Yue Zhao

Prix et distinctions

• (2010) Chair Professor of Chang Jiang Scholar. Ministry of Education of China. (Prize / Award).
• Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada. CIC. (Distinction).
• Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award. CIC. (Prize / Award).
• Prix du public pour la découverte 2005. Quebec Science. (Prize / Award).

Financement

• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Liquid crystal polymer actuators for deformable electronics and soft robots. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery grant. 460 000 $. (2022-2027)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. New ultrafiltration membranes with 20% more productivity. Axelys/MEI. 503 937 $. (2022-2024)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Leveraging photoresponsive nanoformulations for remotely triggered disassembly. Quebec Center for Advanced Materials. 20 000 $. (2022-2024)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Self-Healing Polymer Coating for High Safety and High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Quebec Center for Advanced Materials. 20 000 $. (2021-2023)
• Grant. (Under Review). Co-applicant. µ-FTIR Spectroscopy and Imaging for The Characterization of Biological, Ancient, Modern and Innovative Materials. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Research Tools and Instruments. 149 716 $. (2022-2023)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Development of New Polymers for Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Team Project. 162 000 $. (2018-2022)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Soft Fiber Actuators of Liquid Crystal Polymers Prepared through Electrospinning. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials. 20 000 $. (2019-2022)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Advanced stimuli-responsive hybrid polymer materials. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery. 450 000 $. (2016-2022)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-applicant. PYRIDINE: Polymer Big Data Interface. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Initiatives Funds. 2 646 985 $. (2021-2022)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Gas-switchable and reusable cellulose nanocrystal membrane for active nanofiltration and ultrafiltration. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Idea to Innovation Grants. 60 000 $. (2021-2022)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Gas-switchable and reusable cellulose nanocrystal membrane for active nanofiltration and ultrafiltration. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Idea to Innovation Grants. 125 000 $. (2020-2021)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. CO2-switchable separation membranes. MITACS. Bourse de formation a la recherche. 6 000 $. (2020-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Fonds Institutionnel de Recherche de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Université de Sherbrooke. 309 654 $. (2015-2020)
• Grant. (Under Review). Principal Applicant. New Enzyme-sensitive Polymer Nanovectors for Targeted Drug Delivery. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). 180 000 $. (2017-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-applicant. A Unique Approach Towards Smart Nano-Catalysts. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Quebec Center for Advanced Materials. 20 000 $. (2018-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Evaluation of The Commercial Potential of Switchable Cellulose Nanocrystals Nano/ Ultrafiltration Membranes. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Idea to Innovation. 14 989 $. (2019-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-applicant. A novel class of vasoactive nanodevices to enhance drug delivery to the brain. Institut de pharmacologie de Sherbrooke (IPS). 30 000 $. (2017-2018)

Publications

Articles de revue

• R.-D. Cheng,* M. Xu, X. Zhang, J. Jiang, Q. Zhang, Y. Zhao. (2023). Hydrogen Bonding Enables Polymer Hydrogels withpH‐Induced Reversible Dynamic Responsive Behaviors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202302900. DOI. (Published).
• L. Li*, N. Zhou, Y. Zhao. (2022). Azobenzene/Acid Binary Systems for Colorimetric Humidity Sensing with Reversibility, High Sensitivity, and Tunable Colors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (Published).
• Z.-C. Jiang*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, J.-B. Hou*, X.-S. Chen*, N. Yang, H.-B. Zeng, Y. Zhao. (2022). Dynamic AIE crosslinks in liquid crystal networks: visualizing for actuation and re-bonding for actuation altering. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Published).
• Y.-Y. Xiao*, Z.-C. Jiang*, J.-B. Hou*, X.-S. Chen*, Y. Zhao. (2022). Electrically Driven Liquid Crystal Network Actuators. Soft Matter (Published).
• J. Jiang*, L. Han*, F. Ge*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, R.-D. Cheng*, X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2022). Porous Liquid-Crystalline Networks with Hydrogel-Like Actuation and Reconfigurable Function. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Published).
• L. Sixdenier, A. Augé*, Y. Zhao, E. Marie, C. Tribet. (2022). UCST-Type Polymer Capsules Formed by Interfacial Complexation. ACS Macro Letters (Published).
• R.-D. Cheng*, J. Jiang*, J.-B. Hou*, G. Li, J.-Q. Jiang, Y. Zhao. (2022). Water-Soluble Copolymers and Their Hydrogels with pH-Tunable Diverse Thermoresponsive Behaviors Enabled by Hydrogen Bonding. Polymer Chemistry (Published).
• C. Al Akoumy,* A. Augé,* D. Ma, Y. Zhao. (2022). Yolk-Shell Nanoparticles with CO2-Responsive Outer Shells for Gas-Controlled Catalysis. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 5 18237-18246. DOI. (Published).
• L. Li*, N. Zhou, Y. Zhao. (2021). Azobenzene/Acid Binary Systems for Colorimetric Humidity Sensing with Reversibility, High Sensitivity and Tunable Colors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (Submitted).
• L. Yin*, T.-F. Miao, X.-X. Cheng, Z.-C. Jiang*, X. Tong, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao. (2021). Chiral Liquid Crystalline Elastomer for Twisting Motion without Preset Alignment of Mesogens. ACS Macro Letters 10 690–696. (Published).
• Y-Y.. Xiao*, Z.-C. Jiang*, L. Yin*, J. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2021). Chiral deformation reversal of liquid crystal polymer actuators. J. Mater. Chem. C (Accepted).
• Yaoyu Xiao*, Zhichao Jiang*, Junbo Hou*, Yue Zhao. (2021). Desynchronized Liquid Crystalline Network Actuators with Deformation Reversal Capability. Nature Commun. (Published).
• Z.-C. Jiang*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, R.-D. Cheng*. J.-B. Hou*, Y. Zhao. (2021). Dynamic Liquid Crystalline Networks for Twisted Fiber and Spring Actuators Capable of Fast Light-Driven Movement with Enhanced Environment Adaptability. Chem. Mater. 33 6541-6552. (Published).
• Y. Chen*, L. Yin*, F. Ge*, X. Tong, H. Zhang*, Y. Zhao. (2021). Liquid Crystalline Hydrogel with Thermally Induced Reversible Shape Change and Water-triggered Shape Memory. Macromol. Rapid Commun. doi.org/10.1002/marc (Published).
• J. Xiang*, S. Zhou, J. Lin, J. Wen, Y. Xie, B. Yan*, Q. Yan*, Y. Zhao, F. Shi*, H. Fan. (2021). Low-Power Near-Infrared-Responsive Upconversion Nanovectors. ACS Appllied Materials & Interfaces 13 7094-7101. (Published).
• J. Jiang*, L. Han*, F. Ge*, X. Tong,* Y. Zhao. (2021). Porous Liquid Crystalline Networks Integrating Hydrogel-Like Actuation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Submitted).
• Y. Ge, H. Wang, J. Xue, J. Jiang* Z. Liu, Z. Liu, G. Li*, Y. Zhao. (2021). Programmable Humidity-Responsive Actuation of Polymer Films Enabled by Combining Shape Memory Property and Surface-Tunable Hygroscopicity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13 38773-38782. (Published).
• Y. Song, Y. Chen*, H.J. Zhang*, D. Shi, Y. Wang, W. Dong, P. Ma, Y. Zhao. (2021). Use of Quadruple Hydrogen Bonding as the Switching Phase in Thermo- and Light-Responsive Shape Memory Hydrogel. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 3 2884–2888. (Published).
• L. Yin*, L. Han*, F. Ge*, X. Tong, W. Zhang, A. Soldera, Y. Zhao. (2020). A Novel Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Elastomer Exhibiting Anomalous Reversible Shape Change. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59 15129-15134. (Published).
• L. Dong*, Y. Zhao. (2020). CO2-Switchable Membranes: Structures, Functions, and Separation Applications in Aqueous Medium. J. Mater. Chem. A 8 16738-16746. (Published).
• Y.-Y. Xiao*, Z.-C. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2020). Liquid Crystal Polymer-Based Soft Robots. Advanced Intelligent Systems (Published).
• F. Ge*, Y. Zhao. (2020). Microstructured Actuation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks. Adv. Func. Mater. 1901890. (Published).
• A. Auge*, F. Camerel, A. Benoist, Y. Zhao. (2020). Near-Infrared Light-Responsive UCST-Nanogels Using an Efficient Nickel-bis(dithiolene) Photothermal Crosslinker. Polym. Chem. 11 3864-3875. (Published).
• Q. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Xua, Y. Zhao, M. Chakera, D. Ma. (2020). Optimized design and mechanistic understanding of plasmon andupconversion enhanced broadband photocatalysts. Catalysis Today 350 (25-32), (Published).
• G. Li*, T. Gao, G. Fan, Z.-T. Liu, Z.-W. Liu, J. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2020). Photoresponsive Shape Memory Hydrogels for Complex Deformation and Solvent-Driven Actuation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12 6407-6418. (Published).
• R. Cheng*, G. Li*, L. Fan, J. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2020). Therapeutic iminoboronate-based polymersomes with a Cu(ii)-mediated Fenton reaction-enhanced ROS-response. Chem. Commun. 56 12246-12249. (Published).
• Z.-C. Jiang*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, L. Yin*, L. Han*, Y. Zhao. (2020). “Self-Lockable” Liquid Crystalline Diels–Alder Dynamic Network Actuators with Room Temperature Programmability and Solution Reprocessability. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59 4925-4931. (Published).
• Y.-Y. Xiao*, Z.-C. Jiang*, X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2019). Biomimetic Locomotion of Electrically Powered "Janus" Soft Robots Using a Liquid Crystal Polymer. Adv. Mater. 1903452. (Published).
• C. Yin*, L. Dong*, Z. Wang, M. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Zhao. (2019). CO2-responsive Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes for Switchable Rejection to Cations and Anions. J. Membrane Sci. 592 117374. (Published).
• S. Wang, G. Li*, Z.-T. Liu, Z.-W. Liu, J. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2019). Controlled 3D Shape Transformation Activated by Room Temperature Stretching and Release of Flat Polymer Sheet. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 33. (Published).
• F. Farnia*, W. Fan*, Y. Dory, Y. Zhao. (2019). Making Nanocomposites of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Polymers Using Gas-Responsive Cellulose Nanocrystals. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 1900114. (Published).
• Z.-C. Jiang*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2019). Selective Photodecrosslinking in Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators for Optical Reconfiguration of Origami and Light-Fueled Locomotion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 5332-5337. (Published).
• S. Guo*, H. Zhang*, X. Lu*, H. Xiao*, Y. Zhao. (2019). Sensing Carbon Dioxide through a Solution Transparency Change in Gas-Responsive Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. C 7 4049-4056. (Published).
• Z.-C, Jiang*, Y.-Y. Xiao*, Y. Zhao. (2019). Shining Light on Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparing, Reconfiguring and Driving Soft Actuators. Adv Opt. Mater. 1900262. (Published).
• G. Li,* S. Wang, Z.-T. Liu, Z.-W. Liu, H. Xia, C. Zhang, X. Lu*, J. Jiang*, Y. Zhao. (2018). 2D-to-3D Shape Transformation of Room Temperature Programmable Shape Memory Polymers through Selective Suppression of Strain Relaxation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 40189-40197. (Published).
• F. Ge*, R. Yang*, X. Tong, F. Camerel, Y. Zhao. (2018). A Multifunctional Dye-Doped Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuator: Light-Guided Transportation, Turning in Locomotion and Autonomous Motion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57 11758-11763. (Published).
• L. Dong*, W. Fan*, X. Tong, H.J. Zhang*, M. Chen, Y. Zhao. (2018). CO2-responsive Graphene Oxide/Polymer Composite Nanofiltration Membrane for Water Purification. J. Mater. Chem. A 6 6785-6791. (Published).
• X. Tong*, J. Xiang*, X. Lu*, P.-L. Karsenti, Y. Zhao. (2018). Electrically Enhancing and Modulating the Photoluminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles Using Liquid Crystals. J. Mater. Chem. C 6 7683-7688. (Published).
• X. Lu*, H. Zhang*, G. Fei, B. Yu*, X. Tong, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2018). Liquid-Crystalline Dynamic Networks Doped with Gold Nanorods Showing Enhanced Photocontrol of Actuation. Adv. Mater. 30 1706597. (Published).
• R. Yang*, Y. Zhao. (2018). Multitemperature Memory Actuation of a Liquid Crystal Polymer Network over a Broad Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition Induced by Large Strain. ACS Macro Lett. 7 353-357. (Published).
• J. Xiang*, F. Ge*, B. Yu*, Q. Yan*, F. Shi*, Y. Zhao. (2018). Nanocomplexes of Photolabile Polyelectrolyte and Upconversion Nanoparticles for Near-infrared Light-Triggered Payload Release. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 20790-20800. (Published).
• A. Auge*, D. Fortin, X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2018). Nanogel-Like UCST Triblock Copolymer Micelles Showing Large Volume Expansion before Abrupt Dissolution. Polym. Chem. 9 4660-4673. (Published).
• L. Dong*, X. Tong, H.J. Zhang*, M. Chen, Y. Zhao. (2018). Near-infrared Light-Driven Locomotion of a Liquid Crystal Polymer Trilayer Actuator. Mater. Chem. Frontiers 2 1383-1388. (Published).
• J. Xiang*, X. Tong*, F. Shi*, Q. Yan*, B. Yu*, Y. Zhao. (2018). Near-infrared Light-Triggered Drug Release from UV-responsive Diblock Copolymer-Coated Upconversion Nanoparticles with High Monodispersity. J. Mater. Chem. B 6 3531-3540. (Published).
• L. Dong*, Y. Zhao. (2018). Photothermally Driven Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators. Mater. Chem. Frontiers 2 1932-1943. (Published).
• L. Chen, J. Xiang*, Y. Zhao, Q. Yan*. (2018). Reversible Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Vesicles and Nanofibers Driven by Chalcogen-Bonding Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 7079-7082. (Published).
• H. Zhang*, S. Guo*, S. Fu*, Y. Zhao. (2017). A Near-Infrared Light-Responsive Hybrid Hydrogel Based on UCST Triblock Copolymer and Gold Nanorods. Polymers 9 238. (Published).
• F. Ge*, X. Lu*, J. Xiang*, X. Tong*, Y. Zhao. (2017). An Optical Actuator Based on Gold-Nanoparticle-Containing Temperature-Memory Semicrystalline Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56 6126-6130. (Published).
• M. Xu, L. Liu, J. Hu, Y. Zhao, Q. Yan*. (2017). CO-Signalling Molecule-Responsive Nanoparticles Formed from Palladium-Containing Block Copolymers. ACS Macro Lett. 6 458-462. (Published).
• B, Yu*, Y. Zhao. (2017). CO2-responsive Fluorescent Hyperbranched Poly(ether amine)s. Polym. Chem. 8 4132-4139. (Published).
• L. Dong*, W. Fan*, H.J. Zhang*, M. Chen, Y. Zhao. (2017). CO2-responsive Polymer Membranes with Gas-tunable Pore Size. Chex. Commun. 53 9574-9577. (Published).
• W. Fan*, X. Tong*, F. Farnia*, B. Yu*, Y. Zhao. (2017). CO2-responsive Polymer Single-Chain Nanoparticles and Self-assembly for Gas-tunable Nanoreactors. Chem. Mater. 29 5693-5701. (Published).
• B. Yu,* W. Fan*, Y. Zhao. (2017). Gelation of Triblock Copolymers in Aqueous Solution through CO2-triggered Electrostatic Interaction. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 218 1700146. (Published).
• F. Ge*, Y. Zhao. (2017). New Function for Thermal Phase Transition-Based Polymer Actuators: Autonomous Motion on a Surface of Constant Temperature. Chem. Sci. 8 6307-6312. (Published).
• R. Yang*, Y. Zhao. (2017). Non-uniform Optical Inscription of Actuation Domains in Liquid Crystal Polymer of Uniaxial Orientation: An Approach to Complex and Programmable Shape Changes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56 14202-14206. (Published).
• Y. Chen*, W. Qian, R. Chen, H.J. Zhang*, X. Li, D. Shi, W. Dong, M. Chen, Y. Zhao. (2017). One-Pot Preparation of Autonomously Self-Healable Elastomeric Hydrogel from Boric Acid and Random Copolymer Bearing Hydroxyl Groups. ACS Macro Lett. 6 1129-1133. (Published).
• W. Fan*, X. Tong*, G. Li*, Y. Zhao. (2017). Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Single Chain Nanoparticles. Poly. Chem. 8 3523-3529. (Published).
• X. Lu*, S. Guo*, X. Tong*, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2017). Tunable Photocontrolled Motions Using Stored Strain Energy in Malleable Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Actuators. Adv. Mater. 29 1606467. (Published).
• G. Li*, H. Zhang*, D. Fortin, W. Fan*, H. Xia, Y. Zhao. (2016). Composite Material with Room Temperature Shape Processability and Optical Repair. J. Mater. Chem. C 4 5932-5939. (Published).
• X. Tong*, J. Xiang*, F. Shi*, Y. Zhao. (2016). Near-Infrared Light-Sensitive Supramolecular Gel with Enhanced Visible Light Upconversion. Adv. Opt. Mater. (Published).
• S. Fu*, H. Zhang*, Y. Zhao. (2016). Optically and Thermally Activated Shape Memory Supramolecular Liquid Crystalline Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. C 4 4946-4953. (Published).
• J. Xiang*, X. Tong, F. Shi*, P.-L. Karsenti, Y. Zhao. (2016). Spatial Organization and Optical Properties of Layer-by-Layer Assembled Upconversion and Gold Nanoparticles in Thin Films. J. Mater. Chem. C 4 9343-9349. (Published).
• H. Zhang*, S. Guo*, W. Fan*, Y. Zhao. (2016). Ultrasensitive pH-Induced Water Solubility Switch Using UCST Polymers. Macromolecules 49 1424-1433. (Published).
• A. Augé*, Y. Zhao. (2016). What Determines the Volume Transition Temperature of UCST Acrylamide-Acrylonitrile Hydrogels?. RSC Advances 6 70616-70623. (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).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2015). ATP-Triggered Biomimetic Deformations of Bioinspired Receptor-Containing Polymer Assemblies. Chemical Science 6 4343-4349. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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. Wang,* J. Vappavuori,* Y. Zhao, G. Bazuin. (2014). A Supramolecular Approach to Photoresponsive Thermo/Solvoplastic Block Copolymer Elastomers. Macromolecules 47 7099-7108. (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).
• Q. Yan,* H. Zhang,* Y. Zhao. (2014). CO2-Switchable Supramolecular Block Glycopolypeptide Assemblies. ACS Macro Lett 3 472-476. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• Q. Yan,* Y. Zhao. (2014). Recent Advances of CO2-responsive Polymers and Their Applications. Polymeric Materials Science and Engoneering 30 170-178. (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).
• 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).
• X. Lu,* G. Fei, H. Xia,Y. Zhao. (2014). Ultrasound Healable Shape Memory Dynamic Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. A 2 16051-16060. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• D. Habault,* H. Zhang,* Y. Zhao. (2013). Light-Triggered Self-Healing and Shape-Memory Polymers. Chemical Society Reviews 42 (17), 7244-7256. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• D. Han,* X. Tong, O. Boissière,* Y. Zhao. (2012). General Strategy for Making CO2-Switchable Polymers. ACS Macro Lett. 1 (1), 57-61. (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).
• Y. Zhao. (2012). Light-Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles. Macromolecules 45 (9), 3647-3657. (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).
• 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). Optically Triggered and Spatially Controllable Shape-Memory Polymer-Gold Nanoparticle Composite Materials. J. Mater. Chem. 22 (3), 845-849. (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).
• 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). 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• Y. Zhao,* T. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2011). Phototunable LCST of Water-Soluble Polymers: Exploring a Topological Effect. Macromolecules 44 (10), 4007-4011. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• D. Han,* X. Tong,Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao. (2010). Block Copolymers Comprising ?-Conjugated and Liquid Crystalline Subunits: Induction of Macroscopic Nanodomain Orientation. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 49 (48), (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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, L. Tremblay, Y. Zhao. (2009). Corona-Cross-Linked Polymer Vesicles Displaying aLarge and Reversible Temperature-Responsive Volume Transition. Macromolecules 42 7267-7270. (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).
• X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2009). Multiple Photochemical Processes in Liquid Crystalline Azo Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals. Chem. Mater. 21 (17), 4047-4054. (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).
• 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).
• 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. He,* X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2009). Photoresponsive Nanogels Based on Photocontrollable Cross-Links. Macromolecules 42 (13), 4845-4852. (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).
• 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).
• 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),
• 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),
• 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),
• Jiang J , Tong X , Zhao Y. (2005). A new design for light-breakable polymer micelles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (23),
• 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),
• 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

• Bin Yu, Yue Zhao. (2020). CO2-Controlled Polymer Self-Assembly and Application. Advanced Materials (51-86). De Gruyter. (Published).
• B. Yu, Y. Zhao. (2017). CO2-mediated Self-assembly of Block Copolymers. Y. Wang. Block Copolymers: From Hybrid Molecules to Functional Materials (209-252). World Scientific. (Published).
• H. Xia, Y. Zhao, R. Tong. (2015). Ultrasound-mediated Polymer Micellar Drug Delivery. Escoffre JM. Therapeutic Ultrasound (365-384). Springer. (Published).
• X. Tong, Y. Zhao. (2012). Functional Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Order Meets Self-assembled Nanostructures. Q. Li. Liquid Crystals beyond Displays (285-302). Wiley, Hoboken. (Published).
• Y. Zhao. (2009). Azobenzene-containing Block Copolymer Micelles: toward Light Controllable Nanocarriers. Y. Zhao, T. Ikeda. 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. Y. Zhao, T. Ikeda. Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals (363-410). John Wiley & Sons. (Published).

Propriétés intellectuelles

Patents

• Farhad Farniar, Yue Zhao. (2021). Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size. Canada. (Allowed).

Autres contributions

Gestion d'évènements

• Co-organizer. (2019) 12th Canadian Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Symposium in Honor of Robert Prud'homme". (Conference).
• Organizer. (2018) 10th Canadian Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Photoresponsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials". (Conference).
• Organizer. (2016) 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Stimuli-responsive Materials". (Conference).
• Organizer. (2015) 98th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "CO2-Switchable Polymers". (Conference).
• Main organizer. (2013) 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials: from Fundamentals to Applications". (Conference).
• Main organizer. (2011) 94th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference: Symposium "Smart Stimuli-responsive Materials". (Conference).
• Co-organizer. (2010) International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies: Symposium "Azobenzene Polymers for Photo-reversible Structures and Surfaces". (Conference).

Activités de collaboration internationale

• Collaborator. China. Collaboration with Prof. Hesheng Xia of the Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University on ultrasound-responsive shape memory and self-healing polymers.
• Collaborator. France. Collaboration with Prof. Christophe Tribet of Ecole Normal Superieure on thermosensitive polymers.
• Collaborator. France. Collaboration with Prof. Franck Kamerel of University of Rennes on near infrared light sensitive polymers.
• Collaborator. China. Collaboration with Prof. Qiang Yan at Fudan University on stimuli-responsive self-assembled polymer structures.
• Collaborator. Finland. Collaboration with Prof. Arri Prrimagi of Tampere University on azobenzene polymers.
• Collaborator, cosupervsor. France. Collaboration and cosupervsion of a PhD student with Prof. Laurent Billon of université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour for research on CO2-switchable polymers.

Présentations

• (2022). Deforming and Moving Polymers By Stimuli: One Step Towards Soft. Annual Symposium, Quebec Center for Advanced Materials. Canada
• (2022). Deforming and Moving Polymers By Stimuli: One Step Towards Soft Robots. Department seminar, University of Connecticut. United States of America
• (2022). Liquid Crystal Polymer Soft Robots. 49th World Polymer Congress (Macro2022),. Winnipeg, Canada
• (2022). Polymer motions driven by stimuli: a step toward soft robots. Department seminar, University of Bayreuth. Germany
• (2021). CO2-responsive Separation Membranes. Pacifichem 2021 Congress. Honolulu, United States of America
• (2021). Deforming And Moving Polymers By Stimuli: A First Step Towards Soft Robots. Lectures in Modern Chemistry Seminar Series, UBC, Chemsitry. Canada
• (2021). New Liquid Crystal Elastomers for New Actuator Properties. 11th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference. Guangzhou, China
• Amelie Auge, HQP Invited Presentation. (2020). Étude de la transition de phase photo-induite de nanoparticules à base de poly(acrylamide-co- acrylonitrile). CQMF Annual Symposium. Montreal Online, Canada
• (2020). Macroscopic Movements of Polymers Driven by Stimuli: towards Soft Robots. Department seminars Concordia University, Chemistry. Canada
• (2020). Polymer Motions Driven by Stimuli: towards Soft Robots. Department of Chemsitry Seminars (virtual) University of Tennessee. Knoxville, United States of America
• (2020). Polymer Motions Driven by Stimuli: towards Soft Robots. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminars (virtual) Concordia University. Montreal, Canada
• (2020). Polymer Motions Driven by Stimuli: towards Soft Robots. Invited lecture (virtual) Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan, China
• (2019). Liquid-crystal polymer actuators for electrically powered shape change and motion. SPIE Conference: Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies. San Francisco, United States of America
• (2019). Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Stimuli-controlled Shape Change and Motion. 16th Pacific Polymer Conference. Singapore, Singapore
• (2019). Moving Solid Pieces of Polymers by Light, Electric Field and Heat. 102th Canadian Chemistry Conference. Quebec City, Canada
• (2019). Moving Solid Pieces of Polymers by Stimuli: towards Soft Robots. Polymat. Huatulco, Mexico
• (2019). Near-infrared light-responsive polymer nanovectors containing a single upconversion nanoparticle. American Chemical Society National Meeting. Orlando, United States of America
• (2019). New Liquid Crystal Polymer Properties for Stimuli-Controlled Shape Change and Motion. Optics of Liquid Crystals. Quebec City, Canada
• (2019). Searching for New Liquid Crystal Polymer Properties for Stimuli-controlled Shape Change and Motion. 8th International Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Guangzhou, China
• Feijie Ge, HQP Invited Presentation. (2019). Soft Semicrystalline/Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators Driven by Order-Disorder Phase Transition. 102th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition: Emerging Materials Investigators Symposium. Quebec, Canada
• (2018). Light-driven Motions of Liquid Crystal Polymers. 20th Photonics North Conference. Montreal, Canada
• (2018). Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuator for Stimuli-controlled Shape Change and Motion. 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference. Edmonton, Canada
• (2018). Optical Inscription of Actuation Domains in Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Complex and Programmable Shape Morphing. International Conference on Photoalignment and Photopatterning of Soft Materials. Tampere, Finland
• (2018). Photocrosslinkable Liquid Crystal Polymers for Stimuli-triggered Motion and Complex Shape Change. 7th International Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Nanjing, China
• (2018). Polymer Actuators for Stimuli-triggered Shape Change, Motion and Energy Conversion. International Conference on Energy, Materials and Photonics. Montreal, Canada
• (2017). Design and Study of Novel Stimuli-Responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Xerox Research Center of Canada. Mississauga, Canada
• (2017). Exploring Stimulus-triggered Shifting of Critical Solution Temperature for Polymer Micelle Disruption. International Symposium on Engineering Stimuli-responsive Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery. Hong Kong, China
• (2017). From Photocontrolled Shape-Memory Polymers to Reversible Optical Actuators. Lecture at University of Montreal. Montreal, Canada
• (2017). From Photocontrolled Shape-Memory Polymers to Reversible Optical Actuators. Lecture at Institute for Polymer Composites and Biomaterials of CNR. Napoli, Italy
• (2017). From Photocontrolled Shape-Memory Polymers to Reversible Optical Actuators. Lecture at Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research. Mainz, Germany
• (2017). From Photocontrolled Shape-Memory Polymers to Reversible Optical Actuators. Lecture at University of Gothenburg. Gothernburg, Sweden
• (2017). Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuator: Light-driven Continuous Motion. Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Tianjin, China
• (2017). Optical Actuators Based on Liquid Crystalline Networks and Hybrid Semicrystalline Polymers. SPIE Photonic North 2017. Ottawa, Canada
• (2017). Photoluminescence Modulation of Upconversion Nanoparticles Dispersed in Liquid Crystals or Supramolecular Gels. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT). Singapore, Singapore
• (2017). Polymer Actuators for Thermally and Optically Activated Motion and Complex Shape Morphing. 15th Pacific Polymer Conference. Xiamen, China
• (2017). Polymer Actuators for Thermally and Optically Activated Motion and Complex Shape Morphing. Chinese Materials Congress. Yinchuan, China
• (2017). Polymer Actuators for Thermally and Optically Activated Motion and Complex Shape Morphing. International Conference on Micro/Nano Machines. Wuhan, China
• (2016). CO2-switchable Polymers. Lecture at Southwest University of Petroleum. Chengdu, China
• (2016). Design and Study of Novel Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at University of Montpellier. Montpellier, France
• (2016). Design and Study of Novel Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Nanjing University. Nanjing, China
• (2016). Design and Study of Novel Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Nanjing University of Technology. Nanjing, China
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at University of Nanchang. Nanchang, China
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Fudan University. Shanghai, China
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Lanzhou, China
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Lanzhou University. Lanzhou, China
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at the Chemistry Department of Western University. London, Canada
• (2016). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at East China University of Science and Technology. Shanghai, China
• (2016). Light-controlled Deformation and Motion Using Shape Memory Polymers through Photothermal Effect. 12th International Symposium on Polymer Physics. Guiyang, China
• (2016). Liquid Crystal-Dispersed Upconversion Nanoparticles. 5th Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Beijing, China
• (2016). Novel Stimuli-responsive Polymers and Hybrid Materials. Lecture at Suzhou University. Suzhou, China
• (2016). Photocontrollable Shape Memory Polymers Based on Photochemical Reaction and Photothermal Effect. International Symposium on Photochromism. Shanghai, China
• (2016). Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Using Dynamic Covalent Crosslinking. International Conference on Photoalignment and Photopatterning in Soft Materials. Nagoya, Japan
• (2016). Reprocessable Hybrid Liquid Crystalline Networks with Enhanced Photocontrol. 2nd International Conference on Photoalignment and Photopatterning in Soft Materials. Nagoya, Japan
• (2016). Reprocessable Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks with Enhanced Photocontrol of Motion. 8th International Symposium on Photochromism. Shanghai, China
• (2016). Stimuli-controlled Shape Memory and Self-healing Polymers. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Zhejiang University. Hangzhou, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. 250th National Meeting of American Chemical Society. Boston, United States of America
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Nankai University. Tiianjin, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. Lecture at Tsinghua University. Beijing, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Institut des sciences chimiques, Université de Rennes. Rennes, France
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Huanan Polytech University. Guangzhou, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Shanghai JiaoTong University. Shanghai, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Huzhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Peking University. Beijing, China
• (2015). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Wuhan University. Wuhan, China
• (2015). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China
• (2015). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2015). How to Think Effectively in Doing Research and How to Write a Good Paper?. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2015). Les polymères peuvent-ils être intelligents?. Conference Denis Lebel, Faculte des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada
• (2015). Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers: Searching for New Functions. 4th Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Shenzhen, China
• (2015). Photothermal Effect on Shape Memory Polymers Enables Light-Controlled Complex Deformation and Motion. 13th International Conference of Polymers for Advanced Technologies. Hangzhou, China
• (2015). Shape Memory and Healable Polymers Using Stimuli-induced Thermal Effect. Lecture at University of Pau. Pau, France
• (2015). Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Institut de pharmacologie de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada
• (2014). CO2-stimulated shape and morphological transitions of block copolymer assemblies. 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. Vancouver, Canada
• (2014). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design. Lecture at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China
• (2014). Development of Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Shannxi Normal University. Xi'an, China
• (2014). Development of Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Xi'an, China
• (2014). New Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China
• (2014). New approaches for near infrared light triggered release. American Society of Photobiology Annual Meeting,. San Diago, United States of America
• (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, China
• (2014). Stimuli-responsive Polymer Materials. Lecture at Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering. Beijing, China
• (2013). CO2: A Stimulus to Discover for Polymers. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials Huatulco, Mexico, October 13-17, 2013. Huatulco, Mexico
• (2013). Control of Stimuli-responsive Polymers by New Methods. 96th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference. Quebec, Canada
• (2013). Designing Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China
• (2013). Designing Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hong Kong, China
• (2013). How to Think Effectively in Doing Research and How to Write a Good Paper?. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi, China
• (2013). IMDEA Nanoscience Institute. Lecture at Nanyang Technological University. Singapore, Singapore
• (2013). Light-Controllable Polymer Nanocarriers. Lecture at Aalto University. Helsinki, Finland
• (2013). Light-Controllable Polymer Nanocarriers. Lecture at IMDEA Nanoscience Institute. Madrid, Spain
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at Catholic University of Louvain. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at Polytechnic University of Turin. Turin, Italy
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at University of Pau. Pau, France
• (2013). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. Lecture at University of Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany
• (2013). Shape-memory and Self-healing Polymers Based on Stimuli-induced Thermal Effect. Western-LANXESS Symposium. London, Canada
• (2013). Some Unusual Electro-optical and Photo-optical Properties of Doped Liquid Crystals. 2nd International Symposium on Liquid Crystal Photonics. Chengdu, China
• (2013). Stimuli-controllable Polymers. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi, China
• (2012). CO2-Switchable Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Structures. 95th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference. Calgary, Canada
• (2012). CO2-Switchable Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Structures. IUPAC World Polymer Congress. Blacksburg, United States of America
• (2012). Designing Advanced Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Peking University. Beijing, China
• (2012). Making Polymers Responsive to Light, Ultrasound and CO2. 35th Canadian High Polymer Forum. Guananoque, Canada
• (2012). Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Disruption of Block Copolymer Micelles. 243th American Chemical Society National Meeting. San Diego, United States of America
• (2011). Block Copolymers Comprising pi-Conjugated Liquid Crystalline Subunits: Orientation and Self-Assembly. Liquid Crystal Cordon Research Conference (Invited Discussion Leader). South Hadley, United States of America
• (2011). Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers for Macroscopic Nanodomain Orientation and Photoinduced Microphase Separation. SPIE Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Conference. San Francisco, United States of America
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Beifan University of Nationalities. Yanchuan, China
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Peking University, Medical School. Beijing, China
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Huzhong University of Science and Technology. Wuhan, China
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Hangzhou Normal University. Hangzhou, China
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. Beijing, China
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and Microgel. Lecture at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Varennes, Canada
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and Microgel. Lecture at University of Bordeaux. Bordeaux, France
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Ecole Supérieure Normale. Paris, France
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at University of Liege. Liege, Belgium
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at École nationale supérieure des industries chimiques. Nancy, France
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH. Zurich, Switzerland
• (2011). Photosensitive Block Copolymers: Self-assembled Nanostructures in Solution and Solid State. Lecture at Institut Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France
• (2010). Azobenzene-Containing Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers of Novel Architectures. 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). Honolulu, United States of America
• (2010). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles, Nanogels and Microgels. 6th International Symposium on Organic Photochromism. Yokohama, Japan
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Lecture at Nagaoka University of Technology. Nagaoka, Japan
• (2010). Photosensitive Block Copolymer Micelle, Vesicle, Nanogel and MIcrogel. Nanotechnology for Medicine Seminar Series, University of California San Diego. San Diego, United States of America
• (2010). Some New Directions in Azo Polymer Research: from Gold Nanoparticles to Conducting Polymers. Lecture at Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2009). Design, Synthesis and Study of New Stimuli-responsive Polymers. Lecture at Polymer Institute, Sichuan University. Chengdu, China
• (2009). Designing New Photoactive Polymers and Liquid Crystals. SPIE Photonic North 2009. Quebec, Canada
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Cross-Linking. International Workshop on Organic Photoswitchable Multifunctional Materials. Shanghai, China
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Cross-Linking. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials-POLYMAT. Huatulco, Mexico
• (2009). Functional Polymers Making Use of Coumarin-Based Reversible Photo-Crosslinking. Lecture at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China
• (2009). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles: What Can We Control?. Lecture at Queen's University. Kingston, Canada
• (2009). Photocontrollable Block Copolymer Micelles: What Can We Control?. Lecture at Jiangnan University. Wuxi, China