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Cai Yuan-Li
Name：Cai Yuan-Li
Title：Professor

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Tel: 86-512-65884419

Fax: 86-512-65884419

Email: ylcai@suda.edu.cn


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B.Sc., Xiangtan University (1990)

M.Sc., Xiangtan University (1993)

Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Science (2001)

Postdoc, Universität Bayreuth (2001-2002)

Postdoc, University of Sussex (2002-2004)

Postdoc, University of Sheffield (2004)

Visiting scholar, Université de Montréal (2005)

Research Interests:Rapid and well-defined synthesis of polymers under green and low-carbon conditions; Bio-inspired design and synthesis of polymers; Stimuli-responsive functional polymers.
Representative Publications
1. Janus nanosheets of polymer–inorganic layered composites, Y. Chen, F. Liang*, H. Yang, C. Zhang, Q. Wang, X. Qu, J. Li,Y. Cai*, D. Qiu, Z. Yang*,Macromolecules,2012,45, 1460.
2. Controlled mineralization of calcium carbonate on the surface of nonpolar organic fibers, J. Yang, Y. Liu, T. Wen, X. Wei, Z. Li,Y. Cai*, Y. Su*, D. Wang,Crystal Growth & Design,2012,12, 29.
3. Sequence control over thermo-triggered micellization and smart nanogels of copolymers based on PEGMA and aldehyde- functionalized monomer, K. Yang, X. Wei, F. Wu, C. Cao, J. Deng,Y. Cai*,Soft Matter,2011,7, 5861.
4. Thermally induced swellability and acid-liable dynamic properties of microgels of copolymers based on PEGMA and aldehyde-functionalized monomer, C. Cao, K. Yang, F. Wu, X. Wei, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2010,43, 9511.
5. Media-modulated interchain or intrachain coordination of amphiphilic block copolymer micelles, H. Gao, G. Liu, X. Chen, Z. Hao, J. Tong, L. Lu,Y. Cai*, F. Long, M. Zhu,Macromolecules,2010,43, 6156.
6. Effect of molecular structure on thermo-responsive behaviors of pyrrolidone-based water-soluble polymers, J. Sun, Y. Peng, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, J. Deng, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2010,43, 4041.
7. Effect of mild visible light on rapid aqueous RAFT polymerization of water-soluble acrylic monomers at ambient temperature: initiation and activation, Y. Shi, G. Liu, H. Gao, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2009,42, 3917.
8. Ultra-fast RAFT polymerisation of poly(ethylene glycol) acrylate in aqueous media under mild visible light radiation at 25oC, Y. Shi, H. Gao, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Chem. Commun.,2009, 1368.
9. Facile synthesis and photo-tunable properties of a photo- sensitive polymer whose chromophores bound with pH-labile cyclic acetal linkages, Y. Li, Y. Tang, K. Yang, X. Chen, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2008,41, 4597.
10. Facile synthesis and thermoresponsive behaviors of a well- defined pyrrolidone based hydrophilic polymer, J. Deng, Y. Shi, W. Jiang, Y. Peng, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2008,41, 3007.
11. Ambient temperature RAFT polymerization of styrene and its functional derivatives under mild long-wave UV-visible radiation, H. Zhang, J. Deng, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromolecules,2007,40, 9252.
12. Highly efficient and well-controlled ambient temperature RAFT polymerization under solar radiation, W. Jiang, L. Lu,Y. Cai*,Macromol. Rapid Commun.,2007,28, 725.