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Jie Xu

Joint Appointment Unique Status

Polybot, Autonomous material discovery, electronic polymer, sustainable/degradable/recyclable polymer, polymer processing and characterizations

Biography

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Jie Xu is a scientist at Argonne National Lab, and an assistant professor of molecular engineering in the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

Her research integrates polymer science with AI-guided autonomous experimentation to accelerate the discovery of advanced functional polymers. She leads the development of Polybot (https://​cnm​.anl​.gov/​p​a​g​e​s​/​p​o​lybot), a self-driving laboratory that connects synthesis, processing, and characterization with AI/ML-guided decision-making and currently operates as a user tool within a DOE user facility. Her work spans electronic polymers, soft materials for devices, and sustainable polymer technologies, with a unifying emphasis on embedding circular design principles into next-generation materials. She received the Materials Research Society Postdoctoral Award and is named to the MIT Technology Review’s list of Innovators Under 35, Newsweek list of America’s Greatest Disruptors as a budding disruptor, and  2023 Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Early Investigator Honoree by the American Chemical Society.

Research Interests

Honors and Service

Publications

2025

  • Dai, Y. #,Vriza, A.#;(# contribute equally); Kim, F., Wang, Y., Liu, W., Shan, N.; Xu, J.; Weires, M.; Wu, Y.; Cao, Z.; Miller, C. S.; Divan, R.; Gu, X.; Zhu, C.; Wang, S.*; Chan, H.*; Xu, J.*, ​“Adaptive AI decision interface for autonomous electronic material discovery.” Nature Chemical Engineering, 2025, 2, 760–770
    • **Featured by University of Chicago PME News: “‘AI advisor’ helps self-driving labs share control” Dec. 18, 2025.
    • **Featured by ScienMag: ​“Adaptive AI Revolutionizes Autonomous Material Discovery” Dec. 18, 2025.    
    • **Featured by Bioengineering​.org: ​“Adaptive AI Revolutionizes Autonomous Material Discovery” Dec. 18, 2025.    
    • **Featured by EurekAlert!: ​“AI advisor” helps self-driving labs share control” Dec.18, 2025.
    • **Featured by Mirage News: ​“AI Advisor Aids Self-Driving Labs in Shared Control” Dec. 19, 2025.
    • **Featured by MSN: ​“AI advisor keeps scientists in the loop while supercharging self-driving lab results” Dec.19, 2025.
    • **Featured by Interesting Engineering: ​‘AI advisor’ keeps scientists in the loop while supercharging self-driving lab results” Dec.19, 2025.
    • **Featured by Science Springs: “‘AI advisor’ helps self-driving labs share control” Jan.8, 2026.
  • Wu, Y.#; Vriza, A.#;(# contribute equally); Ozgulbas, D.; Vescovi, R.; Wang, Z.; Hu, S.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, Q.;, Österholm, A. M.; Reynolds, J. R.; Sankaranarayanan, S. K.R.S.; Chan, M. K.Y.; Foster, I. T.; Mei, J.*; Chan, H.*; Xu, J.*, ​“Autonomous Synthesis and Inverse Design of Electrochromic Polymers with High Efficiency and Accuracy” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 48, 44101–44113.
  • Wang, C.#; Kim, Y.#; Vriza, A. #; Batra, R. #;(# contribute equally) Baskaran, A.;Shan, N.; Li, N.; Darancet, P.; Ward, L.; Liu, Y.; Chan, M. K.Y.; Sankaranarayanan, S. K.R.S; Fry, H. C.; Miller, S.; Chan, H.*; Xu, J.*, ​“Autonomous Platform for Solution Processing of Electronic Polymers” Nature Communication, 16, 1498, 2025.

2024

2023

  • Jiang, Y.;  Ji, S.;  Sun, J.;  Huang, J.;  Li, Y.;  Zou, G.;  Salim, T.;  Wang, C.;  Li, W.;  Jin, H.;  Xu, J.;  Wang, S.;  Lei, T.;  Yan, X.;  Peh, W. Y. X.;  Yen, S.-C.;  Liu, Z.;  Yu, M.;  Zhao, H.;  Lu, Z.;  Li, G.;  Gao, H.;  Liu, Z.;  Bao, Z.; Chen, X., A universal interface for plug-and-play assembly of stretchable devices. Nature 2023, 614 (7948), 456-462.
  • Liu, W. ; Zhang, C.;  Alessandri,R. ; Diroll, B. T.; Li, Y.; Fan, X.; Wang, K.; Cho, H.;  Liu, Y.; Dai,  Y.;  Su, Q.; Li, N. ; Li, S.; Wai, S.;  Li, Q.;  Shao, S.; Wang, L.; Xu, J.; Zhang, X.; Talapin, D. V.; de Pablo, J. J.; Wang, S.; High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence, Nature Materials, 22 (6), 737-745.
  • Wu, H.-C.;  Nikzad, S.;  Zhu, C.;  Yan, H.;  Li, Y.;  Niu, W.;  Matthews, J. R.;  Xu, J.;  Matsuhisa, N.;  Arunachala, P. K.;  Rastak, R.;  Linder, C.;  Zheng, Y.-Q.;  Toney, M. F.;  He, M.; Bao, Z., Highly stretchable polymer semiconductor thin films with multi-modal energy dissipation and high relative stretchability. Nature Communications 2023, 14 (1), 8382.
  • Vriza, A.; Chan, H.;  Xu, J.*, Self-Driving Laboratory for Polymer Electronics. Chemistry of Materials (front cover), 2023
  • Leng, M.;  Koripally, N.;  Huang, J.;  Vriza, A.;  Lee, K. Y.;  Ji, X.;  Li, C.;  Hays, M.;  Tu, Q.;  Dunbar, K.;  Xu, J.*;  Ng, T. N.*; Fang, L.*, Synthesis and exceptional operational durability of polyaniline-inspired conductive ladder polymers. Materials Horizons 2023.
  • Mooney, M.;  Nyayachavadi, A.;  Awada, A.;  Iakovidis, E.;  Wang, Y.;  Chen, M.-N.;  Liu, Y.;  Xu, J.;  Chiu, Y.-C.;  Gu, X.; Rondeau-Gagné, S., Asymmetric side-chain engineering in semiconducting polymers: a platform for greener processing and post-functionalization of organic electronics. Polymer Chemistry 2023, 14 (5), 562-572.

2022

  • Dai, Y.;  Dai, S.;  Li, N.;  Li, Y.;  Moser, M.;  Strzalka, J.;  Prominski, A.;  Liu, Y.;  Zhang, Q.;  Li, S.;  Hu, H.;  Liu, W.;  Chatterji, S.;  Cheng, P.;  Tian, B.;  McCulloch, I.;  Xu, J.; Wang, S., Stretchable Redox-Active Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Advanced Materials 2022, 34 (23), 2201178.
  • Dai, S.;  Dai, Y.;  Zhao, Z.;  Xia, F.;  Li, Y.;  Liu, Y.;  Cheng, P.;  Strzalka, J.;  Li, S.;  Li, N.;  Su, Q.;  Wai, S.;  Liu, W.;  Zhang, C.;  Zhao, R.;  Yang, J. J.;  Stevens, R.;  Xu, J.;  Huang, J.; Wang, S., Intrinsically stretchable neuromorphic devices for on-body processing of health data with artificial intelligence. Matter 2022.
  • Mu, A. U.;  Kim, Y.-J.;  Miranda, O.;  Vazquez, M.;  Strzalka, J.;  Xu, J.; Fang, L., Hydrogen-Bond-Promoted Planar Conformation, Crystallinity, and Charge Transport in Semiconducting Diazaisoindigo Derivatives. ACS Materials Letters 2022, 4 (7), 1270-1278.

2021

  • Xu, J.*; Wu, H.-C.*; Mun, J.; Ning, R.; Wang, W.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Nikzad, S.; Yan, H.; Gu, X.; Luo, S.; Zhou, D.; Tok, J. B.-H.; Bao, Z., Tuning conjugated polymer chain packing for stretchable semiconductor, Advanced Materials, 2021. 2104747
  • Su, Q.;  Zou, Q.;  Li, Y.;  Chen, Y.;  Teng, S.-Y.;  Kelleher, J. T.;  Nith, R.;  Cheng, P.;  Li, N.;  Liu, W.;  Dai, S.;  Liu, Y.;  Mazursky, A.;  Xu, J.;  Jin, L.;  Lopes, P.; Wang, S., A stretchable and strain-unperturbed pressure sensor for motion interference-free tactile monitoring on skins. Science Advances 2021, 7 (48), eabi4563.
  • Li, N.; Dai, Y.; Li, Y.; Dai, S.; Strzalka, J.; Su, Q.; De Oliveira, N.; Zhang, Q.; St. Onge, P. B. J.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Xu, J.; Wang, S., A universal and facile approach for building multifunctional conjugated polymers for human-integrated electronics, Matter, 4, 1-15, 2021
  • Wang, W.; Wang, S.; Rastak, R.; Ochiai, Y.; Niu, S.; Jiang, Y.; Arunachala, P.K.; Zheng, Y.; Xu, J.; Matsuhisa, N.; Yan, X.; Kwon, S.; Miyakawa, M.; Zhang, Z.; Ning, R.; Foudeh, A. M.; Yun, Y.; Linder, C.; Tok, J. B.-H.; Bao, Z., Strain-insensitive intrinsically stretchable transistors and circuits, Nature Electronics, 4,143–150, 2021.
  • Dai, Y.; Hu, H.; Wang, M.; Xu, J.; Wang, S., Stretchable transistors and functional circuits for next-generation human-integrated electronics, Nature Electronics, 2021.
  • Luo, S.; Li, N.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, C.; Qu, T.; Ocheje, M. U.; Xue, G.; Gu, X.; Rondeau-Gagneì, S.; Hu, W.; Wang, S.; Teng C, Zhou, D.; Xu, J., Two-step Crystallization Kinetics of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers and the Correlation with Charge Carrier Mobility, Chemistry of Materials, 33, 5, 1637–1647, 2021
  • Wu, H.-C.; Lissel ​‚F.;  Wang, G.-J. N.; Koshy, D.M.; Nikzad, S.; Yan, H.; Xu, J.; Luo, S.; Matsuhisa, N.; Cheng, Y.; Wang, F.; Ji, B.; Li,D.; Chen,W.-C.; Xue, G.; Bao, Z., Metal-Ligand Based Mechanophores Enhance Both Mechanical Robustness and Electronic, Advanced Functional Materials 2021,2009201

2020

  • Luo, S.; Wang, T.; Ocheje, M.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.; Qian Z.; Gu, X.; Xue, G.; Rondeau-Gagneì, S.; Jiang, J.; Hu, W.; Zhuravlev, E.; Zhou, D., Multiamorphous Phases in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymers: From Bulk to Ultrathin Films, Macromolecules 2020.

2019

  • Xu, J.*; Wu, H.-C.*;(* contribute equally) Zhu, C.; Ehrlich, A.; Shaw, L.; Nikolka, M.; Wang, S.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Gu, X.; Luo, S.; Zhou, D.; Kim, Y.-H.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Gu, K.; Feig, V. R.; Chen, S.; Kim, Y.; Katsumata, T.; Zheng, Y.-Q.; Yan, H.; Chung, J. W.; Lopez, J.; Murmann, B.; Bao, Z., Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films. Nature Materials 2019.
    • **Featured by MRS Bulletin: ​“Simple manufacturing process boosts stretchable semiconductor performance”.
  • Mun, J.; Kang, J.; Zheng Yu.; Luo S.; Wu, H. -C.; Matsuhisa N.; Xu, J.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Yun Y.; Xue, G.; Tok, J. B. H.; Bao, Z., Conjugated Carbon Cyclic Nanoring as Additives for Intrinsically Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers, Advanced Materials 2019, 31 (42), 1903912
  • Tran, H.; Feig, V. R.; Liu, K.; Wu, H.-C.; Chen, R.; Xu, J.; Deisseroth, K.; Bao, Z., Stretchable and Fully Degradable Semiconductors for Transient Electronics. ACS Central Science 2019, 5 (11), 1884-1891.
  • Qian, Z.; Cao, Z.; Galuska, L.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.; Gu, X., Glass Transition Phenomenon for Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2019, 220 (11), 1900062.
  • Gasperini, A.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Wu, H.-C.; Lopez, J.; Xu, J.; Luo, S.; Zhou, D.; Xue, G.; Tok, J. B. H.; Bao, Z., Characterization of Hydrogen Bonding Formation and Breaking in Semiconducting Polymers under Mechanical Strain. Macromolecules 2019, 52 (6), 2476-2486.
  • Qian, Z.; Galuska, L., McNutt, W. W.; Ocheje, M,; He, Y.; Cao, Z.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.; Hong, K.; Rondeau-Gagne, S.; Mei, J.; Gu, X., Challenge and solution of characterizing glass transition temperature for conjugated polymers by differential scanning calorimetry” Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics,2019, 57 (23), 1635-1644.

2018

  • Wang, S.*; Xu J.*(* contribute equally); Wang, W. C.; Wang, G. J. N.; Rastak, R.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Chung, J. W.; Niu, S. M.; Feig, V. R.; Lopez, J.; Lei, T.; Kwon, S. K.; Kim, Y.; Foudeh, A. M.; Ehrlich, A.; Gasperini, A.; Yun, Y.; Murmann, B.; Tok, J. B. H.; Bao, Z., Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array. Nature 2018, 555, 83
  • Wang, G.-J. N.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Zhang, H.; Xu, J.; Wu, H.-C.; Lopez, J.; Shaw, L.; Mun, J.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, S.; Ehrlich, A.; Bao, Z., Nonhalogenated Solvent Processable and Printable High-Performance Polymer Semiconductor Enabled by Isomeric Nonconjugated Flexible Linkers. Macromolecules 2018,51 (13), 4976-4985.
  • Lopez, F. M.; Wu, H. -C.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Yan, H.; Shaw L.; Xu, J.; Toney, M. F. and Bao, Z., Enhancing Molecular Alignment and Charge Transport of Solution-Sheared Semiconducting Polymer Films by the Electrical-Blade Effect. Advanced Electronic Materials, 1800110.
  • Wang, S.*; Oh, J. Y.*; Xu J.*(* contribute equally); Tran, H.; Bao, Z., Skin-Electronics: An Emerging Paradigm, Accounts of Chemical Research 2018, 51, 1033-1045

2017

  • Xu, J.*; Wang, S.* (* contribute equally); Wang, G. J. N.; Zhu, C. X.; Luo, S. C.; Jin, L. H.; Gu, X. D.; Chen, S. C.; Feig, V. R.; To, J. W. F.; Rondeau-Gagne, S.; Park, J.; Schroeder, B. C.; Lu, C.; Oh, J. Y.; Wang, Y. M.; Kim, Y. H.; Yan, H.; Sinclair, R.; Zhou, D. S.; Xue, G.; Murmann, B.; Linder, C.; Cai, W.; Tok, J. B. H.; Chung, J. W.; Bao, Z., Highly stretchable polymer semiconductor films through the nanoconfinement effect. Science 2017, 355(6320): 59-64.
    • **Featured by Science: ​“Staying conductive in the stretch” 355 (2017) 24-25.
    • **Featured by Nature Nanotechnology: ​“Wearable electronics: Stretching the limits” 12 (2017) 101.
    • **Featured by Clinical Chemistry ​“Electronics that flex themselves” 63 (2017) 1308-1310.
    • **Featured by Physics Today ​“Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach”    70, (2017) 14-16.
    • **Highlighted in Physics World: ​“Stretchable transistor could be a second skin”;
    • **Highlighted in C&EN: ​“Super stretchy semiconducting polymers”;
    • **Highlighted on Phys. org: ​“A transistor that can be stretched to twice its length with minimal loss of conductivity”;
    • **Highlighted on ScienceDaily: ​“A flexible transistor that conforms to skin”;
    • **Highlighted in ECN, News Atlas, New Scientist, Steemit, CCT News, EurekAlert, Printed Electronics World, etc
  • Lu, C.; Lee, W. Y.; Gu, X. D.; Xu, J.; Chou, H. H.; Yan, H. P.; Chiu, Y. C.; He, M. Q.; Matthews, J. R.; Niu, W. J.; Tok, J. B. H.; Toney, M. F.; Chen, W. C.; Bao, Z., Effects of Molecular Structure and Packing Order on the Stretchability of Semicrystalline Conjugated Poly(Tetrathienoacene-diketopyrrolopyrrole) Polymers. Advanced Electronic Materials 2017, 3 (2).

2016

  • Oh, J. Y.; Rondeau-Gagne, S.; Chiu, Y. C.; Chortos, A.; Lissel, F.; Wang, G. J. N.; Schroeder, B. C.; Kurosawa, T.; Lopez, J.; Katsumata, T.; Xu J., Zhu, C. X.; Gu, X. D.; Bae, W. G.; Kim, Y.; Jin, L. H.; Chung, J. W.; Tok, J. B. H.; Bao, Z. N. Intrinsically stretchable and healable semiconducting polymer for organic transistors. Nature 2016, 539 (7629), 411-415.
  • Li X.*; Xu J.*(* contribute equally); Wang, D.; Sha, Y.; Chen, W.; Zhou, D. S.; Wang, X. L.; Sun, Q.; Xue, G.; Li, L. L., Low-temperature processing of polymer nanoparticles for bioactive composites. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 2016, 54(24): 2514-2520.
  • Wang, G. J. N.; Shaw, L.; Xu, J.; Kurosawa, T.; Schroeder, B. C.; Oh, J. Y.; Benight, S. J.; Bao, Z., Inducing Elasticity through Oligo-Siloxane Crosslinks for Intrinsically Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26 (40), 7254-7262.
  • Schroeder, B. C.; Chiu, Y. C.; Gu, X. D.; Zhou, Y.; Xu, J.; Lopez, J.; Lu, C.; Toney, M. F.; Bao, Z., Non-Conjugated Flexible Linkers in Semiconducting Polymers: A Pathway to Improved Processability without Compromising Device Performance. Advanced Electronic Materials 2016, 2 (7).
  • Rao, Y. L.; Chortos, A.; Pfattner, R.; Lissel, F.; Chiu, Y. C.; Feig, V.; Xu, J.; Kurosawa, T.; Gu, X. D.; Wang, C.; He, M. Q.; Chung, J. W.; Bao, Z. N. Stretchable Self-Healing Polymeric Dielectrics Cross-Linked Through Metal-Ligand Coordination. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138 (18), 6020-6027.
  • Park, S.; Lee, M. H.; Ahn, K. S.; Choi, H. H.; Shin, J.; Xu, J.; Mei, J. G.; Cho, K.; Bao, Z. A.; Lee, D. R.; Kang, M. S.; Kim, D. H. Combinatorial Study of Temperature-Dependent Nanostructure and Electrical Conduction of Polymer Semiconductors: Even Bimodal Orientation Can Enhance 3D Charge Transport. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26 (26), 4627-4634.

2015 ~ 2011

  • Giri, G.; DeLongchamp, D. M.; Reinspach, J.; Fischer, D. A.; Richter, L. J.; Xu, J.; Benight, S.; Ayzner, A.; He, M. Q.; Fang, L.; Xue, G.; Toney, M. F.; Bao, Z. N. Effect of Solution Shearing Method on Packing and Disorder of Organic Semiconductor Polymers. Chemistry of Materials 2015, 27 (7), 2350-2359.
  • Xu J.;Ding L.; Chen J; Gao S; Li L.L.; Zhou D.; Li X.; Xue G., Sensitive characterization of the influence of substrate interfaces on supported thin films. Macromolecules 2014, 47(18): 6365-6372.
  • Xu J.*;Diao Y.* (* contribute equally); Zhou, D. S.; Mao, Y. S.; Giri, G.; Chen, W.; Liu, N.; Mannsfeld, S. C. B.; Xue, G.; Bao, Z., Probing the interfacial molecular packing in TIPS-pentacene organic semiconductors by surface enhanced Raman scattering. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2014, 2(16): 2985-2991.
  • Diao, Y.; Lenn, K. M.; Lee, W. Y.; Blood-Forsythe, M. A.; Xu, J.; Mao, Y. S.; Kim, Y.; Reinspach, J. A.; Park, S.; Aspuru-Guzik, A.; Xue, G.; Clancy, P.; Bao, Z., Understanding polymorphism in organic semiconductor thin films through nanoconfinement. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136 (49), 17046-17057.
  • Chen, J.; Li, L.; Zhou, D.; Xu, J.; Xue, G., Effect of molecular chain architecture on dynamics of polymer thin films measured by the ac-chip calorimeter. Macromolecules 2014, 47 (10), 3497-3501.
  • Diao, Y.; Tee, B. C. K.; Giri, G.; Xu, J.; Kim, D. H.; Becerril, H. A.; Stoltenberg, R. M.; Lee, T. H.; Xue, G.; Mannsfeld, S. C. B.; Bao, Z., Solution coating of large-area organic semiconductor thin films with aligned single-crystalline domains. Nature materials 2013, 12 (7), 665.
    • **Selected as the front cover of Nature Materials
    • **Featured in Nature Materials News and Views. doi:10.1038/nmat3686
    • “Organic semiconductors: Made to order” 6/2/2013
    • **Featured in SLAC/Stanford news, ScienceDaily, R&D Magazine, EurekAlert, Materials today, the
    • Engineer etc. ​“Printing Innovations Provide 10-fold Improvement in Organic Electronics”6/3/2013
    • **Featured by Materials Research Society in Materials306. ​“Fluid-Enhanced Crystal Engineering 
    • Improves Upon Solution Coating of Organic Semiconductors” 6/3/2013
    • **Featured in Nanotechweb. ​“Solution coating the easy way” 6/26/2013
  • Chen, J.; Xu, J.; Wang, X.; Zhou, D.; Sun, P.; Xue, G., Thickness Dependence of Glass Transitions Measured by AC-Chip Calorimetry in Films with Controlled Interface. Macromolecules 2013, 46 (17), 7006-7011.
  • Shen, J.; Jiang, W.; Liu, Y.; Wei, R.; Liu, X.; Zhong, Y.; Xu, J.; Li, L.; Xue, G., Synthesis and thermal properties of poly (methyl methacrylate)-poly (L-lactic acid)-poly (methyl methacrylate) tri-block copolymer.Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2012, 124 (5), 3905-3911.
  • Xu J.; Li D.; Chen J.; Din L.; Wang X.; Tao F.; Xue G., Detection of interchain proximity and segmental motion of polymer glass. Macromolecules 2011, 44(18): 7445-7450.

 

Patents and Softwares

  • Xu J., Wu Y., Liu W., ​“DEGRADABLE LUMINESCENT POLYMERS”, U.S. Patent Application No. 18/234,311. Filed: August 15, 2023
  • Xu J., Chan H., Wang C., Darancet P T., ​“Polybot: An AI-Integrated Robotic Software Environment”, ANL-SF-21-142, 2021
  • Chung J., Lee S.,Bao Z., Xu J., ​“Organic semiconductor thin film and method of manufacturing the same and thin film transistor and electronic device”, publication number US 10741766, published August 2020
  • YUN Youngjun, Bao Z., Xu J., ​“Organic semiconductor thin film, and thin film transistor and electronic device including the same.”, publication number US 16669957, published April 2020
  • Xu J., Chung J W., Bao Z., ​“Stretchable Organic Semiconductor by Blending Method.” U.S. Non-provisional Application. Atty. Dkt. No. 15639-000302-US-01, filed April 2017
  • Xue G., Li X., Wang X., Zhou D., Xu J.,Teng C., Li L., ​“Preparation method of bioactive molecule and macromolecule composite material”, publication number CN 105385057, published March 2016

Professional activities

  • Associate Editor, APL Machine Learning (2023 - 2025)
  • Editorial board member of Communications Materials (Nature Research, 2020- 2022)
  • Editorial board member of Flexible Electronics (Frontiers, 2020- present)
  • Symposium organizer:
    • 2026 Gordon Research Conference, session chair ​“AI for Materials, Energy, and Chemical Sciences”
    • 2025 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering, session chair ​“Circular Economy of Polymers”
    • Fall 2025 MRS symposium organizer: ​“Intelligent Systems for Polymer Design, Materials Characterization and Autonomous Experimentation”
    • Spring 2024 MRS symposium- ​“Machine Learning Methods, Data and Automation for Sustainable Electronics”
    • Spring 2024 ACS National Meeting PMSE symposium- ​“Data, Automation and ML for Polymer Science”
    • Fall 2022 ACS National Meeting PMSE symposium- ​“Functional Conjugated Polymers: From Fundamental Synthetic and Physical Chemistry to Emerging Applications”
    • Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting PMSE019 - ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
    • Spring 2020 ACS National Meeting, ​“Polymer Innovation for Advanced Organic Electronics and Bioelectronic Medicine”
    • Fall 2020 ACS National Meeting, PMSE symposium- ​“Functional Conjugated Polymers: from Fundamental Synthetic and Physical Chemistry to Emerging Applications”
    • 2020 APS/CNM Users Meeting, ​“Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Synthesis and Processing”

Invited talks

  • “Advancing Polymer Innovation with Polybot: An AI-Guided Robotic Laboratory”, NSF AIMEMS NRT, Chicago, IL, USA, Jan. 20, 2026
  • “Engineering Electronic Polymers using Self-Driving Laboratory (Polybot)”, MRS National Meeting Fall, Boston, MA, USA, Nov.30-Dec. 5, 2025.
  • “Engineering Electronic Polymers using Self-Driving Laboratory” 2025 Soft AE Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 2, 2025.
  • “Engineering Electronic Polymers using Self-Driving Laboratory” Annual Symposium for the Molecule Maker Lab Institute (MMLI) in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, April 15-16, 2025
  • “Accelerated Polymer Electronics Development Through Artificial Intelligence-Powered Autonomous Experimentation (AI/AE)” MRS National Meeting Spring, Seattle, CA, USA, April 6-11, 2025.
  • “Polybot-An Al-Guided Robotic Laboratory Advancing Polymer Innovation for Sustainability” MRS National Meeting Spring, Seattle, CA, USA, April 6-11, 2025.
  • “Smart platform for solution processing electronic polymer thin films” ACS National Meeting Spring, San Diego, CA, USA, Mar. 23-28, 2025.
  • “Polybot: An Al-guided robotic laboratory empowering innovation in electronic polymers” ACS National Meeting Spring, San Diego, CA, USA, Mar. 23-28, 2025.
  • “Engineering Electronic Polymers using Self-Driving Laboratory” virtual talk in NRT MIDAS, University of Delaware, Feb.7, 2025
  • “Engineering Electronic Polymers using Self-Driving Laboratory“at ​“Accelerating Research on Novel Material and Complex Devices for Future Energy-Efficient Computing” Virtual Workshop at SLAC, Feb. 3-7, 2025
  • “Polybot: An AI-Guided Robotic Laboratory Empowering Innovation in Polymer Electronics”, Seminar talk in Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Canada, Nov. 8, 2024
  • “Polybot: An AI-Guided Robotic Laboratory Empowering Innovation in Polymer Electronics”, Seminar talk in Polymer Science & Engineering Department @ UMass Amherst, Oct. 10, 2024
  • “Polybot: An AI-Guided Robotic Laboratory Empowering Innovation in Polymer Electronics”, Seminar talk in Materials Science and Engineering @ Notre Dame, Sept. 24, 2024
  • “Self-driving laboratory for polymer electronics”, (ICFPE 2024) International Conference on Flexible and Printed Electronics, Taipei, Taiwan, August 28-30, 2024
  • “From Nanoscale Conjugated Polymers to Autonomous Discover”, ACS National Meeting fall, Denver, CO, USA, August 18-22, 2024.
  • “Autonomous Platform for Solution Processing of Electronic Polymers”, ACS National Meeting fall, Denver, CO, USA, August 18-22, 2024.
  • “Polybot: An AI-Guided Robotic Laboratory Empowering Innovation in Polymer Electronics”, Accelerate Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 6~9, 2024
  • “AI and Autonomous Polymer Discovery”, Virtual Seminar @Meta, USA, July 17, 2024
  • “Self-driving lab (Polybot) for electronic polymer discovery”, Polymer Women Empowerment & Research (PoWER), Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, July 11~12, 2024
  • “Self-driving lab (Polybot) for electronic polymer discovery”, Machine Learning and Data Science in Polymer Design @ Avery Dennison, Miamisburg, USA, June 26, 2024
  • “Self-driving lab (Polybot) for electronic polymer discovery”, (Keynote talk), ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Seattle, USA, June 23-26, 2024
  • “The Synergy of Electronic Polymers and Self-Driving Laboratories for Innovations in Soft Robots”, Jie Xu (presenter), MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle, USA, April 22-26, 2024
  • “Semiconductor Materials Accelerator Open Roundtable”, (attendee), roundtable discussion, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC, USA, April. 18, 2024
  • “Self-driving lab (Polybot) for electronic polymer discovery”, APS National March Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, March 3-8, 2024
  • “Self-driving lab (Polybot) for electronic polymer discovery”, Future Lab Workshop at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Nov.1-2, 2023
  • “From the Physical Engineering of Conjugated Polymers to Autonomous Discovery”, ACS National Meeting fall, San Francisco, CA, USA, Aug. 14-18, 2023.
  • “Self-Driving Laboratory for Polymer Electronics”,  IEEE IFETC 2023, San Jose, CA, USA, Aug. 13-16, 2023.
  • “From the Physical Engineering of Conjugated Polymers to Autonomous Discovery”, International Materials Research Congress (IMRC), Cancun, Mexico, Aug. 13-18, 2023.
  • “Polymer Electronics: Empowering Innovation through Autonomous Discovery”, BES User Facility Science Webinar: Forefront Microelectronics Fabrication and Characterization, 2023, Aug. 3, virtual.
  • “Autonomous Platform (Polybot) for Electronic Polymers Discovery”, Spring MRS, 2023
  • “Autonomous Platform (Polybot) for Polymer Thin-film Processing”,(Keynote talk) Adhesion Society Annual Meeting, 2023
  • “Engineering Conjugated Polymer using Autonomous Platform for Future Electronics”, Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC17), 2022
  • “Autonomous Platform (Polybot) for Electronic Polymers Discovery”, Next Generation Solar Energy (NGSE VII), 2022
  • “Autonomous Platform (Polybot) for Electronic Polymers Discovery”, Accelerate Conference, 2022
  • “Controlled conjugated polymer assembly by autonomous solution-processing platform”, Spring MRS, 2022
  • “Autonomous robotic platform (PolyBot) for conjugated polymer processing”, March APS, 2022
  • “Autonomous robotic platform (PolyBot) for electronic polymer discovery”, Materials Research Data Alliance (MaRDA), 2022
  • “Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors for Skin-like Electronics”, Annual EmTech MIT event, USA, 2021
  • “Polymer engineering at nanoscale for skin-like electronics”, 3rd Annual Joint Meeting of the IEEE Magnetics Society and the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, Chicago Chapters, 2021
  • “Autonomous discovery” Argonne all-hands meeting, Lemont, IL, USA, 2021
  • “Autonomous Electronic Material Discovery Laboratory at the Center for Nanoscale Materials” Materials For Printed Hybrid Electronics Webinar, USA, 2021

Editorial roles:

  • Associate Editor, APL Machine Learning (2022-2024)
  • Editorial board member of Communications Materials (Nature Research, 2020- 2022)
  • Editorial board member of Flexible Electronics (Frontiers, 2020- present)

Group members:

Postdoctoral associates:

  • Chen Chen (2025-present)
  • Tianwei Dai (2024-present)
  • Yucheng Zhang (2024 -present)
  • Qiaomu Yang (2022-present)

Doctoral student:

  • Yu-En Sun (Univeristy of Chicago, 2025)
  • Hanqing Wang (Univeristy of Chicago, co-supervised with Prof. Stuart Rowan, 2025)
  • Haoyang Wu (Univeristy of Chicago, 2025)
  • Yuetong Yang (Univeristy of Chicago, 2024)
  • Jing-Yuan Fan (University of Chicago, 2023)
  • Cesar Castro Rubio (University of Chicago, co-supervised with Prof. Juan de Pablo, 2022)
  • Yukun Wu (Purdue University, co-supervised with Prof. Jianguo Mei, 2021)
  • Jianing Zhou (Purdue University, co-supervised with Prof. Jianguo Mei, 2023)

Alumni

  • Allen Roman (2023-2025, Richard and Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor @ University of Minnesota)
  • Aikaterini Vriza (2022-2024)
  • Dylan Michael Gilley (2024, Purdue University, DOE SCGSR)
  • Karen Li (2024, University of Washington, DOE SCGSR)
  • Yunfei Wang (University of Southern Mississippi, now at LBL)
  • Fredrick Kim (2022-2023, now at Applied Materials)
  • Chengshi Wang (2021-2022, now at MathWorks)
  • Yeonju Kim (2021-2022, now at Samsung Electronics)
  • Hyocheol Jung (2021-2022, now at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
  • Audithya Nyayachavadi (University of Windsor, visiting student, 2022)
  • Kwanghoon Jeong (University of Chicago, graduate student,2022)
  • Brian Archambault (Arizona State University, visiting student, 2022)
  • Louis Wong (Northwestern University, visiting student, 2021)
  • Sophia Schiffer (Northwestern University, visiting student, 2021)
  • Evan Costa (Paradox, visiting student, 2020)
  • Sam Woerdeman (PwC, visiting student, 2020)

Outreach

Argonne Open House (Polybot, AI-guided robotic lab for discovery)

 

 

 

 

 

Argonne Summer School (Molecular Gastronomy: polymer science)