1. Early diagnosis for cancers

2. Functional probes for molecular imaging

3. Targeting drug delivery systems

4. Precision polymer chemistry

5. Controllable self-assembly of nanoparticles

Employment

Jan. 2021-Present       Associate Professor    Division of Nanobiomedicine, SINANO, CAS

Dec. 2017-Dec. 2020    Post-doctor           Division of Nanobiomedicine, SINANO, CAS

Education

Ph.D. 2017  Materials Science and Engineering   Nanjing University of Science and Technology

M.S. 2013   Materials Physics and Chemistry    Nanjing University of Science and Technology

B.S. 2010   Materials Physics                 Guizhou University

1. Sun, L., Cao, Y., Lu, Z., Ding, P., Wang, Z., Ma, F., Wang, Z.^*, and Pei, R.^*, A hypoxia-irrelevant Fe-doped multivalent manganese oxide sonosensitizer via a vacancy engineering strategy for enhanced sonodynamic therapy. Nano Today, 2022, 43, 101434.

2. He, Y., Cao, Y.^*, Mao, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., and Pei, R.^*, Redox-triggered aggregation of ESIONPs with switchable T₁ to T₂ contrast effect for T₂-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021, 9(7), 1821-1832.

3. Cao, Y., Mao, Z., He, Y., Kuang, Y., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y.^*, and Pei, R.^*, Extremely small iron oxide nanoparticle-encapsulated nanogels as a glutathione-responsive T₁ contrast agent for tumor-targeted magnetic resonance imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(24), 26973-26981.

4. Cao, Y., He, Y., Mao, Z., Kuang, Y., Liu, M., Zhang, Y.^*, and Pei, R.^*, Synergistic regulation of longitudinal and transverse relaxivity of extremely small iron oxide nanoparticles (ESIONPs) using pH-responsive nanoassemblies. Nanoscale, 2020, 12(33), 17502-17516.

5. Cao, Y., Zu, G., Kuang, Y., He, Y., Mao, Z., Liu, M., Xiong, D.^*, and Pei, R.^*, Biodegradable nanoglobular magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent constructed with host-guest self-assembly for tumor-targeted imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10(32), 26906-26916.