Lihan Cai

924 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Lihan Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihan Cai has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 15 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Lihan Cai's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (8 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (7 papers). Lihan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (8 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (7 papers). Lihan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Taiwan. Lihan Cai's co-authors include Maolin Pang, Sainan Liu, Chunling Hu, Ying Zhou, Zhendong Liu, Saran Long, Wen Sun, Fuping Han, Xiaojun Peng and Jiangli Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Lihan Cai

21 papers receiving 747 citations

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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.

Piezoelectric Metal–Organic Frameworks Based Sonosensitizer for Enhanced Nanozyme Catalytic and Sonodynamic Therapies

2023 137 citations Lihan Cai, Jianjun Du et al. ACS Nano profile →

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Yudi Ruan China

Yadi Fan Hong Kong

Zhong Hui China

Kaiwu Cheng China

Pu Qiu China

Lei Ge China

Yite Li China

Liefeng Hu China

Qiao‐Qiao Sun China

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Li, Xin, Fuping Han, Xiao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Aggregation‐Induced Triplet Symmetry‐Breaking Charge Separation Drives Electron Transfer for Autophagy Blockade‐Enhanced Type‐I Photodynamic Therapy. Aggregate. 6(12).

Han, Fuping, Zhenyu Zhang, Hongyi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Precise Molecular Engineering of Heptamethine Cyanine‐Based Near‐Infrared Type‐I Photosensitizers for Pro‐Death Autophagy and Hypoxia‐Tolerant Antitumor Treatment. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(34). e202504227–e202504227. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Tiancong, Xi Chen, Xiaolong Li, et al.. (2025). Charge Transfer-Mediated J-Aggregates of Azaindole Cyanine with 160 nm Absorption Redshift for Efficient NIR-II Photothermal Tumor Therapy. ACS Nano. 19(30). 27845–27859. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Lihan, Fuping Han, Jun‐Ying Ding, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable and Piezoelectric Mn-Doped Hydroxyapatite for Sonodynamic Immunotherapy. ACS Nano. 19(26). 24067–24077. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Lihan, Yuanrong Zheng, Yang Liu, Ran Zhou, & Ming Ma. (2025). Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics for qualitative and quantitative detection of camel milk powder adulteration. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 143. 107571–107571. 5 indexed citations

Shi, Tiancong, Xi Chen, Hongyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Azaindole-based asymmetric pentamethine cyanine dye for mitochondrial pH detection and near-infrared ratiometric fluorescence imaging of mitophagy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110408–110408. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Lihan, Fuping Han, Han Zhang, et al.. (2024). Degradable and Piezoelectric Hollow ZnO Heterostructures for Sonodynamic Therapy and Pro-Death Autophagy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(49). 34188–34198. 30 indexed citations

Han, Fuping, Lihan Cai, Han Zhang, et al.. (2024). Red‐Light Triggered H‐Abstraction Photoinitiators for the Efficient Oxygen‐Independent Therapy of Hypoxic Tumors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(41). e202408769–e202408769. 17 indexed citations

Cai, Lihan, Jianjun Du, Fuping Han, et al.. (2023). Piezoelectric Metal–Organic Frameworks Based Sonosensitizer for Enhanced Nanozyme Catalytic and Sonodynamic Therapies. ACS Nano. 17(8). 7901–7910. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Han, Chao Shi, Fuping Han, et al.. (2023). Synchronized activating therapeutic nano-agent: Enhancement and tracing for hypoxia-induced chemotherapy. Biomaterials. 302. 122365–122365. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, Shisong Jing, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2022). Double-activation of mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening via calcium overload and reactive oxygen species for cancer therapy. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 188–188. 69 indexed citations

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Hu, Chunling, Jiazhi Wang, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2021). Urchin-Shaped Metal Organic/Hydrogen-Bonded Framework Nanocomposite as a Multifunctional Nanoreactor for Catalysis-Enhanced Synergetic Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(4). 4825–4834. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Sainan, Ying Zhou, Chunling Hu, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of porphyrin-incorporating covalent organic frameworks for sonodynamic therapy. Chemical Communications. 57(66). 8178–8181. 31 indexed citations

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Cai, Lihan, Chunling Hu, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2021). Covalent Organic Framework–Titanium Oxide Nanocomposite for Enhanced Sonodynamic Therapy. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 32(4). 661–666. 45 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhendong, Chunling Hu, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2021). Facile synthesis of Fe–baicalein nanoparticles for photothermal/chemodynamic therapy with accelerated Fe^III/Fe^II conversion. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 9(15). 3295–3299. 10 indexed citations

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Hu, Chunling, Lihan Cai, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2020). Copper-Doped Nanoscale Covalent Organic Polymer for Augmented Photo/Chemodynamic Synergistic Therapy and Immunotherapy. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 31(6). 1661–1670. 75 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, Sainan Liu, Chunling Hu, Lihan Cai, & Maolin Pang. (2020). A covalent organic framework as a nanocarrier for synergistic phototherapy and immunotherapy. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 8(25). 5451–5459. 69 indexed citations

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Liu, Sainan, Ying Zhou, Chunling Hu, Lihan Cai, & Maolin Pang. (2020). Covalent Organic Framework-Based Nanocomposite for Synergetic Photo-, Chemodynamic-, and Immunotherapies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(39). 43456–43465. 67 indexed citations

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Cai, Lihan, Chunling Hu, Sainan Liu, et al.. (2020). A covalent organic framework-based multifunctional therapeutic platform for enhanced photodynamic therapy via catalytic cascade reactions. Science China Materials. 64(2). 488–497. 49 indexed citations

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Hu, Chunling, Lihan Cai, Sainan Liu, & Maolin Pang. (2019). Integration of a highly monodisperse covalent organic framework photosensitizer with cation exchange synthesized Ag₂Se nanoparticles for enhanced phototherapy. Chemical Communications. 55(62). 9164–9167. 50 indexed citations

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