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2009
Reversible pH- and Solvent-Responsive Micelle-Mediated Self-Assembly of Platinum(II) Terpyridyl-Based Metallo-Supramolecular Diblock Copolymers
Yam, V.W.W.; Hu, Y.C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Chung, C.Y.S., Chemical Communications, 2009, 6216-6218. DOI: 10.1039/B911657E
Nucleic Acid-Induced Aggregation and Pyrene Excimer Formation
Zhang, R.X.; Tang, D.; Lu, P.; Yang, X.Y.; Liao, D.L.; Zhang, Y.J.; Zhang, M.J.; Yu, C.; Yam, V.W.W., Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 4302-4305. DOI: 10.1021/ol901607g
Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes with a Triarylboron Moiety and the Study of Their Fluoride Ion-Binding Properties
Lam, S.T.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 48, 9664-9670. DOI: 10.1021/ic900803a; Addition/Correction 2010, 49, 9728.
Design and Synthesis of a New Class of Photochromic Diarylethene-Containing Dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrroles and Their Switchable Luminescence Properties
Wong, H.L.; Ko, C.C.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2009, 15, 10005-10009. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900581
Branched Carbon-Rich Luminescent Multinuclear Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Alkynyl Complexes with Phosphine Ligands
Tao, C.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2009, 10, 130-140 (invited review). DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2009.06.002
Luminescent Cyclometalated N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Containing Organogold(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, and Photophysical Studies
Au, V.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 9076-9085. DOI: 10.1021/ja9027692
Design and Synthesis of Calixarene-Based Bis-Alkynyl-Bridged Dinuclear AuI Isonitrile Complexes as Luminescent Ion Probes by the Modulation of Au···Au Interactions
He, X.M.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2009, 15, 8842-8851. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900422
Peri-Diaurated Naphthalene: Synthesis and Reactions of a New Class of Organogold(I) Complexes Containing Bridging, Dianionic Naphthalenediyl Ligands
Meyer, N.; Lehmann, C.W.; Lee, T.K.M.; Rust, J.; Yam, V.W.W.; Mohr, F., Organometallics, 2009, 28, 2931-2934. DOI: 10.1021/om9002335
Nucleic Acid-Induced Self-Assembly of a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complex: Detection of G-Quadruplex Formation and Nuclease Activity
Yu, C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2009, 3756-3758. DOI: 10.1039/B903080H
Synthesis, Characterization, Structure, and Selective Cu2+ Sensing Studies of an Alkynylgold(I) Complex Containing the Dipicolylamine Receptor
Synthesis, Characterization, Ion-Binding Properties, and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Behavior of Rhenium(I) Complexes Containing a Coumarin-Appended 2,2'-Bipyridine
Yam, V.W.W.; Song, H.O.; Chan, S.T.W.; Zhu, N.; Tao, C.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Wu, L.X., The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 11674-11682 (invited article, Masuhara Festschrift special issue dedicated to Prof. Hiroshi Masuhara). DOI: 10.1021/jp901561v
Selective Ion Probe for Mg2+ Based on Au(I)···Au(I) Interactions in a Tripodal Alkynylgold(I) Complex with Oligoether Pendants
He, X.M.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2009, 4016-4018 (selected as front cover page of Chemical Communications, Issue 27, 21 July 2009). DOI: 10.1039/B902690H
Unusual Luminescence Enhancement of Metallogels of Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Complexes Upon a Gel-to-Sol Phase Transition at Elevated Temperatures
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 6253-6260. DOI: 10.1021/ja900895x
Influence of Counteranion on the Chiral Supramolecular Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Metallogels That Are Stabilised by Pt∙∙∙Pt and π-π Interactionse
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2009, 15, 4775-4778. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900046
Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Metallogels Stabilized by Pt∙∙∙Pt, π-π and Hydrophobic-Hydrophobic Interactions
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Wang, G.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Langmuir, 2009, 25, 8685-8695 (invited article, Molecular and Polymer Gels and Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks special issue). DOI: 10.1021/la804326c
Glucose Sensing via Polyanion Formation and Induced Pyrene Excimer Emission
Luminescence, Electrochemistry and Host-Guest Properties of Dinuclear Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes of Sulfur-Containing Bridging Ligands
Tang, R.P.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2009, 3911-3922 (invited article; Special Theme Issue in Supramolecular Photochemistry). DOI: 10.1039/B821264C
Synthesis of Coumarin-Appended Pyridyl Tricarbonylrhenium(I) 2,2'-Bipyridyl Complexes with Oligoether Spacer and Their Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Studies
Li, M.J.; Kwok, W.M.; Lam, W.H.; Tao, C.H.; Yam, V.W.W.; Phillips, D.L., Organometallics, 2009, 28, 1620-1630. DOI: 10.1021/om8006486
Chiral Poly(4-ethynylbenzoyl-L-valine)-Induced Helical Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes with Tunable Electronic Absorption, Emission, and Circular Dichroism Changes
Chan, K.H.Y.; Lam, J.W.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Tang, B.Z.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2009, 15, 2328-2334. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200802324
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of a Bis-cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complex with Irreversible Oxidation using Tri-n-propylamine as Co-Reactant
Chen, Z.F.; Wong, K.M.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Zu, Y.B.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2009, 791-793. DOI: 10.1039/B820400D
Photochromic Diarylethene-Containing Ionic Liquids and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Yam, V.W.W.; Lee, J.K.W.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 912-913 (Highlighted in JACS Select, Issue 42 on "Diverse Chemical Applications of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes"). DOI: 10.1021/ja808791e
Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescence, and Non-Linear Optical (NLO) Properties of Oxadiazole- and Truxene-Containing Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes with Donor-Acceptor Functionalities
Chan, C.K.M.; Tao, C.H.; Tam, H.L.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W.; Cheah, K.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 48, 2855-2864. DOI: 10.1021/ic8017979
Synthesis, Characterisation and Luminescence Properties of Carbazole-Containing Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Alkynyl Complexes
Tao, C.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2009, 207, 94-101 (invited article; special issue dedicated to Prof. Haruo Inoue on the occasion of his 60th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.11.006
2008
A Luminescent Trinuclear Platinum(II) Pt3C2 System with a “Naked” C≡C2- Ligand That Fluctuates Amongst Three Unsupported Platinum(II) Moieties
Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Zhou, Z.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008, 14, 10928-10931. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801842
Self-Assembly of a Neutral Luminescent Au12 Cluster with D2 Symmetry
Sun, Q.F.; Lee, T.K.M.; Li, P.Z.; Yao, L.Y.; Huang, J.J.; Huang, J.; Yu, S.Y.; Li, Y.Z.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2008, 5514-5516. DOI: 10.1039/B808646J
Photochromic Oligothienoacene Derivatives with Photo-Switchable Luminescence Properties and Computational Studies
Syntheses, Characterization, and Photochromic Studies of Spirooxazine-Containing 2,2'-Bipyridine Ligands and Their Zinc(II) Thiolate Complexes
Bao, Z.H.; Ng, K.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N.; Wu, L.X., Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47, 8912-8920. DOI: 10.1021/ic8009755
Branched Luminescent Multinuclear Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes: Candidates for Efficient Two-Photon Induced Luminescence
Tao, C.H.; Yang, H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W.; Xu, S.J., Organometallics, 2008, 27, 5453-5458. DOI: 10.1021/om800338x
Luminescent Metallogels of Alkynylrhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes
Fluorescence Enhancement of Coordination Polymeric Gel
Leong, W.L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Batabyal, S.K.; Koh, L.W.; Kasapis, S.; Yam, V.W.W.; Vittal, J.J., Chemical Communications, 2008, 3628-3630. DOI: 10.1039/B807478J
Highlights on the Recent Advances in Gold Chemistry – A Photophysical Perspective
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C., Chemical Society Reviews, 2008, 37, 1806-1813 (invited article in the Theme Issue on Gold - Chemistry, Materials and Catalysis edited by Prof. H. Schmidbaur). DOI: 10.1039/B708615F
Multifunctional Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complex-Based Core-Shell Magnetic Silica Nanocomposites: Magnetism, Luminescence, and Electrochemiluminescence
Au36 Crown: A Macrocyclization Directed by Metal-Metal Bonding Interactions
Yu, S.Y.; Sun, Q.F.; Lee, T.K.M.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Li, Y.Z.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 47, 4551-4554 (Selected as Very Important Paper (VIP) and selected for highlight as Cover Page). DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801001
Polyelectrolyte-Induced Self-Assembly of Positively Charged Alkynylplatinum(II)-Terpyridyl Complexes in Aqueous Media
Yu, C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008, 14, 4577-4584. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800276
Syntheses, Structures, and Properties of Some Piano-Stool Iron Acetylides Bearing a Functional Anthracenyl Group
de Montigny, F.; Argouarch, G.; Roisnel, T.; Toupet, L.; Lapinte, C.; Lam, S.C.F.; Tao, C.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2008, 27, 1912-1923. DOI: 10.1021/om701278e
Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes of 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine-Type Ligands with Ready Tunability of the Nature of the Emissive States by Solvent and Electronic Property Modulation
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008, 14, 4562-4576. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701914
Electrochemiluminescence of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Functionalized with Crown Ether Pendants and Effects of Cation Binding
Li, M.J.; Chen, Z.F.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W.; Zu, Y.B., Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47, 1218-1223 (Most-Assessed Article). DOI: 10.1021/ic7019582
Self-Assembly, Structures, and Photophysical Properties of 4,4’-Bipyrazolate-Linked Metallo-Macrocycles with Dimetal Clips
Sun, Q.F.; Wong, K.M.C.; Liu, L.X.; Huang, H.P.; Yu, S.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Li, Y.Z.; Pan, Y.J.; Yu, K.C., Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47, 2142-2154 (Most-Assessed Article). DOI: 10.1021/ic701344p
From Simple Molecules to Molecular Functional Materials and Nanoscience
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C., Nanoscale Phenomena - Basic Science to Device Applications, p. 217-234, Tang, Z.; Sheng, P. Eds., Springer, New York, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-73047-9 (invited chapter). DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73048-6_19
2007
The First Example of a Pt···Pt Interaction in Platinum(II) Complexes Bearing Bulky Tri-tert-Butyl-2,2’:6’,2”-Terpyridine Pendants via Conformational Control of the Calix[4]arene Moiety
Lo, H.S.; Yip, S.K.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2007, 4386-4389. DOI: 10.1039/B712645J
Synthesis, Characterization, Langmuir–Blodgett Film-Forming Property, and Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Study of Rhenium(I) and Ruthenium(II) Diimine Complexes
Zhang, J.X.; Chu, B.W.K.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2007, 26, 5423-5429. DOI: 10.1021/om070030b
Nonionic Surfactant-Capped Gold Nanoparticles as Postcolumn Reagents for High-performance Liquid Chromatography Assay of Low-Molecular-Mass Biothiols
Lu, C.; Zu, Y.B.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Chromatography A, 2007, 1163, 328-332. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.07.045
Functionalized Rhenium(I) Complexes with Crown Ether Pendants Derived from 1,10-Phenanthroline: Selective Sensing for Metal Ions
Li, M.J.; Ko, C.C.; Duan, G.P.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2007, 26, 6091-6098. DOI: 10.1021/om700481f
Luminescent 1D Chain of Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Units with p-Dithiobenzoquinone Organometallic Linker: Self-Aggregation Imparted from Pt···Pt/π-π Interactions
Moussa, J.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chamoreau, L.M.; Amouri, H.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2007, 3526-3530. DOI: 10.1039/B708922H
Self-Assembly of One- and Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers with Quinonoid Backbones Featuring Coinage Metals as Nodes
Moussa, J.; Guyard-Duhayon, C.; Boubekeur, K.; Amouri, H.; Yip, S.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Crystal Growth and Design, 2007, 7, 962-965. DOI: 10.1021/cg060944l
Luminescent Metallogels of Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes: Interplay of Metal···Metal, π-π and Hydrophobic-Hydrophobic Interactions on Gel Formation
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Wang, G.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2007, 2028-2030. DOI: 10.1039/B705062C
Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds: Gold
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C., Topics in Current Chemistry, 2007, 281, 269-309 (invited article; special volume on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds II; Vol. Eds., Balzani, V.; Campagna, S.). DOI: 10.1007/128_2007_127
Metal Coordination-Assisted Near-Infrared Photochromic Behavior: A Large Perturbation on Absorption Wavelength Properties of N,N-Donor Ligands Containing Diarylethene Derivatives by Coordination to the Rhenium(I) Metal Center
Lee, P.H.M.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 6058-6059. DOI: 10.1021/ja067425r
Redox Luminescence Switch Based on Energy Transfer in CePO4:Tb3+ Nanowires
Li, Q.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 3486-3489. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604973
Luminescence Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes - From Fundamental Studies to Sensory Functions
Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007, 251, 2477-2488 (invited article; Inorganic Chemistry in Hong Kong special issue). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.02.003
A Class of Luminescent Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Computational Studies of [Au(C^N^C)(C≡C-R)] (C^N^C = κ3C,N,C Bis-cyclometalated 2,6-Diphenylpyridyl)
Wong, K.M.C.; Hung, L.L.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 4350-4365. DOI: 10.1021/ja068264u
Synthesis, Structure and Luminescence Studies of Heterometallic Gold(I)-Copper(I) and -Silver(I) Alkynyl Clusters/Aggregates
Yip, S.K.; Chan, C.L.; Lam, W.H.; Cheung, K.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2007, 6, 365-371 (invited article; special issue dedicated to Professor V. Balzani on the occasion of his 70th birthday). DOI: 10.1039/B612334A
Tetranuclear Macrocyclic Gold(I) Alkynyl Phosphine Complex Containing Azobenzene Functionalities: A Dual-Input Molecular Logic with Photoswitching Behaviour Controllable via Silver(I) Coordination/Decoordination
Specific Postcolumn Detection Method for HPLC Assay of Homocysteine Based on Aggregation of Fluorosurfactant-Capped Gold Nanoparticles
A Photochromic Platinum(II) Bis(alkynyl) Complex Containing a Versatile 5,6-Dithienyl-1,10-phenanthroline
Lee, J.K.W.; Ko, C.C.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2007, 26, 12-15. DOI: 10.1021/om060731t
Syntheses, Luminescence Switching and Electrochemical Studies of Photochromic Dithienyl-1,10-Phenanthroline Zinc(II) Bis(thiolate) Complexes
Ngan, T.W.; Ko, C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46, 1144-1152. DOI: 10.1021/ic061359c
Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, Electrochemistry and Ion-Binding Studies of Ruthenium(II) 1,10-Phenanthroline Complexes Containing Thia-, Selena- and Aza-Crown Pendants
Li, M.J.; Chu, B.W.K.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46, 720-733. DOI: 10.1021/ic061507z
2.04 Silver Organometallics
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, E.C.C., Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Volume 2: Compounds of Groups 1 to 2 and 11 to 12, p.197-249, Crabtree, R.H.; Mingos, D.M.P. Eds., Elsevier, Oxford, 2007, ISBN 008044590X (invited review chapter). DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-045047-4/00038-8
2006
Single-Stranded Nucleic Acid-Induced Helical Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes
Yu, C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2006, 103, 19652-19657. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604998104
Computational Studies on the Photophysical Properties and NMR Fluxionality of the Tetranuclear Copper(I) Complexes [Cu4(μ-dppm)4(μ4-E)]2+ (E = PPh and S)
Lam, W.H.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45, 9434-9441. DOI: 10.1021/ic0612855
Luminescent Phosphine Gold(I) Thiolates: Correlation between Crystal Structure and Photoluminescent Properties in [R3PAu{SC(OMe)=NC6H4NO2-4}] (R = Et, Cy, Ph) and [(Ph2P-R-PPh2)-{AuSC(OMe)=NC6H4NO2-4}2] (R = CH2, (CH2)2, (CH2)3, (CH2)4, Fc)
Ho, S.Y.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Tiekink, E.R.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45, 8165-8174. DOI: 10.1021/ic0608243
Sensitive Single-Layered Oxygen-Sensing Systems: Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Complexes Covalently Attached or Deposited as Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer on Glass Surfaces
Unprecedented Formation of an Acetamidate-Bridged Dinuclear Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complex - Correlation of Luminescence Properties with the Crystal Forms and Dimerization Studies in Solution
Luminescent Dinuclear Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with a Flexible Bridge and “Sticky Ends"
Yam, V.W.W.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chu, B.W.K., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006, 45, 6169-6173. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600962
Selective Luminescence Chemosensing of Potassium Ions Based on a Novel Platinum(II) Alkynylcalix[4]crown-5 Complex
Lo, H.S.; Yip, S.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2006, 25, 3537-3540. DOI: 10.1021/om060218f
Luminescent Molecular Copper(I) Alkynyl Open Cubes: Synthesis, Structure Characterization, Electronic Structure, Photophysics, and Photochemistry
Chan, C.L.; Cheung, K.L.; Lam, W.H.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Choi, S.W.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2006, 1, 273-286 (invited article; Inaugural Issue). DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600067
Triplet MLCT Photosensitization of the Ring-Closing Reaction of Diarylethenes by Design and Synthesis of a Photochromic Rhenium(I) Complex of a Diarylethene-Containing 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand
Ko, C.C.; Kwok, W.M.; Yam, V.W.W.; Phillips, D.L., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006, 12, 5840-5848. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501325
Synthesis, Characterization, Structure and Luminescence Studies of Dinuclear Gold(I) Alkynyls of Bis(diphenylphosphino)-Alkyl- and Aryl-amines
Yip, S.K.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2006, 359, 3639-3648 (invited article; special issue dedicated to Prof. D.M.P. Mingos). DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2005.11.007
Electronic Communication between Tungsten Alkylidyne and Metal Isocyanide Complex Fragments Across Phenylene-ethynylene Bridges
Yu, M.P.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Cheung, K.K.; Mayr, A., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2006, 691, 4514-4531 (invited article; Special Issue on Theory and Mechanistic Studies). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.02.029
Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemiluminescence Properties of a Solvatochromic Azacrown-Containing Cyanoruthenate(II): Potential Applications in Separation and Indirect Photometric Detection of Cations and Amino Acids in HPLC
Li, M.J.; Chu, B.W.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006, 12, 3528-3537 (selected for highlight as Cover Page of Issue 13 of Chemistry - A European Journal and in Heart Cut). DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501240
Synthesis, Luminescence and Ion-Binding Properties of Palladium(II) Complexes with 1,2-Bis[di(benzo-15-crown-5)phosphino]ethane (dbcpe)
Lu, X.X.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2006, 1803-1808. DOI: 10.1039/B515024H
High-yield Synthesis of Selenium Nanowires in Water at Room Temperature
Polyynes
Yam, V.W.W.; Tao, C.H., Carbon-Rich Compounds: From Molecules to Materials,Haley, M.M. and Tykwinski, R.R. Eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006, p.421-475 (invited monograph chapter; ISBN 3-527-31224-5). DOI: 10.1002/3527607994.ch10
Luminescence Behavior and Photochemistry of Organotransition Metal Compounds
Yam, V.W.W.; Lo, K.K.W., Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition, Vol. V, John-Wiley & Sons, 2006, 2748-2779 (invited chapter). DOI: 10.1002/0470862106.ia271
2005
A Chiral Luminescent Au16 Ring Self-Assembled from Achiral Components
Yu, S.Y.; Zhang Z.X.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Li, Y.Z.; Yam, V.W.W.; Huang, H.P.; Zhang, R.B., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 17994-17995 (highlighted as Editors’ Choice in Science, 2005, 310, 1745. DOI: 10.1021/ja0565727
Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Rhenium(I)-Platinum(II) Polypyridine Bichromophoric Alkynyl-Bridged Molecular Rods
Lam, S.C.F.; Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N., Organometallics, 2005, 24, 4298-4305. DOI: 10.1021/om0502887
A Novel Class of Phosphorescent Gold(III) Alkynyl-Based Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Tunable Color
Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, X.L.; Hung, L.L.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W.; Kwok, H.S., Chemical Communications, 2005, 2906-2908 (selected for highlight on the Inside Front Cover of Issue 23 of Chemical Communications). DOI: 10.1039/B503315B
Synthesis, Photophysics and Binding Studies of Pt(II) Alkynyl Terpyridine Complexes with Crown Ether Pendant. Potential Luminescent Sensors for Metal Ions
Tang, W.S.; Lu, X.X.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 2714-2720 (invited article; Special Issue on Fluorescent Sensors). DOI: 10.1039/B501644D
Luminescent Phosphinocrown-Containing Gold(I) Complexes: Their Syntheses, Spectroscopic Studies and Host-Guest Chemistry
Li, C.K.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2005, 358, 4191-4200 (invited article; special issue dedicated to Prof. H. Schmidbaur). DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2005.03.033
Luminescent Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes: Effect of Counter Ions on Solvent-Induced Aggregation and Color Changes
Yam, V.W.W.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2005, 11, 4535-4543. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500106
Luminescent Gold(III) Alkynyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Luminescence Properties
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Hung, L.L.; Zhu, N., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 3107-3110. DOI: 10.1002/ange.200500253
Hydrothermal-Induced Assembly of Colloidal Silver Spheres into Various Nanoparticles on the Basis of HTAB-Modified Silver Mirror Reaction
Yu, D.B., Yam, V.W.W., The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005, 109, 5497-5503. DOI: 10.1021/jp0448346
Luminescent Molecular Rods - Transition-Metal Alkynyl Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C., Topics in Current Chemistry, 2005, 257, 1-32 (invited article; special volume on Molecular Wires - From Design to Properties; Vol. Ed., De Cola, L.). DOI: 10.1007/b136069
Anion-Assisted Trans-Cis Isomerization of Palladium(II) Phosphine Complexes Containing Acetanilide Functionalities through Hydrogen Bonding Interactions
Lu, X.X.; Tang, H.S.; Ko, C.C.; Wong, J.K.Y.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2005, 1572-1574. DOI: 10.1039/B418202B
Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Energy Transfer in Luminescent Multinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes of Branched Alkynyls
Tao, C.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2005, 11, 1647-1657. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400888
Synthesis, Photophysics, Electrochemistry and Metal Ion-Binding Studies of Rhenium(I) Complexes with Crown Ether Pendants: Selective and Specific Binding Properties for Various Metal Ions
Wong, K.M.C.; Li, W.P., Cheung, K.K.; Yam, V.W.W., New Journal of Chemistry, 2005, 29, 165-172 (invited article; “All Aboard” special issue). DOI: 10.1039/B415951A
Luminescent Metal-Based Materials - Their Design and Assembly from a Molecular Perspective
Yam, V.W.W., Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2005, 8, 1194-1203 (invited article; special issue dedicated to the International Symposium on Molecular Materials and Organometallics (MOLMAT)). DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2005.02.021
Synthesis, Characterisation, Electrochemistry and Luminescence Studies of 9-Anthrylgold(I) Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Yip, S.K.; Zhu, N., Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2005, 4, 149-153 (invited article; special issue dedicated to Professor H. Masuhara on the occasion of his 60th birthday). DOI: 10.1039/B410667A
Functionalized Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Alkynyl Complexes as Colorimetric and Luminescence pH Sensors
Wong, K.M.C.; Tang, W.S.; Lu, X.X.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 44, 1492-1498. DOI: 10.1021/ic049079p
Polymer-Induced Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes by Metal···Metal/π···π Interactions
Yu, C.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 791-794. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461261
