Publications

2024

Benzo[b]Germole-Fused Diarylethenes as Photochromic Organogermanium Compounds

Wu, N.M.W.; Fung, T.H.C.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 314-320. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c01383

Evolution of Polynuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes from Clusters and Cages to Macrocycles

Yan, L.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 609-616. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10381

Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Tetradentate Ligand-Containing Gold(III) Complexes with Preferential Molecular Orientation and Their Application in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Au-Yeung, C.C.; Leung, M.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Cheng, S.C.; Li, L.K.; Tang, M.C.; Kwok, W.K.; Ko, C.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Materials Horizons, 2024, 11, 151-162. DOI: 10.1039/D3MH00910F

Assembly of Luminescent Chiral Gold(I)-Sulfido Clusters via Chiral Self-Sorting

Yao, L.Y.; Qin, L.; Chen Z.Y.; Lam, J.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202316200. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316200

2023

Encoding Hole–Particle Information in the Multi-Channel MolOrbImage for Machine-Learned Excited-State Energies of Large Photofunctional Materials

Chen, Z.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 24098-24107. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07766

Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Dinuclear Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes into Highly Ordered Crystalline Hexagonal Bipyramid Superstructures

Wang, H.Z.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Chen, Z.; Chen, Z.Y.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chem, 2023, 9, 3573-3587. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.08.002

Rational Design of Platinum(II) Complexes with Orthogonally Oriented Triazolyl Ligand with Emission Enhancement Characteristics for Cancer Chemotherapy in Vivo

Ai, Y.Y.; Zhang, Z.R.; Fei, Y.X.; Ye, R.R.; Law, A.S.Y.; Mao, Z.W.; Liu, J.Q.; Li, Y.G.; Yam, V.W.W., Science China Chemistry, 2023, 66, 2878-2884. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1702-x

A Luminescence Assay in the Red for the Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide and Glucose Based on Metal Coordination Polyelectrolyte-Induced Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes

Chan, C.W.T.; Law, A.S.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2023, 29, e202300203. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300203

Luminescent Bis-Alkynylgold(III) Complexes with Bidentate Cyclometalating Ligands: A Comparison Study with Related Tridentate Cyclometalated Complexes

Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2023, 70, 1237-1251. DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202300089

Tetradentate C^C^N^N Ligand-Containing Gold(III) Complexes with Orange to Deep-Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) and Their Application in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Kwok, W.K.; Li, L.K.; Lai, S.L.; Leung, M.Y.; Tang, W.K.; Cheng, S.C.; Tang, M.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Ko, C.C.; Chan,M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 9584-9595. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13820

[n]Cycloparaphenylene-Pillar[5]arene Bismacrocycles: Their Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Multiple Guest Recognition Properties

Xu, Y.Z.; Steudel, F.; Leung, M.Y.; Xia, B.; von Delius, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202302978. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202302978

Photo- and Temperature-Induced Reversible Structural Transformation between Dodecanuclear and Pentadecanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes

Yan, L.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 7454-7461. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00096

Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine-Containing Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Studies

Cheng, H.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Synthesis, 2023, 3, 13. DOI: 10.20517/cs.2022.43

Lamellar Assembly and Nanostructures of Amphiphilic Boron(III) Diketonates Through Suitable Non-Covalent Interactions

Cao, J.J.; Poon, C.T.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Cheng, Y.H.; Hau, F.K.W.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 10, 1694-1704. DOI: 10.1039/D3QO00031A

Synthesis, Characterization, Supramolecular Self-Assembly, and Organic Resistive Memory Applications of BODIPY Derivatives

Li, Z.Y.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Poon, C.T.; Cheng, Y.H.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Leung, M.Y.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Materials Letters, 2023, 5, 909-919. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c01174

Luminescent Supramolecular Assemblies

Au, V.K.M.; Chan,M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III, Volume 8: “Inorganic Photochemistry”, Reedijk, J.; Poeppelmeier, K. Eds., Elsevier, 2023, Chapter 14, pp. 574-627 (ISBN: 978-0-12-823144-9). DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823144-9.00181-3

Machine-Learned Electronically Excited States with the MolOrbImage Generated from the Molecular Ground State

Chen, Z.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 1955-1961. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00014

Dinuclear Coumarin-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with Supramolecular Assembly-Assisted Photodimerization

Fang, S.S.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 7, 1446-1452. DOI: 10.1039/D2QM01133F

Using Synthesis to Steer Excited States and Their Properties and Functions

Yam, V.W.W., Nature Synthesis, 2023, 2, 94-100. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-022-00202-5

Realization of Long Operational Lifetimes in Vacuum-Deposited Organic Light-Emitting Devices Based on para-Substituted Pyridine Carbazolylgold(III) C^C^N Complexes

Wong, C.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Leung, M.Y.; Tang, M.C.; Li, L.K.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 2638-2646. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12674

Synthesis, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Photochemistry of a Discrete Tetranuclear Copper(I) Sulfido Cluster

Lam, C.H.; Tang, W.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 1942-1949. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01707

Induced Self-Assembly and Disassembly of Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2ʹ-yl)pyridine Complexes with Charge Reversal Properties: “Proof-of-Principle” Demonstration of Ratiometric Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Sensing of pH

Chan, C.W.T.; Chan, K.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 25122-25133. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05677

2022

Toward the Design and Construction of Supramolecular Functional Molecular Materials Based on Metal–Metal Interactions

Chan, M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 22805-22825. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08551

Supramolecular Assembly of Organoplatinum(II) Complexes for Subcellular Distribution and Cell Viability Monitoring with Differentiated Imaging

Li, B.N.; Wang, Y.P.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Pan, M.; Li, Y.G.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202210703. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202210703

Stimuli-Induced Reversible Transformation between Decanuclear and Pentanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes

Yan, L.L.; Yao, L.Y.; Ng, M.; Tang, W.K.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 19748-19757. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05946

Dithienylethene-Containing Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with Tunable Photochromic and Photophysical Properties

Fung, T.H.C.; Ng, M.; Wu, N.M.W.; Yam, V.W.W., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, e202200534. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200534

Carbazolylgold(III) Complexes with Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Switched On by Ligand Manipulation as High Efficiency Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Small Efficiency Roll-Offs

Wong, C.Y.; Tang, M.C.; Li, L.K.; Leung, M.Y.; Tang, W.K.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 10129-10140. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC03037C

Photochromism of Coordination Compounds

Wu, N.M.W.; Ko, C.C.; Yam, V.W.W., Molecular Photoswitches: Chemistry, Properties, and Applications, Pianowski, Z.L. Ed., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2022, Chapter 19, pp. 425-453 (ISBN 978-3-527-35104-6). DOI: 10.1002/9783527827626.ch19

Solvent-Dependent Supramolecular Host–Guest Assemblies of Platinum(II) Tweezers and a Guest System: From Discrete Molecules to High-Ordered Oligomers

Yeung, J.Y.W.; Kong, F.K.W.; Hau, F.K.W.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Ng, M.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202207313. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207313

Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Photophysical Studies of Decanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes with Carbazole-Derived Ligands

Chu, A.; Wan, H.C.; Yan, L.L.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 2022, 648, e202200144. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202200144

Stimuli-Responsive and Switchable Platinum(II) Complexes and Their Applications in Memory Storage

Yam, V.W.W.; Cheng, Y.H., Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2022, 95, 846-854. DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220034

Molecular Alignment of Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine Double Complex Salts and the Formation of Well-Ordered Nanostructures Directed by Pt···Pt and Donor–Acceptor Interactions

Wong, E.K.H.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Tang, W.K.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 5424-5434. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12994

Photochromic Dithienylethene-Containing Four-Coordinate Boron(III) Compounds with a Spirocyclic Scaffold

Fung, T.H.C.; Wong, C.L.; Tang, W.K.; Leung, M.Y.; Low, K.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 4231-4234. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00107A

Elucidation of the Key Role of Pt···Pt Interactions in the Directional Self-Assembly of Platinum(II) Complexes

Zheng, X.Y.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Chan, A.K.W.; Cao, S.Q.; Ng, M.; Sheong, F.K.; Li, C.; Goonetilleke, E.C.; Lam, W.W.Y.; Lau, T.C.; Huang, X.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2022, 119, e2116543119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116543119

Photocontrolled Multiple-State Photochromic Benzo[b]phosphole Thieno[3,2-b]phosphole-Containing Alkynylgold(I) Complex via Selective Light Irradiation

Wu, N.M.W.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 33. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27711-9

Design and Synthesis of Yellow- to Red-Emitting Gold(III) Complexes Containing Isomeric Thienopyridine and Thienoquinoline Moieties and Their Applications in Operationally Stable Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Li, L.K.; Au-Yeung, C.C.; Tang, M.C.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Materials Horizons, 2022, 9, 281-293. DOI: 10.1039/D1MH00821H

2021

Photo-Modulated Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Ortho-Nitrobenzyl Ester-Based Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Complexes

Cheung, A.S.H.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Po, C.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 13708-13711. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05754E

Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Enantiomers with Circularly Polarized Luminescence Properties and Their Assembly Behaviors

Li, B.N.; Li, Y.G.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 21676-21684. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10943

Incorporation of Fluorene and Its Heterocyclic Spiro Derivatives to Realize High-Performance and Stable Sky-Blue-Emitting Arylgold(III) Complexes

Lo, L.H.Y.; Tang, M.C.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Li, L.K.; Ng, M.; Chan, H.T.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 57673-57683. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15891

Stimuli-Responsive and Structure-Adaptive Three-Dimensional Gold(I) Cluster Cages Constructed via “De-aurophilic” Interaction Strategy

Yan, L.L.; Yao, L.Y.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 19008-19017. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07971

Highly Efficient Carbazolylgold(III) Dendrimers Based on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Their Application in Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Li, L.K.; Kwok, W.K.; Tang, M.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 14833-14844. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03690D

Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with Donor-Acceptor-Containing Bidentate Ligands and Their Application Studies as Organic Resistive Memories

Poh, W.C.; Au-Yeung, H.L.; Chan, A.K.W.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Cheng, Y.H.; Leung, M.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Low, K.H.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2021, 16, 3669-3676. DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100897

Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole‐Based Alkynylgold(I) Complexes with Resistive Memory Properties Modulated by Donor–Acceptor Chromophores

Cheng, Y.H.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Leung, M.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Yam, V.W.W., SmartMat, 2021, 2, 406-418. DOI: 10.1002/smm2.1065

Supramolecular Self- assembly of Amphiphilic Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl)pyridine Complexes

Cheung, A.S.H.; Leung, S.Y.L; Hau, F.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2021, 37, 1079-1084. DOI: 10.1007/s40242-021-1309-x

Synthesis of Luminescent Phosphine-Containing Rigid-Rod Dinuclear Alkynylgold(I) Complexes and Their X-Ray Structural, Photophysical, Self-Assembly and Electroluminescence Studies

Li, L.K.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Chu, A.; Yim, K.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Polyhedron, 2021, 207, 115356. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115356

Realization of Distinct Mechano- and Piezochromic Behaviors via Alkoxy Chain Length-Modulated Phosphorescent Properties and Multidimensional Self-Assembly Structures of Dinuclear Platinum(II) Complexes

Ai, Y.Y.; Li, Y.G.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Xiao, G.J.; Zou, B.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 10659-10667. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04200

Molecular Design of Efficient Yellow- to Red-Emissive Alkynylgold(III) Complexes for the Realization of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) and Their Applications in Solution-Processed Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Au-Yeung, C.C.; Li, L.K.; Tang, M.C.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 9516-9527. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC02256C

Synthesis and Characterization of Photochromic Triethylene Glycol-Containing Spiropyrans and Their Assembly in Solution

Zhang, Y.W.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Wu, N.M.W.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 8, 3047-3058. DOI: 10.1039/D1QO00316J

Molecular Design of Luminescent Gold(III) Emitters as Thermally Evaporable and Solution-Processable Organic Light-Emitting Device (OLED) Materials

Tang, M.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121, 7249-7279. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00936

Aggregation and Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Low-Energy Red Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes for RNA Detection, Nucleolus Imaging, and RNA Synthesis Inhibitor Screening

Law, A.S.Y.; Lee, L.C.C.; Lo, K.K.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 5396-5405. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13327

Geometrical Manipulation of Complex Supramolecular Tessellations by Hierarchical Assembly of Amphiphilic Platinum(II) Complexes

Poon, J.K.L.; Chen, Z.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2021, 118, e2022829118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022829118

Dinuclear Anthracene-Containing Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes with Photo-Modulated Self-Assembly Behaviors

Fang, S.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5, 2409-2415. DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00972E

Dual Emissive Gold(I)–Sulfido Cluster Framework Capable of Benzene–Cyclohexane Separation in the Solid State Accompanied by Luminescence Color Changes

Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 2558-2566. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11891

Substituent-Mediated Transformation of Polynuclear Gold(I)-Sulfido Complexes — From Pentanuclear to Octadecanuclear Cluster-to-Cluster Transformation

Yan, L.L.; Yao, L.Y.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., CCS Chemistry, 2021, 3, 326-337. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.021.202000662

Platinum(II)-Based Host–Guest Coordination-Driven Supramolecular Co-Assembly Assisted by Pt···Pt and π–π Stacking Interactions: A Dual-Selective Luminescence Sensor for Cations and Anions

Wong, Y.S.; Ng, M.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 973-982. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11162

One‐Pot Synthesis of Boron‐Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via 1,4‐Boron Migration

Zhang, J.J.; Tang, M.C.; Fu, Y.; Low, K.H.; Ma, J.; Yang, L.; Weigand, J.J.; Liu, J.; Yam, V.W.W.; Feng X., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 2833-2838. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011237

Transition Metal Complexes as Photofunctional Materials – From Photosensitization and Photochromism to Artificial Photosynthesis and Energy Applications

Au, V.K.M.; Yam, V.W.W., Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III, Volume 9: "Applications of Coordination Chemistry", Constable, E.C.; Parkin, G.; Que Jr., L. Eds., Elsevier, 2021, pp. 2-37. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.14908-X

2020

Recent Advances in Supramolecular Self-Assembly and Biological Applications of Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Polypyridine Complexes

Yam, V.W.W.; Law, A.S.Y., Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2020, 67, 2246-2252. DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000536

Design and Synthesis of Solution-Processable Donor−Acceptor Dithienophosphole Oxide Derivatives for Multilevel Organic Resistive Memories

Cheng, Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Leung, M.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Materials Letters, 2020, 2, 1590-1597. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00387

Synthesis and Photoswitchable Amphiphilicity and Self-Assembly Properties of Photochromic Spiropyran Derivatives

Zhang, Y.W.; Ng, M.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Chan, A.K.W.; Wu, N.M.W.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Wu, L.X.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 13676-13685. DOI: 10.1039/D0TC03301D

Boron(III) β-Diketonate-Based Small Molecules for Functional Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells and Organic Resistive Memory Devices

Li, P.; Liang, Q.B.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Chan, C.Y.; Cheng, Y.H.; Leung, M.Y.; Chan, M.Y.; Low, K.H.; Wu, H.B.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 11601-11612. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04047A

Stimuli-Responsive Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Polymers Based on Trinuclear Platinum(II) Scaffolds: Reversible Modulation of Photoluminescence, Cavity Size, and Water Permeability

Chen, Z.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 16471-16478. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07969

Synthesis, Photophysical, Photochromic, and Photomodulated Resistive Memory Studies of Dithienylethene-Containing Copper(I) Diimine Complexes

Wong, C.L.; Cheng, Y.H.; Poon, C.T.; Yam, V.W.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 14785-14795. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02089

Heterochiral Self-Discrimination-Driven Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Decanuclear Gold(I)-Sulfido Complexes into 2D Nanostructures with Chiral Anions-Tuned Morphologies

Yao, L.Y.; Chen, Z.; Zhang, K.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 21163-21169. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009728

Design Strategy Towards Horizontally Oriented Luminescent Tetradentate-Ligand-Containing Gold(III) Systems

Tang, M.C.; Li, L.K.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L.; Ng, M.; Wong, C.Y.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 21023-21031. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006911

Multiple-Color Platinum Complex with Super-Large Stokes Shift for Super-Resolution Imaging of Autolysosome Escape

Liu, L.Y.; Fang, H.B.; Chen, Q.X.; Chan, M.H.Y.; Ng, M.; Wang, K.N.; Liu, W.T.; Tian, Z.Q.; Diao, J.J.; Mao, Z.W.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 19229-19236. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007878

Bioinspiration in Light Harvesting and Catalysis

Proppe, A.H.; Li, Y.G.C.; Aspuru-Guzik, A.; Berlinguette, C.P.; Chang, C.J.; Cogdell, R.; Doyle, A.G.; Flick, J.; Gabor, N.M.; van Grondelle, R.; Hammes-Schiffer, S.; Jaffer, S.A.; Kelley, S.O.; Leclerc, M; Leo, K.; Mallouk, T.E.; Narang, P.; Schlau-Cohen, G.S.; Scholes, G.D.; Vojvodic, A.; Yam, V.W.W.; Yang, J.Y.; Sargent, E.H., Nature Reviews Materials, 2020, 5, 828–846. DOI: 10.1038/s41578-020-0222-0

Photoresponsive Dithienylethene-Containing Tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum(III) Complexes with Photocontrollable Electron-Transporting Properties for Solution-Processable Optical and Organic Resistive Memory Devices

Wong, C.L.; Ng, M.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Wong, Y.C.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 12193–12206. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03057

Charge-Transfer Processes in Metal Complexes Enable Luminescence and Memory Functions

Yam, V.W.W.; Chan. A.K.W.; Hong, E.Y.H., Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020, 4, 528–541. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0199-7

Concentration- and Solvation-Induced Reversible Structural Transformation and Assembly of Polynuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes

Yan, L.L.; Yao, L.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 26, 11560–11568. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04677

Toward the Design of Phosphorescent Emitters of Cyclometalated Earth-Abundant Nickel(II) and Their Supramolecular Study

Wong, Y.S.; Tang, M.C.; Ng, M.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 7638-7646. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02172

Judicious Choice of N-Heterocycles for the Realization of Sky-Blue- to Green-Emitting Carbazolylgold(III) C^C^N Complexes and Their Applications for Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Kwok, W.K.; Tang, M.C.; Lai, S.L.; Cheung, W.L; Li, L.K.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 9684-9692. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001972

Luminescent d⁸ Metal Complexes of Platinum(II) and Gold(III): From Photophysics to Photofunctional Materials and Probes

Yam, V.W.W.; Law, A.S.Y., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020, 414, 213298. (invited article). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213298

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of T-Shaped Coinage-Metal Complexes

Kleinhans,G.; Chan, A.K.W.; Leung, M.Y.; Liles, D.C.; Fernandes, M.A.; Yam, V.W.W.; Fernández, I.; Bezuidenhout, D.I., Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020, 26, 6993-6998. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000726

Three-Dimensional Spirothienoquinoline-Based Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaic and Organic Resistive Memory Applications

Li, P.; Chan, C.Y.; Lai, S.L.; Chan, H.; Leung, M.Y.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Li, J.W.; Wu, H.B.; Chan, M.Y., Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 11865-11875. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19746

Platinum(II) Non-Covalent Crosslinkers for Supramolecular DNA Hydrogels

Zhang, K.K.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 3241-3249. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05910E

Versatile Phosphole Derivatives with Photovoltaic, Light-Emitting, and Resistive Memory Properties

Cheng, Y.H.; Wong, H.L.; Hong, E.Y.H.; Lai, S.L.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 3059-3070. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00189

A BODIPY-Based Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of Pt²⁺ and Pt Drugs

Tang, F.K.; Zhu, J.Q.; Kong, F.K.W.; Ng,M.; Bian, Q.Y.; Yam, V.W.W.; Tse, A.K.W.; Tse, Y.C.; Leung, K.C.F., Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 2695-2698. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00027B

Solution-Processable Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes for High-Brightness Phosphorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Kwok, W.K.; Tang, M.C.; Lee, C.H.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of Materials Science, 2020, 55, 9686-9694. DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-04392-1

Straightforward Preparation of a Solid-State Luminescent Cu₁₁ Polymetallic Assembly via Adaptive Coordination-Driven Supramolecular Chemistry

Evariste, S.; Moussa, M.E.S.; Wong, H.L.; Calvez, G.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lescop, C., Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2020, 646, 754-760. (invited article; special issue dedicated to Professor Manfred Scheer on the occasion of his 65^th birthday). DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201900314

Platinum(II) Probes for Sensing Polyelectrolyte Lengths and Architectures

Zhang, K.K.; Yeung, M.C.L.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Yam, V.W.W., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 8503-8512. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b17611

Intramolecular Rearrangements Guided by Adaptive Coordination-Driven Reactions toward Highly Luminescent Polynuclear Cu(I) Assemblies

Moussa, M.E.S.; Khalil, A.M.; Evariste, S.; Wong, H.L.; Delmas, V.; Le Guennic, B.; Calvez, G.; Costuas, K.; Yam, V.W.W.; Lescop, C., Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, 7, 1334-1344. DOI: 10.1039/C9QI01595G

Precise Size-Selective Sieving of Nanoparticles Using a Highly Oriented Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Polymer

Chen, Z.; Yam, V.W.W., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 4840-4845. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913621

Thermally Stimulated Delayed Phosphorescence (TSDP)-Based Gold(III) Complexes of Tridentate Pyrazine-Containing Pincer Ligand with Wide Emission Color Tunability and Their Application in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Leung, M.Y.; Tang, M.C.; Cheung, W.L.; Lai, S.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 2448-2459. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12136

Supramolecular Assembly of Bent Dinuclear Amphiphilic Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complexes: Diverse Nanostructures through Subtle Tuning of the Mode of Molecular Stacking

Leung, S.K.M.; Chan, A.K.W.; Leung, S.Y.L.; Leung, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 499-507. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04475B

Isomeric Tetradentate Ligand-Containing Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes

Lee, C.H.; Tang, M.C.; Kong, F.K.W.; Cheung, W.L.; Ng, M.; Chan, M.Y.; Yam, V.W.W., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 520-529. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11587