Hailong FanPERSONAL INFORMATION
Assistant Professor at Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD), Hokkaido University
N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
Phone: 080-8896-0183
Email: fan-hailong@hotmail.com

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Prof. Jian Ping Gong’s Group

2020.04-now

Postdoctoral fellow, Hokkaido University, Prof. Jian Ping Gong’s Group2017.09-2020.03

Research assistant, Renmin University of China, Prof. Zhaoxia Jin’s Group

2008.09-2017.08

EDUCATIONRenmin University of China, Supervised by Prof. Zhaoxia Jin
Ph.D., Chemistry2014.09-2017.06

Specialized in the interactions between polymers and polyphenols and their functional materials
M. E., Applied Chemistry

2011.09-2014.06

Thesis: “Fabrication and swelling behavior of polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) nanoparticles”
B. S., Chemistry2007.09-2011.06

Thesis: “Applications of graphene/chitosan composite materials”

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. H. L. Fan, J. H. Wang, Z. Tao, J. C. Huang, P. Rao, T. Kurokawa, and J. P. Gong* “Adjacent Cationic–AromaticSequences Yield Strong Electrostatic Adhesion of Hydrogels in Seawater” Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5127
(top 50 most read Nature Communications articles in chemistry and materials sciences published in 2019)
2. H. L. Fan, J. H. Wang, Q. Y. Zhang, and Z. X. Jin* “Tough, Swelling-Resistant, Self-Healing, and Adhesive DualCross-Linked Hydrogels Based on Polymer–Tannic Acid Multiple Hydrogen Bonds” Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 1696
(highly cited paper)
3. H. L. Fan, J. H. Wang, Q. Y. Zhang, and Z. X. Jin* “Tannic Acid-Based Multifunctional Hydrogels with Facile
Adjustable Adhesion and Cohesion Contributed by Polyphenol Supramolecular Chemistry” ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 6668
4. H. L. Fan, L. Wang, X. D. Feng, Y. Z. Bu, D. C. Wu, and Z. X. Jin* “Supramolecular Hydrogel Formation Based on
Tannic Acid” Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 666
5. H. L. Fan and Z. X. Jin* “Hierarchical porous polycaprolactone microspheres generated via a simple pathway
combining nanoprecipitation and hydrolysis” Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 15114
6. H. L. Fan, X. Yu, Y. Liu, Z. J. Shi, H. H. Liu, Z. X. Nie, D. C. Wu and Z. X. Jin* “Folic acid-polydopamine nanofibers
show enhanced ordered-stacking via π-π interactions” Soft Matter 2015, 11, 4621
7. H. L. Fan and Z. X. Jin* “Selective Swelling of Block Copolymer Nanoparticles: Size, Nanostructure, andComposition” Macromolecules 2014, 47, 2674
8. H. L. Fan and Z. X. Jin* “Freezing polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) micelle nanoparticles with different
nanostructures and sizes” Soft Matter 2014, 10, 2848
9. H. L. Fan, L. L. Wang, K. K. Zhao, N. Li, Z. j. Shi, Z. G. Ge, and Z. X. Jin* “Fabrication, Mechanical Properties, andBiocompatibility of Graphene-Reinforced Chitosan Composites” Biomacromolecules 2010, 11, 2345 (Highly CitedPaper)10. Z. X. Jin* and H. L. Fan “The modulation of melanin-like materials: methods, characterization and applications”
Polymer International 2016, 65, 1258 mini-review
11. Z. X. Jin* and H. L. Fan “Self-assembly of nanostructured block copolymer nanoparticles” Soft Matter 2014, 10, 9212
highlight article
12. Z. Tao, H. L. Fan, J. C. Huang, T. L. Sun, T. Kurokawa, and J. P. Gong* “Fabrication of Tough Hydrogel Composites
from Photoresponsive Polymers to Show Double-Network Effect” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 40,37139
13. X. Yu, H. L. Fan, L. Wang and Z. X. Jin* “Formation of Polydopamine Nanofibers with the Aid of Folic Acid”
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 12600
14. P. L. Hou, H. L. Fan, and Z. X. Jin* “Spiral and Mesoporous Block Polymer Nanofibers Generated in Confined
Nanochannels” Macromolecules 2015, 48, 272
15. J. R. Feng, H. L. Fan, D. A. Zha, L. Wang, Z. X. Jin*, “Characterizations of the Formation of Polydopamine-CoatedHalloysite Nanotubes in Various pH Environments” Langmuir 2016, 32, 10377
16. W. C. Zheng, H. L. Fan, L. Wang and Z. X. Jin* “Oxidative Self-Polymerization of Dopamine in an AcidicEnvironment” Langmuir 2015, 31, 11671
17. X. Yu, H. L. Fan, Y. Liu, Z. J. Shi and Z. X. Jin* “Characterization of Carbonized Polydopamine Nanoparticles
Suggests Ordered Supramolecular Structure of Polydopamine” Langmuir 2014, 30, 5497
18. L. L. Li, H. L. Fan and Z. X. Jin* “Does halloysite behave like an inert carrier for doxorubicin?” RSC Advances 2016,6, 54193
19. Z. H. Wang, F. Tang, H. L. Fan, L. Wang, and Z. X. Jin* “Polydopamine generates hydroxyl free-radicals under UVlight illumination” Langmuir 2017, 33, 5938

AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIPThe First-class National Scholarship, 2015
The First-class University Graduate Scholarship, 2011-2015
The Excellent Youth Oral Presentation at the 5th Asian Symposium on Emulsion Polymerization and Functional PolymericMicrospheres, 2015
The First Prize of the Twelfth “Challenge Cup” National Undergraduate Curricular Academic Science and Technology
Work Competition, 2011
The Second Prize of the Sixth “Challenge Cup” Capital Undergraduate Curricular Academic Science and Technology
Work Competition, 2011
Excellent University Bachelor Thesis Award, 2011
Scientific Research Innovation Scholarship, 2010

CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
1. Poster presenter, The 20th RIES-HOKUDAI International Symposium, Dec. 2-3, 2019, Sapporo, Japan
2. Poster presenter, The 2nd ICReDD International Symposium, Nov. 27-29, 2019, Sapporo, Japan
3. Poster presenter, the 10th Symposium pf Polymer Molecular and Structure Characterization in China, Oct. 15-18, 2016,Beijing, China4. Oral presentation, The 5th Asian Symposium on Emulsion Polymerization and Functional Polymeric Microspheres(ASEPFPM), Oct. 24-27, 2015, Suzhou, China
5. Poster presenter, National Symposium on Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, Oct. 12-16, 2014, Chengdu,China
6. Poster presenter, National Conference on Polymer Academic Paper Report, Oct. 12-16, 2013, Shanghai, China

7. Poster presenter, the 4th Asian Symposium on Emulsion Polymerization and Functional Polymeric Microspheres(ASEPFPM), Dec. 11-14, 2011, Hong Kong, China
8. Poster presenter, National Conference on Polymer Academic Paper Report, Sept. 24-28, 2011, Dalian, China