Student\u27s Childhood Celebrations • Senior Awarded Fulbright Scholarship • Students Present at Celebration of Student Achievement • Summer Looks Bright for Dr. Lori Daggar • Opinions: Ursinus Needs More Science Labs for Humanities Students; Facebook\u27s Data Scandal Reveals Need for Privacy Protection • Men\u27s Lax Maintains Optimism Amid Rocky Season • T&F Impresses in Outdoor Openerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1644/thumbnail.jp

Hyperconjugated side chained benzodithiophene and 4,7-di-2-thienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole based polymer for solar cells

A novel donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymer (P3TBDTDTBT), including hyperconjugated side chained benzodithiophene as a donor and 4,7-di-2-thienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) as an acceptor, was designed and synthesized. Due to the introduction of the hyperconjugated side chain, the resultant polymer exhibited good thermal stability with a high decomposition temperature of 437 degrees C, a low band-gap of 1.67 eV with an absorption onset of 742 nm in the solid film, and a deep highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of -5.26 eV. Finally, the polymer solar cell (PSC) device based on this polymer and [6,6]-phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) showed the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.57% with an open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of 0.78 V, a short-circuit current density (J(sc)) of 8.83 mA cm(-2) and a fill factor (FF) of 53%