Sustainable chemistry
Dr. Chan’s interest in sustainable materials and green chemistry encompasses polymer upcycling, polymer recycling, and lignin depolymerization.
Selected papers:
1) ACS Catal. 2013, 1, 1369
2) Green Chem. 2013, 15, 1121
3) Solar RRL 2022, 6, 2101035
4) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202203043
5) ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 8169
6) ChemSusChem 2025, e202500092
Organic electronics
Dr. Chan’s portfolio in this area includes two-photon fluorophores, J-aggregates, polymer electrets, light emitters, and other functional organic materials.
Selected papers:
1) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5659
2) J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11008
3) Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 7055
4) J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 7865
5) Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 7, 787
6) Mater. Today Chem. 2024, 42, 102380
Polymer synthesis
Synthesis of biodegradable functional polymers for nanomedicine, novel polymerization methods, and postpolymerization functionalization.
Selected papers:
1) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16235
2) Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3294
3) Macromolecules 2016, 49, 2013
4) ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 176
5) Nanoscale 2023, 15, 15472