1. Bin Sun
B29sun@uwaterloo.ca, +1-226-978-3255
Address: 82 Waterloo St., Kitchener, ON, Canada
Research Interests
 Flexible electronic device design and fabrication
 Organic materials development
 Biosensors and probes
Education
PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Sep 2012 – Jan 2016
Supervisors: Prof. Yuning Li & Prof. Hany Aziz
Thesis: High Performance n-Type Polymer Semiconductors for Printed Logic
Circuits
Authored 25 journal publications (5 first author and 3 equally contributed
works)
MASc: Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jan 2011-Aug 2012
Supervisors: Prof. Yuning Li & Prof. Hany Aziz
Thesis: High Performance Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Thin-Film
Transistors
Authored 3 journal publications (1 first author works)
MSc:Chemistry and Physics of Polymer, Nanjing University, China
Sep 2007-Jun 2010
Supervisor: Prof. Qundong Shen
Authored 4 journal publications (2 first author works)
BSc:Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, Jun 2006
Research Experience
Sep 2012 – Dec 2015
Development of high mobility polymer semiconductors, fabrication of organic
thin-film transistors (OTFTs), and n-type only polymer semiconductors (PSCs)
by electrodes modification or PSCs unipolarization by doping for complimentary

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circuits
Research Accomplishments:
 Developed polymer semiconductor with record high electron mobility based
on new building block using Stille Coupling polymerization
 Obtained electron transport only OTFTs using ambipolar and p-type polymer
semiconductors with modification of electrodes
 Converted ambipolar and p-type polymer semiconductors into n-type only
semiconductors by doping with Polyethyleneimine (PEI)
 Achieved conversion of ambipolar polymer semiconductors into n-type only
semiconductors by employing trapping mechanism
 Printed complimentary inverters with high performance
 Identified enhancement of polymer molecular ordering and charge transport
assisted by oligomers through antiplasticization effect
Jan 2011-Aug 2012
Development of high mobility polymer semiconductors, Fabrication of organic
thin-film transistors (OTFTs)
 Developed thermally cleavable polymer semiconductors
 Established OTFT fabrication process and characterization methods
Sep 2007-Aug 2010
Development of fluorescent and magnetic bifunctional nanocomposites for bio
(intracellular) probes
 Made water dispersible magnetic nanoparticles with negatively charged
surface
 Synthesized water soluble fluorescent polymers
 Developed fluorescently multicolored (blue, green, and yellow)
nanocomposites which are response to magnetic field.
 Employed bifunctional nanocomposites with negatively or positively charged
surface in cancer cell as probes
 Identified the position of nanocomposites in cancer cells
Skills
 Strong background in organic synthesis, several polymer semiconductors
based on new building block and water soluble fluorescence polymers were
obtained. Expertise in with Stille, Suzuki, and Yamamoto polymerizations.
 Comfortable with use of material characterization equipment including
1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, UV-Vis, FT-IR, TGA, DSC, Ellipsometer, Fluorometer,
Cyclic voltammetry, Dektak Profilometer, and expertise in XRD
measurement on films.
 Primer user of AFM in the Giga-to-Nano (G2N) lab for management,
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 Clean room research experience in fabricating OTFTs. Familiar with
photolithography, thermal deposition for metal, metal oxide and organic
semiconductor materials, spin-coating process.
 Skilled in the use of AutoCAD, designed probe station for I-V
characterization on small (100um) devices, photo masks for transistor
patterns (as small as 2um), and shadow masks for thermal deposition.
 Professional in the characterization (I-V, C-V) of semiconductor devices
(OTFTs, inverters, and hole/electron only devices) through four-point probe
measurements by using semiconductor parameter analyzer (Agilent &
Keithley).
 Competent in the synthesis of nanomaterials (magnetic nanoparticles),
fabrication of water dispensable nanocomposites, and incubation of cancer
cells. Experience in 3D analysis of cells by Confocal laser scanning
microscopy (CLSM), and identifying cell ultrathin section by TEM.
 Strong communication skills, collaboration with other groups and institutes.
Additional Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Canada
May 2011 - Dec 2013
 Mentored Chemical Engineering undergraduate students by teaching them
theory and laboratory experiences.
ChE 390 Chemical Engineering Lab, topics about fluid mechanics, physical
chemistry and kinetics, materials properties and testing.
ChE 231 Physical Chemistry
ChE 102 Chemistry for Engineers (chemical principles)
ChE 100 Chemical Engineering Concepts 1 (lab on fundamentals of
engineering calculations)
Awards
 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Fellowship, University of Waterloo –
2015
 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Fellowship, University of Waterloo –
2014
 Institute for Polymer Research Award, University of Waterloo –2014
Publications (H-index: 13; i10-index: 15)
1. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Thibau, E.; Aziz, H.; Lu, Z.-H.; Li, Y. Polyethylenimine (PEI)
as an effective dopant to conveniently convert ambipolar and p-type polymers

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into unipolar n-type polymers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 18662-18671
2. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Aziz, H.; Li, Y. A Pyridine-flanked Diketopyrrolopyrrole
(DPP)-based Donor-acceptor Polymer Showing High Mobility in Ambipolar and
N-channel Organic Thin Film Transistors. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 938-945.
3. Deng, Y.; Sun, B.; He, Y.; Quinn, J.; Guo, C.; Li, Y., Thiophene-S,S-dioxidized
Indophenine: A Quinoid-type Building Block with High Electron Affinity for
Constructing n-Type Polymer Semiconductors with Narrow Band Gaps. Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508781.
4. He, Y.; Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Quinn, J.; Li, Y. Branched alkyl ester side chains
rendering large polycyclic
(3E,7E)-3,7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran-2,6(3H,7H)-di
one (IBDF) based donor-acceptor polymers solution-processable for organic thin
film transistors. Polym. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00782H
5. Pouliot, J.-R.; Sun, B.; Leduc, M.; Najari, A.; Li, Y.; Leclerc, M. A high mobility
DPP-based polymer obtained via direct (hetero)arylation polymerization. Polym.
Chem. 2015, 6, 278-282.
6. Murphy, L.; Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Aziz, H.; Li, Y. Study of Vertical and Lateral
Charge Transport Properties of DPP-Based Polymer/PC61BM Films Using Space
Charge Limited Current (SCLC) and Field Effect Transistor Methods and their
Effects on Photovoltaic Characteristics. Aust. J. Chem. 2015,
dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH15283
7. Morin, P.-O.; Bura, T.; Sun, B.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Li, Y.; Leclerc, M. Conjugated
Polymers à la Carte from Time-Controlled Direct (Hetero)Arylation
Polymerization. ACS Macro Letters 2015, 4, 21-24.
8. He, Y.; Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Quinn, J.; Li, Y.
(3E,7E)-3,7-Bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)-5,7-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-f]indole-2,6(1H,
3H)-dione based polymers for ambipolar organic thin film transistors. Chem.
Commun. 2015, 51, 8093-8096.
9. Hong, W.; Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Li, Y. (3Z,3[prime or minute]Z)-3,3[prime or
minute]-(Hydrazine-1,2-diylidene)bis(indolin-2-one) as a new electron-acceptor
building block for donor-acceptor [small pi]-conjugated polymers for organic thin
film transistors. J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 4464-4470.
10. Hong, W.; Chen, S.; Sun, B.; Arnould, M. A.; Meng, Y.; Li, Y. Is a polymer
semiconductor having a "perfect" regular structure desirable for organic thin film
transistors? Chemical Science 2015, 6, 3225-3235.
11. Guo, C.; Quinn, J.; Sun, B.; Li, Y. An indigo-based polymer bearing
thermocleavable side chains for n-type organic thin film transistors. J. Mater.
Chem. C 2015. DOI: 10.1039/C5TC00512D
12. Deng, Y.; Sun, B.; He, Y.; Quinn, J.; Guo, C.; Li, Y.
(3E,8E)-3,8-Bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)naphtho-[1,2-b:5,6-b[prime or
minute]]difuran-2,7(3H,8H)-dione (INDF) based polymers for organic thin-film
transistors with highly balanced ambipolar charge transport characteristics. Chem.
Commun. 2015. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03917G

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13. Yan, Z.; Sun, B.; Guo, C.; Li, Y. Synthesis and properties of azothiazole based
[small pi]-conjugated polymers. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 7096-7103.
14. Wang, Q.; Sun, B.; Aziz, H. Exciton–Polaron-Induced Aggregation of
Wide-Bandgap Materials and its Implication on the Electroluminescence Stability
of Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Devices. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24,
2975-2985.
15. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Yan, Z.; Aziz, H.; Li, Y. Record High Electron Mobility of 6.3
cm2V−1s−1 Achieved for Polymer Semiconductors Using a New Building Block.
Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 2636-2642. [54 citations]
16. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Thibau, E.; Aziz, H.; Lu, Z.-H.; Li, Y. Facile Conversion of
Polymer Organic Thin Tilm Transistors From Ambipolar and p-Type into
Unipolar n-Type Using Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-modified Electrodes. Org.
Electron. 2014, 15, 3787-3794.
17. Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Quinn, J.; Yan, Z.; Li, Y. Synthesis and properties of indigo
based donor-acceptor conjugated polymers. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2,
4289-4296.
18. Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Li, Y. Synthesis and properties of
pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-dione based polymer semiconductors and their
performance in organic thin film transistors. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 5247-5254.
19. Chen, S.; Sun, B. (equally contributed); Hong, W.; Yan, Z.; Aziz, H.; Meng, Y.;
Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S.; Li, Y. Impact of N-substitution of a carbazole unit on
molecular packing and charge transport of DPP-carbazole copolymers. J. Mater.
Chem. C 2014, 2, 1683-1690.
20. Chen, S.; Sun, B. (equally contributed); Hong, W.; Aziz, H.; Meng, Y.; Li, Y.
Influence of side chain length and bifurcation point on the crystalline structure
and charge transport of diketopyrrolopyrrole-quaterthiophene copolymers
(PDQTs). J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 2183-2190.
21. Chen, S.; Sun, B. (equally contributed); Guo, C.; Hong, W.; Meng, Y.; Li, Y. 3,3
'-(Ethane-1,2-diylidene)bis(indolin-2-one) based conjugated polymers for organic
thin film transistors. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6509-6512.
22. Yan, Z. Q.; Sun, B.; Li, Y. N. Novel stable
(3E,7E)-3,7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo 1,2-b:4,5-b '
difuran-2,6(3H,7H)-dione based donor-acceptor polymer semiconductors for
n-type organic thin film transistors. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 3790-3792. [29
citations]
23. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Aziz, H.; Abukhdeir, N. M.; Li, Y. Dramatically Enhanced
Molecular Ordering and Charge Transport of a DPP-based Polymer Assisted by
Oligomers Through Antiplasticization. J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 1, 4423-4426.
[18 citations]
24. Hong, W.; Sun, B.; Yuen, J.; Li, Y. N.; Lu, S. F.; Huang, C.; Facchetti, A.
Dipyrrolo 2,3-b:2 ',3 '-e pyrazine-2,6(1H,5H)-dione Based Conjugated Polymers
for Ambipolar Organic Thin-film Transistors. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49,
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25. Hong, W.; Guo, C.; Sun, B.; Yan, Z. Q.; Huang, C.; Hu, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Facchetti,
A.; Li, Y. N. Cyano-disubstituted dipyrrolopyrazinedione (CNPzDP) small
molecules for solution processed n-channel organic thin-film transistors. J. Mater.
Chem. C 2013, 1, 5624-5627.
26. Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Aziz, H.; Li, Y. N. Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based
semiconducting polymer bearing thermocleavable side chains. J. Mater. Chem.
2012, 22, 18950-18955.
27. Li, Y.; Sun, B.; Sonar, P.; Singh, S. P. Solution processable
poly(2,5-dialkyl-2,5-dihydro-3,6-di-2-thienyl-pyrrolo 3,4-c pyrrole-1,4- dione)
for ambipolar organic thin film transistors. Org. Electron. 2012, 13, 1606-1613.
28. Hong, W.; Sun, B.; Aziz, H.; Park, W. T.; Noh, Y. Y.; Li, Y. N. A Conjugated
Polyazine Containing Diketopyrrolopyrrole for Ambipolar Organic Thin Film
Transistors. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8413-8415. [28 citations]
29. Sun, B.; Sun, M. J.; Gu, Z.; Shen, Q. D.; Jiang, S. J.; Xu, Y.; Wang, Y.
Conjugated Polymer Fluorescence Probe for Intracellular Imaging of Magnetic
Nanoparticles. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 10348-10354.
30. Sun, B.; Zhang, Y.; Gu, K. J.; Shen, Q. D.; Yang, Y.; Song, H. Layer-by-Layer
Assembly of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes on Magnetic Nanoparticle Surfaces.
Langmuir 2009, 25, 5969-5973.
31. Song, H.; Sun, B.; Gu, K. J.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Shen, Q. D. Interactions
Between Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and DNA and a Label-Free Method
for DNA Detection Based on Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Complexes. J. Appl.
Polym. Sci. 2009, 114, 1278-1286.
32. Zhang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Wang, C.; Sun, B.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.-Y.; Shen, Q.-D.
Cationic water-soluble poly(p-phenylene vinylene) for fluorescence sensors and
electrostatic self-assembly nanocomposites with quantum dots. J. Appl. Polym.
Sci. 2008, 110, 3225-3233.