1. Zhang, D.; Chen, C. L.* “Influence of Polyethylene Glycol Unit on Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14672–14676. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

2. Li, M.; Wang, X. B.; Luo, Y.*; Chen, C. L.* “A Second-coordination-sphere Strategy to Modulate Nickel- and Palladium-catalyzed Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11604-11609. ESI Highly Cited Paper and ESI Hot Paper.

3. Chen, M.; Chen, C. L.* “Rational Design of High-Performance Phosphine Sulfonate Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization with Polar Monomers.” ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 1308. Journal Monthly most read article in 2017/01, 2017/02 and 2017/03. Journal Annually Top 5 most read article in 2017. ESI Highly Cited Paper and ESI Hot Paper.

4. Zhao, M. H.; Chen, C. L.* “Accessing Multiple Catalytically Active States in Redox Controlled Olefin Polymerization.” ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 7490−7494. Journal Monthly most read article in 2017/10 and 2017/11. ESI Hot Paper.

5. Lian, K.; Zhu, Y.; Li, W.; Dai, S. Y.*; Chen, C. L.* “Direct Synthesis of Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers from Nickel Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization.” Macromolecules 2017, 50, 6074. Journal Monthly most read article in 2017/08, 2017/09 and 2017/10.

6. Song, G.; Pang, W. M; Li, W.; Chen, M.*; Chen, C. L.* “Phosphine-sulfonate-based nickel catalysts: ethylene polymerization and copolymerization with polar-functionalized norbornenes.” Poly. Chem. 2017, 8, 7400-7405.

7. Yang, B. P.; Xiong, S. Y.; Chen, C. L.* “Manipulation of Polymer Branching Density in Phosphine-Sulfonate Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization.” Poly. Chem. 2017, 8, 6272-6276.

8. Na, Y. N.; Zhang, D.; Chen, C. L.* “Modulating the Polyolefin Properties through the Incorporation of Nitrogen-Containing Polar Monomers.” Poly. Chem. 2017, 8, 2405. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

9. Na, Y. N.; Wang, X.; Lian, K.; Zhu, Y.; Li, W.; Luo, Y.*; Chen, C. L.* “Dinuclear α–diimine Ni(II) and Pd(II) Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization.” ChemCatChem. 2017, 9, 1062. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

10. Guo, L. H.; Liu, W.; Chen, C. L.* “Late transition metal catalyzed α-olefin polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers.” Mater. Chem. Front. 2017, 1, 2487-2494. Special Issue: 2017 Emerging Investigators by MCF. ESI Highly Cited Paper.

11. Liang, T.; Chen, C. L.* “Side-Arm Control in Phosphine-Sulfonate Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization and Copolymerization.” Organometallics 2017, 36, 2338. Journal Monthly most read article in 2017/07.

12. Zou, W. P.; Pang, W. M.; Chen, C. L.* “Redox control in palladium catalyzed norbornene and alkyne polymerization” Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 795. Special Issue: Switchable Catalysis and Related Reactions.

13. Sui, X. L.; Hong, C. W.; Pang, W. M.; Chen, C. L.* “Unsymmetrical α-diimine palladium catalysts and their properties in olefin (co)polymerization.” Mater. Chem. Front. 2017, 1, 967. Invited Contribution. No. 2 in “Top Cited Research Articles” for Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2017.

14. Wu, Z. X.; Hong, C.W.; Du, H.; Pang, W. M.; Chen, C. L.* “Influence of Ligand Backbone Structure and Connectivity on the Properties of Phosphine-Sulfonate Pd(II)/Ni(II) Catalysts.” Polymers, 2017, 9, 168. Special Issue: Olefin Polymerization and Polyolefin.

15. Guo, L. H.; Zou, C.; Dai, S. Y.*; Chen, C. L.* “Direct Synthesis of Branched Carboxylic Acid Functionalized Poly(1-octene) by α-Diimine Palladium Catalysts.” Polymers, 2017, 9, 122. Special Issue: Metal Complexes-Mediated Catalysis in Polymerization. Top 3 most cited article in Polymers in 2017. Selected as the second prize of Polymers Best Paper Awards 2019.

16. Zhang, D.; Pang, W. M.; Chen, C. L.* “Sidearm effect on the (Pyrrolylaldiminato)aluminum initiated ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone.” J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, 836-837, 56.

17. Kong, X.*; Zhu, H.; Chen, C. L.*; Huang, G. *; Chen, Q.* “Insights into the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol to 4-Aminophenol on Catalysts.” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2017, 684, 148-152.