Shukun Li

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Shukun Li is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shukun Li has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomaterials, 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shukun Li's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (18 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Shukun Li is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (18 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Shukun Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Shukun Li's co-authors include Xuehai Yan, Qianli Zou, Ruirui Xing, Manzar Abbas, Chengqian Yuan, Luyang Zhao, Guizhi Shen, Yongxin Li, Jingwen Song and Huadan Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Shukun Li

38 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Biological Photothermal Nanodots Based on Self-Assembly of Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates for Antitumor Therapy

2017 841 citations Qianli Zou, Luyang Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Self‐Assembled Peptide‐ and Protein‐Based Nanomaterials for Antitumor Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy

2017 633 citations Qianli Zou, Shukun Li et al. profile →
Smart Peptide-Based Supramolecular Photodynamic Metallo-Nanodrugs Designed by Multicomponent Coordination Self-Assembly

2018 432 citations Shukun Li, Qianli Zou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shukun Li China	26	2.4k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	654	40	4.0k
Zeng‐Ying Qiao China	38	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	663 1.0×	94	4.3k
Guobin Qi China	39	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	676 1.0×	74	4.9k
Han Cheng China	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	674 1.0×	109	4.2k
Xianglong Hu China	41	3.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 2.0×	95	6.3k
Hao‐Ran Jia China	37	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	275 0.4×	73	4.3k
Chengqian Yuan China	33	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	69	4.9k
Guo‐Feng Luo China	35	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	302 0.5×	74	4.5k
Duo Mao China	37	3.2k 1.3×	694 0.4×	2.9k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	504 0.8×	75	5.1k
Hengte Ke China	37	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	250 0.4×	56	5.0k
Zhifei Dai China	42	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	245 0.4×	121	4.9k

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Li, Shukun, Yudong Li, Guizhi Shen, et al.. (2025). Flexible Morphological Regulation of Photothermal Nanodrugs: Understanding the Relationship between the Structure, Photothermal Effect, and Tumoral Biodistribution. ACS Nano. 19(2). 2799–2808. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Xinlei, et al.. (2025). Building a Bridge Between the Mechanism of EBV Reactivation and the Treatment of EBV‐Associated Cancers. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(2). e70192–e70192.

Yilmaz, Gökhan, Shukun Li, Alexander Cook, et al.. (2025). Targeted Peptide Nanofiber-Loaded Stomatocytes for Combined Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(24). 35230–35239.

Zhang, Jiaxin, Rui Chang, Shukun Li, Ruirui Xing, & Qianli Zou. (2024). Peptide-coordination self-assembly: Supramolecular design and biomedical applications. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 693. 134076–134076. 6 indexed citations

Li, Shukun, et al.. (2024). Assembly-enhanced indocyanine green nanoparticles for fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal therapy. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 12(42). 10915–10922. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Bingbing, Haowen Yang, Yudong Li, et al.. (2024). Targeted pH-Activated Peptide-Based Nanomaterials for Combined Photodynamic Therapy with Immunotherapy. Biomacromolecules. 25(5). 3044–3054. 7 indexed citations

Li, Shukun, Yamei Liu, Ruirui Xing, et al.. (2023). Immunosuppressive microenvironment improvement and treatment of aggressive malignancy pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on local administration of injectable hydrogel. Nano Today. 50. 101832–101832. 31 indexed citations

Li, Shukun, Rui Chang, Luyang Zhao, et al.. (2023). Two-photon nanoprobes based on bioorganic nanoarchitectonics with a photo-oxidation enhanced emission mechanism. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5227–5227. 45 indexed citations

Li, Shukun, Ruirui Xing, Jan C. M. van Hest, & Xuehai Yan. (2022). Peptide-based supramolecular assembly drugs toward cancer theranostics. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 19(7). 847–860. 14 indexed citations

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Xiao, Xiao, Shukun Li, Xian-Dong Zhu, et al.. (2021). Bioinspired Two-Dimensional Structure with Asymmetric Wettability Barriers for Unidirectional and Long-Distance Gas Bubble Delivery Underwater. Nano Letters. 21(5). 2117–2123. 60 indexed citations

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Li, Shukun, Wenjia Zhang, Huadan Xue, Ruirui Xing, & Xuehai Yan. (2020). Tumor microenvironment-oriented adaptive nanodrugs based on peptide self-assembly. Chemical Science. 11(33). 8644–8656. 79 indexed citations

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Li, Shukun, Qianli Zou, Ruirui Xing, et al.. (2019). Peptide-modulated self-assembly as a versatile strategy for tumor supramolecular nanotheranostics. Theranostics. 9(11). 3249–3261. 65 indexed citations

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Li, Shukun, et al.. (2019). Self-assembling Collagen/Alginate hybrid hydrogels for combinatorial photothermal and immuno tumor therapy. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 577. 570–575. 93 indexed citations

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Li, Yongxin, Qianli Zou, Chengqian Yuan, et al.. (2018). Amino Acid Coordination Driven Self‐Assembly for Enhancing both the Biological Stability and Tumor Accumulation of Curcumin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(52). 17084–17088. 213 indexed citations

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Zhang, Han, Kai Liu, Shukun Li, et al.. (2018). Self-Assembled Minimalist Multifunctional Theranostic Nanoplatform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Tumor Photodynamic Therapy. ACS Nano. 12(8). 8266–8276. 204 indexed citations

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Li, Shukun, Qianli Zou, Yongxin Li, et al.. (2018). Smart Peptide-Based Supramolecular Photodynamic Metallo-Nanodrugs Designed by Multicomponent Coordination Self-Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(34). 10794–10802. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xing, Ruirui, Chengqian Yuan, Shukun Li, et al.. (2017). Charge‐Induced Secondary Structure Transformation of Amyloid‐Derived Dipeptide Assemblies from β‐Sheet to α‐Helix. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(6). 1537–1542. 222 indexed citations

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Xing, Ruirui, Shukun Li, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2017). Self-Assembled Injectable Peptide Hydrogels Capable of Triggering Antitumor Immune Response. Biomacromolecules. 18(11). 3514–3523. 156 indexed citations

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Sun, Haifeng, Shukun Li, Wei Qi, et al.. (2017). Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles based on co-assembly of naturally-occurring biomacromolecules for in vitro photodynamic therapy. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 538. 795–801. 71 indexed citations

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Chen, Chengjun, Shukun Li, Kai Liu, Guanghui Ma, & Xuehai Yan. (2016). Co‐Assembly of Heparin and Polypeptide Hybrid Nanoparticles for Biomimetic Delivery and Anti‐Thrombus Therapy. Small. 12(34). 4719–4725. 67 indexed citations

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