我们课题组采用各种共价聚合方法，包括阳离子聚合，阴离子聚合，活性自由基聚合，开环聚合，缩聚和点击化学，合成了交替共聚物，超支化聚合物，超支化多臂共聚物，刷状聚合物和其它高度支化的聚合物或共聚物。另外，我们课题组还使用非共价键合技术，如主客体化学，制备了多种超分子聚合物，特别是那些具有更复杂拓扑结构的聚合物，如线性超支化，两面神超支化，哑铃型，蒲公英型超分子聚合物。此外，我们使用共聚，预功能化和后官能化方法来提高聚合的性能并扩展其应用范围。

代表性论文：

1. Cheng, H. X.; Yuan, X.J.; Sun, X.Y.; Li, K.P.; Zhou, Y. F. *; Yan, D. Y.*, “Effect of Degree of Branching on the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Multiarm Copolymers”, Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 1143.

2. Tao, W.; Liu, Y.; Jiang, B. B.; Yu, S. R.; Huang, W.; Zhou, Y. F.*; Yan, D.Y., “A Linear-Hyperbranched Supramolecular Amphiphile and Its Self-Assembly into Vesicles with Great Ductility”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 762.

3. Liu, Y.; Yu, C. Y.; Jin, H. B.; Jiang, B. B.; Zhu, X. Y.; Zhou, Y. F.*; Lu, Z. Y.*; Yan, D. Y., “A Supramolecular Janus Hyperbranched Polymer and Its Photoresponsive Self-Assembly of Vesicles with Narrow Size Distribution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 4765.

4. Chen, J. X.; Yu, C. Y.; Shi, Z. Q.; Yu, S. R.;Lu, Z. Y.; Jiang, W. F.; Zhang, M.; He, W.*; Zhou, Y. F.;* Yan, D. Y., Ultrathin Alternating Copolymer Nanotubes with Readily Tunable Surface Functionalities, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 3621.

5. Zhang, D. P.; Liu, Y. N.; Fan, Y. J.; Yu, C. Y.; Zheng, Y. L.; Jin, H. B.; Fu, L.; Zhou Y. F.*; Yan, D. Y.*, “Hierarchical Self-Assembly of a Dandelion-Like Supramolecular Polymer into Nanotubes as Highly Efficient Aqueous Light-Harvesting Systems”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 7652.