JENNIFER Q. LU FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LAB
Publications
Han-Lin Kuo, Philip R. Onffroy, Samuel P. Chiovoloni, Levi Williams, Joseph M. DeSimone, Jennifer Lu, "Engineered 3D micro-architected carbon structures via conformal deposition of multifunctional transition metal catalysts", Carbon, Volume 247, 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.121043
P. R. Onffroy, MLagat, D. Schröder, J.A. Dobson, S. Chiovoloni, M. J. Bortner, J. Q. Lu, Jennifer Q. Lu, M. A. Saccone, J. M. DeSimone " Fabrication of 3D-Printed Carbon Microarchitected Structures with High Yield from Polyacrylonitrile Composites via Gel Infusion and Pyrolysis", Chemistry of Materials, Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01873.s001
M. Xie, Y. He, R. Xue, W. Fan, M. Li, Q. Sun, J. Q. Lu, Z. Zhang, and W. Fu, " Ultralow Dielectric Benzocyclobutene Nanocomposites via Subnanometer Engineering of Covalently Dispersed Silsesquioxane Domains", Macromolecules, 58(15), 8419-8430, 2025
P. R. Onffroy, S. Chiovoloni, H. L. Kuo, M. A. Saccone, J. Q. Lu, J. M. DeSimone, "Opportunities at the Intersection of 3D Printed Polymers and Pyrolysis for the Microfabrication of Carbon-Based Energy Materials", JACS Au vol. 4,10 3706-3726. 26, 2024
Q. Liu, F. Nichols, A. Bhuller, K. Singewald, H. Kuo, J. Q. Lu, G. L. Millhauser, F. Bridges, Q. Ge, S. Chen, "Ultrafast synthesis of amorphous molybdenum sulfide by magnetic induction heating for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 342, 123399, 2024
B. Yu, Q. Liu, F. Nichols, K. Mayford, D. Pan, H. Kuo, J. Q. Lu, F. Bridges, S. Chen, “Platinum-Anchored Iron Oxide Nanostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media”, 127 (8), 3996-4005, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023
D. Pan, Q. Liu, F. Nichols, R. Mercado, H. Kuo, J. Q. Lu, F. Bridges, S. Chen, “Impacts of Ruthenium Valence State on the Electrocatalytic Activity of Ruthenium Ion-Complexed Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Towards Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, 629, 591-597, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023
Kou, T., Wang, S., Yang, S., Ren, Q., Ball, R., Rao, D., Chiovoloni, S., Lu, J.Q., Zhang, Z., Duoss, E.B., Li, Y., "Amorphous CeO2–Cu Heterostructure Enhances CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Alcohols" ACS Materials Letters, 2022 Sep 12, DOI:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00506.
Spaller, W., Lu, J, and Stokes, B., "Tetrahydroxydiboron‐Mediated Palladium‐Catalyzed Deoxygenative Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones" Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2022, DOI:10.1002/adsc.202200482.
Liu, Q., Zhou, H., Nichols, F., Kuo, H., Mercado, R., Lu, B., Zhu, W., Liu, Y., Lu, J. Bridges F., Chen, S., “Oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by carbon composites with ruthenium-doped iron oxide nanoparticles” Materials Advances, 2022, DOI:10.1039/D2MA00054G.
Acerce, M., Chiovoloni, S., Hernandez, Y., Ortuno, C., Qian, J., Lu, J., "Poly(1,5-diaminonaphthalene)-Grafted Monolithic 3D Hierarchical Carbon as Highly Capacitive and Stable Supercapacitor Electrodes", Applied Materials and Interfaces, 53301-54620, 2021.
Leveille, M., Shen, X., Fu, W., Jin, K., Acerce M., Wang, C., Bustamante, J., Casas, A., Feng, Y., Ge, N., Hirst, L., Ghosh, S., Lu, J. "Directional, Low-Energy Driven Thermal Actuating Bilayer Enabled by Coordinated Submolecular Switching", Advanced Science, 202102077, 2021.
Lin, D., Rao, D., Chiovoloni, S., Wang, S., Lu, J., Li, Y., "Prototypical Study of Double-layered Cathodes for Aqueous Rechargeable Static Zn-I2 Batteries", Nano Letters, 2021.
Yao, B., Peng, H., Zhang, H., Kang, J., Zhu, C., Delgado, G., Byrne, D., Faulkner, S., Freyman, M., Lu, X., Worsley, M., Lu, J., Li, Y., "Printing Porous Carbon Aerogels for Low Temperature Supercapacitors.", Nano Letters, 2021.
Kou, T., Wang, S., Shi, R., Zhang, T., Chiovoloni, S., Lu, J. Q., Chen, W., Worsley, M. A., Wood, B. C., Baker, S. E., Duoss, E. B., Wu, R., Zhu, C., Li, Y., "Periodic Porous 3D Electrodes Mitigate Gas Bubble Traffic during Alkaline Water Electrolysis at High Current Densities." Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 2002955. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002955.
Fu, W., Alam, T.M., Li, J., Bustamante, J., Lien, T., Adams, R.W., Teat, S.J., Stokes, B.J., Yang, W., Liu, Y., and Lu, J.Q., "Arene Substitution Design for Controlled Conformational Changes of Dibenzocycloocta-1,5-dienes." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06579.
Gueorguieva, P., Ghosh, S., Martini, A., Lu, J., “MACES Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program: Integrating Research and Education.”, Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020.
Mercado, R., Wahl, C., En Lu, J., Zhang, T., Lu, B., Zhang, P., Lu, J.Q., Allen, A., Zhang, J.Z. and Chen, S., "Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Cages for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen: Enhanced Performance with Iron and Cobalt Dual Metal Centers.", ChemCatChem. doi:10.1002/cctc.201902324, (2020).
B. Mendewala, K. Nikolaidou, S. Sarang, C. Hoffman, J. Lu, B. Ilan, S. Ghosh, “The potential of scalability in high efficiency hybrid perovskite thin film luminescent solar concentrators”, Solar Energy, 183, 392-397, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.042
T. Liu, T. Kou, D. Bulmahn, C. Ortuno-Quintana, G. Liu, J. Lu, Y. Li, “Tuning the Electrochemical Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Aerogels in a Blend of Ammonia/Nitrogen Gases”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, 5043-5053, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01055
Z. Wang, Y. Huang, Z. Li, J. Xu, J. Lu; C.C.Wang, “Design and synthesis of eight-membered carbocycle units for preparation of polyarylamide with reversible thermal contraction”, Accepted by Macromolecule, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02705
Y. H. Huang, X. Y. Shen, Z. Wang, K. Jin, J. Lu, C. C. Wang, “Zero Thermal Expansion Polyarylamide Film with Reversible Conformational Change Structure“, Macromolecules, 51(21), 8477 - 8485, (2018).
K. Nikolaidou, S. Sarang, D. Martin, V. Tung, J.Q. Lu, S. Ghosh, “Tuning excitonic properties of pure and mixed halide perovskite thin films via interfacial engineering.” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5, 1800209, 2018
K. Nikolaidou, S. Sarang, C.Hoffman, B .Mendewala, H. Ishihara, J. Lu, B. Ilan, V. Tung, S. Ghosh , “Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films as Highly Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators”, Advanced Optical Materials, 2126-2132, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adom.201600634.
Xingyuan, S., Yuhui, H., Michael, C., Timothy, C., Changchun, W., Lu, J., "Adjusting local molecular environment for giant ambient thermal contraction," Macromolecular Rapid Communication, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201600045, 2016.
Zeng, Y., Shao, Y., Flores, J., Guo, J., Chuang, Y., Lu, J., “Reproducibly creating hierarchical 3D carbon to study the effect of Si surface functionalization on the oxygen reduction reaction" Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/C6NR02825J, 2016.
Zeng, Y., Lu, J., "Optothermally Responsive Nanocomposite Generating Mechanical Forces for Cells Enabled by Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," ACS Nano, 8 (11), 11695-11706, 2014.
Yang, L., Lu, J., Flores, J., "Tailoring 1D ZnO Nanostructure Using Engineered Catalyst Enabled by Poly(4-vinylpyridine),"J. Phys. Chem. C, 118 (33), 19387–19395, 2014.
Xingyuan, S., Viney, C., Wang, C., Lu, J., "Greatly enhanced thermal contraction at room temperature by carbon nanotubes," Adv. Func. Mater., 24, 77–85, 2014.
Zhang, Y. T., Yu, M., Yang, P., Wang, C., Lu, J., Li, D., Guo, J., "Optical sensing strategy leading to in-situ monitoring of the degradation of mesoporous magnetic supraparticles in cells," Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(23), 12329, 2013.
Xingyuan, S., Wang, C., Viney, C., Johnson, E.R., Lu, J., "Large negative thermal expansion of a polymer driven by a submolecular conformational change," Nature Chemistry, 5, 1035–1041, 2013.
Zhou, Z., Ombaba, M., Liu, Y., Chen, S., Lu, J., “Direct Growth of Carbon Nanofibers to Generate a 3D Porous Platform on Metal Contact to Enable ORR,” ACS Nano, 6(12), 10720-10726, 2012.
Ugur, G., Yang, J.Y., Lin, L., Lu, J., “A near-infrared mechano responsive polymer system," Adv. Mater., 24(20), 2685-2690, 2012.
Pan, D., Fu, Q., Lu, J., “Nanolithography through mixture of block copolymer micelles,” Nanotechnology 23 (30), 305302, 2012.
Chao, T. I., Xiang, S., Lipstate, J., Wang, C., Lu, J., “Poly(methacrylic acid) grafted carbon nanotube scaffolds enhance differentiation of hESCs into neuronal cells,” Adv. Mater., 22, 3542-3547, 2010.
Liu, Y., Lor, C., Fu, Q., Pan, D., Ding, L., Liu, J., Lu, J., “Synthesis of Copper Nanocatalysts with Tunable Size Using Diblock Copolymer Solution Micelles” J. Phys. Chem. C, 114(13), 5767–5772, 2010.
Li, J., Yang, F., Guo, G., Yang, D., Long, J., Fu, D., Lu, J., Wang, C., “Preparation of biocompatible multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a potential tracer for sentinel lymph node,” Polymer International, 59(2), 169-174, 2010.
Fu, Q., Reed, L., Liu, J., Lu, J., “Characterization of single‐walled carbon nanotubes synthesized using iron and cobalt nanoparticles derived from self‐assembled diblock copolymer micelles,” Appl. Organometal. Chem., DOI 10.1002/aoc.1610, 2010.
Chao, T., Xiang, S., Chen, C.S., Chin, W., Nelson, A., Wang, C., Lu, J., "Carbon nanotubes promote neuron differentiation from human embryonic stem cells," Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 384(4):426 -430, 2009.
Gong, T., Yang, D., Hua, J., Yang, W., Wang, C., Lu, J., “Preparation of monodispersed hybrid nanospheres with high magnetite content from uniform Fe3O4 clusters,” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 339, 232-239, 2009.
Lu, J., Yuan, D., Liu, J., Leng, W., Kopley, T., “3D Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Nano Letters, 8(10), 3325-3329, 2008.
Lu, J., “Nanocatalysts with tunable properties derived from PS-b-PVP block copolymer templates for achieving controllable CNT synthesis”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (28), 10344-10351, 2008.
Wang, P., Lu, J., Zhou, O., “Microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition growth of few-walled carbon nanotubes using catalyst derived from an iron-containing block copolymer precursor,” Nanotechnology, 19, 185605, 2008.
Lu, J., Yi, S.S., Kopley, T., Qian, C., Liu, J., Gulari, E., “Fabrication of ordered catalytically active nanoparticles derived from block copolymer micelle templates for controllable synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes,” J. Phys. Chem., B, 110(13), 6655 – 6660, 2006.
Lu, J., Rider, D., Chamberlin, D., Manners, I., Russell, T., “Using a ferrocenylsilane-based block copolymer as a template to produce nanotextured Ag surfaces: uniformly enhanced surface enhanced Raman scattering active substrates,” Nanotechnology, 23(14), 5792 – 5797, 2006.
J. Lu, D. Rider, E. Onyegam, H. Wang, M.A. Winnik, I. Manners, Q. Cheng, Q. Fu, J. Liu, “Carbon Nanotubes with Small and Tunable Diameters from Poly(ferrocenylsilane)-block-polysiloxane Diblock Copolymers”, Langmuir, 22(11), 5174 - 5179 (2006)
Lu, J., Dutton, D., Son, H., Dresselhaus, M., Kong, J., “Generating Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Across a Large Surface Area via Patterning Self-Assembled Catalyst-Containing Block Copolymer Thin Films,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 110(22), 10585 – 10589, 2006.
Lu, J., Moll, N., Fu, Q., Liu, J., “Iron nanoparticles derived from iron-complexed polymethylglutarimide to produce high quality lithographically defined single-walled carbon nanotubes,”Chem. Mater., 17, 2237-2240, 2005.
Lu, J., Kopley, T. E., Moll, N., Roitman, D., Chamberlin, D., Fu, Q., Liu, J., Russell, T. P., Rider, D. A., Manners, I., Winnik, M. A., "High-Quality Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Small Diameter, Controlled Density, and Ordered Locations Using a Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymer Catalyst Precursor,"Chem. Mater., 17 (9), 2227–2231, 2005.