Yanhua Niu, professor and doctoral supervisor. She graduated from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) in 2007 and obtained the doctor degree of science majored in polymer chemistry and physics. After graduation, she joined ICCAS as a faculty and was promoted to associate professor in 2009. In 2011, she was transferred to the National Institute of Clean and Low-carbon Energy (NICE). In 2014, she joined Sichuan University (SCU) as an “imported talent”, and was promoted to professor in 2017. Yanhua Niu has long been engaged in research on multilevel structure regulation, multiscale relaxation and viscoelasticity, aging and stabilization of polymers. As a project or technical leader, Yanhua Niu has undertaken a number of national and provincial projects, including 1 key project and 3 general programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 1 project of the 13th Five-Year Plan of the State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense, and 1 international cooperation project of the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province. She has published more than 80 papers on the well-known journals such as Macromolecules, Polymer, and etc., and has been authorized 9 patents (1 of which won China Patent Silver Award).

1) Multi-level structural regulation and preparation of functional materials of charged polymer systems

2) Viscoelasticity and unsteady flow of multiphase and multicomponent polymer melts

3) Failure mechanism and service life of specialty elastomers

1）Liu G, Luo H, Dan YJ, Niu YH*, Li GX*. “Scaling Relation and Rheological Behaviors of Polymerized Ionic Liquids in the Ionic Liquid/Dimethylformamide Solutions”, Macromolecules 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01005.

2) Liu G, Larson RG, Li L, Luo H, He X, Niu YH*, Li GX*. “Influence of Chain Entanglement on Rheological and Mechanical Behaviors of Polymerized Ionic Liquids”, Macromolecules 2023, 56, 2719.

3）Luo H, He X, Li WZ, Niu YH*, Li GX*. “Chain Dynamics and Crystallization Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide) in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with Different Cationic Structures”, Macromolecules 2022, 55, 4589.

4）He X, Kong MQ, Niu YH*, Li GX*. “Entanglement and Relaxation of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Chains in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with Different Cationic Structures”, Macromolecules 2020, 53, 7865.

5）Liu Q, Dan YJ, Kong MQ, Niu YH*, Li GX. “Sandwich-Structured Quasi-Solid Polymer Electrolyte Enables High-Capacity, Long-Cycling, and Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Battery at Room Temperature”, Small 2023, 19, 2300118.

6）Liu Q, Li L, Liu G, He X, Niu YH*, Li GX*. “Dual-crosslinked Polyionic Liquid Polymer Electrolyte with Optimal Balance of Ion Conductivity and Mechanical Properties for Solid-state Lithium Metal Battery”, J. Power Sources 2024, 592, 233897.

7）Zhang YZ, Luo GJ, Niu YH*, Li GX*.“Reversible Nucleation Behavior of N,N′-dicyclohexylterephthalamide to Polypropylene with the Aid of Polyamide 12”, Polymer 2023, 264, 125539.

8）Luo GJ, Zhang BW, Gong, PJ, Niu YH*, Li GX*.“Reexamination of Self-assembly of Nucleator and its Influence on the Crystallization of Polypropylene”, Polymer 2021, 231, 124139.

9）Li WZ, Gong PJ, Niu YH*, Huang YJ, Li GX. “Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on the Crystallization Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Ionic liquids Mixtures” Applied Surface Science 2020, 501, 144251.

10）Chen YL, Luo H, Xiao ZL, Niu YH*, Li GX. “Highly Accelerated Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Ionic liquid Mixtures by Phase Separation: The Coupling Effect of Hydrogen Bonds Breaking”, Polymer 2019, 171, 70.

(1) Doctoral students: 1-2 students per year

Major: 080503 Materials Processing Engineering

(2) Master students: 2-3 students per year.

Major 1: 080503 Materials Processing Engineering

Major 2: 085600 Materials and Chemistry (02 direction, plastics engineering)

Office Address: 201 room, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Wangjiang Campus, Sichuan University.

E-mail: yhniu@scu.edu.cn