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2014
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
Hong, E.Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 13272-13274. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05247A
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
Li, Y.G.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, C.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 20, 13710-13715. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404315
Saturated Red-Light-Emitting Gold(III) Triphenylamine Dendrimers for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Chan, C.K.M.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20, 15233-15241. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404313
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
Addition Reaction-Induced Cluster-to-Cluster Transformation: Controlled Self-Assembly of Luminescent Polynuclear Gold(I) μ3-Sulfido Clusters
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
Chan, C.Y.; Wong, Y.C.; Wong, H.L.; Chan M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2, 7656-7665. DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01001A
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
Leung, F.C.M.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Au, V.K.M.; Li, M.J.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 6644-6653. DOI: 10.1021/am500350c
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
Synthesis, Characterization, and Luminescence Studies of Discrete Polynuclear Gold(I) Sulfido and Selenido Complexes with Intramolecular Aurophilic Contacts
Cheng, E.C.C.; Lo, W.Y.; Lee, T.K.M.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 53, 3854-3863. DOI: 10.1021/ic500215d
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
Kong, L.C.; Wong, H.L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Lam, W.H.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 1550-1562. DOI: 10.1021/am404242a
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
Wong, H.L.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2014, 751, 430-437 (invited article; 50th Anniversary Special Issue). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.07.048
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
Moussa, J.; Wong, K.M.C.; Le Goff, X.F.; Rager, M.N.; Chan, C.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W.; Amouri, H., Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4985-4992. DOI: 10.1021/om400700t
Platinum-Based Phosphorescent Double-Decker Tweezers: A Strategy for Extended Heterologous Metal-Metal Interactions
Tanaka, Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 14117-14120. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306025
Optoelectronic Properties of a Fullerene Derivative Containing Adamantane Group
Liao, X.X.; Wang, T.S.; Wang, J.Z.; Zheng, J.C.; Wang, C.R.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, 5, 9579-9584. DOI: 10.1021/am402523n
Functionalized Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, Photochemistry, and Electroluminescence Studies
Au, V.K.M.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Wong, K.M.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 12713-12725. DOI: 10.1021/ic4019212
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
Wang, T.S.; Liao, X.X.; Wang, J.Z.; Wang, C.R.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 9923-9925. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC46252H
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
Tunable Photochromism in Air-Stable, Robust Dithienylethene-Containing Phospholes through Modifications at the Phosphorus Center
Chan, J.C.H.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, H.L.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 11504-11508. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201304827
Luminescent Amphiphilic 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine-Platinum(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Langmuir–Blodgett Film-Formation Studies
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
Yu, T.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Au, V.K.M.; Lam, W.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 13418-13427. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301841
Cholesterol-/Estradiol-Appended Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes as Supramolecular Gelators: Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical and Gelation Studies
Li, Y.G.; Lam, E.S.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Lam, W.H.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 9987-9994 (highlighted in Chemistry Views and Materials Views China). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301510
Luminescent Cyclometalated Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes with a Tridentate Pyridine-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Computational Studies
Leung, S.Y.L.; Lam, E.S.H.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 19, 10360-10369. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300493
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
Chung, C.Y.S.; Li, S.P.Y.; Louie, M.W.; Lo, K.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2013, 4, 2453-2462. DOI: 10.1039/C3SC50196E
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
Au, V.K.M.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 558-567 (highlighted as Cover Page of Issue 2, 2013). DOI: 10.1021/ic3007519
Dendritic Luminescent Gold(III) Complexes for Highly Efficient Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
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
2012
Photo-Responsive Self-Assembly of an Azobenzene-Ended Surfactant-Encapsulated Polyoxometalate Complex for Modulating Catalytic Reactions
Yang, Y.; Yue, L.; Li, H.L.; Maher, E.; Li, Y.G.; Wang, Y.Z.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Small, 2012, 8, 3105-3110. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201200768
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
Yin, Z.D.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Tao, C.H.; Li, B.; Poon, C.T.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 11340-11350. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30446E
New Rhenium(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Photophysics, Cytotoxicity, and Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles for Sensing of Esterase
Li, M.J.; Liu, X.; Nie, M.J.; Wu, Z.Z.; Yi, C.Q.; Chen, G.N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2012, 31, 4459-4466. DOI: 10.1021/om300256u
Design of a Water-Soluble Hybrid Nanocomposite of CdTe Quantum Dots and an Iridium Complex for Photoinduced Charge Transfer
Wang, Y.; Li, S.; Kershaw, S.V.; Hetsch, F.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Shan, G.C.; Susha, A.S.; Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lo, K.K.W.; Rogach, A.L., ChemPhysChem, 2012, 13, 2589-2595. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201101005
Luminescent Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes with 6-Phenyl-2,2'-Bipyridine Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Computational Studies
Au, V.K.M.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51, 7537-7545. DOI: 10.1021/ic300140w
Organometallics Roundtable 2011
Gladysz, J.A.; Ball, Z.T.; Bertrand, G.; Blum, S.A.; Dong, V.M.; Dorta, R.; Hahn, F.E.; Humphrey, M.G.; Jones, W.D.; Klosin, J.; Manners, I.; Marks, T.J.; Mayer, J.M.; Rieger, B.; Ritter, J.C.; Sattelberger, A.P.; Schomaker, J.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2012, 31, 1-18. DOI: 10.1021/om201234x
Photochromic Thienylpyridine–Bis(alkynyl)borane Complexes: Toward Readily Tunable Fluorescence Dyes and Photoswitchable Materials
Structure, Photophysical Properties and Computational Study of a Highly Luminescent Mixed-Metal Platinum(II)–Silver(I) System. Potential Building Blocks for Emissive Supramolecular Structures
Lam, E.S.H.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 8773-8776. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30598D
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
Bhargava, S.; Kitadai, K.; Masashi, T.; Drumm, D.W.; Russo, S.P.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lee, T.K.M.; Wagler, J.; Mirzadeh, N., Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 4789-4798. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT11722C
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)
Tanaka, Y.; Wong. K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2012, 3, 1185-1191. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC00935H
Photoswitching Materials
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
Yang, H.; Xu, S.J.; Tao, C.H.; Yam, V.W.W.; Zhang, J., Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 110, 043105; Erratum, 2011, 110, 079901. DOI: 10.1063/1.3622587
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
Hu, Y.C.; Chan, K.H.Y.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40, 12228-12234 (invited article, Themed Issue on Self-Assembly in Inorganic Chemistry). DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10741K
Design and Synthesis of Luminescence Chemosensors Based on Alkynyl Phosphine Gold(I)–Copper(I) Aggregates
Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Anionic Platinum(II) Complexes: A Correlation between Spectroscopic and Morphological Properties
Po, C.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 12136-12143. DOI: 10.1021/ja203920w
Design, Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescence and Non-Linear Optical (NLO) Properties of Multinuclear 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., Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40, 10670-10685 (invited article, Dalton Transactions 40th Anniversary Issue). DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10784D
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
Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Organic Electronics, 2011, 12, 1114-1119. DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.03.046
A Highly Selective Bifunctional Luminescence Probe for Potassium and Fluoride Ions
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
Chen, Z.F.; Wong, K.M.C.; Kwok, E.C.H.; Zhu, N.; Zu, Y.B.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 2125-2132. DOI: 10.1021/ic101119q
Luminescent Gold(I) Complexes for Chemosensing
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
Wong, H.L.; Tao, C.H.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 471-481. DOI: 10.1021/ic101298c
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
Yan, Y.; Wang, H.B.; Li, B.; Hou, G.F.; Yin, Z.D.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 9233-9236. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201004143
Aptamer-Induced Self-Assembly of a NIR-Emissive Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complex for Label- and Immobilization-Free Detection of Lysozyme and Thrombin
Yeung, M.C.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Tsang, Y.K.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 7709-7711. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02631J
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
In Your Element - Behind Platinum’s Sparkle
Yam, V.W.W., Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2, 790 (invited article). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.818
Towards Thermochromic and Thermoresponsive Near-Infrared (NIR) Luminescent Molecular Materials through the Modulation of Inter- and/or Intramolecular Pt···Pt and π–π Interactions
Chan, K.H.Y.; Chow, H.S.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2010, 1, 477-482 (invited article, Inaugural Issue). DOI: 10.1039/C0SC00208A
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
Transition Metal Complexes with Photochromic Ligands – Photosensitization and Photoswitchable Properties
Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20, 2063-2070 (invited Feature Article). DOI: 10.1039/B919418E
