Conjugated polymers find uses in flexible electronic devices, such as solar cells. This class of polymer has chains that are naturally more rigid than standard flexible-chain polymers. Rigidity means that the polymers entangle more easily but also crystallize and perhaps form nematic phases above their melting point. Together with Professor Enrique Gomez in Chemical Engineering, we aim to develop a better fundamental understanding of semiflexible conjugated polymers, using a combination of polymer physics and experiments.