Prof. LIU Weimin received her Doctor of Science from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008, and continued her research at the institute ever since. Her research mainly focuses on the design and synthesis of photo-functional materials, as well as their translational applications in environmental analysis, biological imaging, and photodynamic therapy. Her recent work has led to seminal advances in the preclinical development of natural photosensitizers based on Hypocrellin. She has published more than 100 international academic journals and been granted more than 30 invention patents.

Organic Phototheranostic Materials and Applications

[1] Tian Liu, Xiuli Zheng, Tong Mu, Jihao Li, Jiasheng Wu, Fan Li, Weimin Liu*, Pengfei Wang*, Org. Lett., 2026, 28, 4911−4916.
[2] Jihao Li,† Shuaishuai Bian,† Xiuli Zheng,* Xiaokuang Xue, Hongxue Li, Fan Li, Weimin Liu*, Pengfei Wang*, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 3632.
[3] Tong Mu, Xiuli Zheng*, Yueke Yuan, Yanping Wang, Tian Liu, Hongxue Li, Jiasheng Wu, Fan Li, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Weimin Liu*, Pengfei Wang*, Sci. China Mater., 2025, 68, 4575-4585.
[4] Jie Sha, Weimin Liu*, Jiasheng Wu, Yanping Wang, Xuewei Li, Haohui Ren, Zhi Pang, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Pengfei Wang*, Sci. China. Chem., 2024, 67, 2392-2402.
[5] Hongxue Li, Xiuli Zheng,* Zekun Gao, Tong Mu, Mengdi Liu, Jihao Li, Jiasheng Wu, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Weimin Liu,* and Pengfei Wang*, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 2401477.
[6] Xuewei Li, Weimin Liu,* Yanping Wang, Zhongjiao Feng, Jie Sha, Lin Shan, Haohui Ren, Pengfei Wang*, Dyes and Pigments, 2024, 224, 111997.
[7] Xiuli Zheng, Shengnan Lei, Zekun Gao, Xiangyu Dong, Hongyan Xiao, Weimin Liu*, Chen-Ho Tung, Lizhu Wu, Pengfei Wang*, Huan Cong*, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3523-3530.
[8] Jie Sha, Weimin Liu*, Xiuli Zheng, Yimin Guo, Xuewei Li, Haohui Ren, Yuanyuan Qin, Jiasheng Wu*, Wenjun Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Pengfei Wang, Anal. Chem., 2023, 95, 15350-15356.