Jia Niu

Among the over 400 million tons of synthetic polymers produced worldwide annually, approximately half are vinyl polymers generated by radical polymerization…

During the 20th century, China underwent some of the most dramatic transitions that that land has ever seen: from an empire to a Communist state, and from a weak country that suffered a century of humiliation to an emerging superpower…

Sulfation is an essential modification of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans (HS). They are implicated in a variety of functions mediated by HS, such as protein-protein interaction, brain development, cancer metastasis, blood clotting and inflammation…

Degradable vinyl polymers represent a promising solution to the environmental challenges posed by petroleum-based plastics…

Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

Self-immolative polymers (SIPs) are a promising class of degradable polymers that can undergo triggered head-to-tail depolymerization in the presence of external stimuli…

Heparan sulfate is an essential class of glycosaminoglycans that plays important roles in a variety of biological processes, including protein-protein interaction, brain development, cancer metastasis, blood clotting, inflammation, and pathogen recognition of cells…

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in numerous biological activities, such as pathogen-host interaction and cell signaling…

Nucleic acids have emerged as promising building blocks for functional materials, but their sensitivity to nucleases and the lack of functional side chains still pose major challenges in applications…

In this talk honoring Professor Zachary Hudson’s Mark Young Scholar Award, I will discuss our efforts for the synthesis and structure-function relationship studies of a novel class of metathesis-triggered self-immolative polymers (SIPs)…

Polysaccharides are the nature’s choice for building robust materials. Compared to synthetic polymers, polysaccharides are derived from biological feedstocks and are potentially (bio)degradable, making them promising candidates for sustainable materials…

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

Existing environmental crisis caused by the accumulation of plastics calls for new generation of degradable vinyl polymers…

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

: [CARB] Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

: [CARB] Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

: [CARB] Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

: [CARB] Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

Existing environmental crisis caused by the accumulation of plastics calls for new generation of degradable vinyl polymers…

The composition, sequence, length, and type of glycosidic linkages of polysaccharides profoundly affect their biological and physical properties…

The sulfation pattern of glycosaminoglycans including heparan sulfate has been implicated in the specific interactions with a variety of signaling proteins on the cell surface and in the extracellular matrix…

Radical copolymerization of cyclic comonomers with commodity vinyl monomers represents a promising approach toward degradable vinyl polymers. Existing cyclic comonomers are often only reactive to a subset of vinyl monomers in copolymerization…

Cellulose represents one of the most widely used biodegradable and renewable biomaterials…

Working his colleague Professor Frank Tsung, Prof. Jeff Byers and his team at Boston College Chemistry Department in 2014 reported a novel strategy to encapsulate organometallic compounds in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) through selective and reversible dissociation of linkers…

Introducing polar functional groups onto polyolefin backbone is valuable in upcycling petroleum-based plastics. A sequential C—H chlorination and Fe-catalyzed cross-coupling approach was designed to functionalize polyolefins with aromatic groups…

Controlling the reactivity of the propagating chain end in polymerization reactions is crucial for achieving well-defined polymers in both synthetic polymer chemistry and biology…

Controlling the reactivity of the propagating chain end in polymerization reactions is crucial for achieving well-defined polymers in both synthetic polymer chemistry and biology…

Polysaccharides are a major class of biomacromolecules that play important roles in both biology and material sciences. A long challenge for the characterization and utilization of polysaccharides is the heterogeneity of highly diverse natural polysaccharides…

Controlling the reactivity of the propagating chain end in polymerization reactions is crucial for achieving well-defined polymers in both synthetic polymer chemistry and biology…

Polysaccharide, an almost inexhaustible biomass on Earth, represents one of the most widely used biodegradable and renewable biomaterials…

Nucleic acids have emerged as promising building blocks for functional materials, but their sensitivity to nucleases and the lack of functional side chains still pose major challenges in applications…

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) is a general strategy for the synthesis of a plethora of functional polymers. However, ROMP of low-strain cycloolefins has suffered from limited processivity due to significant secondary metathesis between the catalyst and the polymer backbone…