Présentation

Sujets de recherche

Nanomaterials, Polymers, Supramolecules and Autoassembling.

Disciplines de recherche

Chemistry.

Mots-clés

liquid crystals, materials chemistry, molecular self-assembly, polymer chemistry, stimuli-responsive materials.

Intérêts de recherche

Our research interest is to design, synthesize and study new stimuli-responsive polymeric and/or liquid crystalline materials. The explored stimuli include light, pH, temperature, ultrasound, molecules, electric and magnetic fields. Our research aims at making contributions to the advancement of fundamental/conceptual knowledge and to the development of materials useful for health, energy and environment.

Centre de recherche

Centre de recherche du CHUS

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français

Prix et distinctions

• (2010) Chair Professor of Chang Jiang Scholar. (Prize / Award).
• (1987) Merit scholarship for Chinese students. (Distinction).
• CNC/IUPAC Travel Award. (Prize / Award).
• Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada. (Distinction).
• Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award. (Prize / Award).
• Prix du public pour la découverte 2005. (Prize / Award).

Publications

Articles de revue

• Z. Xu, B. Yan,* J. Riordon, Y. Zhao, D. Sinton, M. Moffitt. (2015). Microfluidic Synthesis of Photoresponsive Spool-Like BlockCopoly- mer Nanoparticles: Flow-Directed Formation and Light-TriggeredDissociation. Chemistry of Materials, (Revision Requested).
• G. Li,* H.Y. Zhang,* D. Fortin, H. Xia, Yue Zhao. (2015). Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Poly(ethylene glycol) Double-Network Hydrogel: A General Approach to Shape Memory and Self-Healing Functionalities. Langmuir, 31, 11709-11716. (Published).
• H. Zhang,* T. Marmin,* É. Cuierrier,* A. Soldera, Y. Dory, Y. Zhao. (2015). A New Comonomer Design for Enhancing pH-Triggered LCST Shift of Thermosensitive Polymers. Polymer Chemistry, 6, 6644-6650. (Published).
• S. Fu,* Y. Zhao. (2015). Orientation of Azobenzene Mesogens in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Interplay between Effects of Mechanical Stretching, Photoisomerization and Thermal Annealing. Macromolecules, 48, 5088-5098. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2015). ATP-Triggered Biomimetic Deformations of Bioinspired Receptor-Containing Polymer Assemblies. Chemical Science, 6, 4343-4349. (Published).
• G. Li,* Q. Yan,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2015). Therapeutic Ultrasound-Triggered Shape Memory of Melamine-Enhanced Poly(vinyl alcohol) Physical Hydrogel. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 12067-12073. (Published).
• X. Tong, H. Liang,* Y. Liu,* L. Tan, D. Ma, Y. Zhao. (2015). Anisotropic Optical Properties of Oriented Silver Nanorice and Nanocarrot in Stretched Polymer Films. Nanoscale, 7, 8858-8863. (Published).
• D.H. Li,*, J.F. Wehrung,* Y. Zhao. (2015). Gold Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Photosensitized Water Reduction for Hydrogen Generation. J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 5176-5182. (Published).
• X. Wang,* J. Vappavuori,* Y. Zhao, G. Bazuin. (2014). A Supramolecular Approach to Photoresponsive Thermo/Solvoplastic Block Copolymer Elastomers. Macromolecules, 47, 7099-7108. (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2014). Light-Controlled Complex Deformation and Motion of Shape-Memory Polymers Using a Temperature Gradient. ACS Macro Lett., 3, 940-943. (Published).
• W. Fan,* X. Tong, Q. Yan,* S. Fu,* Y. Zhao. (2014). Photodegradable and Size-Tunable Single-Chain Nanoparticles from a Single Main-Chain Coumarin-Containing Polymer Precursor. Chem. Commun., 50, 13492-13494. (Published).
• H. Zhang,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2014). Diverse Thermoresponsive Behaviours of Uncharged UCST Block Copolymer Micelles in Physiological Medium. Langmuir, 30, 11433-11441. (Published).
• X. Lu,* G. Fei, H. Xia,Y. Zhao. (2014). Ultrasound Healable Shape Memory Dynamic Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 16051-16060. (Published).
• G. Li,* G. Fei, B. Liu,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2014). Shape Recovery Characteristics for Shape Memory Polymers Subjected to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. RSC Adv., 4, 32701-32709. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2014). Block Copolymer Self-Assembly Controlled by the "Green" Gas Stimulus of Carbon Dioxide. Chem. Commun., 50, 11631-11641. (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,*, D. Han,* Q. Yan,* D. Fortin, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2014). Light-healable Hard Hydrogels through Photothermally Induced Melting-Crystallization Phase Transition. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 13373-13379. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* H. Zhang,* Y. Zhao. (2014). CO2-Switchable Supramolecular Block Glycopolypeptide Assemblies. ACS Macro Lett, 3, 472-476. (Published).
• J. He,* L. Tremblay, S. Lacelle, Y. Zhao. (2014). How Can Photoisomerization of Azobenzene Induce A Large Cloud Point Temperature Shift of PNIPAM?. Polym. Chem., 5, 5403-5411. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2014). Recent Advances of CO2-responsive Polymers and Their Applications. Polymeric Materials Science and Engoneering, 30, 170-178. (Published).
• F. Shi,* Y. Zhao. (2014). Sub-10 nm and Monodisperse b-NaYF4:Yb,Tm,Gd Nanocrystals with Intense Ultraviolet Upconversion Luminescence. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2, 2198-2203. (Published).
• J. Xuan,* D. Han,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2014). Dual-Stimuli-Responsive Micelle of an ABC Triblock Copolymer Bearing a Redox-Cleavable Unit and a Photocleavable Unit at Two Block Junctions. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 30(1), (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* Y. Zhao. (2013). Polymers with Dual Light-triggered Functions of Shape Memory and Healing Using Gold Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(24), 13069-13075. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2013). CO2-Stimulated Diversiform Deformations of Polymer Assemblies. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(44), 16300-16303. (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* D. Fortin, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2013). Fast optical healing of crystalline polymers enabled by gold nanoparticles. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 34(22), 1742-1746. (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* J. Zhang,* X. Tong, D. Ma, Y. Zhao. (2013). Light Polarization-Controlled Shape-Memory Polymer/Gold Nanorod Composite. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 34(19), (Published).
• D. Habault,* H. Zhang,* Y. Zhao. (2013). Light-Triggered Self-Healing and Shape-Memory Polymers. Chemical Society Reviews, 42(17), 7244-7256. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2013). Polymeric Microtubules That Breathe: CO2-Driven Polymer Controlled-Self-Assembly and Shape Transformation. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(38), 9948-9951. (Published).
• Q. Yan,* D. Han,* Y. Zhao. (2013). Main-chain Photoresponsive Polymers with Controlled Location of Photocleavable Units: from Synthetic Strategies to Structural Engineering. Polym. Chem., 4(19), 5026-5037. (Published).
• J.-F. Wehrung,* D.-H. Li,* D. Han,* A. Yavrian, Y. Zhao. (2013). Using Block Copolymers to Enhance Photosensitized Water Reduction for Hydrogen Gas Generation. J. Mater. Chem. A, 1(29), 8358-8362. (Published).
• S. Kumar,* X. Tong, Y. Dory, M. Lepage, Y. Zhao. (2013). A CO2-switchable Polymer Brush for Reversible Capture and Release of Proteins. Chemical Communications, 49(1), (Published).
• X. Tong, D. Han,* D. Fortin, Y. Zhao. (2013). Highly Oriented Nanofibrils of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Formed via Block Copolymer Self-Assembly in Liquid Crystals. Adv. Func. Mater., 23(2), 204-208. (Published).
• B. Yan,* D. Han,* O. Boissière,* P. Ayotte, Y. Zhao. (2013). Manipulation of Block Copolymer Vesicles Using CO2: Dissociation or "Breathing". Soft Matter, 9(6), 2011-2016. (Published).
• J.-F. Gohy, Y. Zhao. (2013). Photo-responsive Block Copolymer Micelles: Design and Behavior. Chem. Soc. Rev., 42(17), 7117-7129. (Published).
• J. Xuan,* O. Boissière,* Y. Zhao,* B. Yan*, L. Tremblay, S. Lacelle, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2012). Ultrasound-responsive Block Copolymer Micelles Based on a New Amplification Mechanism. Langmuir, 28(47), 16463-16468. (Published).
• B. Yan,* J.C. Boyer,* D. Habault,* N.R. Branda, Y. Zhao. (2012). Near infrared Light Triggered Release of Biomacromolecules from Hydrogels Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(40), (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2012). Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogel Can Autonomously Self-heal. ACS Macro Lett., 1(11), 1233-1236. (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2012). Synthesis and Characterization of Six-Arm Star Polystyrene-block-Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Copolymer by Combination of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Click Reaction. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 50(20), 4198-4205. (Published).
• J. Zhang,* D. Han,* H.J. Zhang,* M. Chaker, Y. Zhao, D. Ma. (2012). In Situ Recyclable Gold Nanoparticles Using CO2-Switchable Polymers for Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol. Chem. Commun., 48(94), 11510-11512. (Published).
• D. Han,* O. Boissière,* S. Kumar,* X. Tong, L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2012). Two-Way CO2-Switchable Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels. Macromolecules, 45(18), 7440-7445. (Published).
• S. Kumar,* J.-F. Allard,* D. Morris, Y. Dory, M. Lepage, Y. Zhao. (2012). Near-Infrared Light Sensitive Polypeptide Block Copolymer Micelles for Drug Delivery. J. Mater. Chem., 22(15), 7252-7257. (Published).
• G. Li,* G. Fei, H. Xia, J. Han,* Y. Zhao. (2012). Spatial and Temporal Control of Shape Memory Polymers and Simultaneous Drug Release Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. J. Mater. Chem., 22(16), 7692-7696. (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2012). Block Copolymer Micelles with a Dual-stimuli-responsive Core for Fast or Slow Degradation. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(5), (Published).
• Y. Zhao. (2012). Light-Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles. Macromolecules, 45(9), 3647-3657. (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, O. Boissière,* Y. Zhao. (2012). General Strategy for Making CO2-Switchable Polymers. ACS Macro Lett., 1(1), 57-61. (Published).
• H.J. Zhang,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2012). Optically Triggered and Spatially Controllable Shape-Memory Polymer-Gold Nanoparticle Composite Materials. J. Mater. Chem., 22(3), 845-849. (Published).
• B. Yan,* JC. Boyer,* N.R. Branda, Y. Zhao. (2011). Near-infrared Light-triggered Dissociation of Block Copolymer Micelles Using Upconverting Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(49), (Published).
• O. Boissière,* D. Han,* L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2011). Flower Micelles of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with Azobenzene Moieties Regularly Inserted into the Main Chain. Soft Matter, 7(19), 9410-9415. (Published).
• B. Yan,* X. Tong, P. Ayotte, Y. Zhao. (2011). Light-Responsive Block Copolymer Vesicles Based on a Photo-Softening Effect. Soft Matter, 7(21), 10001-10009. (Published).
• S. Kumar,* Y. Dory, M. Lepage, Y. Zhao. (2011). Surface-Grafted Stimuli-Responsive Block Copolymer Brushes for Thermo-, Photo- and pH-Sensitive Release of Dye Molecules. Macromolecules, 44(18), 7385-7393. (Published).
• B. Yan,* J. He,* P. Ayotte, Y. Zhao. (2011). Optically Triggered Dissociation of Kinetically Stabilized Block Copolymer Vesicles in Aqueous Solution. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 32(13), (Published).
• J. He,* Y. Zhao. (2011). Light-Responsive Polymer Micelles, Nano-and Microgels Based on the Reversible Photodimerization of Coumarin. Dyes and Pigments, 89(3), 278-283. (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2011). One-Pot Synthesis of Brush Diblock Copolymers through Simultaneous ATRP and Click Coupling. Macromolecules, 44(13), 5531-5536. (Published).
• Y. Zhao,* T. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2011). Phototunable LCST of Water-Soluble Polymers: Exploring a Topological Effect. Macromolecules, 44(10), 4007-4011. (Published).
• X. Tong, S. Bernard,* Y. Dory, Y. Zhao. (2011). Simultaneous Chirality Transfer and Structured Aggregation of a Cyclopeptide in a Liquid Crystal. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(7), (Published).
• A. Bagramyan,* O. Thibault-Maheu, T. Galstian, A. Bessette,* Y. Zhao. (2011). Optically Triggered Dissociation of Kinetically Stabilized Block Copolymer Vesicles in Aqueous Solution. J. Appl. Phys., 109(6), 063505. (Published).
• J. Xuan,* M. Pelletier,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2011). Ultrasound-Induced Disruption of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Micelles. Macromol. Chem. Phys., 212(5), 498-506. (Published).
• J. He,* L. Tremblay, S. Lacelle, Y. Zhao. (2011). Preparation of Polymer Single Chain Nanoparticles Using Intramolecular Photodimerization of Coumarin. Soft Matter, 7(6), 2380-2386. (Published).
• J. He,* B. Yan, L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2011). Both Core- and Shell-cross-linked Nanogels: Photoinduced Size Change, Intraparticle LCST, and Interparticle UCST Thermal Behaviors. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(1), (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2011). Fast-Photodegradable Block Copolymer Micelles for Burst Release. Macromolecules, 44(3), 437-439. (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong,Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao. (2010). Block Copolymers Comprising π-Conjugated and Liquid Crystalline Subunits: Induction of Macroscopic Nanodomain Orientation. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 49(48), (Published).
• O. Thibault-Maheu,* T. Galstian, A. Bessette,* Y. Zhao. (2010). Light-Configured Mesogenic Azo-Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett., 97(15), 153301 - 153301-3. (Published).
• A. Housni,* Y. Zhao. (2010). Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Block Copolymers Displaying either LCST or UCST Thermosensitivity in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(15), (Published).
• A. Housni,* Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao. (2010). Using Polymers to Photoswitch the Aggregation State of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(14), (Published).
• Y. Zhao,* L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2010). Doubly Photoresponsive and Water-Soluble Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Thermosensitivity. J. Polym. Sci. A. Polym. Chem., 48, 4055-4066. (Published).
• Y. Zhao,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2010). Photoinduced Microphase Separation in Block Copolymers: Exploring Shape Incompatibility of Mesogenic Side Groups. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31(11), (Published).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao,* T. Galstian, Y. Zhao. (2010). Cyclic Azobenzene-Containing Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Synthesis and Topological Effect on Mesophase Transition, Order and Photoinduced Birefringence. Macromolecules, 43(8), 3664-3671. (Published).
• H. Feng,* Y. Dan, Y. Zhao. (2010). A Sensitive Fluorescence Method for Monitoring the Kinetics of Microemulsion Polymerization. Can. J. Chem., 88(3), 185-191. (Published).
• Y. Zhao,* J. Bertrand,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2009). Photo-cross-linkable Polymer Micelles in Hydrogen-bonding-built Layer-by-layer Films. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 25(22), (Published).
• S. Guo,* Q. Wang, Y. Zhao. (2009). PBA Hollow Microspheres Prepared through Ultrasonically Initiated Encapsulation Emulsion Polymerization. Acta Polymerica Sinica, (9), 891-895. (Published).
• X. Tong, JW. Chung, SY. Park, Y. Zhao. (2009). Self-assembled Liquid-crystal Gels in an Emulsion. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 25(15), (Published).
• J. He,* X. Tong, L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2009). Corona-Cross-Linked Polymer Vesicles Displaying aLarge and Reversible Temperature-Responsive Volume Transition. Macromolecules, 42, 7267-7270. (Published).
• X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2009). Multiple Photochemical Processes in Liquid Crystalline Azo Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals. Chem. Mater., 21(17), 4047-4054. (Published).
• H. Feng,* Y. Zhao,* M. Pelletier,* Y. Dan, Y. Zhao. (2009). Synthesis of Photo- and pH-Responsive Composite Nanoparticles Using a Two-Step Controlled Radical Polymerization Method. Polymer, 50(15), 3470-3477. (Published).
• D. Bélanger,* X. Tong, S. Soumaré,* Y. Dory, Y. Zhao. (2009). Cyclic Peptide-Polymer Complexes and their Self-assembly. Chem. Eur. J., 15(17), 4428-4436. (Published).
• J. Wang,* M. Pelletier,* H. Zhang,* H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2009). High-Frequency Ultrasound-Responsive Block Copolymer Micelle. Langmuir, 25(22), 13201-13205. (Published).
• Y. Zhao, J. He*. (2009). Azobenzene-Containing Block Copolymers: The Interplay of Light and Morphology Enables New Functions. Soft Matter, 5(14), 2686-2693. (Published).
• J. He,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2009). Photoresponsive Nanogels Based on Photocontrollable Cross-Links. Macromolecules, 42(13), 4845-4852. (Published).
• Y. Zhao. (2009). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles: What Can We Control?. J. Mater. Chem., 19(28), 4887-4895. (Published).
• J. He,* Y. Zhao,* Y. Zhao. (2009). Photoinduced Bending of A Coumarin-Containing Supramolecular Polymer. Soft Matter, 5(2), 308-310. (Published).
• J. Babin,* M. Pelletier,* M. Lepage, JF. Allard,* D. Morris, Y. Zhao. (2009). A New Two-photon-sensitive Block Copolymer Nanocarrier. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 48(18), (Published).
• Pelletier M , Babin J , Tremblay L , Zhao Y. (2008). Investigation of a new thermosensitive block copolymer micelle: hydrolysis, disruption, and release. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 24(21),
• Tong X , Pelletier M , Lasia A , Zhao Y. (2008). Fast cis-trans isomerization of an azobenzene derivative in liquids and liquid crystals under a low electric field. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 47(19),
• Bo Q , Zhao Y. (2007). Fluorescence from an azobenzene-containing diblock copolymer micelle in solution. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 23(10),
• Tong X , Zhao Y. (2007). Liquid-crystal gel-dispersed quantum dots: reversible modulation of photoluminescence intensity using an electric field. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(20),
• Lepage M , Jiang J , Babin J , Qi B , Tremblay L , Zhao Y. (2007). MRI observation of the light-induced release of a contrast agent from photo-controllable polymer micelles. Physics in medicine and biology, 52(10),
• Zhao Y. (2007). Rational design of light-controllable polymer micelles. Chemical record (New York, N.Y.), 7(5),
• Tong X , Wang G , Zhao Y. (2006). Photochemical phase transition versus photochemical phase separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(27),
• Tong X , Wang G , Soldera A , Zhao Y. (2005). How can azobenzene block copolymer vesicles be dissociated and reformed by light?. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 109(43),
• Jiang J , Tong X , Zhao Y. (2005). A new design for light-breakable polymer micelles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(23),
• Leclair S , Baillargeon P , Skouta R , Gauthier D , Zhao Y , Dory YL. (2004). Micrometer-sized hexagonal tubes self-assembled by a cyclic peptide in a liquid crystal. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 43(3),

Livres

• Yue Zhao, Tomiki Ikeda and 15 others. (2009). Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals WILEY. (Published).

Chapitres de livre

• H. Xia, Y. Zhao, R. Tong. (2015). Ultrasound-mediated Polymer Micellar Drug Delivery. Therapeutic Ultrasound (0-0). Springer. (In Press).
• X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2012). Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Order Meets Self-assembled Nanostructures. Liquid Crystals beyond Displays (285-302). Wiley, Hoboken. (Published).
• Y. Zhao. (2009). Azobenzene-containing Block Copolymer Micelles: toward Light Controllable Nanocarriers. Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals (215-242). John Wiley & Sons. (Published).
• Y. Zhao. (2009). Tunable Diffraction Gratings Based on Azobenzene Polymers and Liquid Crystals. Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals (363-410). John Wiley & Sons. (Published).

Autres contributions

Gestion d'évènements

• Main organizer. 94th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials". (Conference).
• Main organizer. 96th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials: from Fundamentals to Applications". (Conference).
• Organizer. 98th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "CO2-Switchable Polymers". (Conference).
• Organizer. 99th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Stimuli-responsive Materials". (Conference).
• Co-organizer. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies: Symposium "Azobenzene Polymers for Photo-reversible Structures and Surfaces". (Conference).

Présentations

• (2015). Shape Memory and Healable Polymers Using Stimuli-induced Thermal Effect. Lecture at University of Pau. Pau.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Institut des sciences chimiques, Université de Rennes. Rennes.
• (2015). Les polymères peuvent-ils être intelligents?. Conference Denis Lebel, Faculte des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke.
• (2015). Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Institut de pharmacologie de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. 250th National Meeting of American Chemical Society. Boston.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Huanan Polytech University. Guangzhou.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Shanghai JiaoTong University. Shanghai.
• (2015). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei.
• (2015). How to Think Effectively in Doing Research and How to Write a Good Paper?. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu.
• (2015). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Zhejiang University. Hangzhou.
• (2015). Photothermal Effect on Shape Memory Polymers Enables Light-Controlled Complex Deformation and Motion. 13th International Conference of Polymers for Advanced Technologies. Hangzhou.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Huzhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Wuhan University. Wuhan.
• (2015). Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Searching for New Functions. 4th Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Shenzhen.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Tsinghua University. Beijing.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Peking University. Beijing.
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Nankai University. Tiianjin.
• (2014). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong.
• (2014). Photothermal Effect Can Work for Light-controlled Complex Deformation and Motion of Polymers. 1st International Conference on Photoalignment and Photopatterning in Soft Materials. Hong Kong.
• (2014). New Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing.
• (2014). Development of Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Shannxi Normal University. Xi'an.
• (2014). Development of Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Xi'an.
• (2014). New approaches for near infrared light triggered release. American Society of Photobiology Annual Meeting,. San Diago.
• (2014). CO2-stimulated shape and morphological transitions of block copolymer assemblies. 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. Vancouver.
• (2014). Stimuli-responsive Polymer Materials. Lecture at Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering. Beijing.
• (2013). CO2: A Stimulus to Discover for Polymers. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials Huatulco, Mexico, October 13-17, 2013. Huatulco.
• (2013). Shape-memory and Self-healing Polymers Based on Stimuli-induced Thermal Effect. Western-LANXESS Symposium. London.
• (2013). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. 96th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference. Quebec.
• (2013). Some Unusual Electro-optical and Photo-optical Properties of Doped Liquid Crystals. 2nd International Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Chengdu.
• (2013). Designing Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hong Kong.
• (2013). Designing Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei.
• (2013). How to Think Effectively in Doing Research and How to Write a Good Paper?. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi.
• (2013). Stimuli-controllable Polymers. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi.
• (2013). IMDEA Nanoscience Institute. Lecture at Nanyang Technological University. Singapore.
• (2013). Light-Controllable Polymer Nanocarriers. Lecture at Aalto University. Helsinki.
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at University of Hamburg. Hamburg.
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at Catholic University of Louvain. Louvain-la-Neuve.
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at University of Pau. Pau.
• (2013). Light-Controllable Polymer Nanocarriers. Lecture at IMDEA Nanoscience Institute. Madrid.
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at Polytechnic University of Turin. Turin.
• (2012). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. 35th Canadian High Polymer Forum. Guananoque.
• (2012). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Peking University. Beijing.
• (2012). CO2-Switchable Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Structures. IUPAC World Polymer Congress. Blacksburg.
• (2012). CO2-Switchable Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Structures. 95th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference. Calgary.
• (2012). Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Disruption of Block Copolymer Micelles. 243th American Chemical Society National Meeting. San Diego.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. Beijing.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Peking University, Medical School. Beijing.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Beifan University of Nationalities. Yanchuan.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Huzhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Hangzhou Normal University. Hangzhou.
• (2011). Block Copolymers Comprising pi-Conjugated Liquid Crystalline Subunits: Orientation and Self-Assembly. Liquid Crystal Cordon Research Conference (Invited Discussion Leader). South Hadley.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and Microgel. Lecture at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Varennes.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at University of Liege. Liege.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at École nationale supérieure des industries chimiques. Nancy.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Ecole Supérieure Normale. Paris.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and Microgel. Lecture at University of Bordeaux. Bordeaux.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Institut Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg.
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH. Zurich.
• (2011). Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers for Macroscopic Nanodomain Orientation and Photoinduced Microphase Separation. SPIE Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Conference. San Francisco.
• (2010). Azobenzene-Containing Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers of Novel Architectures. 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). Honolulu.
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Nanotechnology for Medicine Seminar Series, University of California San Diego. San Diego.
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Nagaoka University of Technology. Nagaoka.
• (2010). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles, Nanogels and Microgels. 6th International Symposium on Organic Photochromism. Yokohama.
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu.
• (2010). Some New Directions in Azo Polymer Research: from Gold Nanoparticles to Conducting Polymers. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu.
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Cross-Linking. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials-POLYMAT. Huatulco.
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Cross-Linking. International Workshop on Organic Photoswitchable Multifunctional Materials. Shanghai.
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Crosslinking. Lecture at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing.
• (2009). Design, Synthesis and Study of New Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Polymer Institute, Sichuan University. Chengdu.
• (2009). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles: What Can We Control?. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi.
• (2009). Designing New Photoactive Polymers and Liquid Crystals. SPIE Photonic North 2009. Quebec.
• (2009). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles: What Can We Control?. Lecture at Queen's University. Kingston.