Team > Dr. Yun Bai

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Ph.D. of State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China (09/2015 - 09/2020)

Title of PhD Thesis:
"Living Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomer Catalyzed by Novel Phosphine-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs" (with Prof. Yuetao Zhang)

Publications:

2018

Bai, Y.; He, J.; Zhang, Y. Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polymers Produced by the Immortal Phosphine-Based Catalyst System. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (52), 17230-17234. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811946

2019

Bai, Y.; Zhang, Y. Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers Catalyzed by Lewis Pairs. Acta Polymerica Sinica 2019, 50 (3), 233-246. DOI: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2019.18269

2020

Bai, Y.; Wang, H.; He, J.; Zhang, Y. Rapid and Scalable Access to Sequence-Controlled DHDM Multiblock Copolymers by FLP Polymerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (28), 11613-11619. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004013

2021

Bai, Y.; Wang, H.; He, J.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, E. Y. Dual-initiating and living frustrated Lewis pairs: expeditious synthesis of biobased thermoplastic elastomers. Nat Commun 2021, 12 (1), 4874. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25069-6

Bai, Y.; Wang, H. Y.; He, J. H.; Zhang, Y. T. Living polymerization of naturally renewable butyrolactone-based vinylidenes mediated by a frustrated Lewis pair. Polymer Chemistry 2021, 12 (38), 5548-5555. DOI: 10.1039/d1py00924a

Wan, Y.; Bai, Y.; Xu, H.; He, J.; Zhang, Y. Highly Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Using Chiral Binuclear Aluminum Catalyst. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2021, 42 (3), e2000491. DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000491

2022

Ye, M.; Xu, F.; Bai, Y.; Zhang, F.; Wang, W.; Qian, Y.; Chen, Z. Base-promoted highly efficient synthesis of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes via Michael-initiated ring closure. RSC Adv 2022, 12 (44), 28576-28579. DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05393d

2023

Peng, Y.; Shang, J.; Liu, C.; Zhao, S.; Huang, C.; Bai, Y.; Li, Y. A universal replica molding strategy based on natural bio-templates for fabrication of robust superhydrophobic surfaces. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2023, 660. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130879

2024

Bai, Y.; Li, S. Q.; He, J. H.; He, C. F.; Li, Y. B.; Zhou, Z. G.; Chen, Y. W.; Zhang, Y. T. Precise Access to Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polymers by Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Macromolecules 2024, 57 (22), 10567-10575. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01801

Bai, Y.; Li, Y.; Li, M.; Lin, X.; Cai, C.; He, H.; Liu, S. Efficient CO2 removal enabled by N, S co-doped hierarchical porous carbon derived from sustainable lignin. Industrial Crops and Products 2024, 220. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.119183

Huang, L.; Li, Y.; Zheng, Z.; Bai, Y.; Russell, T. P.; He, C. Flexible, transparent, and sustainable cellulose-based films for organic solar cell substrates. Mater Horiz 2024, 11 (6), 1560-1566. DOI: 10.1039/d3mh01998e

Kong, L.; Tao, Z.; Li, Y.; Gong, H.; Bai, Y.; Li, L.; Zhang, X.; Zhou, Z.; Chen, Y. Integrated "all-in-one" strategy to construct highly efficient Pd catalyst for CO2 transformation. Chem Sci 2024, 15 (37), 15321-15331. DOI: 10.1039/d4sc03106g

Li, M.; Liu, G.; Liu, S.; Xiao, X.; Bai, Y.; Li, Y.; Li, X.; Li, Y. Transparent regenerated cellulose film containing azobenzene group with reversible stimulus discoloration property. Carbohydr. Polym. 2024, 324, 121569. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121569

Yang, Y.-F.; Bai, Y.; Li, Y.-B.; He, C.-F. Phase Patterning of Poly(oxime-ester) for Information Encryption by Photo-induced Isomerization. Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42 (10), 1488-1494. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3183-8

2025

Bai, Y.; Liao, L. Q.; Liu, S.; Li, Y. B.; He, J. H.; Zhang, Y. T. Rapid and living polymerization of renewable methylene butyrolactones via borane/phosphine Lewis pairs. Polymer Chemistry 2025, 16 (44), 4804-4811. DOI: 10.1039/d5py00789e

Kong, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhou, Z.; He, Z.; Bai, Y.; Xu, G.; Pan, Y.; Zhen, H.; Chen, Y. Integrated activation and conversion of CO2 and propargylamine by a robust multi-active site copper catalyst. J. Catal. 2025, 443. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2025.115992

2026

Bai, Y.; Luo, Y.; Li, S.; Le, Y.; Zhou, Z.; Agarwal, S.; Chen, Y. Precise Synthesis of Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polymers Bearing Pendant Vinyl Groups by Living Lewis Pair Polymerization. Macromolecules 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6c01332

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Research interests:

• Precision polymer synthesis
  
• Lewis pair polymerization
  
• High-performance functional polymers
  
• CO₂ Transformation
  

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Dr. Yun Bai
Visiting scholar

Building: NW II Room: 4.2.02.797

Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3307
E-mail: yun.bai@uni-bayreuth.de