Journal Publications (2007-2011)
2011
J. Kong, Z. Liu, Z. Yang, H. R. Tan, S. Xiong, S. Y. Wong, X. Li and X. Lu, "Carbon/SnO2/Carbon Core/Shell/Shell Hybrid Nanofibers: Tailored Nanostructure for Anode of Lithium Ion Batteries with High Reversibility and Rate Capacity", Nanoscale, accepted.
W. Jia, S. Xiong, Y. Bai and X. Lu, “Polyaniline Nanoparticles Doped with Star-Like Poly(styrene sulfonate): Synthesis and Electrochromic Properties Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2011, in press.
J. Kong, S. Y. Wong, Y. Zhang, H. R. Tan, X. Li and X. Lu, “One-dimensional Carbon-SnO2 and SnO2 Nanostructures via Single-spinneret Electrospinning: Tunable Morphology and Underlying Mechanism”, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 15928-15934.
L. Yang, S. Phua, J. K. H. Teo, C. L. Toh, S. K. Lau, J. Ma and X. Lu, “A Biomimetic Approach to Enhancing Interfacial Interactions: Polydopamine-Coated Clay as Reinforcement for Epoxy Resin”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 3026-3032.
S. Xiong, J. Liu and X. Lu, “Preparation of Highly Crystalline Poly(2, 5-dimethoxyaniline) Nanoplates Using a Soft-Template Method and Their Structural Characterization”, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2011, 64, 1194-1200.
A. C. Nguyen, S. Xiong, J. Ma, X. Lu, and P. S. Lee, “High ionic conductivity (PVDF-TrFE)/PEO blended polymer electrolytes for solid electrochromic devices”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 2011, 13, 13319-13326.
X. Chen, S. Yin, Y. Zhang, J. Kong, C. Zou, C. M. Li, X. Lu, J. Ma, F. Boey, “Bio-inspired Hierarchical Mesostructures Based on Graphene for High-Performance Lithium-ion Batteries”, ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 3831-3838.
P. Jia, W. A. Yee, J. Xu, C. L. Toh, J. Ma and X. Lu, “Thermal stability of an ionic liquid-loaded electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes and its influences on performance of electrochromic devices”, J Membrane Sci, 2011, 376, 283-289.
C. Nguyen, A. Argun, P. Hammond, X. Lu, P. S. Lee, “Layer-By-Layer Assembled Solid Polymer Electrolyte For Electrochromic Device", Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 2142–2149.
S. Xiong, J. Wei, P. Jia, L. Yang, J. Ma, X. Lu, “Water-Processable Polyaniline with Covalently Bonded Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Enhanced Electrochromic Properties and Impedance Analysis”, ACS applied materials and interface, 2011, 3, 782-788.
J. K. H. Teo, C. L. Toh and X. Lu, “Catalytic and Reinforcing Effects of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Imidazolium Modified Clay in an Anhydride-Cured Epoxy”, Polymer 2011, 52, 1975-1982.
J. Wei, M. B. H. Tan, Y. Bai, J. Ma, X. Lu, “Self-Assembly Behaviors of Telechelic Poly(styrene-ran-sodium styrenesulfonate) with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane as End Groups” J. Phys Chem B 2011, 115, 1929-1935.
C. L. Lay, H. R. Tan, X. Lu, Y. Liu, “pH-Responsive Poly(methacrylic acid)-Graft-Hollow Silica Vesicles”, Chemistry A European Journal 2011, 17, 2504-2509.
F. Wang, X. Lu, C. He, “Some Recent Development of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Based Polymeric Materials”, J. Mater. Chem 2011, 21, 2775-2782.
2010
J. Kong, H. R. Tan, S. Y. Tan, S. Y. Wong, X. Li Xu and X. Lu, “A New Generic Approach for Preparing Core-Shell Carbon-Metal Oxide Nanofibers: Morphological Evolution and Its Mechanism”, Chemical Communications 2010, 46, 8773-8775.
P. Jia, A. A. Argun, J. Xu, S. Xiong, J. Ma, P. T. Hammond and X. Lu, “High-Contrast Electrochromic Thin Films via Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Star-like and Sulfonated Polyaniline“, Chem Mater 2010, 22, 6085-6091.
X. Yang, C. He and X. Lu, “Synthesis and Optical Characteristics of Organic Light Emitting Dot Based on Well-defined Octa-functionalized Silsesquioxane”, J. Nanoparticle Research 2010, 12, 2787.
S. Huang, T. Liu, W-D. Zhang, W. Tjiu, C. He, X. Lu, “Grafting polyamide 6 onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes by microwave irradiation”, Polymer International 2010, 59, 1346-1349.
W. A. Yee, S. Xiong, G. Ding, C. A. Nguyen, P. S. Lee, J. Ma, K. Masaya, Y. Liu and X. Lu, “Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Treated Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Nanofibrous Membranes: Morphology, Structures and Properties as an Ionic-Liquid Host”, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2010, 31, 1779–1784.
M. A. Wahab, H. Z. Q. Eliza, X. Lu and C. He, “Covalent Incorporation of Ethylenediamine Ligands in the Framework of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanostructure”, Soft Materials 2010, 8, 183-196.
C. Zhang, T. Liu and X. Lu, “Facile fabrication of polystyrene/carbon nanotube composite nanospheres with core-shell structure via self-assembly”, Polymer 2010, 51, 3715-3721.
S. Xiong, S. L. Phua, B. S. Dunn, J. Ma and X. Lu, “Covalently Bonded Polyaniline-TiO2 Hybrids: A Facile Approach to Highly Stable Anodic Electrochromic Materials with Low Oxidation Potentials”, Chemistry of Materials 2010, 22, 255–260.
C. L. Toh, L. Xi, S. K. Lau, K. P. Pramoda, Y. C. Chua and X. Lu, “Packing behaviors of structurally different POSS-imidazolium surfactants in clay”, J Phys Chem B 2010, 114, 207-214.
2009
P. Jia, A. Argun, J. Xu, S. Xiong, J. Ma, P. Hammond, X. Lu, "Enhanced Electrochromic Switching in Multilayer Thin Films of Polyaniline-tethered Silsesquioxane Nanocage" Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21, 4434-4441.
S. Xiong, J. Ma and X. Lu, “A complementary electrochromic device based on polyaniline tethered polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(4-styrene sulfonic acid)”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2009, 93, 2113-2117.
Y. Xiao, X. Lu, L. W. Tan, K. Song, C. He, “Thermally stable red electroluminescent hybrid polymers derived from functionalized silsesquioxane and 4,7-bis(3-ethylhexyl-2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole”, J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 2009, 47, 5661-5670.
X. Wang, J. K-P Ng, P. Jia, T. Lin, C. M. Cho, J. Xu, X. Lu and C. He, “Synthesis, Electronic, and Emission Spectroscopy, and Electrochromic Characterization of Azulene-Fluorene Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers”, Macromolecules 2009, 42, 5534-5544.
Y. K. Mya, Y. X. Wang, L. Shen, J. Xu, Y. L. Wu, X. Lu, C. He, “Star-Like Polyurethane Hybrids with Functional Cubic silsesquioxanes: Preparation, Morphology and Thermomechanical Properties”, J. Polym Chem Part A: Polym Chem 2009, 47, 4602-4616.
C. A. Nguyen, S. X. Xiong, J. Ma, X. H. Lu, P. S. Lee, “Toward Electrochromic Device Using Solid Electrolyte with Polar Polymer Host”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2009, 113, 8006-8010.
J. Xu, X. Li, C. M. Cho, C. L. Toh, L. Shen, K. Y. Mya, X. Lu and C. He, “Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes tethered with perfluoroalkylthioether corner groups: Facile synthesis and enhancement of hydrophobicity of their polymer blends”, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2009, 19, 4740 – 4745.
S. Huang, M. Wang, T. Liu, W. D .Zhang, W. C. Tjiu, C. He, X. Lu, "Morphology, thermal and rheological behavior of nylon 11/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites prepared by melt compounding", Polym. Eng. Sci. 2009, 49, 1063-1068.
Y. C. Chua and X. Lu, “Oriented Clay-Induced Anisotropic Crystalline Morphology in Poly(ethylene naphthalate)/Clay Nanocomposites and its Impact on Mechanical Properties”, Composites Part A – Applied Science & Manufacturing 2009, 40, 423-430.
L. Zhang, S. Xiong, J. Ma and X. Lu, “A complementary electrochromic device based on polyaniline tethered polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and tungsten oxide”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2009, 93, 625-629.
P. Jia, J. Xu, J. Ma and X. Lu, “Enhancement of electrochromic contrast by tethering polyaniline onto cyclotriphosphazene”, European Polymer Journal 2009, 45, 772-778.
B.Y. Tay, N.H. Loh, S.B. Tor, F.L. Ng, G. Fu and X. Lu, “Characterisation of micro gears produced by micro powder injection moulding”, Powder Technology 2009, 188, 179-182.
2008
J. Xu, C. L. Toh, L. Ke, J. Li, J. C. M. Cho, X. Lu, E. W. Tan, C. He, “Thermally Stable Blue-Light-Emitting Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers Derived from Cyclotriphosphazene", Macromolecules 2008, 41, 9624.
S. Huang, W. A. Yee, W. Tjiu, Y. Liu, M. Kotaki, F. Boey, J. Ma, T. Liu, X. Lu, "Electrospinning of Polyvinylidene Difluoride with Carbon Nanotubes: Synergistic Effects of Extensional Force and Interfacial Interaction on Crystalline Structures", Langmuir 2008, 24, 13621-13626.
M. Lo, C. Lay, X. Lu, Y. Liu, “Finer Structures of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Reflected by Solution 1H NMR”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2008, 112, 13218-13224.
W. A. Yee, A. C. Nguyen,P. S. Lee, M. Kotaki, Y. Liu, B. T. Tan, S. Mhaisalkar and X. Lu, "Stress-induced structural changes in electrospun polyvinylidene difluoride nanofibers collected using a modified rotating disk", Polymer 2008, 49, 4196-4203.
C. L. Toh, J. Xu, X. Lu, and C. He, "Synthesis and Characterization of Main-Chain Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Liquid Crystalline Complexes Formed by Azo-Containing Compounds", Liquid Crystals 2008, 35, 241-251.
S. Xiong, P. Jia, K. Y. Mya, J. Ma, F. Boey, and X. Lu, “Star-like Polyaniline Prepared from Octa(aminophenyl) Silsesquioxane: Enhanced Electrochromic Contrast and Electrochemical Stability”, Electrochimica Acta 2008, 53, 3523-3530.
2007
C. A. Nguyen, P. S. Lee, W. A. Yee, X. Lu, M. Srinivasan, S. G. Mhaisalkar, “Enhanced functional and structural characteristics of poly(vinylidene- trifluoroethylene) copolymer thin films by corona poling”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2007, 154, 224-228.
J. K. H. Teo, K. C. Teo, B. Pan, Y. Xiao and X. Lu, “Epoxy/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Hybrid Networks Cured with an Anhydride: Cure Kinetics and Thermal Properties”, Polymer 2007, 48, 5671-5680.
Y. C. Chua, S. Wu, X. Lu and L. Li, “Atomic Force Microscopic Observations on the Crystalline Morphology of Poly(ethylene naphthalate)/Clay Nanocomposites”, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2007, 208, 1789-1796.
S. Xiong, Y. Xiao, J. Ma, L. Zhang and X. Lu, “Enhancement of Electrochromic Contrast by Tethering Conjugated Polymer Chains onto Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Nanocage”, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2007, 28, 281–285.
Y. C. Chua and X. Lu, “Polymorphism Behavior of Poly(ethylene naphthalate)/Clay Nanocomposites: The Role of Clay Surface Modification”, Langmuir 2007, 23, 1701-1710.
W. A. Yee, M. Kotaki, Y. Liu and X. Lu, “Morphology, Polymorphism Behavior and Molecular Orientation of Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Fibers”, Polymer 2007, 48, 512-521.