Selected Publications

Protein-Capturing Microgel-Integrated Microneedle Array Patches for Enhanced Tip-Loading, Storage Stability, and Transdermal Delivery of Recombinant Proteins

Ki Hyun Bae*, Kun Liang*, Brandon Y. L. Seow, Jia Min Loh, Li Li, Fritz Lai, Qingfeng Chen, Motoichi Kurisawa, Steven T. G. Thng, Yi Yan Yang

Small, 2026

https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202512624

Facile and Rapid Preparation of Injectable Collagen Hydrogel Mediated by EGCG Physical Crosslinking

Chixuan Liu, Shi Hua Tan, Yen Wah Tong, Kun Liang*

Biomacromolecules, 2025

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.5c01683

Ultrasound-activated piezoelectric hydrogel scaffold for synergistic immunomodulation and angiogenesis in accelerated wound healing

Pengfei Yan, Hui Zheng, Peng Liu, Chang Yan, Mengqi Zhao, Sida Ling, Zuyong Wang, Chixuan Liu, Shi Hua Tan, Kun Liang*, Swee Hin Teoh*

Acta Biomaterialia, 2025

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2025.08.006

A sustainable strategy for generating highly stable human skin equivalents based on fish collagen

SH Tan, S Liu, SH Teoh, C Bonnard, D Leavesley, K Liang*

Biomaterials Advances, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213780

Design and fabrication of customizable microneedles enabled by 3D printing for biomedical applications

JM Loh, YJL Lim, JT Tay, HM Cheng, HL Tey, K Liang*

Bioactive Materials, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.09.022

Tissue Bioprinting: Promise and Challenges

K Liang

Bioengineering, 2023

https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10121400

A 3D-printed transepidermal microprojection array for human skin microbiome sampling

K Liang'*, C Leong', JM Loh, N Chan, LYJ Lim, YI Lam, T Dawson, HL Tey

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203556119

Design of Hydrogel-based Scaffolds for in vitro Three-dimensional Human Skin Model Reconstruction

SH Tan, DAC Chua, JRJ Tang, C Bonnard, D Leavesley, K Liang*

Acta Biomaterialia, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2022.09.068

Recent Advances in the Design of 3D- and Bio-printed Scaffold for Full-Thickness Wound Healing

SH Tan, ZH Ngo, D Leavesley, K Liang*

Tissue Engineering: Part B, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2020.0339

Marine Collagen Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering

S Liu, C-S Lau, K Liang, F Wen, SH Teoh

Current Opinions in Biotechnology, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.10.011

Is 3D printing of pharmaceuticals a disruptor or enabler?

K Liang, D Bambilla, J -C Leroux

Advanced Materials, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805680

A two-pronged anti-leukemic agent based on hyaluronic acid-green tea catechin conjugate for inducing targeted cell death and terminal differentiation

K Liang, KH Bae, A Nambu, B Dutta, JE Chung, M Osato, M Kurisawa

Biomaterial Science, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9BM01146C

Recent advances inthe design of injectable hydrogels for stem cell-based therapy

K Liang, KH Bae, M Kurisawa

Journal of Material Chemistry B, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TB00485H

Highly augmented drug loading and stability of micellar nanocomplexes comprised of doxorubicin and poly(ethylene glycol)-green tea catechin conjugate for cancer therapy

K Liang, JE Chung, SJ Gao, Nunnarpas Yongvongsoontorn, M Kurisawa

Advanced Materials, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706963

3D printing of a personalized oral drug delivery device: a first-in-human study

K Liang, S Carmone, D Brambilla, J -C Leroux

Science Advances, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2544

Self-assembled ternary complexes stabilized with hyaluronic acid-green tea catechin conjugates for targeted gene delivery

K Liang, KH Bae, F Lee, K Xu, JE Chung, SJ Gao, M Kurisawa

Journal of Controlled Release, 2016

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.02.004

Targeted intracellular protein delivery based on hyaluronic acid–green tea catechin nanogels

K Liang', S Ng', F Lee, J Lim, JE Chung, SS Lee, M Kurisawa

Acta Biomaterilia, 2016

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.011