作为第一完成人获2007年度江西省自然科学二等奖(待省长办公会通过),获2007年度江西省高等学校科技成果二等奖,主持国家自然科学基金2项、霍英东教育基金、省自然科学基金、省重大科技招标项目以及南昌大学创新团队计划等项目。已发表学术论文70多篇,其中SCI收录50余篇,其中Adv. Funct. Mater. (SCI IF 6.8), Chem. Mater. (SCI IF 4.8), Macromolecules (SCI IF 4.0)。获2007年度南昌大学优秀研究生指导教师;指导的2003级硕士研究生刘冬梅和2005级硕士研究生邓琦岚分别获得第三届和第四届全国青少年科技论文创新奖;指导的作品“新型三层纳米复合防雾型聚丙烯流延薄膜”获第十届“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛三等奖。自2004年以来为本科生主讲《高分子物理》核心课程,为博士生和硕士生主讲《功能高分子》、《材料化学》、《材料合成与制备》以及《高分子化学与物理》等多门核心课程,主讲的《高分子物理》获南昌大学重点建设课程。已指导博士研究生3名、硕士研究生17名。主要研究兴趣包括功能高分子合成与应用、催化烯烃和炔烃衍生物聚合。代表性论文(High Impact Journals):1)Yiwang Chen*, Qilan Deng, Jichun Xiao, Huarong Nie, Lichuan Wu, Weihua Zhou, Biwu Huang, Controlled Grafting from Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Microfiltration Membranes via Reverse Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Antifouling Properties, Polymer 48 (26), 7604-7613 (2007).2)Xiaohui He, Yiwang Chen*, Yongming Liu, Shuxian Yu, Sanguo Hong, Qing Wu, Addition Polymerization of Norbornene Using Bis-(β-ketoamino) nickel(II)/B(C6F5)3 Catalytic Systems, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 45 (20), 4733-4743 (2007).3) Yiwang Chen*, Dongmei Liu, Qilan Deng, Xiaohui He, Xiaofeng Wang, Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Directly From Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Surface and Antifouling Properties, J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 44 (11), 3434-3443 (2006).4)Yiwang Chen*, Wei Sun, Qilan Deng, Lie Chen, Controlled Grafting from Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Films by Surface-Initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 44 (9), 3071-3082 (2006).5)Lie Chen, Yiwang Chen*, Daijun Zha, Yan Yang, Synthesis and Properties of Polyacetylenes with Directly Attached Bis(4-alkoxyphenyl)terephthalate Mesogens as Pendants, J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 44 (8), 2499-2509 (2006).6)Yiwang Chen*, Lie Chen, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaohui He, Nanoporous SiLK Dielectric Films Prepared from Free-radical Graft Polymerization and Thermolysis, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 206(24), 2483-2489 (2005)7)Yiwang Chen*, E. T. Kang, K. G. Neoh, Preparation of Hollow Silica Nanospheres by Surface-initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization on Polymer Latex Templates, Adv. FunctionalMater. 15 (1), 113-117 (2005).8)Yiwang Chen, Wencai Wang, Weihong Yu, Zeliang Yuan, E. T. Kang, K. G. Neoh, Berit Krauter, and Andreas Greiner, Nanoporous Low-k Polyimide Films via Poly(amic acid)s with Grafted Poly(ethylene glycol) Side Chains from the RAFT-mediated Process, Adv. Functional Mater. 14 (5), 471-478 (2004).9)Yiwang Chen, Wencai Wang, Weihong Yu, E. T. Kang, K. G. Neoh, Rohitkumar H. Vora, Chong-Kim Ong, Lin-Feng Chen, Ultra-Low-k Materials Based on Nanoporous Fluorinated Polyimide with Well-defined Pores via the RAFT-moderated Graft Polymerization Process, J. Mater. Chem. 14 (9), 1406-1412 (2004).10)Yiwang Chen, Zhihong Jia, Andreas Schaper, Magnus Kristiansen, Paul Smith, Ralf Wombacher, Joachim H. Wendorff, Andreas Greiner, Hydrolytic and enzymatic degradation of liquid-crystalline aromatic/aliphatic copolyesters, Biomacromolecules 5 (1), 11-16 (2004).11)Yiwang Chen, Lei Ying, Weihong Yu, E. T. Kang, and K. G. Neoh, Poly(vinylidene fluoride) with Grafted Poly(ethylene glycol) Side Chains via the RAFT-mediated Process and Pore Size Control of the Copolymer Membranes, Macromolecules 36 (25), 9451-9457 (2003).12)Yiwang Chen, Ralf Wombacher, Joachim H. Wendorff, Jeroen Visjager, Paul Smith, Andreas Greiner, Design, Synthesis and Properties of New Biodegradable Aromatic/aliphatic Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters, Biomacromolecules 4 (4), 974-980 (2003).13)Yiwang Chen, Ralf Wombacher, Joachim H. Wendorff, Andreas Greiner, Thermotropic aromatic/lactide copolyesters with lateral methoxyethyleneoxy substituents, Chem. Mater. 15 (3), 694-698 (2003).