人物簡介
2008年以來先後主持國家自然科學基金科學部主任基金和面上項目、教育部科學技術研究重點項目和江蘇省高校自然科學基金等項目。至今已在JACS、Chem. Mater.、Chem. Commun.、Macromolecules等國內外期刊發表論文50餘篇，在國內外學術會議上提交口頭和展講報告40餘份。所發表論文被SCI(E)收錄40餘篇，EI收錄30餘篇，論文被他引640餘次，單篇被引20次以上的論文15篇。主要研究工作包括：非線型結構聚合物如多臂/雜臂星、樹枝狀和梳形聚合物的設計合成及性能研究；不同反應介質如本體、溶液、離子液體和微乳液中的常規、控制自由基聚合反應；高真空活性陰離子聚合；有機-無機雜化材料、石墨烯-聚合物複合材料的合成及套用探索；多肽–高分子綴合體和刺激敏感聚合物的合成、自組裝及其在生物材料等領域的套用。
科研項目
1、功能有機-無機雜化材料的製備與性能研究（國家自然科學基金），20844001，2008.1-2008.12；
2、含複雜結構接枝聚合物鏈段的雜化材料的合成及性能研究（國家自然科學基金），20874067，2009.1-2011.12；
3、 功能雜臂星形聚合物和樹枝狀聚合物的合成及性能研究（江蘇省高校自然科學基金），08KJB150015，2009.1-2010.12。
研究方向
1: 高分子合成方法學；
2: 微納米尺度雜化材料；
3: 生物醫用高分子 。
科研成果
1. “Click chemistry and radical polymerization: potential loss of orthogonality”, Vincent Ladmiral, Thomas M. Legge, Youliang Zhao, Se?bastien Perrier, Macromolecules 2008, 41, 6728-6732.
2. “RAFT graft polymerization mediated by fumed silica supported chain transfer agents”, Youliang Zhao, Sébastien Perrier, Macromolecules 2007, 40, 9116-9124.
3. “Synthesis of well-defined block and conjugated copolymers by controlled radical polymerization using cysteine and glutathione-based RAFT agents”, Youliang Zhao, Sébastien Perrier, Chemical Communications 2007, 4294-4296.
4. “Synthesis of asymmetric star-branched polymers having two conductive polyacetylene arms by means of living anionic polymerization using 1,1-diphenyethylene derivatives”, Youliang Zhao, Tomoya Higashihara, Kenji Sugiyama, Akira Hirao, Macromolecules 2007, 40, 228-238.
5. “Synthesis of well-defined homopolymer and diblock copolymer grafted onto silica particles by Z-supported RAFT polymerization”, Youliang Zhao, Sébastien Perrier, Macromolecules 2006, 39, 8603-8608.
6. “Synthesis of functionalized asymmetric star polymers containing conductive polyacetylene segments by living anionic polymerization”, Youliang Zhao, Tomoya Higashihara, Kenji Sugiyama, Akira Hirao, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127, 14158-14159.
7. “Synthesis of novel well-defined dendrimer-like star polymers by atom transfer radical polymerization”, Youliang Zhao, Yongming Chen, Chuanfu Chen, Fu Xi, Polymer 2005, 46, 5808-5819.
8. “Synthesis of star block copolymers from dendrimer initiators by combining ring-opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization”, Youliang Zhao, Xintao Shuai, Chuanfu Chen, Fu Xi, Macromolecules 2004, 37, 8854-8862.
9. “Synthesis of novel dendrimer-like star block copolymers with definite number of arms by combination of ROP and ATRP”, Youliang Zhao, Xintao Shuai, Chuanfu Chen, Fu Xi, Chemical Communications 2004, 1608-1609.
10. “Synthesis and characterization of star-shaped poly(L-lactide)s initiated with hydroxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM-OH) dendrimers”, Youliang Zhao, Xintao Shuai, Chuanfu Chen, Fu Xi, Chemistry of Materials 2003, 15, 2836-2843.
