Welcome to PolyMac Zhu!

PolyMac Zhu is Dr. Shiping Zhu's research group from the Department of Chemical Engineering in McMaster University. 
Our research areas are:
  • Polymer kinetics and reactor engineering​
  • Controlled radical polymerization
  • Catalysis and olefins polymerization
  • Semi-batch reactor technology for copolymers
  • Polymer synthesis and characterization
  • Modeling and digitalization of polymerization processes
  • Precision production of polymers
  • Industrial big data and intelligent production of polymers
  • Polymer modification of surfaces
  • Interfacial engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Organic microelectronics
  • Gas-switchable polymers
  • Polymer-assisted processing of metal organic frameworks (MOF)​
Click on the links above to obtain more information on our research. For prospective students, please contact Dr. Shiping Zhu directly.

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