1. 固体表（界）面聚合物可控构筑与功能化  
通过高分子与电化学融合，材料科学与工程和机械工程学科交叉，程控高分子与固体表面相互作用。设计聚合物/无机杂化二维范德华异质结，组装高性能杂化场效应晶体管，对接新一代芯片技术；聚焦水凝胶体系电化学，提出攀爬型机器人、软体/智能机器人设计新模式。

2. 有机/无机内杂化聚合物与高性能涂层材料
聚力材料科学与工程、化学、机械工程、船舶与海洋工程等多个一级学科交叉，依托内杂化聚合物可控合成，突破有机高分子元素局限。面向海洋工程装备、核电、大飞机等重要民品、高技术领域，开发耐热、耐候、耐磨、高阻隔、防腐蚀功能涂层材料。

3. 导电聚合物及电活性聚合物的合成     
软模板法构筑聚苯胺纳米线、Pt－聚苯胺/碳纳米复合材料的构筑及功能化研究、基于聚苯胺膜修饰电极电化学传感器。其中“基于聚苯胺膜修饰电极电化学传感器”是厦门大学与法国MONTPELLIERII大学合作承担的中法最高级别的科技合作招标项目，此传感器样机已在法国Meze欧共体城市污水处理中心运行使用。

4. 防火阻燃材料、固体表面涂层材料、粘合剂等产业化    
研发的隧道防火涂料、高性能膨胀型钢结构防火涂料、（超）高层钢结构建筑厚涂型防火涂料等涂层材料已实现产业化，并在包括国家重点工程在内的数百项隧道工程和钢结构建筑中推广应用。

      先后主持40余项科研项目，包括：国家自然科学基金—重点项目、海峡联合基金、面上项目，国家科技支撑计划，973计划，省市科研项目和国际合作项目等。在Science Robotics、Journal of the American Chemical Society、Angewandte Chemie International Edition、Applied Catalysis B: Environmental、Chemical Science等国内外重要刊物发表学术论文200余篇；授权美国发明专利6件、国际PCT专利26件、授权中国发明专利260余件；省部级鉴定成果7项，国家级重点新产品1项，省部级重点新产品4项；获得国家专利奖优秀奖3项、福建省科技进步奖一等奖4项、厦门市科技进步奖一等奖和厦门市专利奖一等奖、福建省专利奖二等奖等多项奖励，多项成果实现产业化，经济和社会效益显著。

(1) Huang Junwen; Liu Yu; Yang Yuxin; Zhou Zhijun; Mao Jie; Wu Tong; Liu Jun; Cai Qipeng; Peng Chaohua; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Luo Weiang; Chen Guorong; Yuan Conghui*; Dai Lizong*; Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots, Science Robotics, 2021, 6: eabe1858.

(2) Wu Tong; Hong Jing; Lu Zhenwu; Wu Haiyang; Wu Chenzhi; Tang Zhenbin; Liu Xiaohui; Zeng Birong; Xu Yiting; Chen Guorong; Yuan Conghui*; Dai Lizong*; In-situ generation of Ru-catechol coordinative polymer precursor for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction doped carbon catalyst, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 285: 119795.
(3) Mao Jie#; Li Yang#; Cai Qipeng; Tang Zhenbin; Yang Yuxin; Yuan Conghui*; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Luo Weiang; Kuo Shiaowei; Dai Lizong*; Tumor microenvironment-activated self-charge-generable metallosupramolecular polymer nanocapsules for photoacoustic imaging-guided targeted synergistic photothermal-chemotherapy, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 405: 126690.
(4) Hong Jing; Wu Tong; Wu Haiyang; Zeng Birong*; Zeng Shanni; Chen Ting; Wang Xiu; Lu Zhenwu; Yuan Conghui; Balaji Krishnasamy; Petri Denise F.S.; Dai Lizong*; Nanohybrid silver nanoparticles@halloysite nanotubes coated with polyphosphazene for effectively enhancing the fire safety of epoxy resin, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 407: 127087.
(5) Cai Qipeng#; Mao Jie#; Li Yuntong; Liu Jun; Zhang Hong; Huang Junwen; Wu Tong; Yang Yuxin; Yuan Conghui*; Dai Lizong*; A selective etching approach to pore structure control of polymeric precursors: creating hierarchical porous N, P co-doped carbon nanospheres for semi-solid-state supercapacitors, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 14254-14264.
(6) Liu Jun; Huang Junwen; Cai Qipeng; Yang Yuxin; Luo Weiang; Zeng Birong; Xu Yiting; Yuan Conghui*; Dai Lizong*; Design of slidable polymer networks: a rational strategy to stretchable, rapid self-healing hydrogel electrolytes for flexible supercapacitors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12: 20479-20489.
(7) Zhang Hong; Mao Jie; Li Min; Cai Qipeng; Li Weihang; Huang Chuhong; Yuan Conghui*; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Dai Lizong*; Design of h-BN@boronate polymer core-shell nanoplates to simultaneously enhance the flame retardancy and mechanical properties of epoxy resin through the interficial regulation, Composites Part A, 2020, 130: 105751.
(8) Wang Xiu; Chen Ting; Hong Jing; Luo Weiang *; Zeng Birong; Yuan Conghui; Xu Yiting; Chen Guorong; Dai Lizong *; In-situ growth of metal-organophosphorus nanosheet/nanorod on graphene for enhancing flame retardancy and mechanical properties of epoxy resin, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020, 200: 108271.
(9) Wang Xiu; Chen Ting; Peng Chaohua; Hong Jing; Lu Zhenwu; Yuan Conghui; Zeng Birong; Luo Weiang*; Dai Lizong*; Synergistic effect of mesoporous nanocomposites with different pore sizes and structures on fire safety and smoke suppression of epoxy resin, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2020, 305: 201900640.
(10) Li Yuntong; Liu Ling; Wu Yuzhe; Wu Tong; Wu Haiyang; Cai Qipeng; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Yuan Conghui*; Dai Lizong*; Facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon materials with hierarchical porous structures for high-performance supercapacitors in both acidic and alkaline electrolytes, Jour
nal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 13154-13163.
(11) Wu Haiyang; Zeng Birong; Chen Jimei; Wu Tong; Li Yutong; Liu Yongzhou; Dai Lizong; An intramolecular hybrid of metal polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes with special titanium-embedded cage structure and flame retardant functionality, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 374: 1304-1316.
(12) Li Yuntong; Li Zhongyu; Wu Yuzhe; Wu Haiyang; Zhang Hong; Wu Tong; Yuan Conghui*; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Dai Lizong*; Carbon particles co-doped with N, B and Fe from metal-organic supramolecular polymers for boosted oxygen reduction performance, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 412: 623-630.
(13) Yuan Conghui*; Wu Tong; Mao Jie; Chen Ting; Li Yuntong; Li Min; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Luo Weiang; Yu Lingke; Zheng Gaofeng; Dai Lizong*; Predictable particle engineering: programming the energy level, carrier generation, and conductivity of core-shell particles, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140: 7629-7636.
(14) Chang Ying; Yuan Conghui*; Liu Cheng; Mao Jie; Li Yuntong; Wu Haiyang; Wu Yuzhe; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Dai Lizong*; B, N co-doped carbon from cross-linking induced self-organization of boronate polymer for supercapacitor and oxygen reduction reaction, Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 365: 354-361.
(15) Yuan Conghui*; Hong Bihong; Chang Ying; Mao Jie; Li Yang; Xu Yiting; Zeng Birong; Luo Weiang; Gérard Jean-François; Dai Lizong*; Cross-linking induced self-organization of polymers into degradable assemblies, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9: 14700-14708.
(16) Chang Ying; Yuan Conghui; Li Yuntong; Liu Cheng; Wu Tong; Zeng Birong; Xu Yiting; Dai Lizong*; Controllable fabrication of a N and B co-doped carbon shell on the surface of TiO2 as a support for boosting the electrochemical performances, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5: 1672-1678.
(17) Cheng Liu; Ting Chen; Conghui Yuan; Cunfeng Song; Ying Chang; Guorong Chen; Yiting Xu; Lizong Dai*; Modification of epoxy resin through the selfassembly of a surfactant-like multi-element flame retardant, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016.01.25, 4: 3462-3470.
(18) Yuan Conghui; Chen Jiangfeng; Yu Shirong; Chang Ying; Mao Jie; Xu Yiting; Luo Weiang; Zeng Birong; Dai Lizong*; Protein-responsive assemblies from catechol–metal ion supramolecular coordination, Soft Matter, 2015, 11: 2243-2250.
(19) Yuan Conghui; Raghupathi Kishore; Popere Bhooshan C.; Ventura Judy; Dai Lizong*; Thayumanavan S.*; Composite supramolecular nanoassemblies with independent stimulus sensitivities, Chemical Science, 2014, 5: 229-234.
(20) Yuan Conghui; Luo Weiang; Zhong Lina; Deng Hujun; Liu Jie; Xu Yiting*; Dai Lizong*; Gold@polymer nanostructures with tunable permeability shells for selective catalysis, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50: 3515-3519.