Vivian YAM Lab
Publications

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2019

Multiresponsive Luminescent Cationic Cyclometalated Gold(III) Amphiphiles and Their Supramolecular Assembly
Leung, M.Y.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yim, K.C.; Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 19466-19478. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10607
Amyloid Protein-Induced Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Platinum(II) Complexes: A Luminescence Assay for Amyloid Fibrillation Detection and Inhibitor Screening
Law, A.S.Y.; Lee, L.C.C.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Lo, K.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 18570-18577. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09515
Green-Emitting Dendritic Alkynylgold(III) Complexes with Excellent Film Morphologies for Applications in Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Lo, L.H.Y.; Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 13844-13847. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06854F
Photochromic Barbiturate Pendant-Containing Benzo[b]phosphole Oxides with Co-Assembly Property and Photoinduced Morphological Changes
Wu, N.M.W.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 40290-40299. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13900
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photochromic Studies of Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes Containing a Spironaphthoxazine Moiety
Liu, J.; Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Wu, N.M.W.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2019, 38, 3542-3552. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00359
Solvent-Assisted Supramolecular Assembly of Cyclotetrasiloxane–Functionalized Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes
Au-Yeung, H.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., CCS Chemistry, 2019, 1, 464-475 (Invited article; New flagship journal of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS); Inaugural Volume). DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.019.20190041
Protamine-Induced Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Red-Emissive Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Complex for Selective Label-Free Sensing of Heparin and Real-Time Monitoring of Trypsin Activity
Chan, C.W.T.; Cheng, H.K.; Hau, F.K.W.; Chan, A.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 31585-31593. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b08653
Decanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Pseudopolymorphs Displaying Stimuli-Responsive RGBY Luminescence Changes
Chu, A.; Hau, F.K.W.; Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Materials Letters, 2019, 1, 277-284 (Invited article; Inaugural Volume). DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.9b00175
Ligand Mediated Luminescence Enhancement in Cyclometalated Rhodium(III) Complexes and Their Applications in Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Wei, F.F.; Lai, S.L.; Zhao, S.N.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Wong, K.M.C., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 12863-12871. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06308
A Platinum(II) Molecular Hinge with Motions Visualized by Phosphorescence Changes
Ai, Y.Y.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Li, Y.G.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2019, 116, 13856-13861. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1908034116
Rational Design of Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Scaffolds: Synthesis of Luminescent Oligo(ethynylpyridine)-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Polypyridine Foldamers Stabilized by Pt···Pt Interactions
Chan, M.H.Y.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 12312−12321. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04447
A Supramolecular Strategy toward an Efficient and Selective Capture of Platinum(II) Complexes
Chen, Z.; Chan, A.K.W.; Wong, V.C.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 11204-11211. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04397
A Gold Quartet Framework with Reversible Anisotropic Structural Transformation Accompanied by Luminescence Response
Yao, L.Y.; Low, K.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chem, 2019, 5, 2418–2428. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.06.012
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photophysical Studies of Hexanuclear Gold(I) Chalcogenido Complexes
Chu, A.; Hau, F.K.W.; Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2019, 66, 1100–1104. (Invited article; Special Issue in celebration of Prof. Shie-Ming Peng on the occasion of his 70th birthday) DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201900211
Four-Coordinate Boron Emitters with Tridentate Chelating Ligand for Efficient and Stable Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Li, P.; Chan, H.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 9088-9094. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903332
High Performance Gold(III)-Based White Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Extremely Small Efficiency Roll-Off
Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Tang, M.C.; Lee, C.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019, 7, 8457-8464. DOI: 10.1039/C9TC01796H
Rational Design Strategy for the Realization of Red- to Near-Infrared-Emitting Alkynylgold(III) Complexes and Their Applications in Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Li, L.K.; Tang, M.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, C.K.M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 6706-6714 (Special Issue Jean-Luc Bredas Festschrift in celebration of Professor Jean-Luc Brédas’ remarkable body of contributions to research and to the scientific community and of his 65th Birthday). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01208
Calixarene-Based Alkynyl-Bridged Gold(I) Isocyanide and Phosphine Complexes as Building Motifs for the Construction of Chemosensors and Supramolecular Architectures
Hau, F.K.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2019, 6, 1205-1213 (Invited article; Special Issue in celebration of Prof. Julius Rebek on the occasion of his 75th birthday). DOI: 10.1039/C9QO00258H
Aggregation and Tunable Color Emission Behaviors of L-Glutamine-Derived Platinum(II) Bipyridine Complexes by Hydrogen-Bonding, π–π Stacking and Metal-Metal Interactions
Ai, Y.Y.; Li, Y.G.; Fu, H.L.K.; Chan, A.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019, 25, 5251-5258. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805901
A Luminescence Turn-On Assay for Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Inhibitor Screening Based on Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes on Coordination Polymer
Law, A.S.Y.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2019, 11, 4799-4808. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b18739
Design, Luminescence and Non-Linear Optical Properties of Truxene-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes
Po, C.; Tao, C.H.; Li, K.F.; Chan, C.K.M.; Fu, H.L.K.; Cheah, K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019, 488, 214-218 (Invited article; Special Issue in celebration of Prof. Malcolm L. H. Green’s career and contributions to chemistry). DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.030
Design, Synthesis, Luminescence and Non-Linear Optical Properties of 1,3,5-Triethynylbenzene-Based Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes
Po, C.; Tao, C.H.; Li, K.F.; Chan, C.K.M.; Fu, H.L.K.; Zhu, N.; Cheah, K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2019, 881, 13-18 (Invited article; Special Issue in celebration of Professor Richard D. Puddephatt on the occasion of his 75th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.11.035
Strategies Towards Rational Design of Gold(III) Complexes for High-Performance Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Li, L.K.; Tang, M.C.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Kwok, W.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Nature Photonics, 2019, 13, 185-191. DOI: 10.1038/s41566-018-0332-z
Rational Molecular Design for Realizing High Performance Sky-Blue-Emitting Gold(III) Complexes with Monoaryl Auxiliary Ligands and Their Applications for Both Solution-Processable and Vacuum-Deposited Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Kwok, W.K.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 594-605. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03636E
Photochromic Benzo[b]phosphole Alkynylgold(I) Complexes with Mechanochromic Property to Serve as Multistimuli-Responsive Materials
Wu, N.M.W.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 3027-3031. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806272

2018

Platinum(II)-Based Supramolecular Scaffold-Templated Side-by-Side Assembly of Gold Nanorods through Pt···Pt and π–π Interactions
Wong, Y.S.; Leung, F.C.M.; Ng, M.; Cheng, H.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 15797-15801. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810302
Realization of Thermally Stimulated Delayed Phosphorescence in Arylgold(III) Complexes and Efficient Gold(III) Based Blue-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Leung, M.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 13115-13124. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09205
Precise Modulation of Molecular Building Blocks from Tweezers to Rectangles for Recognition and Stimuli-Responsive Processes
Chan, A.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018, 51, 3041-3051 (invited article in Special Issue on Supramolecular Chemistry in Confined Space and Organized Assemblies). DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00339
Directional Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Polymerization of Diacetylene-Containing Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes
Fang, S.S.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Li, Y.G.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 15596-15602. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802592
Adaptive Coordination-Driven Supramolecular Syntheses toward New Polymetallic Cu(I) Luminescent Assemblies
Evariste,S.; Khalil, A.M.; Moussa, M.E.; Chan, A.K.W.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Le Guennic, B.; Calvez, G.; Costuas, K.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lescop, C., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 12521-12526 (highlighted as Front Cover of Issue 39). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06901
Energy Landscape in Supramolecular Coassembly of Platinum(II) Complexes and Polymers: Morphological Diversity, Transformation, and Dilution Stability of Nanostructures
Zhang, K.K.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 9594-9605. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04779
Highly Luminescent Phosphine Oxide-Containing Bipolar Alkynylgold(III) Complexes for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Small Efficiency Roll-Offs
Lee, C.H.; Tang, M.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 6228-6232. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02265H
Amphiphilic Carbazole-Containing Compounds with Lower Critical Solution Temperature Bahavior for Supramolecular Self-Assembly and Solution-Processable Resistive Memories
Li, X.Y.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Chan, A.K.W.; Poon, C.T.; Li, B.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2018, 13, 2626-2631. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800615
Solvent-Induced and Temperature-Promoted Aggregation of Bipyridine Platinum(II) Triangular Metallacycles and Their Near-Infrared Emissive Behaviors
Ai, Y.Y.; Ng, M.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Chan, A.K.W.; Wei, Z.W.; Li, Y.G.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 11611-11618. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802499
Versatile Control of Directed Supramolecular Assembly via Subtle Changes of the Rhodium(I) Pincer Building Blocks
Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Low, K.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 8321-8329. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04687
Controlling Self-Assembly Mechanisms through Rational Molecular Design in Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Amphiphiles
Chan, M.H.Y.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 7637-7646. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03628
Covalent and Non-Covalent Conjugation of Few-Layered Graphene Oxide and Ruthenium(II) Complex Hybrids and Their Energy Transfer Modulation via Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Leung, F.C.M.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 15582-15590. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b18663
Supramolecular Metallogels of Platinum(II) and Gold(III) Complexes
Fu, H.L.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry Letters, 2018, 47, 605-610 (Invited Highlight Review and Cover Page of Issue No. 5). DOI: 10.1246/cl.180096
Supramolecular Assemblies of Dinuclear Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with Double-Decker Silsesquioxane Nano-Cores: The Role of Isomerism in Constructing Nano-Structures
Au-Yeung, H.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 4128-4131. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00557E
Highly Emissive Fused Heterocyclic Alkynylgold(III) Complexes for Multiple Color Emission Spanning from Green to Red for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Lee, C.H.; Ng, M.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 5463-5466. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201711846
Formation of 1D Infinite Chains Directed by Metal–Metal and/or π–π Stacking Interactions of Water-Soluble Platinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Double Complex Salts
Wong, V.C.H.; Po, C.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Chan, A.K.W.; Yang, S.Y.; Zhu, B.R.; Cui, X.D.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 657-666. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09770
Photophysical and Ion-Binding Studies of a Tetranuclear Alkynylgold(I) Isonitrile Complex
Leung, F.C.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2018, 355, 212-219 (invited article; special issue on Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry dedicated to Prof. Chen-Ho Tung on the occasion of his 80th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.028
Supramolecular Assembly of Phosphole Oxide Based Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Complexes-An Interplay of Hydrophobicity and Aromatic π-Surfaces
Cheung, A.F.F.; Hong, E.Y.H; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 1383-1393. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704110
Coordination Compounds with Photochromic Ligands: Ready Tunability and Visible Light-Sensitized Photochromism
Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018, 51, 149-159 (invited article). DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00426

2017

Dinuclear (N^C^N) Pincer Pt(II) Complexes with Bridged Organometallic Linkers: Synthesis, Structures, Self-Aggregation, and Photophysical Properties
Sesolis, H.; Chan, C.K.M.; Gontard, G.; Fu, H.L.K.; Yam, V.W.W.; Amouri, H., Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4794-4801. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00680
Multi-Modulation for Self-Assemblies of Amphiphilic Rigid-Soft Compounds through Alteration of Solution Polarity and Temperature
Li, X.Y.; Poon, C.T.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Chan, A.K.W.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 8408-8418. DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01754E
Arginine-Rich Peptide-Induced Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Anionic Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes: A Continuous and Label-Free Luminescence Assay for Trypsin and Inhibitor Screening
Law, A.S.Y.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 41143-41150. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12319
Living Supramolecular Polymerization Achieved by Collaborative Assembly of Platinum(II) Complexes and Block Copolymers
Zhang, K.K.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2017, 114, 11844-11849. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712827114
A Rational Molecular Design of Triazine-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes and the Formation of Helical Ribbons via Pt···Pt, π–π Stacking and Hydrophobic-Hydrophobic Interactions
Fu, H.L.K.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 11349-11352. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06293A
Molecular Engineering of Platinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with Tetraphenylethylene-Modified Alkynyl Ligands: Supramolecular Assembly via Pt···Pt and/or π−π Stacking Interactions and the Formation of Various Superstructures
Cheng, H.K.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 36220-36228. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11807
Cation- and Solvent-Induced Supramolecular Aggregation Studies of Crown Ether-Containing Dinuclear Alkynylgold(I) Isocyanide Complexes
Leung, F.C.M.; Yam, V.W.W., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017,5271-5278 (invited article; thematic issue on “Luminescent Materials”; selected as Very Important Paper (VIP)) DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700877
Construction of Discrete Pentanuclear Platinum(II) Stacks with Extended Metal–Metal Interactions by Using Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Tweezers
Kong, F.K.W.; Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Low, K.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 15103-15107. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708504
Photochromic Heterocycle-Fused Thieno[3,2-b]phosphole Oxides as Visible Light Switches without Sacrificing Photoswitching Efficiency
Wu, N.M.W.; Ng, M.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 15142-15150. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08333
Supramolecular Self-Assembly and Dual-Switch Vapochromic, Vapoluminescent, and Resistive Memory Behaviors of Amphiphilic Platinum(II) Complexes
Li, Y.G.; Chen, L.; Ai, Y.Y.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Chan, A.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 13858-13866. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07638
A New Class of Gold(III) Complexes with Saturated Poly(benzyl ether) Dendrons for Solution-Processable Blue-Green-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 1, 2559-2568 (invited article to Themed Collection on “Molecular Materials and Devices”). DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00289K
Multi-Functional Bis(alkynyl)gold(III) N^C Complexes with Distinct Mechanochromic Luminescence and Electroluminescence Properties
Wong, B.Y.W.; Wong, H.L.; Wong, Y.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 6936-6946. DOI: 10.1039/C7SC02410J
Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with Tunable Emissive Colors and Studies of Their Application in Organic Memories and Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Chan, A.K.W.; Ng, M.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 10750-10761. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04952
Sky-Blue-Emitting Dendritic Alkynylgold(III) Complexes for Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Lee, C.H.; Tang, M.C.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 10539-10550. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05872
Versatile Design Strategy for Highly Luminescent Vacuum-Evaporable and Solution-Processable Tridentate Gold(III) Complexes with Monoaryl Auxiliary Ligands and Their Applications for Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Devices
Tang, M.C.; Lee, C.H.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 9341-9349. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04788
Synthesis of Luminescent Platinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-dodecylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Foldamers and Their Supramolecular Assembly and Metallogel Formation
Chan, M.H.Y.; Ng, M.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 8639-8645. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03635
AuI···AuI Interaction Assisted Host–Guest Interactions and Stimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly in Tetranuclear Alkynylgold(I) Calix[4]arene-Based Isocyanide Complexes
Chu, A.; Hau, F.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23, 11076-11084. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701631
Switching of Resistive Memory Behavior from Binary to Ternary Logic via Alteration of Substituent Positioning on the Subphthalocyanine Core
Chan, H.; Wong, H.L.; Ng, M.; Poon, C.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 7256-7263. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00895
Manipulation of Nanostructures in the Co-Assembly of Platinum(II) Complexes and Block Copolymers
Zhang, K.K.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chem, 2017, 2, 825-839. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.04.017
Strategy for the Realization of Efficient Solution-Processable Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Devices: Design and Synthesis of Bipolar Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes
Kong, F.K.W.; Tang, M.C.; Wong, Y.C.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 6351-6362 (dedicated to Professor Chi-Ming Che on the occasion of his 60th Birthday). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00479
Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Studies of Luminescent Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes with 8-Hydroxyquinoline-Containing Alkynyl Ligands
Chung, W.K.; Ng, M.; Zhu, N.; Siu, S.K.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2017, 847, 278-288 (invited article in Special Issue on “Organometallic Chemistry: from Stereochemistry to Catalysis to Nanochemistry” dedicated to Prof. J.A. Gladysz on the occasion of his 65th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.04.016
Amphiphilic Oligo(ethylene glycol)- and Poly(ethyleneoxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly-(ethylene oxide)-Containing Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes: From Basic Photophysics to Self-Assembly and Stimuli-Responsive Properties
Siu, S.K.L.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2017, 845, 177-188 (invited article in Special Issue on “Organometallic Chemistry of Pincer Complexes” dedicated to Prof. Gerard van Koten on the occasion of his 75th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.04.035
Supramolecular Assembly of a Phosphole-Based Moiety into Nanostructures Dictated by Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes through Non-Covalent Pt···Pt and π–π Stacking Interactions: Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysics and Self-Assembly Behaviors
Leung, S.Y.L.; Evariste, S.; Lescop, C.; Hissler, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 4264-4273. DOI: 10.1039/C7SC00041C
Photoresponsive Organogelator: Utilization of Boron(III) Diketonate as a Building Block to Construct Multiresponsive Materials
Wong, C.L.; Poon, C.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Organometallics, 2017, 36, 2661-2669. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00274
Luminescent Bis-Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes with Alkynyl Ligands of Hexaphenylbenzene and Hexabenzocoronene Derivatives and Their Supramolecular Assembly
Yim, K.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23, 5772-5786. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201606052
Simple and Versatile Preparation of Luminescent Amphiphilic Platinum(II)-Containing Polystyrene Complexes with Transformable Nanostructures Assisted by Pt···Pt and π–π Interactions
Cheng, H.K.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Zhang, K.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2017, 12, 1509-1516 (Invited article in Special Issue celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (in conjunction with the ACCC6 in Melbourne); selected as Inside Back Cover of the Special Issue). DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700123
Self-Assembled Architectures of Alkynylplatinum(II) Amphiphiles and Their Structural Optimization: A Balance of the Interplay Among Pt···Pt, π–π Stacking, and Hydrophobic-Hydrophobic Interactions
Fu, H.L.K.; Po, C.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9, 2786-2795. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12584
Triindole-Tris-Alkynyl-Bridged Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes for Cooperative Supramolecular Self-Assembly and Small-Molecule Solution-Processable Resistive Memories
Hong, E.Y.H.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9, 2616-2624. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12404
Manipulation of Push–Pull System by Functionalization of Porphyrin at β-Position for High-Performance Solution-Processable Ternary Resistive Memory Devices
Chan, H.; Lee, S.H.; Poon, C.T.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., ChemNanoMat, 2017, 3, 164-167. DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201600365
Supramolecular Assembly of Platinum-Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes: An Interplay of Intermolecular Interactions and a Correlation between Structural Modifications and Morphological Transformations
Au-Yeung, H.L.; Tam, A.Y.Y.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 2267-2276. DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04169H
Versatile Synthesis of Luminescent Tetradentate Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes and Their Application in Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Wong, B.Y.W.; Wong, H.L.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 302-305. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607816
Photochromic Benzo[b]phosphole Oxide with Excellent Thermal Irreversibility and Fatigue Resistance in the Thin Film Solid State via Direct Attachment of Dithienyl Units to the Weakly Aromatic Heterocycle
Wu, N.M.W.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 1309-1315. DOI: 10.1039/C6SC02928K

2016

Diphosphine-Stabilized Small Gold Nanoclusters: From Crystal Structure Determination to Ligation-Driven Symmetry Breaking and Anion Exchange Properties
Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 15736-15742. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10168
Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes of 1,3-Bis(1-n-butylpyrazol-3-yl)benzenes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Gelation Behavior Studies
Ai, Y.Y.; Li, Y.G.; Ma, H.Q.; Su, C.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 11920-11929. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02033
Assembly of Heterometallic Silver(I)-Copper(I) Alkyl-1,3-diynyl Clusters via Inner-Core Expansion
Hau, S.C.K; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W.; Mak, T.C.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 13732-13739. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08674
Luminescent Dinuclear Bis-Cyclometalated Gold(III) Alkynyls and Their Solvent-Dependent Morphologies through Supramolecular Self-Assembly
Yim, K.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Hung, L.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 16258-16270. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603186
Photochromic Transition Metal Complexes for Photosensitization
Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Photochromic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications, Tian, H. and Zhang, J.J. Eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2016, pp 47-70 (invited article). DOI: 10.1002/9783527683734.ch2
A Solid State Highly Emissive Cu(I) Metallacycle: Promotion of Cuprophilic Interactions at the Excited States
Moussa, M.E.S.; Evariste, S.; Wong, H.L.; Le Bras, L.; Roiland, C.; Le Polles,L.; Le Guennic, B.; Costuas, K.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lescop, C., Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 11370-11373. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06613E
Bifunctional Heterocyclic Spiro Derivatives for Organic Optoelectronic Devices
Chan, C.Y.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Cheung, S.H.; So, S.K.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8, 24782-24792. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09211
Air-Stable Spirofluorene-Containing Ladder-Type Bis(alkynyl)borane Compounds with Readily Tunable Full Color Emission Properties
Wong, B.Y.W.; Wong, H.L.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 15095-15106. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602829
Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Photophysical Studies of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complexes with D–π–A–π–D Type Ligands and Their Application Studies as Organic Memories
Leung, M.Y.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Wu, D.; Yu, T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 14013-14021. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602228
Photochromic Dithienylethene‐Containing Boron(III) Ketoiminates: Modulation of Photo‐Responsive Behavior through Variation of Intramolecular Motion
Wong, C.L.; Poon, C.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 12931-12940. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601585
Tuning of Supramolecular Architectures of L-Valine-Containing Dicyanoplatinum(II) 2,2’-Bipyridine Complexes by Metal-Metal, π–π Stacking, and Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions
Fu, H.L.K.; Po, C.; He, H.X.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Wong, K.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 11826-11836. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601983
Helical Self-Assembly and Photopolymerization Properties of Achiral Amphiphilic Platinum(II) Diacetylene Complexes of Tridentate 2,6-Bis(1-alkylpyrazol-3-yl)pyridines
Li, Y.G.; Wong, K.M.C.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8, 17445-17453. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02840
Design and Synthesis of Dinuclear Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes as Sensitizers for Light-Harvesting
Kwok, E.C.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Polyhedron, 2016, 120, 54-59 (Invited article; Special Issue for Prof. Martin A. Bennett on the occasion of his 80th Birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.05.048
Thermodynamic-Driven Self-Assembly: Heterochiral Self-Sorting and Structural Reconfiguration in Gold(I)-Sulfido Cluster System
Yao, L.Y.; Lee, T.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 7260-7263 (selected for highlight as JACS Spotlights; “Heterochiral Self-Sorting and Assembly Get the Golden Touch”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 7447). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03844
Highly Phosphorescent Crystals of Square-Planar Platinum Complexes with Chiral Organometallic Linkers: Homochiral versus Heterochiral Arrangements, Induced Circular Dichroism, and TD-DFT Calculations
Sesolis, H.; Dubarle-Offner, J.; Chan, C.K.M.; Puig, E.; Gontard, G.; Winter, P.; Cooksy, A.L.; Yam, V.W.W.; Amouri, H., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 8032-8037 (selected for highlight as Hot Paper and as Inside Cover of Issue 24 of Chemistry - A European Journal). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601161
Synthesis and Photochromic Studies of Dithienylethene-Containing Cyclometalated Alkynylplatinum(II) 1,3-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2’-yl)benzene Complexes
Chan, M.H.Y.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 5570-5577. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00619
A Phosphole Oxide-Containing Organogold(III) Complex for Solution-Processable Resistive Memory Devices with Ternary Memory Performances
Hong, E.Y.H.; Poon, C.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 6368-6371. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02629
Design Strategy for High-Performance Dendritic Carbazole-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes and Their Application in Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Devices
Kong, F.K.W.; Tang, M.C.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 6281-6291. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02632
Synthesis and Characterization of Alkynylrhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes with Fused Thiophene and Cyanoacrylic Acid Moiety
Lam, S.T.; Kwok, E.C.H.; Ko, C.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Polyhedron, 2016, 116, 144-152 (Invited article; Special Issue for Prof. Malcolm L.H. Green on the occasion of his 80th Birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.04.020
Synthesis and Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Self-Assembly Studies on Water-Soluble pH-Responsive Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes
Chung, C.Y.S.; Li, S.P.Y.; Lo, K.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 4650-4663. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00513
Rhodium(I) Complexes of Tridentate N-Donor Ligands and Their Supramolecular Assembly Studies
Chan, A.K.W.; Wu, D.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 3685-3691. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00289
Metal–Metal and π–π Interactions Directed End-to-End Assembly of Gold Nanorods
Leung, F.C.M.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 2989-2992. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b01382
Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Amphiphiles into Nanostructures via Steric Control and Metal–Metal Interactions
Leung, S.Y.L.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2016, 113, 2845-2850. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601673113
Platinum and Gold Complexes for OLEDs
Tang, M.C.; Chan, A.K.W.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Topics in Current Chemistry, 2016, 374:46, 1-43 (Journal); pp. 67-109 (Collections), DOI: 10.1007/s41061-016-0046-y (Invited article in Special Volume on Photoluminescent Materials and Electroluminescent Devices, Eds. Armaroli, N.; Bolink, H.). DOI: 10.1007/s41061-016-0046-y
Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysics and Electrochemistry of Hexanuclear Silver(I) Alkynyl Phosphine Complexes
Lo, H.S.; Cheng, E.C.C; Xu, H.L.; Lam, W.H.; Zhu, N; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2016, 812, 43-50 (Invited article in Special Issue on Advances in Di- and Polynuclear Organometallic Complexes dedicated to Professor Lewis “in Memoriam”). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.02.002
Transition Metal-Based Photofunctional Materials: Recent Advances and Potential Applications
Wong, H.L.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Structure and Bonding, 2016, 172, 201-289 (Invited article in 50 Years of Structure and Bonding – The Anniversary Volume). DOI: 10.1007/430_2015_204
Boron(III)-Containing Donor-Acceptor Compound with Goldlike Reflective Behavior for Organic Resistive Memory Devices
Poon, C.T.; Wu, D.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 3647-3651. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510946
Parallel Folding Topology-Selective Label-Free Detection and Monitoring of Conformational and Topological Changes of Different G-Quadruplex DNAs by Emission Spectral Changes via FRET of mPPE-Ala–Pt(II) Complex Ensemble
Chan, K.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 2842-2855. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC04563K
Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Calixarene-Based Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with Various Receptor Sites for Colorimetric and Luminescence Sensing of Anions
Hau, F.K.W.; Lo, H.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 3738-3749 (Special Issue dedicated to “Women in Chemistry”). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503401
Synthesis and Cation-Binding Studies of Gold(I) Complexes Bearing Oligoether Isocyanide Ligands with Ester and Amide as Linkers
Hau, F.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 300-306. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03321G

2015

Metallosupramolecular Soft Materials: Metallogels
Po, C.; Yam, V.W.W., RSC Smart Materials, No. 15, Functional Metallosupramolecular Materials, ed. Hardy, J.G.; Schacher, F.H., 2015, pp. 149-191 (Invited article). DOI: 10.1039/9781782622673-00149
Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, and Photophysical Studies of Triarylamine-Containing Zinc(II) Diimine Bis-Thiolate Complexes
Yu, T.; Au, V.K.M.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 18983-18992. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02920A
Synthesis, Characterization and Spectroscopic Studies of Luminescent L-Valine Modified Alkynyl-Based Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes with Gelation Properties Driven by π-π Stacking, Hydrogen Bonding and Hydrophobic−Hydrophobic Interactions
Siu, S.K.L.; Po, C.; Yim, K.C.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 8153-8162 (Invited article in Themed Issue on Supramolecular Gels in Crystal Engineering). DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01136A
Dual Esterase- and Steroid-Responsive Energy Transfer Modulation of Ruthenium(II) and Rhenium(I) Complex Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles
Leung, F.C.M.; Au, V.K.M.; Song, H.O.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 16448-16454 (Selected as Back Cover of Issue and Hot Paper). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501808
Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Induced Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine Complexes
Chan, K.; Chung, C.Y.S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 16434-16447 (selected as Hot Paper). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501804
A Solution-Processable Donor-Acceptor Compound Containing Boron(III) Centers for Small-Molecule-Based High-Performance Ternary Electronic Memory Devices
Poon, C.T.; Wu, D.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 10569-10573 (selected as Very Important Paper (VIP)). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504997
Supramolecular Assembly of Isocyanorhodium(I) Complexes: An Interplay of Rhodium(I)•••Rhodium(I) Interactions, Hydrophobic-Hydrophobic Interactions, and Host-Guest Chemistry
Chan, A.K.W.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 6920-6931. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03396
Light-Emitting Self-Assembled Materials Based on d8 and d10 Transition Metal Complexes
Yam, V.W.W.; Au, V.K.M.; Leung, S.Y.L., Chemical Reviews, 2015, 115, 7589-7728 (invited review article in Thematic Issue on “Supramolecular Chemistry”). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00074
Organic Memory Devices Based on a Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complex
Au, V.K.M.; Wu, D.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 4654-4657 (selected for highlight as JACS Spotlights; “Organometallic Gold(III) Complex Used in Organic Memory Device”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 4593). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02113
Cleavage of a P-N Bond in a Urea-Containing (Ph2P(R)PPh2)-Bridged Dinuclear Gold(I) Thiolate Complex by Fluoride and a Mechanistic Insight
He, X.M.; Lam, W.H.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 8447-8454. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500493
Photoinduced Isomerization-Driven Structural Transformation between Decanuclear and Octadecanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Clusters
Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 3506-3509. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01676
A Study on the Effect of Dianionic Tridentate Ligands on the Radiative and Nonradiative Processes for Gold(III) Alkynyl Systems by a Computational Approach
Lam, E.S.H.; Lam, W.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 3624-3630. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00215
Synthesis of Alkynylgold(III) Complexes with Bis-cyclometalating Ligand Derived from Ethyl 2,6-Diphenylisonicotinate and Their Structural, Electrochemical, Photo- and Electroluminescence Studies
Au, V.K.M.; Tsang, D.P.K.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2015, 792, 109-116 (invited article in Special Issue on “Concepts for the Structure and Bonding in Organometallic Compounds” dedicated to Prof. D.M.P. Mingos on the occasion of his 70th birthday). DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.02.037
Synthesis, Luminescence and Electrochemical Properties of Luminescent Dinuclear Mixed-Valence Gold Complexes with Alkynyl Bridges
Hung, L.L.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, K.M.C.; Cheng, E.C.C.; Zhu, N.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2015, 2, 453-466 (invited article in Themed Issue on Crystal Engineering for Molecular Materials). DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00017C
From Spherical to Leaf-Like Morphologies: Tunable Supramolecular Assembly of Alkynylgold(I) Complexes through Variations of the Alkyl Chain Length
Hong, E.Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 5732-5735. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500078
Supramolecular Assembly of Achiral Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes and Carboxylic β-1,3-Glucan into Different Helical Handedness Stabilized by Pt∙∙∙Pt and/or π–π Interactions
Chung, C.Y.S.; Tamaru, S.I.; Shinkai, S.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 5447-5458. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405035
Tunable Photochromism in the Robust Dithienylethene-Containing Phospholes: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Photochromic Studies
Chan, J.C.H.; Wong, H.L.; Wong, W.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 6936-6948. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405691
Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry and Photophysical Studies of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes with Carboxaldehyde Alkynyl Ligands
Lam, S.T.; Zhu, N.; Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Polyhedron, 2015, 86, 10-16 (invited article; Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Claude Lapinte for his contribution to organometallic chemistry). DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.03.051
Photochromic Dithienylethene-Containing Triarylborane Derivatives: Facile Approach to Modulate Photochromic Properties with Multi-Addressable Functions
Poon, C.T.; Lam, W.H.; Wong, H.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2015, 21, 2182-2192. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404784
Molecular Design of Novel Classes of Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes and Their Use in Sensing, Biolabeling, and Cell Imaging
Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Structure and Bonding, 2015, 165, 109-130 (invited article; special volume on Luminescent and Photoactive Transition Metal Complexes as Biomolecular Probes and Cellular Reagents; Vol. Ed., Lo, K.K.W.). DOI: 10.1007/430_2014_172
Luminescent Cation Sensors: From Host-Guest Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry to Reaction-Based Mechanisms
Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44, 4192-4202 (invited overview highlight article in the Themed Issue on Sensor Targets). DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00391H
Multiaddressable Molecular Rectangles with Reversible Host-Guest Interactions: Modulation of pH-Controlled Guest Release and Capture
Chan, A.K.W.; Lam, W.H.; Tanaka, Y.; Wong, K.M.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2015, 112, 690-695. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423709112