• Polymer synthetic chemistry

• (Controlled) radical polymerization

• Sustainable polymer materials

1. Y. Du, Z. Chen, Z. Xie, S. Yi, K. Matyjaszewski, X. Pan*, Oxygen-Driven Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147 (4), 3662–3669.

2. H. Feng, Z. Chen, L. Li, X. Shao, W. Fan, C. Wang, L. Song, K. Matyjaszewski*, X. Pan*, Z. Wang*, Aerobic Mechanochemical Reversible-deactivation Radical Polymerization. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15:6179.

3. W. Gong, W. Wang, J. Dong*, X. Pan*, Y. Liu*, H.-B. Yang*, X. Fu*, Y. Cui*, Recent Progress of Chiral Hierarchical Assemblies from a Chinese Perspective. CCS Chem.2023, 5, 2736–2759. (Invited Mini Review)

4. Q. Wang, F.-Y. Bai, Y. Wang, F. Niu, Y. Zhang, Q. Mi, K. Hu, X. Pan*, Photoinduced Ion-Pair Inner-Sphere Electron Transfer-Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, 144 (43), 19942-19952.

5. Z. Huang, Z. Chen, Y. Jiang, N. Li, S. Yang, G. Wang*, X. Pan*, Metal-Free Hydrosilylation Polymerization by Merging Photoredox and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 143 (45), 19167-19177. (Highlighted by NSFC, and Benjamin List in Synfacts.)

6. C. Xu, C. He, N. Li, S. Yang, Y. Du, K. Matyjaszewski*, X. Pan*, Regio- and Sequence-controlled Conjugated Topological Oligomers and Polymers via Boronate-tag Assisted Solution-phase Strategy. Nat. Commun.2021, 12:5853.

7. C. Lv, C. He, X. Pan*, Oxygen initiated and regulated controlled radical polymerization under ambient conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018, 57 (30), 9430-9433.

8. X. Pan*, M. Fantin, F. Yuan, K. Matyjaszewski*, Externally Controlled Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Chem. Soc. Rev.2018, 47, 5457-5490. (Invited review)

Honors and Awards

• National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Youth Fund (2023)

• Chinese Chemical Society Polymer Young Scholar Award (2023)

• American Chemical Society Rising Star in Polymer Science (2023)