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Research Interests:

the design of conjugated polymers for biosensing applications.

Recent Publications:
[1] R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Benzothiadiazole-Containing Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Biological Sensing and Imaging. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2015, 216 (2), 131-144.
[2] G. X. Feng, C. K. Mai, R. Y. Zhan, G. C. Bazan, B. Liu, Narrow band gap conjugated polyelectrolytes for photothermal killing of bacteria. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2015, 3 (37), 7340-7346.
[3] X. L. Cai, R. Y. Zhan, G. X. Feng, B. Liu, Organometallic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Synthesis and Applications. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 2015, 25 (1), 27-36.
[4] R. T. K. Kwok, J. L. Geng, J. W. Y. Lam, E. G. Zhao, G. Wang, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, B. Tang, Water-soluble bioprobes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for light-up sensing of heparin. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2014, 2 (26), 4134-4141.
[5] D. Ding, K. Li, W. Qin, R. Y. Zhan, Y. Hu, J. Z. Liu, B. Z. Tang, B. Liu, Conjugated Polymer Amplified Far-Red/Near-Infrared Fluorescence from Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Targeted In Vivo Imaging. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2013, 2 (3), 500-507.
[6] Y. F. Wang, R. Y. Zhan, T. H. Li, K. Y. Pu, Y. Y. Wang, Y. K. C. Tan, B. Liu, Fluorescence and Visual Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolyte. Langmuir 2012, 28 (1), 889-895.
[7] R. Y. Zhan, A. J. H. Tan, B. Liu, Conjugated polyelectrolyte as signal amplifier for fluorogenic probe based enzyme activity study. Polymer Chemistry 2011, 2 (2), 417-421.
[8] K. Y. Pu, R. Y. Zhan, J. Liang, B. Liu, Conjugated polyelectrolytes for label-free visual detection of heparin. Science China-Chemistry 2011, 54 (4), 567-574.
[9] K. Li, R. Y. Zhan, S. S. Feng, B. Liu, Conjugated Polymer Loaded Nanospheres with Surface Functionalization for Simultaneous Discrimination of Different Live Cancer Cells under Single Wavelength Excitation. Analytical Chemistry 2011, 83 (6), 2125-2132.
[10] K. Li, Y. T. Liu, K. Y. Pu, S. S. Feng, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes-Containing Conjugated Polymer Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles with Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Functionalization for HER2-Positive Cancer Cell Detection. Advanced Functional Materials 2011, 21 (2), 287-294.
[11] L. P. Cai, R. Y. Zhan (co-author), K. Y. Pu, X. Y. Qi, H. Zhang, W. Huang, B. Liu, Butterfly-Shaped Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte/Graphene Oxide Integrated Assay for Light-Up Visual Detection of Heparin. Analytical Chemistry 2011, 83 (20), 7849-7855.
[12] Q. Zhu, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Homogeneous Detection of Trypsin in Protein Mixtures Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer between Anionic Conjugated Polymer and Fluorescent Probe. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2010, 31 (12), 1060-1064.
[13] R. Y. Zhan, Z. Fang, B. Liu, Naked-Eye Detection and Quantification of Heparin in Serum with a Cationic Polythiophene. Analytical Chemistry 2010, 82 (4), 1326-1333.
[14] C. Wang, R. Y. Zhan, K. Y. Pu, B. Liu, Cationic Polyelectrolyte Amplified Bead Array for DNA Detection with Zeptomole Sensitivity and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Selectivity. Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20 (16), 2597-2604.
[15] K. Y. Pu, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Conjugated polyelectrolyte blend as perturbable energy donor-acceptor assembly with multicolor fluorescence response to proteins. Chemical Communications 2010, 46 (9), 1470-1472.
[16] J. B. Shi, K. Y. Pu, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Cationic Conjugated Polymer/Heparin Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes for Heparin Quantification. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2009, 210 (15), 1195-1200.
[17] K. Y. Pu, R. Y. Zhan, B. Liu, Surfactant Effect on Energy Transfer between Cationic Conjugated Polymer and Dye-Labeled Oligonucleotide. Macromolecular Symposia 2009, 279, 48-51.