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Huang, J., Huang, J., Cheng, P., Jiang, Y., Pu, K. Near-Infrared Chemiluminescent Reporters for In Vivo Imaging of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Kidneys. Advanced Functional Materials. 2020; 30 (39), 2003628
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Huang, J., Jiang, Y., Li, J., He, S., Huang, J., Pu, K. A Renal-Clearable Macromolecular Reporter for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Bladder Cancer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2020; 59 (11): 4415-4420
Lyu, Y., He, S., Li, J., Jiang, Y., Sun, H., Miao, Y., Pu, K. A Photolabile Semiconducting Polymer Nanotransducer for Near-Infrared Regulation of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2019; 58 (50): 18197-18201
Huang, J., Lyu, Y., Li, J., Cheng, P., Jiang, Y., Pu, K. A Renal-Clearable Duplex Optical Reporter for Real-Time Imaging of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2019; 58 (49): 17796-17804
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Jiang, Y., Li, J., Zhen, X., Xie, C., Pu, K. Dual-Peak Absorbing Semiconducting Copolymer Nanoparticles for First and Second Near-Infrared Window Photothermal Therapy: A Comparative Study. Advanced Materials. 2018; 30 (14): e1705980
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Zhen, X., Xie, C., Jiang, Y., Ai, X., Xing, B., Pu, K. Semiconducting Photothermal Nanoagonist for Remote-Controlled Specific Cancer Therapy. Nano Letters 2018; 18 (2): 1498-1505
Jiang, Y., Cui, D., Fang, Y., Zhen, X., Upputuri, P. K., Pramanik, M., Ding, D., Pu, K. Amphiphilic semiconducting polymer as multifunctional nanocarrier for fluorescence/photoacoustic imaging guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Biomaterials. 2017; 145: 168-177
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