American Journal of Polymer Science

American Journal of Polymer Science has provided a continuous forum for the dissemination of thoroughly peer-reviewed, fundamental, international research into the preparation and properties of macromolecules. The journal is selective in accepting contributions on the basis of merit and originality. Preference is given to contributions that offer new or more comprehensive concepts, interpretations, experimental approaches, and results.


Hao Fong

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Polymer Science

Associate Professor, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA

Research Areas

Nano-scaled polymeric, ceramic, metallic, carbonaceous fibers and their applications

Education

1999Ph.DPolymer Science, University of Akron (Akron, Ohio)
1993B.S.Polymer Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei City, Anhui Province, China)

Experience

2008-PresentAssociate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Multidisciplinary Graduate Programs of MES, NANO, and BME, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), Rapid City, SD 57701
2003-2008Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Multidisciplinary Graduate Programs of MES, NANO, and BME, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), Rapid City, SD 57701
2001-2003Staff Research Scientist, Paffenbarger Research Center of the American Dental Association (PRC-ADA)/Polymer Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899
2000-2001Guest Research Scientist (Contract through Universal Technology Corporation, Fairborn, Ohio), Polymer Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Dayton, OH 45433
1999-2000Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325

Publications: Journals

[1]  Hao Fong, Iksoo Chun, and Darrell H. Reneker*. "Beaded Nanofibers Formed During Electrospinning", Polymer 40, 4585-4592, 1999. (Note: One of the top 10 "Most Cited" papers in the history of the journal, the paper has been cited for 747 times by August 2011.)
[2]  Iksoo Chun, Darrell H. Reneker*, Hao Fong, et. al. "Carbon Nanofibers from Polyacrylonitrile and Mesophase Pitch", Journal of Advanced Materials, 31(1), 36-41, 1999.
[3]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker*. "Elastomeric Nanofibers of SBS Triblock Copolymer", Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 37, 3488-3493, 1999.
[4]  Darrell H. Reneker*, Alex L. Yarin*, Hao Fong, and Sureeporn Koombhongse. "Bending Instability of Electrically Charged Liquid Jets of Polymer Solutions in Electrospinning", Journal of Applied Physics, 87(9), 4531-4547, 2000. (Note: This paper has been cited for 792 times by August 2011.)
[5]  Zhihao Chen, Mark D. Foster*, Wensheng Zhou, Hao Fong, and Darrell H. Reneker. "Structure of Foly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) in Electrospun Nanofibers", Macromolecules, 34(18), 6156-6158, 2001.
[6]  Hao Fong, Richard A. Vaia*, et al. "Formation of Self-Generating Inorganic Passivation Layer on Nylon 6/Layered Silicate Nanocomposite", Chemistry of Materials, 13, 4123-4129, 2001.
[7]  Hao Fong, Weidong Liu, Chyi-Shan Wang, Richard A. Vaia*. "Generation of Electrospun Fibers of Nylon 6 and Nylon 6-Montmorillonite Nanocomposite", Polymer, 43, 775-780, 2002.
[8]  Zhichuan Wu*, Tingxian Tao, Xueqian Wang, Xu Cao, Songmei Bi, and Hao Fong. "Synthesis of Polyvinyl Acetate Complexes with Fe (III), Co (II), and Ni (II) Ions", Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, 21(4), 352-356, 2004.
[9]  Hao Fong, Xinhong Wu, Desheng Xu, and Dayin Hou*. "Nanotechnology and High Performance Fibers". Journal of Anhui University of Science and Technology, 19(4), 1-5, 2004.
[10]  Zhichuan Wu*, Xueqian Wang, Tingxian Tao, Songhai Bi, and Hao Fong. "Preparation and Properties of the Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Chelated with Metal Ions", Journal of Textile Research, 25(6), 36-38, 2004.
[11]  Hao Fong*. "Electrospun Nylon6 Nanofiber Reinforced Bis-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Restorative Composite Resins", Polymer, 45, 2427-2432, 2004.
[12]  Hao Fong*. "Investigation of the Influence of Water in the Dental Restorative Composites", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 94, 492-502, 2004.
[13]  Hao Fong*, Sabine H. Dickens, and Glenn M. Flaim. "Evaluation of Dental Restorative Composites Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Methacrylate", Dental Materials, 21, 520-529, 2005.
[14]  Zhichuan Wu*, Xueqian Wang, Tingxian Tao, Yudong Zhang, Yi Liu, and Hao Fong*. "Synthesis and Luminescence Studies of Poly (Vinyl Acetate)−Eu (III) Coordination Compound", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 103, 3617-3622, 2007.
[15]  Ming Tian, Yi Gao, Yi Liu, Yiliang Liao, Riwen Xu, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong*. "BIS-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Composites Reinforced with Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanocomposite Nanofibers Containing highly Aligned Fibrillar Silicate Single Crystals", Polymer, 48, 2720-2728, 2007.
[16]  Yi Liu, Li Cui, Fangxiao Guan, Yi Gao, Nyle E. Hedin, Lei Zhu*, and Hao Fong*. "Crystalline Morphology and Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Electrospun Nylon-6 Nanofibers", Macromolecules, 40, 6283-6290, 2007.
[17]  Xiu-Ying Zhao, Ping Xiang, Ming Tian, Hao Fong*, Riguang Jin, and Li-Qun Zhang*. "Nitrile Butadiene Rubber/Hindered Phenol Nanocomposites with Improved Strength and High Damping Performance", Polymer, 48, 6056-6063, 2007.
[18]  Ming Tian, Yi Gao, Yi Liu, Yiliang Liao, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong*. "Fabrication and Evaluation of BIS-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Resins/Composites Containing Nano-Fibrillar Silicate", Dental Materials, 24, 235-243, 2008.
[19]  Yi Liu, Sriramaraju Sagi, Ramya Chandrasekar, Lifeng Zhang, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong*. "Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun SiO2 Nanofibers". Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, 1528-1536, 2008.
[20]  Lifeng Zhang, Todd J. Menkhaus*, and Hao Fong*. "Fabrication and Bioseparation Studies of Innovative Adsorptive Nanofelts Made from Electrospun Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers", Journal of Membrane Science, 319, 176-184, 2008.
[21]  Yi Liu, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong*. "Polycarbonate/Poly (methyl methacrylate) Nanofiber Composites with Improved Impact Strength". Journal of Advanced Materials, 40(3), 33-42, 2008.
[22]  Yi Gao, Sriramaraju Sagi, Lifeng Zhang, Yiliang Liao, David M. Cowles, and Hao Fong*. "Electrospun Nano-Scaled Glass Fiber Reinforcement of Bis-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Composites". Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 110, 2063-2070, 2008.
[23]  Yiliang Liao, Lifeng Zhang, Yi Gao, Zheng-Tao Zhu*, and Hao Fong*. "Preparation, Characterization, and Encapsulation/Release Studies of a Composite Nanofiber Mat Electrospun from an Emulsion Containing Poly (Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid)". Polymer, 49, 5294-5299, 2008.
[24]  Jie Liu*, Peixun Zhou, Lifeng Zhang, Zhaokun Ma, Jieying Liang, and Hao Fong*. "Thermo-Chemical Reactions Occurring during the Oxidative Stabilization of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Precursor Nanofibers and the Resulting Structural Conversions". Carbon, 47(4), 1087-1095, 2009.
[25]  Lifeng Zhang, Jane Y. Howe, Yan Zhang, and Hao Fong*. "Synthesis and Characterization of Zirconium Tungstate Ultra-Thin Fibers". Crystal Growth and Design, 9(2), 667-670, 2009.
[26]  Jie Liu*, Zhongren Yue, and Hao Fong*. "Continuous Nano-Scaled Carbon Fibers with Superior Mechanical Strength". Small, 5(5), 536-542, 2009.
[27]  Zhengtao Zhu*, Lifeng Zhang, Jane Howe, Yiliang Liao, Jordan Speidel, Steve Smith, and Hao Fong*. "Aligned Electrospun ZnO Nanofibers for Simple and Sensitive Ultraviolet Nanosensors". Chemical Communications, 18, 2568-2570, 2009.
[28]  Ramya Chandrasekar, Jane Y. Howe, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong*. "Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Titania Nanofibers". Journal of Materials Science, 44(5), 1198-1205, 2009.
[29]  Lifeng Zhang, Ramya Chandrasekar, Jane Y. Howe, Michael K. West, Nyle E. Hedin, William J. Arbegast*, and Hao Fong*. "TiO2 Nanoparticle Reinforced Aluminum 1100 Alloy Prepared from Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibers via Friction Stir Processing". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 1(5), 987-991, 2009.
[30]  Zhengping Zhou, Chuilin Lai, Lifeng Zhang, Yong Qian, Haoqing Hou*, Darrell H. Reneker, Hao Fong*. "Development of Carbon Nanofibers from Aligned Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofiber Bundles and Characterization of their Microstructural, Electrical, and Mechanical Properties". Polymer, 50(13), 2999-3006, 2009.
[31]  Zhengbing Cao, Xinbo Sun, Hao Fong*, and Yuyu Sun*. "Polymeric Silver Sulfadiazines as Non-leaching and Rechargeable Biocidal Polymers". Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 24, 350-367, 2009.
[32]  Zhengtao Zhu*, Lifeng Zhang, Steve J. Smith, Hao Fong*, Yugang Sun, and David Gosztola "Fluorescence Studies of Electrospun MEH-PPV/PEO Nanofibers". Synthetic Metals, 159, 1454-1459, 2009.
[33]  Lifeng Zhang, Perry Kopperstad, Michael West, Nyle Hedin, and Hao Fong*. "Generation of Polymer Ultrafine Fibers through Solution (Air-) Blowing". Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 114, 3479-3486, 2009.
[34]  Xiaoqiang Li, Yan Su, Chuanglong He, Hongsheng Wang, Hao Fong, and Xiumei Mo*. "Sorbitan Monooleate and Poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) Electrospun Nanofibers for Endothelial Cell Interactions". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A, 91A(3), 878-885, 2009.
[35]  Yu Xie, Prakash Joshi, Mike Ropp, David Galipeau, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, Youngjae You*, and Qiquan Qiao*. "Structural Effects of Core-Modified Porphyrins in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 13, 1-7, 2009.
[36]  Lifeng Zhang, Yi Gao, Qi Chen, Ming Tian*, and Hao Fong*. "Bis-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Composites Reinforced with Nano-Scaled Single Crystals of Fibrillar Silicate". Journal of Materials Science, 45, 2521-2524, 2010.
[37]  Xiaoping Zhang, Shipeng Wen, Shui Hu, Qi Chen, Hao Fong, Liqun Zhang*, and Li Liu* "Luminescence Properties of Eu (III) Complex/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Electrospun Nanofibers", Journal of Physical Chemistry, C, 114, 3898-3903, 2010.
[38]  Xinbo Sun, Lifeng Zhang, Zhengbing Cao, Ying Deng, Li Liu, Hao Fong*, and Yuyu Sun*. "Electrospun Composite Nanofiber Fabrics Containing Uniformly Dispersed Antimicrobial Agents as an Innovative Type of Polymeric Materials with Superior Anti-Infective Efficacy". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2(4), 952-956, 2010.
[39]  Zhengping Zhou, Kunming Liu, Chuilin Lai, Lifeng Zhang, Juanhua Li, Haoqing Hou*, Darrell H. Reneker, and Hao Fong*. "Graphitic Carbon Nanofibers Developed from Bundles of Aligned Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Containing Phosphoric Acid", Polymer, 51(11), 2360-2367, 2010.
[40]  Jie Liu*, Yuli Tian, Yujia Chen, Jieying Liang, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong*. "A Surface Treatment Technique of Electrochemical Oxidation to Simultaneously Improve the Interfacial Bonding Strength and the Tensile Strength of PAN-Based Carbon Fibers". Materials Chemistry and Physics, 122(2-3), 548-555, 2010.
[41]  Todd J. Menkhaus*, Hemanthram Varadaraju, Lifeng Zhang, Steven Schneiderman, Stephany Bjustrom, Li Liu, and Hao Fong*. "Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes Surface Functionalized with 3D Nanolayers as an Innovative Type of Adsorption Medium with Ultra-High Capacity and Throughput", Chemical Communications, 46(21), 3720-3722, 2010.
[42]  Prakash Joshi, Lifeng Zhang, Daren Davoux, Li Liu, David Galipeau, Hao Fong*, and Qiquan Qiao*. "Nanofiber/Nanoparticle Composites for Highly Efficient Dye Sensitized Solar Cells", Energy & Environmental Science, 3, 1507-1510, 2010.
[43]  Lifeng Zhang, Jianjun Hu, * Andrey A. Voevodin, and Hao Fong*. "Synthesis of Continuous TiC Nanofibers and/or Nanoribbons through Electrospinning Followed by Carbothermal Reduction", Nanoscale, 2, 1670-1673, 2010.
[44]  Zhi-Chuan Wu*, Yong Zhang, Ting-Xian Tao, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong*. "Silver Nanoparticles on Amidoxime Fibers for Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes in Waste Water", Applied Surface Science, 257, 1092-1097, 2010.
[45]  Prakash Joshi, Lifeng Zhang, Qiliang Chen, David Galipeau, Hao Fong*, and Qiquan Qiao*. "Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers as Low-Cost Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2(12), 3572-3577, 2010.
[46]  Kezhen Yin, Lifeng Zhang, Chuilin Lai, Lanlan Zhong, Steve Smith, Hao Fong*, and Zhengtao Zhu*. "Photoluminescence Anisotropy of Uni-axially Aligned Electrospun Conjugated Polymer Nanofibers of MEH-PPV and P3HT". Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 444-448, 2011.
[47]  Chuilin Lai, Ganji Zhong, Zhongren Yue, Gui Chen, Lifeng Zhang, Ahmad Vakili, Ying Wang, Lei Zhu*, Jie Liu*, and Hao Fong*. "Investigation of Post-Spinning Stretching Process on Morphological, Structural, and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Copolymer Nanofibers". Polymer, 52, 519-528, 2011.
[48]  Ming Tian, Lili Su, Shi Yin, Qi Chen, Hao Fong*, and Liqun Zhang*. "Investigations on Mechanical Properties and Reinforcement Mechanisms of HNBR Composites Containing Fibrillar Silicate Nanofibers and Short Aramid Microfibers". Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 120(3), 1439-1447, 2011.
[49]  Lifeng Zhang, Jie Luo, Todd J. Menkhaus, Hemanthram Varadaraju, Yuyu Sun*, and Hao Fong*. "Antimicrobial Nano-fibrous Membranes Developed from Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers". Journal of Membrane Science, 369, 499-505, 2011.
[50]  Yibing Cai, Huizhen Ke, Ju Dong, Qufu Wei*, Jiulong Lin, Yong Zhao, Lei Song, Yuan Hu, Fenglin Huang*, Weidong Gao, and Hao Fong. "Effects of Nano-SiO2 on Morphology, Thermal Energy Storage, Thermal Stability, and Combustion Properties of Electrospun Lauric acid/PET Ultrafine Composite Fibers as Form-Stable Phase Change Materials". Applied Energy, 88, 2106-2112, 2011.
[51]  Sang-Bok Lee, Oyoung Choi, Wonoh Lee, Jin-Woo Yi, Byung-Sun Kim, Joon-Hyung Byun*, Myung-Keun Yoon, Hao Fong, Erik T. Thostenson, and Tsu-Wei Chou. "Processing and Characterization of Multi-Scale Hybrid Composites Reinforced with Nanoscale Carbon Reinforcements and Carbon Fibers". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42, 337-344, 2011.
[52]  Xiaoxu Wang, Sudeep Karanjit, Lifeng Zhang, Prakash Joshi, Hao Fong, Qiquan Qiao*, and Zhengtao Zhu*. "Transient Photo-Current and Photo-Voltage Studies on Charge Transport in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Made from the Composites of TiO2 Nanofibers and Nanoparticles". Applied Physics Letters, 98, 082114 (3 pages), 2011.
[53]  Laura Koepsell, Lifeng Zhang, Daniel Neufeld, Hao Fong*, and Ying Deng* "Electrospun Polycaprolactone Nano-fibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering of Annulus Fibrosus", Macromolecular Bioscience, 11(3), 391-399, 2011.
[54]  Ganji Zhong, Lifeng Zhang, Run Su, Ke Wang, Hao Fong*, and Lei Zhu*. "Understanding Polymorphism Formation in Electrospun Fibers of Immiscible Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Blends", Polymer, 52, 2228-2237, 2011.
[55]  Volker Presser, Lifeng Zhang, Junjie Niu, John McDonough, Hao Fong*, and Yury Gogotsi*. "Flexible Nano-Felts of Carbide-Derived Carbon with Ultra-High Power Handling Capability". Advanced Energy Materials, 1(3), 423-430, 2011. (Note: This paper has been featured as the frontispiece of this issue of the journal.)
[56]  Ming Tian, Qinghua Hu, Haiyan Wu, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong*, and Liqun Zhang*. "Formation and Morphological Sustainability of Polybutadiene Rubber Fibers Prepared through Combination of Electrospinning and in-situ Photo-Crosslinking". Materials Letters, 65(19-20), 3076-3079, 2011.
[57]  Nyle Hedin, Vladimir Sobolev*, Lifeng Zhang, Zhengtao Zhu, and Hao Fong*. "Electric Properties of Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers". Journal of Materials Science, 46(19), 6453-6456, 2011.
[58]  Nathan L. Netzer, Chao Qiu, Yongyi Zhang, Cuikun Lin, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Chaoyang Jiang*. "Gold-Silver Bimetallic Porous Nanowires for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering". Chemical Communications, 47, 9606-9608, 2011.
[59]  Hemanthram Varadaraju, Steven Schneiderman, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Todd J. Menkhaus*. "Process and Economic Evaluation for Monoclonal Antibody Purification Using a Membrane-only Process". Biotechnology Progress, in press, DOI: 10.1002/btpr.639.
[60]  Qi Chen, Lifeng Zhang*, Myung-Keun Yoon, Xiang-Fa Wu, Ragib H. Arefin, and Hao Fong*. "Preparation and Evaluation of Nano-Epoxy Composite Resins Containing Electrospun Glass Nanofibers". Journal of Applied Polymer Science, in press, DOI: 10.1002/app.35111.
[61]  Qi Chen, Lifeng Zhang, Yong Zhao, Xiang-Fa Wu*, and Hao Fong*. "Hybrid Multi-Scale Composites Developed from Glass Microfiber Fabrics and Nano-Epoxy Resins Containing Electrospun Glass Nanofibers". Composites Part B: Engineering, in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.08.044.
[62]  Laura Koepsell, Tyler Remund, Jing Bao, Daniel Neufeld, Hao Fong*, and Ying Deng*. "Tissue Engineering of Annulus Fibrosus Using Electrospun Fibrous Scaffolds with Aligned Polycaprolactone Fibers". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A, in press, DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33216.
[63]  Qi Chen, Lifeng Zhang, Arifur Rahman, Zhengping Zhou, Xiang-Fa Wu*, and Hao Fong*. "Hybrid and Multi-scale Epoxy Composite Made of Conventional Carbon Fiber Fabrics with Interlaminar Regions Containing Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Fabrics". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, in press, DOI:10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.09.010.
[64]  Yibing Cai, Huizhen Ke, Ju Dong, Tingting Zhang, Hui Qiao, Honglei Wang, Zhangfei Xu, Qufu Wei*, Yong Zhao, and Hao Fong* "Preparation, Morphology and Properties of Electrospun Lauric Acid/PET Form-Stable Phase Change Ultrafine Composite Fibres". Polymers and Polymer Composites, accepted.
[65]  Yibing Cai*, Huizhen Ke, Pingping Xie, Lei Song, Yuan Hu, Yong Zhao, Qufu Wei*, Weidong Gao, and Hao Fong. "Influences of Gamma Irradiation on Structure, Thermal Stability and Thermal Energy Storage Properties of the Form-Stable Phase Change Materials". Journal of the Energy Institute, accepted.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker, "The Study of Mechanism of Electrospinning", the First MATNET Symposium, Bowling Green, Ohio, November 8, 1997.
[2]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker, "The Formation of Beaded Nanofibers by Electrospinning", the 3rd National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, Akron, Ohio, June 21-24, 1998.
[3]  Iksoo Chun, Hao Fong, Darrell H. Reneker, Xioayan Fang, Joe Deitzel, Nora Beck Tan, and Kristen Kearns, "Carbon Nanofibers From Polyacrylonitrile and Mesophase Pitch", the 43rd International SAMPE Symposium, Anaheim, California, May 31-June 4, 1998.
[4]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker, "Polymer Nanofibers", the 22nd Asilomar Conference on Polymer Materials, Pacific Grove, California, February 14-17, 1999.
[5]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker, "Generation of Elastomeric Nanofiber by Electrospinning", proceedings of the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Vol. 44, No. 1, Part I, pp. 619, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26, 1999.
[6]  Hao Fong, Darrell H. Reneker, and Sureeporn Koombhongse, "Nanofibers of Polymers", proceedings of the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Vol. 44, No. 1 Part II, pp. 1562, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26, 1999.
[7]  Hao Fong, Darrell H. Reneker, and Dale Ertley, "Carbon Nanofibers from Polymers and Pitch", Revolutionary Aerospace Micro-and Nano-structure Applications symposium (RAMNAS), Dayton, Ohio, October 27-28, 1999.
[8]  Darrell H. Reneker, Hao Fong, et al., "Electrical Process for Making Polymer Nanofibers", the Polymer Processing Society (PPS), Asia/Australia Regional Meeting (PPS-RM 1999), B-8 (ID149), Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-3, 1999.
[9]  Darrell H. Reneker, Hao Fong, Sureeporn Koombhongse, and Alex L. Yarin, "Polymer Nanofibers, with a High Ratio of Surface Area to Mass, Made by Elelctrospinning", proceedings of the 6th Pacific Polymer Conference, pp.527, Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, China, December 7-11, 1999.
[10]  Hao Fong, Darrell H. Reneker, "Stabilization and Carbonization of Mesophase Pitch Nanofiber", the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, March, 2000.
[11]  Hao Fong, Zhihao Chen, Mark F. Foster, Darrell H. Reneker, "Structural Study of Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) in Electrospun Nanofibers and Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane)-b-Poly(isoprene) Diblock Copolymer in Bulk, the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 20-24, 2000.
[12]  Richard A. Vaia, Hao Fong et al., "Polymeric-Based Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Launch and Space Application", the 10th International Conference on High Performance Additives for Top-value Plastics, Hilton Head, SC, March 18-21, 2001.
[13]  Hao Fong, Richard A. Vaia, et al. "Formation of Self Generating Inorganic Passivation Layer on Nylon 6/Layered Silicate Nanocomposite", Polymer Preprints 2001, 42(1), 354-355, the 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2001.
[14]  Hao Fong, Richard A. Vaia, et al. "Generation of Electrospun Fibers of Nylon 6 and Nylon 6-Montmorillonite Nanocomposite", Polymer Preprints 2001, 42(2), 63-64, the 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2001.
[15]  Darrell H. Reneker, Hao Fong, et al. "Coils, Beads, Tubes, Ribbons, and Branches Produced by Electrospinning Polymer Fibers", the American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, March 12-16, 2001.
[16]  Hao Fong, "Nylon 6 Nanofiber Reinforced BIS-GMA/TEGDMA Dental Restorative Composite Resins", Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(2), 100-101, the 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, September 2003.
[17]  Hao Fong, "POSS-Methacrylate Dental Composites", proceedings of the 3rd East Asian Polymer Conference, Chengdu, China, June 2004.
[18]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Nanofibers and Their Applications", College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, May 20, 2004. Note: This is an invited lecture.
[19]  Kailash Pradhan, Fanariot Sefa, and Hao Fong, "Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers from Electrospun Nanofiber Precursors", EPSCoR Student Research Poster Session in Pierre, SD on February 15, 2005.
[20]  Sreedhar Kaipa, Guangyu Fan, and Hao Fong, "Polymer Nanofibers Reinforced Dental Restorative Composites", EPSCoR Student Research Poster Session in Pierre, SD on February 15, 2005.
[21]  Max Alexander, Brandon Black, Jennifer Stuckey, Chyi-Shan Wang, Jacque Henes, and Hao Fong, "Investigation of Electrospun Nanocomposite Polymer Nanofibers", the Joint Spring Meeting Ohio Section of APS and the Southern Ohio Section of AAPT, Dayton, OH, April 8-9, 2005.
[22]  Guangyu Fan, Lei Zhu, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong, "Investigation of Macromolecular Orientation and Crystalline Structure in the Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanofibers", Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering 2005, 93, 482-483, the 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC, August 2005.
[23]  Kailash Pradhan and Hao Fong, "Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers from Electrospun Nanofiber Precursors", South Dakota/North Dakota EPSCoR 5th Biennial Joint Conference, Swiftel Center, Brookings, SD, September 8-9, 2005.
[24]  Hao Fong, Sreedhar Kaipa, and Yi Liu, "Dental Composite Resins Strengthened/Toughened by Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers", American Association for Dental Research (AADR) 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 8-11, 2006.
[25]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic and Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications", Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, May 29, 2006. Note: This is an invited lecture.
[26]  Hao Fong, "Nanofibers from Electrospinning", Workshop on Nanocomposites and Nanohybrid Materials, North Dakota State University Alumni Center, Fargo, ND, October 6, 2006. Note: This is an invited talk.
[27]  Yi Liu, Yi Gao, Nyle E. Hedin and Hao Fong, "Polycarbonate/Poly (methyl methacrylate) Nanofiber Nanocomposites for Ballistic Protection", Polymer Preprints 2006, 47(2), 417-418, the 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.
[28]  Zhichuan Wu, Xueqian Wang, Tingxian Tao, Yudong Zhang, Yi Liu, and Hao Fong, "Synthesis and Luminescence Studies of Poly (Vinyl Acetate)−Eu (III) Coordination Compound", Polymer Preprints 2006, 47(2), 665-666, the 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.
[29]  Fanariot Sefa and Hao Fong, "Electrospinning Process and Morphologies, Structures and Properties of Electrospun Poly (vinyl alcohol) and Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers", AIChE Annual Meeting 2006, San Francisco, California, November 12-17, 2006. Note: The presentation won "2006 Student Poster Competition Award", the awardee was Fanariot Sefa.
[30]  Yi Gao and Hao Fong, "Innovative Dental Restorative Composites Structured with Electrospun Nanofibers", EPSCoR Student Research Poster Session in Pierre, SD on February 15, 2007.
[31]  Yi Liu, Nyle E. Hedin, and Hao Fong. "Polycarbonate/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanofiber Composites for Transparent Ballistic Protection", the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, June 3-7, 2007.
[32]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic and Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications", the 2nd International Symposium on Electrospun Nanofibers and Their Applications, Shanghai, China, October 27-30, 2007. Note: This is a plenary speech.
[33]  Hao Fong. "Innovative Nanocomposites made from Electrospun Nanofibers for Space Mirror Supporting Structures", the Workshop of US Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, March 24-27, 2008. Note: This is an invited talk.
[34]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic and Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications", Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, May 19, 2008. Note: This is an invited lecture.
[35]  Zhengtao Zhu, Hao Fong, Lifeng Zhang, Steve Smith, Yugang Sun and David Gosztola. "Fluorescence of Conjugated Polymer MEH-PPV/PEO Electrospun Fibers", A joint Workshop of ACS/IEEE/MRS on Organic Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, San Francisco, California, July 7-10, 2008.
[36]  Hao Fong. "Continuous Nano-Scaled Carbon Fibers with Superior Mechanical Strength". The Boeing Fiber Workshop, Future of Flight Museum, Everett WA, July 22-24, 2008. Note: This is an invited talk.
[37]  Yu Xie, Shaoyan Li, Ting Zhang, Prakash Joshi, Hao Fong, Mike Ropp, David Galipeau, and Qiquan Qiao. "Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells based on ZnO Nanorod Arrays", SPIE Photonic Devices and Applications Conference 2008. San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2008.
[38]  Qi Chen and Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic, Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications". Nano Research Exposition, Rapid City, SD, April 25, 2009.
[39]  Hao Fong. "Stronger, Longer-Lasting, Antimicrobial, and Biocompatible Dental Composites". Biomedical Research Conference, Rapid City, SD, May 2, 2009.
[40]  Hao Fong. "Preparation, Characterization, and Encapsulation/Release Studies of a Composite Nanofiber Mat Electrospun from an Emulsion Containing Poly (lacticco-glycolic acid)". Biomedical Research Conference, Rapid City, SD, May 2, 2009.
[41]  Hao Fong. "Continuous Nanoscale Carbon Fibers with Superior Mechanical Strength". The Fiber Society's Spring 2009 Conference, Shanghai, China, May 27-29, 2009.
[42]  Prakash Joshi, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, David Galipeau, and Qiquan Qiao. "PbS Quantum Dots Embedded TiO2 Nanofibers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells", The 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 7-12, 2009.
[43]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic and Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications", College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, July 20, 2009. Note: This is an invited lecture.
[44]  Hemanthram Varadaraju, Steven Schneiderman, Stephany Bjustrom, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Todd Menkhaus. "Bioseparations Using Electrospun Cellulose Nanofiber Adsorption Membranes". The 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009.
[45]  Prakash Joshi, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, Jing Li, Daren Davoux, David Galipeau, and Qiquan Qiao. "Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells". South Dakota/Wyoming EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, September 23-24, 2009.
[46]  Hao Fong. "Continuous Nano-Scaled Carbon Fibers with Superior Mechanical Strength". The 2009 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 30-December 4, 2009. Note: This is an invited talk.
[47]  Qi Chen and Hao Fong. "Novel Nanofibers and Nanocomposites". Nano Research Exposition, Rapid City, SD, April 26, 2010.
[48]  Hao Fong and Zhi-Chuan Wu. "Silver Nanoparticles on Amidoximer Fibers for Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes in Waste Water". The 6th International Conference on Interfaces against Pollution (IAP), Beijing, China, May 16-19, 2010.
[49]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun Polymeric, Ceramic, Metallic, Carbonaceous Nanofibers and Their Applications", Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 20, 2010. Note: This is an invited lecture.
[50]  Jie Liu, Gui Chen, Hao Fong. "Effects of Stretching on Structures and Properties of Continuous and Uniaxially Aligned Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofiber Bundles". The American Carbon Society Annual Conference, The Conference Center of Clemson University, Clemson, SC, July 11-16, 2010.
[51]  Jie Liu, Hui Gao, Hao Fong. "Structures and Properties of Electrospun PAN Nanofibers Collected From Two Different Methods Including Water Flow and Rotational Device". The American Carbon Society Annual Conference, The Conference Center of Clemson University, Clemson, SC, July 11-16, 2010.
[52]  Todd Menkhaus, Hemanthram Varadaraju, Steven Schneiderman, Stephany Bjustrom, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong. "Nanolayer Functionalized Electrospun Nanofibers as an Ultra-High Capacity Membrane Adsorption Medium". The Recovery of Biological Products XIV Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, August 1-6, 2010.
[53]  Hao Fong. "Electrospun composite nanofiber fabrics containing uniformly dispersed antimicrobial agents as an innovative type of polymeric materials with superior antimicrobial efficacy". The 1st Annual World Congress of Nanomedicine-2010, Beijing, China, October 23-25, 2010. Note: This is an invited talk.
[54]  Hemanthram Varadaraju, Steve Schneiderman, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Todd J. Menkhaus. "Performance and Economic Analyses of Nanolayer Functionalized Nanofibers as a Novel Protein Purification Medium". The 2010 Annual Meeting, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010.
[55]  Li Liu and Hao Fong. "Electrospun SiO2 nanofibers containing SiO2 nanoparticles". Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering 2011, 104, 127-128. The 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011.
[56]  Qi Chen, Lifeng Zhang, Myung-Keun Yoon, and Hao Fong. "Epoxy composites reinforced with electrospun SiO2 nanofibers". Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering 2011, 104, 346-347. The 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011.
[57]  Lifeng Zhang and Hao Fong. "TiC nanofibers and/or nanoribbons developed through electrospinning followed by carbothermal reduction". Polymer Preprints 2011, 52(1), 430-431. The 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011.
[58]  Volker Presser, Lifeng Zhang, John McDonough, Junjie Niu, Hao Fong, and Yury Gogotsi. "High Power-Density Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Flexible Carbon Nano-Felts". The Research Day at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 8, 2011.
[59]  Nathan Netzer, Chao Qiu, Yongyi Zhang, Cuikun Lin, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Chaoyang Jiang. "Gold-Silver Bimetallic Nanowires and Their Applications in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering". The 2011 SD EPSCoR Meeting, Chamberlin, South Dakota, June 1-3, 2011.
[60]  Lifeng Zhang and Hao Fong. "High Power-Density Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Flexible TiC-CDC Carbon Nano-Felts". The 2011 SD EPSCoR Meeting, Chamberlin, South Dakota, June 1-3, 2011.
[61]  Prakash Joshi, Lifeng Zhang, Qiliang Chen, Hao Fong, David Galipeau, and Qiquan Qiao. "Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". The 2011 SD EPSCoR Meeting, Chamberlin, South Dakota, June 1-3, 2011.
[62]  Chuilin Lai, Lifeng Zhang, Lew P. Christopher, and Hao Fong. "Carbonaceous nano-fibrous felts developed from alkali lignin". The 2011 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, Washington, D.C. (Arlington, VA), June 6-8, 2011.
[63]  Jie Liu, Gui Chen, Jieying Liang, Zhaokun Ma, Hao Fong. "Investigation of the Stretching on Morphological Structures and Thermo-Chemical Behaviors of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Copolymer Nanofibers in the Uniaxially Aligned Bundles". The Annual International World Conference on Carbon (Carbon2011), Shanghai, China, July 24-29, 2011.
[64]  Lifeng Zhang, Volker Presser, Junjie Niu, John McDonough, Hao Fong, and Yury Gogotsi. "Flexible Carbon Nano-Felt Derived from Electrospun TiC Nanofibers and Its Superior Electrochemical Properties". The Annual International World Conference on Carbon (Carbon2011), Shanghai, China, July 24-29, 2011. Note: This is a keynote speech.
[65]  Volker Presser, Lifeng Zhang, Jun Jie Niu, John McDonough, Carlos R. Perez, Hao Fong, and Yury Gogotsi. "Flexible Nano-Felts of Carbide-Derived Carbon with Ultra-High Power Handling Capability". The 220th ECS Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, October 9-14, 2011.
[66]  Ming Tian, Xiuying Zhao, Qinghua Hu, Haiyan Wu, Hao Fong, and Liqun Zhang. "Rubber Microfibers with Morphological Stability Prepared Through Combination of Electrospinning and In-Situ Chemical Crosslinking". The 180th Technical Meeting of the ACS (American Chemical Society) Rubber Division, Cleveland, Ohio, October 11-13, 2011.
[67]  Chuilin Lai, Lifeng Zhang, Hao Fong, and Lew P. Christopher. "Lignin-Based Carbonaceous Nano-Fibrous Felts". The AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16-21, 2011.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Hao Fong and Darrell H. Reneker*. In Structure Formation in Polymeric Fibers: Chapter 6, Electrospinning and Formation of Nanofibers, David R. Salem, Editor, Hanser Gardner Publications (ISBN: 1-56990-306-9), Carl Hanser Verlag (ISBN: 3-446-18203-9), 2001, pp. 225-246.
[2]  Derek M. Lincoln, Hao Fong, and Richard A. Vaia*. In Defense Applications of Nanomaterials: Chapter 6, Nanocomposites for Extreme Environments, Andrzej W. Miziolek, Shashi P. Karna, Matthew J. Mauro, Richard A. Vaia, Editors, American Chemical Society Publishers, Washington, DC (ISBN: 9-780841-238060), 2005, pp. 82-101.
[3]  Darrell H. Reneker* and Hao Fong*. In Polymeric Nanofibers: Chapter 1: Polymeric Nanofibers: Introduction, Darrell H. Reneker and Hao Fong, Editors, American Chemical Society Publishers, Washington, DC (ISBN-13: 978-0-8412-3919-7, ISBN-10: 0-8412-3919-3), 2006, pp. 1-6.
[4]  Hao Fong* and Darrell H. Reneker*. In Polymeric Nanofibers: Chapter 20: Investigation of the Formation of Carbon and Graphite Nanofiber from Mesophase Pitch Nanofiber Precursor, Darrell H. Reneker and Hao Fong, Editors, American Chemical Society Publishers, Washington, DC (ISBN-13: 978-0-8412-3919-7, ISBN-10: 0-8412-3919-3), 2006, pp. 285-299.
[5]  Hao Fong*. In Polymeric Nanostructures and Their Applications, Volume 2: Applications: Chapter 11, Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic, Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications, Hari S. Nalwa Editor, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, CA (ISBN: 1-58883-070-5), 2007, pp. 451-474.
[6]  David M. Cowles, Yi Gao, Sriramaraju Sagi, Lifeng Zhang, Yiliang Liao, and Hao Fong*. In Glass Materials Research Progress: Chapter 2: Electrospun Nano-Scaled Glass Fibers and Their Reinforced Dental Composites, Jonas C. Wolf and Luke Lange, Editors, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, NY (ISBN: 978-1-60456-578-2), 2008, pp. 39-59.
[7]  Todd J. Menkhaus*, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong*. In Handbook of Membrane Research: Properties, Performance and Applications: Chapter 3: Applications of Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Bioseparations, Stephan V. Gorley, Editor, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, NY (ISBN: 978-1-60741-638-8), 2009, pp.105-135.
[8]  Todd J. Menkhaus, Lifeng Zhang, and Hao Fong. Applications of Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Bioseparations. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, NY (ISBN: 978-1-60876-782-3), 2010.
[9]  Matthew J. Little and Hao Fong. Dental Composites with Nano-Scaled Fillers. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, NY (ISBN: 978-1-61761-299-2), 2010.
[10]  Matthew J. Little and Hao Fong*. In Dental Composites: Chapter 3: Dental Composites with Nano-Scaled Fillers, Frederick C. Calhoun, Editor, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, NY (ISBN: 978-1-61728-933-0), 2011, in press.