University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Akron
Peking University
Dr. Xiaocun Lu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science at Clarkson University. He is originally from China and received his B.S. in chemistry from Peking University and his PhD in polymer science at the University of Akron under the guidance of Professor George R. Newkome. His graduate research involved the design and construction of metallosupramolecular materials with various geometries and functions. In 2015, he joined Professor Jeffrey S. Moore’s group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His postdoctoral research was at the interface of polymer chemistry and materials engineering with a focus on the development of smart microcapsules for applications in self-reporting, self-healing and cure-on-demand materials. Dr. Lu began his independent academic career at Clarkson University in 2018. His major research interests include mechanoresponsive materials, supramolecular self-assembly, and smart delivery systems.
- Micro- and nanocapsules-based smart delivery systems
- Metallosupramolecular self-assembly
- Mechanoresponsive materials
- Environmentally-responsive materials
Current Research
The Lu group is an interdisciplinary and collaborative research group offering great opportunities for scientific and engineering research in diverse areas. The current research goals are to develop emerging smart materials at the mesoscale with extraordinary autonomous and stimuli-responsive functions toward the applications in chemical sensing, controlled payload release, smart manufacturing, and mechanoresponsive materials. Specifically, my research group focuses on functionalized mesoscopic structures, such as supramolecular architectures, colloid particles, and shear-thickening fluids, with the incorporation of contact-initiated polymerization (CIP) techniques and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) attributes for the development of next-generation stimuli-responsive materials with autonomous functions.
Lu, X.; Li, W.; Sottos, N. R.; Moore, J. S. Autonomous Damage Detection in Multilayered Coatings via Integrated Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10 (47), 40361–40365. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16454
A Robust Oil-in-Oil Emulsion for the Nonaqueous Encapsulation of Hydrophilic Payloads. Lu, X.; Katz, J. S.; Schmitt, A. K.; Moore, J. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (10), 3619–3625. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11847
Programmable Payload Release from Transient Polymer Microcapsules Triggered by a Specific Ion Coactivation Effect. Tang, S.; Tang, L.; Lu, X.; Liu, H.; Moore, J. S.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (1), 94–97. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11022
Supercharged, Precise, Megametallodendrimers via a Single-Step, Quantitative Assembly Process. Xie, T.; Wu, X.; Endres, K. J.; Guo, Z.; Lu, X.; Li, J.; Manandhar, E.; Ludlow III, J. M.; Moorefield, C. N.; Saunders, M. J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (44), 15652–15655. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10328
Hydrophobic-Driven, Metallomacrocyclic Assembly - Towards Quantitative Construction. Xie, T.; Li, J.; Guo, Z; Ludlow III, J. M.; Lu, X.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, (11), 1671–1677. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600048
Precise Molecular Fission and Fusion: Quantitative Self-Assembly and Chemistry of a Metallo-Cuboctahedron. Xie, T.; Guo, K.; Guo, Z.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Ning, G.; Huang, M.; Lu, X.; Li, J.; Liao, S.; Chen, Y.; Moorefield, C. N.; Saunders, M. J.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (32), 9224-9229. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503609
Perylene-Based, Bis(terpyridine)-Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photovoltaic Properties. El-Batal, H.; Manríquez, J.; Méndez, P. F.; Godínez, L. A.; Guo, K.; Li, X.; Lu, X.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Moorefield, C. N.; Newkome, G. R. Heterocycles 2015, 90 (1), 502-514. DOI: 10.3987/COM-14-S(K)49
Probing a Hidden World of Molecular Self-Assembly: Concentration-Dependent, Three-Dimensional Supramolecular Interconversions Lu, X.; Li, X.; Guo, K.; Xie, T.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (52), 18149-18155. DOI: 10.1021/ja511341z
One Ligand in Dual Roles: Self-Assembly of a Bis-Rhomboidal-Shaped, Three-Dimensional Molecular Wheel. Lu, X.; Li, X.; Guo, K.; Wang, J.; Huang, M.; Wang, J.; Xie, T.; Moorefield, C. N.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (41), 13094-13098. DOI: 10.1002/ chem.201404358
Conductive Water/Alcohol Soluble Neutral Fullerene Derivative as an Interfacial Layer for Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with High Efficiency. Yi, C.; Yue, K.; Zhang, W.; Lu, X.; Hou, J.; Li, Y.; Huang, L.; Newkome, G. R.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Gong, X. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6 (16), 14189-14195. DOI: 10.1021/ am503510z
Towards Molecular Construction Platforms: Synthesis of a Metallotricyclic Spirane Based on Bis(2,2':6',2"-terpyridine)RuII connectivity. Xie, T.; Guo, K.; Huang, M.; Lu, X.; Liao, S.; Sarkar, R.; Moorefield, C. N.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (36), 11291-11294. DOI: 10.1002/ chem.201403840
Construction of a Highly Symmetric Nanosphere via a One-Pot Reaction of a Tris-Terpyridine Ligand with Ru(II). Xie, T.; Liao, S.; Guo, K.; Lu, X.; Dong, X.; Huang, M.; Moorefield, C. N.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Liu, X.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (23), 8165-8168. DOI: 10.1021/ ja502962j
Self-Assembly of a Family of Suprametallomacrocycles: Revisiting an o-Carborane Bisterpyridyl Building Block. Ludlow III, J. M.; Tominaga, M.; Chujo, Y.; Schultz, A.; Lu, X.; Xie, T.; Guo, K.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43 (25), 9604-9611. DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00989D
Effects of Molecular Geometry on the Self-Assembly of Giant Polymer-Dendron Conjugates in Condensed State Dong, X.; Lu, X.; Ni, B.; Chen, Z.; Yue, K.; Li, Y.; Rong, L.; Koga, T.; Hsiao, B. S.; Newkome, G. R.; Shi, A.; Zhang, W.; Cheng, S. Z. D. Soft Matter 2014, 10 (18), 3200-3208. DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52087K
Self-Assembly of a Supramolecular, Three-Dimensional, Spoked, Bicycle-Like Wheel. Lu, X.; Li, X.; Cao, Y.; Schultz, A.; Wang, J.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Newkome, G. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (30), 7728-7731. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302362
From Supramolecular Triangle to Heteroleptic Rhombus: A Simple Bridge Can Make a Difference. Lu, X.; Li, X.; Wang, J.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48 (79), 9873-9875. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35510H
Shape-Persistent, Ruthenium(II)- and Iron(II)-Bis-Terpyridine Metallodendrimers: Synthesis, Traveling-Wave Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry, and Photophysical Properties. Wang, J.; Li, X.; Shreiner, C. D.; Lu, X.; Moorefield, C. N.; Tummalapalli, S. R.; Medvetz, D. A.; Panzner, M. J.; Fronczek, F. R.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. New J. Chem. 2012, 36 (2), 484-491. DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ20799K
Stoichiometric Self-Assembly of Shape-Persistent 2D Complexes: A Facile Route to a Symmetric Supramacromolecular Spoked Wheel. Wang, J.; Li, X.; Lu, X.; Hsieh, I. F.; Cao, Y.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Newkome, G. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (30), 11450-11453. DOI: 10.1021/ ja203645m
Dendron-Functionalized Bis(terpyridine)–Iron(II) or –Cadmium(II) Metallomacrocycles: Synthesis, Traveling-Wave Ion-mobility Mass Spectrometry, and Photophysical Properties. Wang, J.; Li, X.; Lu, X.; Chan, Y.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Newkome, G. R. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17 (17), 4830-4838. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003681
Long-Range Chirality Transfer in Free Radical Polymerization of Bulky Vinyl Monomers Containing Laterally Attached p-Terphenyl Groups. Cui, J.; Lu, X.; Liu, A.; Wan, X.; Zhou, Q. Macromolecules 2009, 42 (20), 7678-7688. DOI: 10.1021/ma900879f
Dilute Solution Behavior and Chain-Stiffness of a Chiral Mesogen-Jacketed Liquid Crystal Polymer. Zhi, J.; Liu, A.; Zhu, Z.; Lu, X.; Fan, X.; Chen, X.; Wan, X.; Zhou, Q. Acta Polym. Sinica 2005, (5), 774-778. Link