(* denotes the senior authors and † denotes conference and
review articles)
2000
1986-1988
- "Novel Conjugated Polymers with Imine and Diethynylene Repeat Units", the
American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting at Anaheim, CA, 1986 (with
N.-L. Yang and G. Odian).
- "Electrochemistry of Ring-Substituted Polyanilines: Effect of Substituents
on Electronic Properties", Symposium on Electroresponsive Polymers, October,
1987, at Brookhaven, NY (with A. Ray, A.G. MacDiarmid, J.C. Chiang,
W.W. Focke, G.E. Wnek, and A.J. Epstein).
- "A Mechanistic Study of Group-Transfer Polymerization", ACS National Meeting
at Denver, Colorado, 1987 (with G.E. Wnek).
- "Transmission of Electron Density through Moieties between Donors and Acceptors:
Possible Implications for Non-linear Optics", Materials Research Society Meeting
at Boston, MA, 1987 (with G.E. Wnek, P. Kitipichai, G. Frysinger, G.M.
Korenowski, I. Gorodisher, and D.R. Uhlmann).
- "Mechanism of Aniline Polymerization", Gordon Research Conferences on Polymer
Chemistry (Poster), NH, 1988.
- "Emission Mossbauer Studies of YBa2Cu307 ~", Gordon Research Conferences,
NH, August, 1988 (with A. Nath, S. Nagy, M. Barsoum, and S. Tyagi).
- "Cobalt-57 as A Microprobe in High Temperature Superconductors", Intentional
Conference on High Temperature Superconductivity at Singapore, June 1988 (with
A. Nath, S. Nagy, M. Barsoum, and S. Tyagi).
1989
- "GPC Studies of Polyaniline and Its Derivatives", ACS National Meeting
at Dallas, TX, 1989 (with K.F. Hsueh, X. Tang, and Y. Sun).
- Drexel University, "Electrically Conductive Polymers-Kinetics and Mechanism
of Polymerization of Aniline", Jan. 24, 1989.
- "Kinetics of Polymerization of Aniline and Alkyl Ring-Substituted Anilines",
ACS National Meeting at Dallas, TX, 1989 (with Y. Sun, S.A. Patel, and X.
Tang).
- "Thermal Properties and Thermal Analysis of Polyaniline", the American
Physical Society National Meeting at St. Louis, MO, 1989 (with K.F. Hsueh),
Abstract Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Vol.34(3), pp.583, 1989.
- "Copolymerization of Aniline with Alkyl Ring-Substituted Anilines", the
American Physical Society National Meeting at St. Louis, MO, 1989 (with H.
Ramakrishnan and S.A. Patel), Abstract Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Vol. 34(3), p.
583, 1989.
- Dentsply International, Inc., York, PA, "Group-transfer Polymerization
and Its Applications", April, 1989.
- "Conductivities of Copolymers of Aniline with Alkyl Ring-Substituted Anilines",
Sigma Xi Research Conference, Philadelphia, April 26, 1989 (with H. Ramakrishnan,
S. Patel and M. Rana). In addition, other four papers were presented in this
conference.
- "Effects of Aromatic Amine Additives on the Polymerization of Aniline and
Its Derivatives", ACS National Meeting at Miami Beach, 1989 (with G.-W. Jang,
K.F. Hsueh, R. Hariharan, S.A. Patel, C.-C. Chan, and C.K.Whitecar).
- "Molecular Weight Distribution of Electrochemically Synthesized Polyaniline",
ACS National Meeting at Miami Beach, 1989 (with G.-W. Jang, R. Hariharan,
C.-C. Chan, and K. F. Hsueh).
- "Thermal Transitions of Polyaniline Films", ACS National Meeting at Miami
Beach, 1989 (with G.-W. Jang, K. Hsueh, E. M. Scherr, A. G. MacDiarmid, and
A. J. Epstein).
- "Emission Mossbauer Studies of the Y-Ba-Cu-(57Co)-O System", International
Conference on the Applications of the Mossbauer Effects at Budapest, Hungry,
1989 (with S. Nagy, Z. Homonnay, G.-W. Jang, and A. Nath).
- "Emission Mossbauer Studies of YBa2Cu3(57Co)7-x ,, with Varying Oxygen
Content", ACS National Meeting at Miami Beach, 1989 (with S. Nagy, Z. Homonnay,
G.-W. Jang, and A. Nath)
- SAMPE, Delaware/Philadelphia Section, "Recent Advances in Electrically
Conductive Polymers", Nov., 1989.
- "Spectroscopic and Molecular Weight Studies of Polytoluidines", Materials
Research Society National Meeting in Boston, November, 1989 (with K.F. Hsueh,
S. Nagy, A. Ray, A.G. MacDiarmid, J. Dykins, A.J. Epstein, and G.E. Wnek).
- "Synthesis and Processing of Polyaniline and Its Derivatives", Brookhaven
Conference, NY, Oct., 1989 (with S.K. Manohar, E.M. Scherr, X. Tang, A.G.
MacDiarmid, G.W. Jang, K.R. Cromack, M.E. Jozefowicz, and A.J. Epstein).
1990
- George Washington University, DC, "Chemistry of Electrically Conductive
Polymers", Department of Chemistry, April, 1990.
- "Novel Synthesis of Polythiophenes", Advanced Materials Symposium, SAMPE,
DE/Phila. Section, Philadelphia, April, 1990 (with C.C. Chan, J. Tian
and G.W. Jang). Won a Third Prize in the symposium ($75!).
- "Synthesis and Electrical Properties of Polythiophene and Its Derivatives",
Sigma Xi Sci. Res. Symp., Philadelphia, April, 1990 (with C.C. Chan, J. Tian
and G.W. Jang).
- Delaware Valley Thermal Analysis Forum, Philadelphia, "Thermal Characterization
of Electrically Conductive Polymers", October, 1990.
- Du Pont Co., "Electrically Conductive Polymers: from Polyacetylene to Polyaniline",
November 13, 1990.
1991
- "Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Conductive Polymers", Mass Spectroscopy
Symposium, 1991 (with K. Balasanmugam, M. Olsen, K.G.
Owens, K. F. Hsueh, P. Hoontrakul).
- "The Solid State Aldol Addition Reaction of A Lithium Ester Enolate", ACS
National Meeting at Atlanta, GA, April 15, 1991 (with R. Bakthavatchalam).
- Drexel University, "Recent Advances in Electroactive Polymers - at Drexel,
Of Course", Dept. Chemistry, Jan. 9, 1991.
- The ACS Rockland Section, New York, "Plastics that Conduct Electricity
- A Fascinating World of Polymers", May 30, 1991.
- "Lithium Enolate Reactions in the Solid State", Philadelphia Organic Chemists'
Club, June 6, 1991 (with R. Bakthavatchalam).
- "Polyacrylates-Inorganic Hybrid Materials", ACS National Meeting at New
York City, August, 1991 (with R. Bakthavatchalam, D. C. Yang and C. K. Whitecar).
- Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), PA, "Development of A New Technology
for Synthesis of Conductive Polymers", July 30, 1991.
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, "Electrically Conductive Polymers
and Their Applications", September 20, 1991.
- US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, "Conducting Polymers and Hybrid
Materials-From Basic Research to Technology", October 2, 1991.
- National Association for Thermal Analysis, DE, "Thermal Analysis of New
Molecular Composite: Polyacrylate-SiO2 Glasses", Dec. 4, 1991 (with D.C.
Yang, L. Tang and R. Bakthavatchalam)
1992
- The 94th Hospital, Nanchang, China, "Recent Advances in Dental Restorative
Materials", January 7, 1992.
- "Migratory Superoxide Anion °2- in YBa2Cu3(57Co)07 ~,", Supercond.
Gordon Research Conference at Oxnard, CA, Jan. 10, 1992 (with N. Kopelev,
V. Chechersky, J. Tian, Z. Hommonay and A. Nath).
- ACS Symposium on Electrochemistry of Conducting Polymers, Washington, D.C.,
"Electrochemical Synthesis of Conducting Polymers: A New General Mechanism
of Oxidative Polymerization", August 26, 1992; Div. Colloid & Surface
Chem., Abstract #117.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, "Synthesis of Electroactive
Polymers and A New General Theory on Oxidative Polymerization", May 4, 1992.
- "Asymmetric Oxidation of Lithium Enolates in the Solid State and in Solution-Effect
of Aggregation on the Mechanism and Stereochemistry of the Reactions", ACS
National Meeting at Washington, D.C., Aug. 23, 1992; Div. Org. Chem., Abstract
#32 (with R. Bakthavatchalam, C. Murphy and F.A. Davis).
- LNP Engineering Plastics Inc. (Kawasaki Corp.), PA, "Recent Advances in
Technology of Electroactive and Sol-Gel Materials", Dec. 2,1992.
1993
- "Preparation of Sol-Gel Coatings on Silicon Nitride Particles", Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ, (ACS for Undergraduate Research) April 15, 1993 (with
David Kisailus and Wei-Heng Hsih) .
- "Recent Developments in Characterization of High Tc Superconductors by
Mossbauer Spectroscopy", Sigma Xi Research Conference at Drexel, April 21,
1993 (with N. Kopelev, V. Chechersky, J. Tian, and A. Nath).
- Biennial Carbon Conference, Fullerene Symposium, Buffalo, NY, "Preparation
and Conductivities of Fullerene-Doped Free Standing Films of Polyaniline",
June 13, 1993 (with J. Tian).
- Conductive Polymer Symposium, Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY, "A New Methodology
forPreparation of Conductive Polymers and Its Implications in General Polymer
Chemistry", 2 June 1993. 27th MARM'93 Program & Abstract Book, #221, p.
143, 1993.
- The Association for the Chinese-American Science and Technology, New York,
"An Overview of Conducting Polymer Research", August 29, 1993.
- Temple University, "Recent Advances in Conducting Polymers", Chemistry
Dept., September 30, 1993.
- Westinghouse Science & Technology Center, Pittsburgh, "Electrochemistry
of Electrically Conductive Polymers", October 4, 1993.
- Drexel University, "Recent Advances in Science and Technology of Conducting
Polymers", Dept. Materials Engineering, November 8, 1993.
- Akzo Corporate Research, Dobbs Ferry, NY, "Current Status and Future Research
on Conducting Polymer Technology", November 12, 1993.
1994
- Drexel University, "Chemistry of Organic-Modified Sol-Gel Materials", Co-Sponsored
by Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, May 9,
1994.
- Drexel University, "Recent Advances in Conducting Polymers", Dept. Chemical
Engineering, January 24, 1994.
- ACS National Meeting, Symposium on Conducting Polymers, San Diego, "An
Open-Circuit- Potential Study of Chemical Polymerization of Aniline and Effect
of Additives", March 14, 1994 (with K. F. Hsueh and G.-W. Jang).
- ACS National Meeting, Symposium on Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composites,
San Diego, "Photoacid-Catalyzed Sol-Gel Reactions for the Preparation of Organic-Inorganic
Hybrid Materials", March 15, 1994 (with Wei Wang, Jui-Ming Yeh, Bin Wang,
Dachuan Yang, and James K. Murray, Jr.).
- US Army Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD, "A New Organic Solvent System for Decontamination Agent-Multipurpose
(DAM) Formulation", Eighth International Simulant Workshop, March 2, 1994.
- Haverford College, PA, "Recent Advances in Conducting Polymers", Department
of Chemistry, April 8,1994.
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, "Non-classical
Chain Polymerization-A New Concept for Oxidative Polymerization of Aniline
and Other Aromatic Monomers", May 1 l, 1994.
- ACS National Meeting, Symposium on Transducer-Active Polymers, Div. Polym.
Mater. Sci. Eng., Washington, D.C., "Preparation of Bilayered Electroactive
Polymers by a Combined Electrochemical and Chemical Polymerization Techniques",
August, 1994.
- Gettysburg College, PA, "Recent Advances in Conducting Polymers", The Sceptical
Chymists Club, Department of Chemistry, October 20, 1994.
- Kyoto, Japan, "Vinyl Polymer Modified Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials", KRI Lecture,
Kyoto Workshop on Organic-Inorgcmic Hybrid Materials, December 8, 1994; Sponsored
by Kansai Research Institute (Owing to the delay in getting visa from Japanese
government, a poster was given instead).
- Delaware Valley Thermal Analysis Forum, DE, "Thermal Analysis and Characterization
of New Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials", Dec. 7, 1994 (with D. Jin and C.
Yang).
1995
- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
Section Meeting in Philadelphia, "Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials",
Jan. 12, 1995.
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, "Tailored Synthesis of Electroactive Polymers
and Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials" Department of Chemistry, February
27, 1995.
- "Synthesis of Oligomers of Thiophenes with Functionalized End-Groups",
Div. Org. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, April 5,
1995 (with B. Wang, W. Wang and J. Tian).
- Div. Polym. Mater. Sci. & Eng., Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in
Anaheim, CA, "Electrochemical Studies of Corrosion Inhibition Effects of Polyanilines",
April 6, 1995 (with J. Wang, X. Jia and P. Spellane).
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, "Chemistry of Electroactive
Polymers and A New Theory of Oxidative Polymerization" Department of Chemistry,
April 13, 1995.
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Boston, "New Structural Designs of
Electronically Conductive Polymers", May 7, 1995.
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Tailored Synthesis of Electroactive
Polymers and Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials" Department of Chemistry,
May 16, 1995.
- Gordon Research Conference on Polymers, "Synthesis of New Organic-Inorganic
Molecular Composites and Nanocomposites through Sol-Gel Chemistry" An invited
talk at Summer Gordon Research Conference on Polymers, New Hampshire, June
25-30, 1995.
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Lecture No. l:
"Recent Advances in Electroactive Polymers";
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Lecture No. 2:
"Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials", Department of Chemical Engineering
and Department of Materials Engineering, Aug. l-8, 1995.
- Beijing, China, "Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials", The 1st Conference
of Worldwide Young Chinese Chemists, sponsored by Peking University, Chinese
Academic Sinica and the Chinese State Commission on Education, August 2~-24,
1995.
- Beijing, China, "Photochemical Synthesis Of Polyacrylate-SiO2-TiO2 And
Polyacrylate-SiO~- Al203 Multicomponent Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials Catalyzed
By Photoacids", An invited talk at the symposium "Polymers for the 21st Century"
in honor of Professor Xinde Feng on the occasion of his 80th birthday and
60th year of teaching in China, August 25-26, 1995, (with Wei Wang, Jui-Ming
Yeh and Bin Wang).
- "'Living' Free Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization", National Meeting of
Am. Chem. Soc., Division of Polymer Chemistry, Chicago, August 1995 (with
E.J. Connors, X. Jia, B. Wang and C. Deng).
- Peking University, Beijing. China, "Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
and Nonclassical Chain Polymerization", Department of Chemistry, Sept. 7,
1995.
- University of California at Davis, "Tailored Synthesis of Electroactive
Polymers and Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials" Department of Chemistry,
October 17, 1995.
- Symposium on Electronic Polymers, the Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM)
of the Am. Chem. Soc., Rochester, "Chemistry of Novel Oligomeric Polyanilines",
October 23, 1995.
- Kansai Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan, "A Fast Convenient Method to Prepare
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials with Low Volume Shrinkages", The
4th Kyoto Workshop on Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Sponsored by Kansai
Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 7, 1995.
- Procter & Gamble Far East, Inc., Kobe, Japan, "Vinyl Polymer Modified
Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials and Their Biomedical Applications", December 8, 1995
.
1996
- University of Connecticut, "Tailored Synthesis of Electroactive Polymers
and Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials" The Polymer Science Institute,
Febuary lS, 1996.
- Carleton University Ottawa. Canada. "Recent Advances in Hybrid Sol-Gel
Materials" Department of Chemistry, April 8, 1996.
- "Epoxy Coatings Cured With Electroactive Amino-Terminated Aniline Trimers
For Anti-Corrosion Applications", Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in New Orleans,
LA (with Chuncai Yang, Tianzhong Ding, Jui-Ming Yeh and Gu Wei) March
1996.
- "Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials with Low Volume
Shrinkages", Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in New Orleans, LA (with Danliang
Jin, Chuncai Yang and Gu Wei) March, 1996.
- "Corrosion Protection Effects of Coatings of the Aniline Oligomers and
Their Epoxy Resin-Cured Derivatives". Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in New
Orleans, LA (with Jui-Min Yeh, Jianguo Wang, Xinru Jia, Chuncai Yang
and Danliang Jin) March 1996.
- Carothers Centennial Symposium on Polymers & Novel Materials, "Living
Free Radical Ring- Opening Polymerization", ACS-MARM'96, Philadelphia (with
Edward J. Connors, Xinru Jia, Bin Wang and Chao Deng) May 22-25, 1996.
- Carothers Centennial Symposium on Polymers & Novel Materials, "Synthesis
of Electroactive Amino-Terminated Aniline Trimers and Their Anti-Corrosion
Applications", ACS-MARM'96, Philadelphia (with Chuncai Yang, Tianzhong
Ding, Jui-Ming Yeh and Gu Wei) May 22-25, 1 996.
- Carothers Centennial Symposium on Polymers & Novel Materials, "New
Method for the Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials with
Low Volume-Shrinkages", ACS-MARM'96, Phila. (with Danliang Jin, Chuncai
Yang and Gu Wei) May 22-25, 1996.
- Carothers Centennial Symposium on Polymers & Novel Materials, "Corrosion
Protection Effects of the Coatings of Aniline Oligomers and Their Epoxy Resin-Cured
Derivatives", ACS-MARM'96, Philadelphia (with Jui-Ming Yeh, Jianguo
Wang, Xinru Jia, Chuncai Yang and Danling Jin) May 22-25, 1996.
- ICSM'96, "Novel Synthesis of Electroactive Amino-Terminated Aniline Oligomers
and Their Applications", Salt Lake City, Utah (with C. Yang, T. Ding, J.-M.
Yeh and G. Wei) July 25, 1996.
- Peking University, Guest Professors' Lecture Series at Beijing Institute
of Modern Physics, Beijing, China, "Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Polymeric
Materials" Sept. 26, 1996.
- Peking University, Dept. of Polym. Sci. & Tech., Beijing, China, "Recent
Advances in Electrically Conducting Polymers- Controlled Synthesis of Oligomers",
Sept. 24, 1996.
- Mater. Res. Soc. National Meeting in Boston, "Molecular Mechanism for Anti-Corrosive
Properties of Polyaniline and Trimeric Oligomers" (with Lawrence T. Sein,
Jr., Lionel Levarity, Susan A. Jansen) Dec. 5,1997.
- Polytechnic University, New York, "Controlled Synthesis of Electroactive
Aniline Oligomers" (SEAMS II), Dec. 7,1996
1997
- University of Akron, Ohio, "Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials",
M. Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science, April, 1997.
- Vassar College, New York, "Recent Advances in Conductive Polymers", Department
of Chemistry, Feb. l9, 1997.
- Conference of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical
Engineers (NOBCCHE) sponsored by Rohm & Haas Co., Orlando, FL, "Do Dopants
Enhance the Corrosion Inhibition Process for Aniline-Based Coatings?" (with
Lionel Levarity and Susan Jansen) March 27, 1997.
- ANTEC'97 Society for Plastics Engineers (SPE), Toronto, Canada, "Oligomers
of Aniline and Their Derivatives", April 1997.
- Drexel University, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Materials
Engineering, "Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Their Biomedical Applications",
April 15, 1997.
- * Specially Invited Speaker at The 4th Chinese-American Conference on Chemical
Science & Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ,
"Organic-Inorganic Hybrid and Mesostructured Materials", Jointly sponsored
by Chin. Am. Chem. Soc. (CACS), Chin. Assoc. for Chem. Professionals (CACP),
Chin. Inst. Engineers USA (CIE) and NJIT Graduate School, June 7, 1997.
- * Invited Presentation at Summer Gordon Research Conference on Thin Films
and Coatings, “Towards the Synthesis of Micro- and Mesoporous Metal Oxide
Films” (D. Jin with full graduate scholarship award from the Gordon Conference)
July 1997.
- * Symposium on Dental Materials, Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Las
Vegas, “A New Class of Organic-inorganic Hybrid Dental materials”, September
9, 1997.
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Las Vegas, "A New Series of Photoinitiators
for UV-Curable Waterborne Coatings" (with Ce Wang, Knaus Simone, Heinrich
Gruber, and Josef Wendrinsky), September 9, 1997.
Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Las Vegas, "Synthesis and Characterization
of Schiff Base-Phenone Photoinitiators" (with Ce Wang and Heinrich Gruber) September
7-14, 1997.
- * City University of New York, College of Staten Island, “Novel Organic-Inorganic
Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites”, Department of Chemistry, Sept. 17, 1997.
- * Chinese University of Science & Technology, Anhui, China, "Living
Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization", National Meeting of Chinese Polymer
Society (with X. Jia et al.) Oct. 4, 1997 .
- Chinese University of Science & Technology, Anhui, China, “Preparation
and Properties of Poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)/Silica Hybrid Materials
by the In-Situ Sol-Gel Process”, National Meeting of Chinese Polymer Society
(with Wen Zhou, Jian-Hua Dong and Kun-Yuan Qiu), Oct. 4, 1997.
- * “Two-Base” Model Workshop, National Natural Science Foundation of China,
Beijing, China; Invited written speech (translated to Chinese by Jian Hua
Dong) “‘Two-Base Model’: An Important Step to the Prosperity of Science and
Technology in China”, 2 pp. Oct. 10-11, 1997.
- ** US Army Conference on Chemical Defense Research, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD, "A New System for the Decontamination of Polymer-Thickened Chemical-Biological
Warfare Agents", (with Jianguo Wang, Gu Wei, Chi-Tai Tang, Philip W. Bartram)
Nov. 19, 1997.
- Peking University, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Lect. #1: “An Overview
of the Recent Developments in Polymer Science and Materials Chemistry”; Dec.
8, 1997.
- * Peking University, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Lect. #2: “From Microporous
to Mesoporous Materials through Molecular Templated Reactions”, Dec. 11, 1997.
- * Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, “Well-Defined Oligomers:
Recent Advances in Electrically Conductive and Electroactive Polymers”, Institute
of Chemistry, Dec. 9, 1997.
- * Jilin University, Guest Professor Lecture, “From Hybrid to Mesoporous
Materials”, Department of Chemistry, National Key Laboratory for Supramolecular
Structure and Spectroscopy, Dec. 12, 1997.
- * Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China, Distinguished Guest Professor Lecture,
“Recent Advances in Electrically Conductive Polymers”, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Dec. 17, 1997.
- * Keynote Speech, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong
Kong, "Novel Templating Route to Mesoporous Materials" in Symp. on Frontiers
of Chemistry in conjunction with the Second Conference for Worldwide Young
Chinese Chemists (CWYCC-2), Dec. 20-24, 1997.
- * Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, "Well-Defined
Oligomers: A Viewpoint on the Future of Electroactive Polymers" in the Symposium
on Frontiers of Chemistry in conjunction with the Second Conference for Worldwide
Young Chinese Chemists (CWYCC-2), Dec. 20-24, 1997.
1998
- * DuPont Central Research, Wilmington, DE, “From Organic-Inorganic Sol-Gel
Hybrids to Mesoporous Materials”, January 9, 1998.
- * Drexel University, College of Engineering “Materials in Medicine” Seminar
Series, “Nano-Structured Materials for Biological Applications”, February
12, 1998.
- * City University of New York, Queens College, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid
Materials and Their Biomedical Applications", Department of Chemistry, March
11, 1998.
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Dallas, “Redox Polyimides Based on Aniline
Trimers” (with Zhi Yuan Wang, Chuncai Yang, Jian Ping Gao, J. Lin and Shuxi
Li) March 30, 1998.
- * Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Dallas, “Synthesis of Aniline Oligomers
with Controlled Molecular Weight and Narrow Molecular Weight Distribution”
(with Xinru Jia, Danliang Jin, Jui-Ming Yeh, Moshe Narkis and Arnon Siegmann)
March 29, 1998.
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting at Dallas, "Enhancement the Corrosion Inhibition
Process by Doping Aniline Trimer Coatings" (with Lawrence T. Sein, Jr., Santha
Kolla, Pallavi Pasupuleti, Krishna Patel and Susan A. Jansen) March 30, 1998.
- * University of Pennsylvania, “From Organic-Inorganic Hybrids to Mesoporous
Materials”, Department of Chemistry, May 5, 1998.
- The Am. Ceramic Soc. 100th Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, "Mesoporous Aluminum
Oxides As Catalyst Support Materials" (with X. Liu, D. Jin, W.-H. Shih) Abs.
No. BS02-002-98; p. 290; May 4, 1998.
- The Tenth Annual Sigma-Xi Research Conference at Drexel University, "Preparation
and Physisorption Characterization of D-Glucose-Templated Mesoporous Sol-Gel
Silica Materials" (with J. Xu) Abs. No. 74, May 19, 1998.
- * University of Claifornia, Berkeley, “From Organic-Inorganic Hybrids to
Mesoporous Materials”, College of Chemistry, 1998.
- * Texas A&M University, College Station, “From Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
to Mesoporous Materials”, Department of Chemistry, 1998.
- 128. Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in Boston, "Study of the Surface Photovotage
Property of Thiophene Oligomers" (with Y.H. Zhang, C. Wang, T. F. Xie, C.S.
Cao, D.J. Wang, X.D. Cai, Y.B. Bai, T.J. Li) Aug. 27, 1998.
- * Polytechnic University, Colloquium, Department of Chemistry, "Synthesis
of Electroactive Oligomers of Well-Defined Structures", September 9, 1998.
- * National Symposium on Applications and Engineering of Polymeric Materials,
"Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials Containing Nonlinear Optical Chromophores",
(with Chuncai Yang, Danliang Jin, Wen Zhou and Kunyuan Qiu) 10/8-10/13 Mt.
Wuyi Resort, China, 1998.
- * Princeton University, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Searching for
the Best of Both Organic and Inorganic Worlds", Faculty Research Seminar,
Department of Chemistry, Oct. 21, 1998.
- * University of Connecticut, "From Electroactive Polymers to Mesoporous
Molecular Sieves", Institute for Materials Science, Nov. 5, 1998.
- * The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid
Materials and Their Biological Applications", Dept. Chem. & Biochem., Nov.
18, 1998.
- Materials Res. Soc. Symp. On Advanced Catalytic Materials, Boston, "Heteropoly
acids supported on sol-gel matrices and their catalytic activity and selectivity".
Susan Jansen, Kimberly Doll , Shiby John, Nita Patel, and Yen Wei, December
2, 1998. 1999
1999
- * Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, "Electroactive and
Electronically Conductive Polymers", January 6, 1999.
- * Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, , "Organic-Inorganic
Hybrids and Mesoporous Materials", January 6, 1999.
- * Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsingchu, Taiwan, "Organic-Inorganic
Hybrids and Mesoporous Materials", January 7, 1999.
- * National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Lec. No. 1: "Organic-Inorganic
Hybrids and Mesoporous Materials" and Lec. No. 2 (an after-dinner-seminar):
"Electroactive and Electronically Conductive Polymers", Department of Chemistry,
January 5, 1999.
- * National Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
and Mesoporous Materials", Department of Chemistry, January 8, 1999.
- * National Tsinghua University, Hsingchu, Taiwan, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
and Mesoporous Materials", Department of Chemical Engineering, January 8,
1999.
- * Keynote speach at the International Conference on the 21st Century of
Polymer Research (Polymers'99), New Delhi, India, "Electroactive Oligomers
of Well Defined Structures: An Important Direction of Conducting Polymer Research",
January 12-16, 1999.
- * Zhejiang University, Guest Professor Lecture, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid
Materials", College of Chemistry, January 21, 1999.
- * Peking University, Guest Professor Lecture Series, "Rooms with A View:
Novel Immobilization of Enzymes", College of Chemistry, January 18, 1999.
- * New York University, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Searching for
the Best of Both Organic and Inorganic Worlds", Department of Chemistry, Feb.
12, 1999.
- * MacDiarmid's ACS Chemistry of Materials Award Symposium, "Well-Defined
Aniline Oligomers: Chemistry and Biochemical Properties", the ACS National
Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999. Abstract Published: Polym. Mater.
Sci. Eng. Vol. 80, p. 492, 1999.
- * Rutgers University, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Mesoporous Materials",
Department of Chemistry, April 12, 1999.
- Sigma Xi 11th Annual Research Symposium, Drexel University, "Direct Immobilization
of Horseradish Peroxidase in Mesoporous Silica Sol-Gel Materials via A Neutral
Nonsurfactant Template Pathway, 1. Synthesis and Activity Assay", (with Jigeng
Xu, Hua Dong, Quiwei Feng), Abstract #18, May 6, 1999.
- Sigma Xi 11th Annual Research Symposium, Drexel University, "One-Step Direct
Immobilization of Enzyme Acid Phosphatase in Mesoporous Silica Sol-Gel Materials
via A Neutral Nonsurfactant Template Pathway", (with Quiwei Feng, Muduo Lin,
Jigeng Xu, Hua Dong), Abstract #19, May 6, 1999.
- Sigma Xi 11th Annual Research Symposium, Drexel University, "Direct Immobilization
of Horseradish Peroxidase in Mesoporous Silica Sol-Gel Materials via A Neutral
Nonsurfactant Template Pathway, 2. Host-Guest Interactions, pH Profiles and
Thermal Stability", (with Hua Dong, Jigeng Xu, Quiwei Feng), Abstract #20,
May 6, 1999.
- * The 16th National Meeting of the North American Catalysts Society in Boston,
"Rooms with A View: Novel Immobilization of Enzymes", May 31, 1999.
- * Specially Invited Lecture at International Union of Materials Research
Society Conference (IUMRS), Beijing, "Electroactive Polymers", June 12-16,
1999.
- * National Natural Science Foundation of China Awards Symposium, Beijing,
China, "Mesoporous Materials via Nonsurfactant Route: Synthesis and Biotechnological
Applications", (the 5th Ann.) June 10-11, 1999.
- * "Novel Immobilization of Enzymes by Encapsulation in Mesoporous Materials",
College of Chemistry, Peking University, June 16, 1999.
- * NATO'50 International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced
Materials (ICFPAM), Poznan, Poland, "Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Mesoporous
Materials", June 21-25, 1999.
- * US Army Research Laboratory, APG, MD, "Synthesis and Biotechnological
Applications of Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Mesoporous Materials", August
1999.
- * Award Address, "Polymer-Modified Ceramics and Mesoporous Molecular Sieves:
Synthesis and Biotechnological Applications", The American Chemical Society
Philadelphia Section, Seminar and Ceremony at Drexel, October 21, 1999.
2000
- * Symposium on Bioconjugate Materials, Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in
San Fransisco, "Direct Immobilization of Horseradish Peroxidase in Hybrid
Mesoporous Sol-Gel Materials", March 2000 (with Jigeng Xu, Hua Dong, and Qiuwei
Feng).
- * Symposium on Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Am. Chem. Soc. National
Meeting in San Fransisco, "Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer-Modified
Mesophases via the Nonsurfactant-Templating Sol-Gel Process", March 2000 (with
Qiuwei Feng, Jigeng Xu, Hua Dong).
- Symposium on Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Am. Chem. Soc. National
Meeting in San Fransisco, "Stability of Immobilized Horseradish Peroxidase
in Mesoporous Sol-Gel Silica Materials", March 2000 (with Jigeng Xu, Hua Dong,
Qiuwei Feng).
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in San Fransisco, "Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic
Hybrid Mesoporous Materials by the Nonsurfactant-Templating Route", March
2000 (with Hua Dong, Jigeng Xu, Susan A. Jansen, Kun-Yuan Qiu).
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in San Fransisco, "Synthesis of Phenyl-Modified
Mesoporous Materials by the Nonsurfactant-Templating Route", March 2000 (with
Hua Dong, Jigeng Xu, Susan A. Jansen, Kun-Yuan Qiu).
- Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in San Fransisco, "Synthesis and Activity
Assay of Immobilized Horseradish Peroxidase in Mesoporous Sol-Gel Silica Materials",
March 2000 (with Jigeng Xu, Hua Dong, Qiuwei Feng).
- Sigma-Xi Scientific Conference/Drexel Research Day 2000, PA, "Growth, polymerization
and conductivity of ultrathin polyaniline films on metal surfaces", Abs.#244,
May 2, 2000. (with N.J. DiNardo, J.M. Vohs, R. Plank, and K. Lee)
- Sigma-Xi Scientific Conference/Drexel Research Day 2000, PA, "Simultaneous
modular immobilization of two enzymes", Abs.#78 May 2, 2000. (with H. Dong,
J. Xu, Q. Feng)
- Sigma-Xi Scientific Conference/Drexel Research Day 2000, PA, "Synthesis
of polystyrene-silica hybrid mesoporous materials", Abs.#107 May 2, 2000.
(with Q. Feng, J. Xu, H. Dong)
- Sigma-Xi Scientific Conference/Drexel Research Day 2000, PA, "Synthesis
and characterization of 8-hydroxylquinoline ligands for electroluminscence
applications", Abs.#243 May 2, 2000. (with S. Cheng, S. Li, A.W. Addison)
- * University of Surrey, UK, International Symposium on Organic-Inorganic
Hybrids: Science, Technology and Applications, June 2000 "Promotion Effect
of Coagulators on Bulk Sol-Gel Process" (with Ce Wang, Yahong Zhang, Lin Dong,
Limin Fu, Ou Dong).
- * National University of Singapore and Institute of materials Research and
Engineering, Singapore, Aug. 2, 2000, "Well-Defined Electroactive Oligomers:
Chemistry and Biochemical Properties"
- * National University of Singapore and Institute of materials Research and
Engineering, Singapore, Aug. 2, 2000, "Novel Immobilization of Enzymes in
Mesoporous Materials for Biocatalysis, Biosensor and Pharmaceutical Applications"
- * Xiamen University, Department of Chemistry and the National Key Lab for
Physical and Electrochemistry, Xiamen, China, Aug. 5, 2000, "Well-Defined
Electroactive Oligomers, Polymer-Modified Inorganic Sol-gel Materials and
Novel Immobilization of Enzymes"
- Symp. 2000 Research in College of Chemistry at Peking University (August
23-25, 2000) "Preparation of Mesoporous Materials with Organic Nonsurfactant
Templates" (with Jie-Bin Pang, Jin-Yu Zheng, Qin-Hua Wu, Kun-Yuan Qiu).
- * Symposium on Electroactive Polymers As Anticorrosion Materials, Am. Chem.
Soc. National Meeting in Washington DC, "Polyaniline-Metal Interfaces: Implications
on Corrosion Protection of Steel and Aluminum Alloys", Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with
M. Fahlman, X. Crispin, H. Guan, S. Li, J.A.O. Smallfield, and A.J. Epstein).
- * Symposium on Electroactive Polymers As Anticorrosion Materials, Am. Chem.
Soc. National Meeting in Washington DC, "Corrosion Inhibition by Aniline Trimers
via Charge Transfer: A DFT Approach", Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Lawrence T. Sein,
Jr. and Susan A. Jansen).
- * Symposium on Electroactive Polymers As Anticorrosion Materials, Am. Chem.
Soc. National Meeting in Washington DC, "Assessment of Electronic Factors
Necessary for Corrosion Inhibition: An Analysis of Substituted Aniline Oligomers",
Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Lawrence T. Sein, Jr., Susan A. Jansen and Thanh Duong).
- Symposium on Bioconjugated Polymers, Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting in
Washington DC, "Use Of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Nonionic Surfactants As Template
For Enzyme-Containing Mesoporous Sol-Gel Materials", Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with
Hua Dong, Jigeng Xu, Qiuwei Feng).
- Symposium on Biosensors and Actuators, Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting
in Washington DC, "Simultaneous Immobilization of Oxidase/Peroxidase in the
Mesoporous Sol-Gel Silicate Matrix", Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Hua Dong, Jigeng
Xu, Qiuwei Feng).
- Symposium on Biosensors and Actuators, Am. Chem. Soc. National Meeting
in Washington DC, "One-Step Direct Immobilization of Acid Phosphatase in Mesoporous
Silica Sol-Gel Materials", Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Qiuwei Feng, Jigeng Xu,
Muduo Lin, Hua Dong).
- Symposium on Electroluminescence Materials and Displays, Am. Chem. Soc.
National Meeting in Washington DC, "Synthesis And Characterization Of Aniline
Derivatives Modified 8-Hydroxylquinoline Ligands And Their Metal Complexes",
Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Shan Cheng, Shuxi Li, Anthony W. Addison, Fotis Papadimitrakopoulos,
Bing R. Hsieh).
- * Symposium on Electroactive Polymers As Anticorrosion Materials, Am. Chem.
Soc. National Meeting in Washington DC, "Adhesion Properties of Aniline Oligomers
and Their Epoxy Resin-Cured Derivatives Over Cold Rolled Steel", Aug. 19-24,
2000 (with Homayoun Jamasbi, Shuxi Li, Shan Cheng, Susan A. Jansen, and Lawrence
T. Sein, Jr.).
- * Symposium on Nanostructured and Nanoporous Materials, Am. Chem. Soc. National
Meeting in Washington DC, "Imprinting Zeolites and Mesoporous Molecular Sieves",
Aug. 19-24, 2000 (with Zongtao Zhang, Sheng Dai) Abstr. Pap. - Am. Chem. Soc.
(2000), 220th INOR-347. CODEN: ACSRAL ISSN:0065-7727. AN 2000:795793 CAPLUS.
- * Rohm & Haas Co., Spring House, PA, One-Day MiniSymposium on Corrosion
Prevention Coatings Research at Drexel and Rohm-Haas; Lecture #1: "An Overview
of Research in Corrosion Prevention by Conducting Polymers"; Lecture #2: "Well-Defined
Electroactive Aniline Oligomer Technology for AntiCorrosion Applications;
and Other Research Projects at Drexel"; Lecture #3 (by Homer Jamasbi): "Salt-Spay
and Cyclic Tests on Aniline Oligomer-Based Coatings", November 10, 2000.
- * Drexel University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Nov. 20, 2000,
"Proteins in Countryclub-Like Jails: Encapsulation of Biosubstances in Nanoporous
Materials"
- * Peking University, Beijing, China, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Dec.
16, 2000 "What is the Future of Conducting Polymer Research after the 2000
Nobel Prize - Nanostructures and Practical Applications Including Corrosion
Prevention"
- * Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Dec.
18, 2000, "Nanobiotechnology: from Polymer-Inorganic Hybrid to Mesoporous
Materials and to Enzyme Immobilization", Department of Chemistry and Department
of Chemical Engineering.
- * Jiline University, Changchun, China, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Dec.
20, 2000, "Synthesis, Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Nanostructured Materials".
- * Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China, Guest Professor Lecture Series, Dec.
22, 2000 "Design of Nanostructured Synthetic and Bioactive Materials"
- * Kuraray Co. Ltd., Kurashiki, Japan, Dec. 27, 2000, "Organic-Inorganic
Hybrid and Nanocomposite Materials for Dental Applications"
- * Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Towson
University, Baltimore, 30 May-1 June 2001, "One-Step Synthesis of Polymer-Silica
Nanocomposites Using Polymerizable Nonsurfactants As Templates" (Yen Wei*,
Qiuwei Feng, Shan Cheng, Kun-Yuan Qiu, Jie-Bin Pang, Ray Yin, and Kate Ong)
- * Jerusalem, Israel, Specially invited speech on "Polymers in nanotechnology
and biosensors" at The 6th International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced
Technologies, September 3-7, 2001.
- * Invited Speaker, Summer Gordon Research Conference on Clusters, Nanocrystals
& Nanostructures, "Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Chiral Macrocyclic Compounds
and Nanoparticles" (Yen Wei*, Shan Cheng, Wanjin Zhang and Ce Wang) at Connecticut
College, July 29-Aug. 3, 2001.
- * Beijing, China, Keynote speech on "Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
and Nanocomposites" at IUPAC World Polymer Congress, The 39th International
Symposium on Macromolecules, July 7-12, 2002.
- San Diego, ACS National Meeting, 2001, Preparation and Characterization
of Sulfated Zirconia/Silica Super Acid Nano-Catalyst. Ce Wang, Yahong Zhang,
Na Gao, Sen Lin, YuBai Bai, and Yen Wei.
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