Company Senior Management Visits Nankai University's College of Chemistry for Exchange and Cooperation
This exchange focused on in-depth discussions regarding cutting-edge scientific issues and industrial applications in the adhesive field. A delegation from KY New Materials, including Chairman Yang Jiansong, Deputy Chief Scientist Hu Qian, and Director & General Manager of the Supply Chain Center Chen Jing, paid a visit. On behalf of Nankai University, national-level talent (Young Elite Scholar) and researcher at the College of Chemistry Sun Pingchuan, Associate Professor Dr. Wang Fenfen, as well as enterprise postdoctoral fellow and Associate Professor at Hebei University of Technology Chen Shengli, attended the meeting along with other distinguished experts.
During the event, the KY New Materials team, accompanied by experts from Nankai University's College of Chemistry, toured the Polymer Chemistry Research Institute and the NMR Laboratory, gaining firsthand insights into the university’s advanced research platforms and latest achievements in the characterization of polymer material structures and properties. Subsequently, both sides held discussions in the conference room on potential collaboration directions, models, and market-oriented strategies.
The two parties engaged in thorough deliberations on key technical topics such as eco-friendly adhesives and high-performance structural adhesives. Based on its actual R&D needs and market pain points, KY New Materials presented specific technical requirements, while the Nankai University expert team shared their research progress in areas like polymer material design and the application of nuclear magnetic resonance technology in analyzing the microstructure of adhesives. Both sides reached consensus on strategic cooperation and jointly developing products with strong market competitiveness.
This exchange marks an important starting point for deepening the “industry-academia-research-application” collaboration between KY New Materials and Nankai University's College of Chemistry. Both parties expressed their commitment to leveraging their respective strengths, using breakthroughs in core adhesive technologies as a focal point to jointly drive innovation and industrial upgrading in the field of polymer materials, thereby contributing to the development of green, efficient, and intelligent adhesive solutions.
About Nankai University's College of Chemistry
Nankai University's College of Chemistry boasts a long history and profound academic heritage. Established alongside the founding of Nankai University in 1919, the Department of Chemistry was formally set up in 1921 under the leadership of Mr. Qiu Zongyue, making it one of the earliest chemistry departments among Chinese universities. The renowned educator Zhang Boling served as Nankai University's founding president, while the distinguished chemist Yang Shixian played a pivotal role in advancing Nankai's chemical programs for many years. As one of the founders of modern chemistry in China, he pioneered research in agrochemicals and organoelement chemistry, and established the country's first dedicated chemical research institute—the Institute of Organoelement Chemistry.
Over the past century, Nankai Chemistry has consistently maintained a leading position domestically and achieved world-class standing internationally. Its chemistry discipline has been selected as a “Double First-Class” construction program and is rated as an A+ discipline. In the 2025 QS China Best Disciplines Ranking, Nankai University's chemistry program ranked second nationwide. By the end of 2025, the discipline successfully entered the ESI global top 0.01%, ranking ninth globally—signifying its ascent to the pinnacle of international excellence. In the same year, Nankai Chemistry published over 250 papers in top-tier international journals such as Nature, JACS, and Angewandte Chemie, ranking third among global universities in both the quality and quantity of its publications.