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Ga-Lai Law

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Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
4837
World Ranking
17640
National Ranking
2641

Ga-Lai Law publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ga-Lai Law sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 104 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ga-Lai Law D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ga-Lai Law sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ga-Lai Law is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as primary subfields. Additional areas of study include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Ga-Lai Law's work encompass:

  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Law has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Unusual Magnetic Field Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescence Probes with Highly Emissive Chiral Europium(III) Complexes," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Dual-Targeting Peptide-Guided Approach for Precision Delivery and Cancer Monitoring by Using a Safe Upconversion Nanoplatform," 2021, Advanced Science
  • "Biomimetic multifunctional persistent luminescence nanoprobes for long-term near-infrared imaging and therapy of cerebral and cerebellar gliomas," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Structural variation of self-assembled lanthanide supramolecular complexes induced by reaction conditions," 2021, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • "Lanthanide-Cyclen-Camptothecin Nanocomposites for Cancer Theranostics Guided by Near-Infrared and Magnetic Resonance Imaging," 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials

Ga-Lai Law frequently publishes in several scientific venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Communications Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, which include:

  • Ka-Leung Wong
  • Chi-Tung Yeung
  • Junhui Zhang
  • Wesley Ting Kwok Chan
  • Hoa K. Chau

Best Publications

  • A Highly Porous Luminescent Terbium–Organic Framework for Reversible Anion Sensing

    Ka Leung Wong;Ga Lai Law;Yang Yi Yang;Wing Tak Wong

  • Octadentate cages of Tb(III) 2-hydroxyisophthalamides: A new standard for luminescent lanthanide labels

    Jide Xu;Todd M. Corneillie;Evan G. Moore;Ga-Lai Law

  • Chirality and Chiroptics of Lanthanide Molecular and Supramolecular Assemblies

    Ho Yin Wong;Wai Sum Lo;King Him Yim;Ga Lai Law

  • Chiral transcription in self-assembled tetrahedral Eu4L6 chiral cages displaying sizable circularly polarized luminescence.

    Chi-Tung Yeung;King-Him Yim;Ho-Yin Wong;Robert Pal

  • Simultaneous synthesis and functionalization of water-soluble up-conversion nanoparticles for in-vitro cell and nude mouse imaging.

    Zhen Ling Wang;Jianhua Hao;Helen L W Chan;Ga Lai Law

  • White OLED with a single-component europium complex.

    Ga Lai Law;Ka Laung Wong;Hoi Lam Tam;Kok Wai Cheah

  • Emissive terbium probe for multiphoton in vitro cell imaging.

    Ga Lai Law;Ka Leung Wong;Cornelia Wing Yin Man;Wing Tak Wong

  • Responsive and reactive terbium complexes with an azaxanthone sensitiser and one naphthyl group: applications in ratiometric oxygen sensing in vitro and in regioselective cell killing

    Ga-Lai Law;Robert Pal;Lars O. Palsson;David Parker

  • A Single Sensitizer for the Excitation of Visible and NIR Lanthanide Emitters in Water with High Quantum Yields

    Ga Lai Law;Tiffany A. Pham;Jide Xu;Kenneth N. Raymond

  • Functionalized Europium Nanorods for In Vitro Imaging

    Ka Leung Wong;Ga Lai Law;Margaret B. Murphy;Peter A. Tanner

  • Chiral DOTA chelators as an improved platform for biomedical imaging and therapy applications

    Lixiong Dai;Chloe M. Jones;Wesley Ting Kwok Chan;Tiffany A. Pham

  • The nature of the sensitiser substituent determines quenching sensitivity and protein affinity and influences the design of emissive lanthanide complexes as optical probes for intracellular use.

    Filip Kielar;Ga Lai Law;Elizabeth J. New;David Parker

  • Unusual Magnetic Field Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescence Probes with Highly Emissive Chiral Europium(III) Complexes.

    Junhui Zhang;Lixiong Dai;Alexandra M. Webster;Wesley Ting Kwok Chan

  • Two-photon microscopy study of the intracellular compartmentalisation of emissive terbium complexes and their oligo-arginine and oligo-guanidinium conjugates

    Filip Kielar;Aileen Congreve;Ga Lai Law;Elizabeth J. New

  • Gadolinium−Europium Carbonate Particles: Controlled Precipitation for Luminescent Biolabeling

    Séverine Lechevallier;Pierre Lecante;Robert Mauricot;Hervé Dexpert

  • Interband Absorption Enhanced Optical Activity in Discrete Au@Ag Core–Shell Nanocuboids: Probing Extended Helical Conformation of Chemisorbed Cysteine Molecules

    Zhi Yong Bao;Wei Zhang;Yong Liang Zhang;Jijun He

  • Highly luminescent SmIII complexes with intraligand charge-transfer sensitization and the effect of solvent polarity on their luminescent properties

    Wai Sum Lo;Junhui Zhang;Wing Tak Wong;Ga Lai Law

  • New insights into structure and luminescence of Eu(III) and Sm(III) complexes of the 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) ligand.

    Lena J. Daumann;David S. Tatum;Benjamin E.R. Snyder;Chengbao Ni

  • Lanthanide supramolecular helical diastereoselective breaking induced by point chirality: mixture or P-helix, M-helix

    Chi-Tung Yeung;Wesley Ting Kwok Chan;Siu-Cheong Yan;Kwan-Leung Yu

  • In vivo selective cancer-tracking gadolinium eradicator as new-generation photodynamic therapy agent.

    Tao Zhang;Rongfeng Lan;Chi Fai Chan;Ga Lai Law

  • Bifunctional up-converting lanthanide nanoparticles for selective in vitro imaging and inhibition of cyclin D as anti-cancer agents

    Chi Fai Chan;Ming Kiu Tsang;Hongguang Li;Rongfeng Lan

  • Nonlinear optical activity in dipolar organic–lanthanide complexes

    Ga Lai Law;Ka Leung Wong;Kok Kin Lau;Sze To Lap

Frequent Co-Authors

Wing-Tak Wong
Wing-Tak Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ka-Leung Wong
Ka-Leung Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
David Parker
David Parker Durham University
Kenneth N. Raymond
Kenneth N. Raymond Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter A. Tanner
Peter A. Tanner Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael H.W. Lam
Michael H.W. Lam City University of Hong Kong
Wai-Kwok Wong
Wai-Kwok Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Wai Ming Kwok
Wai Ming Kwok Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jide Xu
Jide Xu University of California, Berkeley
Sai Wah Tsao
Sai Wah Tsao University of Hong Kong

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