报告题目：C1 Poymerization (Polyhomologation): A Powerful Tool towards Well-Defined Polyethylene-Based Polymeric Materials

报告内容简介：Polyethylene (PE) is and will continue to be the most widely used industrial polymer worldwide, benefiting from its product versatility, hydrophobicity, mechanical strength, flexibility, resistance to the harsh environment, easy processability, recyclability, along with the low cost. Covalently linked to PE different chains, such as PS, PMMA, PCL, and PI offer significant improvements in compatibility to PE with other polar/non-polar polymers and thus broaden its applications. Consequently, the design/synthesis of PE-based co/terpolymers with different architectures is essential to both academia and industry. In 1997 Shea and co-workers (Shea, K. J., Walker, J. W., Zhu, H., Greaves, M. P. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 9049–9050) inspired by the well-known in organic chemistry homologation reaction, reported a borane initiated/mediated C1 living polymerization (polyhomologation) of dimethylsulfoxonium leading to well-defined and hydroxyl-terminated polymethylenes (equivalent to polyethylenes). Through the years polyhomologation has been developed, mainly by our group, as a powerful tool for the synthesis of model PE-based complex macromolecular architectures.

报告人姓名：Prof. Nikos Hadjichristidis

报告人简介：Nikos Hadjichristidis is the Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. His research primarily focuses on the synthesis of novel homopolymers and copolymers with well-defined, complex macromolecular architectures (such as star, comb, dendritic, and cyclic structures) using anionic polymerization (AP) high vacuum techniques. Recently, he has expanded his research to include biodegradable polyethylene, vitrimers, circular polymer economy, and non-covalent macromolecular architectures based on hydrogen bonding and stereocomplexation. He has published over 600 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, holds 35 patents, and has edited four books, including the 2nd edition of Macromolecular Engineering (Wiley, 2022), a five-volume work, and authored a book on Block Copolymers (Wiley, 2003). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK, 2022) and an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society. His accolades include the Hermann F. Mark Medal (Austria, 2020), the University of Athens Chemistry Department Award of Excellence (Greece, 2018), the Macro Group Medal for Outstanding Achievements (UK, 2016), and the American Chemical Society National Award for Polymer Chemistry (USA, 2015).

报告人单位：阿卜杜拉国王科技大学(KAUST)

报告时间：2025-10-22 09:30

报告地点：宝山东区材料楼B520会议室

主办单位：上海大学材料学院仿生与智能高分子国际联合实验室

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