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TALKS AND VISITS

upcoming 2023/2024 invited talks:

Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Empirical College London, London, March 14th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, ACS PMSE centennial symposium on electronic, March 17-21th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, MRS spring meeting, Seattle, WA, April 22-26th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited visit, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Lab, Lemont, IL, May 9~10th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, ONR review meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 13-15th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Stanford University, May 21th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, ALS photon science operation meeting, Jul 18th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Gordon Conference on Polymer Physics, Mount Holyoke, MA, July 21 - 26, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, 2024 Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, Oct 23~26, 2024

Past Invited Talks:

Conferences:

Xiaodan Gu, DOE neutron scattering PI meeting, Jan 10-12th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Panel Discussion, Planning workshop for a new reactor-based neutron source at NIST, Oct 18 - 20th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Harnessing the Power of Data, ACS Fall meeting, San Francisco CA, Aug 13~17th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Predictable Design of Soft Electronic Materials Through Backbone Conformation Control, Gordon Conference on Neutron Scattering, Ventura CA, Jun 25~30th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, ONR program review, UNC Chapel Hill, May 16~18, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Talk, Predictive Design of A Conjugated Polymer's Mechanical Property from its Dynamics, MRS spring meeting, Apr 9~12th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Dynamics of conjugated polymers and the impact on device stability, ACS spring meeting, Mar 26~30th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk,"Use of neutron tools to aid the design of organic optoelectronic materials" The Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS), March 16~17th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Understanding the Role of Conjugated Polymer's Dynamics for Device Stability, Area 8A Plenary Session "Emerging Areas in Polymer Science and Engineering", AICHE, Nov 13~18, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Thin film mechanics for stretchable polymers, 50 year research at USM polymer science, ACS spring meeting, March 20-24, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, The intersection of polymer physics and organic electronics: dynamics of conjugated polymers, Chem Mater Symposium honoring Zhenan Bao, ACS spring meeting, March 20-24, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Chain Conformation for Conjugated Polymers Probed by Solution Neutron Scattering, DOE PI meeting, December 15-17, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Understanding the Phase Behavior of Conjugated Polymer Composites By Using AFM-IR, Multifunctional Composites for Thermal, Electronic, and Optical Applications, AICHE, November 7-12, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Molecular Conformation for Conjugated Polymers in Solution, Charged and Ion Containing Polymers, AICHE, November 7-12, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Plenary Invited Talk, Printed Soft Electronics, USM research day, November 12, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Career workshop panelist for researchers and STEM students, Mississippi Academy of Sciences , Annual meeting, August 5 - 6, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Crack Onset Strain or Fracture Energy, Which one is better descriptor for stretchability? IUPAC | CCCE virtual meeting, August 13 - 20, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Surface, Interface and Coating Materials Symposium, ACS Fall meeting, Atlanta, August 22 - 26, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Thin film mechanic for wearable electronic devices, Fundamentals of Polymer Mechanics Symposium, ACS Spring virtual meeting, Apr 6, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Using AFM-IR to quantify the phase behavior of semiconducting composite to engineer stretchable electronics, Advanced Light Source User meeting, Aug 28th, 2020, Virtual Meeting
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Plenary Talk, Rational design of conjugated polymers for deformable electronics through thin film mechanics and neutron scattering, Molecular Foundry User meeting, Aug 20th, 2020, Virtual Meeting
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Rational design of conjugated polymers for deformable electronics through thin film mechanics and neutron scattering, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 7th, 2020, Virtual meeting, PMSE YIP Award Session.
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, The Role of Backbone Rigidity on Entanglement Behavior and Mechanical Property for Conjugated Polymers, American Conference on Neutron Scattering, July 4th, 2020 Virtual meeting
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Why We Need Neutrons for Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers for Next-generation Devices, Soft Mater Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, June, 24th, 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Effect of Confinement on Modulus and Fracture of Thin Conjugated Polymer Films for Organic Electronics; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2-6; 2020 (Canceled due to COVID-19)
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, New Mechanical Analysis Tool for Sub-100nm Thin Film Electronic Devices, ACS DPOLY workshop, Windsor, CA, February 25, 2020

Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, First experiments for soft matter at the Second Target Station, Oak Ridge, TN, December 2019
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, In situ Scattering Techniques During Materials Processing, workshop for soft materials in processing conditions: linking engineering with molecular behavior, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2019
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Designing Robust Organic Optoelectronic Materials, IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, August 2019
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers by Advancing Deuteration Chemistry and Neutron Scattering, DOE PI meeting, Gaithersburg, MD, July 2019
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Conjugated Polymers by Advancing Deuteration Chemistry and Neutron Scattering, Southeast Polymer Workshop by ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, July 2019
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Precise Measuring the Thin Film Mechanical Property of Conjugated Polymers, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, Organic Electronic symposium, August 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Morphology Characterization of Conjugated Polymers through Contrast Enhancement Techniques, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Synergy of Neutron and X-Ray Contrast Methods for Studying Soft Materials and Biological Systems workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, February 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Morphology of R2R Printed Organic Electronic, Workshop of Advanced Materials for Transformative Changes to the Defense, Aerospace, and Civil Environments, University of Mississippi, Oxford MS, November 2017

Departmental Colloquia:

Xiaodan Gu Invited Talk, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Jan 26th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu Invited Talk, Chemical Engineering, Rice University, Houston TX, Jan 25th, 2024
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri – St. Louis, MO, Sept 25, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, SNS, ORNL neutron facility review visit, June 13~15th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, "Using Neutron to Study the conformation of semi-rigid semiconducting polymers" SHUG User meeting at ORNL, June 6~7, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Predictable design of soft electronic materials through backbone conformation control, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, April 27th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Understanding the structure and dynamics of the semiconducting conjugated polymers through the use of neutron tools, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, Mar 24th, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, NIST site visit, Feb 27th~ Mar 2nd, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Design strategies to predict and control semiconducting polymers’ dynamics, Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Feb 3rd, 2023
Xiaodan Gu, Developing a thin film characterization tool for extremely confined polymeric systems, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, Sept 28th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, 3M technology day, virtual talk, Sept, 27th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Design strategies to control the backbone conformation of semi-rigid conjugated polymers, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, April 28th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Harnessing polymer physics to achieve predictable design of soft electronic materials for wearable applications, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Feb 18th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Design strategies to predict and control semiconducting polymers’ dynamics, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Jan 27th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Design strategies to predict and control semiconducting polymers’ dynamics, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona, November 15th, 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Strategies to predict and control semiconducting polymers’ dynamics, Department of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, October 21th,2021
Xiaodan Gu, Rational design of deformable electronic materials through structure and dynamics study of conjugated polymers, Louisiana State University, Department of Chemical Engineering , April 16th 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Invited Talk, Rational design of deformable electronic materials through structure and dynamics study of conjugated polymers, University of Washington, Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, March 29th 2021
Xiaodan Gu, Rational design of deformable electronic materials through neutron scattering, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University (Virtual visit), CA, June 29th, 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Rational design of deformable electronic materials with predictable mechanical property, Tianjin University (Virtual visit) , June 25th, 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Rational design of deformable electronic materials through neutron scattering, Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL, January 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Precise Measuring the Conjugated Polymer Thin Film’s Mechanical Property, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, University of Windsor, Canada, September 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Morphology of R2R Printed Organic Electronic, Spallation Neutron Source Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, February 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Morphology of R2R Printed Organic Electronic, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, Louisiana State University, LA, February 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Morphology of R2R Printed Organic Electronic, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, December 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Morphology of R2R Printed Organic Electronic, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, December 2018

Past Contributed Talks:

Xiaodan Gu, Contributed talk, Special Symposium honoring Thomas P Russell, ACS fall meeting, Aug 23th, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Contributed talk, "Combining inelastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation to probe conjugated polymer dynamics", ACNS meeting, June 5~9, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Contributed talk, Design strategies to predict and control semiconducting polymers’ dynamics, organic electronic session, APS March meeting, March 13-18, 2022
Luke A. Galuska, Dung T. Tran, Haoyu Zhao, Gage T. Mason, Zachary C. Ahmad, Kundu Thapa, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Jianguo Mei, Xiaodan Gu, Illuminating the Rigid Amorphous Fraction of Conjugated Polymers, and its Pivotal Influence on Optoelectronic and Performance. ACS - Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research symposium, ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 2022.
Nathaniel Prine,Zhiqiang Cao,Song Zhang,Tianyu Li,Kunlun Hong,Sarah Morgan,Xiaodan Gu, Advanced Infrared Nanospectroscopy for Polymer Blend Characterization, MRS Spring virtual meeting, Apr 18- 23, 2021
Daniel Weller, Strain-induced nano cavitation in block copolymer thin films for high performance filtration membranes; ACS National Meeting & Exposition Virtual, April 06, 2021
Luke Galuska; Eric Muckley; Cao Zhiqiang; Dakota Ehlenberg; Zhiyuan Qian; Zhang Song; Simon Rondeau-Gagne; Minh Phan; John Ankner; Ilia Ivanov; Xiaodan Gu, SMART transfer method to directly compare the mechanical response of water-supported and free-standing ultrathin polymeric films; ACS National Meeting & Exposition Virtual, April 06, 2021
Song Zhang, Amirhadi Alesadi, Wenjie Xia, Xiaodan Gu; Molecular origin of strain-induced chain alignment in PDPP-based semiconducting polymers; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Song Zhang, Amirhadi Alesadi, Wenjie Xia, Xiaodan Gu; Structure-thermal/mechanical property relationship of semiconducting polymer thin films; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Nathaniel Prine, Xiaodan Gu; Quantitative Analysis of Isotopic Blends by Infrared Nanospectroscopy, APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Guorong Ma, Xiaodan Gu; Direct measurement of stress relaxation in polymeric thin films, APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Luke Galuska, Xiaodan Gu; Role of Water on Correlated Structural and Mechanical Response of Water-Supported and Free-Standing Ultrathin Films, APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Zhiqiang Cao, Xiaodan Gu; Decoupling conjugated polymer’s backbone and sidechain conformation by selective deuteration and neutron scattering, APS National Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 14-19; 2021
Xiaodan Gu, developing a new platform to directly measure ultra-thin film fracture behavior; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 13-17; 2020
Song Zhang, Amirhadi Alesadi, Wenjie Xia, Xiaodan Gu; Towards the prediction and design of low-glass transition Donor-Acceptor semiconducting polymers; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 13-17; 2020
Luke Galuska, Eric Muckley, Zhiqiang Cao, Song Zhang, Ilia Ivanov, Xiaodan Gu; A Novel Technique for the Characterization of Freestanding Ultrathin Film Deformation Mechanics; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 13-17; 2020
Luke A. Galuska, William W. McNutt, Zhiyuan Qian, Song Zhang, Sujata Dhakal, Zhiqiang Cao, Jianguo Mei, Xiaodan Gu; Controlling the Backbone Flexibility of Conjugated Polymer to Achieve Superior Backbone Tensile Alignment; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 13-17; 2020
Song Zhang, Masato Koizumi, Lihua Jin, Xiaodan Gu; Direct probing of the fracture behavior for pseudo-free-standing polymeric ultra-thin films; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2-6; 2020
Song Zhang, Amirhadi Alesadi, Wenjie Xia, Xiaodan Gu; Towards the prediction and design of low-glass transition Donor-Acceptor semiconducting polymer; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2-6; 2020
Luke Galuska, Eric Muckley, Zhiqiang Cao, Song Zhang, Ilia Ivanov, Xiaodan Gu; A Novel Technique for the Characterization of Freestanding Ultrathin Film Mechanics; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2-6; 2020
Luke A. Galuska, William W. McNutt, Zhiyuan Qian, Song Zhang, Sujata Dhakal, Zhiqiang Cao, Jianguo Mei, Xiaodan Gu; Controlling the Backbone Flexibility of Conjugated Polymer to Achieve Superior Backbone Tensile Alignment; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2-6; 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Thin film property of semiconducting conjugated polymers for deformable electronics, ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26; 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Critical role of the glass transition temperature for conjugated polymer and its impact on elastic modulus and device stability, ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26; 2020
Xiaodan Gu, Fracture behavior of polymeric thin film under confinement, ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26; 2020
Zhiyuan Qian, Shaochuan Luo, Tengfei Qu, Zhiqiang Cao, Youjun He, Kunlun Hong, Dongshan Zhou, Xiaodan Gu; The effects of branching position on the crystallization of poly(3-alkylthiophene)s using fast scanning calorimetry; ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26; 2020
Zhiyuan Qian, Luke Galuska, Song Zhang, Daniel W. Weller, William W. McNutt, Jianguo Mei, Xiaodan Gu; The role of backbone rigidity on entanglement behavior for conjugated polymer; ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, March 22-26; 2020
Song Zhang, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Yu-Cheng Chiu Xiaodan Gu; Tear Resistant Organic Electronics; MRS Fall Meeting & Exposition, Boston MA, December 1-6; 2019
Luke Galuska, Eric Muckley, Zhiqiang Cao, Song Zhang, Ilia Ivanov, Xiaodan Gu; Novel In Situ Tensile Platform for Thin-Film Characterization; MRS Fall Meeting & Exposition, Boston MA, December 1-6; 2019
Song Zhang, Sujata Dhakal, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Yu-Cheng Chiu, Xiaodan Gu; Tear Resistant and Autonomous Self-healing Semiconducting Composites Enabled through Polymer Blending, EPSCOR update meeting, Oxford MS, Nov 17-18; 2019
Zhiqiang Cao, Song Zhang, Luke Galuska, Tianyu Li, Kunlun Hong, and Xiaodan Gu; The Influence of Side-chain Length on Backbone Rigidity for Conjugated Polymers; Southeast Polymer Forum, Oak Ridge, Jul 11-12, 2019
Zhiqiang Cao, Song Zhang, Luke Galuska, Tianyu Li, Kunlun Hong, and Xiaodan Gu; The Influence of Side-chain Length on Backbone Rigidity for Conjugated Polymers; SNS user meeting, Oak Ridge, June 4-5, 2019
Song Zhang, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Xiaodan Gu; Structure-mechanical property of Stretchable Organic Ultra-thin Film for Electronic Applications; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 22-26; 2019
Luke Galuska, Kevin Ramos, Song Zhang, Xiaodan Gu; Establishing a True Free-Standing Methodology for Characterizing Thin-Film Conjugated Polymer Mechanical Properties not Convoluted by Substrate Interactions; MRS Spring Meeting & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, April 22-26; 2019
Song Zhang, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Xiaodan Gu; Structure-mechanical property of Stretchable Organic Ultra-thin Film for Electronic Applications; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, March 4-8; 2019
Daniel Weller, Luke Galuska, Xiaodan Gu; Nanoporous Membranes via In-Situ Self-Assembly for Scalable Manufacture. ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22; 2018
Daniel Weller, Luke Galuska, Dakota Ehlenberg, Zachary Rodgers, Stefano Dallorto, Xiaodan Gu; Self-organized uniform nanopores for next generation membrane separation; Waterborne Symposium, New Orleans, LA, February 4; 2018
Daniel Weller, Luke Galuska, Dakota Ehlenberg, Stefano Dallorto, Xiaodan Gu; Next Generation Membranes; Three-Minute Thesis Competition; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, October 12; 2018
Song Zhang, Benjamin Appleby, Dakota Ehlenberg, Xiaodan Gu; Mechanical test of viscoelastic conjugated polymer thin film for flexible electronics; Waterborne Symposium, New Orleans, LA, February 4; 2018
Song Zhang, Benjamin Appleby, Dakota Ehlenberg, Xiaodan Gu; Mechanical test of viscoelastic conjugated polymer thin film for flexible electronics; 82nd annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS, February 22-23; 2018
Song Zhang, Benjamin Appleby, Dakota Ehlenberg, Dongshan Zhou, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Xiaodan Gu; Structure-mechanical properties of pseudo free-standing conjugated polymeric thin films; APS National Meeting & Exposition, Los Angeles, CA, March 5-9; 2018
Song Zhang, Benjamin Appleby, Dakota Ehlenberg, Dongshan Zhou, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Xiaodan Gu; Structure-mechanical properties of pseudo free-standing conjugated polymeric thin films; ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22; 2018
Xiaodan Gu, Yan Zhou, Kevin Gu, Tadanori Kurosawa , Hongping Yan , Cheng Wang , Micheal Toney , Zhenan Bao; Roll-to-Roll printed large-area all-polymer solar cells with 5% efficiency based on a low crystallinity conjugated polymer blend; APS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 13-17; 2017.
Xiaodan Gu, Tadanori Kurosawa, Hongping Yan, Cheng Wang, Michael Toney , Zhenan Bao; Deuteration effect in RSOXS by using polystyrene side-chains; APS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 13-17; 2017.