Cheng Xu

4.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
56 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Cheng Xu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Xu has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Cheng Xu's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (7 papers). Cheng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (38 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (7 papers). Cheng Xu collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Cheng Xu's co-authors include Kanyi Pu, Yuyan Jiang, Jingsheng Huang, Shasha He, Jiaguo Huang, Chi Zhang, Yan Zhang, Mengke Xu, Xiangliang Yang and Sidney M. Hecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Xu

55 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Second near-infrared photothermal materials for combinational nanotheranostics

2020 785 citations Cheng Xu, Kanyi Pu profile →
Activatable polymer nanoagonist for second near-infrared photothermal immunotherapy of cancer

2021 373 citations Yuyan Jiang, Jiaguo Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics

2022 196 citations Cheng Xu, Jingsheng Huang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics

2023 131 citations Jingsheng Huang, Lichao Su et al. Nature Materials profile →
Hypoxia-tolerant polymeric photosensitizer prodrug for cancer photo-immunotherapy

2025 19 citations Jie Yu, Jiayan Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Cheng Xu

IMMUN

BIOMA

Penghui Cheng Singapore

Ruijing Liang China

Chenggen Qian China

Wenlong Liu China

Yiye Li China

Weijing Yang China

Kun Shao China

Guihong Lu China

Emily B. Ehlerding United States

Zhan Zhang Macao

Penghui Cheng Singapore

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IMMUN

505 ×1.0

BIOMA

Citations per year, relative to Cheng Xu Cheng Xu (= 1×) peers Penghui Cheng

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Xu

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cheng Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cheng Xu. The network helps show where Cheng Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cheng Xu. Cheng Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Jing, Penghui Cheng, Cheng Xu, & Kanyi Pu. (2025). Molecular probes for in vivo optical imaging of immune cells. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 9(5). 618–637. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Cheng, Yan Zhang, Gaolin Liang, & Kanyi Pu. (2025). Molecular afterglow imaging for biomedical applications. Nature Materials. 24(11). 1694–1708.

Lin, Yiguang, Jingsheng Huang, Jing Liu, et al.. (2025). Highly Photoreactive Semiconducting Polymers with Cascade Intramolecular Singlet Oxygen and Energy Transfer for Cancer-Specific Afterglow Theranostics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(3). 2597–2606. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Cheng, Jingsheng Huang, & Kanyi Pu. (2025). Sonoafterglow nanoprobes for deep-tissue imaging of peroxynitrite. Nature Protocols. 20(11). 3188–3208. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Jie, Jiayan Wu, Jingsheng Huang, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-tolerant polymeric photosensitizer prodrug for cancer photo-immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 153–153. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Cheng, Xin Wei, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2024). A cascade X-ray energy converting approach toward radio-afterglow cancer theranostics. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(2). 286–295. 35 indexed citations

Xu, Cheng & Kanyi Pu. (2024). Artificial urinary biomarker probes for diagnosis. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2(5). 425–441. 20 indexed citations

Huang, Jingsheng, Lichao Su, Cheng Xu, et al.. (2023). Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics. Nature Materials. 22(11). 1421–1429. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Shasha, Chi Zhang, Cheng Xu, et al.. (2023). Polymeric STING Pro‐agonists for Tumor‐Specific Sonodynamic Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie. 135(32). 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Mengke, et al.. (2023). Sonodynamic Cytokine Nanocomplexes with Specific Stimulation towards Effector T Cell for Combination Cancer Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie. 135(40). 2 indexed citations

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He, Shasha, Mengke Xu, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2023). A Semiconducting Iron‐Chelating Nano‐immunomodulator for Specific and Sensitized Sono‐metallo‐immunotherapy of Cancer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(43). e202310178–e202310178. 43 indexed citations

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He, Shasha, Chi Zhang, Cheng Xu, et al.. (2023). Polymeric STING Pro‐agonists for Tumor‐Specific Sonodynamic Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(32). e202307272–e202307272. 65 indexed citations

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Xu, Cheng, Jie Yu, Xiaoyu Ning, et al.. (2023). Semiconducting Polymer Nanospherical Nucleic Acid Probe for Transcriptomic Imaging of Cancer Chemo‐Immunotherapy. Advanced Materials. 35(48). e2306739–e2306739. 9 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuyan, Jiaguo Huang, Cheng Xu, & Kanyi Pu. (2021). Activatable polymer nanoagonist for second near-infrared photothermal immunotherapy of cancer. Nature Communications. 12(1). 742–742. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Cheng, et al.. (2019). Bio-inspired drug-dominated supramolecular nanocomplex based on low molecular weight heparin for progressive tumor therapy. Carbohydrate Polymers. 220. 30–42. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongchang, et al.. (2019). Effect of berberine hydrochloride-functionalized gold nanoparticles on calf thymus DNA: a biophysical study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 38(13). 4025–4031. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Tengfei, Xiaoyan Liu, Hui Xiong, et al.. (2018). Mechanisms of TPGS and its derivatives inhibiting P-glycoprotein efflux pump and application for reversing multidrug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. Polymer Chemistry. 9(14). 1827–1839. 47 indexed citations

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Xu, Cheng, et al.. (2008). Catalytic autoxidations using tris-diimine iron(II) coordination complexes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 293(1-2). 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Roesser, James R., Cheng Xu, Robert C. Payne, Christopher K. Surratt, & Sidney M. Hecht. (1989). Preparation of misacylated aminoacyl-tRNAPhe's useful as probes of the ribosomal acceptor site. Biochemistry. 28(12). 5185–5195. 57 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Hiroshi, Cheng Xu, Natesan Murugesan, et al.. (1988). Chemistry of the alkali-labile lesion formed from iron(II) bleomycin and d(CGCTTTAAAGCG). Biochemistry. 27(1). 58–67. 69 indexed citations

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