
Prof. Dr. Yonglai Lu
Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
E-mail: luyonglai@mail.buct.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D. (Polymer Chemistry and Physics), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Sept/2001-Jun/2004)
M.S. (Material Processing Engineering), Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Sept/1998-Jun/2001)
B.S. (Polymeric Material and Engineering), Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Sept/1998-Jun/2001)
Professional Experience
Professor (2011-), Associate Professor (2005-2011), Lecturer (2004-2005), College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Senior Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY), USA (Mar/2006–Sept/2006)
Research Interest
High performance/New concept Tire and Their Advanced Materials; Special and Functional Silicone-based Elastomers and Their Composites; Low Carbon and Energy Conservation Polymeric Waterproofing Materials
Brief Biography
Professor Dr. Yonglai Lu severed as Director of Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials (CAEM), the largest and famous researching group on rubber/elastomer science & engineering in the world from April 2017 to Oct 2022 (He is honorary director of CAEM). He is also working as the leader of the research direction on elastomer-based composites in State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites (OIC). Up to date, he has published over 70 SCI papers as first author or corresponding author; contributed 5 chapters in 4 English Academic monographs and 1 Chinese Academic monograph. At present, he is also a member of the Rubber Professional Committee of China Chemical Industry Society, a member of The Thermal Conductive Composite Professional Committee of China Composite Materials Society, a member of the Expert Committee of China Synthetic Rubber Industry Association, a deputy chairman of the Editorial Committee of the Journal Rubber Science and Technology, and the members of the Editorial Boards of Journal Advanced Nanocomposites, Journal Organosilicon New Materials, Journal Special Rubber Products and Journal of Elastomers.
Representative Publications
[1] Xilin Zhang, Jingchao Li,* Qiang Gao,* Zhijian Wang, Neng Ye, Jianzhang Li, and Yonglai Lu*. Nerve-Fiber-Inspired Construction of 3D Graphene “Tracks” Supported by Wood Fibers for Multifunctional Biocomposite with Metal-Level Thermal Conductivity. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2213274.
[2] NengYe, Jingchao Li,* Ganggang Zhang, Yufeng Lu, ZhijianWang, Huan Zhang, and Yonglai Lu*. Vitrimer-Assisted Construction of Boron Nitride Vertically Aligned Nacre-mimetic Composites for Highly Thermally Conductive Thermal Interface Materials. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35: 5193−5203.
[3] Jiadong Wang, Min Wang, Xi Zhang, Yang Han, Yingxue Wu, Dong Wang, Xuan Qin,* Yonglai Lu,* and Liqun Zhang*. Quantification Characterization of Hierarchical Structure of Polyurethane by Advanced AFM and X ray Techniques. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023,15: 45388−45398.
[4] Visualization and Quantification of the Microstructure Evolution of Isoprene Rubber during Uniaxial Stretching Using AFM Nanomechanical Mapping Xi Zhang, Shuquan Sun, Nanying Ning, Shouke Yan, Xiaohui Wu,* Yonglai Lu,* and Liqun Zhan. Macromolecules 2020,53: 3082−3089.
[5] Nanying Ning, Tong Mi, Guangyu Chua, Li-Qun Zhang, Li Liu, Ming Tian, Hai-Tao Yu, Yonglai Lu*. A quantitative approach to study the interface of carbon nanotubes/elastomer nanocomposites. European Polymer Journal 2018, 102: 10-18.
[6] Nanying Ning, Dongliang Cheng, Jianhua Yang, Li Liu, Ming Tian, Youping Wu, Wencai Wang, Liqun Zhang, Yonglai Lu*. Composites Science and Technology 2017, 142: 214-220.
[7] Yonglai Lu, Jun Liu, Guanyi Hou, Jun Ma, Wencai Wang, Fei Wei*, Liqun Zhang* From nano to giant? Designing carbon nanotubes for rubber reinforcement and their applications for high performance tires. Composites Science and Technology 2016, 137: 94-101.
[8] Yonglai Lu, Youping Wu, Liqun Zhang* Chapter 16. Preparing rubber based nanocomposites through compounding and vulcanization. Advances in polymer processing: From macro- to nano- scales. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK 2009.
[9] Yonglai Lu, Liqun Zhang*. Chapter 6. Processing Methods for the Preparation of Rubber–Clay Nanocomposites. Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites Science, Technology, and Application. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, USA 2010.
[10] Yonglai Lu, Liqun Zhang*.Chapter 24. Physical properties of rubber-based nanocomposites. Polymer Nanocomposites: Physical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK 2010.