Muhammad Zada, Desalegn Demise Sage, Qiuyue Zhang, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Yang Sun and Wen-Hua Sun，Thermally stable and highly efficient N,N,N-cobalt olefin polymerization catalysts affixed with N-2,4-bis(dibenzosuberyl)-6-fluorophenyl groups, Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1569. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121569

Zahra Hosseinzadeh, Ming Liu, Qiuyue Zhang, Tongling Liang, Gregory A. Solan, Yanping Ma, and Wen-Hua Sun,Electronic tuning of sterically encumbered 2-(arylimino)pyridine-nickel ethylene polymerization catalysts by para-group modification, Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1520. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal121215202022.

Nina V. Semikolenova, Mikhail A. Matsko, Vladimir A. Zakharov, Wen-Hua Sun, Unusual effect of α-olefins as chain transfer agents at ethylene polymerization over the catalyst with nonsymmetrical bis(imino)pyridine complex of Fe(II) and modified methyl-alumoxane (MMAO) cocatalyst，International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022,23, 14384. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232214384

D’Auria, I.; Saki, Z.; Liu, M.; Sun, W.-H.; Pellecchia, C. Copolymerization of Ethylene and Methyl Acrylate by Dibenzocyclo-heptyl-Substituted Aryliminopyridyl Ni(II) Catalysts. Macromol 2022, 2, 500-508. DOI: 10.3390/macromol2040031

Furong Cao, Yun Wang, Xing Wang, Wenjuan Zhang, Gregory A. Solan, Rui Wang, Yanping Ma, Xiang Hao, Wen-Hua Sun,Zinc 8-aminotrihydroquinolines appended with pendant N-diphenylphosphinoethyl arms as exceptionally active catalysts for the ROP of ε-CL, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022, 12, 6687 – 6703. DOI: 10.1039/D2CY00979J

Zheng Zuo, Qiuyue Zhang, Mingyang Han, Ming Liu, Yang Sun, Yanping Ma and Wen-Hua Sun, 2-(Arylimino)benzylidene-8-arylimino-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline Cobalt(II) Dichloride Polymerization Catalysts for Polyethylenes with Narrow Polydispersity, Catalysts 2022, 12, 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12101119

Shaofan Li, Weilong Ju, Wen-hua Sun, Yunlan Su, Alejandro J. Müller, and Dujin Wang, Fractionated Crystallization Behavior of Low-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Grafted onto SiO2 Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4, 7841-7851. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01394

Desalegn Demise Sage, Qiuyue Zhang, Ming Liu, Gregory A. Solan, Yang Sun and Wen-Hua Sun, LLDPE-like polymers accessible via ethylene homopolymerization using nitro-appended 2-(arylimino)pyridine-nickel catalysts, Catalysts, 2022, 12, 961. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12090961

Tian Liu, Ming Liu, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, Cobalt catalysts bearing ortho-(4,4'-dichlorobenzhydryl) substituents and their use in generating narrowly dispersed polyethylene of high linearity, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 2022, e202200396. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200396.

Arfa Abrar Malik, Md Mostakim Meraz, Wenhong Yang, Qiuyue Zhang, Desalegn Demise Sage, Wen-Hua Sun, Catalytic performance of cobalt(II) polyethylene catalysts with sterically hindered dibenzopyranol substituents studied by experimental and MLR methods, Molecules, 2022, 27, 5455. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27175455.

Qaiser Mahmood, Xiaoxu Li, Lidong Qin, Luyao Wang, Wen-Hua Sun, Structural evolution of iminopyridine support for nickel/palladium catalysts in ethylene (oligo)polymerization, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 14375-14407. DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02251F.

Yuting Zheng, Shu Jiang, Ming Liu, Zhixin Yu, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Wenjuan Zhang, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, High molecular weight PE elastomers through 4,4-difluorobenzhydryl substitution in symmetrical α-diimino-nickel ethylene polymerization catalysts, RSC Advances, 2022, 12,  24037-24049. DOI: 10.1039/D2RA04321A 

Zheng Wang, Yahuan Liu, Mingyang Han, Ning Ma, Quanming Lyu, Qingbin Liu, and Wen-Hua Sun, Efficient transfer hydrogenation of ketones by molybdenum complexes through comprehensively verifying auxiliary ligands, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 10983 – 10991. DOI: 10.1039/D2DT01177H

Mingyang Han, Ivan I. Oleynik, Yanping Ma, Irina V. Oleynik, Gregory A. Solan, Xiang Hao and Wen-Hua Sun, Modulating thermostability and productivity of benzhydryl-substituted bis(imino)pyridine-iron C2H4 polymerization catalysts through ortho-CnH2n-1 (n = 5, 6, 8, 12) ring size adjustment,  European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, e202200224. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200224

Ming Liu, Shu Jiang, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Yang Sun, Wen-Hua Sun, CF₃O-Functionalized Bis(arylimino)pyridine Cobalt Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts: Harnessing Solvent Effects on Performance and Polymer Properties, Oragnometallics, 2022,41, 3237–3248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00252 

Shu Jiang, Yuting Zheng, Ming Liu, Zhixin Yu, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Wenjuan Zhang, Tongling Liang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Polyethylene Waxes with Short Chain Branching via Steric and Electronic Tuning of an 8‑(Arylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-nickel Catalyst, Oragnometallics, 2022, 41, 3197–3211.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00100

Wenhong Yang, Wen-Hua Sun, Application and prospect of machine learning in polyolefin catalysts, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2022，67, 1870-1880. DOI: 10.1360/TB-2021-1354.

Qiuyue Zhang, Zheng Zuo, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, Xinzheng Yang and Wen-Hua Sun, Fluorinated 2,6-Bis(arylimino)pyridyliron Complexes Targeting Bimodal Dispersive Polyethylene; probing chain termination pathway via a combined experimental and DFT study, Dolton Transactions, 2022, 51, 8290 –8302.DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00868h

Shi-Fang Yuan, Luyao Wang, Yi Yan, Tian Liu, Zygmunt Flisak, Yanping Ma and Wen-Hua Sun, 4,4’-Dimethoxybenzhydryl substituent augments performance of bis(imino)pyridine cobalt-based catalysts in ethylene polymerization, RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 15741-15750. DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01547a

Youshu Jiang, Wenjuan Zhang, Mingyang Han, Xing Wang, Gregory A. Solan, Rui Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Phenoxy-imine/-amide aluminum complexes with pendant or coordinated pyridine moieties: solvent effects on structural type and catalytic capability for the ROP of cyclic esters, Polymer, 2022, 242, 124602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124602

Ming Liu, Randi Zhang, Yanping Ma, Mingyang Han, Gregory A. Solan, Wenhong Yang, Tongling Liang and Wen-Hua Sun, Trifluoromethoxy-substituted nickel catalysts for producing highly branched polyethylenes: impact of solvent, activator and N,N'-ligand on polymer properties, Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13, 1040–1058. DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01637G

Qiuyue Zhang, Ming Liu, Yanping Ma, Zhibin Ye, Tongling Liang and Wen-Hua Sun, Highly Active and Thermostable Camphyl α-Diimine Nickel(II) Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization: Effects of N-Aryl Substituting Groups on Catalytic Properties and Branching Structures of Polyethylene, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022, 36, e6606. DOI:  10.1002/AOC.6606.

Wenhua Lin, Ming Liu, Lei Xu, Yanping Ma, Liping Zhang, Zygmunt Flisak, Xinquan Hu, Tongling Liang,and Wen-Hua Sun, Nickel(II) complexes with sterically hindered 5,6,7-trihydroquinoline derivatives selectively dimerizing ethylene to 1-butene, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022, 36, e6596. DOI:  10.1002/AOC.6596

Yi Yan, Shi-Fang Yuan, Ming Liu, Gregory A. Solan, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, Investigating the effects of para-methoxy substitution in sterically enhanced unsymmetrical bis(arylimino)pyridine-cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts, Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2670-z

Mingyang Han, Ivan I. Oleynik, Ming Liu, Yanping Ma, Irina V. Oleynik, Gregory A. Solan1, Tongling Liang and Wen-Hua Sun, Ring size enlargement in an ortho-cycloalkyl-substituted bis(imino)pyridine-cobalt ethylene polymerization catalyst and its impact on performance and polymer properties, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022, 36, e6529. DOI:  10.1002/AOC.6529

Zheng Zuo, Mingyang Han, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Xinquan Hu, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, Fluorinated bis(arylimino)-6,7-dihydro-5H-quinoline-cobalt polymerization catalysts; electronic versus steric modulation in the formation of vinyl-terminated linear PE waxes, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022, 36, e6500. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6500

Wenhua Lin,Liping Zhang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Sterically Enhanced 2-Iminopyridylpalladium Chlorides as Recyclable ppm-Palladium Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling in Aqueous Solution, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2022, 36, e6474. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6474