1. Liming Nie, Xiaoyuan Chen*.. Structural and functional photoacoustic molecular tomography aided by emerging contrast agents. Chem Soc Rev. 2014;43(20):7132-7170. (IF 33.383).

2. Peng Huang, Pengfei Rong, Jing Lin, Wanwan Li, Xuefeng Yan, Molly Gu Zhang, Liming Nie, Gang Niu, Jie Lu, Wei Wang, Xiaoyuan Chen.. Triphase Interface Synthesis of Plasmonic Gold Bellflowers as Near-Infrared Light Mediated Acoustic and Thermal Theranostics. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2014;136(23):8307-8313. (IF 10.677).

3. Lin J, Wang S, Huang P, Wang Z, Chen S, NiuG, Li W, He J, Cui D, Lu G, Chen X*, Nie Z.. Photosensitizer Loaded Nano-Graphene for Multimodality Imaging Guided Tumor Photodynamic Therapy. Theranostics. 2014;4(3):229-239. (IF 7.806).

4. Guo J, Guo N, Lang L, Kiesewetter DO, Xie Q, Li Q, Eden HS, Niu G, Chen X.. 18F-Alfatide II and 18F-FDG Dual-Tracer Dynamic PET for Parametric, Early Prediction of Tumor Response to Therapy. J Nucl Med.. 2014;55(1):154-160. (IF 5.774).

5. Nie, L. M.; Chen, M.; Sun, X. L.; Rong, P. F.; Zheng, N. F.; Chen, X. Y.. Palladium nanosheets as highly stable and effectivecontrast agents for in vivo photoacoustic molecularimaging. Nanoscale. 2014;6:1271-1276. (IF 6.233).

6. Liming Nie, Shouju Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Pengfei Rong, Ying Ma, Gang Liu, Peng Huang, Guangming Lu, Xiaoyuan Chen*.. In Vivo Volumetric Photoacoustic Molecular Angiography and Therapeutic Monitoring with Targeted Plasmonic Nanostars. Small. 2014;10(8):1585-1593. (IF 7.823).

7. Yang W., Zhang X., Liu Y.. Asialoglycoprotein Receptor-Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals for Measurement of Liver Function. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 2014;21(1):4-23. (IF 4.07).

8. Liu Chang, Guo Zhide, Zhang Pu, Song Manli, Zhao Zuoquan, Wu Xiaowei, Zhang Xianzhong.. Kit formulated asialoglycoprotein receptor targeting tracer based on copolymer for liver SPECT imaging. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 2014;41(7):587-593. (IF 2.517).

9. Zhao ZQ, Mou TT, Zhang MR, Peng C, Zhang XZ.. Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of novel 99mTc-labeled folate derivative via click reaction for SPECT imaging. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 2014;91:24-30. (IF 1.179).

10. Zhao Zuoquan, YuQian, Mou Tiantian, Liu Chang, Yang Wenjiang, Fang Wei, Peng Cheng, Lu Jie, Liu Yu, Zhang Xianzhong.. Highly Efficient One-Pot Labeling of New Phosphonium Cations with Fluorine-18 as Potential PET Agents for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Mol. Pharmaceutics. 2014;11(11):3823-3831. (IF 4.57).

11. Li-Sen Lin, Zhong-Xiao Cong, Jian-Bo Cao, Kai-Mei Ke, Qiao-Li Peng, Jinhao Gao, Huang-Hao Yang*, Gang Liu*, and Xiaoyuan Chen.. Fe3O4@Polydopamine Core-Shell Nanocomposites for Intracellular mRNA Detection and Imaging-Guided Photothermal Therapy. ACS Nano. 2014;8(4):3876-83. (IF 12.881).

12. Zhiyong Wang, Gang Liu*, Hairong Zheng and Xiaoyuan Chen*.. Rigid nanoparticle-based delivery of anti-cancer siRNA: challenges and opportunities. Biotechnology Advances. 2014;32(4):831-43. (IF 9.599).

13. Miao Guo, Huajian Mao, Yanli Li, Aijun Zhu, Hui He, Hong Yang, Yangyun Wang, Xin Tian, Cuicui Ge, Qiaoli Peng, Xiaoyong Wang, Xiangliang Yang, Xiaoyuan Chen, Gang Liu* and Huabing Chen*.. Dual imaging-guided photothermal/photodynamic therapy using micelles. Biomaterials. 2014;35(16):4656-4666. (IF 7.604).

14. Ruijun Xing, Gang Liu*, Jinghan Zhu, Yanglong Hou* and Xiaoyuan Chen.. Functional magnetic nanoparticles for non-viral gene delivery and MR imaging. Pharmaceutical Research.. 2014;31(6):1377-1389. (IF 4.742).

15. Xuejiao Song, Hua Gong, Shengnan Yin, Liang Cheng, Chao Wang, Zhiwei Li, Yonggang Li, Xiaoyong Wang, Gang Liu and Zhuang Liu*.. Ultra-Small Iron Oxide Doped Polypyrrole Nanoparticles for In Vivo Multimodal Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 2014;24(9):1194-1201. (IF 10.179).

16. Liang Cheng, Jingjing Liu, Xing Gu, Hua Gong, Xiaoze Shi, Teng Liu, Chao Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Gang Liu, Huaiyong Xing, Wenbo Bu, Baoquan Sun and Zhuang Liu*.. PEGylated WS2 Nanosheets as a Multifunctional Theranostic Agent for in vivo Dual-Modal CT/Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Materials. 2014;26(12):1886-1893. (IF 14.829).

17. Zhihui Wan, Huajian Mao, Miao Guo, Yanli Li, Aijun Zhu, Hong Yang, Junkang Shen, Lijuan Zhou, Zhen Jiang, Xiaoyuan Chen, Gang Liu and Huabing Chen*.. Highly Efficient Hierarchical Micelles Integrating Photothermal Therapy and Singlet Oxygen-Synergized Chemotherapy for Cancer Eradication. Theranostics. 2014;4(4):399-411. (IF 7.806).

18. Juan Hu, Xianglong Zhu, Hui Li, Zhenghuan Zhao, Xiaoqin Chi, Guoming Huang, Dengtong Huang, Gang Liu, Xiaomin Wang and Jinhao Gao*.. Theranostic Au Cubic Nano-aggregates as Potential Photoacoustic Contrast and Photothermal Therapeutic Agents. Theranostics. 2014;4(5):534-545. (IF 0.806).

19. Longfa Xu, Delei He, Zhiqun Li, Jun Zheng, Lisheng Yang, Miao Yu, Hai Yu, Yixin Chen, Yuqiong Que, James Wai Kuo Shih, Gang Liu, Jun Zhang, Qinjian Zhao, Tong Cheng and Ningshao Xia.. Protection against Lethal Enterovirus 71 Challenge in Mice by a Recombinant Vaccine Candidate Containing a Broadly Cross-Neutralizing Epitope within the VP2 EF Loop. Theranostics. 2014;4(5):498-513. (IF 7.806).

20. Pan Wang#, Yun Zeng#, Tao Liu, Chao Zhang*, Peiwu Yu, Yingxue Hao, Huaxin Luo and Gang Liu.. Chloride intracellular channel 1 regulates colon cancer cell migration and invasion through ROS/ERK pathway. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2014;20(8):2071-2078. (IF 2.547).

21. Zhen Zipeng, Tang Wei, Chuang Yen-Jun, Todd Trever, Zhang Weizhong, Lin Xin, Niu Gang, Liu, Gang, Wang Lianchun, Pan Zhengwei, Chen Xiaoyuan, Xie Jin.. Tumor Vasculature Targeted Photodynamic Therapy for Enhanced Delivery of Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 2014;8(6):6004-13. (IF 12.881).

22. Zhu L, Ma Y, Kiesewetter DO, Wang Y, Lang L, Lee S, Niu G*, Chen X*.. Rational Design of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Activatable Probes for Enhanced Specificity. ACS Chem Biol.. 2014;9(2):510-6.. (IF 5.44).

23. Yang K, Zhu L, Nie L, Sun X, Cheng L, Wu C, Niu G, Chen X*, Liu Z*.. Visualization of Protease Activity In Vivo Using an Activatable Photo-Acoustic Imaging Probe Based on CuS Nanoparticles. Theranostics. 2014;4(2):134-141.. (IF 7.806).

24. Guo, J.; Lang, L.; Hu, S.; Guo, N.; Zhu, L.; Sun, Z.; Ma, Y.; Kiesewetter, D. O.; Niu, G.; Xie, Q.; Chen, X.. Comparison of Three Dimeric 18F-AlF-NOTA-RGD Tracers. Mol Imaging Biol.. 2014;16(2):274-83.. (IF 3.0562).

25. Huang X; Zhang, F; Wang, Y; Sun, XL; Choi, KY; Liu, DB; Choi, JS; Shin, TH; Cheon, J; Niu, G; Chen, XY.. Design considerations of iron-based nanoclusters for noninvasive tracking of mesenchymal stem cell homing. ACS Nano.. 2014;8(5):4403-14.. (IF 12.881).

26. Sun, XL; Huang, XL; Yan, XF; Wang, Y; Guo, JX; Jacobson, O; Liu, DB; Szajek, LP; Zhu, WL; Niu, G; Kiesewetter, DO; Sun, S; Chen, XY.. Chelator-Free Cu-64-Integrated Gold Nanomaterials for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Guided Photothermal Cancer Therapy. ACS NANO. 2014;8(8):8438-8446. (IF 12.881).

27. L Zhang, S Gao, F Zhang, K Yang, Q Ma, L Zhu.. Activatable Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticle as a Theranostic Agent for Optical/PhotoacousticImage-Guided Photothermal Therapy. ACS Nano. 2014;8(12):12250-8.. (IF 12.881).

28. Yue, XY; Wang, Z; Zhu, L; Wang, Y; Qian, CQ; Ma, Y; Kiesewetter, DO; Niu, G; Chen, XY.. A Novel 19F Activatable Probe for the Detection of Matrix Metalloprotease-2 Activity by MRI/MRS. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2014;11(11):4208-17. (IF 4.787).

29. Chen, M; Tang, SH; Guo, ZD; Wang, XY; Mo, SG; Huang, XQ; Liu, G; Zheng, NF.. Core-Shell Pd@Au Nanoplates as Theranostic Agents for in vivo Photoacoustic Imaging, CT imaging Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. Adv Mater. 2014;26(48):8210-6.. (IF 17.493).

30. Cheng, L; Gong, H; Zhu, WW; Liu, JJ; Wang, XY; Liu, G; Liu, Z.. PEGylated Prussian blue nanocubes as a theranostic agent for simultaneous cancer imaging and photothermal therapy. Biomaterials. 2014;35(37):9844-52.. (IF 8.312).

31. Liqin Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Ashwinkumar Bhirde, Jianbo Cao, Yun Zeng, Xinglu Huang, Yaping Sun, Gang Liu*, and Xiaoyuan Chen*.. Carbon dots based two-photon visible nanocarriers for safe and highly efficient delivery of siRNA and DNA. Adv Healthc Mater.. 2014;3(8):1203-9. (IF 4.88).

32. Yesen Li, Wei Zhang, Hua Wu, Gang Liu.. Advanced tracers in PET imaging of cardiovascular disease. BioMed Research International.. 2014;2014:504532. (IF 2.88).

33. Nie, LM; Huang, P; Li, WT; Yan, XF; Jin, A; Wang, Z; Tang, YX; Wang, SJ; Zhang, XF; Niu, G; Chen, XY.. Early-Stage Imaging of Nanocarrier-Enhanced Chemotherapy Response in Living Subjects by Scalable Photoacoustic Microscopy. Acs Nano. 2014;8(12):12141-12150. (IF 12.881).

34. Nie, LM; Chen, M; Sun, XL; Rong, PF; Zheng, NF; Chen, XY.. Palladium nanosheets as highly stable and effective contrast agents for in vivo photoacoustic molecular imaging. Nanoscale. 2014;6(3):1271-1276. (IF 6.739).

35. Nie, LM; Chen, M; Sun, XL; Rong, PF; Zheng, NF ;Chen, XY.. In vivo quantitative photoacoustic microscopy of gold nanostar kinetics in mouse organs. Biomedical Optics Express. 2014;5(8):2679-2685. (IF 3.497).

36. Sun, X.; Huang, X.; Guo, J.; Zhu, W.; Ding, Y.; Niu, G.; Wang, A.; Kiesewetter, D. O.; Wang, Z. L.; Sun, S.; Chen, X.. Self-illuminating 64Cu-doped CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals for in vivo tumor imaging. J Am Chem Soc. 2014;136(5):1706-9. (IF 12.113).

37. Wang, Z.; Wang, Z.; Liu, D.; Yan, X.; Wang, F.; Niu, G.; Yang, M.; Chen, X.. Biomimetic RNA-silencing nanocomplexes: overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer cells. Angewandte Chemie. 2014;53(7):1997-2001. (IF 13.734).

38. Hu, H; Huang, P; Weiss, OJ; Yan, XF; Yue, XY;Zhang, MG; Tang, YX; Nie, LM; Ma, Y; Niu, G; Wu, KC; Chen, XY.. PET and NIR optical imaging using self-illuminating 64Cu-doped chelator-free gold nanoclusters. Biomaterials. 2014;35(37):9868-9876. (IF 8.312).

39. He, R; Wang, YC ; Wang, XY; Wang, ZT; Liu, G; Zhou, W ; Wen, LP; Li, QX; Wang, XP ; Chen, XY; Zeng, J; Hou, JG.. Facile synthesis of pentacle gold-copper alloy nanocrystals and their plasmonic and catalytic properties. Nature Communications.. 2014;5:4327. (IF 11.47).