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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
158
Citations
102702
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2013 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Chi-Ming Che is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has made contributions across multiple scientific disciplines, primarily in chemistry, materials science, and engineering. Their research output includes notable focus areas such as organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and materials chemistry, along with selected work in inorganic chemistry and oncology.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass:

  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Their subfields of study include:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Oncology

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Their publication record includes research published in the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Science
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chemical Communications

Frequently collaborating coauthors are:

  • Gang Cheng
  • Qingyun Wan
  • Wai-Pong To
  • Yungen Liu
  • Liangliang Wu

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Chi-Ming Che include:

  • Face-to-Face Orientation of Quasiplanar Donor and Acceptor Enables Highly Efficient Intramolecular Exciplex Fluorescence, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Iron- and cobalt-catalyzed C(sp3)-H bond functionalization reactions and their application in organic synthesis, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Controlled Synthesis of PdII and PtII Supramolecular Copolymer with Sequential Multiblock and Amplified Phosphorescence, 2020, Chem
  • Ferromagnetism in 2D Vanadium Diselenide, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Controlling Metallophilic Interactions in Chiral Gold(I) Double Salts towards Excitation Wavelength-Tunable Circularly Polarized Luminescence, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Chi-Ming Che has received various awards including the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, both awarded in 2013. They were also named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Proteomic analysis of the mode of antibacterial action of silver nanoparticles

    Chun-Nam Lok;Chi-Ming Ho;Rong Chen;Qing-Yu He

  • Silver nanoparticles: partial oxidation and antibacterial activities.

    Chun Nam Lok;Chi Ming Ho;Rong Chen;Qing Yu He

  • Topical delivery of silver nanoparticles promotes wound healing

    Jun Tian;Kenneth K.Y. Wong;Chi Ming Ho;Chun Nam Lok

  • Intermolecular Amidation of Unactivated sp2 and sp3 C−H Bonds via Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade C−H Activation/Nitrene Insertion

    Hung-Yat Thu;Wing-Yiu Yu;Chi-Ming Che

  • Electroluminescence from triplet metal—ligand charge-transfer excited state of transition metal complexes

    Yuguang Ma;Houyu Zhang;Jiacong Shen;Chiming Che

  • Selective functionalisation of saturated C–H bonds with metalloporphyrin catalysts

    Chi-Ming Che;Vanessa Kar-Yan Lo;Cong-Ying Zhou;Jie-Sheng Huang

  • Light-Emitting Tridentate Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes Containing σ-Alkynyl Auxiliaries: Tuning of Photo- and Electrophosphorescence

    Wei Lu;Bao-Xiu Mi;Michael C. W. Chan;Zheng Hui

  • Silver nanoparticles inhibit hepatitis B virus replication.

    Lei Lu;Raymond Wai-Yin Sun;Rong Chen;Chee-Kin Hui

  • Chemical biology of anticancer gold(III) and gold(I) complexes

    Taotao Zou;Ching Tung Lum;Chun-Nam Lok;Jing-Jing Zhang

  • Pyrophosphito-bridged diplatinum chemistry

    D. Max Roundhill;Harry B. Gray;Chi Ming Che

  • Enantioseparation of Racemic Organic Molecules by a Zeolite Analogue This work was supported by The Major State Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G2000077500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Program, the National Science Foundation of the USA (CHE-9904338), and the University of Tennessee SARIF EPPE Fund.

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Xiao-Zeng You;Brendan F. Abrahams;Ziling Xue

  • Highly phosphorescent platinum(II) emitters: photophysics, materials and biological applications

    Kai Li;Glenna So Ming Tong;Qingyun Wan;Gang Cheng

  • Silver nanoparticles fabricated in Hepes buffer exhibit cytoprotective activities toward HIV-1 infected cells.

    Raymond Wai-Yin Sun;Rong Chen;Nancy P.-Y. Chung;Chi-Ming Ho

  • Interstitial P-Doped CdS with Long-Lived Photogenerated Electrons for Photocatalytic Water Splitting without Sacrificial Agents.

    Rui Shi;Hui-Fang Ye;Fei Liang;Zhuan Wang

  • Gold(III) Salen complex-catalyzed synthesis of propargylamines via a three-component coupling reaction.

    Vanessa Kar Yan Lo;Yungen Liu;Man Kin Wong;Chi Ming Che

  • Organic light-emitting materials based on bis(arylacetylide)platinum(II) complexes bearing substituted bipyridine and phenanthroline ligands: photo- and electroluminescence from 3MLCT excited states.

    Siu-Chung Chan;Michael C. W. Chan;Yue Wang;Chi-Ming Che

  • Probing d8−d8 Interactions in Luminescent Mono- and Binuclear Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes of 6-Phenyl-2,2‘-bipyridines

    Siu-Wai Lai;Michael Chi-Wang Chan;Tsz-Chun Cheung;Shie-Ming Peng

  • Enantioseparation of racemic organic molecules by a zeolite Analogue

    Ren-Gen Xiong;Xiao-Zeng You;Brendan F. Abrahams;Ziling Xue

  • Spectroscopic evidence for argentophilicity in structurally characterized luminescent binuclear silver(I) complexes

    Chi-Ming Che;Man-Chung Tse;Michael C. W. Chan;Kung-Kai Cheung

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie-Sheng Huang
Jie-Sheng Huang University of Hong Kong
Wing-Yiu Yu
Wing-Yiu Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kung-Kai Cheung
Kung-Kai Cheung University of Hong Kong
Shie-Ming Peng
Shie-Ming Peng National Taiwan University
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kwok-Yin Wong
Kwok-Yin Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael C. W. Chan
Michael C. W. Chan City University of Hong Kong
Tai-Chu Lau
Tai-Chu Lau City University of Hong Kong
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Dik-Lung Ma
Dik-Lung Ma Hong Kong Baptist University

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