Affiliation: State Key Lab of Chemical Fibers & Polymer Materials, Collegge of Material Science & Engineering, Donghua University
Title of Position: professor
e-mail address: caizg"at"dhu.edu.cn
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Research Fields:
[1]Polymer Chemistry [2]Organometallic Chemistry
Research Subjects:
Development and application of new catalytic polymerization system
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Recent Publications:
1 "Highly Active Living Random Copolymerization of Norbornene and 1-Alkene with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Derivative: Substituent Effects on Fluorenyl Ligand ", Z. Cai, R. Harada, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 43, (10), 4527-4531 (2010).
2 "Synthesis of stereoblock polypropylene by change of temperature in living polymerization", Z. Cai, R. Harada, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromol. Res. 18, (8), 737-741 (2010).
3 "Synthesis of Regioblock Polybutadiene with CoCl2-Based Catalyst via Reversible Coordination of Lewis Base", Z. Cai, M. Shinzawa, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 42, (20), 7642-7643 (2009).
4 "Highly Active Syndiospecific Living Polymerization of Higher 1-Alkene with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex", Z. Cai, M. Ohmagari, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 30, (21), 1812-1816 (2009).
5 "Substituent effects of tert-butyl groups on fluorenyl ligand of [tBuNSiMe2Flu]ZrMe2", Z.-g. Cai, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 26, (5), 575-578 (2008).
6 "Facile Synthesis of Tailor-Made Stereoblock Polypropylenes via Successive Variation of Monomer Pressure", Z. Cai, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 41, (17), 6596-6598 (2008).
7 "Catalytic Synthesis of a Monodisperse Olefin Block Copolymer Using a Living Polymerization System", Z. Cai, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 29, (6), 525-529 (2008).
8 "Catalytic Synthesis of Monodisperse Polypropylene Using a Living Polymerization System with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium-Based Catalyst", Z. Cai, M. Shigemasa, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 39, (19), 6321-6323 (2006).
9 "Synthesis of crystallizable sydiotactic-atactic stereoblock polypropylene using a living polymerization system", Z. Cai, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Kinet. Catal. 47, (2), 274-277 (2006).
10 "Living Random Copolymerization of Propylene and Norbornene with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex: Synthesis of Novel Syndiotactic Polypropylene-b-poly(propylene-ran-norbornene)", Z. Cai, Y. Nakayama, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 39, (6), 2031-2033 (2006).
11 "Substituent Effects of tert-Butyl Groups on Fluorenyl Ligand in Syndiospecific Living Polymerization of Propylene with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex", Z. Cai, T. Ikeda, M. Akita, and T. Shiono, Macromolecules 38, (20), 8135-8139 (2005).
2. Reviews
1) 蔡 正国，塩野 毅: 炭化水素系モノマーの立体特異的リビング重合; 高分子論文集，64[1], 77-89 (2007).
2) 蔡 正国，塩野 毅: シングルサイト触媒によるオレフィンのリビング重合; 化学, 60[10], 74-75 (2005).