Qiuyue Zhang, Zishuo Li, Shuo Zhang, Jiahao Gao, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang and Wen-Hua Sun, Targeting Highly Branched Polyethylene Waxes by Unsymmetrical Bis(arylimino)acenaphthene-nickel Precatalysts Bearing Rigid N-phenyl and N-naphthalen-1-yl groups, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2026, DOI: 10.1002/aoc.70641 

Shuo Zhang, Xiaoshun Yu, Wenjuan Zhang, and Wen-Hua Sun, P=N Ligated Metal Complex Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters, Science for Sustainability, Eds by,  World Scientific Publishing Company, 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789819823949_0028。

Raphael Caulier, Rongyan Yuan, Tian Liu, Rayan Ouamane, Obaid H. Hashmi, Frederic Capet, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Marc Visseaux and Yohan Champouret, Coordinative Chain Transfer homo- and co-Polymerization of biosourced β-myrcene and butadiene promoted by IminoPyridine iron complexes, Polymer International, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.70179

Imdadul Haque, Galib Abdullah, Kashfia Azad Tuba, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Christoph Janiak, Mohammed Enamullah, Square-pyramidal copper(II)-Schiff base complexes with methoxy/ethoxyphenolate and chloro-benzophenone substituents, RSC Advances, 2026, 16, 42637–42654. DOI: 10.1039/d6ra04681a

Sunny Sohail, Rongyan Yuan, Qaiser Mahmood, Yanping Ma, Shuo Zhang, Wenjuan Zhang and Wen-Hua Sun, Carbocyclic-fused Amino/Iminopyridine-Iron Catalysts for Controlled Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization, Polymer Science & Technology, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1021/polymscitech.6c00015. 

Tian Liu, Yanping Ma, Rong Gao, Qingqiang Gou, and Wen-Hua Sun, Targeting highly linear polyethylenes with different molecular weights through finely tuning substituents, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2026, 227, e70292. DOI: 10.1002/macp.70292

Muhammad Ashfaq Ali, Qaiser Mahmood, Qiuyue Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Vinyl Terminated Polyethylenes via Thermostable Multi-halogen Modified Bis(imino)pyridylcobalt Precatalysts: Epoxy Post-functionalization, Molecular Catalysis, 2026, 601, 116146. doi:10.1016/j.mcat.2026.116146.

Rongyan Yuan, Qaiser Mahmood, Yizhou Wang, Yanning Zeng, Wen-Hua Sun, Interdependently Sterically and Electronically Enhanced Bis(imino)pyridine Cobalt Precatalysts with High Thermal Stability for Ethylene Polymerization, Molecular Catalysis, 2026, 601, 116087. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2026.116087

Aoqian Xi, Qiuyue Zhang, Quanchao Wang, Yizhou Wang, Yanning Zeng, Yanping Ma, Carl Redshaw, Wen-Hua Sun, ‘Coordinatively-open’ binuclear α-diiminonickel complexes: polyethylene branch control via co-catalyst, Organometallics, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6c00138

Xiaojie Ji, Xuelei Duan, Xinyue Liu, Yulian Li, Shan Ye, Fuyue Tian, Yu Zhou, Congyun Liu, Linge Ma, Shiyi Wu, Wenhua Sun and Zhe Zhou, Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Study of Olefin Polymerization Catalysts, Polymers, 2026, 18, 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym18111304 

Galib Abdullah, Imdadul Haque, Esteban Garcia Torres, David E. Herbert, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hun Sun, Christoph Janiak, Mohammed Enamullah, Polymorphic and mesomorphic properties of square-planar copper(II) complexes with methoxy-phenolate and chloro-benzophenone based Schiff base, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2026, 1372, 146495. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2026.146495 

Quanming Lyu, Xiaoyan Qian, Yi Su, Yizhou Wang, Libin Li, Zheng Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Efficiently robust hydrogenation of nitriles to methylamines achieved by using manganese complexes,  Journal of Catalysis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2026.116925.  

Muhammad Ashfaq Ali, Qiuyue Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Qaiser Mahmood, Tongling Liang, Humaira Masood Siddiqi and Wen-Hua Sun, Multifluoro Enhanced 1,2 bis(imino)acenaphthylnickel Precatalysts for Ethylene Polymerization: Control of Chain Walking and Polyethylene Properties, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2026,，Volume227, Issue7, e70252.  DOI: 10.1002/macp.70252

Muhammad Ashfaq Ali, Qiuyue Zhang, Qaiser Mahmood, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Cooperatively Halide- and Benzhydryl-Modified Bis(imino)pyridylcobalt Complexes for Linear α-Olefin-type Polyethylenes, ChemCatChem, 2026, Volume18 (7), e70699. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.70699

Wenjuan Zhang, Wen-Hua Sun, Innovation and development of late transition metal complex catalysts: New horizon of high-value-added polyethylene, Scientia Sinica Chimica, 2026, 56, 1561–1591. doi: 10.1360/SSC-2026-0039

Liu Xinyue, Li Yulian, Yu Yue, Chen Linfeng, Sun Wen-Hua, α-Olefin Polymerization Catalyzed by Ni Complexes, Petrochemical Technology, 2026, 55, 593-602. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-8144.2026.04.015

Qaiser Mahmood and Wen-Hua Sun, Design and Polymerization Behavior of Carbocyclic-Fused (Imino)Pyridine-Ligated Late-Transition-Metal Catalysts, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2026, Volume 99, Issue 5, uoag054, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/bulcsj/uoag054

Geng Ren, Qaiser Mahmood, Yizhou Wang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, Multi-Fluoro Incorporated Thermally Stable Bis(imino)pyridylcobalt Precatalysts for High-Temperature Ethylene Polymerization, Discover Catalysis, 2026, 3, 6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44344-026-00035-w

Ying Xu, Zihan Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Longfei Li, Ning Ma, Zheng Wang, Huiliang Li, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Manganese-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of indoles to indolines: Reaction scope and mechanistic investigation, Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 456, 116732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2026.116732

Ran Zhang, Qiuyu Li, Qaiser Mahmood, Shifang Yuan, Geng Ren, Yizhou Wang, Shuangshuang Liu, Wen-Hua Sun, Suppression of chain walking by heteroatom in 2,3-bis(imino)butane-nickel precatalysts for ethylene polymerization, Inorganic Chemistry, 2026, 65, 4021–4034. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c05460

Xiaopan Xue, Dongzhi Zhu, Wenjuan Zhang, Tongxin Zheng, Rui Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen-Hua Sun, Hybrid amino/iminopyridines with auxiliary phosphines enhancing their zinc complex catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of lactide, Dalton Transactions, 2026, 55, 3388 – 3399. DOI: 10.1039/D5DT02857D

Qiuyue Zhang, Jiahao Gao, Muhammad ashfaq Ali, Yizhou Wang, Quanchao Wang, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang and Wen-Hua Sun, Biphenylamine Adjusted Bis(arylimino)acenaphthene-Nickel Catalysts for Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight and Highly Branched Polyethylenes, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2026, 227: e00478. DOI: 10.1002/macp.202500478

Elizabeth Ogbe, Yanping Ma, Yizhou Wang, Gregory A. Solan, Qiuyue Zhang, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun, Tuning high temperature performance through targeted halide substitution in a bis(imino)pyridine-iron ethylene polymerization catalyst, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2026, 143, e70232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.70232

Xinyue Liu, Lin Liu, Liuhai Feng, Yifei Wang, Yue Yu, Peiqian Yu, Linfeng Chen, Zhe Zhou, Wen-Hua Sun, Rongjuan Cong, Unlocking Polyolefin Microstructure: Robust 8-Angle MALS-CEF Workflow for Accurate Molecular Weight and Reproducible SCBD Profiling, Journal of Chromatography A, 2026, 1766, 466620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2025.466620

Qiuyu Li, Xinyu Wang, Qaiser Mahmood, Geng Ren, Yizhou Wang, Ran Zhang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Hydroxy-Functionalized Iron Catalysts for Producing Polyethylene with High Molecular Weight, Tunable Modes, and Vinyl End-Groups, Precision Chemistry, 2026, 4, 398–410. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00282

Zheng Wang, Mo Li, Zhifeng Ma, Peng Han, Yizhou Wang, Xiaojian Ren, Yanping Ma, and Wen-Hua Sun, From alcohols to ketones efficiently catalyzed by osmium complexes: An insight into the effect of PNN and NN ligands, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2026, 40, e70471. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.70471.

Xinyu Wang, Qaiser Mahmood, Yanping Ma, Yizhou Wang, and Wen-Hua Sun, Mutual Impact of Benzhydryl and Benzhydryloxy Groups on Enhancing Thermal Stability of α-Diiminonickel Precatalysts for Plastomeric Polyethylene, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2026, 143, e70055. DOI: 10.1002/app.70055.