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Hui Chao is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and has made significant contributions across multiple domains within materials science, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research spans several subfields including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and oncology.

Chao's work covers a range of topics with a strong focus on nanotechnology and photodynamic therapy. These topics include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic therapy research studies
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Advanced nanomaterials in catalysis
  • Porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers with colleagues frequently collaborating with:

  • Yu Chen
  • Xinxing Liao
  • Kai Xiong
  • Thomas W. Rees
  • Johannes Karges

Key publication venues where Hui Chao's work appears regularly include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Communications
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Hui Chao are:

  • "Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "An ER-Targeting Iridium(III) Complex That Induces Immunogenic Cell Death in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Rationally designed ruthenium complexes for 1- and 2-photon photodynamic therapy," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Photodecaging of a Mitochondria-Localized Iridium(III) Endoperoxide Complex for Two-Photon Photoactivated Therapy under Hypoxia," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A mitochondria-targeting magnetothermogenic nanozyme for magnet-induced synergistic cancer therapy," 2020, Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application.

    Xueze Zhao;Jiangping Liu;Jiangli Fan;Hui Chao

  • The development of anticancer ruthenium(II) complexes: from single molecule compounds to nanomaterials

    Leli Zeng;Pranav Gupta;Yanglu Chen;Enju Wang

  • DNA-binding and photocleavage studies of cobalt(III) polypyridyl complexes: [Co(phen)2IP]3+ and [Co(phen)2PIP]3+

    Qian-Ling Zhang;Jin-Gang Liu;Hui Chao;Gen-Qiang Xue

  • Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells

    Huaiyi Huang;Huaiyi Huang;Samya Banerjee;Kangqiang Qiu;Pingyu Zhang

  • Highly Charged Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes as Lysosome‐Localized Photosensitizers for Two‐Photon Photodynamic Therapy

    Huaiyi Huang;Huaiyi Huang;Bole Yu;Pingyu Zhang;Juanjuan Huang

  • DNA interactions of a functionalized ruthenium(II) mixed-polypyridyl complex [Ru(bpy)2ppd]2+.

    Feng Gao;Feng Gao;Hui Chao;Hui Chao;Feng Zhou;Yi-Xian Yuan

  • DNA binding studies of ruthenium(II) complexes containing asymmetric tridentate ligands.

    Hui Chao;Wen Jie Mei;Qi Wen Huang;Liang Nian Ji

  • Two-photon luminescent metal complexes for bioimaging and cancer phototherapy

    Yu Chen;Ruilin Guan;Chen Zhang;Juanjuan Huang

  • Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes as mitochondria-targeted two-photon photodynamic anticancer agents.

    Jiangping Liu;Yu Chen;Guanying Li;Pingyu Zhang

  • An ER-Targeting Iridium(III) Complex That Induces Immunogenic Cell Death in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Lili Wang;Ruilin Guan;Lina Xie;Xinxing Liao

  • Organelle-targeting metal complexes: From molecular design to bio-applications

    Kangqiang Qiu;Yu Chen;Thomas W. Rees;Liangnian Ji

  • Rationally designed ruthenium complexes for 1- and 2-photon photodynamic therapy.

    Johannes Karges;Shi Kuang;Federica Maschietto;Olivier Blacque

  • Targeting Nucleus DNA with a Cyclometalated Dipyridophenazineruthenium(II) Complex

    Huaiyi Huang;Pingyu Zhang;Bole Yu;Yu Chen

  • Harnessing ruthenium(II) as photodynamic agents: Encouraging advances in cancer therapy

    Jiangping Liu;Chen Zhang;Thomas W. Rees;Libing Ke

  • DNA interactions of cobalt(III) mixed-polypyridyl complexes containing asymmetric ligands.

    Xiang-Li Wang;Hui Chao;Hong Li;Xian-Lan Hong

  • The design of new molecular "light switches" for DNA.

    Xiao-Hua Zou;Bao-Hui Ye;Hong Li;Qian-Ling Zhang

  • The induction of mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells by ruthenium(II) asymmetric complexes

    Chen Qian;Jin-Quan Wang;Cui-Lan Song;Li-Li Wang

  • Synthesis, characterization, DNA-binding and photocleavage of complexes [Ru(phen)2(6-OH-dppz)]2+ and [Ru(phen)2(6-NO2-dppz)]2+

    Xue-Wen Liu;Jun Li;Hong Li;Kang-Cheng Zheng

  • Ruthenium(ii) complexes with dppz: from molecular photoswitch to biological applications.

    Guanying Li;Lingli Sun;Liangnian Ji;Hui Chao

  • Phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes as multicolor probes for specific mitochondrial imaging and tracking.

    Yu Chen;Liping Qiao;Liangnian Ji;Hui Chao

  • Synthesis, DNA-binding and topoisomerase inhibitory activity of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes

    Ke-Jie Du;Jin-Quan Wang;Jun-Feng Kou;Guan-Ying Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang-Nian Ji
Liang-Nian Ji Sun Yat-sen University
Gilles Gasser
Gilles Gasser Chimie ParisTech
Xiaoyuan Li
Xiaoyuan Li Yale University
Olivier Blacque
Olivier Blacque University of Zurich
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao Nanjing University
Jun-Lin Guan
Jun-Lin Guan University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Bao-Hui Ye
Bao-Hui Ye Sun Yat-sen University
Guy J. Clarkson
Guy J. Clarkson University of Warwick
Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Zong-Wan Mao
Zong-Wan Mao Sun Yat-sen University

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