1. Chen, C. L.* “Designing Transition Metal Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization: Beyond Electronic and Steric Tuning.” Nat. Rev. Chem. 2018, 2, 6-14. Featured at journal front cover. Featured on journal website front page. ESI Highly Cited Paper and ESI Hot Paper.

2. Chen, M.; Chen, C. L.* “A Versatile Ligand Platform for Palladium- and Nickel-catalyzed Ethylene Copolymerizations with Polar Monomers.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3094–3098.ESI Highly Cited Paper and ESI Hot Paper. (Highlighted by Prof. Shingo Ito from Nanyang Technological University at Sci. China Chem. 2018, 61, 1349-1350).

3. Chen, C. L.* “Redox Controlled Polymerization and Copolymerization.” ACS Catal. 2018, 8,5506–5514. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

4. Si, G. F.; Na, Y. N.; Chen, C. L.* “Ethylene (co)Oligomerization by Phosphine‐Pyridine Based Palladium and Nickel Catalysts.” ChemCatChem. 2018, 10, 5135–5140. Selected as Very Important Paper. Featured at journal front cover. Featured on journal website front page.

5. Liang, T.; Chen, C. L.* “Position Makes the Difference: Electronic Effects in Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerizations and Copolymerizations.” Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57,14913–14919. Special Issue: Metal Complexes for Catalytic Polymerizations. Highlighted by Prof. Nozaki in Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 957.

6. Dai, S. Y.； Chen, C. L.* “Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Various Branched, Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyolefins: Characterization, Derivatization, and Properties.” Macromolecules 2018, 51, 6818–6824. Journal Monthly most read article in 2018/09. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

7. Na, Y. N.; Dai, S. Y.; Chen, C. L.* “Direct Synthesis of Polar-Functionalized Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE).” Macromolecules 2018, 51, 4040-4048. Journal Monthly most read article in 2018/06. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

8. Tan, C.; Xiong, S.; Chen, C. L.* “Fast and Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters by Alkoxides and Cyclic Amides.” Macromolecules 2018, 51, 2048–2053. Journal Monthly most read article in 2018/03 and 2018/04.

9. Zou, C.； Dai, S. Y.; Chen, C. L.* “Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization using Nickel 2-Iminopyridine-N-oxide Catalysts: Modulation of Polymer Molecular Weights and Molecular-weight Distributions.” Macromolecules 2018, 51, 49–56. Journal Monthly most read article in 2018/01. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

10. Fang, J.; Sui, X. L.; Li, Y. G.*; Chen, C. L.* “Synthesis of polyolefin elastomers from unsymmetrical α-diimine nickel catalyzed olefin polymerization.” Poly. Chem. 2018, 9, 4143–4149.

11. Zhou, S. X.; Chen, C. L.* “Synthesis of silicon-functionalized polyolefins by subsequent cobalt-catalyzed dehydrogenative silylation and nickel-catalyzed copolymerization.” Science Bulletin 2018, 63, 441–445. ESI Highly Cited Paper. Top 25 highly cited paper in Science Bulletin since 2017. (Highlighted by Prof. Brian Long from University of Tennessee at Sci. China Chem. 2019, 62, 153-154; Highlighted by Natl. Sci. Rev. 2019, 6, 5-7.)

12. Zou, C.; Pang, W.; Chen, C. L.* “Influence of Chelate Ring Size on the Properties of Phosphine-Sulfonate Palladium Catalysts.” Sci. China Chem. 2018,61, 1175-1178. Special Issue: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the University of Science and Technology of China.

13. Wang, F. Z.; Tian, S. S.; Lia, R. P.; Li, W. M.; Chen, C. L.* “Ligand Steric Effects on Naphthyl-α-diimine Nickel Catalyzed α-Olefin Polymerization.” Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2018, 36, 157-162. Special Issue: Metal-Catalyzed Polymerization. Featured at journal front cover.

14. Chen, M.; Chen, C. L.* “Polar Functionalized Polyolefins: New Catalysts, New Modulation Strategies and New Materials.” Acta Polymerica Sinica. 2018, 11, 1372-1384. Invited Contribution. Featured at journal front cover. Top 10 most popular article at Acta Polym. Sin. in 2018.