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Fang Zeng is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Biology. The work also touches upon Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics of Fang Zeng's research involve nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, luminescence and fluorescent materials, molecular sensors and ion detection, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and sulfur compounds in biology.

Frequent publication venues for Fang Zeng include Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Research Square, Advanced Healthcare Materials, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Notable recent papers by Fang Zeng showcase a focus on novel imaging techniques and nanoprobes as well as the integration of diagnostics and therapy. These include:

  • "A H2O2-activatable nanoprobe for diagnosing interstitial cystitis and liver ischemia-reperfusion injury via multispectral optoacoustic tomography and NIR-II fluorescent imaging" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Biomarker-activatable probes based on smart AIEgens for fluorescence and optoacoustic imaging" (2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • "Emerging contrast agents for multispectral optoacoustic imaging and their biomedical applications" (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • "An AIEgen-based oral-administration nanosystem for detection and therapy of ulcerative colitis via 3D-MSOT/NIR-II fluorescent imaging and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome" (2022, Biomaterials)
  • "Activatable Nanocomposite Probe for Preoperative Location and Intraoperative Navigation for Orthotopic Hepatic Tumor Resection via MSOT and Aggregation-Induced Near-IR-I/II Fluorescence Imaging" (2020, Analytical Chemistry)

Fang Zeng has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Shuizhu Wu
  • Lihe Sun
  • Juan Ouyang
  • Yinglong Wu
  • Zunpan She

Best Publications

  • Carbon-dot-based ratiometric fluorescent sensor for detecting hydrogen sulfide in aqueous media and inside live cells

    Changmin Yu;Xizhen Li;Fang Zeng;Fangyuan Zheng

  • Combination of adsorption by porous CaCO3 microparticles and encapsulation by polyelectrolyte multilayer films for sustained drug delivery.

    Chaoyang Wang;Chengyi He;Zhen Tong;Xinxing Liu

  • Real-Time Monitoring of Endogenous Cysteine Levels In Vivo by near-Infrared Turn-on Fluorescent Probe with Large Stokes Shift.

    Yu Qi;Yong Huang;Bowen Li;Fang Zeng

  • Inverse molecular weight dependence of cloud points for aqueous poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) solutions

    Zhen Tong;Fang Zeng;Xu Zheng;Takahiro Sato

  • Carbon dots-based fluorescent probes for sensitive and selective detection of iodide

    Fangkai Du;Fang Zeng;Yunhao Ming;Shuizhu Wu

  • Nanoaggregate Probe for Breast Cancer Metastasis through Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography and Aggregation‐Induced NIR‐I/II Fluorescence Imaging

    Juan Ouyang;Lihe Sun;Zhuo Zeng;Cheng Zeng

  • A Targeted and FRET‐Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Nanoprobe for Imaging Mitochondrial Hydrogen Peroxide in Living Cells

    Fangkai Du;Yunhao Min;Fang Zeng;Changming Yu

  • Pyrene Derivative Emitting Red or near-Infrared Light with Monomer/Excimer Conversion and Its Application to Ratiometric Detection of Hypochlorite

    Yinglong Wu;Jun Wang;Fang Zeng;Shuailing Huang

  • Ratiometric detection and imaging of endogenous hypochlorite in live cells and in vivo achieved by using an aggregation induced emission (AIE)-based nanoprobe

    Yong Huang;Peisheng Zhang;Peisheng Zhang;Meng Gao;Fang Zeng

  • A highly selective fluorescent nanoprobe based on AIE and ESIPT for imaging hydrogen sulfide in live cells and zebrafish

    Peisheng Zhang;Peisheng Zhang;Xuezheng Nie;Meng Gao;Fang Zeng

  • Activatable probes for diagnosing and positioning liver injury and metastatic tumors by multispectral optoacoustic tomography

    Yinglong Wu;Shuailing Huang;Jun Wang;Lihe Sun

  • Ratiometric fluorescent probe for alkaline phosphatase based on betaine-modified polyethylenimine via excimer/monomer conversion.

    Fangyuan Zheng;Sihua Guo;Fang Zeng;Jun Li

  • New loading process and release properties of insulin from polysaccharide microcapsules fabricated through layer-by-layer assembly.

    Shiqu Ye;Chaoyang Wang;Xinxing Liu;Zhen Tong

  • A Fluorescence Turn‐on Sensor for Iodide Based on a Thymine–HgII–Thymine Complex

    Boling Ma;Fang Zeng;Fangyuan Zheng;Shuizhu Wu

  • Cyclodextrin Supramolecular Complex as a Water-Soluble Ratiometric Sensor for Ferric Ion Sensing

    Meiyun Xu;Shuizhu Wu;Fang Zeng;Changmin Yu

  • FRET-Based Ratiometric Detection System for Mercury Ions in Water with Polymeric Particles as Scaffolds

    Chao Ma;Fang Zeng;Lifang Huang;Shuizhu Wu

  • Biomarker-activatable probes based on smart AIEgens for fluorescence and optoacoustic imaging

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  • A two-photon fluorescent sensor revealing drug-induced liver injury via tracking γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) level in vivo.

    Peisheng Zhang;Xiao-fang Jiang;Xuezheng Nie;Yong Huang

  • N.m.r. investigation of phase separation in poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)/water solutions

    Fang Zeng;Zhen Tong;Hanqiao Feng

  • Water‐Dispersible Fullerene Aggregates as a Targeted Anticancer Prodrug with both Chemo‐ and Photodynamic Therapeutic Actions

    Jianquan Fan;Gang Fang;Fang Zeng;Xiaodan Wang

  • Polymer Micelle with pH-Triggered Hydrophobic–Hydrophilic Transition and De-Cross-Linking Process in the Core and Its Application for Targeted Anticancer Drug Delivery

    Jianquan Fan;Fang Zeng;Shuizhu Wu;Xiaodan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuizhu Wu
Shuizhu Wu South China University of Technology
Zhen Tong
Zhen Tong South China University of Technology
Chao-Yang Wang
Chao-Yang Wang Pennsylvania State University
Jun Wang
Jun Wang South China University of Technology
Meng Gao
Meng Gao South China University of Technology
Xiao-Fang Jiang
Xiao-Fang Jiang South China Normal University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Anjun Qin
Anjun Qin South China University of Technology
Takahiro Sato
Takahiro Sato Osaka University
Jianqing Zhao
Jianqing Zhao South China University of Technology

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