Song Gu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

PACCAR 227
song.gu@wsu.edu
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Research Interests

  • Polymer recycling
  • Dynamic covalent chemistry
  • Flame-retardant polymeric materials and their composites
  • Bio-based polymers
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Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2024 – Present
  • Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China, 2024 – 2024
  • Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China, 2020 – 2023
  • Research Assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany, 2019 – 2020
  • Research Assistant, Nankai University, China, 2018 – 2020

Education

  • Ph.D. | Chemistry, Sichuan University, China, 2023
  • M.S. | Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Changchun University of Technology, China, 2018
  • B.Eng. | Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Technology, China, 2015

Awards

  • Excellent Postgraduates of Sichuan University, 2022
  • Excellent Master Degree Thesis, 2018
  • Excellent Master Graduates, 2018
  • National Scholarship of Postgraduates, 2017
  • National Encouragement Scholarship, 2012, 2013, and 2014

Publications

  • Gu, Song;Zhao, Baoming; Brito, de Figueiredo Gustavo; Chen, Li; Zhang, Jinwen*. Selective bond cleavage strategies for chemical recycling of thermosets and their composites. Progress in Polymer Science, 2026, 173, 102069.
  • Gu, Song; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Tan, Shi-Huan; Guo, De-Ming; Liu, Bo-Wen; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Neighboring molecular engineering in Diels-Alder chemistry enabling easily recyclable carbon fiber reinforced composites. Angewandte Chemie International Edition,2023, 62, e202312638.
  • Gu, Song; Xu, Shao-Dong; Lu, Jia-Hui; Pu, Xiao-Lu; Ren, Qing-Ruo; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Phosphonate-influenced Diels-Alder chemistry towards multi-path recyclable, fire safe thermoset and its carbon fiber composites. EcoMat,2023, 5, e12388.
  • Gu, Song; Zhao, Jia-Xin; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Towards sustainable and fire-safe thermosets using phosphorus-containing covalent adaptable networks. ChemPlusChem, 2024, e202400341.
  • Gu, Song; Zhao, Jia-Xin; Tan, Shi-Huan; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. High-performance yet sustainable epoxy composites: From Diels-Alder chemistry to hydrazinolytic degradation. Materials Horizons, 2025, 12, 7520-7530.
  • Qin, Zhen; Zhang, Yue-Rong; Wu, Shu-Gen; Gu, Song; Liu, Chuan; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. MXene-engineered multifunctional epoxy vitrimers uniting self-healing, fire safety, and component recyclability in carbon fiber composites. Chemistry of Materials, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01512.
  • Xiao, Yan-Fang; Gu, Song; He, Feng-Min; Wang, Yi; Liu, Chuan; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Towards superb toughness, strength, and flame retardancy in epoxy resins via molecular interface engineering. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2025, 297, 112293.
  • Intrinsically flame-retardant epoxy vitrimers with catalyst-free multi-reprocessability towards sustainable carbon fiber composites. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024, 40, e00883.
  • Zhang, Yue-Rong; Qin, Zhen; Gu, Song; Zhao, Jia-Xin; Xiang, Xian-Yue; Liu, Chuan; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Flame-retardant, recyclable, and hydrothermally degradable epoxy resins and their degradation products for high-strength adhesives. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024, 18, 146.
  • Ren, Qing-Ruo; Gu, Song; Liu, Jing-Hong; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Catalyst-free reprocessable, degradable and intrinsically flame-retardant epoxy vitrimer for carbon fiber reinforced composites. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2023, 211, 110315.
  • Ren, Qing-Ruo; Gu, Song; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. A phosphonate-derived epoxy vitrimer with intrinsic flame retardancy and catalyst-free reprocessability. Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 62, 3195.
  • Xu, Shao-Dong; Gu, Song; Pu, Xiao-Lu; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Lu, Jia-Hui; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Reaction-induced phase separation towards in situ network in epoxy resins for simultaneously improving thermal conductivity and fire safety. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022, 247, 110326.
  • Xu, Shao-Dong; Gu, Song; Pu, Xiao-Lu; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Lu, Jia-Hui; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. In situ phase separation of novel phosphorus-containing polyester in epoxy resins towards simultaneously improved thermal conductivity and fire safety. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2022, 204, 110113.
  • Pu, Xiao-Lu; Gu, Song; Xiao, Yan-Fang; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. Novel organophosphonate-decorated WS2 nanosheets towards flame retardancy and mechanical enhancement of epoxy resin. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2022, 206, 110170.
  • Gao, Yang; Gu, Song; Jia, Fei*; Zhang, Qian; Gao, Guang-Hui*. “All-in-one” hydrolyzed keratin protein-modified polyacrylamide composite hydrogel transducer. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 398, 1385.
  • Gao, Yang; Gu, Song; Jia, Fei*; Gao, Guang-Hui*. A skin-matchable, recyclable and biofriendly strain sensor based on a hydrolyzed keratin-containing hydrogel. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 24175.
  • Gao, Yang; Gu, Song; Duan, Li-Jie*; Wang, Yuan-Rui*; Gao Guang-Hui. Robust and anti-fatigue hydrophobic association hydrogels assisted by titanium dioxide for photocatalytic activity. Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 3897.
  • Xiao, Yan-Fang; Liu, Xiao-Feng; He, Feng-Min; Gu, Song; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. A rigid-flexible integrated polyester with bis-phosphaphenanthrene pendants towards simultaneously flame-retarded and toughened epoxy resins with multifunctionalities. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 484, 149397.
  • Pu, Xiao-Lu; Luo, Xi; Chen, Jia-Hui; Xu, Shao-Dong; Gu, Song; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Chen, Li*. 2D@0D multidimensional nanoparticles for improving the fire safety of epoxy resin. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2023, 1, 1, 109.
  • Lu, Jia-Hui; Li, Zhen; Chen, Jia-Hui; Li, Shu-Liang; He, Jie-Hao; Gu, Song; Liu, Bo-Wen; Chen, Li*; Wang, Yu-Zhong*. Adaptable phosphate networks towards robust, reprocessable, weldable, and alertable-yet-extinguishable epoxy vitrimers. Research, 2022, 9846940.
  • Li, Shen-Zhen; Nie, Hui-Jun; Gu, Song; Han, Zhong-Qiang; Han, Guang; Zhang, Wang-Qing*. Synthesis of multicompartment nanoparticles of ABC miktoarm star polymers by seeded RAFT dispersion polymerization. ACS Macro Letters, 2019, 8, 783.
  • Huang, Jing; Guo, Ya-Kun; Gu, Song; Han, Guang; Duan, Wen-Feng; Gao, Cheng-Qiang; Zhang, Wang-Qing*. Multicompartment block copolymer nanoparticles: recent advances and future perspectives. Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10, 3426.
  • Cao, Hui-Liang*; Dauben, Thomas J.; Helbing, Christian; Jia, Zhi-Chao; Zhang, Yue-Chao; Huang, Moran*; Müller, Lenka; Gu, Song; Zhang, Xiao-Yuan; Qin, Hui*; Martin, Karin; Bossert, Jörg; Jandt, Klaus D*. The antimicrobial effect of calcium-doped titanium is activated by fibrinogen adsorption. Materials Horizons, 2022, 9, 1962.
  • Gu, Song; Duan, Li-Jie; Ren, Xiu-Yan; Gao, Guang-Hui*. Robust, tough and anti-fatigue cationic latex composite hydrogels based on dual physically cross-linked networks. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 492, 119.
  • Gu, Song; Cheng, Gui-Ru; Yang, Tian-Yu; Ren, Xiu-Yan*; Gao, Guang-Hui. Mechanical and rheological behavior of hybrid cross-linked polyacrylamide/cationic micelle hydrogels. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2017, 302, 1700402.
  • Gu, Song; Gao, Yang; Ren, Xiu-Yan; Yu, Jian-Hong; Duan, Li-Jie; Gao, Guang-Hui*. The effect of methyl group on the mechanical properties of hydrophobic association hydrogel. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 2018, 56, 1505.