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Submitted/In Press

94. Wang, J.; Guan, F.; Pan, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* High electric energy storage from interfacial polarization in a three-phase polymer nanocomposite with low filling ratios. 2011, to be submitted.

93. Zhong, G.; Su, R.; Zhang, L.; Wang, K.; Li, Z.; Fong, H.*; Zhu, L.* Fractionated crystallization of poly(vinylidene fluoride) in nanodroplets prepared from thermally annealed electrospun immiscible blend fibers. 2011, to be submitted.

92. Mackey, M.; Schuele, D. E.*; Zhu, L.; Baer, E.* Layer confinement effect on charge migration in polycarbonate/poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) multilayered films. 2012, submitted.

91. Su, R.; Zhong, G.; Fu, Q.; Zhang, L.; Fong, H.*; Zhu, L.* Polarity-induced ferroelectric crystalline phase in electrospun fibers of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polyacrylonitrile blends. J. Mater. Res. 2012, 27, accepted.

Published

90. Zhu, L.*; Wang, Q.* Novel ferroelectric polymers for high energy density and low loss dielectrics. Macromolecules 2012, 45, doi: 10.1021/ma2024057.

89. Mackey, M.; Flandin, L.; Schulele, D.; Zhu, L.*; Wolak, M.; Shirk, J.; Hiltner, A.; Baer, E.* Reduction of dielectric hysteresis in multilayered film via nanoconfinement. Macromolecules 2012, 45, doi: 10.1021/ma202267r.

88. Su, R.; Tseng, J.-K.; Lu, M.-S.; Lin, M.; Fu, Q.; Zhu, L.* Ferroelectric behavior in the high temperature paraelectric phase in a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) random copolymer. Polymer 2012, 53, 728-739.

87. Zhong, G.; Wang, K.; Zhang, L.; Li, Z.-M.; Fong, H.*; Zhu, L.* Nanodroplet formation and exclusive homogenously nucleated crystallization in confined electrospun immiscible polymer blend fibers of polystyrene and poly(ethylene oxide). Polymer 2011, 52, 5397-5402.

86. Pan, M.*; Yang, L.; Guan, B.*; Zhong, G.; Zhu, L.* Surface nucleation-induced fluoropolymer Janus nanoparticles via emulsifier-free batch-seeded emulsion polymerization. Soft Matter 2011, 7, 11187-11193.

85. Wu, S.; Lin, M.; Lu. S. G.; Zhu, L.; Zhang, Q. M.* Polar-fluoropolymer blends with tailored nanostructures for high energy density low loss capacitor applications. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 99, 132901.

84. Wang, Q.; Zhu, L. Polymer nanocomposites for electric energy storage. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2011, 49, 1421-1429.

83. Guan, F.; Wang, J.; Pan, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Effects of film processing conditions on electric energy storage for pulsed power applications. IEEE Dielectr. Electr. Insul. 2011, 18, 1293-1300.

82. Guan, F.; Wang, J.; Yang, L.; Guan, B.; Han, K.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Confined ferroelectric properties in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-graft-polystyrene graft copolymers for electric energy storage applications. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 3176-3188.

81. Cao, W.; Zhou, J.; Mann, A.; Wang, Y.*; Zhu, L.* Folate-functionalized unimolecular micelles based on a degradable amphiphilic dendrimer-like star polymer for cancer cell-targeted drug delivery. Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 2697-2707.

80. Guo, J.; Zhu, L.; Jiang, M.; Chen, D.* Deliberately designed processes to physically tether the carboxyl groups of poly(pentacosadiynoic acid) to poly (vinyl alcohol) glassy matrix to make poly(pentacosadiynoic acid) thermochromically reversible in the matrix. Langmuir 2011, 27, 6651-6660.

79. Wang, Y.; Yang, G.; Tang, P.*; Qiu, F.; Yang, Y.; Zhu, L. Mixed homopolymer brushes grafted onto a sphere. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 134, 134903.

78. Zhong, G.; Zhang, L.; Su, R.; Wang, K.; Fong, H.*; Zhu, L.* Understanding polymorphism formation in electrospun fibers of immiscible poly(vinylidene fluoride) blends. Polymer 2011, 52, 2228-2237.

77. Guan, F.; Wang, J.; Yang, L.; Tseng, J.-K.; Han, K.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Confinement-induced high field antiferroelectric-like behavior in a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-graft-polystyrene graft copolymer. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 2190-2199.

76. Cao, W.; Zhu, L.* Synthesis and unimolecular micelles of amphiphilic dendrimer-like star polymer with various functional surface groups. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 1500-1512.

75. Lai, C.; Zhong, G.; Yue, Z.; Chen, G.; Zhang, L.; Vakili, A.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, L.*; Liu, J.*; Fong, H.* Investigation of post-spinning stretching process on morphological, structural, and mechanical properties of electrospun polyacrylonitrile copolymer nanofibers. Polymer 2011, 52, 519-528.

74. Guan, F.; Wang, J.; Pan, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Time and poling history dependent energy storage and discharge behaviors in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) random copolymers. Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 2011, 29, 65-80.

73. Cao, W.; Zhou, J.; Wang, Y.*; Zhu, L.* Synthesis and in-vitro cancer cell targeting of folate-functionalized biodegradable amphiphilic dendrimer-like star polymers. Biomacromolecules 2010, 11, 3680-3687.

72. Jiang, X.; Zhao, B.*; Zhong, G.; Jin, N.; Horton, J. M.; Zhu, L.; Hafner, R. S.; Lodge, T. P. Microphase separation of high grafting density asymmetric mixed homopolymer brushes on silica particles. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8209–8217.

71. Guan, F.; Wang, J.; Pan, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Effects of polymorphism and crystallite size on dipole reorientation in poly(vinylidene fluoride) and its random copolymers. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 6739-6748.

70. Jiang, X.; Zhong, G.; Horton, J. M.; Jin, N.; Zhu, L.; Zhao, B.* Evolution of phase morphology of mixed poly(t-butyl acrylate)/polystyrene brushes grafted on silica particles with the change of chain length disparity. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5387–5395.

69. Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Hydrogen bonding induced supramolecular self-Assembly of linear doubly discotic triad supermolecules. Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 1634-1641.

68. Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Columnar liquid crystalline assembly of doubly discotic supermolecules based on tetra-triphenylene-substituted phthalocyanine. Soft Matter 2010, 6, 2072-2079.

67. Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Topology controlled supramolecular self-assembly of octa triphenylene-substituted polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) hybrid supermolecules. J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 1879–1887.

66. Miao, J.; Zhu, L.* Hydrogen bond-assisted supramolecular assembly of doubly discotic supermolecules based on porphyrin and triphenylene. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 197-206.

65. Guan, F.; Pan, J.; Wang, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, L.* Crystal orientation effect on electric energy storage in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) copolymers. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 384-392.

64. Zhao, B.*; Zhu, L. Mixed polymer brush-grafted particles: A new class of environmentally responsive nanostructured materials. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 9369-9383 (persective article).

63. Cheng, F.; Zhang, K.; Chen, D.*; Zhu, L.*; Jiang, M. Self-assembly of heteroarm core-shell polymeric nanoparticles (HCPNs) and templated synthesis of gold nanoparticle clusters within HCPNS and the Superparticles. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 7108-7113.

62. Guan, F.; Yuan, Z.; Shu, E. W.; Zhu, L.* Fast discharge speed in poly(vinylidene fluoride) graft copolymer dielectric films achieved by confined ferroelectricity. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2009, 94, 052907.

61. Cheng, L.; Zhang, G.; Zhu, L.*; Chen, D.*; Jiang, M. Nanoscale tubular and sheet-like superstructures from hierarchical self-assembly of polymeric Janus particles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 10171-10174.

60. Cheng, L.; Hou, G.; Miao, J.; Chen, D.*; Jiang, M.; Zhu, L.* Efficient synthesis of unimolecular polymeric Janus nanoparticles and their unique self-assembly behavior in a common solvent. Macromoelcules 2008, 41, 8159-8166.

59. Zhu, L.*; Zhao, B.* Transmission electron microscopy study of solvent-induced phase morphologies of environmentally responsive mixed homopolymer brushes on silica particles. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 11529-11536.

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, 2, 921-927.

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.

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
4. Guan, F.; Yuan, Z.; Wang, J.; Zhu, L.  “Achieving fast discharge and low loss in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-graft-polystyrene films by confined ferroelectricity” in Wang, Q. and Zhu, L. eds., Functional Polymer Nanocomposites for Energy Storage and Conversion, ACS Symposium Series, ACS Publications, 2010, Chapter 3, pp 23-36.

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, 2008.

2. Zhu, L. Polymer Ordering in Nanoconfined Spaces, in H. S. Nalwa (ed.) Polymeric Nanostructures and Their Applications, American Scientific Publishers, 2007, Chapter 10 (cover for vol. 2).

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