Xiaocun Lu

Biography

Dr. Xiaocun Lu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 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.

Education Background

Chemistry and MatSE Postdoctorate - 2015 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Polymer Science Ph.D. - 2013 The University of Akron
Chemistry B.S. - 2005 Peking University

Courses Taught

• CM244 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CM430/530 - Colloids and Interfaces
• CM457 - Directed Research in Polymer Chemistry
• CM890 - Directed Study in Polymer Chemistry
• CM900 - Chemistry Seminar
• CM990 - Thesis, Dissertation and Special Project

Research Interests

• 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.

Publications