Shengyu Dai

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Shengyu Dai is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengyu Dai has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Organic Chemistry, 41 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 19 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Shengyu Dai's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (95 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (70 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (41 papers). Shengyu Dai is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (95 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (70 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (41 papers). Shengyu Dai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and New Zealand. Shengyu Dai's co-authors include Changle Chen, Xuelin Sui, Shuaikang Li, Lihua Guo, Guoyong Xu, Weigang Fan, Wen Zhang, Shixin Zhou, Hui Wang and Yinna Na and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Shengyu Dai

103 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Chain Walking Olefin Polym... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Palladium and Nickel Catalyzed Chain Walking Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization
    2015 451 citations Shengyu Dai et al. profile →

Peers

Shengyu Dai
Makoto Mitani Japan
Zhongbao Jian China
Yuushou Nakayama Japan
Eric F. Connor United States
Norio Kashiwa Japan
Incoronata Tritto Italy
Eiji Ihara Japan
John R. Severn Netherlands
Haruyuki Makio Japan
Marc Visseaux France
Makoto Mitani Japan
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Countries citing papers authored by Shengyu Dai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shengyu Dai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shengyu Dai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shengyu Dai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shengyu Dai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shengyu Dai. Shengyu Dai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of high MFI polyolefin elastomers using dibenzosuberyl iminopyridyl Ni( ii ) catalysts. Polymer Chemistry. 16(27). 3172–3178. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Shuaikang Li, Mengyao Zhang, & Shengyu Dai. (2025). Controlled Chain-Walking Polymerization in the Gas Phase to Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene. Precision Chemistry. 4(1). 13–19.
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Yuan, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Impact of Metal Species on Chain Transfer Mode in Bis(imino)pyridyl Complexes Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(7). 3384–3391. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2024). Control of chain transfer and chain walking by tailored metal–π interactions in polymerization catalysis. Journal of Catalysis. 435. 115550–115550. 10 indexed citations
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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of linear low-density polyethylene waxes through chain-walking benzocycloalkyl nickel-catalyzed ethylene polymerization. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 1021. 123373–123373. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Xinyue, Jia‐Xing Jiang, Mingmin Zou, Hui Wang, & Shengyu Dai. (2024). Direct synthesis of polar functionalized linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) using slow-chain-walking palladium catalysts. Polymer. 312. 127617–127617. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Jianhai, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of chain‐end functionalized highly branched polyethylene waxes using sterically open α‐diimine Ni(II) catalysts. Journal of Polymer Science. 62(17). 4051–4057. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of functionalized hyperbranched polyethylene with high density polar groups using triarylnaphthyl iminopyridyl palladium catalysts. European Polymer Journal. 216. 113294–113294. 9 indexed citations
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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2024). Direct synthesis of poly(α-olefin) thermoplastic elastomers via controlled chain straightening using bulky α-diimine palladium complexes. Polymer Chemistry. 15(30). 3027–3039. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Shengyu, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of branched polyethylene waxes using benzocycloalkyl pyridine-imine Ni(II) catalysts with dibenzosuberyl group. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 1001. 122852–122852. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, et al.. (2023). Dibenzosuberyl substituents suppressing chain transfer in Bis(imino)pyridyl Iron(II) catalyzed ethylene polymerization. Polymer. 273. 125868–125868. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Xinyue, Wenping Zou, & Shengyu Dai. (2023). Functionalized semi‐crystalline polyethylene with polar groups at branch end enabled by bulky cationic palladium catalysts. Journal of Polymer Science. 61(24). 3288–3294. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Weimin, et al.. (2023). Preparation of polyethylene thermoplastic elastomers using CS-symmetric nickel catalysts in ethylene polymerization. Polymer. 285. 126322–126322. 11 indexed citations
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Zou, Wenping, et al.. (2023). Direct synthesis of polyethylene thermoplastic elastomers with high molecular weight and excellent elastic recovery via a hybrid steric bulky strategy. European Polymer Journal. 201. 112577–112577. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Chaoqun, Xiaohui Kang, Shengyu Dai, et al.. (2020). Efficient Suppression of Chain Transfer and Branching via Cs‐Type Shielding in a Neutral Nickel(II) Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(8). 4018–4022. 65 indexed citations
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Wang, Chaoqun, Xiaohui Kang, Shengyu Dai, et al.. (2020). Efficient Suppression of Chain Transfer and Branching via Cs‐Type Shielding in a Neutral Nickel(II) Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie. 133(8). 4064–4068. 8 indexed citations

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