生物材料，包括药物递送系统用于肿瘤、眼部疾病等的治疗，以及组织工程与药物筛选。

1. Z.J. Chen#, L. L. Long#, J. Wang, M. L. Jiang, W. Li, W. G. Cui*, L. Zou*, Enhanced Tumor Site Accumulation and Therapeutic Efficacy of Extracellular Matrix-Drug Conjugates Targeting Tumor Cells, Small (2024) 2402040. (IF=13中科院2区，TOP期刊)
2. Z.J. Chen, J. Wang, R.K. Kankala, M. L. Jiang, L. L. Long, W. Li, W. L. Zou, A.Z. Chen*, Y. Liu*, Decellularized extracellular matrix-based disease models for drug screening, Materials Today Bio 29 (2024) 101280. (IF=8.7中科院1区)
3. Z.J. Chen*, L. L. Long, J. Wang, W. Li, A.Q. Wang, R.K. Kankala, L. Zou, Y. Liu*, Constructing tumor organoid-like tissue for reliable drug screening using liver-decellularized extracellular matrix scaffolds, ACS Omega 9(2024) 5888-5898. (中科院3区)
4. Z.J. Chen, R.K. Kankala, L. Long, S. Xie, A.Z. Chen*, L. Zou*, Current understanding of passive and active targeting nanomedicines to enhance tumor accumulation, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 481 (2023) 215051. (IF=20.6，中科院1区TOP期刊）
5. Z.J. Chen, R.K. Kankala, Z. Yang, W. Li, S. Xie, H. Li, A.Z. Chen*, L. Zou*, Antibody-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, challenges, and prospects, Theranostics 12(8) (2022) 3719. (IF=12.4，中科院1区TOP期刊）
6. Z.J. Chen, T. Xia, Z. Zhang, S. Xie, T. Wang, X.H. Li*, Enzyme-powered Janus nanomotors launched from intratumoral depots to address drug delivery barriers, Chemical Engineering Journal 375 (2019) 122109. (IF=15.1，中科院1区TOP期刊）
7. Z.J. Chen, N. He, M. Chen, L. Zhao, X.H. Li*, Tunable conjugation densities of camptothecin on hyaluronic acid for tumor targeting and reduction-triggered release, Acta Biomaterialia 43 (2016) 195-207. (IF=9.7，中科院1区TOP期刊）
8. Z.J. Chen*, G. Hong, Z. Liu, D. Yang, R.K. Kankala, W. Wu*, Synergistic antitumor efficacy of doxorubicin and gambogic acid-encapsulated albumin nanocomposites, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 196 (2020) 111286. (IF=5.8，中科院2区TOP期刊）
9. Z.J. Chen, Z. Zhang, M. Chen, S. Xie, T. Wang, X.H. Li*, Synergistic antitumor efficacy of hybrid micelles with mitochondrial targeting and stimuli-responsive drug release behavior, Journal of Materials Chemistry B 7(9) (2019) 1415-1426. (IF=7.0，中科院2区TOP期刊）
10. Z.J. Chen, W. Liu, L. Zhao, S. Xie, M. Chen, T. Wang, X.H. Li*, Acid-labile degradation of injectable fiber fragments to release bioreducible micelles for targeted cancer therapy, Biomacromolecules 19(4) (2018) 1100-1110. (IF=6.2，中科院2区期刊）
11. J. Zhang, Z.J. Chen*, R.K. Kankala, S.B. Wang, A.Z. Chen*, Self-propelling micro-/nano-motors: Mechanisms, applications, and challenges in drug delivery, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 596 (2021) 120275. (IF=5.8，中科院2区TOP期刊）

目前主持四川省科学基金等省部级项目2项，厅局级项目2项，企业横向项目2项。