RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Modification of biomass; Biomass-based composites; Keratin-Based Materials; Nanocellulose Materials.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Career:
2020.11-present, Assistant Professor, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University
2020.11-2022.11, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Advisor: Prof. Xiuli Wang
Education:
2010-2014: B.E., Southwest Jiaotong University, Material science and engineering.
2015-2017: M.Agr., University of Tsukuba, Agro-Bioresources Science and Technology
2017-2020: Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Biomaterial Sciences
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Sikai Chen; Naruhito Hori; Mikio Kajiyama; Akio Takemura*; Thermal responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted chicken feather keratin prepared via surface initiated aqueous Cu(0)-mediated RDRP: Synthesis and properties; International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020, 153: 364-72.
2. Sikai Chen; Naruhito Hori; Mikio Kajiyama; Akio Takemura*; Compatibilities and properties of poly lactide/poly (methyl acrylate) grafted chicken feather composite: Effects of graft chain length, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020; 137: 48981.
3. Sikai Chen; Naruhito Hori; Mikio Kajiyama; Akio Takemura*; Graft modification of methyl acrylate onto chicken feather via surface initiated Cu(0)-mediated reversible-deactivation radical polymerization, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2019; 136: 48246.
4. Sikai Chen; Akio Takemura*; Controlled graft modification of chicken feather fiber and its application in bio-composite, 7th China International Bonding (CIB'07), Hangzhou, China, 2019-11-3 to 2019-11-5.
5. Sikai Chen; Akio Takemura*; Controlling radical polymerization of chicken feather keratin graft copolymers and properties, 56th Conference of The Adhesion Society of Japan. Tokyo, Japan, 2018-6-14 to 2018-6-15.
