Professor (Polymer Chemistry and Physics)

B.Sc. Nanjing University of Technology (1991)
M.Sc. Dalian University of Technology (1994)
Ph.D. Suzhou University (2010)

Research Interests:“Living”/Controlled Radical Polymerization; Functional Polymer Materials.

Representative Publications：

1. Jun Cao,Lifen Zhang*, Xiaowu Jiang, Chun Tian, Xiaoning Zhao, Qi Ke, Xiangqiang Pan,Zhenping Cheng* and Xiulin Zhu*, Facile Iron-Mediated Dispersant-Free Suspension Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate via Reverse ATRP in Water.Macromol. Rapid Commun.2013, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300513.

2. Shaogan Niu, Mingqiang Ding, Mengting Chen, Ting Feng,Lifen Zhang*, Liang Wei, Zhenping Cheng* and Xiulin Zhu*,Synthesis of Well-Defined Copolymer of Acrylonitrile and Maleic Anhydride via RAFT Polymerization.J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem.2013, DOI: 10.1002/pola.26956.

3. Shaogan Niu,Lifen Zhang*, Nan Wang, Jian Zhu, Wei Zhang, Zhenping Cheng* and Xiulin Zhu*, Fabrication of Magnetic Nanofibers via Surface-Initiated RAFT Polymerization and Coaxial Electrospinning.React. Funct. Polym.2013, 73 1447–1454.

4. Shaogan Niu,Lifen Zhang*, Jian Zhu, Wei Zhang, Zhenping Cheng*, Xiulin Zhu*, Synthesis of High Molecular Weight and Narrow Molecular Weight Distribution Poly(acrylonitrile) via RAFT Polymerization.J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem.2013, 51, 1197–1204.

5. Gaohua Zhu,Lifen Zhang*,Xiangqiang Pan, Wei Zhang, Zhenping Cheng* and Xiulin Zhu*, Facile Soap-Free Miniemulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate via Reverse Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.Macromol. Rapid Commun.2012,33,2121−2126.

6. Jian Qin,Lifen Zhang*,Hongjuan Jiang, Jian Zhu, Zhengbiao Zhang, Wei Zhang,Nianchen Zhou,Zhenping Cheng*and Xiulin Zhu*, Controlled Bimodal Molecular-Weight-Distribution Polymers: Facile Synthesis by RAFT Polymerization.Chem. Eur. J.2012, 18, 6015–6021.

7. Wei Xu, Zhenping Cheng, Zhengbiao Zhang,Lifen Zhang*and Xiulin Zhu*, Modification of SEBS Rubber via Iron-Mediated AGET ATRP in the Presence of Limited Amounts of Air.React. Funct. Polym.2011,71, 634–640.

8. Jian Qin, Zhenping Cheng,Lifen Zhang*, Zhengbiao Zhang, Jian Zhu and Xiulin Zhu*, A Highly Efficient Iron-Mediated AGET ATRP of Methyl Methacrylate Using Fe(0) Powder as the Reducing Agent.Macromol. Chem. Phys.2011,212, 999-1006.

9. Lifen Zhang, Jie Miao, Zhenping Cheng and Xiulin Zhu*, Iron-Mediated ICAR ATRP of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate in the Absence of Thermal Radical Initiator.Macromol. Rapid Commun.2010,31, 275–280.

10. Lifen Zhang, Zhenping Cheng, Yueting Lü and Xiulin Zhu*, A Highly Active Iron-Based Catalyst System for AGET ATRP of Styrene.Macromol. Rapid Commun.2009,30, 543–547.

11. Lifen Zhang, ZhenpingCheng, Fan Tang, Qiang Li and Xiulin Zhu*,Iron(III)-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using Activators Generated by Electron Transfer.Macromol. Chem. Phys.2008,209, 1705-1713.

12. Lifen Zhang, ZhenpingCheng, Qinghua Li and Xiulin Zhu*, AGET ATRP of Methyl Methacrylate Catalyzed by FeCl3/Iminodiacetic Acid in the Presence of Air.Polymer2008,48, 3054-3059.