Dr. Yajun Zhao

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPreparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Polymer Materials
Keywordsolefin block copolymer, organometallic catalysis, renewable and recycled polymer, CO-ethylene copolymers, coordination insertion polymerization

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityWuhan
InstitutionHuazhong University of Science and Technology
InstituteSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan MeckingArbeitsgruppe Chemische Materialwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2024

Programme(s)

2023Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Zhao, Yajun and Tomasini, Michele and Göttker-Schnetmann, Inigo and Falivene, Laura and Caporaso, Lucia and Mecking, Stefan: Attractive Ni…O Interactions Enable Non-Alternating Ethylene-Carbon Monoxide Copolymerization. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 65, 2026, e6761777
2026Wursthorn, Lukas and Iberl, Steffen and Zhao, Yajun and Tomasini, Michele and Fritschi, Marie and Ritacco, Ida and Voccia, Maria and Falivene, Laura and Takahashi, Kohei and Lu, Bin and Nozaki, Kyoko and Caporaso, Lucia and Mecking, Stefan: Scope of Ni(II)-Catalyzed Nonalternating Ethylene/Carbon Monoxide Copolymerization. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148, 2026, 31181-31189
2024Zhao, Yajun and Zhang, Xiaohui and Li, Zhuang and Li, Zhaokun and Tang, Shan: Functional and Degradable Polyester-co-polyethers from CO2, Butadiene, and Epoxides. In: ACS Macro Letters, 13, 2024, 315-321
2024Li, Zhuang and Zhang, Xiaohui and Zhao, Yajun and Tang, Shan: Mechanochemical Backbone Editing for Controlled Degradation of Vinyl Polymers. In: Angewandte Chemie, 136, 2024, e202408225
2024Zhang, Xiaohui and Zhao, Yajun and Chen, Meng and Ji, Minghang and Sha, Ye and Nozaki, Kyoko and Tang, Shan: Polyethylene Materials with Tunable Degradability by Incorporating In-Chain Mechanophores. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 2024, 24024-24032
2022Yajun Zhao and Shuaishuai Zhu and Xiaojing Li and Xiaoyu Zhao and Jing Xu and Bijin Xiong and Yong Wang and Xingping Zhou and Xiaolin Xie Aluminum Porphyrin Complex Mediated Auto-Tandem Catalysis for One-Pot Synthesis of Block Copolymers. In: CCS Chemistry, 4, 2022, 122-131
2021Zhao, Yajun and Zhu, Shuaishuai and Liao, Can and Wang, Yong and Lam, Jacky W. Y. and Zhou, Xingping and Wang, Xianhong and Xie, Xiaolin and Tang, Ben Zhong: Cobalt-Mediated Switchable Catalysis for the One-Pot Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, 2021, 16974-16979
2021Zhao, Yajun and Jung, Jin and Nozaki, Kyoko: One-Pot Synthesis of Polyethylene-Based Block Copolymers via a Dual Polymerization Pathway. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 2021, 18832-18837
2019Zhao, Yajun and Wang, Yong and Zhou, Xingping and Xue, Zhigang and Wang, Xianhong and Xie, Xiaolin and Poli, Rinaldo: Oxygen-Triggered Switchable Polymerization for the One-Pot Synthesis of CO2-Based Block Copolymers from Monomer Mixtures. In: Angewandte Chemie, 131, 2019, 14449-14456