Area of research
Organic Chemistry · Biomaterials
Research interest
Research interests include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods.
From a same origin to diverse and recyclable materials.
Mono-Materials Created by Engineering a Continuum of P3HB Stereomicrostructures in a One-Step Catalytic Process.
Structural Colors of Cyclic Diblock Copolymers Enabled by Topology-Driven Structural Ordering and Tuned by Blending with Constituent Cyclic Polymers.
A Circular and Tacticity-Independent Crystalline Mono-Substituted Nylon-6 Platform: Unexpected Large Positional Effects on Crystallizability and Performance.
A Chemocatalytic Route to Stereoregular Poly(3-hydroxyhexanoate) and Its Statistical and Tri-Block Copolymers.
Counterintuitive Compatibilization of Poly(δ-valerolactone) and Poly(l‑lactic acid) by Statistical Copolymers toward Compostable and Recyclable Packaging.
Tacticity-independent crystallization of polymers.
Alkylidene functionalization produces highly recyclable and scalable polyhydroxyalkanoates.
Triacetic acid lactone conversion to methylene-δ-caprolactone: a renewable monomer for bio-based circular polymer synthesis
A Circular and Tacticity‐Independent Crystalline Mono‐Substituted Nylon‐6 Platform: Unexpected Large Positional Effects on Crystallizability and Performance
Stereomicrostructure-regulated biodegradable adhesives.
Regulating the stereomicrostructure, circularity and functionality of synthetic PHAs
Stereodivergent transformation of a natural polyester to enantiopure PHAs.
Production of bio-based lactones as monomers for a circular polymer economy
Can the Hock Process Be Used to Produce Phenol from Polystyrene?
Predicting homopolymer and copolymer solubility through machine learning
Circular Polymer Designed by Regulating Entropy: Spiro-Valerolactone-Based Polyesters with High Gas Barriers and Adhesion Strength.
Interfacial chain-growth polymerization enables polypropylene-like and circular polythioglycolide.
Production of bio-based lactones as monomers for a circular polymer economy.
Stereoregular cyclic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) enabled by catalyst-controlled tacticity and topology
Topological universal dynamic compatibilization enhances recycling of mixed plastics
Synergistic engineering of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) architecture and stereomicrostructure achieves enhanced material properties
Effect of Side-Chain <i>gem</i>-dialkyl Substitution on the Crystallization of poly(δ-valerolactone): Competition between Steric Effects and Chain Flexibility
Entropy-Regulated Selective Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers and Polycatenanes by Lewis Pair Polymerization.
Designing truly sustainable polymers through an integrated three-pillar framework
Biobased Poly(dodecylene Furanoate) with Inherent Advantages in Performance and Circularity.
Selective chemical recycling of polyhydroxybutyrate into high-value hydroxy acid using the taurine organocatalyst.
Designing Recyclable Biomass-Based Polyesters (Final Technical Report)
Mono‐Materials Created by Engineering a Continuum of P3HB Stereomicrostructures in a One‐Step Catalytic Process
Precision comonomer sequence enables selective thermodynamic degradation of vinyl copolymers
Collaborative Research: MFS-SPEED: D-Diameter - Data-Driven Innovation Advancing Macromolecular Engineering Towards Efficient Recycling
CAS: Lewis Pair Polymerization: Compounded Sequence and Spatiotemporal Controls for Precision Synthesis of Sustainable Linear and Cyclic Block Copolymers
CAS: Diastereoselective Polymerization Catalysis for Stereo-Sequenced Polymers with Biodegradability and Chemical Circularity
Lewis Pair Polymerization: Controlling Polymer Tacticity and Topology
SusChEM: Stereoselective Polymerization Catalysis of Biomass Monomers by Chiral Transition-Metal and Organic Catalysts
SusChEM: Lewis Pair Polymerization: A Powerful Synthetic Strategy for Sustainable and Functional Polymers
SusChEM: Stereoselective Polymerization of Biomass Monomers by Transition-Metal and Organic Catalysts
Synthesis of Sustainable Polymers by Silylium-Catalyzed Polymerization of Renewable Feedstocks
Asymmetric Coordination Polymerization Catalysis of Polar Vinyl Monomers
Asymmetric Catalysis by Chiral-Polymer-Induced and Stabilized, Chiral-Surface Nanoclusters
Living and Stereoselective Anionic Polymerization by Dinuclear Ambiphilic Silicon Propagators
Diastereospecific Ion-Pairing Polymerization of Functionalized Vinyl Monomers
SBIR Phase I: Exchange Coupling Enabled Scalable High Density Nonvolatile STT-RAM at Fast Speed and Low Power
Diastereospecific Ion-Pairing, "Amphicatalytic" Polymerization of Functionalized Vinyl Monomers