Saran Long

8.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
132 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Saran Long is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Saran Long has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 59 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Saran Long's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (85 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (39 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers). Saran Long is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (85 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (39 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers). Saran Long collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Saran Long's co-authors include Xiaojun Peng, Jiangli Fan, Jianjun Du, Wen Sun, Mingle Li, Kun Shao, Qichao Yao, Jingyun Wang, Haidong Li and Ruisong Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Saran Long

128 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Near-Infrared Light-Initiated Molecular Superoxide Radical Generator: Rejuvenating Photodynamic Therapy against Hypoxic Tumors
    2018 583 citations Mingle Li, Ruisong Tian et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy
    2020 571 citations Dongmei Xi, Ming Xiao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Superoxide Radical Photogenerator with Amplification Effect: Surmounting the Achilles’ Heels of Photodynamic Oncotherapy
    2019 313 citations Mingle Li, Tao Xiong et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. ER-Targeting Cyanine Dye as an NIR Photoinducer to Efficiently Trigger Photoimmunogenic Cancer Cell Death
    2022 166 citations He Ma, Lu Yang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. 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 →

Peers

Saran Long
John F. Callan United Kingdom
Sehoon Kim South Korea
Marina K. Kuimova United Kingdom
Peter R. Ogilby Denmark
Lu Wang China
Yong Fan China
М. Б. Березин Russia
M. Graça H. Vicente United States
Johan E. van Lier Canada
Lingfei Lu China
John F. Callan United Kingdom
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saran Long

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Saran Long. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Saran Long 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 Saran Long. Saran Long is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xia, Xiang, Ran Wang, Yingqi Hu, et al.. (2025). Nonconjugated Structural Distortion Promoting the Formation of NIR Triplet States in Phenothiazine Dyes for Cancer Photoimmunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202507157–e202507157. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Hu Qiao, Tiancong Shi, et al.. (2024). Mitochondria-targeted and photo-activated CO release for synergistic photodynamic therapy. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 418. 136357–136357. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zuokai, Shuang Zeng, Wenlin Cai, et al.. (2024). Gram-negative bacteria recognition and photodynamic elimination by Zn-DPA based sensitizers. Biomaterials. 308. 122571–122571. 9 indexed citations
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Zou, Yang, Haiqiao Huang, Saran Long, et al.. (2024). A self‐reinforced activatable photosensitizer prodrug enabling synergistic photodynamic and chemotherapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). e20240005–e20240005. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuxin, Chengyuan Lv, Danhong Zhou, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen peroxide-activatable iodoBodipy-phthalhydrazid conjugate nanoparticles for cancer therapy. Nano Research. 16(10). 12294–12303. 9 indexed citations
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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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Yang, Lu, Yang Wang, Weijian Liu, et al.. (2023). Photothermal “nano-dot” reactivate “immune-hot” for tumor treatment via reprogramming cancer cells metabolism. Biomaterials. 296. 122089–122089. 58 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jiazhu, Haoying Ge, Danhong Zhou, et al.. (2023). An Activatable Prodrug Nanosystem for Ultrasound‐Driven Multimodal Tumor Therapy and Metastasis Inhibition. Advanced Materials. 35(47). e2308205–e2308205. 22 indexed citations
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Han, Fuping, Syed Ali Abbas Abedi, Shan He, et al.. (2023). Aryl‐Modified Pentamethyl Cyanine Dyes at the C2’ Position: A Tunable Platform for Activatable Photosensitizers. Advanced Science. 11(7). e2305761–e2305761. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Haidong, Lu Yang, Jeewon Chung, et al.. (2021). Activation of apoptosis by rationally constructing NIR amphiphilic AIEgens: surmounting the shackle of mitochondrial membrane potential for amplified tumor ablation. Chemical Science. 12(31). 10522–10531. 73 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xueze, Qichao Yao, Saran Long, et al.. (2021). An Approach to Developing Cyanines with Simultaneous Intersystem Crossing Enhancement and Excited-State Lifetime Elongation for Photodynamic Antitumor Metastasis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(31). 12345–12354. 159 indexed citations
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Huang, Haiqiao, et al.. (2021). A photosensitizer with conformational restriction for enhanced photodynamic therapy. Chemical Communications. 57(72). 9100–9103. 12 indexed citations
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Xi, Dongmei, Ming Xiao, Jianfang Cao, et al.. (2020). NIR Light‐Driving Barrier‐Free Group Rotation in Nanoparticles with an 88.3% Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Materials. 32(11). e1907855–e1907855. 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Mingle, Tao Xiong, Jianjun Du, et al.. (2019). Superoxide Radical Photogenerator with Amplification Effect: Surmounting the Achilles’ Heels of Photodynamic Oncotherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(6). 2695–2702. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Xueze, Saran Long, Mingle Li, et al.. (2019). Oxygen-Dependent Regulation of Excited-State Deactivation Process of Rational Photosensitizer for Smart Phototherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(3). 1510–1517. 227 indexed citations
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Yang, Mingwang, Jiangli Fan, Wen Sun, et al.. (2019). A nitroxyl-responsive near-infrared fluorescent chemosensor for visualizing H2S/NO crosstalk in biological systems. Chemical Communications. 55(59). 8583–8586. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Mingle, Saran Long, Yao Kang, et al.. (2018). De Novo Design of Phototheranostic Sensitizers Based on Structure-Inherent Targeting for Enhanced Cancer Ablation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(46). 15820–15826. 205 indexed citations
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Li, Haidong, Qichao Yao, Feng Xu, et al.. (2018). Recognition of Exogenous and Endogenous Nitroxyl in Living Cells via a Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 90(7). 4641–4648. 46 indexed citations

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