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Overview

Shihui Wen is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans key subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Biophysics.

The scientist focuses on several main research topics that include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Among significant publications authored or coauthored by Shihui Wen are:

  • Nanorods with multidimensional optical information beyond the diffraction limit, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Optical tweezers beyond refractive index mismatch using highly doped upconversion nanoparticles, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Learning from lanthanide complexes: The development of dye-lanthanide nanoparticles and their biomedical applications, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Upconversion nanoparticles for super-resolution quantification of single small extracellular vesicles, 2022, eLight
  • Super-Resolution Mapping of Single Nanoparticles inside Tumor Spheroids, 2020, Small

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative work include:

  • Dayong Jin
  • Fan Wang
  • Yongtao Liu
  • Chaohao Chen
  • Jiajia Zhou

Their research contributions appear consistently in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • Nano Letters
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Photonics

Best Publications

  • Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

    Shihui Wen;Jiajia Zhou;Kezhi Zheng;Artur Bednarkiewicz

  • Amplified stimulated emission in upconversion nanoparticles for super-resolution nanoscopy

    Yujia Liu;Yiqing Lu;Xusan Yang;Xianlin Zheng

  • Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals.

    Deming Liu;Xiaoxue Xu;Xiaoxue Xu;Yi Du;Xian Qin

  • Activation of the surface dark-layer to enhance upconversion in a thermal field

    Jiajia Zhou;Shihui Wen;Jiayan Liao;Christian Clarke

  • Facile hydrothermal synthesis and surface functionalization of polyethyleneimine-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

    Hongdong Cai;Xiao An;Jun Cui;Jingchao Li

  • Multifunctional dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles for dual mode CT/MR imaging applications.

    Shihui Wen;Kangan Li;Hongdong Cai;Qian Chen

  • Characterization and antibacterial activity of amoxicillin-loaded electrospun nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) composite nanofibers

    Fuyin Zheng;Shige Wang;Shihui Wen;Mingwu Shen

  • Targeted CT/MR dual mode imaging of tumors using multifunctional dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles

    Qian Chen;Kangan Li;Shihui Wen;Hui Liu

  • Future and challenges for hybrid upconversion nanosystems

    Shihui Wen;Jiajia Zhou;P. James Schuck;Yung Doug Suh

  • Multi-photon near-infrared emission saturation nanoscopy using upconversion nanoparticles.

    Chaohao Chen;Fan Wang;Shihui Wen;Qian Peter Su

  • Targeted cancer theranostics using alpha-tocopheryl succinate-conjugated multifunctional dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles.

    Jingyi Zhu;Linfeng Zheng;Shihui Wen;Yueqin Tang

  • Laponite nanodisks as an efficient platform for Doxorubicin delivery to cancer cells.

    Shige Wang;Yilun Wu;Rui Guo;Yunpeng Huang

  • Microscopic inspection and tracking of single upconversion nanoparticles in living cells.

    Fan Wang;Shihui Wen;Hao He;Baoming Wang

  • Facile assembly of Fe3O4@Au nanocomposite particles for dual mode magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging applications

    Hongdong Cai;Kangan Li;Mingwu Shen;Shihui Wen

  • Multifunctional lactobionic acid-modified dendrimers for targeted drug delivery to liver cancer cells: investigating the role played by PEG spacer

    Fanfan Fu;Yilun Wu;Jingyi Zhu;Shihui Wen

  • Targeted and pH-responsive delivery of doxorubicin to cancer cells using multifunctional dendrimer-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Shihui Wen;Hui Liu;Hongdong Cai;Mingwu Shen

  • Hyaluronic acid-modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes for targeted delivery of doxorubicin into cancer cells

    Xueyan Cao;Lei Tao;Shihui Wen;Wenxiu Hou

  • Multifunctional dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles modified with RGD peptide for targeted computed tomography/magnetic resonance dual-modal imaging of tumors.

    Qian Chen;Han Wang;Hui Liu;Shihui Wen

  • Lactobionic acid-modified dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles for targeted computed tomography imaging of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Hui Liu;Han Wang;Yanhong Xu;Rui Guo

  • Quantitative Lateral Flow Strip Sensor Using Highly Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles.

    Hao He;Baolei Liu;Shihui Wen;Jiayan Liao

  • Dendrimer‐Assisted Formation of Fe3O4/Au Nanocomposite Particles for Targeted Dual Mode CT/MR Imaging of Tumors

    Hongdong Cai;Kangan Li;Jingchao Li;Shihui Wen

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangyang Shi
Xiangyang Shi Donghua University
Dayong Jin
Dayong Jin University of Technology Sydney
Mingwu Shen
Mingwu Shen Donghua University
Jiajia Zhou
Jiajia Zhou University of Technology Sydney
Hui Liu
Hui Liu China University of Mining and Technology
Yunpeng Huang
Yunpeng Huang Jiangnan University
Rui Guo
Rui Guo Donghua University
Shige Wang
Shige Wang University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Wei Ren
Wei Ren Shaanxi Normal University
Yi Du
Yi Du University of Wollongong

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