Peisen Zhang joined Prof. Mingyuan Gao's group in September 2015 and his major research focuses on synthesis and applications of inorganic functional nanocrystals.

Aug, 1992           born in Anhui Province

2011-2015           Bachelor degree, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Central South

2015-Present       Ph.D. Canditate, Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemica

1. A Cyclodextrin-hosted Ir(III) Complex for Ratiometric Mapping of Tumor Hypoxia in vivo
   Peng Xiao^‡, Chunyan Liu^‡, Tiancong Ma, Xiuhong Lu, Lihong Jing, Yi Hou, Peisen Zhang, Gang Huang,* Mingyuan Gao*
   Adv. Sci., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004044.
2. Doping Lanthanide Nanocrystals with Non-lanthanide ions to Simultaneously Enhance Up- and Down-conversion Luminescence
   Yingying Li, Chunyan Liu*, Peisen Zhang, Jiayi Huang, Haoran Ning, Peng Xiao, Yi Hou, Lihong Jing*, and Mingyuan Gao*
   Front. Chem., 2020, Doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00832.
3. MRI Contrast Agent Based on Zwitterionic Metal-chelating Polymer for Hepatorenal Angiography and Tumor Imaging
   Peisen Zhang, Zihua Wang, Yiyang Wang, Yuqing wang, Chunyan Liu, Kai Cao, Yijie Lu, Leila Behboodpour, Yi Hou*, and Mingyuan Gao
   J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, accepted.
4. Nanoparticles Weaponized with Built-in Functions for Imaging-Guided Cancer Therapy
   Lihong Jing^‡, Chen Yang^‡, Peisen Zhang, Jianfeng Zeng, Zhen Li, and Mingyuan Gao*
   VIEW, 2020, DOI: 10.1002/viw2.19.
5. Metformin-induced Stromal Depletion to Enhance the Penetration of Gemcitabine-Loaded Magnetic Nanoparticles for Pancreatic Cancer Targeted Therapy
   Haijie Han^‡, Yi Hou^‡, Xiaohui Chen^‡, Peisen Zhang, Muxing Kang, Qiao Jin*, Jian Ji, and Mingyuan Gao*
   J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c00650.
6. Biocompatible Off-stoichiometric Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots with Tunable Near-Infrared Emission via Aqueous Based Synthesis
   Mingxia Jiao, Xiaodan Huang, Linzheng Ma, Yun Li, Peisen Zhang, Xiaojun Wei, Lihong Jing*, Xiliang Luo*, Andrey L. Rogach, Mingyuan Gao
   Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 15053-15056.
7. Emitting/Sensitizing Ions Spatially Separated Lanthanide Nanocrystals for Visualizing Tumors Simultaneously through Up- and Down-conversion Near-infrared II Luminescence in Vivo
   Yingying Li^‡, Peisen Zhang^‡, Haoran Ning, Jianfeng Zeng, Yi Hou, Lihong Jing, Chunyan Liu, Mingyuan Gao*
   Small, 2019, 15(51). 1905344.
8. Upconversion Luminescence Mediated Photodynamic Therapy through Hydrophilically Engineered Porphyrin
   Xiaodan Sun^‡, Peisen Zhang^‡, Yi Hou*, Yingying Li, Xiaodan Huang, Zihua Wang, Lihong Jing*, and Mingyuan Gao*
   Chem. Eng. Process., 2019, 142, 107551. (Special Issue "In Honour of Professor Robert Langer’s 70th Birthday")
9. Coordinatively Unsaturated Fe³⁺ Based Activable Probes for Enhanced MRI and Therapy of Tumors
   Peisen Zhang, Yi Hou*, Jianfeng Zeng, Yingying Li, Zihua Wang, Ran Zhu, Tiancong Ma, and Mingyuan Gao*
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(32), 11088-11096.
10. ‘Smart’ Nanoprobes for Visualization of Tumor Microenvironment
    Tiancong Ma^‡, Peisen Zhang^‡, Yi Hou*, Haoran Ning, Zihua Wang, Jiayi Huang, and Mingyuan Gao
    Adv. Health. Mater., 2018, accepted.
11. A Novel Histochemical Staining Approach for Rare-Earth Based Nanoprobes
    Jiayi Huang, Yi Hou*, Tiancong Ma, Peisen Zhang, Yingying Li, Chunyan Liu, Boyuan Zhang, Shanshan Qiu, Jianfeng Zeng, and Mingyuan Gao*
    Adv. Therap., 2018, just accepted.
12. Recent Advancements in Biocompatible Inorganic Nanoparticles towards Biomedical Applications
    Mingxia, Jiao, Peisen Zhang, Junli Meng, Yingying Li, Chunyan Liu*, Xiliang Luo, and Mingyuan Gao*
    Biomaterials Sci, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7BM01020F.
13. Dual-Ratiometric Target-Triggered Fluorescent Probe for Simultaneous Quantitative Visualization of Tumor Microenvironment Protease Activity and pH in vivo
    Tiancong Ma^‡, Yi Hou^‡, Jianfeng Zeng^‡, Chunyan Liu, Peisen Zhang, Lihong Jing, Dihua Shangguan, and Mingyuan Gao*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(1), 211–218.