Kanyi Pu

49.5k total citations · 54 hit papers
355 papers, 43.8k citations indexed

About

Kanyi Pu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kanyi Pu has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 43.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 156 papers in Materials Chemistry and 106 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kanyi Pu's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (251 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (96 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (72 papers). Kanyi Pu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (251 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (96 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (72 papers). Kanyi Pu collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Kanyi Pu's co-authors include Jing Li, Yuyan Jiang, Jiaguo Huang, Zhen Xu, Yan Lyu, Qingqing Miao, Chen Xie, Bin Liu, Penghui Cheng and Shasha He and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kanyi Pu

351 papers receiving 43.5k citations

Hit Papers

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles as photoacoustic mol... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2018 2018 2017 2020 250 500 750 1000
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  1. Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles as photoacoustic molecular imaging probes in living mice
    2014 1.1k citations Kanyi Pu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Development of organic semiconducting materials for deep-tissue optical imaging, phototherapy and photoactivation
    2018 1.0k citations Jing Li, Kanyi Pu Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  3. The influence of the molecular packing on the room temperature phosphorescence of purely organic luminogens
    2018 926 citations Kanyi Pu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Molecular afterglow imaging with bright, biodegradable polymer nanoparticles
    2017 851 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  5. Second near-infrared photothermal materials for combinational nanotheranostics
    2020 785 citations Cheng Xu, Kanyi Pu Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  6. Recent Advances on Graphene Quantum Dots: From Chemistry and Physics to Applications
    2019 721 citations Kanyi Pu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Molecular optical imaging probes for early diagnosis of drug-induced acute kidney injury
    2019 623 citations Jing Li, Kanyi Pu et al. Nature Materials profile →
  8. Dual‐Peak Absorbing Semiconducting Copolymer Nanoparticles for First and Second Near‐Infrared Window Photothermal Therapy: A Comparative Study
    2018 543 citations Yuyan Jiang, Jing Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Real-time imaging of oxidative and nitrosative stress in the liver of live animals for drug-toxicity testing
    2014 538 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  10. Ultralong Phosphorescence of Water‐Soluble Organic Nanoparticles for In Vivo Afterglow Imaging
    2017 519 citations Chenjie Xu, Kanyi Pu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  11. Organic Semiconducting Agents for Deep‐Tissue Molecular Imaging: Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence, Self‐Luminescence, and Photoacoustics
    2018 483 citations Kanyi Pu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. Intraparticle Molecular Orbital Engineering of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Amplified Theranostics for in Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy
    2016 473 citations Dan Ding, Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  13. Activatable Molecular Probes for Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, and Photoacoustic Imaging
    2020 467 citations Kanyi Pu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  14. Multimodal Biophotonics of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles
    2018 434 citations Yuyan Jiang, Kanyi Pu profile →
  15. Recent Advances in Cell Membrane–Camouflaged Nanoparticles for Cancer Phototherapy
    2018 434 citations Penghui Cheng, Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  16. Chemiluminescence for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent advances and challenges
    2020 433 citations Kanyi Pu, Xiaojun Peng et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  17. Recent progress on semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for molecular imaging and cancer phototherapy
    2017 427 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  18. Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons
    2016 410 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  19. Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Construction of Near‐Infrared Afterglow Imaging Agents
    2020 391 citations Yuyan Jiang, Kanyi Pu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  20. Light-driven liquid metal nanotransformers for biomedical theranostics
    2017 383 citations Kanyi Pu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  21. Transformable hybrid semiconducting polymer nanozyme for second near-infrared photothermal ferrotherapy
    2020 383 citations Yuyan Jiang, Jing Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  22. Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook
    2022 382 citations Haidong Li, Heejeong Kim et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  23. Semiconducting Polymer Nanomaterials as Near-Infrared Photoactivatable Protherapeutics for Cancer
    2020 375 citations Jing Li, Kanyi Pu profile →
  24. Activatable polymer nanoagonist for second near-infrared photothermal immunotherapy of cancer
    2021 373 citations Yuyan Jiang, Cheng Xu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  25. Broadband Absorbing Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Imaging in Second Near-Infrared Window
    2017 362 citations Yuyan Jiang, Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  26. Semiconducting polymer nano-PROTACs for activatable photo-immunometabolic cancer therapy
    2021 345 citations Chi Zhang, Ziling Zeng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  27. Cell Membrane Coated Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Enhanced Multimodal Cancer Phototheranostics
    2018 345 citations Jing Li, Yuyan Jiang et al. profile →
  28. Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents
    2021 333 citations Penghui Cheng, Kanyi Pu Nature Reviews Materials profile →
  29. Enhancing Both Biodegradability and Efficacy of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy
    2018 329 citations Yuyan Jiang, Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  30. A Semiconducting Polymer Nano‐prodrug for Hypoxia‐Activated Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
    2019 321 citations Jing Li, Yuyan Jiang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  31. Engineering Magnetosomes for Ferroptosis/Immunomodulation Synergism in Cancer
    2019 318 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  32. Metabolizable Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Second Near‐Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging
    2019 316 citations Yuyan Jiang, Ziling Zeng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  33. Molecular Probes for Autofluorescence-Free Optical Imaging
    2021 314 citations Yuyan Jiang, Kanyi Pu Chemical Reviews profile →
  34. Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging
    2015 309 citations Kanyi Pu, Guosong Hong et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  35. Organic Semiconducting Pro‐nanostimulants for Near‐Infrared Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy
    2019 285 citations Jing Li, Shasha He et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  36. Second Near‐Infrared Photothermal Semiconducting Polymer Nanoadjuvant for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy
    2020 284 citations Jing Li, Xiangrong Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  37. Semiconducting Polycomplex Nanoparticles for Photothermal Ferrotherapy of Cancer
    2020 275 citations Shasha He, Yuyan Jiang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  38. Hemicyanine‐Based Near‐Infrared Activatable Probes for Imaging and Diagnosis of Diseases
    2021 275 citations Ziling Zeng, Si Si Liew et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  39. Recent progress in the development of near-infrared organic photothermal and photodynamic nanotherapeutics
    2018 273 citations Penghui Cheng, Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  40. Dual-locked spectroscopic probes for sensing and therapy
    2021 268 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  41. Transformable Nanosensitizer with Tumor Microenvironment‐Activated Sonodynamic Process and Calcium Release for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy
    2021 233 citations Shasha He, Kanyi Pu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  42. Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles: Signal Amplification and Second Near‐Infrared Construction
    2021 204 citations Kanyi Pu et al. profile →
  43. Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
    2022 196 citations Cheng Xu, Jingsheng Huang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  44. Cryomicroneedles for transdermal cell delivery
    2021 193 citations Hao Chang, Sharon W. T. Chew et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  45. Tether-free photothermal deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice via wide-field illumination in the near-infrared-II window
    2022 173 citations Xiang Wu, Yuyan Jiang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  46. In situ self-assembly for cancer therapy and imaging
    2023 155 citations Jaewon Kim, Sung‐Kyu Lee et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
  47. A Dual‐Locked Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Biomarker‐Regulated Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
    2022 145 citations Xin Wei, Chi Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  48. Precision cancer sono-immunotherapy using deep-tissue activatable semiconducting polymer immunomodulatory nanoparticles
    2022 141 citations Jing Li, Yu Luo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  49. Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics
    2023 131 citations Jingsheng Huang, Lichao Su et al. Nature Materials profile →
  50. Catalytical nano-immunocomplexes for remote-controlled sono-metabolic checkpoint trimodal cancer therapy
    2022 123 citations Chi Zhang, Jingsheng Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  51. Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine
    2023 121 citations Shasha He, Penghui Cheng et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  52. Organic Sonodynamic Materials for Combination Cancer Immunotherapy
    2023 109 citations Chi Zhang, Kanyi Pu Advanced Materials profile →
  53. Dual-Locked Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring the Dynamic Transition of Pulmonary Macrophages
    2025 20 citations Yuxuan Hu, Mengke Xu et al. profile →
  54. Hypoxia-tolerant polymeric photosensitizer prodrug for cancer photo-immunotherapy
    2025 19 citations Jiayan Wu, Jingsheng Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Kanyi Pu
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
  • Biomedical Engineering 30.1k
  • Materials Chemistry 21.3k
  • Molecular Biology 11.6k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5.9k
  • Biomaterials 5.1k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Urinary bioorthogonal reporters for the monitoring of the efficacy of chemotherapy for lung cancer and of associated kidney injury
2025 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·Penghui Cheng, Ziling Zeng, Jing Liu, Si Si Liew, Yuxuan Hu, Mengke Xu, Kanyi Pu
16
2
Site-Specific Transformable Nanostructures for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis
2025 ·Chemical Reviews ·Jungryun Kim, Yubin Lee, Yuri Kim, Hyeonji Rha, Dong‐Eun Kim, (unknown), Kanyi Pu, Heemin Kang, Jong Seung Kim
2
3
Near‐Infrared Chemiluminophore Switches Photodynamic Processes via Protein Complexation for Biomarker‐Activatable Cancer Therapy
2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Jingsheng Huang, Jing Huang, Jiayan Wu, Mengke Xu, Yiguang Lin, Kanyi Pu
0
4
Eosinophil‐Activating Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Cancer Photo‐Immunotherapy
2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chi Zhang, Jingsheng Huang, Mengke Xu, Jie Yu, Xin Wei, Shasha He, Kanyi Pu
17
5
Intratumoral Transforming Boron Nanosensitizers for Amplified Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Liping Li, (unknown), Qian Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Zizhu Zhang, Tong Liu, Yongzhen Yang, Kanyi Pu, Ruiping Zhang, (unknown)
1
6
A cascade X-ray energy converting approach toward radio-afterglow cancer theranostics
2024 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Cheng Xu, (unknown), Xin Wei, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Zhang, Dan Ding, Jibin Song, Kanyi Pu
35
7
Near‐Infrared Chemiluminophore Switches Photodynamic Processes via Protein Complexation for Biomarker‐Activatable Cancer Therapy
2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jingsheng Huang, Jing Huang, Jiayan Wu, Mengke Xu, Yiguang Lin, Kanyi Pu
10
8
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics breakdown →
2023 ·Nature Materials ·Jingsheng Huang, Lichao Su, Cheng Xu, Xiaoguang Ge, Ruiping Zhang, Jibin Song, Kanyi Pu
131
9
In situ self-assembly for cancer therapy and imaging breakdown →
2023 ·Nature Reviews Materials ·Jaewon Kim, Sung‐Kyu Lee, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kanyi Pu, Heemin Kang, Jong Seung Kim
155
10
A Tandem‐Locked Fluorescent NETosis Reporter for the Prognosis Assessment of Cancer Immunotherapy
2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Penghui Cheng, Shasha He, Chi Zhang, Jing Liu, Kanyi Pu
29
11
Polymeric STING Pro‐agonists for Tumor‐Specific Sonodynamic Immunotherapy
2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Shasha He, Chi Zhang, Cheng Xu, Jingsheng Huang, Mengke Xu, Kanyi Pu
7
12
A Tandem‐Locked Fluorescent NETosis Reporter for the Prognosis Assessment of Cancer Immunotherapy
2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Penghui Cheng, Shasha He, Chi Zhang, Jing Liu, Kanyi Pu
4
13
Leveraging Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Combination Cancer Immunotherapy
2023 ·Advanced Materials ·Jiayan Wu, Kanyi Pu
60
14
Sonodynamic Cytokine Nanocomplexes with Specific Stimulation towards Effector T Cell for Combination Cancer Immunotherapy
2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Mengke Xu, (unknown), Chi Zhang, Cheng Xu, Xin Wei, Kanyi Pu
2
15
Tether-free photothermal deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice via wide-field illumination in the near-infrared-II window breakdown →
2022 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·Xiang Wu, Yuyan Jiang, Nicholas J. Rommelfanger, Fan Yang, Qi Zhou, Rongkang Yin, Junlang Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Shin, (unknown), Kanyi Pu, Guosong Hong
173
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Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook breakdown →
2022 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Haidong Li, Heejeong Kim, Feng Xu, Jingjing Han, Qichao Yao, Jingyun Wang, Kanyi Pu, Xiaojun Peng, Juyoung Yoon
382
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Bioorthogonally activatable cyanine dye with torsion-induced disaggregation for in vivo tumor imaging
2022 ·Nature Communications ·Xianghan Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Yu, Si Si Liew, Chaoqiang Qiao, (unknown), Guohuan Liu, (unknown), Yuqiong Xia, Jie Tian, Kanyi Pu, Zhongliang Wang
56
18
Cryomicroneedles for transdermal cell delivery breakdown →
2021 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·Hao Chang, Sharon W. T. Chew, Mengjia Zheng, Daniel Chin Shiuan Lio, Christian Wiraja, Yu Mei, Xiaoyu Ning, Mingyue Cui, Aung Than, Peng Shi, Dong‐An Wang, Kanyi Pu, Peng Chen, Haiyan Liu, Chenjie Xu
193
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Organic Semiconducting Luminophores for Near‐Infrared Afterglow, Chemiluminescence, and Bioluminescence Imaging
2021 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Xiaozhen Li, Chao Yin, Si Si Liew, Chun‐Sing Lee, Kanyi Pu
83
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Second Near‐Infrared Photothermal Semiconducting Polymer Nanoadjuvant for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy breakdown →
2020 ·Advanced Materials ·Jing Li, Xiangrong Yu, Yuyan Jiang, Shasha He, Yan Zhang, Yu Luo, Kanyi Pu
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