UD School of Engineering - Materials Engineering

Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1991
B.Sc., Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 1983

Research and work experience
Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair, 2004-present

Professor, University of Dayton, 2004-present

Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2002-2004

Principal Research Scientist, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton, Australia, 1992-2002

Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1990-2002

Engineer, Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute, Hangzhou, China, 1983-1986

Research interests

Carbon nanotubes

Macromolecules at the surface and interface

Nanofiber/nanoparticle filled polymers

Nanocomposites

Optoelectronic polymers

Polymeric biomaterials

Polymer photonic and biomedical devices (sensors, actuators, light-emitting diodes)

Selected publications
Dai, L., Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices: From Materials Synthesis to Device Applications, Springer-Verlag: London, 2004.

Bajpai, V., Dai, L. and Ohashi, T., "Large-scale synthesis of perpendicularly-aligned helical carbon nanotubes," Journal of American Chemical Society, 126, pp. 5070-5071, 2004.

Dai, L., Patil, A., Gong, X., Guo, Z., Liu, L., Liu, Y. and Zhu, D., "Aligned nanotubes," ChemPhysChem, 4, pp. 1150-1169, 2003.

Yang, J., Dai, L. and Vaia, R.A., "Multicomponent interposed carbon nanotube micropatterns by region-specific contact transfer and self-assembling," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 107, pp. 12387-12390, 2003.

Dai, L., Soundarrajan, P. and Kim, T., "Sensors and sensor arrays based on conjugated polymers and carbon nanotubes," Pure Applied Chemistry, 74, pp. 1753-1772, 2002.

Dai, L. and Mau, A.W.H., "Controlled synthesis and modification of carbon nanotubes and C60: carbon nanostructures for advanced polymeric composite materials," Advanced Materials, 13, pp. 899-913, 2001.

Chen, Q., Dai, L., Gao, M., Huang, S. and Mau, A.W.H., "Plasma activation of carbon nanotubes for chemical modification," Journal of Physical Chemistry 105, pp. 618-622, 2001.

Dai, L. and Mau, A.W.H., "Surface and interface control of polymeric biomaterials, conjugated polymers, and carbon nanotubes," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 104, pp. 1891-1915, 2000.

Gao, M., Huang, S., Dai, L., Wallace, G., Gao, R. and Wang, Z.L., "Aligned coaxial nanowires of carbon nanotubes sheathed with conducting polymers," Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 39, pp. 3664-3667, 2000.

Dai, L., "Conjugated and fullerene-containing polymers for electronic and photonic applications: advanced syntheses and microlithographic fabrications," Journal of Macromolecular Science - Reviews in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, C39(2), pp. 273-387, 1999.

Yang, Y., Huang, S., He, H., Mau, A.W.H. and Dai, L., "Patterned growth of well-aligned carbon nanotubes: a photolithographic approach," Journal of American Chemical Society, 121, pp. 10832-10833, 1999.

Honors and awards
Guest Professorship from Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2004
IUPAC Young Observer Award, 2003
Guest Professorship from Chemistry Department, Wollongong University, Australia, 2003
Regional Receiving Editor for the Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2002
Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2001
Guest Professorship from Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999

Contact
Department of Materials Engineering
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0240

Phone: 937-229-2670
Fax: 937-229-3433
E-mail: liming.dai@notes.udayton.edu
Web: http://academic.udayton.edu/LimingDai