Research interest

Stimuli-sensitive nanomedicine

Stimuli-responsive nanomedicines have been utilized for targeted imaging and therapy of various intractable diseases (cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, etc). For spatiotemporally controlled action of nanomedicines, they are designed to respond to specific microenvironments and be activated upon internal/external stimuli. Our research interests focus on the development of stimuli-responsive nanomedicine based on organic/inorganic materials in diverse approaches, such as enhanced chemotherapy, photo/sonodynamic therapy, imaging-guided therapy.

Nature Reviews Materials 2017: 2; 16075

on-going projects

  • Microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles for site-specific drug delivery
  • Ultrasound-responsive hybrid nanoparticles for sonodynamic therapy
  • Self-immolative polymer conjugates for pulsed drug delivery
  • Polymeric gasotransmitters as the activatable nanovasodilators
  • Chemiluminescence nanomaterials for imaging-guided therapy

Representative achievements

  • Necroptosis-inducible polymeric nanobubbles for enhanced cancer sonoimmunotherapy Advanced Materials 2020;e1907953
  • Chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer-based nanoparticles for quantum yield-enhanced cancer phototheranostics Science Advances 2020;6;eaaz8400
  • Chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer-based immunostimulatory nanoparticles for sonoimmunotherapy Biomaterials 2022; 283; 121466
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