We are engineering theranostic biomaterials for cancer and inflammatory diseases.

Chemiluminescent micelles contain polyoxalate and fluorophore in the core and are capable of performing a peroxalate chemiluminescence reaction with hydrogen peroxide. Vol.22 No.19 October/10/2012 Advanced Functional Materials

A dual stimuli-responsive hybrid anticancer drug QCA, is activated by hydrogen peroxide and acidic pH and amplifies oxidative stress in cancer cells, leading to apoptotic cell death.