Patents by Inventor Xiulin ZHU

Xiulin ZHU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11958919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a “living” radical polymerization method for a vinyl monomer by near-infrared photothermal conversion. The method comprises irradiating a reactor with near-infrared light of 750-850 nm, wherein the reactor has a first chamber and a second chamber that are isolated from each other, the first chamber contains an organic solution of a near-infrared light responsive croconaine dye, and the second chamber is provided with a closed reaction flask containing a reaction solution, the reaction solution comprises a vinyl monomer, two or more of an ATRP initiator, an ATRP ligand, an ATRP catalyst, an RAFT reagent, a thermal initiator, and an additive, and an organic solvent; and the near-infrared light responsive dye converts the near-infrared light into heat energy, by which the reactor is heated to 50-100° C. to polymerize the monomer in the reaction solution, to obtain polymers with controlled molecular weights and molecular weight distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lifen Zhang, Qun Gao, Zhenping Cheng, Kai Tu, Haihui Li, Lan Yao, Xiulin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11926697
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1). The present invention also discloses a fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises a copolymer of a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1) with a near-infrared dye of Formula (2). The fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer of the present invention shrinks due to the photothermal conversion effect of the material under the irradiation of near-infrared light, and thus is widely applicable to the field of actuators. The fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of the present invention introduces fluorine-containing segments into the cross-linked network of the liquid crystal polymer, to improve the mechanical performance of the material, and greatly extend the service time of light-controlled actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhenping Cheng, Kai Tu, Enjie He, Jiannan Cheng, Lifen Zhang, Xiulin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11905378
    Abstract: A high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer and its preparation method therefor. The method comprises the following steps: 1) synthesizing linear poly(pentafluorophenyl 4-vinylbenzoate) (l-PPF4VB4.0k); 2) performing photo-induced cyclization on the linear polymer to prepare the cyclic polymer (c-PPF4VB4.0k); 3) performing post modification on the cyclic polymer c-PPF4VB4.0k by using small molecules to prepare a functionalized cyclic polymer (c-P1); 4) then performing polymer post modification on the cyclic polymer (c-P1) by using an efficient click reaction to construct the high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer (c-P1-g-PS); and 5) directly performing polymer post modification on the cyclic polymer c-PPF4VB4.0k by using macromolecules to construct a high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer (c-PPF4VB4.0k-g-PEG), the obtained cyclic comb shaped polymer still remaining the characteristic of a narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Shuangshuang Zhang, Jieai Li, Xiulin Zhu, Zhengbiao Zhang, Nianchen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230312795
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluorine-containing graft copolymer, and a preparation method and use thereof. The method includes the following steps: under a protective atmosphere, reacting a compound of Formula (I) and a compound of Formula (II) in a first organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst and a ligand at 20-30° C., to obtain the fluorine-containing graft copolymers of Formula (III) after complete reaction. The compounds of Formulas (I) and (II), and the fluorine-containing graft copolymer of Formula (III) have a structural formula shown below: and the compound of Formula (II) comprises a polyethylene glycol segment and a terminal alkynyl group, wherein a=4-8; b=6-8; n=1-20; and m=3-22. In the present invention, a graft copolymer of a main-chain-type “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer is obtained for the first time by post-polymerization modification using a reactive functional group contained in the main-chain-type “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Lifen ZHANG, Jiannan CHENG, Zhenping CHENG, Jinying WANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Patent number: 11498984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl ether polymer by photo-initiated polymerization, which comprises the step of: under a protective atmosphere, performing photo-initiated polymerization on a vinyl ether monomer in the presence of an organic halogenated hydrocarbon and manganese carbonyl under irradiation of light having a wavelength of 365-550 nm at ?25° C. to 25° C., to obtain a vinyl ether polymer after the reaction is completed. In the method, a vinyl ether monomer is subjected to cationic polymerization in the presence of manganese carbonyl and an organic halogenated hydrocarbon under visible light, to prepare a vinyl ether polymer with controlled molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian Zhu, Xiaofei Huang, Jiajia Li, Na Li, Xiangqiang Pan, Xiulin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220325008
    Abstract: The invention provides a living radical polymerization method using a zinc phthalocyanine dye as a near-infrared photocatalyst, including subjecting a free radical polymerizable monomer to a near-infrared light-controlled polymerization reaction, in the presence of a chain transfer agent, a cocatalyst and a zinc phthalocyanine dye containing a carbon-carbon double bond, in a solvent at 0-30° C. under the air atmosphere, to obtain a living radical polymerization product. The free radical polymerizable monomer is an acrylate monomer, a methacrylate monomer, an acrylamide monomer or a methacrylamide monomer; the chain transfer agent includes a thiocarbonate; and the cocatalyst includes an organic amine with or without a carbon-carbon double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Chun TIAN, Lifen ZHANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Patent number: 11365267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer and a synthesis method thereof. The synthesis method comprises steps of: subjecting a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer to a reduction reaction at 60-100° C. in an organic solvent in the presence of a reducing agent and a first catalyst to obtain a reduction product; in the presence of a second catalyst, reacting the reduction product with a mercapto-monohydric alcohol in an organic solvent at 60-100° C., to obtain a hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer; and in the presence of a third catalyst, reacting the hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer with an acrylic monomer or acryloyl chloride monomer at 0-30° C., to obtain the fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer is initially synthesized from a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer through polymer modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhenping Cheng, Jiannan Cheng, Jinying Wang, Kai Tu, Xiulin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220119589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1). The present invention also discloses a fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises a copolymer of a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1) with a near-infrared dye of Formula (2). The fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer of the present invention shrinks due to the photothermal conversion effect of the material under the irradiation of near-infrared light, and thus is widely applicable to the field of actuators. The fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of the present invention introduces fluorine-containing segments into the cross-linked network of the liquid crystal polymer, to improve the mechanical performance of the material, and greatly extend the service time of light-controlled actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Kai TU, Enjie HE, Jiannan CHENG, Lifen ZHANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220112316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a “living” radical polymerization method for a vinyl monomer by near-infrared photothermal conversion. The method comprises irradiating a reactor with near-infrared light of 750-850 nm, wherein the reactor has a first chamber and a second chamber that are isolated from each other, the first chamber contains an organic solution of a near-infrared light responsive croconaine dye, and the second chamber is provided with a closed reaction flask containing a reaction solution, the reaction solution comprises a vinyl monomer, two or more of an ATRP initiator, an ATRP ligand, an ATRP catalyst, an RAFT reagent, a thermal initiator, and an additive, and an organic solvent; and the near-infrared light responsive dye converts the near-infrared light into heat energy, by which the reactor is heated to 50-100° C. to polymerize the monomer in the reaction solution, to obtain polymers with controlled molecular weights and molecular weight distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Lifen ZHANG, Qun GAO, Zhenping CHENG, Kai TU, Haihui LI, Lan YAO, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220033557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymerization method for preparing a block polymer with a main-chain “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer, which comprises the following steps: under a protective atmosphere, subjecting a methacrylate monomer and a “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer (AB)n macroinitiator to light-controlled living radical polymerization in an organic solvent at 20-30° C. in the presence of a photocatalyst, where the polymerization reaction is continued for at least half an hour under irradiation of light at 390-590 nm, to obtain a block copolymer of a main-chain polyolefin, polyester, or polyether “semi-fluorinated” alternating copolymer. The polymerization method is carried out under irradiation of visible light, the polymerization process has the characteristics of “living” radical polymerization, and the molecular weight distribution of the prepared polymer is narrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Jiannan CHENG, Lifen ZHANG, Kai TU, Jinying WANG, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210403612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer and a synthesis method thereof. The synthesis method comprises steps of: subjecting a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer to a reduction reaction at 60-100° C. in an organic solvent in the presence of a reducing agent and a first catalyst to obtain a reduction product; in the presence of a second catalyst, reacting the reduction product with a mercapto-monohydric alcohol in an organic solvent at 60-100° C., to obtain a hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer; and in the presence of a third catalyst, reacting the hydroxyl-terminated fluorine-containing alternating copolymer with an acrylic monomer or acryloyl chloride monomer at 0-30° C., to obtain the fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer macromonomer is initially synthesized from a fluorine-containing alternating copolymer through polymer modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Zhenping CHENG, Jiannan CHENG, Jinying WANG, Kai TU, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210371556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl ether polymer by photo-initiated polymerization, which comprises the step of: under a protective atmosphere, performing photo-initiated polymerization on a vinyl ether monomer in the presence of an organic halogenated hydrocarbon and manganese carbonyl under irradiation of light having a wavelength of 365-550 nm at ?25° C. to 25° C., to obtain a vinyl ether polymer after the reaction is completed. In the method, a vinyl ether monomer is subjected to cationic polymerization in the presence of manganese carbonyl and an organic halogenated hydrocarbon under visible light, to prepare a vinyl ether polymer with controlled molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jian ZHU, Xiaofei HUANG, Jiajia LI, Na LI, Xiangqiang PAN, Xiulin ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210122883
    Abstract: A high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer and its preparation method therefor. The method comprises the following steps: 1) synthesizing linear poly(pentafluorophenyl 4-vinylbenzoate) (l-PPF4VB4.0k); 2) performing photo-induced cyclization on the linear polymer to prepare the cyclic polymer (c-PPF4VB4.0k); 3) performing post modification on the cyclic polymer c-PPF4VB4.0k by using small molecules to prepare a functionalized cyclic polymer (c-P1); 4) then performing polymer post modification on the cyclic polymer (c-P1) by using an efficient click reaction to construct the high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer (c-P1-g-PS); and 5) directly performing polymer post modification on the cyclic polymer c-PPF4VB4.0k by using macromolecules to construct a high-grafting density cyclic comb shaped polymer (c-PPF4VB4.0k-g-PEG), the obtained cyclic comb shaped polymer still remaining the characteristic of a narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Wei ZHANG, Shuangshuang ZHANG, Jieai LI, Xiulin ZHU, Zhengbiao ZHANG, Nianchen ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10316144
    Abstract: The invention provides a selenium-containing polyimide polymer, preparation method and use thereof. The method comprises: (1) polymerizing a selenide diamine monomer with a dianhydride monomer to give a selenium-containing polyamic acid; and (2) performing thermal imidization on the selenium-containing polyamic acid obtained in the step (1) to give a selenium-containing polyimide polymer. In the invention, selenium is introduced into polyimides for increasing refractive index to 1.7-1.82, this greatly improves the defects of low refractive index of the existing polyimide materials, thereby expanding its applications in the optics field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian Zhu, Qilong Li, Chunlai Ding, Huinan Jiang, Xiulin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190010290
    Abstract: The invention provides a selenium-containing polyimide polymer, preparation method and use thereof. The method comprises: (1) polymerizing a selenide diamine monomer with a dianhydride monomer to give a selenium-containing polyamic acid; and (2) performing thermal imidization on the selenium-containing polyamic acid obtained in the step (1) to give a selenium-containing polyimide polymer. In the invention, selenium is introduced into polyimides for increasing refractive index to 1.7-1.82, this greatly improves the defects of low refractive index of the existing polyimide materials, thereby expanding its applications in the optics field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian ZHU, Qilong LI, Chunlai DING, Huinan JIANG, Xiulin ZHU