Advances in Nanotheranostics I

Part I Gold nanostructures based theranostics.- Near-Infrared Light-Mediated Gold Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics.- Gold nanostructures for cancer imaging and therapy.- Gold nanorods for biomedical imaging and therapy in cancer.- Part II Theranostic luminescent nanoparticles.- Lanthanide-Doped Upconvertion Nanoparticles for Imaging Guided Drug Delivery and Therapy.- Engineering Upconversion Nanoparticles for Multimodal biomedical Imaging guided Therapeutic Applications.- Multifunctional Quantum Dot-based Nanoscale Modalities for Theranostic Applications.- Organic dye loaded nanoparticles for imaging-guided cancer therapy.- Part III Dendrimers and liposomes for theranostics.- Dendrimer-based nanodevices as contrast agents for MR imaging applications.- Functional dendritic polymers based nanoscale vehicles for imaging guided cancer therapy.- Multifunctional liposomes for imaging-guided therapy.

Prof. Zhifei Dai obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry atthe Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998.From 1999 to 2005, he worked at the School of Sciences, Kwansei GakuinUniversity in Japan, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces inGermany, and the School of Medicine, Emory University in USA, respectively. InMarch 2005, he became a Professor at the School of Life Science and Technology,Harbin Institute of Technology, China. In May 2012, he moved to the Departmentof Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, China.His research focuses on the multifunctional nanoparticles for drug delivery andcontrast enhanced imaging. He is a member of editorial board for severalinternational and national journals such as Bioconjugate Chemistry,Theranostics, Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine, IET Nanobiotechnology,BioMed International Research, Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine andMolecular Imaging and so on. He is now a standing committee member of ChinaAssociation of Medical Ultrasound Equipment and Chinese Association ofUltrasound in Medicine and Engineering, an executive member of the council ofChinese Society for Functional Materials, and a committee member of theAcoustic Society of China. He received many honors and awards includingNational Natural Science Fund for Outstanding Young Researcher, New CenturyTalents of Chinese Ministry of Education, Longjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, and the First Prize of the Natural Science Award of Heilongjiang Province.