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.