Education Ph.D. in Polymer Science, 2013 The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio; College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Adviser: Prof. George R. Newkome Dissertation: Design and Construction of Terpyridine-Based 2D and 3D Supramolecular Architectures B.S. in Chemistry, 2005 Peking University, Beijing, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Adviser: Prof. Xinhua Wan Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral, Liquid Crystal, Vinyl Monomers and Long-Range Chirality Transfer in Their Free Radical Polymerizations Research Experience Assistant Professor, 2018 – present Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University Research Areas: Micro- and nanocapsules-based smart delivery systems; Metallosupramolecular self-assembly; Mechanoresponsive materials; Environmentally-responsive materials; Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2015 – 2018 Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adviser: Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore Research Projects: Non-aqueous Encapsulation of Hydrophilic Actives for Self-Healing Materials; Stimuli-Responsive Payload Delivery System Using Self-Immolative Polymers; Autonomous Damage Reporting via Integrated AIE Luminogens Graduate Research Assistant, 2005 – 2013; Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2013 – 2015 Department of Polymer Science, Institute of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron Adviser: Prof. George R. Newkome Research Projects: Coordination-Driven, Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Architectures; Characterization Protocol for Metallo-supramolecular Characterization; Surface Modification of Multicarboxylate-Terminated Dendrimers Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2003 – 2005 Department of Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Peking University Adviser: Prof. Xinhua Wan Research Projects: Long-Range Chirality Transfer in Helix-Sense-Selective Free Radical Polymerization

The Lu Research Group at Clarkson University 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.

Advancing Dynamic Polymer Mechanochemistry through Synergetic Conformational Gearing Nnamdi M. Ofodum, Qingkai Qi, Richard Chandradat, Theodore Warfle, and Xiaocun Lu* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, in press. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02066 Photo-modulated activation of organic bases enabling microencapsulation and on-demand reactivity Wenle Li*, Xiaocun Lu, Jacob M. Diamond, Chengtian Shen, Bo Jiang, Shi Sun, Jeffrey S. Moore, and Nancy R. Sottos* Nature Communications 2024, 15, 2771. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47175-x Colouring by force Xiaocun Lu* Nature Chemistry 2023, 15 (3), 303–305. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01142-z Force-Induced Near-Infrared Chromism of Mechanophore-Linked Polymers Qingkai Qi, Gaganjot Sekhon, Richard Chandradat, Nnamdi M. Ofodum, Tianruo Shen, Jan Scrimgeour, Monu Joy, Mario Wriedt, Madhuri Jayathirtha, Costel C. Darie, Devon A. Shipp, Xiaogang Liu*, and Xiaocun Lu* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143 (42), 17337–17343. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05923 Direct observation of intramolecular coplanarity regulated polymorph emission of a tetraphenylethene derivative Qingkai Qi, Shan Jiang, Qinglong Qiao, Jinbei Wei, Bin Xu, Xiaocun Lu,* Zhaochao Xu,* Wenjing Tian* Chinese Chemical Letters 2020, 31 (11), 2985-2987. DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.05.044 Autonomous Damage Detection in Multilayered Coatings via Integrated Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens Xiaocun Lu, Wenle Li, Nancy R. Sottos, and Jeffrey S. Moore ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10 (47), 40361–40365. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16454 A Robust Oil-in-Oil Emulsion for the Nonaqueous Encapsulation of Hydrophilic Payloads Xiaocun Lu, Joshua S. Katz, Adam K. Schmitt, and Jeffrey S. Moore Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (10), 3619–3625. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11847 Programmable Payload Release from Transient Polymer Microcapsules Triggered by a Specific Ion Coactivation Effect Shijia Tang, Liuyan Tang, Xiaocun Lu, Huiying Liu, and Jeffrey S. Moore Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (1), 94-97. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11022 Supercharged, Precise, Megametallodendrimers via a Single-Step, Quantitative, Assembly Process Ting-Zheng Xie, Xiaolei Wu, Kevin J. Endres, Zaihong Guo, Xiaocun Lu, Jingyi Li, Erendra Manandhar, James M. Ludlow, III, Charles N. Moorefield, Mary Jane Saunders, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (44), 15652–15655. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10328 Hydrophobic-Driven, Metallomacrocyclic Assembly: Towards Quantitative Construction Ting-Zheng Xie, Jing-Yi Li, Zaihong Guo, James M. Ludlow III, Xiaocun Lu, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016, (11), 1671–1677. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600048 Precise Molecular Fission and Fusion: Quantitative Self-Assembly and Chemistry of a Metallo-Cuboctahedron Ting-Zheng Xie, Kai Guo, Zaihong Guo, Wen-Yang Gao, Lukasz Wojtas, Guo-Hong Ning, Mingjun Huang, Xiaocun Lu, Jing-Yi Li, Sheng-Yun Liao, Yu-Sheng Chen, Charles N. Moorefield, Mary Jane Saunders, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54 (32), 9224-9229. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503609 Perylene-Based, Bis(terpyridine)-Ru(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photovoltaic Properties Hany El-Batal, Juan Manríquez Rocha, Perla F. Méndez, Luis A. Godínez, Kai Guo, Xiaopeng Li, Xiaocun Lu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Charles N. Moorefield, and George R. Newkome 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 Xiaocun Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Kai Guo, Ting-Zheng Xie, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Journal of the American Chemical Society 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 Xiaocun Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Kai Guo, Jing Wang, Mingjun Huang, Jin-Liang Wang, Ting-Zheng Xie, Charles N. Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Chemistry – A European Journal 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 Chao Yi, Kan Yue, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xiaocun Lu, Jianhui Hou, Yongfang Li, Lin Huang, George R. Newkome, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Xiong Gong ACS Applied Materials & 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 Ting-Zheng Xie, Kai Guo, Mingjun Huang, Xiaocun Lu, Sheng-Yun Liao, Rajarshi Sarkar, Charles N. Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Chemistry – A European Journal 2014, 20 (36), 11291-11294. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403840 Construction of a Highly Symmetric Nanosphere via a One-Pot Reaction of a Tristerpyridine Ligand with Ru(II) Ting-Zheng Xie, Sheng-Yun Liao, Kai Guo, Xiaocun Lu, Xuehui Dong, Mingjun Huang, Charles N. Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xin Liu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136 (23), 8165-8168. DOI: 10.1021/ja502962j Self-Assembly of a Family of Suprametallomacrocycles: Revisiting an o-Carborane Bisterpyridyl Building Block James M. Ludlow III, Masato Tominaga, Yoshiki Chujo, Anthony Schultz, Xiaocun Lu, Tingzheng Xie, Kai Guo, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Dalton Transactions 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 Xue-Hui Dong, Xiaocun Lu, Bo Ni, Ziran Chen, Kan Yue, Yiwen Li, Lixia Rong, Tadanori Koga, Benjamin S. Hsiao, George R. Newkome, An-Chang Shi, Wen-Bin Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng Soft Matter 2014, 10 (18), 3200-3208. DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52087K Self-Assembly of a Supramolecular, Three-Dimensional, Spoked, Bicycle-Like Wheel Xiaocun Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Yan Cao, Anthony Schultz, Jin-Liang Wang, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and George R. Newkome Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013, 52 (30), 7728-7731. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302362 From Supramolecular Triangle to Heteroleptic Rhombus: A Simple Bridge Can Make a Difference Xiaocun Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Jin-Liang Wang, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Chemical Communications 2012, 48 (79), 9873-9875. DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35510h Shape-Persistent, Rruthenium(II)- and Iron(II)-Bisterpyridine Metallodendrimers: Synthesis, Traveling-Wave Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry, and Photophysical Properties Jin-Liang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Carol D. Shreiner, Xiaocun Lu, Charles N. Moorefield, Sreedhar R. Tummalapalli, Douglas A. Medvetz, Matthew J. Panzner, Frank R. Fronczek, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome New Journal of Chemistry 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 Jin-Liang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Xiaocun Lu, I-Fan Hsieh, Yan Cao, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and George R. Newkome Journal of the American Chemical Society 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 Jin-Liang Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Xiaocun Lu, Yi-Tsu Chan, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome Chemistry – A European Journal 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 Jiaxi Cui, Xiaocun Lu, Anhua Liu, Xinhua Wan, and Qifeng Zhou Macromolecules 2009, 42 (20), 7678-7688. DOI: 10.1021/ma900879f Dilute Solution Behavior and Chain-Stiffness of a Chiral Mesogen-Jacketed Liquid Crystal Polymer Junge Zhi, Anhua Liu, Zhiguo Zhu, Xiaocun Lu, Xinghe Fan, Xiaofang Chen, Xinhua Wan, and Qifeng Zhou Acta Polymerica Sinica 2005, (5), 774-778.