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Zi-Chen Li is affiliated with Peking University in China and works primarily within the field of Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Advanced polymer synthesis and characterization
  • Microgrid control and optimization
  • Laser-matter interactions and applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Synthetic organic chemistry methods

Zi-Chen Li has contributed to several recent publications, including the following selected papers:

  • Enhanced tumour penetration and prolonged circulation in blood of polyzwitterion-drug conjugates with cell-membrane affinity, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Tumor extravasation and infiltration as barriers of nanomedicine for high efficacy: The current status and transcytosis strategy, 2020, Biomaterials
  • High-performance pan-tactic polythioesters with intrinsic crystallinity and chemical recyclability, 2020, Science Advances
  • Mucus Penetrating and Cell-Binding Polyzwitterionic Micelles as Potent Oral Nanomedicine for Cancer Drug Delivery, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • H2B Lys34 Ubiquitination Induces Nucleosome Distortion to Stimulate Dot1L Activity, 2022, Nature Chemical Biology

Their frequent coauthors include Fu-Sheng Du, Dajiang Wang, Simiao Sun, Xiang Lu, and Changxia Shi.

Publications by Zi-Chen Li appear frequently in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chinese Journal of Polymer Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Physical Review A

Best Publications

  • Rhodium Nanoparticles Stabilized by Ionic Copolymers in Ionic Liquids: Long Lifetime Nanocluster Catalysts for Benzene Hydrogenation

    Xin-dong Mu;Jian-qiang Meng;Zi-Chen Li;Yuan Kou

  • An Acid-Labile Block Copolymer of PDMAEMA and PEG as Potential Carrier for Intelligent Gene Delivery Systems

    Song Lin;Fusheng Du;Yang Wang;Shouping Ji

  • Enhanced tumour penetration and prolonged circulation in blood of polyzwitterion–drug conjugates with cell-membrane affinity

    Siqin Chen;Yin Zhong;Wufa Fan;Jiajia Xiang

  • 4-Hydroxyproline-Derived Sustainable Polythioesters: Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization, Complete Recyclability, and Facile Functionalization

    Jingsong Yuan;Wei Xiong;Xuhao Zhou;Yi Zhang

  • Multi-responsive nanogels containing motifs of ortho ester, oligo(ethylene glycol) and disulfide linkage as carriers of hydrophobic anti-cancer drugs.

    Zeng-Ying Qiao;Rui Zhang;Fu-Sheng Du;De-Hai Liang

  • Oxidation-responsive polymers for biomedical applications

    Cheng-Cheng Song;Fu-Sheng Du;Zi-Chen Li

  • Sequence Regulated Poly(ester-amide)s Based on Passerini Reaction

    Xin-Xing Deng;Lei Li;Zi-Long Li;An Lv

  • Tumor extravasation and infiltration as barriers of nanomedicine for high efficacy: The current status and transcytosis strategy.

    Quan Zhou;Chengyuan Dong;Wufa Fan;Haiping Jiang

  • High-performance pan-tactic polythioesters with intrinsic crystallinity and chemical recyclability

    Changxia Shi;Changxia Shi;Michael L. McGraw;Zi-Chen Li;Luigi Cavallo

  • Synthesis of Alternating Copolymers of N-Substituted Maleimides with Styrene via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Guang-Qiang Chen;Zhi-Qiang Wu;Jian-Ru Wu;Zi-Chen Li

  • Preparation of Tadpole-Shaped Amphiphilic Cyclic PS-b-linear PEO via ATRP and Click Chemistry

    Yong-Quan Dong;Yin-Yin Tong;Bo-Tao Dong;Fu-Sheng Du

  • Oxidation-Accelerated Hydrolysis of the Ortho Ester-Containing Acid-Labile Polymers

    Cheng-Cheng Song;Ran Ji;Fu-Sheng Du;De-Hai Liang

  • Association and Aggregation Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) in Aqueous Solution

    Jingjing Yan;Wenxi Ji;Erqiang Chen;Zichen Li

  • Hybrid monomer design for unifying conflicting polymerizability, recyclability, and performance properties

    Changxia Shi;Changxia Shi;Zi Chen Li;Lucia Caporaso;Luigi Cavallo

  • Fluorescence and aggregation behavior of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers peripherally modified with aromatic chromophores: the effect of dendritic architectures.

    Bing-Bing Wang;Xin Zhang;Xin-Ru Jia;Zi-Chen Li

  • One-pot synthesis of polyamides with various functional side groups via Passerini reaction

    Yao-Zong Wang;Xin-Xing Deng;Lei Li;Zi-Long Li

  • Acid-Sensitive Polymeric Micelles Based on Thermoresponsive Block Copolymers with Pendent Cyclic Orthoester Groups

    Xiaonan Huang;Fusheng Du;Jing Cheng;Yongquan Dong

  • Synthesis of C60-End-Bonded Polymers with Designed Molecular Weights and Narrow Molecular Weight Distributions via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Peng Zhou;Guang-Qiang Chen;Han Hong;Fu-Sheng Du

  • Intelligent nucleic acid delivery systems based on stimuli-responsive polymers

    Fu-Sheng Du;Yang Wang;Rui Zhang;Zi-Chen Li

  • Glucose-Sensitive Aggregates Formed by Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(2-glucosyl- oxyethyl acrylate) with Concanavalin A in Dilute Aqueous Medium

    Liang-Chen You;Feng-Zhu Lu;Zi-Chen Li;Wei Zhang

  • Templated synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotube and metal nanoparticle assemblies in solution.

    Dan Wang;Zi-Chen Li;Liwei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Xin Zhang
Xin Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Jianbin Huang
Jianbin Huang Peking University
Er-Qiang Chen
Er-Qiang Chen Peking University
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Ning Yan
Ning Yan National University of Singapore
Ming-Qiang Zhu
Ming-Qiang Zhu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wantai Yang
Wantai Yang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Qi-Feng Zhou
Qi-Feng Zhou Peking University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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