· Oct. 10, 2024. Dr. Qiangqiang Shi won Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Science. This is the Fifth PhD Graduate winning this award in the Liu research group since Dec 15, 2003. Previous four winners: Dr. Zhishen Ge (2010); Dr. Changhua Li (2012); Xianglong Hu (2015), Guhuan Liu (2016). >>>

· Sep. 21. 2024. "Engineering Semicarbazide-Bearing Polypeptide Conjugates for Efficient Tumor Chemotherapy and Imaging of Tumor Metastasis" by J. Cen, W. Liu, and J. Xu et al. was published as a Research Article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 63, e202415588. >>>

· Sep. 12. 2024. "Efficient Encapsulation of β-Lapachone into Self-Immolative Polymer Nanoparticles for Cyclic Amplification of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Stress" by L. X. Guo, and Z. X. Ding et al. was published as a Research Article in ACS Nano 18, 26369. >>>

· Jun. 04 2024. "Mr. Minglong Chen won the First Prize in the Graduante Symposium of the Polymer Devision, Chinese Chemcial Socienty (CCS), held in Donghua University" >>>

· May 2024. Dr. Qiangqiang Shi won the Excellent PhD Thesis of Anhui Province Award, Congratulations! >>>

· Nov. 11 2023. "A Reunion and Celebration of 20 Years since the Establishment of Liu Research Group on Dec. 15, 2023 at USTC" >>>

· Nov. 2023. "Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited to serve in the Editorial Advosory Board of the ACS top review journal, Chemical Reviews" >>>

· Nov. 2023. "Engineering Semicarbazide-Bearing Polypeptide Conjugates for Efficient Tumor Chemotherapy and Imaging of Tumor Metastasis" by W. H. Pan et al. was published as a Research Article in Advanced Materials 35, 2309315 (2023). >>>

· Oct. 2023. "Precision Sequence-Defined Polymers: From Sequencing to Biological Functions" by Q. Q. Shi et al. was published as an Invited Minireview in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62, e202313370 (2023). >>>

· Oct. 2023. Dr. Jie Cen and Dr. Jiajia Tan won the best poster presentation awards at the 2023 National Polymer Symposium held in Wuhan. >>>

· Oct. 2023. Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited to attend 2023 National Polymer Symposium held in Wuhan and gave two Invited Lectures . >>>

· Oct. 2023. "Label-Free Quantification of Digital Nanorods Assembled from Discrete Oligourethane Amphiphiles" by Q. Q. Shi et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07577 (2023). >>>

· Aug. 2023. "Self-Amplified Cascade Degradation and Oxidative Stress Via Rational pH Regulation of Oxidation-Responsive Poly(ferrocene) Aggregates" by C. Z. Song et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, 17755–17766 (2023). >>>

· Aug. 2023. "Discrete Polyethylene glycol Derivatives as a Potent Impetus for Next-Generation Biomedicines" by J. Cen et al. was published in Giant 15, 100169 (2023). >>>

· Jun. 2023. "Controlled Self-Assembly of Discrete Amphiphilic Oligourethanes with Cascade Self-Immolative Motif" by J. Xu et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62, e202306119 (2023). >>>

· Jun. 2023. "Engineering precise sequence-defined polymers for advanced functions" by Q. Q. Shi et al. was published in Progress in Polymer Science 141, 101677 (2023). >>>

· May 2023. "Self-Immolative Amphiphilic Poly(ferrocenes) for Synergistic Amplification of Oxidative Stress in Tumor Therapy" by J. Xu et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62, e202303829 (2023). >>>

· Jun. 2022. Dr. Qiangqiang Shi won President Specialized Award for Excellent Graduate Students of Chinese Academy of Science. This is the Third PhD Graduate winning this award in the Liu research group since Dec 15, 2003. Previous two winners: Dr. Zhishen Ge (2009); Dr. Changhua Li (2012). >>>

· Dec. 2022. "Emerging Trends of J-Aggregate Formation within Polymeric Nanoassemblies" by M. X. Hou et al. was published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 224, 202200414 (2023). >>>

· Dec. 2022. "A General Strategy Toward the Synthesis of Well-Defined Polypeptides with Complex Chain Topologies" by L. Li et al. was published in CCS Chemistry 4, 3864-3877 (2022). >>>

· Nov. 2022. "Digital Micelles of Encoded Polymeric Amphiphiles for Direct Sequence Reading and ex Vivo Label-Free Quantification" by Q. Q. Shi et al. was published in Nature Chemistry 15, 257-270 (2023). >>>

· Nov. 2022. "Dendritic Quaternary-Encoded Oligourethanes for Data Encryption" by Q. Q. Shi et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62, e202214695 (2023). >>>

· Oct. 2022. "Challenges and Opportunities of Precision Polymer Chemistry" by S. Y. Liu* was published in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 40, 1129-1130 (2022). >>>

· Aug. 2022. "Fluorinated Copolypeptide-Stabilized Microbubbles with Maleimide-Decorated Surfaces as Long-Term Ultrasound Contrast Agents" by J. Cen et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61, e202209610 (2022). >>>

· Jan. 2022. "Next Generation Non-Viral Vectors for mRNA Vaccine Delivery" by M. L. Chen et al. was published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 223, 2100443 (2022). >>>

· Aug. 2021. "Coordinating External and Built-In Triggers for Tunable Degrada-tion of Polymeric Nanoparticles via Cycle Amplification" by J. J. Tan et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 143, 13738–13748 (2021). >>>

· Jul. 2021. Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited as Editorial Board Member of Progress in Polymer Science (2021). >>>

· Jul. 2020. "High-Fidelity End-Functionalization of Poly(ethylene glycol) Using Stable and Potent Carbamate Linkages" by S. Y. Shi et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, 18172-18178 (2020). >>>

· Jun. 2019. Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited for the third time to attend 2019 Polymers Gordon Research Conference and gave an Invited Plenary Talk "Precision Chemistry Towards New-Generation Smart Functional Materials" in United States (2019). >>>

· Jun. 2019. "Digital Dendrimer: A New Horizon of Information-Containing Polymers" by S. Y. Liu was published in Science China Chemistry 62, 925-926 (2019) and Highlighted. >>>

· May. 2018. "Reduction-Triggered Transformation of Crosslinking Modules of Disulfide-Containing Micelles with Chemically Tunable Rates" by Z. Y. Deng et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57, 8896-8900 (2018). >>>

· Feb. 2018. Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited as Associate Editor of Chemistry of Materials (2018). >>>

· May. 2017. Prof. Shiyong Liu was invited for the second time to attend 2017 Self-Assembly and Supramolecular Chemistry Gordon Research Conference and gave an Invited Plenary Talk "Make Alive and Work with Frozen Polymeric Assemblies" in Switzerland (2017). >>>

· May. 2017. "Doubly Caged Linker for AND-Type Fluorogenic Construction of Protein/Antibody Bioconjugates and In Situ Quantification" by G. H. Liu et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 8686-8691 (2017). >>>

· Aug. 2016. "Engineering Intracellular Delivery Nanocarriers and Nanoreactors from Oxidation-Responsive Polymersomes via Synchronized Bilayer Crosslinking and Permeabilizing inside Live Cells" by Z. Y. Deng et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 10452–10466 (2016) and was a ESI Highly Cited Papers. >>>

· Nov. 2015. "Reduction-Triggered Transformation of Crosslinking Modules of Disulfide-Containing Micelles with Chemically Tunable Rates" by X. R. Wang et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 15262-15275 (2015). >>>

· Jan. 2014. "Two-Photon Ratiometric Fluorescent Mapping of Intracellular Transport Pathways of pH-Responsive Block Copolymer Micellar Nanocarriers" by T. Liu et al. was published in Advanced Healthcare Materials 2, 1576-1581 (2013) and Highlighted by MaterialsViewsChina (MVC). >>>

· Jan. 2014. "Concurrent Block Copolymer Polymersome Stabilization and Bilayer Permeabilization via Stimuli-Regulated ‘Traceless’ Crosslinking" by X. R. Wang et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53, 3138-3142 (2014). >>>

· Dec. 2013. "Polyprodrug Amphiphiles: Hierarchical Assemblies for Shape-Regulated Cellular Internalization, Trafficking and Drug Delivery" by X. L. Hu et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, 17617-17629 (2013) and Highlighted by SciBX >>>

· Dec. 2013. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the Advisory Board of Polymer Chemistry. >>>

· Dec. 2013. Xianglong Hu passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Oct. 2013. Xianglong Hu won National Scholarship for Graduate Students of Ministry of Education of China. Congratulations!

· Oct. 2013. "Polyprodrug Amphiphiles: Hierarchical Assemblies for Shape-Regulated Cellular Internalization, Trafficking and Drug Delivery" by X. L. Hu et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, 17617-17629 (2013). >>>

· Oct. 2013. "Stimuli-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate-based block copolymers: Synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly and functional applications" by J. M. Hu et al. was published in Progress in Polymer Science 39, in press (2014). >>>

· Aug. 2013. Dr. Changhua Li won Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Apr. 2013. "Functional block copolymer assemblies responsive to tumor and intracellular microenvironments for site-specific drug delivery and enhanced imaging performance" by Z. S. Ge et al. was published in Chemical Society Reviews 42, 7289-7325 (2014). >>>

· Dec. 2012. We have moved to the New Chemistry Building, A New Start.

· Nov. 2012. Tao Liu, Xiaorui Wang, and Yamin Li won National Scholarship for Graduate Students of Ministry of Education of China. Congratulations!

· Nov. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Rapid Communications. >>>

· Nov. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. >>>

· Nov. 2012. Jinming Hu passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Nov. 2012. "Drug-Loaded and Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Surface Embedded Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Micelles for Integrated Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery and MR Imaging" by J. M. Hu et al. published in Langmuir 28, 2073-2082 (2012) has been been rated as Highly Cited Papers in the Last Ten Years by Essential Science Indicators at ISI Web of Knowledge. >>>

· Nov. 2012. "Amphiphilic Multiarm Star Block Copolymer-Based Multifunctional Unimolecular Micelles for Cancer Targeted Drug Delivery and MR Imaging" by X. J. Li et al. published in Biomaterials 32, 6595-6605 (2011) has been been rated as Highly Cited Papers in the Last Ten Years by Essential Science Indicators at ISI Web of Knowledge. >>>

· Nov. 2012. Dr. C. H. Li won President Specialized Award for Excellent Graduate Students of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Nov. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu won CAS Excellent Tutor Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Jul. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the Editorial Board of Chinese Chemical Letters. >>>

· Jun. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu won Young Scientist Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Jun. 2012. C. H. Li passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Jun. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the Editorial Board of Acta Chimica Sinica. >>>

· Apr. 2012. "Responsive Polymers for Detection and Sensing Applications: Current Status and Future Developments" by J. M. Hu et al. published in Macromolecules 43, 8315-8350 (2010), was identified as one of Top 20 Most Cited articles for the journal that were published within the Last 3 Years. >>>

· Apr. 2012. "Enzyme-Responsive Polymeric Assemblies, Nanoparticles and Hydrogels" by J. M. Hu et al. was published in Chemical Society Reviews 41, 5933-5945 (2012). >>>

· Apr. 2012. "Efficient Synthesis of Single Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers and Their Controlled Self-Assembly" by J. M. Hu and T. Wu et al. was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 7624-7627 (2012). >>>

· Feb. 2012. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to join the Editorial Board of Chemistry Bulletin (in Chinese). >>>

· Dec. 2011. "A General Strategy to Construct Fluorogenic Probes from Charge-Generation Polymers (CGPs) and AIE-Active Fluorogens via Triggered Complexation" by C. H. Li et al. was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51, 455-459 (2012). >>>

· Nov. 2011. Dr. Zhishen Ge won the Excellent PhD Thesis of Anhui Province Award, Congratulations! >>>

· Nov. 2011. J. M. Hu won the "Poster Award" at the 2011 National Polymer Symposium, Dalian. Congratulations!

· Nov. 2011. Tao Wu passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Oct. 2011. J. M. Hu won Young Talented PhD Students Award of Ministry of Education of China. >>>

· Sep. 2011. "Seven Papers" by S. Y. Liu et al. have been rated as Highly Cited Papers in the Last Ten Years by Essential Science Indicators at ISI Web of Knowledge. >>>

· Sep. 2011. "Thermo- and light-regulated fluorescence resonance energy transfer processes within dually responsive microgels" by J. Yin et al. published in Polym. Chem. 2, 363-371 (2011) has been been rated as Highly Cited Papers in the Last Ten Years by Essential Science Indicators at ISI Web of Knowledge. >>>

· Sep. 2011. "Responsive Polymers for Detection and Sensing Applications: Current Status and Future Developments", an Invited Perspective Article by J. M. Hu and S. Y. Liu was published in Macromolecules 43, 8315 (2010), and has been listed as one of Most-Read Articles over the last 12 months during the period of Dec 2010-Sep 2011. >>>

· Sep. 2011. 7 graduate students, Guhuan Liu, Deshu Cheng, Yamin Li, Sidan Tian, Zhengyu Deng, Kangning Zhu, and Yue Ding joined the Liu research group. Welcome!

· Aug. 2011. Dr. Shiyong Liu won Tutor of National Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Ministry of Education of China. >>>

· Aug. 2011. Dr. Zhishen Ge, who obtained his PhD degree in 2009 from the Liu Research Group, won National 100 Excellent PhD Theses Award of Ministry of Education of China. >>>

· Jun. 2011. Xuejuan Wan and Di Wang passed their PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Feb. 2011. "Thermo- and light-regulated fluorescence resonance energy transfer processes within dually responsive microgels" by J. Yin et al. was accepted and published in Polym. Chem. 2, 363-371 (2011), and has been identified as a Journal Hot Article. >>>

· Nov. 2010. Dr. Zhishen Ge won Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Nov. 2010. Dr. Shiyong Liu won CAS Excellent Tutor for Graduate Students Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Nov. 2010. "Five Papers" by S. Y. Liu et al. have been rated as Highly Cited Papers in the Last Ten Years by Essential Science Indicators at ISI Web of Knowledge. >>>

· Nov. 2010. "Responsive Polymers for Detection and Sensing Applications: Current Status and Future Developments", an Invited Perspective Article by J. M. Hu and S. Y. Liu was published in Macromolecules 43, 8315 (2010), and has been listed as one of Monthly Most-Read Articles. >>>

· Oct. 2010. Changhua Li won Young Talented PhD Students Award of Ministry of Education of China. >>>

· Oct. 2010. "Responsive nanogel-based dual fluorescent sensors for temperature and Hg(II) ions with enhanced detection sensitivity" by C. H. Li et al. was accepted and published in J. Mater. Chem. 20, 10716 (2010), and has been identified as a Journal Hot Article. >>>

· Oct. 2010. "Responsive Polymers for Detection and Sensing Applications: Current Status and Future Developments", an Invited Perspective Article by J. M. Hu and S. Y. Liu was published in Macromolecules 43, 8315 (2010). >>>

· Oct. 2010. "Fluorescent pH-Sensing Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Tunable Redox-Responsive Release Capability" by X. J. Wan et al. was accepted and published in Langmuir 26, 15574 (2010), and has been listed as one of Monthly Most-Read Articles. >>>

· Aug. 2010. "Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Nonlinear Amphiphilic and Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solutions", an Invited Feature Article by Z. S. Ge et al. published in Macromol. Rapid Commun. 30, 1523 (2009) has been listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles During the Period of Aug 2009-July 2010. >>>

· Aug. 2010. "Multi-Responsive Supramolecular Double Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer Driven by Host-Guest Inclusion Complexation between beta-Cyclodextrin and Adamantyl Moieties" by H. Liu et al. published in Macromol. Chem. Phys. 210, 2125 (2009) has been listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles During the Period of Aug 2009-July 2010. >>>

· Aug. 2010. "Shiyong Liu presented an invited talk in the "Young Polymer Scientists Session" at Macro2010: 43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress. >>>

· Jun. 2010. T. Liu won the "Poster Award" at the International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry-PC 2010, Suzhou. Congratulations!

· Jun. 2010. Yanfeng Zhang, Hao Liu, and Jun Yin passed their PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· May 2010. "Reversible Three-State Switching of Multicolor Fluorescence Emission via Multiple Stimuli-Modulated FRET Processes within Thermoresponsive Polymeric Micelles" by C. H. Li et al. was accepted and published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 5120 (2010). >>>

· Apr. 2010. Dr. Shiyong Liu won Cheung Kong (Chang-Jiang) Professor Award of Ministry of Education of China. >>>

· Feb. 2010. Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited to attend 2010 Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions Gordon Research Conference and gave an Invited Plenary Talk "Responsive Polymer-Based Multifunctional Chemosensors" in United States (2019). >>>

· Dec. 2009. Ms. Jingyan Zhang won the Excellent Master Degree Thesis of Anhui Province Award, Congratulations! >>>

· Nov. 2009. Mr. Jinming Hu won a competivive Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship for the 2010 Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions Gordon Research Conference. >>>

· Nov. 2009. Dr. Shiyong Liu won Chinese Chemical Society-Royal Chemical Society Young Chemist Award. >>>

· Oct. 2009. Dr. Zhishen Ge won President Specialized Award for Excellent Graduate Students of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Oct. 2009. Dr. Shiyong Liu won CAS Excellent Tutor Award of Chinese Academy of Science. >>>

· Sep. 2009. Dr. Shiyong Liu won 2009 Young Faculty Achievement Award of USTC Alumni Foundation. >>>

· Jun. 2009. "Click Coupling Fullerene onto Thermoresponsive Water-Soluble Diblock Copolymer and Homopolymer Chains at Defined Positions" by C. H. Li et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 42, DOI: 10.1021/ma900788k (2009), and has been listed as one of Monthly Most-Read Articles. >>>

· Jun. 2009. "Synthesis of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Quatrefoil-Shaped Star-Cyclic Polymer Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Core" by Z. S. Ge et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 42, 2903 (2009), and has been Highlighted by ACS Noteworthy Chemistry and listed as one of Monthly Most-Read Articles. >>>

· Jun. 2009. Zhishen Ge and Zhiyuan Zhu passed their PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Jun. 2009. Xiaofeng Wang passed his MSc thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Apr. 2009. "Invited Feature Article "Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Nonlinear Amphiphilic and Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solutions" by Z. S. Ge et al. was published in Macromol. Rapid Commun. 30, DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900182 (2009). >>>

· Feb. 2009. "Fabrication of Two Types of Shell Cross-Linked Micelles with "Inverted" Structures in Aqueous Solution from Schizophrenic Water-Soluble ABC Triblock Copolymer via Click Chemistry" by X. Z. Jiang et al. was accepted and published in Langmuir 25, 2046 (2009), and has been Highlighted by Nature China. >>>

· Jan. 2009. "High-Efficiency Preparation of Macrocyclic Diblock Copolymers via Selective Click Reaction in Micellar Media" by Z. S. Ge et al. was accepted and published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 1628 (2009). >>>

· Jan. 2009. "Responsive Supramolecular Gels Constructed via Crown Ether-Based Molecular Recognition" by Z. S. Ge et al. was accepted and published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 1798 (2009). >>>

· Dec. 2008. Dr. Shiyong Liu was awarded Special Government Allowance. Congratulations! 

· Dec. 2008. J. Xu passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Oct. 2008. Invited Highlight "Polymeric nanocarriers possessing thermoresponsive coronas" by J. Xu et al. was accepted and published in Soft Matter 4, 1745 (2008), and was listed as one of Top-Ten Articles of Soft Matter Journal. >>>

· Jun. 2008. Yueming Zhou passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Jun. 2008. Jingyan Zhang and Jingyi Rao passed their MSc thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· May. 2008. "Polyion Complex Micelles Possessing Thermoresponsive Coronas and Their Covalent Core-Stabilization via "Click" Chemistry" by J. Y. Zhang et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 41, 1444 (2008), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: January-March, 2008 of Macromolecules Journal. >>>

· Mar. 2008. "Fabrication of Multi-Responsive Shell Cross-Linked Micelles Possessing pH-Controllable Core Swellability and Thermo-Tunable Corona Permeability" by X. Z. Jiang et al. was accepted and published in Biomacromolecules 8, 3184 (2007), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: October-December, 2007 of Biomacromolecules Journal. >>>

· Feb. 2008. Dr. Shiyong Liu was awarded the “New Century National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project".  

· Dec. 2007. Undergraduate student - Ms. Weiyin Gu's polypseudorotaxane-related research project was funded by "USTC Undergraduate Students Innovation Scheme".  

· Dec. 2007. Xiaoze Jiang passed his final PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Nov. 2007. Zhishen Ge's research project was funded by "USTC Graduate Students Innovation Scheme". 

· Oct. 2007. "Dr. Shiyong Liu was invited by T. P. Lodge to serve in the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules journal, starting from Jan. 2008. >>>

· Sep. 2007. Changhua Li and Jinming Hu joined our group. Welcome!

· Apr. 2007. Yanfeng Zhang was awarded "CAS Graduate Student Innovation Funding". Congratulations!

· Mar. 2007. "Stimuli-Responsive Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer Micelles with Switchable Catalytic Activity" by Z. S. Ge et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 40, 3538 (2007), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: April-June, 2007 of Macromolecules Journal. >>>

· Nov. 2006. Zhiyuan Zhu's research project was funded by "USTC Graduate Students Innovation Scheme". 

· Sep. 2006. Zhiyuan Zhu was awarded the prestigious "Qiu Shi Scholarship". Congratulations!

· Aug. 2006. "In-Situ Formation of Silver Nanoparticles with Tunable Spatial Distribution at the Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Corona of Unimolecular Micelles" by H. X. Xu et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 39, 8451 (2006), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: October-December, 2006 of Macromolecules Journal. >>>

· July 2006. "UV Irradiation-Induced Shell Cross-Linked Micelles with pH-Responsive Cores Using ABC Triblock Copolymers" by X. Z. Jiang et al. was accepted and published in Macromolecules 39, 5987 (2006), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: July-September, 2006 of Macromolecules Journal. >>>

· May. 2006. Shizhong Luo passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations! 

· Sep. 2006. Tao Wu, Di Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, and Xuejuan Wan joined our group. Welcome!

· Feb. 2006. "Macromolecular Solution and Colloids" Research Team (2005) was approved by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. >>>

· Jan. 2006. "First Observation of Two-Stage Collapsing Kinetics of a Single Synthetic Polymer Chain" appeared in Physical Review Letters 96, 027802 (2006), and was selected for the February 01, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, volume 11, issue 3. >>>

· Oct. 2005. J. Xu won the "Poster Award" at the 2005 National Polymer Symposium, Beijing. Congratulations!

· Sep. 2005. "The First Manuscript Generated by USTC graduate students in the Liu Research Group was accepted and published in Macromolecules 38, 9813 (2005), and was listed as one of Most-Accessed Articles: October-December, 2005 of Macromolecules Journal. >>>

· Sep. 2005. Yueming Zhou, Jingyan Zhang, Jingyi Rao, and Jun Yin joined our group. Welcome!

· Oct. 2004. Dr. Shiyong Liu was awarded "Outstanding Youth Fund" of NSF.

· Sep. 2004. Jian Xu, Zhishen Ge, Hao Liu, and Yanfeng Zhang joined our group. Welcome!

· June 2004. Dr. Shiyong Liu was selected to "The Hundred Talents Program" of CAS.

· May 2004. Dr. Shiyong Liu started his academic career at USTC with the Newly Equipped Lab.

· Jan. 2004. Shizhong Luo, Zhiyuan Zhu, and Xiaoze Jiang Joined the Liu Research Group as Starting Members.