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Overview

Yiyun Cheng is affiliated with East China Normal University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Materials Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's notable recent publications cover advanced topics in nanomedicine and materials science. These include:

  • A general strategy towards personalized nanovaccines based on fluoropolymers for post-surgical cancer immunotherapy (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Stimuli-responsive polydopamine-based smart materials (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Metal-Containing Polydopamine Nanomaterials: Catalysis, Energy, and Theranostics (2020, Small)
  • Strategies in the delivery of Cas9 ribonucleoprotein for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing (2020, Theranostics)
  • Fluoropolymers in biomedical applications: state-of-the-art and future perspectives (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)

Among coauthors frequently collaborating with Yiyun Cheng are Jia Lv, Yiwen Li, Jingjing Hu, Quan Huang, and Guangyu Rong. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers working on related scientific problems and innovations.

Yiyun Cheng has published in multiple high-impact venues, with a recurring presence in:

  • Nano Letters (9 publications)
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials (7 publications)
  • Small (6 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (6 publications)
  • Bioactive Materials (6 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Cheng has contributed to book literature, including a publication with Morgan & Claypool Publishers titled Documenting the Future: Navigating Provenance Metadata Standards (2022).

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Best Publications

  • Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light

    Mustafa S. Yavuz;Yiyun Cheng;Jingyi Chen;Claire M. Cobley

  • Dendrimers as drug carriers: Applications in different routes of drug administration

    Yiyun Cheng;Zhenhua Xu;Minglu Ma;Tongwen Xu

  • Design of biocompatible dendrimers for cancer diagnosis and therapy: current status and future perspectives

    Yiyun Cheng;Libo Zhao;Yiwen Li;Tongwen Xu

  • Surface-engineered dendrimers in gene delivery.

    Jiepin Yang;Qiang Zhang;Hong Chang;Yiyun Cheng

  • Multi-responsive photothermal-chemotherapy with drug-loaded melanin-like nanoparticles for synergetic tumor ablation.

    Xinyu Wang;Jishen Zhang;Yitong Wang;Changping Wang

  • A fluorinated dendrimer achieves excellent gene transfection efficacy at extremely low nitrogen to phosphorus ratios

    Mingming Wang;Hongmei Liu;Lei Li;Yiyun Cheng

  • A general strategy towards personalized nanovaccines based on fluoropolymers for post-surgical cancer immunotherapy.

    Jun Xu;Jia Lv;Qi Zhuang;Zongjin Yang

  • Stimuli-responsive polydopamine-based smart materials

    Peng Yang;Fang Zhu;Zhengbiao Zhang;Yiyun Cheng

  • Metal-Containing Polydopamine Nanomaterials: Catalysis, Energy, and Theranostics

    Zhao Wang;Yuan Zou;Yiwen Li;Yiyun Cheng

  • A boronic acid-rich dendrimer with robust and unprecedented efficiency for cytosolic protein delivery and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

    Chongyi Liu;Tao Wan;Hui Wang;Song Zhang

  • The fluorination effect of fluoroamphiphiles in cytosolic protein delivery.

    Zhenjing Zhang;Wanwan Shen;Jing Ling;Yang Yan

  • Targeting cancer cells with biotin-dendrimer conjugates.

    Wenjun Yang;Yiyun Cheng;Tongwen Xu;Xueyuan Wang

  • Disulfide Cross-Linked Low Generation Dendrimers with High Gene Transfection Efficacy, Low Cytotoxicity, and Low Cost

    Hongmei Liu;Hui Wang;Wenjun Yang;Yiyun Cheng

  • Fluoropolymers in biomedical applications: state-of-the-art and future perspectives.

    Jia Lv;Yiyun Cheng;Yiyun Cheng

  • Polymers for cytosolic protein delivery.

    Jia Lv;Qianqian Fan;Hui Wang;Yiyun Cheng;Yiyun Cheng

  • A Polydopamine Nanoparticle-Knotted Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel for On-Demand Drug Delivery and Chemo-photothermal Therapy

    Xing Wang;Changping Wang;Xinyu Wang;Yitong Wang

  • Glutathione-triggered "off-on" release of anticancer drugs from dendrimer-encapsulated gold nanoparticles.

    Xinyu Wang;Xiaopan Cai;Jingjing Hu;Naimin Shao

  • Pharmaceutical applications of dendrimers: promising nanocarriers for drug delivery.

    Yiyun Cheng;Jinrong Wang;Tingling Rao;Xiaoxiao He

  • Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers as biocompatible carriers of quinolone antimicrobials: an in vitro study.

    Yiyun Cheng;Haiou Qu;Minglu Ma;Zhenhua Xu

  • A Nanocomposite Hydrogel with Potent and Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity.

    Tianjiao Dai;Changping Wang;Yuqing Wang;Wei Xu

  • Stimuli-responsive dendrimers in drug delivery

    Hui Wang;Hui Wang;Quan Huang;Hong Chang;Jianru Xiao

  • Evaluation of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers as drug carriers of anti-bacterial drugs using sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) as a model drug

    Minglu Ma;Yiyun Cheng;Zhenhua Xu;Peng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Tongwen Xu
Tongwen Xu University of Science and Technology of China
Hui Wang
Hui Wang South China University of Technology
Yiwen Li
Yiwen Li Sichuan University
Longping Wen
Longping Wen South China University of Technology
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Zhuang Liu
Zhuang Liu Macau University of Science and Technology
Qing Zhang
Qing Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Lan Huang
Lan Huang University of California, Irvine
Kaili Lin
Kaili Lin Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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