Hongwei Bai received his B. Eng. (2006) and M. Eng. (2009) from Southwest Jiaotong University, and Ph.D. (2012) from Sichuan University, China. After a Postdoc at Sichuan University for two years, he took a position at the College of Polymer Science and Engineering (Sichuan University) as an associate professor. Since 2019, he has become a professor at the College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. Until now, more than 70 papers have been published in mainstream journals of polymer science and engineering, such as Macromolecules and Polymer. At present, these papers have been cited more than 3,000 times and the H-index is about 40. He has been selected by Stanford University and Elsevier as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists.

Biobased and biodegradable polymer materials

Crystallization of polymers

Polymer processing

Shihao Deng, Yue Zhang, Zeshuang Qiao, Ke Wang, Ling Ye, Yichen Xu*, Tao Hu*, Hongwei Bai*, Qiang Fu*. Hierarchically designed biodegradable polylactide particles with unprecedented piezocatalytic activity and biosafety for tooth whitening. Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24(2), 797-806.

2. Xiaonan Chen, Zhen Zeng, YilongJu, Min Zhou, Hongwei Bai*, Qiang Fu. Design of biodegradable PLA/PBAT blends with balanced toughness and strength via interfacial compatibilization and dynamic vulcanization. Polymer, 2023, 266, 125620.

3. Yilong Ju, Zeshuang Qiao, Hao Xiu, Xuanbo Liu*, Qiang Fu, Hongwe Bai*. Combined effects matrix molecular weight and crystallinity on the impact toughness of PP/EPR blends: The role of chain entanglement. Polymer, 2023, 272, 125863.

4. Shihao Deng, Hongwei Bai*, Zhenwei Liu, Qin Zhang, Qiang Fu*. Toward supertough and heat-resistant stereocomplex-type polylactide/elastomer blends with impressive melt stability via in situ formation of graft copolymer during one-pot reactive melt blending. Macromolecules, 2019, 52(4), 1718-1730.

5. Dongyu Bai, Huili Liu, Hongwei Bai*, Qin Zhang, Qiang Fu*. Low-temperature sintering of stereocomplex-type polylactide nascent powder: effect of crystallinity. Macromolecules, 2017, 50(19), 7611-7619.