Publications


2017

488. Zhiwei Lin, Xing Yang, Hui Xu, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Yangbin Zhou, Jian Sun, Kuan-Yi Wu, Xiaoyun Yan, Ruimeng Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Jialin Mao, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Takuzo Aida, Wei Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Topologically Directed Assemblies of Semiconducting Sphere-Rod Conjugates . Journal of The American Chemical Society , just accepted, 2017.
487. Chih‐Hao Hsu, Stephen ZD Cheng, The Deconstruction of Supramolecular Structures Based on Modular Precise Macromolecules . Macromol. Chem. Phys. , 1700390, 2017. pdf
486. Wei Zhang, Xinlin Lu, Jialin Mao, Chih‐Hao Hsu, Gaoyan Mu, Mingjun Huang, Qingyun Guo, Hao Liu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Tao Li, Wen‐Bin Zhang, Yiwen Li, Stephen ZD Cheng, Sequence‐Mandated, Distinct Assembly of Giant Molecules . Angewandte Chemie , 56, 15014-15019, 2017. pdf
485. Chih-Hao Hsu, Kan Yue, Jing Wang, Xue-Hui Dong, Yanfeng Xia, Zhang Jiang, Edwin L Thomas, Stephen ZD Cheng, Thickness-Dependent Order-to-Order Transitions of Bolaform-like Giant Surfactant in Thin Films . Macromolecules , 50, 7282-7290, 2017. pdf
484. GengXin Liu, Xueyan Feng, Kening Lang, Ruimeng Zhang, Dong Guo, Shuguang Yang, Stephen ZD Cheng, Dynamics of Shape-Persistent Giant Molecules: Zimm-like Melt, Elastic Plateau, and Cooperative Glass-like . Macromolecules , 50, 6637-6646, 2017. pdf
483. Bernard Lotz, Toshikazu Miyoshi, Stephen ZD Cheng, 50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Crystals and Crystallization: Personal Journeys in a Challenging Research Field . Macromolecules , 50, 5995-6025, 2017. pdf
482. Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Yuan Zou, Zhao Wang, Kan Yue, Mingjun Huang, Hao Liu, Xueyuan Feng, Zhiwei Lin, Wei Zhang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Stephen ZD Cheng, Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane meets “click” chemistry: Rational design and facile preparation of functional hybrid materials . Polymer , 8, 303-329, 2017. pdf
481. Xueyan Feng, Ruimeng Zhang, Yiwen Li, You-lee Hong, Dong Guo, Kening Lang, Kuan-Yi Wu, Mingjun Huang, Jialin Mao, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Yusuke Nishiyama, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Toshikazu Miyoshi, Tao Li, Stephen ZD Cheng, Hierarchical Self-Organization of ABn Dendron-like Molecules into a Supramolecular Lattice Sequence . ACS Central Science , 3, 860-867, 2017. pdf
480. Wei Zhang, Yang Chu, Gaoyan Mu, Seyed Ali Eghtesadi, Yuchu Liu, Zhe Zhou, Xinlin Lu, Marjan Alsadat Kashfipour, Robert Scott Lillard, Kan Yue, Tianbo Liu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Rationally Controlling the Self-Assembly Behavior of Triarmed POSS−Organic Hybrid Macromolecules: From Giant Surfactants to
Macroionss
. Macromolecules, 50, 5042-5050, 2017. pdf
479. Zhiwei Lin, Jian Sun, Yangbin Zhou, Yu Wang, Hui Xu, Xing Yang, Hao Sun, Honggang Cui, Takuzo Aida, Wei Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A Noncrystallization Approach toward Uniform Thylakoids-like
2D “Nano-coins” and Their Grana-like 3D Suprastructures
. Journal of The American Chemical Society, 139, 5883-5889, 2017. pdf

2016

478. Kan Yue, Chang Liu, Mingjun Huang, Jiahao Huang, Zhe Zhou, Kan Wu, Hao Liu, Zhiwei Lin, An-Chang Shi, Wen-Bin Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-Assembled Structures of Giant Surfactants Exhibit a Remarkable Sensitivity on Chemical Compositions and Topologies for Tailoring Sub-10 nm Nanostructures. Macromoleculess, 50, 303-3142017. pdf
477. Kan Yue, Mingjun Huang, Ryan L. Marsonb, Jinlin He, Jiahao, Huang, Zhe Zhou, Jiang Wang, Chang Liu, Xuesheng Yan, Kan Wu, Zaihong Guo, Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Peihong Ni, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Wen-Bin Zhang, Sharon C. Glotzerb and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale
Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 14195-14200, 2016. pdf
476. Hao Liu, Jiancheng Luo, Wenpeng Shan, Dong Guo, Jiang Wang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Mingjun Huang, Weizhang, Bernard Lotz, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue, Tianbo Liu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Toward Controlled Hierarchical Heterogeneities in Giant Molecules with Precisely Arranged Nano Building Blocks. ACS Nano, 10, 6585-6596, 2016. pdf
475. Xue-Hui Dong, Bo Ni, Mingjun Huang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Ruobing Bai, Wen-Bin Zhang, An-Chang Shi, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular-Curvature-Induced Spontaneous Formation of Curved and Concentric Lamellae through Nucleation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 2459-2463, 2016. pdf
474. Wei Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Hao Su, Siyu Zhang, Kan Yue, Xue-Hui Dong, Xiaopeng Li, Hao Liu, Shuo Zhang, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Bernard Lotz, Wen-Bin Zhang, Yiwen Li, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Toward Controlled Hierarchical Heterogeneities in Giant Molecules with Precisely Arranged Nano Building Blocks. ACS Central Science, 2, 48-54, 2016. pdf
473. Chih-Hao Hsu, Xue-Hui Dong, Zhiwei Lin, Bo Ni, Pengtao Lu, Zhang Jiang, Ding Tian, An-Chang Shi, Edwin L. Thomas and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Tunable Affinity and Molecular Architecture Lead to Diverse Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures in Thin Films. ACS Nano , 10, 919-929, 2016. pdf

2015

472. Xue-Hui Dong, Bo Ni, Mingjun Huang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Ziran Chen, Zhiwei Lin, Wen-Bin Zhang, An-Chang Shi and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chain Overcrowding Induced Phase Separation and Hierarchical
Structure Formation in Fluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (FPOSS)-Based Giant Surfactants. Macromolecules , 48, 7172-7179, 2015. pdf
471. Zhiwei Lin, Pengtao Lu, Chih-Hao Hsu, Jian Sun, Yangbin Zhou, Mingjun Huang, Kan Yue, Bo Ni, Xue-Hui Dong, Xiaochen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xinfei Yu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Hydrogen-Bonding-Induced Nanophase Separation in Giant Surfactants Consisting of Hydrophilic [60]Fullerene Tethered to Block Copolymers at Different Locations. Macromolecules , 48, 5496–5503, 2015. pdf
470. Mingjun Huang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Jing Wang, Shan Mei, Xuehui Dong, Yiwen Li, Mingxuan Li, Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Takuzo Aida, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Selective assemblies of giant tetrahedra via precisely controlled positional interactions. Science, 348, 424-428, 2015. pdf link [Highlight by Perspective]
469. Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Toward Rational and Modular Molecular Design in Soft Matter Engineering. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 33, 797-814, 2015. pdf
468. Panchao Yin#, Zhiwei Lin#, Jiayingzi Wu, Chih-Hao Hsu, Xinyue Chen, Jing Zhou, Pengtao Lu,
Seyed Ali Eghtesadi, Xinfei Yu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,* and Tianbo Liu*, Charge-Regulated Spontaneous, Reversible Self-Assembly of the Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Hydrophilic Fullerene Macroanions in Dilute Solution. Macromolecules, 48, 725-731, 2015. (# Equal contributions) pdf
467. Bo Ni, Mingjun Huang, Ziran Chen, Yingchao Chen, Chih-Hao Hsu, Yiwen Li, Darrin Pochan,
Wen-Bin Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,and Xue-Hui Dong, Pathway toward Large Two-Dimensional Hexagonally Patterne Colloidal Nanosheets in Solution. The Journal of American Chemical Society, 137, 1392-1395, 2015. pdf
466. Yiwen Li, Hao Su, Kan Yue, Zhao Wang, Xueyan Feng, Xiulin Zhu, Qiang Fu, Zhengbiao Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Chengand Wen-Bin Zhang, Precision synthesis of macrocyclic giant surfactants tethered with two different polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes at distinct ring locations via four consecutive “click” reactions. Polymer Chemistry, 6, 827-837, 2015. pdf

2014

465. Kun Yang, Tianda He, Xiaoyi Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Yu Zhu, Patternable Conjugated Polymers with Latent Hydrogen-Bonding on the Main Chain. Macromolecules, 47, 8479-8486, 2014. pdf
464. Yiwen Li, Kai Guo, Hao Su, Xiaopeng Li, Xueyan Feng, Zhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Sunsheng Zhu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Wen-Bin Zhang, Tuning “thiol-ene” reactions toward controlled symmetry breaking in polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes. Chemical Science, 5, 1046-1053, 2014. pdf
463. Tianzhi Yu, Kan Yue, Yan Cao, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis, structure, photo- and electro-luminescence of an iridium(III) complex with novel carbazole functionalized β-diketone ligand. RSC Advances, 4, 554-562, 2014. pdf
462. Xiuli Chen,Lin Huang, Hao-Jan Sun, Stephen Z D. Cheng, Mingqiang Zhu and Guang Yang, Stimuli-responsive nanocomposite: potential injectable embolization agent. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 35, 579-584, 2014. pdf
461. Xue-Hui Dong, Xiaocun Lu, Bo Ni, Ziran Chen, Kan Yue, Yiwen Li,George R. Newkome, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular geometrical effect study on self-assembly of linear polymer-dendron giant conjugates in the condensed state. Soft Matter, 10, 3200-3208, 2014. pdf
460. Wen-Bin Zhang, Xinfei Yu, Chien-Lung Wang, Hao-Jan Sun, I-Fan Hsieh, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Kan Yue, Ryan Van Horn, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular nanoparticles are unique elements for macromolecular science: from “nanoatoms” to giant molecules (An invited perspective), Macromolecules, 47, 1211-1239, 2014. pdf
459. Bo Ni,Xue-Hui Dong, Ziran Chen, Zhiwei Lin, Yiwen Li, Mingjun Huang, Qiang Fu, Stephen Z. D.Cheng, and Wen-Bin Zhang, “Clicking” Fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane onto polymers: A modular approach toward shape amphiphiles with fluorous molecular clusters. Polymer Chemistry, 5, 3588-3597, 2014. pdf
458. Hao Su, Yiwen Li, Kan Yue, Zhao Wang, Pengtao Lu, Xueyan Feng, Xue-Hui Dong, Shuo Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang. Macromolecular structure evolution toward giant molecules of complex structure: Tandem synthesis of asymmetric giant gemini surfactants. Polymer Chemistry, 5, 3697-3706, 2014. pdf
457. Ting-Zheng Xie, Shengyun Liao, Kai Guo, Xiaocun Lu, Xuehui Dong, Mingjun Huang, Charles Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xin Liu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, George, Newkome, Construction of a highly symmetric nanosphere via a one-pot reaction of a tristerpyridine ligand with Ru(II). Journal of American Chemical Society, 136, 8165-8168, 2014. pdf
456. Zhiwei Lin, Pengtao Lu, Xinfei Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Kai Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Xiulin Zhu, Zhengbiao Zhang, Kan Yue and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Sequential “click” synthesis of “nano-diamond-ring-like” giant surfactants based on functionalized hydrophilic POSS/C60 tethered with cyclic polystyrenes. Macromolecules, 47, 4160-4168, 2014. pdf
455. Hao Liu, Chih-Hao Hsu, Zhiwei Lin, Wenpeng Shan, Jing Wang, Jing Jiang, Mingjun Huang, Bernard Lotz, Xinfei Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue and Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Two-Dimensional Nano-crystals of Molecular Janus Particles (Featured by JACS Spotlights). Journal of American Chemical Society, 136, 10691-10699, 2014. pdf
454. Kan Wu, Mingjun Huang, Chang Liu, Hao Liu, Xue-Hui Dong, Zhiwei Lin, Wei Zhang, An-Chang Shi, Kan Yue, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Asymmetric giant “bolaform-like” surfactants: precise synthesis, phase diagram, and phase separation induced crystallization in the lamellae structure. Macromolecules, 47, 4623-4633, 2014. pdf
453. Ting-Zheng Xie, Kai Guo, Mingjun Huang, Xiaocun Lu, Sheng-Yun Liao, Rajarshi Sarkar, Charles N. Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chrys Wesdemiotis and George R. Newkome, Towards molecular construction platforms: Synthesis of a metallotricyclic spirane based on bis(2,2′:6′,2“-Terpyridine)RuII connectivity. Chemistry – A Europen Journal, 20, 11291-11294, 2014. pdf
452. Ming-Champ Lin, Chih-Hao Hsu, Hao-Jan Sun, Chien-Lung Wang, Yiwen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, Hsin-Lung Chen, and Stephen, Z. D. Cheng, Crystal structure and molecular packing of an asymmetric giant shape amphiphile conjugate constructed by one C60 and two POSS. Polymer, 55, 4514-4520, 2014. pdf
451. Chao Yi, Kan Yue, He Ren, Wen-Bin Zhang, Lin Huang, Xiaocun Lu, George R. Newkome, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Xiong Gong, Conductive water/alcohol soluble neutral fullerene derivative as an interfacial layer for inverted polymer solar cells with high efficiency. ACS Applied Materials and Intertfaces, 6, 14189-14195, 2014. pdf
450. Xinfei Yu, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Kan Yue, Zhiwei Lin, Xueyan Feng, Mingjun Huang, Wen-Bin Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Giant surfactants based on molecular nanoparticles: Precision synthesis and solution self-assembly (An invited review). Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 52, 1309-1325, 2014. pdf
449. Zhiwei Lin, Pengtao Lu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xue-Hui Dong, Chih-Hao Hsu, Xiaochen Li, Kai Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Xinfei Yu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Nano-Janus molecules based on amphiphilic fullerenes: design, synthesis, self-assembly in solution and molecular architecture effects. Chemistry – A Europen Journal, 20, 11630-11635, 2014.pdf
448. Xueyan Feng,Sunsheng Zhu,Kan Yue, Hao Su,Kai Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Wen-Bin Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Chengand Yiwen Li,T10 polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based shape amphiphiles with diverse head functionalities via “click” chemistry. ACS Macro Letter, 3, 900-905, 2014. pdf
447. Yiwen Li,Hao Su,Xueyan Feng,Zhao Wang,Kai Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Qiang Fu,Stephen Z. D. Chengand Wen-Bin Zhang, Thiol-Michael “click” chemistry: Another efficient tool for head functionalization of giant surfactants. Polymer Chemistry, 5, 6151 – 6162, 2014. pdf
446. Xiaocun Lu , Xiaopeng Li , Kai Guo, Jing Wang, Mingjun Huang, Jin-Liang Wang, Ting-Zheng Xie, Charles N. Moorefield, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chrys Wesdemiotis and George R. Newkome, One ligand in dual roles: Self-assembly of a bis-rhomboidal-shaped, three-dimensional molecular wheel. Chemistry – A Europen Journal, 20, 13094-13098, 2014. pdf

2013

445. Kan Yue, Jinlin He, Chang Liu, Mingjun Huang, Xue-Hui Dong, Kai Guo, Peihong Ni, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang, Anionic synthesis of a “clickable” middle-chain azide-functionalized polystyrene and its application in shape amphiphiles. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 31, 71-82, 2013. pdf
444. Kan Yue, Chang Liu, Kai Guo, Kan Wu, Xue-Hui Dong, Hao Liu, Mingjun Huang, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang, Exploring shape amphiphiles beyond giant surfactants: Molecular design and click synthesis. Polymer Chemistry, 4, 1056-1067, 2013. pdf
443. Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xinfei Yu, Kan Yue, Hao-Jun Sun, Chih-Hao Hsu, Chain-Shu Hsu, Jojo Joseph, David A. Modarelli, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Facile Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Sphere-SquareShape Amphiphiles Based on Porphyrin-[60]Fullerene Conjugates. Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 8, 947-955, 2013. pdf
442. Zhao Wang, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Kai Guo, Hao Su,Kan Yue, Xinfei Yu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Chengand Wen-Bin Zhang, Giant gemini surfactants based on polystyrene-hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane amphiphiles: Triple “click” chemistry and solution self-assembly. Chemical Science, 4, 1345-1352, 2013.pdf
441. Kwang-Un Jeong, Dae-Yoon Kim, Prasenjit Nayek, Soeun Kim, Kyung Su Ha, Mi Hyeon Jo, Chi-Hao Hsu, Yan Cao, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Seung Hee Lee,Suppressed crystallization of rod-disc molecule by surface anchoring confinement. Crystal Growth & Design, 13, 1309-1315, 2013.pdf
440. Hangxiong Wang, Xinfei Yu, Chao Yi, He Ren, Chang Liu,Yali Yang, Steven Xiao, Jie Zheng, Alamgir Karim, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Xiong Gong, Fine-tuning of fluorinated thieno[3,4-b]thiophene copolymer for efficient polymer solar cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, 4358-4363, 2013.pdf
439. Dimitry Papkov, Yan Zou, Mohammad Andalib, Alexander Goponenko,Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Yuris Dzenis,Simultaneously strong and tough ultrafine continuous nanofibers. ACS Nano, 7, 3324-3331, 2013.pdf
438. Lei Wu, Hui Zhou, Hao-Jan Sun, Yanbing Zhao, Xiangliang Yang, Stephen Z D Cheng, Guang Yang, Thermoresponsive BC whisker/ooly(NIPAM-co-BMA) nanogel complexes: synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation. Biomacromolecules, 14, 1078–1084, 2013.pdf
437. Xinfei Yu, KanYue, I-Fan Hsieh, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Chang Liu, Yu Xin, Hsiao-Fang Wang, An-Chang Shi, George R. Newkome, Rong-Ming Ho, Er-Qiang Chen, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Giant surfactants provide a versatile platform for sub-10-nm nanostructure engineering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,110,10078-10083, 2013.pdf
436. Fuai Teng, Yan Cao, Yuanjiang Qi, Zhewen Han, Mingjun Huang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Wen-Bin Zhang and Hui Li, Syntheses, crystal structures, and optic/electronic properties of sphere-rod shape amphiphiles based on the [60]fullerene-oligofluorene conjugate. Chemistry – An Asian Journal,8, 1223-1231, 2013.pdf
435. Xiaocun Lu, Xiaopeng Li, Yan Cao, Anthony Schultz, Jin-Liang Wang, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and George R. Newkome, Self-assembly of a supramolecular, three-dimensional, spoked,bicycle-like wheel. Angewandte Chemie, 52, 7728-7731, 2013.pdf
434. Xue-Hui Dong, Ryan Van Horn, Andreas Wurm, Christoph Schick, Bernard Lotz, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Exactly defined half-folds with precisely controlled defect locations. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter, 4, 2356-2360, 2013.pdf
433. Hao Su, Jukuan Zheng, Zhao Wang, Fei Lin, Xueyan Feng,Xue-Hui Dong, Matthew L. Becker, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Wen-Bin Zhang and Yiwen Li, Sequential triple “click” approach towards polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based multi-headed and multi-tailed shape amphiphiles. ACS Macro Letter, 2, 645-650, 2013.pdf
432. Yiwen Li, Zhao Wang, Jukuan Zheng, Hao Su,Fei Lin, Kai Guo, Xueyan Feng, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Matthew L. Becker, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang, Cascading one-pot synthesis of single-tailed and asymmetric multi-tailed giant surfactants. ACS Macro Letter, 2, 1026-1032, 2013.pdf

2012

431. Jui-Chen Yang, Chao Zhao, I-Fan Hsieh, Senthilram Subramanian, Lingyun Liu, Gang Cheng, Lingyan Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Jie Zheng, Strong resistance of poly (ethylene glycol) based L-tyrosine polyurethanes to protein adsorption and cell adhesion. Polymer International, 61, 616-621, 2012. pdf
430. Guoliang Zhang, Xuemei Zhai, Zhenpeng Ma, Liuxin Jin, Ping Zheng, Wei Wang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernard Lotz, Morphology diagram of single-layer crystal patterns in supercooled poly(ethylene oxide) ultrathin films: Understanding macromolecular effect on crystal pattern formation and selection. ACS Macro Letter, 1, 217-221, 2012.pdf
429. Xuehui Dong, Wen-Bin Zhang, Chien-Lung Wang, Bin Sun, Hui Li, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Efficient construction of fullerene-containing polymers with versatile architectures and precise fullerene functionality. Polymer Chemistry, 3, 124-134, 2012.pdf
428. Tingling Rao, Xuehui Dong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Matthew L. Becker, High-fidelity fabrication of Au-polymer Janus nanoparticles using a solution template approach. Soft Matter, 8, 2965-2971, 2012.pdf
427. Wen-Bin Zhang, Yingfeng Tu, Hao-Jan Sun, Kan Yue, Xiong Gong and Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Polymer solar cells with an inverted device configuration using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60]fullerene dyad asanovel electron acceptor. Chinese Science B, 55, 749-754, 2012.
426. Tingbin Yang, Ming Wang, Yan Cao, FeiHuang, Lin Huang, Junbiao Peng,Xiong Gong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Yong Cao, Polymer solar cells with a low temperature-annealed sol-gel-derived MoOxfilm as a hole extraction layer. Advanced Energy Materials, 2, 523-527, 2012.pdf
425. Hao-Jan Sun, Chien-Lung Wang, I-Fan Hsieh,Chih-Hao Hsu, Ryan M. Van Horn, Chi-Chun Tsai, Kwang-Un Jeong, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Phase behaviours and Janus hierarchical supramolecular structures based on asymmetric tapered bisamide. Soft Matter, 8, 4767-4779, 2012.pdf
424. Xinfei Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue, Xiaopeng Li, Hao Liu, Yu Xin, Chien-Lung Wang, Chrys Wesdemiotis and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Giant molecular shape amphiphiles based on polystyrene–hydrophilic [60]fullerene conjugates: Click synthesis, solution self-assembly, and phase behavior. Journal of American Chemical Society,134, 7780-7787, 2012.pdf
423. Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Rahul R. Kulkarni, Hao-Jan Sun, Chain-Shu Hsu, Bernard Lotz, Xiong Gong and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A supramolecular “double cable” structure with a 12944 helix in a columnar C60-porphyrin dyad and the implication in organic photovoltaics.Advanced Energy Materials, 2, 1375-1382, 2012.pdf
422. Lian Wang, Xinfei Yu, Shuguang Yang,Joseph X. Zheng,Ryan M. Van Horn, Wen-Bin Zhang, Junting Xu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) Reverse Micelles and Their Temperature-Driven Morphological Transitions inOrganic Solvents. Macromolecules, 45, 3634-3638, 2012.pdf
421. Jinlin He, Kan Yue, Yuqing Liu, Xinfei Yu, Peihong Ni, Kevin Cavicchi, Roderic P. Quirk,Er-Qiang Chen,Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang, Fluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsequioxane-Based Shape Amphiphiles: Molecular Design, Topological Variance, and Facile Synthesis. Polymer Chemistry, 3, 2112 – 2120, 2012.pdf
420. I-Fan Hsieh, Hao-Jan Sun,Qiang Fu, Bernard Lotz, Kevin Cavicchi and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase phase formation and oscillation in polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane thin film. Soft Matter, 8, 7937-7944, 2012.pdf
419. Yiwen Li, Xuehui Dong, Kai Guo, Zhao Wang, Ziran Chen, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis of shape amphiphiles based on POSS tethered with two symmetric/asymmetric polymer tails via sequential “grafting-from” and thiol-ene “click” chemistry. ACS Macro Letter, 1, 834-839, 2012.pdf
418. Maurice L. Wadley, I-Fan Hsieh, Kevin A. Cavicchi, Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Solvent dependence of the morphology of spin-coated thin films of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-rich polystyrene-block-poly(dimethyl-siloxane) copolymers. Macromolecules, 45, 5538-5545, 2012.pdf
417. Dae-Yoon Kim,Lei Wang, Yan Cao, Xinfei Yu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Shiao-Wei Kuo, Dae-Hyun Song, Seung Hee Lee, Myong-Hoon Lee, and Kwang-Un Jeong, Biaxial lamello-columnar liquid crystalline structure of a tetrathiafulvalene sanidic molecule. Journal of Materials Chemsitry, 22, 16382-16389, 2012.pdf
416. Xilan Liu, Tingbin Yang, Hangxing Wang, I-Fan Hsieh, Xiong Gong and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Solution-processed near-infrared polymer photodetectors with an inverted device structure. Organic Electronics, 13, 2929-2934, 2012.pdf
415. Anthony Schultz, Yan Cao, Mingjun Huang,Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xiaopen Li, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and George R. Newkome, Stable, trinuclear Zn(II)- and Cd(II)-metallocycles: TWIM-MS, photophysical properties, and nanofiber formation. Dalton Transactions, 41, 11573-11575, 2012.pdf
414. Kan Yue, Jinlin He, Chang Liu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Bin Zhang, Highly efficient syntheses of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane based shape amphiphiles via two sequential “click” reactions. Macromolecules, 45, 8126-8134, 2012.pdf
413. Wen-Bin Zhang, Jinlin He, Kan Yue, Chang Liu, Peihong Ni, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Rapid and efficient anionic synthesis of well-defined eight-arm star polymers using octavinylPOSS and (polystyryl)lithium. Macromolecules, 45, 8571-8579, 2012.pdf

2011

412. Ian Mann, Xinfei Yu, Ryan M. Van Horn, Jason J. Ge, MatthewJ.Graham, Wen-Bin Zhang, Frank W. Harrisand Stephen Z. D. Cheng, What are the differences of polymer surface relaxation from the bulk? Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 29, 81-86, 2011.pdf
411. Guoliang Zhang, Yan Cao, Liuxin Jin, Ping Zheng, Ryan M. Van Horn, Bernard Lotz, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wei Wang, Crystal growth pattern changes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) ultrathin films. Polymer, 52, 1133-1140, 2011. pdf
410. Wen-BinZhang, YiwenLi, Xiaopeng Li, XuehuiDong, XinfeiYu,Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis of shape amphiphiles based on functional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane end-capped poly(L-lactic acid) with diverse head surface chemistry. Macromolecules, 44, 2589-2596, 2011. pdf
409. Kwang-Un Jeong, Ji-Hyun Jang, Kwang-Yong Jin, Young-Jin Kim, Changwoon Nah, Joong Hee Lee, Myong-Hoon Lee, Chien-Lung Wang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Edwin L. Thomas, Three-dimensional actuators transformed from programmed two-dimensional structures via bending, twisting, and folding mechanisms. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 6824-6830, 2011. pdf
408. Valeriy A. Luchnikov, Denis V. Anokhin, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chien-Lung Wang, Georg Bar, and Dimitri A. Ivanov, Theory of X-ray reflection broadening for biaxial textures: from semicrystalline polymers exhibiting twisted lamellar growth to discotic liquid crystal. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, 540-544, 2011.
407. Yiwen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xiaopeng Li, Jonathan Janoski, Xuehui Dong,Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anionic synthesis of mono- and heterotelechelic polystyrenes via thiol-ene “click chemistry” and hydrosilylation. Macromolecules, 44, 3328-3337, 2011. pdf
406. Yan Cao, Ryan M. Van Horn, Hao-Jan Sun, Guoliang Zhang, Chien-Lung Wang, Kwang-Un Jeong, Finizia Auriemma, Claudio De Rosa, Bernard Lotz, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Stem tilt in a-form single crystals of isotactic polypropylene: a manifestation of conformational constraints set by minimized fold encumbrance. Macromolecules, 44, 3916-3923, 2011. pdf
405. Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Yingfeng Tu, Xiong Gong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Yanming Sun, Minghong Tong, Junghwa Seo, Ben B.Y, Hsu and Alan J. Heeger, A porphyrin-fullerene dyadwith a supramolecular “double-cable” structure as a novel electron acceptor for bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells. Advanced Materials, 23, 2951-2956, 2011. pdf
404. Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Hao-Jan Sun, Ryan M. Van Horn, Yingfeng Tu, Denis V. Anokhin, Dimitri A. Ivanov and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A supramolecular structure with an alternating arrangement of donors and acceptors constructed by a trans-di-C60-substituted Zn porphryin derivative in the solid state. Soft Matter, 7, 6135-6143, 2011. pdf
403. Hao-Jan Sun, Yingfeng Tu, Chien-Lung Wang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Chi-Chun Tsai, Matthew J. Graham, Bin Sun, Bernard Lotz, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z.D. Cheng.. Hierarchical structure and polymorphism of a sphere-cubic shape amphiphile based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60]fullerene conjugate. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 37, 14240-14247, 2011. pdf
402. Jin-Liang Wang,Xiaopeng Li, Xiaocun Lu, I-Fan Hsieh, Yan Cao, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and George R. Newkome, Stoichiometric self-assembly of shape-persistent 2D complexes: A facile route to symmetric supramacromolecular spoked wheel. Journal of American Chemical Society, 133, 11450-11453, 2011. pdf
401. Wen-Bin Zhang, Jinlin He, Xuehui Dong, Chien-Lung Wang,Hui Li, Fuai Teng, Xiaopeng Li, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Improved Synthesis of Fullerynes by Fisher Esterification for Modular and Efficient Construction of Fullerene Polymers with High Fullerene Functionality. Polymer, 52, 4221-4226, 2011. pdf
400. Yiwen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, I-Fan Hsieh, Guoliang Zhang, Yan Cao, Xiaopeng Li, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Bernard Lotz, Huiming Xiong and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Breaking symmetry towards non-spherical Janus particles based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes: Molecular design, “click” synthesis, and hierarchical structure. Journal of American Chemical Society, 133, 10712-10715, 2011. pdf
399. Huiming Xiong, Chun-Ku Chen, Kyungmin Lee, Ryan M. Van Horn, Zheng Liu, Bin Ren, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Rong-Ming Ho, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Scrolled polymer single crystals driven by unbalanced surface stresses: Rational design and experimental evidence. Macromolecules, 44, 7758-7766, 2011. pdf
398. Wen-Bin Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Michael J. Yaszemski, Polymer biomaterials: A history of use in musculoskeletal regenerative and reconstructive medicine. In 100+ Years of Plastics. Leo Baekeland and Beyond. Strom E. et al. Eds, Chapter 11, pp. 165-182, American Chemical Society Book Series, 2011.

2010

397. Siwei Leng, Alexander J. Jing, Li Hsin Chan, Jie Hu, Rasha M. Moustafa, Ryan M. Van Horn, Matthew J. Graham, Bin Sun, Meifang Zhu, Kwang-Un Jeong, Bilal Kaafarani, Wen-Bin Zhang, Frank W. Harrisand Stephen Z. D. Cheng, From crystals to columnar liquid crystal phases: Moleculcar design, synthesis and phase structure characterization of a series of novel pyrenes potentially useful in photovoltaic applications. Soft Matters, 6, 100-112, 2010. pdf
396. Xiang Yu, Jui-Chen Yang, Qiuming Wang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Shohei Koide, Idit Buch, Ruth Nussinov and Jie Zheng, Inttrinsic twisting and bending properties of soluble b-sheet-rich self-assembles: Implication for amyloid structures. Biophysical Journal, 98, 27-36, 2010. pdf
395. Shuguang Yang, Xinfei Yu, Lian Wang, Yingfeng Tu, Joseph X. Zheng, Junting Xu, Ryan M. Van Horn and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Hydrogen-bonding driven complexation of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles with poly(carboxylic acid). Macromolecules, 43, 3018-3026, 2010. pdf
394. Shanju Zhang, Wei Lin, Xinfei Yu, Ching-Ping Wong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and David G. Bucknall, Surface induced polymer crystallization in high volume fraction aligned carbon nanotube-polymer composites. Macromolecule Chemistry and Physics, 211, 1003-1011, 2010. pdf
393. Xiangkui Ren, Bin Sun, Chi-Chun Tsi, Siwei Leng, Yingfeng Tu, Rahul R. Kulkarni, Zhuang Kang, Meifang Zhu, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Design, synthesize and crystal structure of perylene diimide-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxaneconjugated molecules. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 4802-4810, 2010. pdf
392. Chi-Chun Tsai, Wen-Bin Zhang, Chien-Lung Wang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Jing Huang, Yongming Chen, Mingming Guo, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Evidence in formation of site-selective inclusion complexation between β-cyclodextrin and poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers. Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 204903-1-9, 2010. pdf
391. Shaohui Lin, Xinfei Yu, Yingfeng Tu, Hongyu Xu, Stephen Z. D. Chengand Li Jia, Poly(b-alanoid-block-b-alanine)s: Synthesis via cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative polymerization and self-assembly. Chemical Communication, 46, 4273-4275, 2010. pdf
390. Jun Ho Jung,Eun Kyoung Song, Kyung Su Ha, Mina Chae, So-Eun Kim,Seul-Ki Park, Yan Cao, Soo-Jin Park,Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Kwang-Un Jeong, and Seung Hee Lee, Molecular frustration of chemically linked rod-disc liquid crystal under an electric field. Chemistry of Materials, 17, 4798-4805, 2010. pdf
389. Jing Wang, Christopher Li, Shi Jin, Xin Weng, Ryan M. Van Horn, Matthew J. Graham, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kwang-Un Jeong, Frank W. Harris, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Helical crystal assemblies in non-racemic chiral liquid crystalline polymers: Where chemistry and physics meet. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, 11936-11947, 2010. pdf
388. Ryan M. Van Horn, Joseph X. Zheng, Hao-Jan Sun, Ming-Siao Hsiao, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xue-Hui Dong, Junting Xu, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Solution crystallization behavior of crystalline-crystalline diblock copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(e-caprolactone). Macromolecules, 43, 6113-6119, 2010. pdf
387. Chi-Chun Tsai, Siwei Leng, Kwang-Un Jeong, Ryan M. Van Horn, Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Matthew J. Graham, Jin Huang, Rong-Ming Ho, Yongming Chen, Bernard Lotz, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Supramolecular structure of β-cyclodextrin and poly(ethylene-oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) inclusion complexes. Macromolecules, 43, 9454–9461, 2010. pdf
386. Xinfei Yu, Sheng Zhong, Xiaopeng Li, Yingfeng Tu, Shuguang Yang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Chaoying Ni, Darrin J. Pochan,Roderic P. Quirk, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A giant surfactant of polystyrene-(carboxylic acid-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane) amphiphiles with highly stretched polystyrene tails in micellar assemblies. Journal of American Chemical Society, 132, 16741-16744, 2010. pdf

2009

385. Shujun Wang, Changjiang Wu, Ryan M. Van Horn, Matthew J. Graham, Charles C. Han, Erqiang Chen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Liquid-liquid phase separation in a polyethylene blend monitored by crystallization kinetics and crystal-decorated phase morphologies. Polymer, 50, 1025-1033, 2009.
384. Christopher K. Ober, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Paul T. Hammond, Muth Muthukumar, Elsa Reichmanis, Karan L. Wooley and Timothy P. Loge, Perspective. Macromolecules, 42, 465-471, 2009.
383. Xiang Yu, Qiuming Wang, Jui-Chen Yang, Idit Buch, Chung-Jung Tsai, Buyong Ma, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ruth Nussinov and Jie Zheng, Mutational analysis and allosteric effects in the HIV-1 capsid protein carboxyl-terminal dimerization domain. Biomacromolecules, 10, 390-399, 2009.
382. Kwang-Un Jeong, Ji-Hyun Jang, Cheong Yang Koh, Matthew J. Graham, Kwang-Yong Jin, Soo-Jin Park, Changwoon Nah, Myong-Hoon Lee, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Edwin L. Thomas, Colour-tunable spiral photonic actuators. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 1956-1959, 2009.
381. Kwang-Yong Jin, S.-K. Park, Ji-Hyun Jang, Cheong Yang Koh, Matthew J. Graham, Soo-Jin Park, Changwoon Nah, Myong-Hoon Lee, Stephen Z. D Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, and Kwang-Un Jeong, Spiral photonic actuator. Active Polymers Book Series, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1190, 205-210, 2009.
380. Siwei Leng, Brigitte Wex, Li Hsin Chan, Matthew J. Graham, Shi Jin, Alexander J. Jing, Kwang-Un Jeong, Ryan M. Van Horn, Bin Sun, Meifang Zhu, Bilal Kaafarani and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase transitions and structures of novel pyrenes potentially useful in photovoltaic applications. Journal of Phyiscal Chemistry B, 113, 5403-5411, 2009.
379. Fu-Yuan Tzeng, Ming-Champ Lin, Jheng-Yuan Wu, Jing-Chung Kuo, Jing-Cherng Tsai, Ming-Siao Hsiao, Hsin-Lung Chen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Stereoregular diblock copolymers of syndiotactic polypropylene and polyesters: syntheses and self-assembled nanostructures. Macromolecules, 42, 3073-3085, 2009.
378. Li Jia, Pang, Yi, Cai, Jiafang, Matthew J. Graham and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis and electrochemical properties of a new class of boron-Containing n-type conjugated polymers. Synthetic Matals, 159, 1443-1449, 2009.
377. Yan Cao, Ryan Van Horn, Chi-chun Tsai, Xinfei Yu, Kuang-Un Jeong, Bojie Wang, Finizia Auriemma, Cauldo De Rosa, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng. Epitaxial dominated crystalline morphologies of the g Phase in isotactic polypropylene. Macromolecules, 42, 4758-4768, 2009.
376. Lei Wang, Se-Hyun Lee, Young-Jin Kim, Soo-Jin Park, Shiao-Wei Kuo, Ryan M. Van Horn, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Myong-Hoon Leeand Kwang-Un Jeong, Self-assembled columnar structures of swallow-shaped asymmetric tetrathiafulvalene-based molecule. Chemistry of Materials, 16, 3838-3847, 2009.
375. Wen-Bin Zhang, Bin Sun, Hui Li, Jonathan Janoski, David Dabney, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis of in-chain functionalized polystyrene-block-poly(dimethyl siloxane)diblock copolymers by anionic polymerization and hydrosilation using dimethyl-[4-(1-phenyl-vinyl)-phenyl]-silane. Macromolecules, 42, 7258-7262, 2009.
374. Yingfeng Tu, Matthew J. Graham, Ryan M. Van Horn, Erqiang Chen, Xinhe Fan, Xiaofang Chen Qifeng Zhou, Xinhua Wan, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng. Controlled organization of self-assembled rod-coil block copolymer micelles. Polymer, 50, 5170-5174, 2009.
373. Cheng Hao Lee, Kin Man Ho, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Pei Li, Formation of nanostructured materials using inexpensive hollow particles of amphiphilic graft copolymers as building blocks: 1. insight into the mechanism of nanotube formation. Soft Matter, 5, 4914-4921, 2009.
372. Ming-Siao Hsiao, Joseph X. Zheng, Ryan M. Van Horn, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Hsin-Lung Chen, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Poly(ethylene oxide) crystal orientation change under one-dimensional nanoscale confinement: Effects of confined dimension and reduced tethering density. Macromolecules, 42, 8343-8352, 2009.

2008

371. Deng-Ke Yang, Kwang-Un Jeong and Stephen Z. D. Cheng. Structure of liquid crystal droplets with chiral propeller texture. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, 1358-1166, 2008.
370. Wen-Bin Zhang, Yingfeng Tu, Rajesh Ranjan, Ryan M. Van Horn, Siwei Leng, Jing Wang, Michael J. Polce, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Roderic P. Quirk, George R. Newkome and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, “Clicking” Fullerene with Polymers: Synthesis of [60]Fullerene End-capped Polystyrene (highlighted by “Noteworthy Chemistry “, a news weekly published electronically by the American Chemical Society). Macromolecules, 41, 515-517, 2008.
369. Pingshan Wang, Charles N. Moorefield, Kwang-Un Jeong, Seok-Ho Hwang, Sinan Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, George R. Newkome, Dendrimer-metallomacrocycle composites: Nanofiber formation by multi-ion pairing. Advanced Materials, 20, 1381-1385, 2008.
368. Xiaoli Zhou, Shin-Woong Kang, Satyendra Kumar, Rahul R. Kulkami, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Quan Li, Self-assembly of porphyrin and fullerene supramolecular complex into highly ordered nanostructure by simple thermal annealing. Materials of Chemistry, 20, 3551-3553, 2008.
367. Ming-Siao Hsiao, William Y. Chen, Joseph X. Zheng, Ryan M. Von Horn, Roderic P. Quirk, Dimitri A. Ivanov, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Poly(ethylene oxide) crystallizationwithin defect-free one-dimensional nanoscale confinement. Macromolecules, 41, 4794-4801, 2008.
366. David H. Wang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris. Synthesis and characterization of aromatic polyesters containing multiple n-alkyl side chains. Polymer, 49, 3020-3028, 2008.
365. Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymer crystallization processes, as seen from the growth front’s perspective. Polymer Journal (Japan), 40, 891-899, 2008.
364. Xuan-Bo Liu, Yong-Feng Zhao, Er-Qiang Chen, Chun Ye, Zhi-Hao Shen, Xing-He Fan, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Qi-Feng Zhou, Lamella-to-lamella transition and effect of coil-stretching on crystallization in a rod-coil diblock copolymer containing poly(ε-caprolactone). Macromolecules, 41, 5223-5229, 2008.
363. Ming-Siao Hsiao, Joseph X. Zheng, Siwei Leng, Ryan M. Van Horn, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Hsin-Lung Chen, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Lixia Rong, Bernard Lotz, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal orientation change and its origin in one-dimensional nano-confinement constructed by polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) single crystal mats. Macromolecules, 41, 8114-8123, 2008.
362. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase transitions in polymers: The role of metastable states. pp. 324, Elsevier: Amsterdam 2008.
361. Ryan M. Van Horn and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystallization in polymer thin films: Morphology and Growth in Series in Soft Condensed Matter – Volume 1, Polymer Thin Films, Chapter 7, pp. 163-193, Ophelia K. C. Tsui and Thomas P. Russell Eds., World Scientific: New Jersey, 2008.

2007

360. Kwang-Un Jeong, Alexander J. Jing, Bart Monsdorf, Matthew J. Graham, Yingfeng Tu, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures and transition behaviors of triphenylene discotic liquid crystal. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 25, 57-71, 2007.
359. Ping Huang, Joseph X. Zheng, Siwei Leng, Ryan Van Horn, Ming-Siao Hsiao, Kwang-Un Jeong, Ya Guo, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Bernard Lotz, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin Hsiao, Poly(ethylene oxide) crystal orientation changes in an inversed cylindrical morphology constructed by a poly(ehtlyene oxide)-block-polystyrene diblock copolymer. Macromolecules, 40, 526-534, 2007.
358. Kwang-Un Jeong, Alexander J. Jing, Bart Monsdorf, Matthew J. Graham, Yingfeng Tu, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-assembly of chemical linked rod-disc mesogenic liquidcrystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 767-777, 2007.
357. Prachur Bhargava, Yingfeng Tu, Joseph X. Zheng, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Temperature-induced reversible micelle morphological changes of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles in solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 1113-1121, 2007.
356. Pao-Hsiang Tung, Shiao-Wei Kuo, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chih-Feng Huang, Feng-Chih Chang, Formation of honeycomb structures and superhydrophobic surfaces by casting a block copolymer from selective solvent mixtures. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 28, 271-275, 2007.
355. David Huabin Wang, Zhihao Shen, Mingming Guo, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Synthesis and properties of polyimides containing multiple alkyl side chains. Macromolecules, 40, 899-900, 2007.
354. Dun-Shen Zhu, Er-Qiang Chen, Ming Li, Yi-Xin Liu, Chao Chen, You-Hai Sun, An-Chang Shi, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal growth mechanism changes in pseudo-dewetted poly(ethylene oxide) thin layers. Macromolecules, 40, 1570-1578, 2007.
353. David Huabin Wang, Zhihao Shen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Synthesis of stretchable polyetherimides containing multiple alkyl side chains. Polymer, 48, 2572-2584, 2007.
352. Kwang-Un Jeong, Alexander J. Jing, Bart Mansdorf, Matthew J. Graham, Dengke Yang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Biaxial molecular arrangement of rod-disc molecule under an electric field. Chemistry of Materials, 19, 2921-2923, 2007.
351. Huiming Xiong,Joseph X. Zheng, Ryan M. Van Horn, Kwang-Un Jeong, Roderic P. Quirk, Bernard Lotz, Edwin L. Thomas,William J. Brittainand Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A novel approach in the study of tethered diblock copolymer surface morphology and its tethering density dependence. Polymer, 48, 3732-3738, 2007.
350. Tae Joon Cho, Carol D. Shreiner, Seok-Ho Hwang, Charles N. Moorefield, Brandy Courneya, Luis A. Godinez, Juan Manriquez, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and George R. Newkome, “5,10,15,20-Tetrakis[4’(terpyridinyl)phenyl]prophyrin and its Ru(II) complexes: Synthesis, phoptovoltaic properties, self-assembled morphology. Chemical Communication, 4456-4458, 2007.
349. Shi Jin, Kwang-Un Jeong, Yingfeng Tu, Matthew J. Graham, Jing Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng Structure of macroscopic smectic monodomains and its soft-confinements of chiral smectic phases on crystallization in a main-chain non-racemic liquid crystalline polyester. Macromolecules, 40, 2450-2450, 2007.
348. Jouliana M. El Khoury, Daniela Caruntu, Charles J. O’ Connor, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng , Jun Hu, Poly(allylamine) stabilized iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticule Research 9, 959-964, 2007.
347. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymer crystals downsized. Nature, 448, 1006-1007, 2007.

2006

346. Kwang-Un Jeong,Jason J. Ge, Shi Jin, Brian S. Knapp, Matthew J. Graham, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The origin of self-assembled helical supra-molecular structures in achiral C6 4-biphenyl carboxylic acid compounds. Chemistry of Materials, 18, 680-690, 2006.
345. Joseph X. Zheng, Huiming Xiong, William Y. Chen, Kyungmin Lee, Ryan M. Van Horn, Roderic P. Quirk, Bernard Lotz, Edwin L. Thomas, An-Chang Shi, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Onsets of tethered chain overcrowding and highly stretched brush regime via crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymers. Macromolecules, 39, 641-650, 2006.
344. Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Comments on: “A critical assessment of unbalanced surface stresses: Some complementary considerations”, by DC Bassett. Polymer, 47, 3267-3270, 2006.
343. Hong Shen, Kwang-Un Jeong,Matthew J. Graham, Siwei Leng, Joseph X. Zheng, Huabing Wang, Mingming Guo, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-assembled columnar phase structures in a series of symmetric tapered bisamides. Soft Matters, 2, 232-242, 2006.
342. Panya Sunintaboon, Jin Man Ho, Pei Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Formation of nano-structured materials via coalescence of amphiphilic hollow particles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 2168-2169, 2006.
341. Kwang-Un Jeong, Brian S. Knapp, Jason J. Ge, Matthew J. Graham, Yingfneg Tu, Siwei Leng, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Structures and phase transformations of odd-numbered asymmetric main-chain liquid crystalline polyesters. Polymer, 47, 3351-3362, 2006.
340. Hong Shen, Kwang-Un Jeong, Matthew J. Graham, Huabin Wang, Bernard Lotz, Haoqing Hou, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Alkyl tail length dependence on structures in a series of symmetrically tapered bisamides exhibiting self-assembled supramolecular columnar phases. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, 45, 215-229, 2006.
339. Jrjeng Ruan, Shi Jin, Jason J. Ge, Kwang-Un Jeong, Matthew J. Graham, Dong Zhang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Side-chain effects on ordered supramolecular molecular structures in a series of aromatic polyimides with liquid crystalline side chains. Polymer, 47, 4182-4193, 2006.
338. Coleen Pugh,Pukun Zhu, Guehyun Kim, Joseph X. Zheng, Michael J. Rubal and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis of laterally attached side-chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes with high mesogen density by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry Edition, 44, 4076-4087, 2006.
337. Seok-Ho Hwang, Charles N. Moorefield, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Pingshan Wang, Kishore K. Kotta and George R. Newkome, Dendron-tethered and templated CdS quantum dots on single wall carbon nanotubles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 7505-7509, 2006.
336. Ping Huang, Ya Guo, Roderic P. Quirk, Jrjeng Ruan, Bernard Lotz, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Carlos A. Avila-Orta, Igors Sics and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Comparison of poly(ethylene oxide) crystal orientations and crystallization behaviors in two-dimensionally nano-confined cylinders constructed by a poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene diblock copolymer and a blend of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene and polystyrene. Polymer, 47, 5457-5466, 2006.
335. Prachur Bhargava, Joseph X. Zheng, Roderic P. Quirk, Pei Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-assembled polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelle morphologies in solutions. Macromolecules, 39, 4880-4888, 2006.
334. Seok-Ho Hwang, Charles N. Moorefield, Pingshan Wang, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Kishore K. Kotta, and George R. Newkome, Construction of CdS quantum dots via a regioselective dendritic functionalized cellulose template. Chemical Communications, 3495-3497, 2006.
333. Ying Wang, Joseph X. Zheng, William J. Brittain and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Switchable thin film surface prepared via a simple “grafting-to” method using a polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) copolymer. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry Edition, 44, 5608-5617, 2006.
332. Chenchen Xue, Mary Ann B. Meador, Lei Zhu, Jason J. Ge, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Sirina Putthanarat, R.K. Eby, Ameesh Khalfan, George D. Bennett, and Steve G. Greenbaum, Morphology of PI-PEO block copolymers for lithium batteries. Polymer, 47, 6149-6155, 2006.
331. Dunshen Zhu, X. X. Shou, Yi-Xin Liu, Erqiang Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, AFM-tip-induced crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) melt droplets. Acta Polymeric Sinica, 4, 553-556, 2006.
330. W. Wade Adams, Barry L. Farmer and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ronald K. Eby – Obituary, Polymer, 47, 6925-2926, 2006.
329. Prachur Bhargava, Joseph X. Zheng, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-assembled worm-like cylinder network of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles in solution. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 44, 3605-3611, 2006.
328. Daniel Alcazar, Annette Thierry, Patrick Schultz, Akiyoshi Kawaguchi, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernard Lotz, Determination of the extent of lateral spread and second nucleation density in polymer single crystal growth. Macromolecules, 39, 9120-9131, 2006.
327. Kwang-Un Jeong, Dengke Yang, Matthew J. Graham, Yingfneg Tu, Shiao-Wei Kuo, Brian S. Knapp, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Construction of chiral propeller architectures from achiral molecules. Advanced Materials, 18, 3229-3232, 2006.
326. Dunshen Zhu, Liu Yixin Liu, Erqiang Chen, Li Ming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Pseudo-dewetting behavior of low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) melts on mica surface. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 9, 1125-1128, 2006.

2005

325. Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A critical assessment of evidence in favor of unbalanced surface stress as the mechanical origin of twisting and scrolling in polymer crystals. Polymer, 46, 577-610, 2005.
324. Haoqing Hou, Jason J. Ge, Hun Zeng, Qing Li, Darrell H. Reneker, Andreas Greiner and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers containing high concentration of well-aligned mult-iwall carbon nanotubes. Chemistry of Materials, 17, 967-973, 2005.
323. Lei Zhu, L. Sun, J. Miao, L. Cui, L. Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Chenchen Xue, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Carlos Avila-Orta, Igors Sics and M. E. Cantino, Epitaxial phase transformation between cylindrical and double gyroid mesophases. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 856E, BB2.3.1-BB2.3.6, 2005.
322. Zhihao Shen, Alexander J. Jing, Shi Jin, Huabin Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ordered structural evolution and relaxation behaviors of a series microphase separated “hairy-rod” polyimides with multiple alkyl side chains. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 23, 171-186, 2005.
321. Kwang-Un Jeong, Shi Jin, Jason J. Ge, Brian S. Knapp, Matthew J. Graham, Jrjeng Ruan, Mingming Guo, Huiming Xiong,Frank W. Harris, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures and self-assembled helical supra-structures via hydrogen bonding in a series of achiral 4-biphenyl carboxylic acid compounds. Chemistry of Materials, 17, 2852-2865, 2005.
320. Chun Ye, Guoqiang Xu, Zhen-Qiang Yu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Hai-Ling Peng, Jee Hwan Jang, Zhong-Fan Liu, Kwang-Un Jeong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Er-Qiang Chen, Ben Zhong Tang, Frustrated molecular packing in highly ordered smectic phase of side-chain liquid crystalline polymer with rigid polyacetylene backbone. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126, 7668-7669, 2005.
319. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernard Lotz, Enthalpic and entropic origins of nucleation barriers during polymer crystallization: the Hoffman-Lauritzen theory and beyond. Polymer, 46, 8662-8681, 2005.
318. Jason J. Ge, Dong Zhang, Qing Li, Haoqing Hou, Matthew J. Graham, Liming Dai, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes with chemically grafted polyetherimides. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 9984 -9985, 2005.
317. Kwang-Un Jeong, Brian S. Knapp,Jason J. Ge, Shi Jin, Matthew J. Graham, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Structures and phase transformations of a series of asymmetric bent main-chain liquid crystalline polyesters. Macromolecules, 38, 8333-8344, 2005.
316. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Design and engineering of polymer/macromolecular structures on the 2 – 100 nm length scale:A personal view on structural research. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 43, 3361-3364, 2005.

2004

315. Chenchen Xue, Shi Jin, Xing Weng, Jason J. Ge, Zhihao Shen, Hong Shen, Matthew J. Graham, Kwang-Un Jeong, Huabing Wang, Dong Zhang, Mingming Guo, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Christopher Li and Lei Zhu, Self-assembled supra-molecular structures via hydrogen bonding and aromatic/aliphatic nano-phase separation in a symmetric tapered bisamide. Chemistry of Materials, 16, 1014-1025, 2004.
314. Lu Sun, Lei Zhu, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Chenchen Xue, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Carlos A. Avila-Orta, Igors Sics and Marie E. Cantino, Comparison of crystallization kinetics in various nano-confined geometries. Polymer, 45, 2931-2939, 2004.
313. Ping Huang, Lei Zhu, Ya Guo, Qing Ge, Alexander J. Jing, William Y. Chen, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Avila-Orta A. Carlos and Igors Sics, Confinement size effect on orientation changes of poly(ethylene oxide) crystals in poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene diblock copolymers. Macromolecules, 37, 3689-3698, 2004.
312. Frank S. Bates, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Andrew J. Lovinger, H. Douglas Keith – Obituaries. Physics Today, 57, 106, 2004.
311. Shanju Zhang, Luxiang Fu, Jian Zhang, Jingjiang Liu, Decai Yang, Jason J. Ge, Christopher Y. Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ordering-induced micro-bands in thin films of a main-chain liquid crystalline chloro-poly(aryl ether ketone). Polymer, 45, 3967-3972, 2004.
310. Christopher Y. Li, Shi Jin, Xin Weng, Dong Zhang, Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Frank W. Harris, Liang-Chy Chien, Bernard Lotz, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymer helical self-assembly: from asymmetric chemistry to asymmetric physics. In “Contemporary Topics in Advanced Polymer Science and Technology”, Qi-Feng Zhou and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Eds., Peking University Press, pp. 12-26, 2004.
309. Erqiang Chen, Xiao-Ying Yin, Chun Ye, Hai-Liang Zhang, Yun Huang, Xin-Hua Wan, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Qi-Feng Zhou, Phase structures and transitions of liquid crystalline polymers based on 2-vinylterephthalic acid. In “Contemporary Topics in Advanced Polymer Science and Technology”, Qi-Feng Zhou and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Eds., Peking University Press, pp. 56-72, 2004.
308. William Y. Chen, Joseph X. Zheng, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Christopher Y. Li, Ping Huang, Lei Zhu, Huiming Xiong, Qing Ge, Rodric P. Quirk, Bernard Lotz, Lingfeng Deng, Chi Wu and Edwin L. Thomas, The onset of tethered chain overcrowding. Physical Review Letter, 93, 028301-1-4, 2004.
307. William Y. Chen, Christopher Y. Li, Joseph X. Zheng, Lie Zhu, Ping Huang, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Bernard Lotz, Lingfeng Deng, Chi Wu, Edwin L. Thomas and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, “Chemical shielded” poly(ethylene oxide) single crystal growth and construction of channel-wire arrays with chemical and geometric recognitions. Macromolecules, 37, 5292-5299, 2004.
306. Shi Jin, Yuguo Ma, Steven Zimmerman and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A novel ABC stacking supramolecular discotic columnar structure constructed via hydrogen bonded hexamers. Chemistry of Materials, 16, 2975-2977, 2004.
305. Chun Ye, Hai-Liang Zhang, Yun Huang, Er-Qiang Chen, Yonglai Lu, Deyan Shen, Xin-Hua Wan, Zhihao Shen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Qi-Feng Zhou, Molecular weight dependence of phase structures and transitions of mesogen-Jacketed liquid crystalline polymers based on 2-vinylterephthalic acid. Macromolecules, 37, 7188-7196, 2004.
304. Jie Hu, Dong Zhang, Shi Jin, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis and properties of planar electron-deficient liquid crystalline bisphenazines. Chemistry of Materials, 16, 4912-4915, 2004.
303. Jason J. Ge, Haoqing Hou, Qing Li, Matthew J. Graham, Andreas Greiner, Darrell H. Reneker, Frank W. Harris, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Assembly of well-aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes in confined polyacrylonitrile environments: electrospun composite nanofiber sheets. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 15754-15761, 2004.

2003

302. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernard Lotz, Nucleation and crystallization control in polymers: structural and morphological probes on different length and time scales. Philosophical Transactions A, Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences,Royal Society London, 361, 517-537, 2003.
301. Zongquan Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Simona Percec, Shi Jin, Alexander J. Jing, Jason J. Ge and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Structure and properties of melt-spun high acrylonitrile copolymer fibers via continuous zone-drawing and zone-annealing processes. Thermochemica Acta, 361, 87-96, 2003.
300. Jason J. Ge, Bruce F. Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Novel polyimide wide viewing angle compensation films for Liquid Crystal Displays. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 21, 223-230, 2003.
299. Lei Zhu, Ping Huang, William Y. Chen, Xin Weng, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Tony Senador, Montgomery T. Shaw, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh and Lizhi Liu, “Plastic deformation” mechanism of a shear-induced metastable hexagonally perforated layer phase in a polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer. Macromolecules, 36, 3180-3188, 2003.
298. Roderic R. Quirk, Fenxia Liu, Lei Zhu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anionic polymerization of cyclohexa-1,3-diene in cyclohexane with high stereoregularity and the formation of crystalline poly(cyclohexa-1,3-diene). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 204, 755-761, 2003.
297. Benjamin Y. Tang, Alexander J. Jing, Christopher Y. Li, Jason J. Ge, Zhihao Shen, Huabin Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The role of polymorphous metastability in crystal formation kinetics of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa(4¢-octyloxybenzoyloxy)-triphenylene discotic molecules. Crystal Growth and Design, 3, 375-382, 2003.
296. Er-Qiang Chen, Mark D. Foster, Yongli Mi, Wen-Li Wu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Glass transition behavior of polystyrene blocks in collapsed dry micelles of a PS-b-PDMS diblock copolymer. Chemistry of Materials, 15, 2129-2135, 2003.
295. Xiao-Ying Yin,Chun Ye, Xun Ma, Er-Qiang Chen, Xiao-Feng Duan, Xiao-Ying Qi, Xin-Hua Wan, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Qi-Feng Zhou, Manipulating supramolecular self-assembly via tailoring pendant group size of linear vinyl polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 6854-6855, 2003.
294. Jason J. Ge, Seok-Choel Hong, Benjamin Y. Tang, Christopher Y. Li, Dong Zhang, Frank W. Harris, Denke Yang, Y. R. Shen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Assembly of photo-polymerizable discotic molecules into a retardation film with an oblique optical axis at an aligned polyimide layer Surface. Advanced Functional Materials, 13, 718-725, 2003.
293. Er-Qiang Chen, Alexander J. Jing, Xing Weng, Ping Huang, Seoung-Wook Lee, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Fengji Yeh, In-situ observation of low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) crystal melting and recrystallization. Polymer, 44, 6051-6058, 2003.
292. Wensheng Zhou, Xin Weng, Shi Jin, Sanjay Rastogi, Andrew J. Lovinger, Bernard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chain orientation and defects in lamellar single crystals of syndiotactic polypropylene fractions. Macromolecules, 36, 9485-9491, 2003.

2002

291. Lei Zhu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh and Lizhi Liu, Nano-caged confinement on polymer crystallization in a PEO-b-PS diblock copolymer having hexagonal perfforated layers. Advanced Materials, 14, 31-34, 2002.
290. Benjamin S. Hsiao, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Charles C. Han and Qi Wu, Tribute: Benjamin Chu, Macromolecules, 35, 585-586, 2002.
289. Jr-Jeng Ruan, Jason J. Ge, An-qiu Zhang, Shi Jin, Shyh-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymorphous structures and their phase relationships in a main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polyester. Macromolecules, 35, 736-745, 2002.
288. B. Ullrich, R. Schroeder, H. Sakai, Anqiu Zhang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Two-photon excited green photoluminescence of oriented thin film CdS formed by laser ablation. Applied Physical Letter, 80, 356-358, 2002.
287. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymer physics in “AIP Physics Desk Reference”, The Third Edition, E. Richard Cohen, David R. Lide and George L. Trigg eds., Chapter 22, pp. 656-692, Springier, 2002.
286. Lei Zhu, Ping Huang, William Y. Chen, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, and Lizhi Liu, Nano-scale tailored crystalline morphology in confined hexagonally perforated layers of a self-assembled PS-b-PEO diblock copolymer. Macromolecules, 35, 3553-3562, 2002.
285. John-Shin Deng, Luk Li, Dennis Stephens, Youqin Tian, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Effect of g-radiation on a polyanhydride implant containing gentamicin sulfate. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 232, 1-10, 2002.
284. Zhen Liu, Lei Zhu, Wensheng Zhou, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Vigil Percec and Goran Ungar, Phase behaviors, molecular and supra-molecular structural identifications of a liquid crystalline second generation monodendron (featured by Heart Cut of ACS). Chemistry of Materials, 14, 2384-2392, 2002.
283. Feiyue Lin, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Aromatic poly(pyridinium salt)s. Part 3. Photo-reduction in amide solvents. Polymer, 43, 3421-3430, 2002.
282. Alexander J. Jing, Orawan Taikum, Christopher Y. Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase transition behaviors involving the formation of metastable monotropic phases. Polymer, 43, 3431-3440, 2002.
281. Christopher Y. Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Semicrystalline polymers. Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Wiley & Son, 2002.
280. Stephen G. Boyer, William J. Brittain, Xin Weng and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis, characterization and properties of ABA triblock copolymer brushes of styrene and methyl acrylate prepared by atomic transfer radical polymerization. Macromolecules, 35, 4960-4967, 2002.
279. Hong-Xiang Teng, Ti Shi, Xi-Gao Jin and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Semi-quantitative characterization of segment distribution in LLDPE based on thermal segregation. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 20, 347-352, 2002.
278. Christopher Y. Li, Shi Jin, Xin Weng, Jason J. Ge, Dong Zhang, Feng Bai, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Bernard Lotz, Liang-Chy Chien, Liquid crystalline phases, microtwining in crystals and helical chirality transformations in a non-racemic chiral polyester. Macromolecules, 35, 5475-5482, 2002.
277. Andrew J. Lovinger, Frank Bates, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Freddy Khoury, Bernard Lotz, Jeffrey Kobostein, Tom Russell, Edwin L. Thomas, Tribute: H. Douglas Keith. Macromolecules, 35, 7527-7528, 2002.
276. Shi Jin, Shuxin Cong, Gi Xue, Huiming Xiong, Bart Mansdorf and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anisotropic polythiophene films with high conductivity and mechanical property via a new electro-chemical synthesis. Advanced Materials, 14, 1492-1496, 2002.
275. Dongshan Zhou, Liang Li, Gi Xue, Jason J. Ge, Chenchen Xue, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular orientation and relaxation on a surface of a thin film of polymeric liquid crystalline. Langmuir, 18, 4559-4561, 2002.
274. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Christopher Y. Li, Structure and formation of polymer single crystal textures. Materials Science Forum: Texture of Materials, 408, 25-38, 2002.
273. Zhen Liu, Lei Zhu, Wensheng Zhou, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Goran Ungar, Interrelationships of nanometer and sub-nanometer structures in a hyper-branched liquid crystalline polynorbornene. Macromolecules, 35, 9426-9433 2002.
272. Yubiao Liu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xin Weng, and Jun Hu, Preparing and stabilizing colloidal nanoparticles with a helical synthetic polymer. Langmuir, 18, 10500-10502, 2002.
271. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Shi Jin, Crystallization and melting of metastable crystallinepolymers. In “Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 3, Applications to Polymers and Plastics”, S. Z. D. Cheng, Ed., Chapter 5, pp. 167-195, Elsevier Science, 2002.
270. Xin Weng, Christopher Y. Li, Shi Jin, John Z. Zhang, Dong Zhang, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernard Lotz, Helical senses, liquid crystalline behavior, crystal rotational twinning in a main-chain polyester with molecular asymmetry and odd-even effects on its analogs. Macromolecules, 35, 9678-9686, 2002.

2001

269. Benjamin Y. Tang, Jason J. Ge, Anqiu Zhang, Peihwei Chu, Bret Calhoun, Huabin Wang, Zhihao Shen, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Liquid crystalline and monotropic phase behaviors of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa(4¢-octyloxybenzoyloxy)triphenylene discotic molecules. Chemistry of Materials, 13, 78-86, 2001.
268. Fengchao Xie, Zhijun Hu, Jieping Liu, Xiaoniu Yang, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Ruqing Zheng, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Virgil Percec, Electrostatic-field-induced chain alignment of liquid crystalline Copolyether TPP Thin Films. Polymer, 42, 4039-4044, 2001.
267. Yongli Mi, Jian Wang, Yan Zhang, Erqiang Chen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A method of preparing single-chain particles of water-soluble polymers. Polymer, 42, 4533-4535, 2001.
266. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fuming Li, Christopher Y. Li, Kevin W. McCreight, Yeocheol Yoon and Frank W. Harris, Fibers from liquid crystalline polymers. In “Structure and Properties of Polymer Fibers”, David R. Salem and M. V. Sussman Eds., Hanser, New York, Chapter 7, pp. 247-295, 2001.
265. Lei Zhu, Bret H. Calhoun, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, and Bernard Lotz, Initial-stage growth controlled crystal orientations within nano-scale confined lamellae of a self-assembled crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymer. Macromolecules, 34, 1244-1251, 2001.
264. Christopher Y. Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xin Weng, Jason J. Ge, Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Bret H. Calhoun, Frank W. Harris, Lang-Chy Chien and Bernard Lotz, Left or right, it’s a matter of one methylene unit. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, 2462-2463, 2001.
263. Qingxin Zhang, Zhishen Mo, Hongfang Zhang, Siyang Liu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal transitions of nylon 11 under drawing and annealing. Polymer, 42, 5543-5547, 2001.
262. Fengchao Xie, Zhijun Hu, Jieping Liu, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Christopher Y, Li, Ruqing Zheng, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Virgil Percec, Molecular and supra-molecular deformations in a liquid crystalline copolyether thin films under electrostatic field. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 22, 396-400, 2001.
261. Xiao-ning Liu, Gi Xue, Yun Lu, Jun Zhang, Fen-ting Li, Chen-chen Xue and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Chemically deposited silver films used as a SERS-active over-coating layer for polymer films. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 19, 265-268, 2001.
260. Jason J. Ge, Gi Xue, Christopher Y. Li, Ian K. Man, Wenshen Zhou, Shyh-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Seok-Choel Hong, Xiaowei Zhuang and Y. R. Shen, Rubbing-induced molecular orientation on an alignment surface of the aromatic polyimide containing cyanobiphenyl side chains. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, 5768-5776, 2001.
259. Christopher Y. Li, Jason J. Ge; Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Bret H. Calhoun, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Liang-Chy Chien, Bernard Lotz and H. Douglas Keith, Early-stage formation of helical single crystals and their confined growth in thin film. Macromolecules, 34, 3634-3641, 2001.
258. Lei Zhu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Bret H. Calhoun, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, and Bernard Lotz, Phase structures and morphologies determined by self-organization, vitrification, and crystallization: Confined crystallization in an ordered lamellar phase of PEO-b-PS diblock copolymers. Polymer, 42, 5829-5839, 2001.
257. Er-Qiang Chen, Xing Weng, Anqiu Zhang, Ian Mann, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Richard Stein, Benjamin S. Hsiao, and Fengji Yeh, Primary nucleation in polymer crystallization. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 22, 611-615, 2001.
256. Joseph M. Deitzel, Bojie Wang, Ping Huang, L. Lawrency Chapoy and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase transitions and structures of poly(ethylene-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene). Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, 18, 301-209, 2001.
255. Bojie Wang, Christopher Y. Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phillip H. Geil, Janusz Grebowicz and Rong-Ming Ho, Poly(trimethylene teraphthalate) crystal structure and morphology in different length scales. Polymer, 42, 7171-7180, 2001.
254. Lei Zhu, Ping, Huang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Jean-Claude Wittmann, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh and Lizhi Liu, Dislocation-controlled perforated layer phase in a PEO-b-PS diblock copolymer. Physical Review Letter, 86, 6030-6033, 2001.
253. JunyanYang, G. Sidoti, Jiang Liu, Phillips H. Geil, Christopher Y. Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Morphology and crystal structure of CTFMP and bulk polymerized poly(trimethylene terephthalate). Polymer, 42, 7181-7195, 2001.
252. Seok-Cheol Hong, Masahito Oh, Xiaowei Zhuang, Y. R. Shen, Jason J. Ge, Frank W. Harris, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Orientations of side chains and adsorbed liquid crystal molecules on a rubbed polyimide surface studied by optical second harmonic generation. Physical Review E, 63, 051706-1-051706-7, 2001.
251. Zhi-Gang Wang, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Srivatsan Srinivas, Gary M. Brown, Andy Tsou, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Richard S Stein, Phase transformation in quenched mesomorphic isotactic polypropylene. Polymer, 42, 7561-7566, 2001.
250. Lei Zhu, Brion R. Mimnaugh, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Qiurk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, Lizhi Liu and Bernard Lotz, Hard and soft confinement effects on PEO crystallization in cylinder-forming PEO-b-PS/PS blends. Polymer, 42, 9121-9131, 2001.
249. Ping Huang, Lei Zhu, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Qiurk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Edwin L. Thomas, Bernard Lotz, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, Lizhi Liu, Crystal orientation changes within a nano-scale confined cylindrical environment of a self-assembled poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene/polystyrene blend. Macromolecules, 34, 6649-6657, 2001.
248. Sanjay Rastogi, D. La Camera, F.van der Burgt, A. Terry, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymorphism in syndiotactic polypropylene: thermodynamic stable regions for Form I and Form II in pressure-temperature phase diagram. Macromolecules, 34, 7730-7736, 2001.
247. Gue-Hyun Kim, Shi Jin, Coleen Pugh and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Effect of numbers of carbon spacers on phase structures and transition behaviors in a series of laterally attached side chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 39, 3029-3037, 2001.
246. Christopher Y. Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymer single crystals: formation and structure. In Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, pp. 7487-7491, Third edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.
245. Mukesh Chhajer, Erqiang Chen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Self-diffusion coefficients of flexible linear polymers with local inhomogeneities at the center of each chain. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B40, 615-624, 2001.

2000

244. Erqiang Chen, Seung-Wook Lee, Anqiu Zhang, Bong-Suk Moon, Ian Mann, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengjji Yeh and Ernst D. von Meerwall, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 7. Effects of molecular configurational defects on crystallization, melting, and annealing. In “Scattering from Polymers: Characterization by X-rays, Neutrons and Lights”, America Chemical Society Symposium Book Series, Vol. 739, Washington DC; Chapter 8, pp. 118-139, 2000.
243. Shell Ann X. Huang, Kathy C. Chuang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Aromatic poly(pyidinium salt)s: 2. Synthesis and properties of organo-soluble, rigid-rod poly(pyridinium triflate)s. Polymer, 41, 5001-5009, 2000.
242. Christopher Y. Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jason J Ge, Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Ian K. Mann, Lang-Chy Chien, Frank W. Harris and Bernard Lotz, Molecular orientations in flat-elongated and helical lamellar crystals of a main-chain nonracemic chiral polyester. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122, 72-79, 2000.
241. Mingming Guo, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Roderic P. Quirk, Variable temperature, Solid state 13C NMR study of linear low-density Polyethylene. In “Olefin Polymerization, Emerging Frontiers”,America Chemical Society Symposium Book Series, Vol. 749, Washington DC; Chapter 11, pp. 163-176, 2000.
240. Zongquan Wu, Fuming Li, Liyan Huang, Yi Shi, Xigao Jin, Shane Fang, Kathy Chuang, Richard E. Lyon, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The thermal degradation mechanism and thermal mechanical properties of two high performance heterocyclic polymer fibers. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 59, 361-373, 2000.
239. Fang-Chyou Chiu, Qiang Wang, Qiang Fu, Paul S. Honigfort, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, Mimi Y. Keating, Eric T. Hsieh and Chong Tso, Structural and morphological inhomogeneity of short-chain branched polyethylenes in multiple-step crystallization. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B39(3), 317-331, 2000.
238. Bin Zhao, William J. Brittain, Wensheng Zhou and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Nanopatterned films formed by treatment of PS-b-PMMA brushes with selective solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122, 2407-2408, 2000.
237. Jason J. Ge, Mingming Guo, Zhanhui Zhang, Paul S. Honigfort, Ian K. Mann, Shyh-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures, transition behaviors and surface alignment in polymers containing rigid-rod like backbones with flexible side chains. 5. Solid state 13C NMR studies of molecular motions in PEFBPs(n=10 and 11). Macromolecules, 33, 3983-3992, 2000.
236. V. M. Neverov, Sergei N. Chvalun, John Blackwell, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Structural features of molecular composites based on polyimide and nylon 6. Vysokomolekulyarnye Soefineniya Seriya A & Seriya B, 42, 450-461, 2000.
235. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Christopher Y. Li, Bret H. Calhoun, Lei Zhu and Wensheng Zhou, Thermal analysis: The next two decades. Thermochemica Acta, 335, 59-68, 2000.
234. Ruqing Zheng, Erqiang Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fengchao Xie, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Virgil Percec, Peihwei Chu and Goran Ungar, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 8. Phases and structural evolution in a series of copolyethers having odd-number methylene units in both comonomers. Macromolecules, 33, 5159-5168, 2000.
233. Jason J. Ge, John Z. Zhang, Wensheng Zhou, Si Jin, Christopher Y. Li, Shy-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures, transition behaviors and surface alignment in polymers containing rigid-rod-like backbones with flexible side chains. 6. Novel band structures in a combined main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polyester: from liquid crystal to crystalline states. Journal of Materials Science, 35, 5215-5223, 2000.
232. Lei Zhu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Bret H. Calhoun, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Edwin L. Thomas, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, and Bernard Lotz, Crystallization temperature-dependant crystal orientations within nano-scale confined lamellae of a self-assembled crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122, 5957-5967, 2000.
231. Huilin Tu, Xinhua Wan, Yuxiang Liu, Xiaofang Chen, Dong Zhang, Qi-Feng Zhou, Jason J. Ge, Zhihao Shen, Shi Jin and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Supra-molecular structure induced mesophase behavior using specifically designed non-mesogenic templates. Macromolecules, 33, 6315-6320, 2000.
230. Christopher Y. Li, Bojie Wang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, X-ray analyses in polymers. In Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, R. A. Meyers Ed., John Wiley & Son, pp. 8105-8124, 2000.
229. Lei Zhu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Bret H. Calhoun, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Fengji Yeh, Molecular and supra-molecular ordering in nano-confined environments. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 18, 287-300, 2000.
228. Wensheng Zhou, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Sirina Putthanarat, Ronald K. Eby, Darrell H. Reneker Bernard Lotz, Sergei Magonov, Eric T. Hsieh, Rolf G. Geerts, Syriac J. Palackal, Gil R. Hawley and M. Bruce Welch, Crystallization, melting and morphology of syndiotactic polypropylene fractions. 4. In-situ lamellar Single crystal growth and melting in different sectors. Macromolecules, 33, 6861-6868, 2000.
227. Christopher Y. Li, Jason J. Ge, Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Liang-Chy Chien, Frank W. Harris, Berhard Lotz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase transformations in a chiral main-chain liquid crystalline polyester involving double-twisted helical crystals. Polymer, 41, 8953-8960, 2000.
226. T. J. Hu, C. Q. Wang, Fuming Li, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Chi Wu, Scalings of fluorine-containing polyimides in cyclopentanone. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 38, 2077-2080, 2000.
225. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Christopher Y. Li and Lei Zhu, Commentary on polymer crystallization: Selection rules in different length scales of a nucleation process. European Physics Journal E: Soft Matter, 3, 195-197, 2000.
224. Bin Zhao, William J. Brittain, Wensheng Zhou and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, AFM study of tethered polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene-b-poly(methyl acrylate) brushes on flat silicate Substrates. Macromolecules, 33, 8821-8827, 2000.
223. Gue-Hyun Kim, Coleen Pugh and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A new route to stabilize smectic C phase in a series of lateral attached side-chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes with one carbon spacer. Macromolecules, 33, 8983-8991, 2000.

Before 2000

222. Jason J. Ge, Paul S. Honigfort, Rong-Ming Ho, Shy-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures, transition behaviors and surface alignment in polymers containing rigid rod-like backbones with flexible side chains. 3. The even-odd effect on phase transitions in combined liquid crystal polyesters. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 200, 31-43, 1999.
221. Frank W. Harris, Fuming Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Novel organo-soluble fluorinated polyimides for optical, microelectronic and fiber applications. In “Fluoropolymers: Synthesis and Properties”, Vol. 2, Properties, Plenum Publishing, pp. 351-370, 1999.
220. Lei Zhu, Fang-Chyou Chiu, Qiang Fu, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Physical constants of poly(ethylene). In Polymer Handbook, J. Brandrup, E. H. Immergut and Eric Grullce Eds., John Wiley & Son, V9 – V19, 1999.
219. Feng Bai, Fuming Li, Bret H. Calhoun, Roderic P. Quirk and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Physical constants of poly(Propylene). In Polymer Handbook, J. Brandrup, E. H. Immergut and Eric Grullce Eds., John Wiley & Son, V21- V30, 1999.
218. Christopher Y. Li, Donghang Yan, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Feng Bai, Tianbai He, Lang-Chy Chien, Frank W. Harris and Bernard Lotz, Double-twisted helical lamellar crystals in a synthetic main-chain chiral polyester similar to biological polymers. Macromolecules, 32, 524-527, 1999.
217. Fuming Li, Liyan Huang, Yi Shi, Xigao Jin, Zongquan Wu, Zhihao Shen, Cathy Chung, Richard E. Lyon, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal degradation mechanism and thermal mechanical properties of two high-performance aromatic polyimide fibers. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B38, 107-122, 1999.
216. Erqiang Chen, Seung-Wook Lee, Anqiu Zhang, Bong-Suk Moon, Paul S. Honigfort, Ian Mann, Hsein-Ming Lin, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Fengjji Yeh, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 6.Configurational defects in molecules. Polymer, 40, 4543-4551, 1999.
215. Yoan Kim, Mingming Guo, Lei Zhu, Doyun Kim, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Transimidization in thermoplastic polyimides. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 17, 171-184, 1999.
214. Fuming Li, Shane Fang, Jason J. Ge, Paul S. Honigfort, Chi-Chian Chen, Frank W. Harris, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Diamine architecture effects on glass transitions, relaxation processes and other material properties in organo-soluble aromatic polyimide films. Polymer, 40, 4571-4583, 1999.
213. Ruqing Zheng, Erqiang Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fengchao Xie, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Virgil Percec, Peihwei Chu and Goran Ungar, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 6. Structure changes from smectic to columnar phases in a series of copolyethers containing odd and even numbers of methylene units in equal molar composition. Macromolecules, 32, 3574-3582, 1999.
212. Fuming Li, Jason J. Ge, Paul S. Honigfort, Shane Feng, Jyh-Chien Chen, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Dianhydride architectural effects on the relaxation behaviors and thermal and optical properties of organo-soluble aromatic polyimide films. Polymer, 40, 4987-5002, 1999.
211. Liyan Huang, Yi Shi, Xigao Jin, Zongquian Wu, Fuming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal degradation of organo-soluble polyimides. Science in China Series B-Chemistry, 42, 316-325, 1999.
210. Feng Bai, Liang-Chy Chien, Christopher Y. Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Rolfe Petschek, Synthesis and characterization of isoregic chiral smectic polyesters. Chemistry of Materials, 11, 1666-1671, 1999.
209. Darrin Pochan, Eric K. Lin, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Wen-Li Wu, Thermal expansion and glass transition behavior of the polymer films with and without a free surface via neutron reflectometry. MRS Meeting Proceeding, Dynamics in Small Confining Systems IV, Editors: J. M. Drake, G. S. Grest, J. Klafter, R. Kopelman, Vol. 543, 543-547, 1999.
208. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Lei Zhu, Christopher Y. Li, Paul S. Honigfort and Andrew Keller, Size effect of metastable states on semicrystalline polymer structures and morphologies. Thermochemica Acta, 332, 105-113, 1999.
207. Simon Chi Man Kwan, Chi Wu, Fuming Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Laser light-scattering studies of soluble high performance fluorine-containing polyimides. Polymer Engineering and Science, 39, 586-593, 1999.
206. Liyan Huang, Yi Shi, Xigao Jin, Zongquian Wu, Fuming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal degradation of poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) and poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole). Acta Polymerica Sinica, (3) 338-345, 1999.
205. Er-Qiang Chen, Gi Xue, Shi Jin, Seung-Wook Lee, Ian K. Mann, Bon-Suk Moon, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Defect orientation on the chain folded surfaces of two-arm poly(ethylene oxide) lamellar crystals. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 20, 431-434, 1999.
204. Kevin W. McCreight, Jason J. Ge, Mingming Guo, Ian K. Mann, Fuming Li, Zhihao Shen, Xiaoming Jin, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures and transition behaviors in polymers containing rigid rod like backbones with flexible side chains. 4. Methylene side-chain effects on structure and molecular motion in a series of polyimides. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 37, 1633-1646, 1999.
203. Lei Zhu, Yan Chen, Anqiu Zhang, Bret H. Calhoun, Moonseok Chun, Roderic P. Quirk, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh and Takaji Hashimoto, Phase structures and morphologies determined by competitions among self-organization, crystallization, and vitrification in a disordered poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene diblock copolymer. Physical Review B, 60, 10022-10031, 1999.
202. Jinlong Cheng, Wei Chen, Ricardo Pardey, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, and Bernhard Wunderlich, A solid-state 13C-NMR study of the mesophases of PEIM-9 (poly(4,4¢-phthaloimidobenzoylnonamethylene-oxyxarbonyl)). Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 10, 501-512, 1999.
201. Ruqing Zheng, Erqiang Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fengchao Xie, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He, Virgil Percec, Peihwei Chu and Goran Ungar, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 7. Phase structures in a series of copolyethers containing odd and even numbers of methylene units at different compositions. Macromolecules, 32, 6981-6988, 1999.
200. Christopher Y. Li, Donghang Yan, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Feng Bai, Jason J. Ge, Bret H. Calhoun, Tianbai He, Lang-Chy Chien, Frank W. Harris and Bernard Lotz, Helical single-lamellar crystals thermotropically formedin a synthetic non racemic chiral main-chain polyester. Physical Review B, 60, 12675-12680, 1999.
199. Erqiang Chen, Seung-Wook Lee, Anqiu Zhang, Bong-Suk Moon, Ian Mann, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Fengjji Yeh, Ernst D. von Meerwall and David T. Grubb, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 8. Molecular shape dependence on crystallization, melting and annealing. Macromolecules, 32, 4784-4793, 1999.
198. Christopher Y. Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jason J. Ge, Feng Bai, John Z. Zhang, Frank W. Harris, Lang-Chy Chien, Donghang Yan, Tianbai He and Bernard Lotz, Double twist in helical polymer “soft” crystals (featured by Physical Forces of APS). Physical Review Letter, 83, 4558-4561, 1999.
197. Susheng Tan, Aihua Su, Jun Luo, Enle Zhou and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Effect of physical aging on the microstructure and the crystallization of amorphous poly(aryl ether ether ketone ketone) (PEEKK). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 200, 2487-2493, 1999.
196. Shanjin Li, Bin-Lin Hsu, Fuming Li, Christopher Y. Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A study of polyimide thermoplastics used as tougheners in epoxy resins: Structure, property and solubility relationships. Thermochimica Acta, 340-341, 221-229, 1999.
195. Mark E. Leland, Zongquan Wu, Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Hans R. Kricheldorf, Phase transitions involving molecular reorientation in a series of copoly(ester imide)s. Macromolecules, 31, 22-29, 1998.
194. Yen Wei, Danliang Jin, Tianzhong Ding, Wei-Heng Shih, Qinghua Liu, Stephen Z.D. Cheng and Qiang Fu, A non-surfactant templating route to mesoporous silica materials. Advanced Materials, 3, 313-315, 1998.
193. Virgil Percec, D. Schlueter, G. Ungar, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Anqiu Zhang, Hierarchical control of internal superstructure, diameter, and stability of supramolecular and macromolecular columns generated from tapered monodendritic building blocks. Macromolecules, 31, 1745-1762, 1998.
192. Qiang Fu, Bryan P. Livengood, Ching-Chang Shen, Fu-le Lin, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Fengji Yeh, Crystallization and phase behaviors in nylon 6/aromatic polyimide triblock copolymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 199, 1107-1118, 1998.
191. Coleen Pugh, J. Shao, Jason J. Ge and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Correlation of model compounds and laterally attached side-chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes with an 11-carbon spacer. Macromolecules, 31, 1779-1790, 1998.
190. Andrew Keller and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The role of metastability in polymer phase transitions. Polymer, 39, 4461-4487, 1998.
189. H. Yim, Mark D. Foster, Kevin W. McCreight, Xiaoming Jin, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Structural study of monolayers of alkyl side chain substituted polyimides. Polymer, 39, 4675-4678, 1998.
188. Sheng-Hsien Lin, Fuming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Organo-soluble polyimides: Synthesis and polymerization of 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′,5,5′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride. Macromolecules, 31, 2080-2086, 1998.
187. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Andrew Keller, The role of metastable states in polymer phase transitions: Concepts, principles and experimental observations. Annual Review of Materials Science, 28, 533-562, 1998.
186. Shan Ju Zhang, Decai Yang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng X. B. Zhang, Zong-Wen Wu and R. Yosomiya, Novel poly(aryl ether ketone)s exhibiting liquid crystallinity. Acta Polymerica, 49, 198-200, 1998.
185. Jason J. Ge, Anqiu Zhang, Kevin W. McCreight, Shy-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures, transition behaviors, and surface alignment in polymers containing a rigid rod like backbone with flexible side chains. 2. Phase transformation kinetics in a main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polyester. Macromolecules, 31, 4093-4101, 1998.
184. Virgil Percec, C.-H. Ahn, W.-D. Cho, Alex M. Jamisson, J. Kim, T. Leman, M. Schmidt, M. Gerle, Martin Moller, S. A. Prokhorova, S. S. Sheiko, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang, G. Ungar and D. J. P. Yeardley, Visualizable cylindrical macromolecules with controlled stiffness from backbones containing libraries of self-assembling dendritic side groups. Journal of American Chemistry Society, 120, 8619-8631, 1998.
183. Coleen Pugh, Jin-Young Bae, Jayesh Dharia, Jason J. Ge and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Induction of smectic layering in nematic liquid crystals using immiscible components. 2. Laterally attached side-chain liquid crystalline poly(norbornene)s and their low-molecular-mass analogous with hydrocarbon/oligodimethyl-siloxane dubstituents. Macromolecules, 31, 5188-5200, 1998.
182. Jason J. Ge, Gi Xue, Fuming Li, Kevin W. McCreight, Shy-Yeu Wang, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Y. R. Shen and Xiaowei Zhuang, Surface studies of polyimide thin films via surface-enhanced Raman scattering and second harmonic generation. Macromolecular RapidCommunication, 19, 619-623, 1998.
181. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fuming Li, Edward P. Savitski and Frank W. Harris, Molecular design of aromatic polyimide films as uniaxial negative birefringent optical compensators in liquid crystalline displays. Trends in Polymer Science, 5, 51-58, 1997.
180. Qiang Fu, Fang-Chyou Chiu, Kevin W. McCreight, Mingming Guo, Wen W. Tseng, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Mimi Y. Keating, Eric T. Hsieh and Paul J. Deshauviers, Effects of phase-separated melt on crystallization behavior and morphology in short chain branched metallocene polyethylenes. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B36, 41-60, 1997.
179. Fuming Li, Kye-Hyun Kim, Edward P. Savitski, Jyh-Chien Chen, Yeocheol Yoon, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Linear optical anisotropy of aromatic polyimide films and its applications as negative birefringence compensators in liquid crystal displays. In “Photonic and Optoelectronic Polymers”, ACS Symposium Series,Vol. 672, pp. 1-14, 1997.
178. Rong-Ming Ho, Yeocheol Yoon, Mark Leland, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 4. Phase structures and order evolution in TPP(n=12) thin film. Macromolecules, 30, 3349-3353, 1997.
177. Fuming Li, Kye-Hyum Kim, Edward P. Savitski, Jyh-Chien Chen, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular weight and film thickness effects on linear optical anisotropy of 6FDA-PFMB polyimides. Polymer, 38, 3223-3227, 1997.
176. Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Fuming Li, Mark Leland, Jae-Young Park, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peihwei Chu, Existence of highly ordered smectic structures in a series of main-chain liquid-crystalline polyethers. Progresses in Polymer Science, 22, 765-794, 1997.
175. Weihan Li, Zongquan Wu, Mark E. Leland, Jae-Young Park, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, High performance aromatic polyimide fibers. 6. Structure and morphology changes in compressed BPDA-DMB fibers. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B36, 315-333, 1997.
174. Hyun Yim, Hong Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Mark D. Foster, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Ultrathin polyimide films from preformed polymers. Langmuir, 13, 3202-3205, 1997.
173. Jinglong Cheng, Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Mark Leland, Mingming Guo, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 5. Solid state 13C NMR characterization of motion and conformations of methylene and mesogen groups in different mesophases of TPP(n=12 and 15). Macromolecules, 30, 4688-4694, 1997.
172. Qiang Fu, Bryan P. Livengood, Ching-Chang Shen, Fu-le Lin, Weihan Li, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Benjamin S. Hisao, Solvent induced phase separation in a nylon 6-b-polyimide-b-nylon 6 triblock copolymer. Journal of Polymer Research, 4, 1-7, 1997.
171. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fuming Li and Andrew Keller, Metastability and critical phenomenon in polymer phase transition behavior. In “Polymers and Organic Solids”, Lianghe Shi and Daoben Zhu Eds. pp. 1-24, 1997.
170. Rong-Ming Ho, Paul Honigfort, Hsien-Ming Lin, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal morphological observation in thin films of poly(aryl ether ketone ketone) having a meta-linkage. Polymer, 38, 5051-5058, 1997.
169. Fang-Chyou Chiu, Qiang Fu, Mark Leland, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Eric T. Hsieh, Chung C. Tso and Benjamin S. Hsiao, Melt crystallization and crystal morphology of two low molecular weight linear polyethylene fractions. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B36, 553-567, 1997.
168. Hans R. Kricheldorf, Volker Linzer, Mark Leland and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Layer structures 5. Influence of the spacer length on the smectic phase of poly(esterimide)s derived from a,w-alkane bis(trimellitimides) and 4,4¢-dihydroxybiphenyl. Macromolecules, 30, 4828-4836, 1997.
167. Frank W. Harris, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiro Shibata and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Organo-soluble polyimides: Synthesis and characterization of polyimides containing phenylated p-biphenyl and p-terphenyl units. High Performance Polymers, 9, 251-261, 1997.
166. Mark Leland, Zongquan Wu, Mukesh Chhajer, Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Andrew Keller and Hans R. Kricheldorf, Anomalous orientation behavior in a series of copoly(ester imide)s observed by wide-Angle x-ray diffraction. Macromolecules, 30, 5249-5254, 1997.
165. Simon Chi Man Kwan, Chi Wu, Fuming Li, Edward P. Savitski, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D.Cheng, Laser light scattering studies of soluble high performance fluorine-containing polyimides synthesized from 2,2¢-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)-hexafluoropropane dianhydride and 2,2¢-(trifuoromethyl)-4,4¢-bihexyldiamine. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 198, 3605-3614, 1997.
164. Eric T. Hsich, Chung C. Tso, Jim D. Byers, Timothy W. Johnson, Qiang Fu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Inter-molecular structural homogeneity of metallocene polyethylene copolymers. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, B36, 615-628, 1997.
163. Jason J. Ge, Anqiu Zhang, Kevin W. McCreight, Rong-Ming Ho, Shy-Yeu Wang, Xiaoming Jin, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structures, transition behaviors, and surface alignment in polymers containing rigid-rod like backbones with flexible side chains. 1. Monotropic phase behavior in a main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polyester. Macromolecules, 30, 6498-6506, 1997.
162. Edward P. Savitski, Fuming Li, Sheng-Hsien Lin, Kevin W. McCreight, William Wu, Elaine Hsieh, Roland F. Rapold, Mark E. Leland, Donald MacIntyre, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Simon Chi Man Kwan and Chi Wu, Investigation of the solution behavior in organo soluble aromatic polyimides. International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, 4, 153-172, 1997.
161. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Fuming Li, The role of metastability and critical phenomenon in polymer phases and phase transition behaviors. In “Frontier of Polymer Researches in Oversea Chinese Scientists”, Tianbai He and Hanjie Wu Eds. pp. 51-69 (in Chinese) 1997.
160. Frank W. Harris, Fuming Li, Sheng-Hsien Lin, Jyh-Chien Chen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, New organo-soluble polyimides for optical, microelectronic and fiber applications. Macromolecular Symposium, 122, 33-38, 1997.
159. Frank W. Harris, Bryan P. Livengood, Hong Ding, Fu-Le Lin and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Mechanical reinforcement and thermal transition behaviors in nylon 6-b-polyimide-b-nylon 6 triblock copolymers. Thermochemica Acta, 272, 157-169, 1996.
158. Yeocheol Yoon, An-Qiu Zhang, Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 1. Phase diagrams of odd-numbered polyethers. Macromolecules, 29, 294-305, 1996.
157. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Rong-Ming Ho, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Polymorphism and crystal structure identification in poly(aryl ether ketone ketone)s. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 197, 185-213, 1996.
156. Benjamin S. Hsiao, John A. Kreuz and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystalline homopolyimides and copolyimidesderived from 3,3¢-4,4¢-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride/1,3-bis(4-aminophenoxy) benzene/1,12-Dodecanediamine. 2. Crystallization, melting, and morphology. Macromolecules, 29, 135-142, 1996.
155. Zongquan Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Dexing Shen, Mark Leland, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The crystal dtructures and thermal shrinkage properties of aromatic polyimide fibers. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 42, 719-732, 1996.
154. Young Ho Kim, Bong Seok Moon, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polymerization, structure and thermal properties of ODPA-DMB polyimide fibers. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 46, 921-934, 1996.
153. Jiang Liu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Phillip H. Geil, Morphology and crystal structure in single crystals of poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) prepared by melt polymerization. Polymer, 37, 1413-1430, 1996.
152. Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Bong-Seok Moon, Doyun Kim, Kevin W. McCreight, Fuming Li, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Mesophase identifications in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures 2. Phase diagrams of even-numbered polyethers. Macromolecules, 29, 3421-3431, 1996.
151. Zongquan Wu, Yeocheol Yoon, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Kathy C. Chuang, The study of thermal and thermo-oxidative stability of high performance polymer fibers. Proceeding of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 54, 3038-3041, 1996.
150. Weihan Li, Zongquan Wu, Hao Jiang, Mark Eashoo, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, High-performance aromatic polyimide fibers. 5. Compressive properties of BPDA-DMB fiber. Journal of Material Science, 31, 4423-4431, 1996.
149. Thien Kyu, Jen-Chang Yang, Chungsea Shen, Mazidah Mustafa, Cohul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Miscibility, structure and property of poly(biphenyl dianhydride perfluoromethyl benzidine)/poly(ether imide) molecular composites. In “Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Systems Technological Advances”, ACS Symposium Series,Vol. 632, pp. 39-53,1996.
148. Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Edward P. Savitski, Fuming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Identifications of the Liquid crystalline phases and phase transformations in a series of polyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. In “Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Systems Technological Advances”, ACS Symposium Book Series,Vol. 632, pp. 358-371, 1996.
147. Rong-Ming Ho, Yeocheol Yoon, Mark Leland, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Dengke Yang, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Phase identification in a series of liquid crystalline TPP polyethers and copolyethers having highly ordered mesophase structures. 3. Thin film surface-induced ordering structure and morphology on TPP(n=7). Macromolecules, 29, 4528-4535,1996.
146. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Rong-Ming Ho and Benjamin S. Hsiao, Poly(aryl ether ketone)s and copolymers: Synthesis, structure, morphology and properties. in Polymer Materials Encyclopedia, CRC Press: New York; Vol. 7, pp. 5533-5544, 1996.
145. Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Fuming Li, Bong-Seok Moon, Jae-Young Park, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Virgil Percec and Peiwei Chu, Thermodynamic transition properties of highly ordered smectic phases in a series of main-chain liquid crystalline polyethers. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 47, 957-973, 1996.
144. Frank W. Harris, Sheng-Hsien Lin, Fuming Li and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Organo-soluble polyimides: Synthesis and polymerization of 2,2’-disubstituted-4,4¢,5,5¢-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydrides. Polymer, 37, 5049-5057, 1996.
143. Zhengzheng Bu, Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Wensheng Zhou, Ittipol Jangchud, R. K. Eby, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Eric T. Hsieh, Tim W. Johnson, Rolf G. Geerts, Syriac J. Palackal, Gil R. Hawley and M. Bruce Welch, Crystallization, melting, and morphology of syndiotactic polypropylene fractions. 3. Lamellar single crystals and chain folding. Macromolecules, 29, 6575-6581, 1996.
142. Young Ho Kim, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal structure and mechanical properties of ODPA-DMB polyimide fibers. Thermochimica Acta, 282/283, 411-423, 1996.
141. Fuming Li, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Polyimide films as negative birefringence compensators for normally white twisted nematic liquid crystal displays. Polymer, 37, 5321-5325, 1996.
140. Seung-Wook Lee, Erqiang Chen, Anqiu Zhang, Bong-Seok Moon, San-Kug Lee, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ernst D. von Meerwall, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Ravi Verma and Jerome Lando, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 5. Effect of chain defects. Macromolecules, 29, 8816-8823, 1996.
139. Masao Tomikawa, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Edward Galentier, Synthesis and photo-induced solution properties of new rigid-rod polyimides, Reactional and Functional Polymers, 30, 101-107, 1996.
138. Fuming Li, Kye-Hyum Kim, Joseph J. Kulig, Edward P. Savitski, William J. Brittain, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Steven F. Hubbard and Kenneth D. Singer, A high-temperature aromatic polyimide film displaying non-linear optical second-harmonic generation based on the approach of the poled guest-host system. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 5, 253-259, 1995.
137. Jonahira Rodriguez-Arnold, Zhengzheng Bu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal structure, morphology and phase transitions in syndiotactic polypropylene. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Review of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, C35, 117-154, 1995.
136. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Tammy M. Chalmers, Yi Gu, Yeocheol Yoon, Frank W. Harris, Jinlong Cheng, Matilda Fone and Jack L. Koenig, Relaxation processes and molecular motion in a new semicrystalline polyimide. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 196, 1439-1451, 1995.
135. Jianhua Chen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Scott S. Wu, Bernard Lotz and Jean-Claude Wittmann, Polymer decoration study in chain folding behavior of solution-grown poly(ethylene oxide) crystals. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 33, 1851-1855, 1995.
134. Tzong-Ming Wu, Sergei Chvalun, John Blackwell, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu and Frank W. Harris, X-ray analysis and molecular modeling of the structure of aromatic copolyimides. Polymer, 36, 2123-2131, 1995.
133. Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal morphology and phase identification in poly(aryl ether ketone)s and their copolymers. 3. Polymorphism in a polymer having alternating teraphthalic acid and isophthalic acid isomers. Macromolecules, 28, 1938-1945, 1995.
132. Jae-Young Park, Doyum Kim, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Phase structure, morphology and phase boundary diagram in an aromatic polyimide (BPDA-PFMB)/m-cresol system. Polymer International, 37, 207-214, 1995.
131. Tzong-Ming Wu, Sergei N. Chvalun, John Blackwell, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu and Frank W. Harris, Effect of draw ratio on the structure of aromatic copolyimide fibers having random monomer sequence. Acta Polymerica, 46, 261-266, 1995.
130. Fang-Chyou Chiu, Mimi Keating and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular segmental segregation Effect on the melting behavior and morphology of linear low density polyethylene. Proceeding of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 53, 1503-1507, 1995.
129. Bryan P. Livengood, Fu-le Lin, Chin-Chang Shen, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Mechanical and rheological properties of nylon 6/aromatic polyimide triblock copolymers as molecular composites. Proceeding of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 53, 3109-3113, 1995.
128. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Yeocheol Yoon, Anqiu Zhang, Edward P. Savitski, Jae-Young Park, Virgil Percec and Peihwei Chu, Mesophase involving highly ordered smectic phases in a polyether. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 16, 533-542, 1995.
127. Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal morphology and phase identification in poly(aryl ether ketone)s and their copolymers. 4. Morphological observations in PEKK with all p-phenylene linkages. Macromolecules, 28, 8855-8861, 1995.
126. Masao Tomikawa, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Edward Galentier, Photoreaction of soluble rigid-rod polyimides. Journal Photopolymer Science and Technology, 8,325-334, 1995.
125. Benjamin S. Hsiao, Rong-Ming Ho and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Time-resolved synchrotron X-ray study of crystalline phase transition in poly(aryl ether ketone ketone) containing alternated terephthalic/isophthalic moieties. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 33, 2439-2447, 1995.
124. Michael A. Yandrasits, Anqiu Zhang, Katie Bruno, Yeocheol Yoon, K. Shridhar, Yuhwey Chuang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Liquid crystalline poly(enamine ketone)s formed through hydrogen bonding. Polymer International, 33, 71-77, 1994.
123. Frank W. Harris, Hsun-Shen Lien, Patricia A. Gabori, Yiding Zhang, Tammy M. Chalmers, Anqiu Zhang, Dexing Shen and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A new semicrystalline, thermoplastic polyimide for carbon fiber-reinforced composites. Composite Structures, 27, 17-23, 1994.
122. Jonahira Rodriguez-Arnold, Anqiu Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Andrew J. Lovinger, Eric T. Hsieh, Peter Chu, Tim W. Johnson, Kevin G. Honnell, Rolf G. Geerts, S. J. Palackal, Gil R. Hawley and M. Bruce Welch, Crystallization, melting and morphology of syndiotactic polypropylene fractions. 1. Thermodynamic properties, overall crystallization and melting. Polymer, 35, 1884-1895, 1994.
121. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Dexing Shen, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimide films. Effect of orientation. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4, 105-111, 1994.
120. Jiang Liu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Frank W. Harris, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal structure, morphology and phase transitions in aromatic polyimide oligomers. 1. Poly(4,4′-oxydiphenylene pyromellitimide). Macromolecules, 27, 989-996, 1994.
119. Thein Kyu, Jen-Chang Yang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Steven L.-C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, Structure evolution and kinetics of thermoreversible gelation in a rigid-rod polyimide/m-cresol system. Macromolecules, 27, 1861-1868, 1994.
118. Mark Eashoo, Zongquan Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Dexing Shen, Cecilia Tse, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Kenncorwin H. Gardner and Benjamin S. Hsiao, High performance aromatic polyimide fibers. 3. A polyimide synthesized from 3,3′,4,4′-Biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and 2,2’-dimethyl-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 195, 2207-2225, 1994.
117. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Dexing Shen, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimide films: Anisotropic structure and properties. Proceeding of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 52, 2124-2129, 1994.
116. Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal morphology and phase identification in poly(aryl ether ketone)s and their copolymers. 1. Polymorphism in PEKK. Macromolecules, 27, 2136-2140, 1994.
115. Virgil Percec, Peiwei Chu, Goran Ungar, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Yeocheol Yoon, Liquid-crystalline polyethers based on conformational isomerism, thermotropic polyethers based on a mesogenic group containing rigid and flexible units: 1-(4′-hydroxybiphenyl-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4, 719-727, 1994.
114. Bryan P. Livengood, Tammy M. Chalmers, Yi Gu, Yi-Ding Zhang, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, A new high-performance thermoplastic polyimide and its fiber-reinforced composites. Thermochemica Acta, 243, 115-127, 1994.
113. Ricardo Pardey, Scott S. Wu, Jianhua Chen, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Andrew Keller, Jerry Aducci, John V. Facinelli and Robert W. Lenz, Liquid crystalline transition and crystallization kinetics in poly(ester imide)s. Macromolecules, 27, 5794-5802, 1994.
112. Jiang Liu, Doyun Kim, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal structure, morphology and phase transitions in aromatic polyimide oligomers. 2. Poly(1,4-phenylene-oxy-1,4-phenylene-oxy-1,4-phenylene pyromellitimide). Polymer, 35, 4048-4056, 1994.
111. Dexing Shen, Zongquan Wu, Jiang Liu, Lixiao Wang, Songkug Lee, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, John Blackwell, Tzongming Wu and Sergei Chvalum, High-performance aromatic polyimide fibers. 4. A copolymer fiber containing BPDA/OTOL/PPD (100/70/30). Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2, 149-157, 1994.
110. Steven F. Hubbard, Kenneth D. Singer, Fuming Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Nonlinear optical studies of a fluorinated poled polyimide guest-host system. Applied Physics Letter, 65(3), 265-267, 1994.
109. Benjamin S. Hsiao, Kenncorwin H. Gardner and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystallization of poly(aryl ether ketone ketone) copolymer containing terephthalate/isophthalate moieties. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 32, 2585-2594, 1994.
108. Jiang Liu, Doyun Kim, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystal structure, morphology, and phase transitions in aromatic polyimide oligomers. 3. Poly(1,4-phenyleneoxy-1,3-phenylene-pyromellitimide). Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 32, 2705-2713, 1994.
107. Rong-Ming Ho, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Howard P. Fisher, Ronold K. Eby, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Kenncorwin H. Gardner, Crystal morphology and phase identification in poly(aryl ether ketone)s and their copolymers. 2. Poly(oxy-1,4-phenylenecarbonyl-1,3-phenylenecabonyl-1,4-phenylene). Macromolecules, 27, 5787-5793, 1994.
106. Frank W. Harris, Kathy C. Chuang, Shell Ann X. Huang, James J. Janimak and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Aromatic poly(pyidinium Salt)s: Synthesis and structure of organo-soluble, rigid-rod poly(pyridinium tetrafluoroborate)s. Polymer, 35, 4940-4948, 1994.
105. Jonahira Rodriguez-Arnold, Zhengzheng Bu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Eric T. Hsieh, Tim W. Johnson, Rolf G. Geerts, S. J. Palackal, Gil R. Hawley and M. Bruce Welch, Crystallization, melting and morphology of syndiotactic polypropylene fractions. 2. Linear crystal growth rates and crystal morphology. Polymer, 35, 5194-5201, 1994.
104. Michael A. Yandrasits, Jianhua Chen, Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Virgil Percec, Crystallization behavior of polyethers containing odd Numbers of methylene spacers from the isotropic and liquid crystalline states. Polymer for Advanced Technologies, 5, 775-784, 1994.
103. Yiming Jin, Jinlong Cheng, Bernhard Wunderlich, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Michael A. Yandrasits, Thermodynamic functions of thermotropic polyethers based on the flexible mesogen 1-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-2-(2-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane. Polymer for Advanced Technologies, 5, 785-795, 1994.
102. Tammy M. Chalmers, Anqiu Zhang, Dexing Shen, Shawn H.-S. Lien, Chung C. Tso, Patricia A. Gabori, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal properties of a tough, new semicrystalline polyimide. Polymer International, 31, 261-268, 1993.
101. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Dexing Shen, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Harward W. Starkweather, Jr., Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimide films. 3. Effect of copolymer composition on thermal expansivity and on relaxation processes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 3, 183-190, 1993.
100. Ronald L. Johnson and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Kinetics of mesophase transitions in thermotropic copolyesters. 5. A copolyester containing TPA/PHQ/HBA. Macromolecules, 26, 94-101, 1993.
99. Mark Eashoo, Dexing Shen, Zongquan Wu, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, High-performance aromatic polyimide fibers. 2. Thermal mechanical and dynamic properties. Polymer, 34, 3209-3215, 1993.
98. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak and Jonahira Rodriguez, Crystalline structure of polypropylene homo- and copolymers. In “Polypropylene: Structure, Blends and Composites”, Vol. 1, J. Karger-Kocsis Ed., Chapmen & Hall, London, UK, pp. 31-55, 1993.
97. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal dynamic relaxation and enthalpy distribution of an aromatic polyimide film: 6FDA-PFMB. Thermochemica Acta, 226, 15-25, 1993.
96. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen, Scott S. Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Michael A. Yandrasits, Qizhuo Zhuo, Roderic P. Quirk, Anton Habenschuss and Paul R. Zschack, Nonintegral and integral folding crystal growth in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. In “Crystallization of Polymers“, M. Dosiere Ed., NATO Series-C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 405, pp. 51-62, 1993.
95. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Dexing Shen, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Suk-Fai Lau, Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimide films. 4. Anisotropic structure and properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 3, 353-360, 1993.
94. Ricardo Pardey, Dexing Shen, Patricia A. Gabori, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jerry Adduci, John V. Facinelli and Robert W. Lenz, Ordered structures in a series of liquid crystalline poly(ester Imides). Macromolecules, 26, 3687-3697, 1993.
93. Jianhua Chen, Anqiu Zhang, Michael A. Yandrasits, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Virgil Percec, Crystal structure and mesophase morphology of MBPE polyethers containing odd-numbered methylene spacers. Die Makromolekulare Chemie, 194, 3135-3148, 1993.
92. Frank W. Harris, Byung H. Ahn and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Synthesis of polybenzimidazoles via aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions of self-polymerizable (A-B) monomers. Polymer, 34, 3083-3095, 1993.
91. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Scott S. Wu, Jianhua Chen, Qizhuo Zhuo, Roderic P. Quirk, Ernst D. von Meerwall, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Anton Habenschuss and Paul R. Zschack, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 4. End group dependence. Macromolecules, 26, 5105-5117, 1993.
90. Frank W. Harris, Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Mark Eashoo, Steven L.-C. Hsu, Chul Joo Lee, Dexing Shen, Anqiu Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fluorine containing high-performance polyimides: synthesis, properties and applications. Proceeding of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 51, 1318-1320, 1993.
89. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Fuming Li and Frank W. Harris, Recent advances in aromatic polyimide films for microelectronic and optical applications. Trends in Polymer Science, 1, 243-247, 1993.
88. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen, Jeffrey S. Barley, Anqiu Zhang, Anton Habenschuss and Paul R. Zschack, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. 3. Molecular weight dependence. Macromolecules, 25, 1453-1460, 1992.
87. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Martin L. Mittleman, James J. Janimak, Dexing Shen, Tammy M. Chalmers, Shawn Hsun-Shan Lien, Chung C. Tso, Patricia A. Gabori and Frank W. Harris, Crystal structure, crystallization kinetics and morphology of a new polyimide. Polymer International, 29, 201-208, 1992.
86. Michael A. Yandrasits, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang, Jinlong Cheng, Bernhard Wunderlich and Virgil Percec, Mesophase behavior in thermotropic polyethers based on the semiflexible mesogen, 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(2-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane. Macromolecules, 25, 2112-2121, 1992.
85. Tomohiro Fukai, Jen-Chang Yang, Thein Kyu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Sung-Koo Lee, Steven L.-C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, Miscibility studies of polyimide/poly(ether imide) molecular composites. Polymer, 33, 3621-3626, 1992.
84. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Steven L. C. Hsu, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris and Suk-Fai Lau, Organo-soluble, segmented rigid-rod polyimide films. Properties for microelectronic applications. Polymer, 33, 5179-5185, 1992.
83. Jinlong Cheng, Yiming Jin, Bernhard Wunderlich, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Michael A. Yandrasits, Anqiu Zhang and Virgil Percec, Solid state 13C NMR studies of molecular motion in MBPE-9 and MBPE-5. Macromolecules, 25, 5991-5999, 1992.
82. Sung-Koo Lee, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris, Thein Kyu and Jen- Chang Yang, Molecular weight and concentration effects on gel/sol transitions in a segmented rigid-rid polyimide solution. Polymer International, 30, 115-122, 1992.
81. Virgil Percec, M. Zuber, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Anqiu Zhang, Liquid-crystalline polyethers based on conformational isomerism. 22. Hexagonal columnar mesophase in polyethers and copolyethers based on 1,4-bis[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl] benzene 1,2-bis(4-hydroxy-phenyl) ethane and 1,9-dibromononane. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2, 407-414, 1992.
80. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Thermomechanical analysis of a segmented rigid-rod polyimide film. Thermochemica Acta, 212, 189-195, 1992.
79. Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Katie R. Bruno, Dexing Shen, Mark Eashoo, Chul Joo Lee, Frank W. Harris and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The origin of b relaxations in segmented rigid-rod polyimide and copolyimide films. Polymer Engineering and Science, 33, 1373-1380, 1992.
78. Ricardo Pardey, Anqiu Zhang, Patricia A. Gabori, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jerry Adduci, John V. Facinelli and Robert W. Lenz, Monotropic liquid crystal behavior in two poly(ester imides) with even and odd flexible spacers. Macromolecules, 25, 5060-5068, 1992.
77. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Jianhua Chen, Nonintegral and Integral folding crystal growth in low molecular mass poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. 3. Linear crystal growth rates and crystal morphology. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 29, 311-327, 1991.
76. Bobby G. Sumpter, Donald W. Noid, Bernhard Wunderlich and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Computer simulations of structural and dynamical properties of polymers in the solid state. Prentice Hall Advanced Reference Series, Polymer Science and Engineering, R. J. Roe Ed., pp. 311-330, 1990.
75. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, Anqiu Zhang and Eric T. Hsieh, Isotacticity effect on crystallization and melting in polypropylene fractions. 1. Crystalline structure and thermodynamic property changes. Polymer, 32, 648-655, 1991.
74. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ronald L. Johnson, Zongquan Wu and Hak Hung Wu, Kinetics of mesophase transitions in thermotropic copolyesters. 4. Pendant side group effect. Macromolecules, 24, 150-157, 1991.
73. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Michael A. Yandrasits and Virgil Percec, Phase behavior in a thermotropic polyether involving rod-like mesogenic groups based on conformational isomerism. Polymer, 32, 1284-1292, 1991.
72. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Daniel P. Heberer, James J. Janimak, Shawn H.-S. Lien, and Frank W. Harris, Structure and thermal history dependent enthalpy relaxation at the glass transition of semicrystalline polyimides. Polymer, 32, 2053-2059, 1991.
71. James J. Janimak, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Paul A. Giusti and Eric T. Hsieh, Isotacticity effect on crystallization and melting in polypropylene fractions. 2. Linear crystal growth rate and morphology study. Macromolecules, 24, 2253-2260, 1991.
70. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Sung-Koo Lee, Jeffrey S. Barley, Steven L. C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, Gel/sol and liquid-crystalline transitions in solution of a rigid-rod polyimide. Macromolecules, 24, 1883-1889, 1991.
69. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu, Mark Eashoo, Steven L. C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, A high-performance aromatic polyimide fiber. 1. Structure, properties and mechanical-history dependence. Polymer, 32, 1803-1810, 1991.
68. Daniel P. Heberer, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jeffrey S. Barley, Shawn H.-S. Lien, Robert G. Bryant and Frank W. Harris, Crystallization and morphology of semicrystalline polyimide. Macromolecules, 24, 1890-1898, 1991.
67. James J. Janimak, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang and Eric T. Hsieh, Isotacticity effect on crystallization and melting in polypropylene fractions. 3. Overall crystallization and melting behavior. Polymer, 33, 728-735, 1992.
66. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu, Mark Eashoo, Steven L. C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, High modulus polymers. Polymer News, 16, 49-50, 1991.
65. James J. Janimak and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystallization studies in isotactic polypropylene fractions. Journal of Polymer Engineering, 10, 21-69, 1991.
64. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Frank W. Harris, Polyimide fibers, aromatic. International Encyclopedia of Composites, VCH Publishers, Vol. 6, pp. 293-309, New York, 1991.
63. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang, Jeffrey S. Barley, Jianhua Chen, Anton Habenschuss and Paul R. Zschack, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. 1. From nonintegral-folding to integral-folding chain crystal transitions. Macromolecules, 24, 3937-3944, 1991.
62. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen, Anqiu Zhang, Jeffrey S. Barley, Anton Habenschuss and Paul R. Zschack, Isothermal thickening and thinning processes in low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions crystallized from the melt. 2. Crystals involving more than one fold. Polymer, 33, 1140-1149, 1992.
61. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen and Daniel P. Heberer, Extended chain crystal growth of low molecular mass poly(ethylene oxide) and a,w-methoxy-poly(ethylene oxide) fractions near their melting temperatures. Polymer, 33, 1429-1436, 1992.
60. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Anqiu Zhang, Steven L. C. Hsu and Frank W. Harris, Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimide films. 1. Structure formation. Macromolecules,24, 5856-5862, 1991.
59. David M. Bodily, Theodore Davidson, Michael Jaffe, R. Bruce Prime, George Czornyj, Umesh Gaur, Suk Fai Lau and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Dr. Bernhard Wunderlich: An innovative educator and pioneer in the physical chemistry of polymers. Polymer Engineering and Science, 32(17), 1177-1187, 1992.
58. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Xiaoxin Wu, Anqiu Zhang and Michael A. Meador, Thermal properties, phase transitions, and morphology of a conjugated polymer. Polymer Engineering and Science, 32(17), 1325-1332, 1992.
57. Frank W. Harris, Steven L. C. Hsu, Chul Joo Lee, Fred E. Arnold, Jr. and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Organo-soluble segmented rigid-rod polyimides: synthesis and properties. MRS Meeting Proceeding, High Temperature Polymers in Microelectronics, Vol. 227, 3-9, 1991.
56. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Fred E. Arnold, Jr., Sung-Koo Lee, Mark Eashoo, Steven L. C. Hsu, Chul Joo Lee and Frank W. Harris, Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polyimides: Gel/sol and liquid crystalline transitions, fibers and films. MRS Meeting Proceeding, High Temperature Polymers in Microelectronics, Vol. 227, 137-145, 1991.
55. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen, Anqiu Zhang and Daniel P. Heberer, Nonintegral and integral folding crystal growth in low-molecular-mass poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. 2. End group effect: a.w-methoxy-poly(ethylene oxide). Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 29, 299-310, 1991.
54. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thein Kyu and Frank W. Harris, Structure formation of semicrystalline polyimides and related molecular composites. Proceeding of Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 48, 484-486, 1990.
53. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Daniel P. Heberer, H.-S. Lien and Frank W. Harris, Glass transitions and crystal melting in semicrystalline polyimides. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 28, 655-674, 1990.
52. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jianhua Chen and James J. Janimak, Crystal growth of intermediate-molecular-mass poly(ethylene oxide) fractions from the melt. Polymer, 31, 1018-1024, 1990.
51. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jeffrey S. Barley and Paul A Giusti, Spherulite formation in poly(ethylene oxide) mixtures. Polymer, 31, 845-849, 1990.
50. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, Anqiu Zhang and H. N. Cheng, Regime transitions in fractions of isotactic polypropylene. Macromolecules, 23, 298-303, 1990.
49. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, Tim M. Lipinski, K. Shridhar, Xiaoyan Huang and Frank W. Harris, Liquid-crystalline poly(azomethine)s: Structural formation kinetics. Polymer, 31, 1122-1129, 1990.
48. James J. Janimak and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Crystallization behavior of low molecular mass isotactic polypropylene fractions. Polymer Bulletin, 22, 95-101, 1989.
47. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang, Ronald L. Johnson, Zongquan Wu and Hak Hung Wu, Kinetics of mesophase transitions in thermotropic copolyesters. Poly[(phenyl-p-phenylene terephthalate)-co-(1-phenylethyl-p-phenylene terephthalate)] copolyester. Macromolecules, 23, 1196-1202, 1990.
46. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Ronald L. Johnson and Hak Hung Wu, Unit-cell size change of the thermotropic copolyester-TPA/PHQ/PEHQ under different annealing conditions. Polymer, 31, 1763-1767, 1990.
45. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jeffrey S. Barley, and Ernst D. von Meerwall, Self-diffusion of poly(ethylene oxide) fractions and its influence on the crystalline texture. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 29, 515-525, 1991.
44. Zongquan Wu, Anqiu Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Bing Huang and Baojun Qian, Changes in crystal structure parameters and thermal mechanical properties of poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) fibers under different annealing conditions. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 28, 2565-2583, 1990.
43. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang and Jianhua Chen, Existence of a transient nonintegral folding lamellar crystal in a low molecular mass poly(ethylene oxide) fraction crystallized from the melt. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Letters Ed., 28, 233-239, 1990.
42. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Ronald L. Johnson, Structure formation mechanism of mesophase transitions in thermoplastic copolyesters. Proceeding of Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 49, 1088-1092, 1991.
41. Daniel P. Heberer, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Jeffrey S. Barley, and Frank W. Harris, Crystallization and morphology of semicrystalline polyimides. Proceeding of Society of plastics Engineers, Brookfield Connecticut, 49, 1546-1549, 1991.
40. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Anqiu Zhang, Jianhua Chen and Daniel P. Heberer, Nonintegral and integral folding crystal growth in low-molecular-mass poly(ethylene oxide) fractions. Isothermal lamellar thickening and thinning. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 29, 287-297, 1991.
39. Bobby G. Sumpter, Donald W. Noid, Bernhard Wunderlich and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular dynamics study of melting of a crystalline polyethylene molecule: Effect of chain folding. Macromolecules, 23, 4671-4677, 1990.
38. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Glass transition and melting behavior of poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate). Macromolecules, 21, 789-797, 1988.
37. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Haishan Bu and Bernhard Wunderlich, Molecular segregation and nucleation of poly(ethylene Oxide) crystallized from the melt. 3. Morphological study. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 26, 1947-1964, 1988.
36. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Haishan Bu and Bernhard Wunderlich, Double lamellae of low-molecular-mass fractions of poly(ethylene oxide) crystallized from the melt. Polymer, 29, 579-583, 1988.
35. Haishan Bu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Addendum to the thermal properties of polypropylene. Die Makromolekulare Chemie, Rapid Communication, 9, 75-77, 1988.
34. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Robert Pan and Bernhard Wunderlich, Thermal analysis of poly(butylene terephthalate) for heat capacity, rigid-amorphous content, and transition behavior. Die Makromolekulare Chemie, 189, 2443-2458, 1988.
33. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Robert Pan, Haishan Bu and Bernhard Wunderlich, Thermodynamic properties in the liquid state of high melting polymers containing phenylene and naphthylene groups. Die Makromolekulare Chemie, 189, 1579-1594, 1988.
32. Donald W. Noid, George A. Pfeffer, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Computer simulation of the melting process in linear macromolecules. Macromolecules, 21, 3482-3485, 1988.
31. Haishan Bu, W. Aycock, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Heat capacities of various solid linear macromolecules. Polymer, 29, 1485-1494, 1988.
30. Haishan Bu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, New etching method for poly(ethylene oxide). Polymer, 29, 1603-1607, 1988.
29. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Donald W. Noid and Bernhard Wunderlich, Molecular segregation and nucleation of Poly(ethylene oxide) crystallized from the melt. 4. Computer modeling. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 27, 1149-1160, 1989.
28. Bernhard Wunderlich, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and K. Loufakis, Thermodynamic properties. Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, Vol. 16, pp.767-807, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989.
27. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Thermal analysis of thermoplastic polymers. Thermochemica Acta, 134, 161-166, 1988.
26. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Kinetics of mesophase transitions in thermotropic copolyesters. 1. Calorimetric study. Macromolecules, 21, 2475-2484, 1988.
25. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Modification of the Avrami treatment of crystallization to account for nucleus and interface. Macromolecules, 21, 3327-3328, 1988.
24. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, A study of molecular nucleation of low molecular mass poly(ethylene oxide) from the melt. Macromolecules, 22, 1866-1873, 1989.
23. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, K. Shridhar and Frank W. Harris, Liquid-crystalline poly(azomethine)s. 1. Thermodynamic properties. Polymer, 30, 494-503, 1989.
22. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal characterization of macromolecules. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Applied Polymer Symposium, 43, 315-371, 1989.
21. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, Anqiu Zhang, Jiayu Guan and Ang-Ling Chu, A study on the correlation between rigid and oriented amorphous fractions in uniaxially drawn poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate). Polymer Bulletin, 20, 449-453, 1988.
20. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, James J. Janimak, Anqiu Zhang and Zhenglong Zhou, Kinetics of mesophase transitions of thermotropic copolyesters. 2. Two transition processes. Macromolecules, 22, 4240-4246, 1989.
19. Zongquan Wu, Dann L. Veronica, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Fast DSC applied to the crystallization of polypropylene. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 34, 105-114, 1988.
18. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Glass transition and melting behavior of poly(oxy-2,6-Dimethyl-1,4-phenylene). Macromolecules, 20, 1630-1637, 1987.
17. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Zongquan Wu and Bernhard Wunderlich, Glass transition and melting behavior of poly(thio-1,4-phenylene). Macromolecules, 20, 2802-2810, 1987.
16. Rangquan Wu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Chenxun Wu, Mathematical model of macromolecular conformations and their application. Scientia Sinica, 35(B), 1 (in Chinese), 1986; 29(B), 897 (in English), 1986.
15. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Molecular segregation and nucleation of poly(ethylene oxide) crystallized from the melt. 1. Calorimetric study. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 24, 577-594, 1986.
14. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Molecular segregation and nucleation of poly(ethylene oxide) crystallized from the melt. 2. Kinetic study. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 24, 595-617, 1986.
13. Janusz Grebowicz, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Kinetics of transitions involving condis crystals. Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 24, 675-685, 1986.
12. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Stephanie Lim, Lawrence H. Judovits and Bernhard Wunderlich, Heat capacities of high melting polymers containing phenylene groups. Polymer, 28, 10-22, 1987.
11. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Heat capacities and entropies of liquid high-melting-point polymers containing phenylene groups (PEEK, PC, and PET). Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Ed., 24, 1755-1765, 1986.
10. Bernhard Wunderlich and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Thermal analysis of linear macromolecules. Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, 116, 345-354, 1986.
9. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, M.-Y. Cao and Bernhard Wunderlich, Glass transition and melting behavior of poly(oxy-1,4-phenyleneoxy-1,4-phenylenecarbonyl-1,4-phenylene). Macromolecules, 19, 1868-1876, 1986.
8. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Comments on “The heat capacity of polyoxymethylene as a function of crystallinity”. Polymer Bulletin, 15, 445-447, 1986.
7. Haishan Bu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, Study of skeletal vibrations used to compute heat capacities of solid macromolecules. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 91, 4179-4188, 1987.
6. Bernhard Wunderlich and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The thermal analysis of PEEK. Thermochemica Acta, 119, 231-232, 1987.
5. Haishan Bu, Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Bernhard Wunderlich, A new etching method for the electron microscopy of semicrystalline poly(ethylene oxide). Polymer Bulletin, 17, 567-571, 1987.
4. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Rangquan Wu, A. stochastic study of excluded-volume effect in macromolecules. Science Communication, 26, 12 (in English), 1981.
3. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Rangquan Wu, Mathematical models of macromolecular conformations in the form of random flight and freely rotating. Science Communications, 20, 10 (in Chinese), 1981.
2. Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Rangquan Wu and Fanting Li, Conformation of the flexible polymer chain, the diffusion process and functional integrals. Journal of ECIT, 7, 27 (in Chinese), 1981.
1. Stephen Z. D. Cheng and Fanting Li, The process and mechanism of fiber fracture. Journal of ECIT, 6, 109 (in Chinese), 1980.