Transformable Nanostructures of Platinum-Containing Organosilane Hybrids: Non-Covalent Self-Assembly of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Assisted by Pt···Pt and π-π Stacking Interactions of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Moieties
Au-Yeung, H.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 17910-17913. DOI: 10.1021/ja510048b
Bipolar Gold(III) Complexes for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices with a Small Efficiency Roll-Off
Tang, M.C.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 17861-17868. DOI: 10.1021/ja510622x
A Highly Efficient Silole-Containing Dithienylethene with Excellent Thermal Stability and Fatigue Resistance: A Promising Candidate for Optical Memory Storage Materials
Chan, J.C.H.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 16994-16997 (selected for highlight as JACS Spotlights; Herman, C. “New Small-Molecule Candidate for Optical Memory Storage Materials”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 17691). DOI: 10.1021/ja5101855
Hole-Transporting Spirothioxanthene Derivatives as Donor Materials for Efficient Small-Molecule-Based Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Chan, C.Y.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Cheung, S.H.; So, S.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 6585-6594. DOI: 10.1021/cm5033699
Tunable Self-Assembly Properties of Amphiphilic Phosphole Alkynylgold(I) Complexes through Variation of the Extent of Aromatic -Surface at the Alkynyl Moieties
Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Studies and Electrochemistry of Carbazole-, Oxadiazole-, and Oxadiazole-Triarylamine-Containing Rhenium(I) Diimine Alkynyl Complexes
Chung, W.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 32, 1015-1021 (invited article in Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Chengye Yuan and Prof. Li-Xin Dai on the occasion of their 90th birthdays). DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201400442
Anion Binding Properties of Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes with Amide-Functionalized Terpyridine: Host-Guest Interactions and Fluoride Ion-Induced Deprotonation
Yeung, M.C.L.; Chu, B.W.K.; Yam, V.W.W., ChemistryOpen, 2014, 3, 172-176 (selected as highlight on the front cover and as a cover profile; Invited article in Special Issue on Molecular Sensors). DOI: 10.1002/open.201402019
Luminescence Color Switching of Supramolecular Assemblies of Discrete Molecular Decanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes
Hau, F.K.W.; Lee, T.K.M.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2014, 111, 15900-15905. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418824111
A Metallo-Amphiphile with Unusual Memory Behaviour: Effect of Temperature and Structure on the Self-Assembly of Triethylene Glycol (TEG)-Pendant Platinum(II) Bzimpy Complexes
Synthesis and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Platinum(II) Bis(N-(4-ethynylphenyl)carbazole)bipyridine Fullerene Complexes
Lee, S.H.; Chan, C.T.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Kwok, W.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2014, 43, 17624-17634 (selected as highlight on the inside front cover of the themed issue; Invited article; Themed Issue on “Spectroscopy of Inorganic Excited States”). DOI: 10.1039/C4DT01397B
Synthesis of Unsymmetric Bipyridine–PtII–Alkynyl Complexes through Post-Click Reaction with Emission Enhancement Characteristics and Their Applications as Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
From {AuI•••AuI}-Coupled Cages to the Cage-Built 2-D {AuI•••AuI} Arrays: AuI•••AuI Bonding Interaction Driven Self-Assembly and Their AgI Sensing and Photo-Switchable Behavior
Jiang, X.F.; Hau, F.K.W.; Sun, Q.F.; Yu, S.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 10921-10929. DOI: 10.1021/ja502295c
Yao, L.Y.; Hau, F.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 10801-10806. DOI: 10.1021/ja505599v
A New Class of Three-Dimensional, p-Type, Spirobifluorene-Modified Perylene Diimide Derivatives for Small Molecular-Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysics and Electrochemistry of Polynuclear Copper(I) and Gold(I) Alkynyl Phosphine Complexes
Lo, H.S.; Zhu, N.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Polyhedron, 2014, 83, 178-184 (invited article; Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Thomas C.W. Mak for his contribution to structural inorganic chemistry). DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.06.006
Design and Synthesis of Bipyridine Platinum(II) Bisalkynyl Fullerene Donor-Chromophore-Acceptor Triads with Ultrafast Charge Separation
Lee, S.H.; Chan, C.T.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Kwok, W.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 10041-10052. DOI: 10.1021/ja5040073
Induced Self-Assembly of Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes through Specific Interactions between Citrate and Guanidinium for Proof-of-Principle Detection of Citrate and an Assay of Citrate Lyase
Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 13016-13027. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402137
Synthesis, Characterization, Self-Assembly, Gelation, Morphology and Computational Studies of Alkynylgold(III) Complexes of 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Derivatives
Yim, K.C.; Lam, E.S.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Ko, C.C.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 9930-9939 (Selected for highlight on the Back Cover of Issue; Highlighted in Chemistry Views as “New Class of Gold-based Gelators”). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402876
A New Class of Luminescent Platinum(II) Complexes of 1,3-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)benzene-Type Ligands and Their Application Studies in the Fabrication of Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Lam, E.S.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 54, 986-992 (invited article; Special Issue on OLED Materials). DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201400071
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Studies of Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Ruthenium(II) and Rhenium(I) Complexes: Modulation via Esterase Hydrolysis
Highly Efficient Orange and Warm White Phosphorescent OLEDs Based on a Host Material with a Carbazole-Fluorenyl Hybrid
Du, X.Y.; Huang, Y.; Tao, S.L.; Yang, X.X.; Wu, C.; Wei, H.X.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lee, C.S., Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2014, 9, 1500-1505. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201400129
Tuning of Spectroscopic Properties via Variation of the Alkyl Chain Length: A Systematic Study of Molecular Structural Changes on Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Sulfonate-Pendant Platinum(II) Bzimpy Complexes in Aqueous Medium
Po, C.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2014, 5, 2688-2695. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC00411F
Synthesis, Characterization, and Luminescence Studies of Discrete Polynuclear Gold(I) Sulfido and Selenido Complexes with Intramolecular Aurophilic Contacts
Supramolecular Assembly of Metal‐Ligand Chromophores for Sensing and Phosphorescent OLED Applications
Wong, K.M.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 5558-5568 (Invited Research News, Special Issue on Materials Science and Engineering Research in Hong Kong). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201306327
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Bodipy-Spirooxazine and -Spiropyran Conjugates: Modulation of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Behavior via Acidochromic and Photochromic Switching
Molecular Dyads Comprising Metalloporphyrin and Alkynylplatinum(II) Polypyridine Terminal Groups for Use as a Sensitizer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Kwok, E.C.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 3142-3153. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304051
Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Studies of Luminescent Dinuclear and Trinuclear Copper(I) Alkynyl Phosphines
Siu, S.K.L.; Ko, C.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Cluster Science, 2014, 25, 287-300 (invited article; Special Issue in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Journal of Cluster Science). DOI: 10.1007/s10876-013-0648-2
Photochromic Alkynylplatinum(II) Diimine Complexes Containing a Versatile Dithienylethene-Functionalized 2-(2'-Pyridyl)imidazole Ligand
Hexanuclear Gold(I) Phosphide Complexes as Platforms for Multiple Redox-Active Ferrocenyl Units
Lee, T.K.M.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 304-310. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301948
2013
Dinuclear Platinum (II) Terpyridyl Complexes with a para-Diselenobenzoquinone Organometallic Linker: Synthesis, Structures, and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence
Computational Studies on the Excited States of Luminescent Platinum(II) Alkynyl Systems of Tridentate Pincer Ligands in Radiative and Nonradiative Processes
Lam, W.H.; Lam, E.S.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135, 15135-15143. DOI: 10.1021/ja406810a
Indan-C60: From a Crystalline Molecule to Photovoltaic Application
A Platinum(II) Terpyridine Metallogel with an L-Valine-Modified Alkynyl Ligand: Interplay of Pt∙∙∙Pt, π-π and Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions
Po, C.; Ke, Z.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Chow, H.F.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 15735-15744. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302702
Hierarchical Helices of Helices Directed by Pt∙∙∙Pt and π-π Stacking Interactions: Reciprocal Association of Multiple Helices of Dinuclear Alkynylplatinum(II) Complex with Luminescence Enhancement Behavior
Li, Y.G.; Zhao, L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 14496-14505. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301788
Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes of 1,3-Bis-Hetero-Azolylbenzenes with Tunable Color for Applications in Organic Light-Emitting Devices through Extension of π Conjugation by Variation of the Heteroatom
Chan, A.K.W.; Lam, E.S.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Lam, W.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 13910-13924. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301586
Dual pH- and Temperature-Responsive Metallosupramolecular Block Copolymers with Tunable Critical Micelle Temperature by Modulation of the Self-Assembly of NIR-Emissive Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes Induced by Changes in Hydrophilicity and Electrostatic Effects
Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 13182-13192. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301547
Deep Red to Near-Infrared Emitting Rhenium(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Electroluminescence Studies
Phosphate Derivative-Induced Supramolecular Assembly and NIR-Emissive Behaviour of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes For Real-Time Monitoring of Enzymatic Activities
Syntheses, Photophysical, Electroluminescence and Computational Studies of Rhenium(I) Diimine Triarylamine-Containing Alkynyl Complexes
Chung, W.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, X.L; Zhu, N.; Kwok, H.S.; Yam, V.W.W., New Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 37, 1753-1767 (invited article in Special Chinese Souvenir Issue on Hello from China!). DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00121K
Induced Self-Assembly and Disassembly of Water-Soluble Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes with “Switchable” Near-Infrared (NIR) Emission Modulated by Metal-Metal Interactions over Physiological pH: Demonstration of pH-Responsive NIR Luminescent Probes in Cell-Imaging Studies
Photofunctional Organometallics – From Fundamentals to Design, Assembly and Functions
Yam, V.W.W., Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2013, 85, 1321-1329 (invited article). DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-12-11-19
Dynamic Scaffold of Chiral Binaphthol Derivatives with the Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Moiety
Leung, S.Y.L.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2013, 110, 7986-7991 (Inaugural Article for election to International Member (formerly Foreign Associate) of the National Academy of Sciences; see also Ahmed, F. “Author Profile of Vivian W.-W. Yam” in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, 2013, 110, 7964-7966). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301252110
Luminescent Platinum(II) Complexes of 1,3-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)benzene-Type Ligands with Potential Applications in Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Lam, E.S.H.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Lam, W.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 6385-6397. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203290
Synthesis, Photochromic, and Computational Studies of Dithienylethene-Containing β-Diketonate Derivatives and Their Near-Infrared Photochromic Behavior Upon Coordination of a Boron(III) Center
Poon, C.T.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 3467-3476. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203105
Recent Advances in Metallogels
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 1540-1567 (invited article; Special Issue dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Award of the Nobel Prize to Alfred Werner). DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35354G
Organic Photovoltaic Devices Based on a New Class of Oligothienylenevinylene Derivatives as Donor Materials
Kwok, E.C.H.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 2757-2767. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202403
8.03 Noncovalent Metal-Metal Interactions
Wong, K.M.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, Volume 8, Elsevier, 2013, pp. 59-130. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097774-4.00813-5
Host-Guest Interactions of Phosphorescent Molecular Tweezers Based on an Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine System with Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons
Tanaka, Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 390-399. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201942
Luminescent Metallogels of Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes
Tang, M.C.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 446-449 (invited article; Special Issue in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Angewandte Chemie, Volume 125). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206457
Selective Label-Free Detection of G-Quadruplex Structure of Human Telomere by Emission Spectral Changes in Visible-and-NIR Region under Physiological Condition through the FRET of a Two-Component PPE-SO3−−Pt(II) Complex Ensemble with Pt∙∙∙Pt, Electrostatic and π–π Interactions
Molecular Design and Synthesis of Photofunctional Materials
Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., RSC Polymer Chemistry Series No. 2, Molecular Design and Applications of Photofunctional Polymers and Materials, Wong, W.Y. and Abd-El-Aziz, A.S. Eds., Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012. pp. 245-286. DOI: 10.1039/9781849735759-00245
Functionalized BODIPY with Various Sensory Units – A Versatile Colorimetric and Luminescent Probe for pH and Ions
Structure, Photophysical Properties and Computational Study of a Highly Luminescent Mixed-Metal Platinum(II)–Silver(I) System. Potential Building Blocks for Emissive Supramolecular Structures
New Ruthenium(II) Complexes Functionalized with Coumarin Derivatives: Synthesis, Energy-Transfer-Based Sensing of Esterase, Cytotoxicity, and Imaging Studies
Li, M.J.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yi, C.Q.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012, 18, 8724-8730. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103025
Synthesis and Structures of Cyclic Gold Complexes Containing Diphosphine Ligands and Luminescent Properties of the High Nuclearity Species
Phosphorescent Molecular Tweezers Based on Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine System: Turning On of NIR Emission via Heterologous Pt···M Interactions (M = PtII, PdII, AuIII and AuI)
Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterials, Steed, J.W. and Gale, P.A. Eds., John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, 2012, pp 2643-2674. DOI: 10.1002/9780470661345.smc100
Single-Turn Helix–Coil Strands Stabilized by Metal∙∙∙Metal and π–π Interactions of the Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Moieties in meta-Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers
Leung, S.Y.L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Tao, C.H.; Chow, H.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 1047-1056. DOI: 10.1021/ja208444c
Aurophilicity versus Mercurophilicity: Impact of d10–d10 Metallophilic Interactions on the Structure of Metal-Rich Supramolecular Assemblies
Vreshch, V.; Shen, W.; Nohra, B.; Yip, S.K.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lescop, C.; Réau, R., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2012, 18, 466-477. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102389
2011
Gated Photochromism in Triarylborane-Containing Dithienylethenes: A New Approach to a "Lock–Unlock" System
Poon, C.T.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 19622-19625. DOI: 10.1021/ja208097a
Induced Self-Assembly and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Studies of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complex through Interaction with Water-Soluble Poly(phenylene ethynylene sulfonate) and the Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of this Two-Component Ensemble for Selective Label-Free Detection of Human Serum Albumin
Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 18775-18784. DOI: 10.1021/ja205996e
Luminescent Metal Complexes of d6, d8 and d10 Transition Metal Centres
Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C., Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 11579-11592 (invited Highlight article in Highlights in Chemistry in celebration of the International Year of Chemistry). DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13767K
A Branched Luminescent Multinuclear Platinum(II) Complex
NIR-Emissive Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complex as a Turn-On Selective Probe for Heparin Quantification by Induced Helical Self-Assembly Behaviour
Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011, 17, 11987-11990. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101762
Reversible Thermo-Responsive Luminescent Metallo-Supramolecular Triblock Copolymers Based on Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Chromophores with Unusual Aggregation Behaviour and Red-Near-Infrared (NIR) Emission Upon Heating
Highly Selective Ion Probe for Al3+ Based on Au(I)···Au(I) Interactions in a Bis-Alkynyl Calix[4]arene Au(I) Isocyanide Scaffold
Hau, F.K.W.; He, X.M.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 8778-8780. DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12677F
Diarylethene-Containing Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes: Tunable Photochromism via Metal Coordination and Rational Ligand Design
Chan, J.C.H.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, H.L.; Zhu, N.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 12690–12705. DOI: 10.1021/ja203946g
Synthesis and Photochromic Studies of η6-Mesitylene Ruthenium(II) Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with the Dithienylethene Moiety
Duan, G.P.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., New Journal of Chemistry, 2011, 35, 2267-2278 (invited article; Special Issue dedicated to Professor Didier Astruc on the occasion of his 65th Birthday). DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20161A
Host Engineering for Improving the Performance of Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Synthesis, Characterization, and the Photochromic, Luminescence, Metallogelation and Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Multifunctional Platinum(II) Bipyridine Complexes
Li, Y.G.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Li, W.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011, 17, 8048-8059 (highlighted as Frontispiece). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003738
Self-Assembly of Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes: Modulation of Photophysical Properties through Aggregation Behavior
Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Accounts of Chemical Research, 2011, 44, 424-434 (invited article; highlighted as Cover Page of Issue 6, 2011). DOI: 10.1021/ar100130j
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Platinum(II) Alkynyl Terpyridine Complex with Peroxydisulfate as Coreactant
He, X.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2011, 255, 2111-2123 (invited article; Special Issue on 39th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.02.003
A Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex and Its Green Organic Light Emitting Device with High Device Performance
Tam, A.Y.Y.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 3383-3385. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05538G
"Proof-of-Principle” Concept for Label-Free Detection of Glucose and α-Glucosidase Activity through the Electrostatic Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes
Chung, C.Y.S.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 2000-2002 (selected as Hot Article). DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04437G
Photochromic Alkynes as Versatile Building Blocks for Metal Alkynyl Systems: Design, Synthesis, and Photochromic Studies of Diarylethene-Containing Platinum(II) Phosphine Alkynyl Complexes
Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescence and Nonlinear Optical (NLO) Properties of Truxene-Containing Platinum(II) Alkynyl Complexes
Chan, C.K.M.; Tao, C.H.; Li, K.F. Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Cheah, K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2011, 696, 1163-1173 (invited article, special issue on Frontiers in Organometallic Chemistry 24th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC)). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.09.044
Luminescent Cyclometalated Dialkynylgold(III) Complexes of 2-Phenylpyridine-Type Derivatives with Readily Tunable Emission Properties
Au, V.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2011, 17, 130-142 (highlighted as Frontispiece in special issue of Chemistry - A European Journal to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry in 2011). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001965
2010
An Unprecedented Luminescent Polynuclear Gold(I) μ3-Sulfido Cluster with a Thiacrown-Like Architecture
Lee, T.K.M.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 17646-17648. DOI: 10.1021/ja1055017
Computational Studies on the Photophysical Properties and NMR Fluxionality of Dinuclear Platinum(II) A-Frame Alkynyl Diphosphine Complexes
Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Chiral Helical Macrocyclic Scaffolds via Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of 1,8,9,16-Tetraethynyltetraphenylene. Formation of Monometallic Platinum(II) and Dimetallic Platinum(II)–Ruthenium(II) Complexes
Lin, F.; Peng, H.Y.; Chen, J.X.; Chik, D.T.W.; Cai, Z.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, H.N.C., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 16383-16392. DOI: 10.1021/ja106599j
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photophysical Study of Luminescent Face-to-Face Dinuclear Platinum(II) Alkynyl Phosphine Complexes and Their Tetranuclear Mixed-Metal Platinum(II)-Silver(I) and -Copper(I) Complexes
Leung, S.Y.L.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2010, 29, 5558-5569 (invited article, Dietmar Seyferth Festschrift special issue dedicated to Prof. Dietmar Seyferth in honor of his contribution to Organometallics). DOI: 10.1021/om100473q
A Versatile Photochromic Dithienylethene-Containing β-Diketonate Ligand: Near-Infrared Photochromic Behavior and Photoswitchable Luminescence Properties Upon Incorporation of a Boron(III) Center
Poon, C.T.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 13992-13993. DOI: 10.1021/ja105537j
Smart Self-Assemblies Based on a Surfactant-Encapsulated Photoresponsive Polyoxometalate Complex
High-Efficiency Green Organic Light-Emitting Devices Utilizing Phosphorescent Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes
Au, V.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 14273-14278. DOI: 10.1021/ja106579d
Syntheses and Photochromic Studies of Dithienylethene-Containing Imidazolium Derivatives and Their Reactivity Towards Nucleophiles
Duan, G.P.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 13199-13209. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001319
Syntheses and Photophysical Properties of N-Pyridylimidazol-2-ylidene Tetracyanoruthenates(II) and Photochromic Studies of Their Dithienylethene-Containing Derivatives
Duan, G.P.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 12642-12649. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000880
Synthesis, Characterisation and Photophysical Study of Alkynylrhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes and Their Metal-Ion Coordination-Assisted Metallogelation Properties
Lam, S.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 11588-11593 (highlighted as Front Cover of Issue 38). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001566
Functionalized Alkynylplatinum(II) Polypyridyl Complexes for Use as Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Kwok, E.C.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 12244-12254. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001424
Towards Thermochromic and Thermoresponsive Near-Infrared (NIR) Luminescent Molecular Materials through the Modulation of Inter- and/or Intramolecular Pt···Pt and π–π Interactions
Design, Synthesis, Photophysics, and Anion-Binding Studies of Bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)methane-Containing Dinuclear Gold(I) Thiolate Complexes with Urea Receptors
He, X.M.; Herranz, F.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Vilar, R.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2010, 16, 9123-9131. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000647
Thermo- and Acid-Responsive Photochromic Spironaphthoxazine-Containing Organogelators
Li, Y.G.; Wong, K.M.C.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 8690-8698. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000150
Luminescent Amphiphilic 2,6-Bis(1-alkylpyrazol-3-yl)pyridyl Platinum(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Langmuir–Blodgett Film Formation Studies
Zhao, L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Li, B.; Li, W.; Zhu, N.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2010, 16, 6797-6809 (highlighted as Inside Front Cover). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000210
Unprecedented Near-Infrared (NIR) Emission in Diplatinum(III) (d7-d7) Complexes at Room Temperature
Bennett, M.A.; Bhargava, S.K.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Lam, W.H.; Lee, T.K.M.; Privér, S.H.; Wagler, J.; Willis, A.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 7094-7103. DOI: 10.1021/ja1002313
Design, Synthesis, Photophysics, and Ion-Binding Studies of a Ditopic Receptor Based on Gold(I) Phosphine Thiolate Complex Functionalized with Crown Ether and Urea Binding Units