Biography

Shouke Yan is professor in the College of Material Sciences and Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) in Beijing. He has completed his MS in polymer science at the Changchun institute of applied chemistry, the Chinese academy of sciences (ciac-cas). He has earned his PhD in polymer science at the ciac-cas under the joint guidance of prof. Decai yang and prof. J Peterman (Dortmund University, Germany) through a sandwich program between the cas and the max-planck-society. He then took a position on the research staff at Dortmund university. In 2002, he has returned to china through the hundred talents program to become full professor at the institute of chemistry, the Chinese academy of sciences (iccas). He has been recognized with several honours, including the excellent hundred talents award and an nsfc outstanding youth fund. His current research involves surface-induced polymer crystallization, orientation-induced polymer crystallization, and phase transition of crystalline polymers

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Research Interest

The multistate morphologies of the polymeric materials in the condensed state exhibit pronounced influences on the mechanical and physical properties of the polymers. For crystalline polymers, the crystalline structure and crystal orientation provide another most important key factor in regulating the property and/or even functionality of a polymer. Therefore, the study on the crystallization of semi crystalline polymers under various conditions is an everlasting research topic