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Dennis K. P. Ng is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on engineering, materials science, and medicine, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and biomedical engineering as subfields. The scientist's work also covers pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and organic chemistry.

The research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic therapy research studies
  • Porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Click chemistry and applications
  • Photochromic and fluorescence chemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ng are:

  • Evelyn Y. Xue
  • Wing-Ping Fong
  • Jacky C. H. Chu
  • Pui-Chi Lo
  • Clarence T. T. Wong

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in several recurring venues, including:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ChemPlusChem

Selected recent publications by Dennis K. P. Ng include:

  • "Enzyme-Responsive Double-Locked Photodynamic Molecular Beacon for Targeted Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Ferric Ion Driven Assembly of Catalase-like Supramolecular Photosensitizing Nanozymes for Combating Hypoxic Tumors," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Contemporary approaches and future perspectives of antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A systematic review," 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Specific Activation of Photosensitizer with Extrinsic Enzyme for Precisive Photodynamic Therapy," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Tuning the Electrochemical Properties of Polymeric Cobalt Phthalocyanines for Efficient Water Splitting," 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Organic Optical Limiter with a Strong Nonlinear Absorptive Response

    J. W. Perry;K. Mansour;I.-Y. S. Lee;X.-L. Wu

  • The unique features and promises of phthalocyanines as advanced photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy of cancer.

    Pui-Chi Lo;M. Salomé Rodríguez-Morgade;Ravindra K. Pandey;Dennis K. P. Ng

  • Notch2 Receptor Signaling Controls Functional Differentiation of Dendritic Cells in the Spleen and Intestine

    Kanako L. Lewis;Michele L. Caton;Milena Bogunovic;Melanie Greter

  • Notch2-dependent classical dendritic cells orchestrate intestinal immunity to attaching-and-effacing bacterial pathogens

    Ansuman T. Satpathy;Carlos G. Briseño;Jacob S. Lee;Dennis Ng

  • A decade journey in the chemistry of sandwich-type tetrapyrrolato-rare Earth complexes.

    Jianzhuang Jiang;Dennis K. P. Ng

  • Sandwich-type heteroleptic phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato metal complexes

    Dennis K. P. Ng;Jianzhuang Jiang

  • Highly efficient energy transfer in subphthalocyanine-BODIPY conjugates.

    Jian-Yong Liu;Hoi-Sze Yeung;Wei Xu;Xiyou Li

  • Stimuli responsive phthalocyanine-based fluorescent probes and photosensitizers

    Roy C.H. Wong;Pui-Chi Lo;Dennis K.P. Ng

  • Synthesis and photophysical properties of nonaggregated phthalocyanines bearing dendritic substituents

    Anthony C. H. Ng;Xi-You Li;Dennis K. P. Ng

  • Electron-donating or -withdrawing nature of substituents revealed by the electrochemistry of metal-free phthalocyanines.

    Renjie Li;Xianxi Zhang;Peihua Zhu;Dennis K P Ng

  • Tuning the valence of the cerium center in (Na)phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato cerium double-deckers by changing the nature of the tetrapyrrole ligands.

    Yongzhong Bian;Jianzhuang Jiang;Ye Tao;Michael T. M. Choi

  • Cycloheptatriene and -enyl Complexes of the Early Transition Metals

    Malcolm L. H. Green;Dennis K. P. Ng

  • New Amphiphilic Silicon(IV) Phthalocyanines as Efficient Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and in vitro Photodynamic Activities

    Pui-Chi Lo;Jian-Dong Huang;Jian-Dong Huang;Diana Y. Y. Cheng;Elaine Y. M. Chan

  • A disulfide-linked conjugate of ferrocenyl chalcone and silicon(IV) phthalocyanine as an activatable photosensitiser

    Janet T. F. Lau;Xiong-Jie Jiang;Dennis K. P. Ng;Pui-Chi Lo

  • A Direct Comparison of the Aggregation Behavior of Phthalocyanines and 2,3-Naphthalocyanines

    Michael T.M. Choi;Pearl P.S. Li;Dennis K.P. Ng

  • Phthalocyanine-polyamine conjugates as highly efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.

    Xiong-Jie Jiang;Sin-Lui Yeung;Pui-Chi Lo;Wing-Ping Fong

  • Synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of substituted bis(phthalocyaninato)lanthanide(III) complexes

    Jianzhuang Jiang;Roger C.W. Liu;Thomas C.W. Mak;T.W. Dominic Chan

  • Influence of Surfactants on the Aggregation Behavior of Water-Soluble Dendritic Phthalocyanines

    Xi-you Li;Xu He;Anthony C. H. Ng;Chi Wu

  • A dual activatable photosensitizer toward targeted photodynamic therapy.

    Janet T. F. Lau;Pui-Chi Lo;Xiong-Jie Jiang;Qiong Wang

  • Hetero-arrays of porphyrins and phthalocyanines

    Pui-Chi Lo;Xuebing Leng;Dennis K.P. Ng

  • A pH-responsive fluorescence probe and photosensitiser based on a tetraamino silicon(IV) phthalocyanine

    Xiong-Jie Jiang;Pui-Chi Lo;Sin-Lui Yeung;Wing-Ping Fong

Frequent Co-Authors

Pui-Chi Lo
Pui-Chi Lo City University of Hong Kong
Jianzhuang Jiang
Jianzhuang Jiang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Renjie Li
Renjie Li Wuhan University
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chi Wu
Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Malcolm L. H. Green
Malcolm L. H. Green University of Oxford
Tien-Yau Luh
Tien-Yau Luh National Taiwan University
Nagao Kobayashi
Nagao Kobayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mohamed E. El-Khouly
Mohamed E. El-Khouly Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology
Shunichi Fukuzumi
Shunichi Fukuzumi Osaka University

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