Tingji Tang

(C) 512-***-**** (H) 573-***-**** *531 A Pershing Pl

abnrml@r.postjobfree.com Rolla, MO, 65401

OBJECTIVE

A creative, team-orientated and self-motivated material scientist is seeking an industrial R&D

position in the field of polymeric materials for advanced technology applications.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 11 years accumulated research and product development experience in polymer

science.

• Significant experience in design, synthesis, characterization, and optimization of

organic, semiconductor dyes, polymeric and nano materials with optical and electrical

properties.

• Ample experience in optimizing the formulation of non-photosensitive and

photosensitive polymer blends compositions through design of experiments (DOE).

• Widely experience using various material/polymer/organic chemistry laboratory

equipment including photolithography (broad band and i-line), SEM/TEM, DSC, TGA,

Rheometry, QCM, GPC, AFM, Contact Angle Goniometer, Elliposometry, Profilometer,

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H-NMR/13C-NMR, DLS, photoluminance and UV-Vis Spectroscopy, FT-IR, LC-MS,

MALDI-TOF-MS, XRD, TMA, DMA, RIE, Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy, vacuum

evaporation, cyclic voltammetry, spin-coating.

VISA STATUS

Permanent Resident of US

WORKING EXPERIENCE

06.08-present Senior Research Associate and team leader Etch Protection Division,R&D

Brewer Science INC. Rolla, MO

Postdoc Research Associate at Texas Materials Institute

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The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

EDUCATION

08. 2006 The University of Texas at Austin, PhD in Chemistry

07.2002 Peking University (PKU), China, Master of Science in Polymer Science

07.1999 Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China

Bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Engineering

RESEARCH and PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

Senior Research Associate at Brewer Science Inc. 06.08-present

• Discovered and optimized the formulation of negative cyclic olefin copolymers

(COC) resist as well as its process condition through DOE.

• Investigated the etching resistance of the COC resist from vapor and aqueous HF for

oxides as well as photoelectrochemical etching through dilute HF for silicon leading

to the product of Protek®-PSA.

• Investigated the etching resistance of blanket COC coatings from vapor and aqueous

HF as well as other acid etchants such as HCl, H2SO4, H3PO4, aqua regia, BOE and

HNA for oxides leading to the product of Protek®-A3.

• Investigated the electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of the photosensitive

COC leading to the product of low-k resist materials with highly thermal and

chemical stability for IC and semiconductor device packaging.

• Applied the extremely thin HDPE films onto the silicon substrate to improve the

adhesion and HF blocking properties.

• Investigated the final baking temperature on the adhesion properties between COC

and different substrates.

• Studied on increasing the adhesion of Protek®-PSA and Protek®-A3 to the different

substrates by applying a thin primer leading to the product of Protek®-A Primer.

• Proposed and proved the 3-ply patternable structure including Protek®-PS Primer as

the bottom layer, Protek®-PSB as the middle layer and cyclized rubber (cyclized cis-

polyisoprene) negative resist as the top layer through single exposure.

• Investigated the KOH and HF etching resistance for the above 3-ply structure.

• Formulated the photosensitive polysulfones and polyethersulfones with epoxy resins

by DOE and investigated their etch resistance towards concentrated and dilute HF.

• Studied and formulated the photosensitive poly (vinyl chloride) with epoxy resins by

DOE for their etch resistance towards concentrated and dilute HF.

• Formulated the polyolefin compositions such as EPDM, butyl rubber,

polyisobutylene, cyclized rubber, poly(styrene-b-isoprene-styrene), and their blends

and investigated the HF etching resistance.

• Synthesized and characterized the polymers based on the adamantyl (meth)acrylates

and investigated their HF etching resistance.

Postdoc Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin 09.06~ 05. 08

• One-step synthesis of fluorescent cross-linked amphiphilic block copolymer through

anion metathesis and their self-assembly studies.

• Synthesized and characterized the main chain organic metallic conducting polymers

and their self-healing and conductivity studies.

• Synthesized the photocoducting organometalic polymers based on the facile energy

and charge transfer between different chromophores.

• Synthesized the n-type and cross-linked nanobelts of Perylene Diimide molecules

PDIs through phase-transfer Self-Assembly technique.

• Synthesized and studied the field effect of transistors based on the dual-chromophore

PDIs and n-type PDI nanobelts.

• Studied the Energy and Electron Transfer processes in the hybrid donor/acceptor

ultra-thin organic thin films.

The University of Texas at Austin 09.02-08.06

• Improved the water-soluble PDI’s quantum yield to unity by interacting with cationic

and anionic surfactants.

• Discovered Molecular Layer-by-Layer (MLBL) technique for making molecular

monolayer assemblied functional ultrathin films of water soluble dye molecules by

combining electrostatic and π-π interactions.

• Energy Transfer study between MLBL thin films of PDI and terylene diimdes

• Manipulated the field enhancements and particle interactions from the gold

nanopartilces coated photoresponsive microspheres.

• Fabricated perylene diimide n-type semiconductor/polymeric hybrid thin films by

Layer-by-layer and studied their structure-property.

• Synthesized PDI small molecules and studied their photophysics in different solvents

and spin-coated films upon acid exposure.

Peking University 09.99-07.02

• Synthesized and characterized glucose and chromophore embedded amphiphilic block

copolymer by atom transfer radical polymerization, RAFT and TEMPO as well as

their self-assembly studies through UV-Vis, photoluminescence, and TEM.

Qingdao University of Science and Technology 09.98-07.99

• Studied the structure-property relationship such as stretching, hardness, fatigueness

and dynamic behavior for the cross-linked Chlorinated BR (CBR).

PUBLICATIONS

Tingji Tang, Daniel J. Coady, Andrew J. Boydston, Alga L. Dykhno, Christopher W.

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Bielawski “Proionomers: An Anion Metathesis Approach to Amphiphilic Block

Copolymers” Advanced Materials, 2008, 20, 3096-3099.

Tingji Tang, Stephen E. Webber “Photophysics of Water Soluble Perylene Diimides in

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Surfactant Solutions” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 106**-*****.

Tingji Tang, Jianqiang Qu, Klaus Müllen, Stephen E. Webber “Water-Soluble Perylene

3.

Diimides: Solution Photophysics and Layer-by-Layer Incorporation into Polyelectrolyte

Films”. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 7610-7616.

Tingji Tang, Jianqiang Qu, Klaus Müllen, Stephen E. Webber “Molecular Layer-by-

4.

Layer of Water Soluble Perylene Diimides Through Electrostatic and π-π Interactions”

Langmuir, 2006, 22, 26-28.

Tingji Tang, Andreas Herrmann, Kanela Peneva, Klaus Müllen, Stephen E. Webber “

5.

Energy Transfer in Molecular Layer-by-Layer Films of Water Soluble Perylene

Diimides”, Langmuir, 2007, 23, 4623-4628.

Li-Hsin, Han, Tingji Tang, Shaocheng Chen “Photo-tunable Absorptions of Mono-

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layered Gold Nanospheres Covering the Surface of Photo-deformable Microshells”.

Nanotechnology, 2006, 17, 4600-4605.

Ting-Ji Tang, Yu Ye, Zi-Chen Li, Fu-Sheng Du, Xin Zhang, Fu-Mian LI, “Fluorescence

7.

Study on the Aggregation Behavior of Pyrene-end- capped Polystyrene in Solution”, Acta

Chimica Sinica, 2002, 60, 931-938

PATENTS

Tingji Tang, Xing-Fu Zhong, Gu Xu, Wenbin Hong, Tony D. Flaim,

1.

Kimberly R. Yess “SPIN-ON, NON-PHOTOSENSITIVE AND PHOTOSENSITIVE,

ACID-ETCH RESISTANT, COATING COMPOSITIONS FORMED FROM CYCLIC

OLEFIN COPOLYMERS” Provisional Filling.

Tingji Tang, Stephen E. Webber “EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF

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1,6,7,12-TETRABROMO-3,4,9,10 PERYLENE DIIMIDE” In Preparation

References and supporting documentation available upon request

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