Liang Cheng, PhD

Research Professor

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)

Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China

Email: lcheng2@suda.edu.cn; chengliang2009@126.com

Professional Activities

2015.8~2016.8, Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014.7~Now, Associate Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Material (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

2012.8~2014.6, Lecturer, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Material (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Research Experiences and Accomplishments

Dr. Cheng’s work has focused on the preparation of functional nanostructured inorganic materials and their applications in nanomedicine. Over past several years, he has developed three types of functional biomaterials for imaging guided cancer photo-therapy and combined therapy. It has been shown that such novel strategies offer obvious advantages in realizing precise treatment of cancer and improving the specificity of tumor therapy.Dr Cheng has authored a total of over 145 peer-reviewed SCI papers, which have been cited by others for over 11,000 times (H-index = 55). Dr Cheng was listed as one of the ‘Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)’ by Clarivate Analytics in 2017&2018 and ‘China’s Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)’ in 2017&2018. Now, based on the previous studies of functional nanomaterials for in vivo multimodal imaging and tumor therapy, Dr. Cheng wants to develop new renal clearable or biodegradable functional nanomaterials for imaging guided combined tumor therapy. The goal is to find a few kinds of inorganic theranostic agents with low toxicity and high cancer therapeutic performances.

Publication /Citation List:

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-9840-2015

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qXNS1XUAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

Selective Publications:

1. Gong, F.; Cheng, L.*; Yang, N.; Jin, Q.; Tian, L.; Wang, M.; Li, Y.; Liu, Z.*, Bimetallic Oxide MnMoO_X Nanorods for in Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging of GSH and Tumor-Specific Photothermal Therapy. Nano Lett.2018, 18, 6037-6044.

2. Wu, C.; Zhang, R.; Du, W.; Cheng, L.*; Liang, G.*, Alkaline Phosphatase-Triggered Self-Assembly of Near-Infrared Nanoparticles for the Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging of Tumors. Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 7749-7754.

3. Chen, Y.; Cheng, L.*; Dong, Z.; Chao, Y.; Lei, H.; Zhao, H.; Wang, J.; Liu, Z*. Degradable Vanadium Disulfide Nanostructures with Unique Optical and Magnetic Functions for Cancer Theranostics. Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed., 2017, 129, 13171.

4. Shen, S.; Chao, Y.; Dong, Z.; Wang, G.; Yi, X.; Song, G.; Yang, K.; Liu, Z.; Cheng, L.* Bottom-Up Preparation of Uniform Ultrathin Rhenium Disulfide Nanosheets for Image-Guided Photothermal Radiotherapy. Adv. Funct. Mater.2017, 27, 1700250

5. Xuan, J., Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Liang, D., Cheng, L.*, Yang, X., Liu, Z., Ma, R., Sasaki, T., Geng F.*, Organic-Base-Driven Intercalation and Delamination for the Production of Functionalized Titanium Carbide Nanosheets with Superior Photothermal Therapeutic Performance. Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed., 2016, 128, 14789-14794.

6. Cheng, L.*; Shen, S.; Shi, S.; Yi, Y.; Wang, X.; Song, G.; Yang, K.; Liu, G.; Barnhart, T. E.; Cai, W.*; Liu, Z.*,FeSe₂-Decorated Bi₂Se₃ Nanosheets Fabricated via Cation Exchange for Chelator-Free 64Cu-Labeling and Multimodal Image-Guided Photothermal-Radiation Therapy. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 2185-2197.

7. Hao, J.; Song, G.; Liu, T.; Yi, X.; Yang, K.; Cheng, L.*; Liu, Z.*,In Vivo Long-Term Biodistribution, Excretion, and Toxicology of PEGylated Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides MS₂ (M = Mo, W, Ti) Nanosheets. Adv. Sci.2016, 4, 1600160.

8. Cheng, L.*, Yuan, C., Shen, S.D, Yi, X., Gong, H., Yang, K., Liu, Z.*, “Bottom-Up Synthesis of Metal-Ion-Doped WS₂ Nanoflakes for Cancer Theranostics”, ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 11090-11101.

9. Cheng, L.; Huang, W.; Gong, Q.; Liu, C.; Liu, Z.*; Li, Y.G*;Dai, H., Ultrathin WS₂ Nanoflakes as a High-Performance Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014,53, 7860-7863(Back cover, hot article)

10. Cheng, L.; Liu, J.J.; Gu, X.; Gong, H., Shi, X.Z.; Liu, T., Wang, C., Wang, X.Y., Liu, G.; Xing, H.Y.; Bu, W.B.; Sun, B.Q.; Liu, Z*., PEGylated WS₂ Nanosheets as A Multifunctional Theranostic Agent for in vivo Dual-modal CT / Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy. Adv. Mater.,2014, 26, 1886-1893,(inside cover)

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E-mail:lcheng2@suda.edu.cn