REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Submitted/In Press

60. Cheng, F.; Chen, D.*; Zhu, L.*; Jiang, M. Self-assembly of heteroarm core-shell polymeric nanoparticles and templated synthesis of gold nanoparticle clusters with different morphologies. submitted.

59. Hou, G.; Chen, L.; Chen, D.*; Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Efficient synthesis of unimolecular polymeric Janus nanoparticles and their unique self-assembly behavior in a common solvent. Macromoelcules 2008, under revision.

58. Cui, L.; Chen, D.*; Zhu, L.* Conformation transformation determined by different self-assembled phases in DNA complexes with a cationic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane lipid. ACS Nano 2008, in press.

Published

57. Gu, Y.; Cao. W.; Zhu, L.*; Chen, D.*; Jiang, M. Polymer mortar assisted self-assembly of nanocrystalline polydiacetylene bricks showing reversible thermochromism. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2299-2303.

56. Byun, M.; Hong, S. W.; Zhu, L.; Lin, Z.* Self-assembling semicrystalline polymer into highly ordered, microscopic concentric rings by evaporation. Langmuir 2008, 24, 3525 -3531.

55. Liu, Y.; Cui, L.; Guan, F.; Gao, Y.; Hedin, N. E.; Zhu, L.*; Fong, H.* Crystalline morphology and polymorphic phase transitions in electrospun nylon 6 nanofibers. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6283-6290.

54. Miao, J.; Cui, L.; Lau, H. P.; Mather, P. T.; Zhu, L.* Self-assembly and chain-folding in hybrid coil-coil-cube triblock oligomers of polyethylene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 5460-5470.

53. Hou, G.; Zhu, L.; Chen, D.*; Jiang, M. Core-shell reversion of hybrid polymeric micelles containing gold nanoparticles in the core. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 2134-2140.

52. Sun, L.; Ginorio, J. E.; Zhu, L.*; Rong, L.; Sics I.; Hsiao, B. S. Phase transitions and honeycomb morphology in an incompatible blend of enantiomeric polylactide block copolymers. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 8203-8206.

51. Ginorio, J. E.; Sun, L.; Zhu, L.* Synthesis and characterization of well-defined immiscible polylactide block copolymers and their stereocomplexes. J. Young Investigators 2006, 15(5), online issue.

50. Sun, L.; Zhu, L.*; Rong, L.; Hsiao, B. S. Tailor-made onion-like stereocomplex crystals in incompatible enantiomeric polylactide containing block copolymer blends. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7373-7376.

49. Xue, C.; Meador, M. A. B.; Zhu, L.; Ge, J. J.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Putthanarat, S.; Eby, R. K.*; Khalfan, A.; Bennett, G. D.; Greenbaum, S. G. Morphology of PI-PEO block copolymers for lithium batteries. Polymer 2006, 47, 6149-6155.

48. Cui, L.; Zhu, L.* Ionic interaction induced highly ordered lamello-columnar phases in asymmetric discotic triphenylene salts. Liq. Cryst. 2006, 33, 811-818.

47. Cui, L.; Collet, J. P.; Xu, G.; Zhu, L.* Supramolecular self-assembly in a disk-cube dyad molecule based on triphenylene and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 3503-3512.

46. Cui, L.; Zhu, L.* Lamellar to inverted hexagonal mesophase transition in DNA complexes with calamitic, discotic, and cubic cationic lipids. Langmuir 2006, 22, 5982-5985.

45. Zhao, B.*; Zhu, L.* Nanoscale phase separation in mixed poly(t-butyl acrylate)/polystyrene brushes on silica nanoparticles under equilibrium melt conditions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4574-4575.

44. Cui, L.; Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Spacer length controlled oblique-columnar to lamello-columnar mesophase transition in liquid crystalline DNA-discotic cationic lipid complexes. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 2536-2545.

43. Lee, H.-S.; Zhu, L.; Weiss, R. A.* Formation of nanoparticles during melt mixing a thermotropic liquid crystalline polyester and sulfonated polystyrene ionomers: Morphology and origin of formation. Polymer 2005, 46, 10841-10853.

42. Somani, R. H.; Yang, L.; Zhu, L.; Hsiao, B. S.* Flow-induced shish-kebab precursor structures in entangled polymer melts. Polymer 2005, 46, 8587-8623.

41. Miao, J.; Xu, G.; Zhu, L.*; Tian, L.; Uhrich, K. E.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Hsiao, B. S.; Utz, M. Chain-folding and overall molecular conformation in a novel amphiphilic star-like macromolecule. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 7074-7082.

40. Sun, L.; Ertel, E. A.; Zhu, L.*; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I. Reversible de-intercalation and intercalation induced by polymer crystallization and melting in poly(ethylene oxide)/organoclay nanocomposites. Langmuir 2005, 21, 5672-5676.

39. Cui, L.; Miao, J.; Zhu, L.*; Sics, I.; Hsiao, B. S. Confined discotic liquid crystalline self-assembly in a novel coil-coil-disk triblock oligomer. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 3386-3394.

38. Yang, L.; Somani, R. H.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Zhu, L.; Hsiao, B. S.* Unexpected shish-kebab structure with multiple shish in shear-induced polyethylene melt. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94, 117802/1-117802/4.

37. Cui, L.; Dahmane, S.; Tong, X.; Zhu, L.; Zhao, Y.* Using self-assembly to prepare multifunctional diblock copolymers containing azopyridine moiety. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2076-2084.

36. Zhu, L.*; Sun, L.; Miao, J.; Cui, L.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Xue, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I.; Cantino, M. E. Epitaxial phase transformation between cylindrical and double gyroid mesophases. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2005, 856E, BB2.3.1-BB2.3.6.

35. Fukukawa, K.; Zhu, L.; Gopalan, P.; Ueda, M.; Yang, S.* Synthesis and characterization of silicon-containing block copolymers from nitroxide-mediated living free radical polymerization. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 263-270.

34. Sun, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, L.*; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Hsiao, B. S. Self-assembly and Crystallization Behavior of a Low Molecular Weight Double Crystalline Polyethylene-block-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer. Polymer 2004, 45, 8181-8193.

33. Chen, W. Y.; Zheng, J. X.; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; Li, C. Y.; Huang, P.; Zhu, L.; Xiong, H.; Ge, Q.; Guo, Y.; Quirk, R. P.; Lotz, B.; Deng, L.; Wu, C.; Thomas, E. L. Onset of tethered chain overcrowding. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 93, 028301.

32. Chen, W. Y.; Li, C. Y.; Zheng, J. X.; Huang, P.; Zhu, L.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Lotz, B.; Deng, L.; Wu, C.; Thomas, E. L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.* Chemically shielded’ poly(ethylene oxide) single crystal growth and construction of channel-wire arrays with chemical and geometric recognitions on a submicrometer scale. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 5292-5299.

31. Huang, P.; Zhu, L.; Guo, Y.; Ge, Q.; Jing, A. J.; Chen, W. Y.; Quirk, R. Q.; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I. Confinement size effect on crystal orientation changes of poly(ethylene oxide) blocks in poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene diblock copolymers. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 3689-3698.

30. Sun, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, L.*; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A. Path-dependent melting in a low molecular weight polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers. Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2004, 25, 853-857.

29. Sun, L.; Zhu, L.*; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Xue, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I.; Cantino, M. E. Comparison of crystallization kinetics in various nanoconfined geometries. Polymer 2004, 45, 2931-2939.

28. Xue, C.; Jin, S.; Weng, X.; Ge, J. J.; Shen, Z.; Shen, H.; Graham, M. J.; Jeong, K.-U.; Wang, H.; Zhang, D.; Guo, M.; Harris, F. W.; Cheng, S. Z. D.*; Li, C. Y.; Zhu, L. Self-assembled supramolecular structures via hydrogen bonding and aromatic/aliphatic microphase separation on different length scales in symmetric-tapered bisamides. Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 1014-1025.

27. Zhu, L.*; Huang, P.; Chen, W. Y.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Senador, T.; Shaw, M. T.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Plastic deformation’ mechanism and phase transformation in a shear-induced metastable hexagonally perforated layer phase of a polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 3180-3188.

Before Univ. of Connecticut

26. Quirk, R. P.; You, F. X.; Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D. Anionic polymerization of cyclohexa-1,3-diene in cyclohexane with high stereoregularity and the formation of crystalline poly(cyclohexa-1,3-diene). Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 755-761.

25. Liu, Z.; Zhu, L.; Percec, V.; Ungar, G.; Cheng, S. Z. D. Interrelationships of nanometer and subnanometer structures in a polynorbornene containing second generation liquid-crystalline monodendrons as side groups. Macromolecules 2002, 35, 9426.

24. Liu, Z.; Zhu, L.; Zhou, W. S.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Percec, V.; Ungar, G. Phase behaviors and molecular and supramolecular structural identifications of a liquid crystalline second generation monodendron. Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 2384.

23. Zhu, L.; Huang, P.; Chen, W. Y.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Nanotailored crystalline morphology in hexagonally perforated layers of a self-assembled PS-b-PEO diblock copolymer. Macromolecules 2002, 35, 3553.

22. Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Huang, P.; Calhoun, B. H.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Nanoconfined polymer crystallization in the hexagonal perforated layers of a self-assembled PS-b-PEO diblock copolymer. Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 31.

21. Huang, P.; Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Crystal orientation changes in two-dimensionally confined nano-cylinders in a poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene/polystyrene blend. Macromolecules 2001, 34, 6649.

20. Zhu, L.; Mimnaugh, B.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Hard and soft confinement effects on polymer crystallization in microphase separated cylinder-forming PEO-b-PS/PS blends. Polymer 2001, 42, 9121.

19. Zhu, L.; Huang, P.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Thomas, E. L.; Lotz, B.; Wittmann, J.-C.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L. Dislocation-controlled perforated layer phase in a PEO-b-PS diblock copolymer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2001, 86, 6030.

18. Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Calhoun, B. H.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Thomas, E. L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Lotz, B. Phase structures and morphologies determined by self-organization, vitrification, and crystallization: Confined crystallization in an ordered lamellar phase of PEO-b-PS diblock copolymer. Polymer 2001, 42, 5829.

17. Zhu, L.; Calhoun, B. H.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Thomas, E. L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Liu, L.; Lotz, B. Initial-stage growth controlled crystal orientations in nanoconfined lamellae of a self-assembled crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymer. Macromolecules 2001, 34, 1244.

16. Zhang, G.; Jiang, M.; Zhu, L.; Wu, C. Intermacromolecular complexation because of specific interactions 11. Ionic interaction complexation and its comparison with hydrogen-bonding complexation. Polymer 2001, 42, 151.

15. Cheng, S. Z. D.; Li, C. Y.; Zhu, L. Commentary on polymer crystallization: Selection rules in different length scales of a nucleation process. Eur. Phys. J. E. 2000, 3, 195.

14. Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Calhoun, B. H.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F. Phase structures and morphologies determined by self-organization, crystallization, and vitrification in poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene diblock copolymers. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2000, 18, 287.

13. Cheng, S. Z. D.; Li, C. Y.; Calhoun, B. H.; Zhu, L.; Zhou, W. W. Thermal Analysis: the next two decades. Thermochimica Acta 2000, 355, 59.

12. Zhu, L.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Calhoun, B. H.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Thomas, E. L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Yeh, F.; Lotz, B. Crystallization temperature-dependent crystal orientations within nano-confined lamellae of a self-assembled crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 5957.

11. Zhu, L.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, A.; Calhoun, B. H.; Chun, M.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheng, S. Z. D. Phase structures and morphologies determined by self-organization, crystallization, and vitrification in a disordered poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene diblock copolymer. Phys. Rev. B. 1999, 60, 10022.

10. Cheng, S. Z. D.; Zhu, L.; Li, C. Y. Size effect of metastable states on semicrystalline polymer structures and morphologies. Gaofenzi Tongbao 1999, (3), 28-33, 46.

9. Xu, S. A.; Zhu, L.; Xie, J. W.; Jiang, M. Melt rheology of compatibilized polystyrene/low density polyethylene blends. Polym. Int. 1999, 48, 1113.

8. Cheng, S. Z. D.; Zhu, L.; Li, C. Y.; Honigfort, P. S.; Keller, A. Size effect of metastable states on semicrystalline polymer structures and morphologies. Thermochimica Acta 1999, 332, 105.

7. Kim, Y.; Guo, M. M.; Zhu, L.; Kim, D. Y.; Harris, F. W.; Cheng, S. Z. D. Transimidization in the thermoplastic polyimides. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 1999, 17, 171.

6. Zhu, L.; Jiang, M.; Liu, L.; Zhou, H.; Fan, L.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wu, C. Intermacromolecular complexation due to specific interactions. 6. Miscibility and complexation between poly{styrene-co-[p-2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)styrene]} and poly(n-butyl methacrylate-co-4-vinylpyridine). J. Macromol. Sci., -Phys. 1998, B37, 805.

5. Zhu, L.; Jiang, M.; Liu, L.; Zhou, H.; Fan, L.; Zhang, Y. Intermacromolecular complexation due to specific interactions. 7. Miscibility and complexation between poly(styrene-co-4-vinyl benzoic acid) and poly(n-butyl methacrylate-co-4-vinylpyridine). J. Macromol. Sci., -Phys. 1998, B37, 827.

4. Li, M.; Zhang, Y. B.; Jiang, M.; Zhu, L.; Wu, C. Studies on novel surfactant-free polystyrene nanoparticles formed in microphase inversion. Macromolecules 1998, 31, 6841.

3. Jiang, M.; Li, M.; Liu, L.; Xiang, M.; Zhu, L. Macromoleuclar aggregation: Complexation due to hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic association. Macromol. Symp. 1997, 124, 135.

2. Li, M.; Jiang, M.; Zhu, L.; Wu, C. Novel Surfactant-free stable colloidal nanoparticles made of randomly carboxylated polystyrene ionomers. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 2201.

1. Zhu, L.; Liu, L.; Jiang, M. Synthesis of monodispersed hydroxyl-containing polystyrene via chemical modification. Macromol. Rapid Comm. 1996, 16, 37.

BOOK CHAPTERS
3. Zhu, X.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, L. Polymer Composites for High Temperature Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, in S. M. J. Zaidi and T. Matsuura eds., Polymer membranes for fuel cells, Springer: New York, to appear in 2008.

2. Zhu, L. Polymer Ordering in Nanoconfined Spaces, in H. S. Nalwa (ed.) Polymeric Nanostructures and Their Applications, American Scientific Publishers, 2007.

1. Zhu, L.; Chiu, F. C.; Fu, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheng, S. Z. D. "Physical Constants of Poly(ethylene)," in Brandrup, J.; Immergut, E. H., (eds.) Polymer Handbook (4th ed.), Wiley : New York, 1999, pp. V1-V19.