Group
News
July
30 2014
Professor Jian Lin from Department of Materials Science and
NanoEngineering at Rice University visited our ICL and gave an invited talk
“Efficient Electronic and Energy Devices:
Manipulation of Electrons and Ions at the Nanoscale.”
July
15 2014 Our
group member Dr. Hongbo Gu, sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC), has
been appointd as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering in Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Congratulations!
July
12 2014 The
paper “Polyaniline Coating with Various Substrates for Hexavalent
Chromium Removal” has been accepted for publicaiton in Applied Surface Sciencer.
June
30 2014 Professor
Guo was invited to give a keynote-talk “Magnetoresistive
Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage” in the
Nanocomposites and Composites Session of 42nd Annual Conference of
NATAS held in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
June
23 2014 Ph.D.
student Huige Wei and Qingliag He have successfully passed the Proposal
Defense.
June
19 2014 The
paper “Polyaniline Coating on Carbon Fiber Fabrics for Hexavalent
Chromium Removal” has been accepted for publicaiton in RSC Advances.
June
19 2014 Miss
Tadakamalla passed her dissertation defense and will receive a Doctoral degree
in August. Congratulations!
June
12 2014
Professor Qiang Wang and colleagues from College of Environmental
Science and Engineering at Beijing Forestry University visited our ICL. Click here for some pictures.
June
9 2014 The
paper “Polyaniline Coated Ethyl Cellulose with Improved Hexavalent
Chromium Removal” has been accepted for publicaiton in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
May
21 2014 Professor
Guo gave an invited talk “Multifunctional
Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation” in the NANOSMAT USA conferece held
in Houston Texas.
May
12 2014 Professor
Guo gave a talk “Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Catalysts with
Palladium Nanoparticles for Methanol Oxidation.” in the ECS 225th
Meeting held in Orlando Florida.
May
9 2014 Ph.D.
student Xi Zhang has successfully passed her Proposal Defense.
May
8 2014 Ph.D.
student Daowei Ding has successfully passed his Proposal Defense.
May
7 2014 The
paper “Electrical Transport and Magnetoresistance in Advanced Polyaniline
Nanostructures and Nanocomposites” has been accepted for publicaiton in Polymer.
April
26 2014 Professor
Jun Long from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has successfully finished
one-year exchange research and teaching activities in ICL as a visiting
professor sponsored by China Scholarhip Council (CSC) program. Professor Long
has actively involed in the research projects and several papers are in
progress. Long term collabrorations between two teams have been estabilished.
Thanks for your contributions and Congratulations on your achievements! Click here for some pictures.
April
24 2014 Mr.
Rajib Das passed his thesis defense and will
receive a Master degree in August. Congratulations!
April
8 2014 The
paper “Magnetocapacitance in magnetic microtubular carbon nanocomposites
under external magnetic field” has been accepted for publicaiton in Nano Energy.
April
6 2014 Professor
Guo gave an invited talk entitled “Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites
for Electronic Devices” in KORTEKS Company (the largest Polyester Carpet
production compnay in Europe), Turkey.
March
25 2014 Professor
Guo gave an invited seminar entitled “Composite Materials” in the
Chemical Engineering Departmet of Tennessee Tech University.
March
24 2014 The
paper “Highly Monodisperse Sub-microspherical Poly(glycidyl methacrylate)
Nanocomposites with Highly Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles” has been
accepted for publicaiton in Macromolecular
Chemistry and Physics.
March
16-20 2014 Professor Guo, visiting
Professor Jun Long and five Ph.D. students Xingru Yan, Qingliang He, Bin Qiu,
Jiang Guo, and Huige Wei attended the ACS National Meeting & Exposition in
Dallas Texas and gave seven presetations including two invited talks
“Electrospun Carbon Nanocomposite Fibers for GMR Sesors” and
“Carbon Fabric Treated with Polyaniline for Hexavalent Chromium Removal.
March
11 2014 The
paper “Tungsten Trioxide/Zinc Tungstate Bilayers: Electrochromic
Behaviors, Energy Storage and Electron Transfer” has been accepted for
publicaiton in Electrochimica Acta.
March
12 2014 Professor
Guang Yang from Huazhong University of Science and Technology visited our
ICL” and gave an invited talk “Fascinating Composites Based
Baterial Cellulos: Curent State and Perspective.” Click here for some
pictures.
March
07 2014 Professor
Guo will give an invited talk “Multifunctional
Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation” in the NANOSMAT USA conferece to be
held in Houston Texas (May 19 -22).
February
25 2014 Professor Guo gave an
invited talk “Highly Conductive Polyolefin Nanocomposites: Role of The
Mixed Solid Nanofillers.” in the SPE International Polyolefins
Conference. Meawhile, two Ph.D. students Xingru Yan ad Huige Wei presented two
poster presentations, and volunteered for serving as Assistant in the confernces.
February
18 2014 Professor Elizabeth Podlaha
from Chemical Engineering at the Northeastern University visited our ICL and
gave an invited talk “Electrodeposition of Molybdenum and Tungsten
Alloys.” Click here
for some pictures.
February
12-15 2014 Professor Henry A Colorado from
Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad de Antioquia at Colombia visited our
ICL and gave an invited talk “Mechanical Behavior and Thermal Stability
of Phosphate Cement Composites and Some Appications involving Materials Under
Extreme Environments.” Click here
for some pictures.
January
18 2014 Professor Guo was
invited to attend the Nanotechnology Workshop giving a talk “Multifunctional Nanocomposites”
and the potential collaboraitons between ICL and Professor Baki Hazer’s
group in Bülent Ecevit University were discussed.
January
15 2014 The paper “Epoxy
resin nanosuspensions and reinforced nanocomposites from polyaniline stabilized
multi-walled carbon nanotubes” has been selected for the themed collection of 2013 Most
Accessed Manuscripts for Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
January
10 2014 The paper
“Electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanocomposite fibers reinforced with Fe3O4
nanoparticles: Fabrication and property analysis” has been selected for the most cited articles
published since 2009.
December
28 2013 The paper
“Mesoporous Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposite Fabrics towards Highly
Efficient Cr(VI) Removal” has been accepted for publicaiton in ECS Journal of Solid State Science and
Technology.
December
12 2013 The paper
“Magnetoresistive conductive polymer-tungsten trioxide nanocomposites
with ultrahigh sensitivity at low magnetic field” has been accepted for
publicaiton in Polymer.
October
31 2013 The research project
entitled “Multifunctional Desulfurization Elastomeric Polymer
Nanocomposites” was funded for $100,000.00 for the period of
09/01/2014-08/31/2016, with Prof. Suying Wei from Chemistry Department at Lamar
University as co-PI by ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) under New Directions
program. Thanks for the Support!
October
28 2013 The paper
“Mesoporous Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposite Fabrics towards Highly
Efficient Cr(VI) Removal” has been accepted for publicaiton in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
October
27 2013 Professor Dapeng Cao
from Beijing University of Chemical Technology visited our ICL and gave an
invited talk “Molecular Simulation and Experiment of Adsorption
Properties of Porous Materials.” Click here for some pictures.
October
25 2013 Professor Guo gave an invited Departmental Seminar entitled
“Engineered Nanocomposites for Energy Applications” to Chemistry
Department at University of Memphis.
October
22 2013 The paper
“One-pot Synthesis of Size- and Morphology- Controlled 1-D Iron Oxide
Nanochains with Manipulated Magnetic Properties” has been accepted for
publicaiton in Chemical Communications.
October
12 2013 Five Ph.D.studens Xi
Zhang, Qingliang He, Xingru Yan, Jiang Guo and Yiran Wang attended the CACS-SW
confrence and received the Second poster and Third Poster title awards.
Congratulations and thank you for the supports.
October
7 2013 Professor
Jie Liu from Duke University visited our ICL and gave an invited talk “Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Energy
Storage.” Click here for
some pictures.
October
3-6 2013 Professor Jinsong Leng from
Harbin Instutitue of Technology visited our ICL and gave an invited talk
“Shape Memory Polymer based Smart
Composites and Applications.” Click here for some pictures.
Sepember
27 2013 The paper
“Flame-Retardant Polypropylene/Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites: Effects
of Surface Functionalization and Surfactant Molecular Weight” has been
accepted for publicaiton in AIChE Journal
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.
Sepember
26 2013 The paper
“Vinyl Ester Resin: Rheological Behaviors, Curing Kinetics, Thermo-mechanical
and Tensile Properties” has been accepted for publicaiton in AIChE Journal.
Sepember
19 2013 The paper
“Magnetoresistive Polyaniline/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Nanocomposites with Negative Permittivity” has been accepted for
publicaiton in Nanoscale.
September
11-13 10 2013 Professor Guo was
invited to give a Lecture in the “International Symposium on Chemical
Process Intensification and Green Technology” of 55th
Anniversary of Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) International
Forum. Professor Guo also served as Scientific Committee Member.
Sepember
12 2013 The paper
“Microwave Assisted Formation of Magnetic Core-Shell Carbon
Nanostructure” has been accepted for publicaiton in ECS Solid State Letters.
September
3 2013 Mr. Bin Qiu from Beijing Forestry
Univeristy (coadvisored by Professor Dezhi Sun) joined our ICL as a CSC
sponsored Ph.D. student to finish his Ph.D requirement. Welcome and look forward to your
achievements.
Sepember
2 2013 The paper “An Overview
of the Engineered Graphene Nanostructures and Nanocomposites” has been
accepted for publicaiton in RSC Advances.
August
29 2013 Miss.
Hongbo Gu (Joint Ph.D. Student) has successfully finished her training and
returns to Harbin Institute of Technology to finish her Ph.D. requiremnet.
August
16 2013 The paper
“Catalytic and Synergistic Effects on Thermal Stability and Combustion
Behavior of Polypropylene: Influence of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene
Stabilized Cobalt Nanoparticles” has been accepted for publicaiton in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
August
11 2013 The paper
“Hexavalent chromium synthesized polyaniline nanostructures:
Magnetoresistance and electrochemical energy storage behaviors” has been
accepted for publicaiton in Polymer.
July
26 2013 Mr.
Vahidreza Bitarafhaghighi passed his thesis defense and will receive a Mater
degree in August. Congratulations!
July
10 2013 Professor
Nanfeng Zheng from State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid
Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials,
and Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University visited our ICL and gave an
invited talk “Surface and Interface
Control of Metal Nanocrystals for Catalysis and Bioapplications.”
Click here for some pictures.
July
4 2013 The
paper “Anticorrosive Conductive Polyurethane Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
NanoComposites” has been accepted for publicaiton in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
July
2 2013 The
paper “Coaxial Electrospun Nanostructures and Their Applications”
has been accepted for publicaiton in Journal
of Materials Chemistry A as a feature article.
July
2 2013 Mr.
Asif Mohammed passed his thesis defense and will receive a Mater degree in
August. Congratulations!
July
1 2013 The
paper “Magnetic Polystyrene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Magnetite
Nanoparticles” has been accepted for publicaiton in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
June
28 2013 Dr.
Jiahua Zhu has been interviwed by several Universities of USA and Canada for
tenure-track faculty positions, Professors from MIT, Harvard, etc for
postdoctoral associate and National Labs for research scientist. Dr. Zhu has decided to accept the offer
as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Akron.
Congratulations!
June
26 2013 To
serve the scientific community, Prof. Guo has accepted the inviation to be
editorial board member of journal of Chemical
Engineering and Process Techniques and Journal of Frontiers
in Chemistry and Environmental Science.
June
20 2013 Professor
Guo was invited to give lecture “New functions of polyolefin grafted with
maleic anhydride for manipulated magnetic nanostructures” in the
conference of Particles 2013.
June
20 – June 3 2013 Professor
Guo visited Harbin Institute of Technology, Shandong University, and Chongqing
University of Technology. Potential collaborations have been discussed.
April
29 – May 3 2013 Professor
Guo and two doctoral students (Xingru Yan and Xi Zhang) attended the TA
Instruments TGA, DSC, MDSC, DMA & Rheology Theory & Applications
Training Courses. Through these one-week extensive studies, the functions of
the instruments have been educated in details. Meanwhile, Dr. Guo has
communicated with other peers from univeristies and industries for potential
collaborations. TA staffs have done a great job in teaching, trouble-shootings
and demonstrations!
April
26 2013 Professor
Jun Long from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) joins our group as a
visiting professor sponsored by China Scholarhip Council (CSC) program for
research collaborations. Welcome.
April
16 2013 Mr. Jack Jiahua Zhu, who has excellently finsihed Ph.D. requirments,
received a prestigious Thermoplastic Elastomer Scholarship from Society of
Plastics Engineers. Congratulations to Jack and thanks for the support.
April
10-11 2013 Professor Yuan Chen from School of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering at Nanyang Technological University visited our ICL and gave an
invited talk. The potential collaborations have been discussed. Click here for some pictures.
April
3- 7 2013 Professor Guo was invited to attend the “5th
International R&D Brokerage Event in Textiles and Clothing” in Bursa,
Turkey.
March
29 2013 The review paper “Magnetoresistance Phenomenon Overview in
Molecular Systems” is accepted for publication in Chemical Society Reviews.
March
23 2013 Professor Guo gave an invited Lecture entitled “Multifunctional
Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications” in the Annual
Symposium with a theme of “Frontiers of Nano & Bioanalytical
Chemistry” in St. John’s University.
March
18 2012 Prof. Guo gave an invited talk entitled “Anti-Corrosion with
Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites” in the session of “TEG
474X - Nanotechnology in Corrosion” at the Annual National Association of Corrosion
Engineers (NACE) International – the Corrosion Society conference,
Orlando FL.
March
5 2013 The paper “Magnetically Soft and Hard Polypropylene/Cobalt
Nanocomposites: Role of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene” is
accepted for publication in Macromolecules.
March
5 2013 Professor Guo gave an invited talk entitled “Magnetic
Polypropylene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Maleic Anhydride Grafted
Polypropylene as Surfactant” in the Symposium of “unctional
Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications” at TMS Annual
Conference, San Antonio TX.
March
1 2013 Jiahua Jack Zhu successfully defended his dissertation toward a Ph.D.
degree in Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
February
26 2013 The paper “Polyaniline Stabilized Barium Titanate Nanoparticles
Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites with High Dielectric Permittivity and Reduced
Flammability” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
February
26 2013 Professor Guo gave an invited talk entitled “Magnetic
Polypropylene Nanocomposites: Property-Structure Relationship Manipulated by
Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene International Polyolefin Confernece. The
poster entitled “Ultra Low Carbon Nanotube Loaded Polypropylene
Nanocomposites with Ultra High Electrical Conductivity” authored by Xi
Zhang, Xingru Yan, Qingliang He, Suying Wei, and Zhanhu Guo was selected for
“Honorable Mention” award.
February
25 2013 The paper “Giant Magnetoresistive Phosphoric Acid Doped
Polyaniline-Silica Nanocomposites” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
February
19 2013 Ph.D. student Xi Zhang has been selected to receive a prestigious
Scholarship sponsored by Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). This scholarship
includes a cash award of $1000.00 with a waived registration fee, meals and lodging.
The scholarship award ceremony will be on Tuesday Feb 25th during
the Annual International Polyolefin Conference 2013 in Houston, TX. Thanks a
lot for the support and recognition.
February
13 2013 Our paper “Morphology and phase controlled cobalt nanostructures
in magnetic polypropylene nanocomposites: the role of alkyl chain-length in
maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene” is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications.
February
12 2013 Our ICL group is awarded a NSF Research Grant for
our research proposal entitled “EAGER:
The First Steps toward Giant
Magnetoresistive Carbon Nanocomposites” (CMMI- 1314486,
03/01/2013-02/28/2014, with Prof. Suying Wei from Chemistry Department at Lamar
University as co-PI). Thanks for the Support!
February
12 2013 Ph.D. student Qingliang has been selected to receive a prestigious
Scholarship sponsored by PMAD/Polyolefin of Society of Plastics Engineers
(SPE). This scholarship includes a cash award of $1000.00 with a waived
registration fee, meals and lodging. The scholarship award ceremony will be on
Tuesday Feb 25th during the Annual International Polyolefin
Conference 2013 in Houston, TX. Thanks a lot for the support and recognition.
January
19 2013 Our paper “Electrochromic Polyaniline/Graphite Oxide
Nanocomposites with Endured Electrochemical Energy Storage” is accepted
for publication in Polymer.
January
9-16 2013 Professor Guo gave an invited talk in Beijing University of Chemical
Technology and discussed potential collaborations with Professor Dapeng
Cao’s group.
December
28 2012 Our paper “Flame Retardant Electrical Conductive Nano-polymers
based on Bisphenol F Epoxy Resin Reinforced with Nano Polyanilines” is
accepted for publication in ACS Applied
Materials & Interfaces.
December
24 2012 Our paper “Microwave Synthesized Magnetic Tubular Carbon
Nanocomposite Fabrics toward Electrochemical Energy Storage” is accepted
for publication in Nanoscale.
December
19 2012 Prof. Guo was invited to give an invited talk regarding “Tackling
corrosion with nanotechnology” in the coming CORROSION 2013
hosted by National Association of
Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International – the Corrosion Society in
the session of “TEG
474X - Nanotechnology in Corrosion” to be held in March
18 2013.
December
6 – 13 2012 Prof. Guo gave a 3-hour lecture in the “National
Polymer Processing Workshop” hosted in South China University of
Technology by Prof. Xiangfang Peng and Prof. Jinping Qu. There are 80 students from 28 Universities from
all over China. During this visit, Prof. Guo has given invited seminars in
Guangdong Industry Technical College, South China University of Technology,
Guangdong University of Technology, and Beijing Forestry University. Meanwhile,
Prof. Guo has also visited International College of Guangzhou University for
potential International Education Collaborations. Click here for some pictures.
November
24- 30 2012 Prof. Guo and Qingliang attended the MRS conference giving two
presentations “Hierarchical 3D Nanocomposites towards Advanced
Electrochemical Energy Storage” and “Magnetic Polyolefin-based
Nanocomposites.”
November
27 2012 Our paper “Synergistic Interactions between Multi-Walled Carbon
Nanotubes and Toxic Hexavalent Chromium” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
November
26 2012 Mr. Fan Liu passed his master thesis defense. Congratulations!
November
16 2012 Miss. Xingru Yan passed her master thesis defense. Congratulations!
November
9 2012 Our paper “Magnetic Carbon Nanostructures: Microwave Energy
– Assisted Pyrolysis vs Conventional Pyrolysis” is accepted for
publication in Chemical Communications.
November
7 2012 Our paper “Epoxy Resin Nanosuspensions and Reinforced
Nanocomposites from Polyaniline Stabilized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
is accepted for publication in Journal of
Materials Chemistry C.
November
1 2012 Our paper “Electropolymerized Polyaniline Stabilized Tungsten
Oxide Nanocomposite Films: Electrochromic Behavior and Electrochemical Energy
Storage” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
October
28 – November 2 2012 Professor Guo together with five Ph.D. students
Jiahua Zhu, Xi Zhang, Qingliang He, Huige Wei, and Hongbo Gu attended the AIChE
annual conference and gave the following talks: “Microwave Radiation
Absorption Polyurethane Nanocomposites” by Prof. Guo; “Looped
Carbon Capturing and Environmental Remediation: Case Study of Magnetic
Polypropylene Nanocomposites” and “Interfacial Polymerized
Polyaniline Nanofibers/Graphite Oxide Composites Toward Electrochemical
Capacitors” by Jiahua Zhu; “Magnetoresistive Conductive Polyaniline
- Barium Titanate Nanocomposites with Negative Permittivity” and
“Epoxy Nanocomposites Reinforced with Soft and Hard Nanoparticles”
by Xi Zhang; “Polypropylene/Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) Nanocomposites: The
Role of Surfactant On Interfacial Compatibility” and “Magnetic High
Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites Reinfored with in-Situ Synthesized Fe@FeO
Core-Shell Nanoparticles” by Qingliang He; “Magnetic Epoxy-Magnetite
Nanocomposites” and “Magnetic Polyaniline Nanocomposites for
Environmental Remediation” by Hongbo Gu; and “Electrochromic
Polymer Nanocomposites” by Huige Wei. Click here
for some pictures.
Due to the
hurricane Sandy, Prof. Guo and several students have volunteered to serve as
Chairs and Co-Chairs for several sessions in the Materials Science and
Engineering Division.
October
25 2012 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Seminar “Sustainable
Utilization of Polymer Nanocomposites Toward Environmental Remediation”
in Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in Rice University.
October
16 – 18 2012 Dr. Xiaohua Lu (Professor and Vice Director of academic
committee of State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering)
and Dr. Xin Feng (Professor of Chemical Engineering) from Nanjing University of
Technology visited ICL and gave an invited seminar “Fundamental research
on high-efficient conversion processes in biogas production.” Click here for some pictures.
October
17 2012 Our paper “Magnetic Field Induced Capacitance Enhancement in
Graphene and Magnetic Graphene Nanocomposites” is accepted for
publication in Energy & Environmental
Science.
October
14 2012 Ph.D. Student Qingliang He won the Second Place Award of the
Chinese-American Chemical Society Southwest Chapter Annual Poster Competition.
October
14 2012 Ph.D. Students Huige Wei and Hongbo Gu won the Third Place Award of the
Chinese-American Chemical Society Southwest Chapter Annual Poster Competition.
October
2 2012 Our paper “Interfacial Polymerized Polyaniline/Graphite Oxide
Nanocomposites toward Electrochemical Energy Storage” is accepted for
publication in Polymer.
September
18 2012 Our paper “Poly(propylene)/Graphene
Nanoplatelet Nanocomposites: Melt Rheological Behavior and Thermal, Electrical,
and Electronic Properties” published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics is one of Most Accessed over
the period of 9/2011–8/2012.
September
17 2012 Our paper “Polyaniline Stabilized Magnetite Nanoparticles
Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites” is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
September
14 2012 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Seminar “Sustainable
Utilization of Polymer Nanocomposites toward Environmental Remediation”
in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in University of Texas San
Antonio.
September
14 2012 Our paper “Magnetic Polyaniline Nanocomposites Toward Toxic Hexavalent
Chromium Removal”
is accepted for publication in RSC
Advances.
September
13 2012 The results from NSF funded project “EAGER:
Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposites for Heavy Metal Removal from Polluted Water”
with Professor Wei from Chemistry as Co-PI were highlighted as “Novel Adsorbents
for Heavy Metal Removal from Polluted Water” by NSF CBET.
August
22 – August 29 2012 Miss Nu Ri Jeon visited our Integrated Composites
Laboratory and Lamar Univeristy for research project exchange purpose sponsored
by “Oversea Short Term Training Program” of Chungnam National
University. Miss Jeon is a Master student from Laboratory of “Clean
Energy of Material and Engieering” managed by Dr. Kwang Bok Yi (Professor
of Chemical Engineering) in Graduate
School of Green Energy Technology, Chungnam
National University, Daejeon, South Korea. Click here for some pictures.
August
2 2012 Ph.D. student Qingliang He was awarded a Scholarship from South Texas
Section Society of Plastics Engineers.
July
21 2012 Ph.D. student Jiahua Zhu won the competitive award of “2011
Outstanding Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship from China Scholarship
Council”and attended the ceremony hosted by Chinese Embassy in Houston
for this event. Click here for
some pictures.
July
19 2012 Our paper “Magnetic Electrospun Fluorescent Polyvinylpyrrolidone
Nanocomposite Fibers”
is accepted for publication in Polymer.
July
18 2012 Prof. Guo gave an tutorial talk about “Multifunctional
Nanocomposites” to a group of senior undergraduate students from Seoul
National University of Science & Technology in Seoul, South Korea,
organized by Prof. Jin-Hui Lee (Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering in Seoul National University of Science & Technology) and Dr.
Tae-Hoon Kim from Lamar University. Click here for
some pictures.
July
9 2012 Our paper “Electrochromic Poly(DNTD)/WO3 Nanocomposite Films
via Electropolymerization”
is accepted for publication in Journal of
Physical Chemistry C.
July
6 2012 Our paper “Magnetoresistive Conductive Polyaniline - Barium Titanate
Nanocomposites with Negative Permittivity” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
July
2- 5 2012 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Oral Talk “Silica Stabilized Iron
Particles for Microwave Radiation Shilding” and a regular oral talk
“Magnetic Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation” in the 5th Asian Particle Technology
Symposium (Particle Technology; Fundamentals of Applications for Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and Energy Research in the 21st Century) held in
Natioanl University of Singapore (NUS). During the meeting, Prof. Guo also
visited Prof. Tai-Shung Neal Chung and his lab (NUS). Prof. Guo aslo gave a
seminar in Chemical Engineering Department at Nanyang Technologal University
(NTU) and visited Prof. Yuan Chen (chemical engienering) and his group in NTU;
and Prof. Xiao Hu (Materials Science and Engineering).
June
28 2012 Prof. Guo gave an Oral Talk “Looped Carbon Capturing and
Environmental Remediation: Case Study of Magnetic Polypropylene
Nanocomposites” in the 6th International Conference on
Environmental Science and Technology 2012 in Houston, TX.
June
25 2012 Ph.D. Student Jiahua was approved for the green card petition under the
category of EB-1A (Extraordinary Ability). Great congratulations!
June
20- 21 2012 Mr. Jeff R. Zawacki (Executive Director of Business Development
– Advanced Technology) from Hendrickson
Truck in Chicago IL visited our Integrated Composites Laboratroy and learnt
our Strain Sensing project systems (how to make the nanocomposites, how to test
the coupled strain and the electrical conductivity). Mutual research intersts
are discussed. Click here for some pictures.
June
15 2012 Ph.D. Student Hongbo was selected to receive a Student Participation Fellowship
from the 2012 NSF-CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, to be held in Boston
MA. The grant includes “participation in the K-12 Outreach Program,
conference registration, poster presentation, social fees and shared-room
lodging.” Congratulations and thanks for the support.
June
14 2012 Our paper “Carbon Nanostructures Derived Polyaniline Metacomposites:
Electrical, Dielectric and Giant Magnetoresistive Properties” is accepted
for publication in Langmuir.
June
13 2012 Prof. Guo, Qingliang, Prof. Wei and Ms. Davis visited Baker Hughes in
Sugarland TX. Prof. Guo gave a report talk regarding magnetic polymer
nanocomposite project. Mutual research interests are discussed. Click here for some pictures.
June
5 2012 Our paper “Magnetic High Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites Reinforced
with In-situ Synthesized Fe@FeO Core-Shell Nanoparticles” is accepted
for publication in Polymer.
June
1 2012 Our paper “Property Manipulated Polypropylene-Iron Nanocomposites with
Maleic Anhydride Polypropylene” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry.
May
31 2012 Our paper “Morphology and Phase Controlled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Stabilized with Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polypropylene” is accepted
for publication in Angewandte Chemie
International Edition.
May
29 2012 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Seminar entitled “Magnetic Carbon
Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation” in Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry in University of Texas Pan American.
May
24 2012 Professor Yuan Hu (Professor, State Key
Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science & Technology of China)
visited Prof. Guo, Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Dr. Ho and Dr.
Hoppper at Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas). Prof. Hu gave an invited talk
regarding “Some research progress on flame retardant materials in State
Key Laboratory of Fire Sciences (SKLFS).” Click here for some pictures.
May
21 2012 Miss Sowjanya has successfully defended her Doctoral Proposal.
Congratulations!
May
16 2012 Ph.D. Student Jiahua was selected to receive a Student Participation Grant from
the 2012 NSF-CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, to be held in Boston MA.
The grant includes “conference registration and social fees and shared-room
lodging.” Congratulations and thanks for the support.
May
14 2012 Professor Yuanbing Mao (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
Texas Pan American) visited Prof. Guo, Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL),
and Dr. Ho at Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas). Prof. Mao gave an invited
talk regarding “Metal oxide nanomaterials” Click here for some
pictures.
May
3 2012 Mr. Emre Atabey passed his master thesis defense. Congratulations!
May
1 2012 Professor Stephen Z. D. Cheng (Robert C. Musson Trustees Professor, Dean of College
of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, Senior Editor of Polymer,
University of Akron) gave an invited seminar titled “Giant Molecules based on Nano‐atoms: Size Amphilification, Function Diversification,
and Self‐Assembly Manipulation” to the
faculty members and graduate students in Lamar University. During the visit,
Prof. Cheng has met Vice president Dr. Doblin,
Dean of College Engineering Dr. Hopper, Chair of Chemical Engineering Department
Dr. Ho, Chair of Chemistry
and Biochemistry Department Dr. Bernazzani and other faculty members. Prof. Cheng also had lunch with some
faculty members and Ph.D. students, and had given great advices on the young
generation education, which is highly helpful to our Ph.D. students. The visit
is very valuable to our program. Click here
for some pictures.
April
26 2012 Ph.D. student Jiahua Zhu has successfully defended his Proposal.
Congratulations!
April
23 2012 Ph.D. student Qingliang He was selected to receive the Society of
Plastics Engineering Scholarship with a cash of $450. Click here for some pictures.
April
17 2012 Ph.D. student Jiahua Zhu was selected to receive the Outstanding
Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship with a cash of $6,000. Click here for the
news.
April
3 2012 Mrs. Ana Estrada (President of ATDP, INC, Manufacturing & Recycling
of Plastics & Rubbers) visited Prof. Guo and his Integrated Composites Lab.
Mutual interests and potential collaborations are communicated. Click here for some pictures.
April
3 2012 Our paper “Magnetic Graphene Nanoplatelet Composites toward Arsenic
Removal”
is accepted for publication in ECS
Journal of Solid State Science and Technology.
April
2 2012 Prof. Guo presented a Talk “Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposites:
Synthesis and Environmental Remediation” in the AIChE Spring Meeting in
Houston TX. Student Qingliang He also attended the conference.
March
29 – 30 2012 Prof. Guo presented an Invited Talk “Multifunctional
Magnetic Polypropylene Nano-Composites: Role of Maleic Anhydride Functionalized
PP” in the Flexpo Houston 2012: The 20th International
Conference on: Polyolefins & Elastomers; Changing Role of Americas in the
Global Race in Houston TX. Two students attended the conference as well. Click here
for the program.
March
18- 21 2012 Dr. Yudong Huang (Professor of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
Dean of School of Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
visited Prof. Guo, Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Dr. Ho and Dr.
Hoppper at Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas). The collaborations between two
Universities including exchange program for undergraduates are discussed. Click
here for some pictures.
March
19 2012 Our paper “Looped Carbon Capturing and Environmental Remediation:
Case Study of Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites” is accepted for
publication in RSC Advances.
March
11- 17 2012 Prof. Guo and four group members attended the TMS annual conferences
and presented five papers.
March
9 2012 Dr. Feng Li (Professor of Chemistry, Director of State Laboratory of
Surface & Interface Science and Technology, China) visited Prof. Guo and
his Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL) in Dan F. Smith Department of
Chemical Engineering at Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas). Prof. Li gave an
invited talk regarding “Functional
nanoarchitectures and microdevices with highly enhanced performances”
to the faculty members and graduate students in Dan F. Smith Department of
Chemical Engineering. Click here for
some pictures.
March
2 2012 As a service to the society and community, Prof. Guo was invited to give
an on-hour talk “Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposite Adsorbents for
Environmental Remediation” for the ACS South Texas Section located in
Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
February
25-29 2012 Seven group members have attended and delivered eight posters in the
International Polyolefins Conference 2012 in Houston TX. The poster
“Morphology and Phase Controlled Magnetic PP-g-MA Nanocomposites”
authored with Qingliang He, Tingting Yuan, Jiahua Zhu, Suying Wei, Luyi Sun and
Zhanhu Guo was selected for the First Place Award including one certificate and a
check of $600.00 for the students. Congratulations and thanks for the support!
Click here
for some pictures.
February
28 2012 Prof. Guo delivered an Invited Talk “Magnetic Polypropylene
Nanocomposites: Property Manipulation by Mah-Grated PP with
different Molecular Weights” in the International Polyolefins Conference
2012 in Houston TX.
February
24 2012 Our paper “Synthetic Process Engineered Polyaniline
Nanostructures with Tunable Morphology and Physical Properties” is
accepted for publication in Polymer.
February
2-3 2012 Prof. Guo was invited to attend the “IV International R&D
Project Brokerage Event” hosted by UTIB Turkey Textile and Clothing
Industry in Bursa, Turkey, February 2-3 2012. The project collaborated with our
prior Visiting Professor Dr. Cem Gunesoglu on the Multifunctional Polypropylene Nanocomposites was selected as First Place Award
with a check of 10,000 Turkish lira. The awarded cash will be used to support
Dr. Cem’s visit to ICL and attending conferences in USA in the future.
January
23 2012 Prof. Guo will give one invited talk” Silica Stabilized
Iron Particles for Microwave Radiation Shielding” in 5th Asian Particle
Technology Symposium in 2-5 July 2012 hosted by National University of
Sigapore, Singapore.
January
18 2012 Mr. John Hammond from Plastics Baker
Hughes
visited
our ICL lab! [activity]
January
12 2012 Our paper “Hybrid Electrochromic Fluorescent Poly(DNTD)/CdSe@ZnS
Composite Films” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
January
5 2012 Our paper “Polypyrrole Metacomposites with Different Carbon
Nano-Structures” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry.
December
12 2012 As a service to the society and community, Prof. Guo was invited to
serve as a Co-Chair of “Composite / Semiconductor / Polymer”
Session in the Nanotechnology General Session Symposium in the 221st
Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting - Seattle, Washington, May 6-11, 2012.
December
19 2011 Our paper “Magnetoresistive Polyaniline-Magnetite Nanocomposites
with Negative Dielectrical Properties” is accepted for publication in Polymer.
November
29 2011 Levent Karabulut finished his Master Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
November
29 2011 Our paper “One-pot Synthesis of Magnetic Graphene Nanocomposites
Decorated with Core@Double-shell Nanoparticles for Fast Chromium Removal”
is accepted for publication in Environmental
Science and Technology.
November
9-11 Prof. Guo gave two invited talks in SWRM 2011 • 67th
Southwest Regional ACS Meeting. Students Jack Zhu, Xi Zhang, Hongbo Gu and
Qingliang He gave a total of 6 oral presentations. Here are some pictures.
October
29 2011 Three students attended the CHINESE-AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY (CACS) – SW Fall Event and won the awards for their poster presentation.
Congratulations and Thanks for the Support!
· Second Place: Xi Zhang (Lamar)
· Third Place: Jiahua Zhu (Lamar University), Hongbo Gu (Lamar).
October
25 2011 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Seminar entitled “Multifunctional
Polypropylene Nanocomposites” in Department of Physics in Southern University and A&M College in
Baton Rouge Louisiana. Here are some pictures.
October
24 2011 Our paper “Silica Stabilized Iron Particles toward Anti-corrosion
Magnetic Polyurethane Nanocomposites” is accepted for publication in RSC Advances.
October
22 2011 Our papers “Comprehensive
and sustainable recycling of polymer nanocomposites” published in Journal of Materials Chemistry and
“Polypyrrole-Titania Nanocomposites Derived from Different Oxidants
”
published in Journal of the Electrochemical
Society have been Selected for Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, October 17
2011 issue.
Another
paper “Poly(propylene)/Graphene
Nanoplatelet Nanocomposites: Melt Rheological Behavior and Thermal, Electrical,
and Electronic Properties” published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics is one of Most Accessed in
9/2011.
October 15-21 2011 Prof. Guo attended AIChE annual conference in
Minneapolis, MN. Moreover, twelve presentations were given by ICL members.
Three posters were recognized by the judges. Congratulations and Thanks for the
Support!
The poster “Magnetic
Graphene Nanocomposites- Effective Adsorption of Low Concentrated Arsenic(III)”
authored by J. Zhu, R. Sadu, D. H. Chen, S. Wei and Z. Guo was selected as 1st Place Award in the
Environmental Division (ENV).
The poster
“Multifunctional Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposites for Environmental
Remediation” authored by S. B. Rapole, J. Zhu, S. Wei and Z. Guo was
selected as 2nd Place Award
in the Environmental Division (ENV).
The poster
“Multifunctional Magnetic Graphene Nanocomposites for Environmental
Remediation” authored by J. Zhu, S. B. Rapole, S. Wei and Z. Guo was selected as 3rd Place Award in the
Materials Engineering & Sciences Division (MESD).
October 10 2011 Prof. Guo gave an Invited Seminar entitled “Magnetic
Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation” in Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry in Texas State University at San Macros.
October 10 2011 Our paper “Very Large
Magnetoresistive Graphene Disk with Negative Permittivity” is accepted
for publication in Nanoscale.
October 6 2011 Our paper “Electron Transfer and
Trapping in Natural p-n Bipolar Polymer-Based Bilayer Films” is accepted
for publication in Journal of Physical
Chemistry C.
September 29 2011 Our paper “Magnetic Graphene
Nanocomposites: Electron Conduction, Giant Magnetoresistance and Tunable
Negative Permittivity” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry.
September 20 2011 Prof. Guo was invited to give an
invited talk entitled “Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites Reinforced
with In-situ Fabricated Nanoparticles” in the symposium of “Polymer Nanocomposites” and another invited
“Comprehensive and Sustainable Recycling of Polymer Nanocomposites”
talk in the symposium of “Nanomaterials: Energy Conversion and Storage
Applications Natural Product Biosynthesis” at the 67th Southwest Regional ACS Meeting
(SWRM 2011), in Austin, Texas on November 9 – 12, 2011.
September 17 2011 Our paper “Advanced Titania
Nanostructures and Composites for Lithium Ion Battery” is accepted for
publication in Journal of Materials
Science.
September 4 2011 Our paper “Multifunctional
Composite Core-Shell Nanoparticles” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale.
September 1 2011 Our ICL group is awarded a NSF Research Grant for our research
proposal entitled “EAGER: Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposites for Heavy Metal
Removal from Polluted Water”
(CBET- 1137441,
09/01/2011-08/31/2012, $105,000, with Prof. Suying Wei from Chemistry
Department at Lamar University as co-PI). Congratulations and Thanks for the
Support!
August 22 2011 Honglin Qu, Yuan Jiang, Yun Tian joined
our ICL group. Welcome.
August 19 2011 Narendranath (Ph.D.) and Asif (Master
student) joined our ICL group. Welcome!
August 17 2011 Our paper “Poly(propylene)/Carbon
Nanofiber Nanocomposites: Ex Situ Solvent-Assisted Preparation and Analysis of
Electrical and Electronic Properties” published in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 296
(5), 434-443 (2011) was
one of the Most accessed articles in Jun 2011
August 16 2011 Prof. Yajun Yan (Assistant Professor of
Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering from University of Georgia-
Athens) gave
an invited talk to regarding “Natural Products for Drug Discovery”
to the faculty members and graduate students in Dan F. Smith Department of
Chemical Engineering.
August 16 2011 Our paper “Comprehensive and
Sustainable Recycling of Polymer Nanocomposites” is accepted for
publication in Journal of Materials
Chemistry.
August 15 2011 Xingru joined our ICL group as a Master
student. Welcome!
August 15 2011 Hongbo joined our ICL group as a joint
Ph.D. student (co-advised with Professor Yudong Huang at Harbin Institute of
Technology). Welcome!
August 14 2011 Our paper “Polypyrrole-Titania
Nanocomposites Derived from Different Oxidants” is accepted for
publication in Journal of The
Electrochemical Society.
August 10 2011 Our paper “Poly(propylene)
Nanocomposites Containing Different Carbon Nanostructures” is accepted
for publication in Macromolecular
Chemistry and Physics.
August 9 2011 Huige joined our ICL group as a Ph.D.
student. Welcome!
August 6-10 2011 Prof. Guo presented two talks in the
39th Annual Conference of the North American Thermal Analysis
Society (NATAS) in De Moines, Iowa.
August 7 2011
Prof. Guo was a “Judge Committee Member” for selecting best
poster presentation to serve the research community in the 39th
North American Thermal Analysis Society, des Moinnes, Iowa. August 7 2011
July 29 2011 Prof. Guo introduced the
facilities and research projects in our ICL lab and gave a talk regarding the
fundamental applications of the polymer nanocomposites to the High School Students.
July 15 2011 Qingliang joined our ICL group as a Ph.D.
student. Welcome!
July 13 2011 Vivek Iyer finished his Master Thesis
Defense. Congratulations!
July 12 2011 Sruthi Tadakamalla finished her Master
Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
July 5 2011 Atarsingh Yadav finished his Master Thesis
Defense. Congratulations!
July 5 2011 Our paper “Electromagnetic Field
Shielding Polyurethane Nanocomposites Reinforced with Core-Shell Fe-Silica
Nanoparticles” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
June 2 2011 Our paper “Strain Sensing
Elastomer/Carbon Nanofibers “Metacomposites”” is accepted for
publication in Journal of Physical
Chemistry C.
May 27 2011 Our paper “Poly(propylene)/Graphene
Nanoplatelets Nanocomposites:Melt Rheological Behaviors and Thermal, Electrical
and Electronic Properties” is accepted for publication in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.
May 19 2011
Prof. Guo delivered an Invited Talk regarding “Multifunctional
Polymer Nanocomposites” in Hebei
Normal University.
May 17 2011 Prof. Guo delivered an Invited Talk
regarding “Multifunctional Polypropylene Nanocomposites” in Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
May 16 2011 Prof. Guo delivered an Invited Talk
regarding “Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites” in University of Science and Technology of
China.
May 14 2011 Prof. Guo delivered an Invited Talk
regarding “Magnetic polypropylene nanocomposites” in the 1st International Congress on Advanced
Materials.
May 9 – 13 2011 Prof. Guo delivered a series of
talks regarding “Polymer Nanocomposites” in Harbin Institute of Technology.
May 3 2011 Our paper “Surfactant-free Synthesized
Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites: Rheological, Electrical, Magnetic and
Thermal Properties” is accepted for publication in Macromolecules.
May 2 2011
Prof. Guo is invited to be an International Scientific Committee Member
to serve the Related Scientific Committee in the 3rd
International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering
and will Chair one Session “Engineered Multifunctional
Nanocomposites” in Shenzhen, China, December 5-8 2011
April 21
2011 Our paper “Electrocatalysis of Sandwich-Structured Pd/Polypyrrole
/Pd Composites towards Formic Acid Oxidation” is accepted for publication
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research.
April 20 2011 Prof. Benny D. Freeman (Kenneth A. Kobe
and Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek & American Petrofina Foundation
Centennial Professor of Chemical Engineering from University of Texas at
Austin) gave an invited talk regarding “Structure-Property Relations in
Polymers for Gas Separations” to the faculty members and graduate
students in Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering.
April 19 2011 Prof. Guang-Lin Zhao (Physics Department,
Southern University) visited our lab and discussed potential collaborations in
the Polymer Nanocomposites area.
April 18 2011 Prof. Jingguo Bao (School of
Environmental Studies from China University of Geosciences) visited our lab and
discussed potential collaborations in the Environmental area.
April 18 2011
Amit Bembde finished his Master Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
April 16 2011
Our paper “Magnetic Polyacrylonitrile-Fe@FeO Nanocomposite Fibers
- Electrospinning, Stabilization and Carbonization” is accepted for publication
in Polymer.
April 14 2011
Prof. Guo was invited to serve as an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Nanomaterials.
March 24 2011 Pro. Guo gave a talk “Polyurethane
Nanocomposites Reinforced with Core-shell Magnetic Particles for Microwave
Absorption Applications” and coauthored another talk “Preparation
and Characterization of Electrospun Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)-QDs NanoComposite
Fibers” in the APS March Meeting 2011 in Dallas TX.
March 7 2011 Our paper “Ex-Situ Solvent-Assisted Prepared Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites
Filled with Fe@FeO Nanoparticles” is accepted for publication in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
March 1 2011
Our poster “Polypropylene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Different
Carbon NanoStructures” presented in the International Polyolefins Conference 2011 by Yunfeng and Jiahua
(coauthored with Dr. Luyi Sun, Assistant Professor in Texas State University
and Dr. Suying Wei, Assistant Professor in Lamar University) won Second Place with a certificate and a $400 check.
Congratulations!
February 28 2011
Our paper “Ionic Liquid
Assisted Electrospinning of Quantum Dots/Elastomer Composite Nanofibers Polymer”
is accepted for publication in Polymer.
February 27- March 2 2011 Prof. Guo and two other lab
members will attend the International Polyolefins/FlexPack Conference in
Houston TX. Pro. Guo will give an Invited talk regarding the In-situ Synthesis
of Magnetic Polyolefine Nanocomposites. Graduate student Jiahua will give a
poster presentation regarding Magnetic Polypropylene Nanocomposites and
postdoc. Yunfeng will give a poster presentation regarding Polypropylene
Nanocomposites Reinforced with Carbon Nanostructures.
January 10 2011 Our paper “Polyaniline-Tungsten Oxide Metacomposites with Tunable Electronic
Properties” published in Journal
of Materials Chemistry was seltected for publication in Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, January 10
2011 issue.
January 4-7 2011 Jiahua attended and presented two
posters in the NSF – CMMI Research and Innovation Conference in Atlanta,
Georgia.
January 4 2011 Our paper “Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Polyaniline-Al2O3
Nanocomposites Derived from Various Al2O3 Nanostructures”
is accepted for publication in Journal of
Materials Chemistry.
December 13 2010 Prof. Guo was invited to give a talk
regarding the “Magnetic Polypropylene
Nanocomposites: Rheological, Electrical, Magnetic and Thermal Properties”
in the International SPE Polyolefins/FlexPack 2011 Conference to be held in
Houston, February 27-March 2, 2011.
December 8 2010 Our work regarding the Metacomposites
is reported by the Nanotechweb.org.
December 8-10 2010 Prof. Guo attended the
Nanotechnology Innovation Summit held in Washington DC, and discussed the research
projects with several program managers from federal funding agents.
December 7 2010 Our work regarding the Magnetic Polymer
Nanocomposites via in-situ Nanoparticle Formation is reported by Plastics
Engineering Magazine in the December 2010 issue.
December 7 2010 Ashwinkumar finished his Master Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
November 29 - December 3, 2010 Prof. Guo attended MRS Fall
Meeting in Boston MA and gave a talk regarding “Magnetic
Polypropylene Nanocomposites Filled with In-situ Synthesized Magnetic
Nanoparticles” in the Symposium of “Polymer-Based
Nanocomposites” on December 1.
Novermber 11 2010 Ph.D. Student Jiahua was seltected to
receive a Student Participation Grant
from the 2011 NSF-CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, to be held in
Atlanta, Georgia, January 4 -7, 2011. The grant includes “conference
registration and social fees and shared-room lodging.” Congratulations
and thanks for the support.
November 6-11 2010 Prof. Guo attended AIChE annual
conference in Salt Lake City UT. Moreover, three talks were given by Prof. Guo.
Ph.D. Student Jiahua also gave an oral talk and one poster presentation. In
addition, Prof. Guo was selected to be the Chair of the Composite Division of
AIChE for 2010-2011 to serve the community.
November 3 2010 Our research paper “Electrospun
polyacrylonitrile nanocomposite fibers reinforced with Fe3O4
nanoparticles: Fabrication and property analysis” Polymer 50 (17)
(2009), pp. 4189-4198 has
been selected for publication in “Virtual
special issue on nanocomposites dedicated to Donald R. Paul”
of Polymer.
November 2 2010 Our paper “Poly(propylene)/Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposites: Ex Situ
Solvent-Assisted Preparation and Analysis of Electrical and Electronic
Properties” is accepted for publication in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
November 1 2010 Prof. David P. Young (Physics and
Astronomy from LSU) gave an invited talk regarding “Superconductive and
Thermoelectical Materials” to the faculty members and graduate
students in Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering.
October 27 2010
Our research regarding the Electrospun Fibers was featured on
MaterialsViews.com:
The Cheap Approach: Manipulating Polymer Nanofibers with
Inexpensive Salts
October 18-20 2010 Prof. Guo attended ACerS 112th
Annual Meeting combined with MS&T 2010 Conference & Exhibition in
Houston TX. Moreover, four talks were given by Prof. Guo and one was given by
Ph.D. student Jiahua.
October 5 2010
Our paper “Polyaniline-Tungsten
Oxide Metacomposites with Tunable Electronic Properties” is accepted
for publication in Journal of Materials
Chemistry.
September 21 2010 Prof. Guo gave a talk “In-Situ Stabilized Carbon Nanofibers
Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites” (co-authored with Mr. Zhu and Prof.
Wei) in the American Society for
Composites 25th Annual Technical Conference - held jointly with 14th
US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials and ASTM-D30 Meeting in Dayton
Ohio.
September 16 2010
Prof. Cem finished the visit as a Visiting
Professor. We wish him a very successful career and look forward to new
collaborations!
September 14 2010 Mr. Michael Verde Joined our ICL
group as an Undergraduate Research
Assistant.
September 7 2010 Miss Sowjanya joined our ICL group as
a Doctoral student. Welcome!
September 1 2010 Our paper “Cyclic Voltammetrical Preparation of Palladium Nanoparticles for
Ethanol Oxidation Reaction (EOR)” is accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research.
August 27 2010 Our ICL group is awarded a NSF Research Grant for our research
proposal entitled “Synergistic
Conductive Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites with Soft and Hard
NanoFillers.” (CMMI-1030755, 01/15/2011-12/31/2013, $300,000,
with Prof. Suying Wei from Chemistry Department at Lamar University as co-PI).
Meanwhile, we received additional $12,000.00 for REU supplemental support for
two undergraduate students. Congratulations and Thanks for the Support!
August 16 2010 Our paper “Conductive Polypyrrole/Tungsten Oxide Metacomposites with Negative
Permittivity” is accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
August 14 2010 Ashwinkumar Shetty finished his
2.5-month Summer Intership Training
in Philadelphia Mixing Solutions.
Welcome back!
August 11 2010 Prof. Cem joined our group as a Visiting Professor (Dr. Cem had been
here for half-year in 2009)! Welcome!
July 20 2010
The artwork of the paper “Electrospun
Magnetic Fibrillar Polystyrene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Nickel
Nanoparticles” was selected to appear as Front Cover Page in Macromolecular
Chemistry and Physics!
July 06 2010
Miss Sruthi joined our ICL group as a master student. Welcome!
July 06 2010 Pallavi finished her Master Thesis Defense. One committee
member even mentioned “This is the best Thesis that has not been seen for
many years!” Big
Congratulations!
June 21 2010
The work regarding “Magnetic
Epoxy Resin Nanocomposites Reinforced with Core-Shell Structured Fe@FeO
Nanoparticles: Fabrication and Property Analysis” mainly done by
Jiahua was accepted for publication in ACS
Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations!
June 14 2010
The paper “In-Situ
Stabilized Carbon Nanofibers (CNFs) Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites”
published in Journal of Materials
Chemistry mainly done by Jiahua was seltected for publication in Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, June 14, 2010
issue. Congratulations!
June 7 2010
The work regarding “Electrospun
Magnetic Fibrillar Polystyrene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Nickel
Nanoparticles” mainly done by Xuelong was accepted for publication in
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.
Congratulations!
May 26 2010
Prof. Guo visited Prof. Donglu Shi’s group at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Tongji Unviersity, and gave a talk “Conductive Polymer
Nanocomposites: Electrical Switching and Electrochromism.” [abstract]
May 21 2010
Prof. Guo visited Prof. Jiurong Liu’s group at ShanDong University and gave a talk
“Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites for Electronic Device
Applications” [abstract]
May 10 2010
Prof. Guo gave a keynote talk “Electrospun Magnetic Polymer Nanocomposites Fibers” for the
VII. National Textile Engineering Pupil Congress (more than 600 audience), 6-9 May 2010 and an tutorial talk for the
conference titled “New Conceptes on Textile Technolgoy” at
Gaziantep University.
April 17 2010
As a service to the society and community, Prof. Guo served as a
volunteer judge (reviewed 22 projects from different Countries) for the Senior
Environment in the International
Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, & Environment) Project Olympiad
2010.
April 16 2010 The work regarding “Electrospun Polyimide Nanocomposite Fibers
Reinforced With Core-Shell Fe-FeO Nanoparticles” mainly done by
Jiahua was accepted for publication in Journal
of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
April 16 2010 The work regarding “Enhanced Electrical Switching and
Electrochromic Properties of Poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) Thin Films
Embedded with Nano-WO3” mainly done by Jiahua was accepted
for publication in Advanced Functional
Materials. Congratulations!
April 13 2010
The work regarding “Electrical
Conduction Investigation of Stainless Steel Wire Reinforced Cotton Fabric
Composites by Electrospraying of Fluoropolymer” mainly done by Cem
was accepted for publication in The Journal of the Textile Institute. Congratulations!
April 10 2010
The work regarding “Rheological
Behaviors and Electrical Conductivity of Epoxy Resin Nanocomposites Suspended
with In-situ Stabilized Carbon Nanofibers” mainly done by Jiahua was
accepted for publication in Polymer.
Congratulations!
April 9 2010 Prof. Guo gave an invited
talk “Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites with Diverse Applications”
hosted by Dr. John L. Hammond (Global Industry Manager – Plastics) with
an attendance of about 30 people in a global company Baker Hughes.
April 8 2010 Prof. Guo gave an invited
talk “Conductive Polymer And Its
Nanocomposites” in the Special Topic Symposium: Polymer Nanocomposites in 2010 AAAS-SWARM Division ANNUAL
MEETING.
April 8 2010 Studetns presentations in
AAAS-SWARM Division Annual Meeting.
Jiahua:
“Electrospun Polyimide
Nanocomposite Fibers Reiforced With Core-Shell Structured Fe@FeO Nanoparticles”
Pallavi:
“Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites”
March 22 2010 Prof.
Guo presented “Stabilized Metallic
Nanoparticles Fabrication for Capturing Heavy Metal Ions From Polluted Water”
in Environmental Aspects of Nanomaterials
session in the AICHE Spring.
March
18 2010 The work regarding “In-Situ
Stabilized Carbon Nanofibers (CNFs) Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites”
mainly done by Jiahua was accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry. Congratulations!
Mar 18 2010 The work regarding “Carbon Stabilized Iron Nanoparticles for
Environmental Remediation” collaborated
with Prof. Wei from Chemistry Department at LU was accepted for
publication in Nanoscale.
Congratulations!
Feb 22 2010 The poster “Polypropylene Nanocomposites: Ex-situ Preparation and Property Analysis”
presented in the International
Polyolefins Conference 2010 by Xuelong and Jiahua (coauthored with Dr. Luyi
Sun, Assistant Professor in Texas State University and Dr. Suying Wei,
Assistant Professor in Lamar University) is selected as a Honorable Mention Award with a certificate and a $200 check.
Congratulations!
Feb 22 2010 Prof. Guo gave
an Invited Talk “Polypropylene Nanocomposites: Ex-situ
Preparation and Property Analysis” in the “High Performance
Polyolefin and Application Developments” session at the International Polyolefins Conference 2010,
Houston, Texas.
Feb 4
2010
The work regarding “Polypyrrole/Silicon
Carbide Nanocomposites with Tunable Electrical Conductivity” mainly
done by Pallavi was accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
Dec 4
2009
Prof. Guo presented the work “Electrospun
Magnetic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Nanocomposite Fibers“ in “WW: Polymer Nanofibers--Fundamental Studies
and Emerging Applications” symposium at the MRS Fall Meeting in
Boston, MA.
Nov 10
2009
Student Presentation in AIChE Conference in Nashville, TN:
Pallavi: “Multifunctional
Polymer Nanocomposites: Case Study of Conductive Polypyrrole-SiC Particulate
Nanocomposites”.
Oct 6 2009 Our
paper “Electrical Conductivity
Manipulation and Switching Phenomena of Poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) Thin
Film by Doping Process” was
accepted for publication in Journal of
Materials Chemistry.
Sep 18 2009 Prof. Cem
Gunesoglu finished his exchange work. We wish him a very successful career and
look forward to new collaborations!
June 8 2009
Prof. Cem Gunesoglu joined our
ICL group as a visiting scholar. Welcome!
June 8 2009
Prof. Jan Gou from University of
Central Florida delivered one seminar “Multifunctional Carbon Nanopapers and Nanocomposites: Processing,
Properties and Applications.”
May 25 2009 Jiahua
joined our ICL group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!
May 13 2009 Prof. Guo
presented “Large Scale Fabrication of Magnetic Oxide Nanostructural
Materials” and “Fabrication and Characterization of Poly (Vinyl
Alcohol) Nanocomposites Thin Film Filled With CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots for Optical
Device Application” in the SAMPE 09 Conference, Baltimore.
May 6
2009
Prof. Guo presented the work “Large Scale Fabrication of Magnetic
Iron Oxide Nanoparticle for Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Nanocomposite
Fabrication” in the Nanotech
Conference & Expo 2009 in Houston.
Prof. Guo organized the “Polymer
Nanocomposites” symposium in the Minerals,
Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2010 annual Meeting & Exhibition.
May 7 2009
Yuehao finished his training as an exchange student. He will continue
his Ph.D. study in Chemical Engineering Department at LSU. Congatualtions and
wish Mr. Li a bright future!
Apr 15 2009
Prof. Guo has been awarded Fellowship for the NSF Summer Institute Short
Course on “From
Nanoparticles to Nanocomposites: Processing, Performance and Toxicity”
to be held on Monday, June 15 to Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at the University of
Massachusetts Lowell.
Jan 29 2009
Atarsingh joined our ICL group as a master student. Welcome!
Jan 12 2009
Pallavi joined our ICL group as a master student. Welcome!
Dec 17 2008 Dr.
Guo delivered one Seminar regarding polymer
nanocomposites for electronic device applications in Beijing University of
Chemical Technology.
Dr. Guo presented two papers in the AIChE annual conference, November 16-21
2008, Philadelphia, PA
One is regarding Polymer Nanocomposite Fabrication for G-M-R Sensor
Application
The
other is regarding Fabrication,
Characterization and Microwave Properties of Polyurethane Nanocomposites
Reinforced with Magnetic and Ferroelectric Nanoparticles
Oct 27 2008 Dr. Sung Park and Dr. John Willis from Northrop Grumman Corporation visited our
ICL lab! [activity]
Aug 26 2008 Yuehao joined
our ICL as an Exchange Student (from
China). Welcome!
Dr. Guo chaired “Multifunctional
Composites” for the annual conference of American Institute of Chemical Engineering
(AIChE), 2008
Dr. Guo Co-Chaired “Biomedical Composites”
for the annual conference of American Institute of Chemical Engineering
(AIChE), 2008
Past Conferences
Ø
247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 16-20 2014, Dallas, Texas USA
Ø
14th Topical
Meeting of the International Societ of Electrochemistry, March 29 –
April 1 2014, Nanjing, China
Ø
2014 MRS Spring
Meeting & Exhibit, April 21-25 2014, San Francisco, California USA
Ø
225th ECS meting, May 11-15 2014, Orlando, Florida USA
Ø
Second NANOSMAT-USA' 2014, May 19-22
2014, Houston, Texas USA
Ø
The 7th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, June 9-13
2014, Houston, Texas USA
Ø
TechConnect World 2014,
June 15-19 2014, Washington DC, USA
Ø TechConnect World
2013 - Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech Joint 2013 Conferences, May 12-16 2013, Washington D.C USA
Ø 19th International Conference on Composite Materials
(ICCM19), July 28 to August 2, 2013, Montreal, Canada
Ø Particles
2013 - Particles in Composites and Advanced Materials, 3-6 August 2013,
National Composite Center Kettering, Ohio, USA
Ø
CORROSION 2013, March
17-21 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA
Ø
TMS Annual
Conference, MARCH 3-7, 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Ø
International Polyolefins Conference 2013, February 24 - 27,
2013, Houston, Texas, USA
Ø
NSF CMMI
Engineering Research and Innovation Conference 2012, July 9-12, 2012, Boston MA
Ø
5th
Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT2012) July 2-5, 2012, Singapore
Ø
6th
International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2012, June
25-29, 2012, Houston TX
Ø
221st
ECS Meeting, Seattle, WA | May 6-10, 2012
· 2012 AIChE Spring Meeting & 8th Global Congress
on Process Safety, April 1-5, 2012, Houston TX
· TMS 2012, 141st Annual Meeting
& Exhibition, March 11-15, 2012, Orlando, Florida
· International
Polyolefins Conference 2012, February 26 - 29, 2012, Houston TX
· 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials and
Nanotechnology in Engineering, ShenZhen, China December 5-8, 2011
- 67th Southwest Regional ACS Meeting, Austin, Texas, 9 – 12 November 2011
- 2011
AIChE Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN, October 16-21, 2011
- ASC 26th
Technical Conference/Second Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 26-28, 2011
- 39th Annual Conference of the
North American Thermal Analysis Society, De Moines, Iowa, August 5-7, 2011
- 1st International Congress on
Advanced Materials - 2011, Jinan China, May 13-16, 2011
- APS March Meeting 2011, Dallas, Texas,
March 21-25, 2011
- 2011 International Polyolefins Conference,
Houston, Texas, February 27 - March 2, 2011
- 55th Annual Conference on
Magnetism & Magnetic Materials, November 14-18, 2010
- 2010 MRS Fall Meeting, November
29-December 3 2010
- 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting: Salt Lake City,
UT, November 7-12 2010
- 82nd The Society of Rheology
Annual Meeting in Sante Fe, New Mexico, October 24 - 28 2010
- Materials Science & Technology 2010
Conference & Exhibition
October 17-21, 2010 | Houston, Texas
- American Society of Composites and
US-Japan Conferences: September 20-22 2010; ASTM-D30 Meeting: September
22-23 2010
- Gordon Research Conferences: Magnetic
Nanostructures, August 8-13, 2010
- 2010 AAAS-SWARM
DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING, Expanding Frontiers through
the Advancedment of Science, Hoston, Texas, April 8-10 2010
- 2010
AIChE Spring Meeting: San Antonio, TX, March 21-25 2010
- International Polyolefins Conference 2010; Houston, Texas, February 21 - February 24 2010
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