Vivian YAM Lab
Publications

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2004

Controlled Synthesis of Monodisperse Silver Nanocubes in Water
Yu, D.B.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 13200-13201. DOI: 10.1021/ja046037r
Molecular Design of Luminescence Ion Probes for Various Cations Based on Weak Gold(I)•••Gold(I) Interactions in Dinuclear Gold(I) Complexes
Li, C.K.; Lu, X.X.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chan, C.L.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 7421-7430. DOI: 10.1021/ic049094u
Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry and Luminescence Studies of Heterometallic Gold(I)-Rhenium(I) Alkynyl Complexes
Cheung, K.L.; Yip, S.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2004, 689, 4451-4462 (invited article; 40th Anniversary Special Issue dedicated to Professor C. Eaborn). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.07.024
Luminescent Heterometallic Branched Alkynyl Complexes of Rhenium(I)-Palladium(II): Potential Building Blocks For Heterometallic Metallodendrimers
Chong, S.H.F.; Lam, S.C.F.; Yam, V.W.W.; Zhu, N.; Cheung, K.K.; Fathallah,S.; Costuas, K.; Halet, J.F., Organometallics, 2004, 23, 4924-4933. DOI: 10.1021/om049696l
Photochromic and Luminescence Switching Properties of a Versatile Diarylethene-Containing 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand and Its Rhenium(I) Complex
Yam, V.W.W.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 12734-12735. DOI: 10.1021/ja047446q
Supramolecular Assembly of Luminescent Gold(I) Alkynylcalix[4]crown-6 Complexes with Planar η2,η2-Coordinated Gold(I) Centers
Yip, S.K.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yuan, L.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004, 43, 4954-4957 (selected as “Hot Paper” by the Editors). DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460744
Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Biomolecular Labeling Studies of Luminescent Platinum(II)-Terpyridyl Alkynyl Complexes
Wong, K.M.C.; Tang, W.S.; Chu, B.W.K.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2004, 23, 3459-3465. DOI: 10.1021/om049898h
Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescence Studies of Trinuclear Rhenium-Cobalt Mixed-Metal Alkynyl Complexes Containing a Tetrahedral Co2C2 Cluster Unit
Chong, S.H.F.; Lam, S.C.F.; Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Cluster Science, 2004, 15, 301-314 (invited article; Special Issue dedicated to Professor M.I. Bruce to mark the occasion of his 65th birthday). DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCL.0000041197.10726.e9
Synthesis, Photophysics, Electrochemistry, Theoretical, and Transient Absorption Studies of Luminescent Copper(I) and Silver(I) Diynyl Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Cu3(µ-dppm)3(µ3-η1-C≡CC≡CPh)2]PF6 and [Cu3(µ-dppm)3(µ3-η1-C≡CC≡CH)2]PF6
Lo, W.Y.; Lam, C.H.; Yam, V.W.W.; Zhu, N.; Cheung, K.K.; Fathallah, S.; Messaoudi, S.; Le Guennic, B.; Kahlal, S.; Halet, J.F., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 7300-7310. DOI: 10.1021/ja049300x
Syntheses, Structural Characterization, and Host-Guest Chemistry of Ethynylcrown Ether Containing Polynuclear Gold(I) Complexes
Lu, X.X.; Li, C.K.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 2225-2227. DOI: 10.1021/ic0499603
Luminescent Metal Alkynyls - From Simple Molecules to Molecular Rods and Materials
Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2004, 689, 1393-1401 (invited article; Special Issue on Frontiers in Organometallic Chemistry - Contributions to the 5th JOMC Symposium at the 226th ACS National Meeting, New York). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2003.12.029
Lanthanide Perchlorate Complexes with 1,4-Bis(phenylsulfinyl)butane: Structures and Luminescent Properties
Li, J.R.; Bu, X.H.; Zhang, R.H.; Duan, C.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., New Journal of Chemistry, 2004, 28, 261-265. DOI: 10.1039/B308473F
Synthesis, Characterization and Photochromic Studies of Spirooxazine-Containing 2,2’-Bipyridine Ligands and Their Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes
Ko, C.C.; Wu, L.X.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2004, 10, 766-776. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305485
Syntheses, Luminescence Behavior, and Assembly Reaction of Tetraalkynylplatinate(II) Complexes: Crystal Structures of [Pt(tBu3trpy)(C≡CC5H4N)Pt(tBu3trpy)](PF6)3 and [Pt2Ag4(C≡CC≡CC6H4CH3-4)8(THF)4]
Yam, V.W.W.; Hui, C.K.; Yu, S.Y.; Zhu, N., Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 812-821. DOI: 10.1021/ic034877l

2003

Syntheses, Crystal Structures, Photophysics and Cation-Binding Studies of Luminescent Functionalized Ruthenium Polypyridine Complexes with Orthometallated Aminocarbene Ligands
Yam, V.W.W.; Ko, C.C.; Chu, B.W.K.; Zhu, N., Dalton Transactions, 2003, 3914-3921. DOI: 10.1039/B307429C
Synthesis and Luminescence Behaviour of Novel Heterodecanuclear Silver(I)-Rhenium(I) Alkynyl Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Ag6(µ-dppm)4{µ3-C≡CC≡C-Re(Me2bpy)(CO)3}4](PF6)2 and [Ag6(µ-dppm)4{µ3-C≡CC≡C-Re(Br2phen)(CO)3}4](PF6)2
Yam, V.W.W.; Lo, W.Y.; Zhu, N., Chemical Communications, 2003, 2446-2447. DOI: 10.1039/B307479J
Electroswitchable Photoluminescence Activity: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and X-Ray Crystal and Electronic Structures of [Re(bpy)(CO)3(C≡C-C6H4-C≡C)Fe(C5Me5) (dppe)][PF6]n (n = 0, 1)
Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, S.C.F.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W.; Roué, S.; Lapinte, C.; Fathallah, S.; Costuas, K.; Kahlal, S.; Halet, J.F., Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42, 7086-7097. DOI: 10.1021/ic030226d
Preparation, Photo-Luminescence and Electro-Luminescence Behavior of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Bipyridylrhenium(I) Surfactant Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Li, B.; Yang, Y.; Chu, B.W.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 4035-4042. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200300220

Synthesis, Characterization, Structure and Luminescence Studies of Mono-, Di- and Trinuclear Gold(I) Phosphine Alkynyl Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Yip, S.K.; Cheung, K.K., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 681, 196-209 (invited article; Special Issue on Carbon-Rich Organometallic Compounds). DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00606-5
First Observation of Alkali Metal Ion Induced Trans-Cis Isomerization of Palladium(II) Phosphane Complexes Containing Crown Ether Moieties
Yam, V.W.W.; Lu, X.X.; Ko, C.C., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2003, 42, 3385-3388 (Selected as highlight in Science and Technology Concentrate in Chemical and Engineering News). DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351178

An Oscillating C22- Unit Inside a Copper Rectangle
Lo, W.Y.; Lam, C.H.; Fung, W.K.M.; Sun, H.Z.; Yam, V.W.W.; Balcells, D.; Maseras, F.; Eisenstein, O., Chemical Communications, 2003, 1260-1261. DOI: 10.1039/B301842C
Synthesis, Structure, and Ion-Binding Properties of Luminescent Gold(I) Alkynylcalix[4]crown-5 Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Yip, S.K.; Yuan, L.H.; Cheung, K.L.; Zhu, N.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2003, 2630-2637. DOI: 10.1021/om030021c
Syntheses and Luminescence Studies of Mixed-Metal Gold(I)-Copper(I) and –Silver(I) Alkynyl Complexes. The “Turning-On” of Emission Upon d10 Metal Ion Encapsulation
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Cheung, K.K., Dalton Transactions, 2003, 1830-1835 (front cover illustration for the cover of Dalton Transactions issue 9). DOI: 10.1039/B211909A
Synthesis and Luminescence Behaviour of Mixed-Metal Rhenium(I)-Copper(I) and –Silver(I) Alkynyl Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Lo, W.Y.; Lam, C.H.; Fung, W.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lau, V.C.Y.; Zhu, N., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2003, 245, 39-47 (invited article; Special Issue on ICCC35). DOI: 10.1016/S0010-8545(03)00032-8

Luminescent Platinum(II) Terpyridyl-Capped Carbon-Rich Molecular Rods – An Extension from Molecular- to Nanometer-Scale Dimensions
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N., Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2003, 42, 1400-1403. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200390360
Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Structural Characterization of Luminescent Rhenium(I) Monoynyl Complexes and their Homo- and Hetero-metallic Binuclear Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chong, S.H.F.; Lau, V.C.Y.; Lam, S.C.F.; Zhang L.J.; Cheung, K.K., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 670, 205-220 (invited article; Special Issue on Recent Developments in Metal Alkynyl Organometallic Chemistry). DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00010-X
Versatile Precursors for Multinuclear Platinum(II) Alkynyl Assembly – Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Electrochemical Studies of Luminescent Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes
Tao, C.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., New Journal of Chemistry, 2003, 27, 150-154 (invited article; “All Aboard” special issue). DOI: 10.1039/B210772B
Synthesis, Structure, and Ion-Binding Studies of Cobalt(II) Complexes with Aza-Crown Substituted Salicylaldimine Schiff Base Ligand
Lu, X.X.; Qin, S.Y.; Zhou, Z.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2003, 346, 49-56. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)01391-9

2002

Novel Luminescent Hexanuclear Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complex: Molecular Lego from a Face-to-Face Dinuclear Platinum(II) Building Block
Hui, C.-K.; Chu, B. W.-K.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V. W.-W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 41, 6178-6180. DOI: 10.1021/ic025685d
Luminescent Homo- and Heteropolynuclear Platinum(II) Chalcogenido Aggregates Based on [Pt2E2(P^N)4] Units (E = S, Se)
Yam, V.W.W.; Yu, K.L.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yeung, P.K.Y.; Cheung, K.K.; Zhu, N., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2002, 8, 4121-4128 (article highlighted for Frontispiece Cover). DIO: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020916)8:18<4121::AID-CHEM4121>3.0.CO;2-5
Syntheses, Structural Characterization, and Luminescence Behavior of Face-to-Face Diplatinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Hui, C.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4326-4334. DOI: 10.1021/om020093o
Syntheses, Electronic Absorption, Emission, and Ion-Binding Studies of Platinum(II) C^N^C and Terpyridyl Complexes Containing Crown Ether Pendants
Yam, V.W.W.; Tang, R.P.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lu, X.X.; Cheung, K.K.; Zhu, N., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2002, 8, 4066-4076. DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020902)8:17<4066::AID-CHEM4066>3.0.CO;2-O
Solvent-Induced Aggregation through Metal∙∙∙Metal/π∙∙∙π Interactions: Large Solvatochromism of Luminescent Organoplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 6506-6507 (Selected as highlight in Heart Cut). DOI: 10.1021/ja025811c
Ruthenium(II) Complexes in Polymerised Bicontinuous Microemulsions
Moy, H.Y.; Chow, P.Y.; Yu, W.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W.; Gan, L.M., Chemical Communications, 2002, 982-983. DOI: 10.1039/B200799A
Luminescence Studies of Dinuclear Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes and Their Mixed-Metal Platinum(II)–Copper(I) and –Silver(I) Complexes
Wong, K.M.C.; Hui, C.K.; Yu, K.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2002, 229, 123-132 (invited article). DOI: 10.1016/S0010-8545(02)00104-2
Molecular Design of Transition Metal Alkynyl Complexes as Building Blocks for Luminescent Metal-Based Materials: Structural and Photophysical Aspects
Yam, V.W.W., Accounts of Chemical Research, 2002, 35, 555-563 (invited article). DOI: 10.1021/ar0000758
Synthesis of Mesoporous Silicates with Controllable Pore Size Using Surfactant Ruthenium(II) Complexes as Templates
Yam, V.W.W.; Li, B.; Zhu, N., Advanced Materials, 2002, 14, 719-722. DOI: 10.1002/1521-4095(20020517)14:10<719::AID-ADMA719>3.0.CO;2-5
Coordinative Versatility of 2,3-Bis(2-pyridyl)-5,8-dimethoxyquinoxaline (L) to Different Metal Ions: Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Properties of [Cu(I)L]22+ and [ML]2+ (M = Cu(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Co(II))
Bu, X.-H.; Liu, H.; Du, M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 333, 32-40. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)00806-X
Synthesis, Luminescence and Host-Guest Chemistry of Copper(I) and Zinc(II) Complexes of Dppzc (Dppzc = dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazo-15-crown-5)
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 335, 77-84. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)00809-5
Synthesis, Photophysics, Electrochemistry and Binding Studies of Zinc(II) Dithiolate Crown Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Cheung, K.K.; Zhu, N., New Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 26, 536-542. DOI: 10.1039/B109497C
Synthesis, Photophysics, and Electrochemistry of Hexanuclear Silver(I) Chalcogenolate Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Ag6(µ-dppm)4(µ3-SC6H4Me-p)4](PF6)2 and [Ag6(µ-dppm)4(µ3-SeC6H4Cl-p)4](PF6)2
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N., New Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 26, 279-284. DOI: 10.1039/B108759M
Syntheses and Luminescence Behavior of Tetranuclear Copper(I) Diynyl Complexes: X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Cu4(PPh3)4(µ31-C≡C-C≡CPh)4]
Yam, V.W.W.; Lam, C.H.; Zhu, N., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 331, 239-245 (invited article; Special Issue on Protagonists in Chemistry: A.G. Sykes). DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(01)00815-5

2001

Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photophysics of Dinuclear Gold(II) Complexes [{Au(dppn)Br}2](PF6)2 and [{Au(dppn)I}2](PF6)2 with an Unsupported AuII-AuII Bond
Yam, V.W.W.; Li, C.K.; Chan, C.L.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 7054-7058. DOI: 10.1021/ic010744t
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoisomerization Studies of Azo- and Stilbene-Containing Surfactant Rhenium(I) Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Yang, Y.; Zhang J.X.; Chu, B.W.K.; Zhu, N., Organometallics, 2001, 20, 4911-4918. DOI: 10.1021/om010192m
Synthesis, Luminescence, Electrochemistry, and Ion-Binding Studies of Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Tang, R.P.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2001, 20, 4476-4482. DOI: 10.1021/om010336x
Unprecedented Formation of Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes with µ-Alkenylidene Bridging Ligands from Reactions of Pt(dppm)2Cl2 with Alkyl Acetylenes
Yam, V.W.W.; Yu, K.L.; Chu, B.W.K.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2001, 20, 3632-3634. DOI: 10.1021/om0102044
Novel Boxlike Dinuclear or Chain Polymeric Silver(I) Complexes with Polypyridyl Bridging Ligands: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties
Bu, X.-H.; Liu, H.; Du, M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W.; Shionoya, M., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 4143-4149. DOI: 10.1021/ic010044o
Syntheses and Characterization of Dinuclear Cadmium(II) Diimine Complexes with Bridging Functionalized Thiolate Ligands
Anjali, K.S.; Pui, Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W.; Vittal, J.J., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2001, 319, 57-62. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(01)00438-8
Synthesis, Characterization, Langmuir-Blodgett Film-Forming Properties, and Second-Harmonic-Generation Studies of Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Long Hydrocarbon Chains
Chu, B.W.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 3324-3329. DOI: 10.1021/ic001326b
Synthesis, Structure, Luminescence and Electrochemical Studies of a Novel Class of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complexes with Orthometallated Aminocarbene Ligands
Yam, V.W.W.; Chu, B.W.K.; Ko, C.C.; Cheung, K.K., Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2001, 1911-1919. DOI: 10.1039/B100696G
The First Luminescent Tetranuclear Copper(I) µ4-Phosphinidene Complex
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N., Chemical Communications, 2001, 1028-1029. DOI: 10.1039/B101284N
Syntheses, Photophysics, and Photochemistry of Trinuclear Copper(I) Thiolate and Hexanuclear Copper(I) Selenolate Complexes: X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Cu6(µ-dppm)4(µ3-SePh)4](BF4)2 and [Cu6{µ-(Ph2P)2NH}4(µ3-SePh)4](BF4)2
Yam, V.W.W.; Lam, C.H.; Fung, W.K.M.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 3435-3442. DOI: 10.1021/ic0012322
Molecular Design of Luminescent Metal-Based Materials
Yam, V.W.W., Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2001, 73, 543-548 (invited article). DOI: 10.1351/pac200173030543
Design of Luminescent Sulfur-Containing Polynuclear Gold(I) Complexes for Advanced Nanomaterials and Chemosensors
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C., Gold Bulletin, 2001, 34, 20-23 (invited article). DOI: 10.1007/BF03214804
Luminescent Carbon-Rich Rhenium(I) Complexes
Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2001, 789-796 (invited feature article; front cover illustration for the cover of Chemical Communications Issue 9). DOI: 10.1039/B006694J
Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Luminescent Di- and Tri-nuclear Palladium(II) Acetylide Complexes as Building Blocks for Metallodendrimers
Yam, V.W.W.; Zhang, L.J.; Tao, C.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2001, 1111-1116. DOI: 10.1039/B009894I
Syntheses and Luminescence Behaviour of Dinuclear Copper(I) Selenolate and Tellurolate Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Cu2(µ-dppm)2(µ-SePh)]BF4 and [Cu2(µ-dppm)2(µ-TePh)]BF4
Yam, V.W.W.; Lam, C.H.; Cheung, K.K., Chemical Communications, 2001, 545-546. DOI: 10.1039/B009676H
Synthesis, Luminescence and Ion-Binding Studies of a Trinuclear Copper(I) Acetylide Complex Containing Benzo-15-Crown-5. X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Cu3(µ-dppm)3(µ3-η1-C≡C-benzo-15-crown-5)2]PF6
Yam, V.W.W.; Lam, C.H.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2001, 316, 19-24. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(01)00388-7
A Novel Polynuclear Gold-Sulfur Cube with an Unusually Large Stokes Shift
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N., Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2001, 40, 1763-1765. DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1763::AID-ANIE17630>3.0.CO;2-O
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Novel Luminescent Tetranuclear Mixed-Metal Platinum(II)-Copper(I) Complex
Yam, V.W.W.; Yu, K.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2001, 20, 721-726. DOI: 10.1021/om000713q
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Luminescence Properties of Branched Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Acetylide Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Tao, C.H.; Zhang, L.J.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2001, 20, 453-459. DOI: 10.1021/om000821c
Molecular Design of Luminescent Dinuclear Gold(I) Thiolate Complexes: From Fundamentals to Chemosensing
Yam, V.W.W.; Chan, C.L.; Li, C.K.; Wong, K.M.C., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2001, 216-217, 173-194 (invited article). DOI: 10.1016/S0010-8545(01)00310-1
Synthesis and Ion-Binding Studies of a Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complex with Crown Ether Pendant. X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Pt(trpy)(S-benzo-15-crown-5)]PF6
Yam, V.W.W.; Tang, R.P.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Ko, C.C.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 571-574. DOI: 10.1021/ic000586q

2000

Synthesis and Luminescence Behavior of Rhenium(I) Triynyl Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [Re(CO)3(tBu2bpy)(C≡C-C≡C-C≡CPh)] and [Re(CO)3(Me2bpy)(C≡C-C≡C-C≡CSiMe3)]
Yam, V.W.W.; Chong, S.H.F.; Ko, C.C.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2000, 19, 5092-5097. DOI: 10.1021/om000725b
Molecular Gold – Multinuclear Gold(I) Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C., Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2000, 39, 4240-4242 (invited highlight article). DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20001201)39:23<4240::AID-ANIE4240>3.0.CO;2-D
Synthesis, Emission, and Electrochemical Properties of Luminescent Dinuclear Zinc(II) Chalcogenolate Complexes. Dynamic 1H NMR Studies and X-Ray Crystal Structure of [(bpy)Zn2(SC6H4-Cl-p)(µ-SC6H4-Cl-p)(µ-OAc)2]
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 39, 5741-5746. DOI: 10.1021/ic000688g
Synthesis, Structure, Luminescence, and Electrochemical Properties of Polynuclear Mercury(II) Chalcogenolate Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Cheung, K.K., Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2000, 3658-3662. DOI: 10.1039/B005085G
Syntheses and Structural Characterization of Novel Luminescent Heteronuclear Rhenium(I)-Zinc(II) and -Cadmium(II) Chalcogenolate Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Chemical Communications, 2000, 1751-1752. DOI: 10.1039/B005092J
Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Binding Studies of a Novel Dinuclear Gold(I) Calix[4]crown Acetylide Complex
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Yuan, L.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Chemical Communications, 2000, 1513-1514. DOI: 10.1039/B003536J
Resonance Raman and Emission Investigation of the MLCT Transition in Pt(PEt3)2(C≡CH)2
Choi, C.L.; Cheng, Y.F.; Yip, C.; Phillips, D.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2000, 19, 3192-3196. DOI: 10.1021/om000135d
Electronic and Resonance Raman Spectra of [Au2(CS3)2]2-. Spectroscopic Properties of a “Short” Au(I)-Au(I) Bond
Cheng, E.C.C.; Leung, K.H.; Miskowski, V.M.; Yam, V.W.W.; Phillips, D.L., Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 39, 3690-3695. DOI: 10.1021/ic000265e
Syntheses, Crystal Structure, and Photochromic Properties of Rhenium(I) Complexes Containing the Spironaphthoxazine Moiety
Yam, V.W.W.; Ko, C.C.; Wu, L.X.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Organometallics, 2000, 19, 1820-1822. DOI: 10.1021/om991009g
A Highly Soluble Luminescent Decanuclear Gold(I) Complex with a Propeller-Shaped Structure
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhou, Z.Y., Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2000, 39, 1683-1685;Angewandte Chemie, 2000, 112, 1749-1751. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000502)39:9%3C1683::AID-ANIE1683%3E3.0.CO;2-1
Synthesis, Structural Characterisation, Photophysics, Photochemistry and Electrochemistry of Nitrido- and Trans-Dioxorhenium(V) Complexes with Substituted Dppe Ligands (Dppe = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane)
Yam, V.W.W.; Pui, Y.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheung, K.K., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2000, 300-302, 721-732. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(00)00018-9
Luminescence Cation Sensing by Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing an Iminodiacetic Acid-Appended Ligand
Yam, V.W.W.; Kai, A.S.F., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2000, 300-302, 82-90. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(99)00540-X
Synthesis, Photoluminescent and Electroluminescent Behaviour of Four-Coordinate Tetrahedral Gold(I) Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Au(dppn)2]Cl
Yam, V.W.W.; Chan, C.L.; Choi, S.W.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yu, S.C.; Ng, P.K.; Chan, W.K.; Cheung, K.K., Chemical Communications, 2000, 53-54. DOI: 10.1039/A908521A