This prize was named in honour of Dr. Xinde Feng, who significantly contributed to the creation and development of modern polymer chemistry in China. In the late 1940s he was the first professor to offer a course on polymer chemistry, and he helped in the development of polymer science through the organization of meetings and symposia involving both Chinese and international scientists.

The Award Ceremony took place on the 2nd November 2019 during the specially organized Elsevier Polymer Symposium for the Feng Xinde Prize, hosted by South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, China.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 13th Feng Xinde Polymer Prize for the Best Chinese Paper published in Polymer during 2018 was Professor Liangbin Li for his paper: 

Stress-induced microphase separation of interlamellar amorphous phase in hard-elastic isotactic polypropylene Yuanfei Lin, Xueyu Li, Lingpu Meng, Xiaowei Chen, Fei Lv, Qianlei Zhang and Liangbin Li, Volume 148, pp 79-92, 2018.

Liangbin received his B.A. and M.Sci. degrees in Physics from Sichuan Normal University and Sichuan University, respectively. In 2000, he completed his Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering under the direction of Professor Rui Huang at  Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. From 2000 to 2004, he carried out postdoctoral research at the FOM Institute AMOLF and Delft University of Technology with Professors Wim de Jeu and Stephen Picken. After two years of experience in industry at the Unilever Food and Health Research Institute in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, Liangbin returned to China as a participant in the “One-Hundred Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Science and joined the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei as a full professor in 2006. Prof. Li is a leader in the development of in situ synchrotron radiation techniques for the study of polymer physics relevant to processing. He has broad knowledge and expertise in polymer science, and his primary research interests currently include polymer crystallization, elastomers, and the processing of polymer films. Over his career, he has received a number of awards, including the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in the University of Ministry of Education of China (2007), the One-Hundred Talents Program of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009), and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2013).

Leanne Mullen (Senior Publisher, Elsevier), Feng Xinde (Prize Winner), Professor Liangbin Li (USTC [center]), Stephen Cheng (EiC, Polymer)
Leanne Mullen (Senior Publisher, Elsevier), Feng Xinde (Prize Winner), Professor Liangbin Li (USTC [center]), Stephen Cheng (EiC, Polymer)

The nominees are also presented certificates in the photo below:

Polymer Representatives: Professor Stephen Cheng, Editor-in-Chief (furthest right); Professor Dongsheng Liu, Editor (second from left); Professor Yanchun Han, Senior Editor (third from left); Professor Qiang Fu, Editor (Fourth from left)
Polymer Representatives: Professor Stephen Cheng, Editor-in-Chief (furthest right); Professor Dongsheng Liu, Editor (second from left); Professor Yanchun Han, Senior Editor (third from left); Professor Qiang Fu, Editor (Fourth from left)

I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to the Executive Committee who assessed over 300 excellent papers to select the nominees and winner.

I would also like to thank the conference organizers: Yanchun Han and the local organizer Linge Wang for all their help arranging such a high quality event.

Finally, congratulations to all of our nominees and winner, and thank you to all of our authors, referees, readers, journal Editors and Editorial Board members for their contribution to Polymer.

We look forward to receiving and publishing more top papers from China!

Dr Leanne Mullen
Senior Publisher of Polymer