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Chemistry
Singapore
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
27416
World Ranking
1658
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Hian Kee Lee is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a focus on molecular biology, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, analytical chemistry, and materials chemistry. Their research spans various scientific disciplines, emphasizing analytical methods and biosensing technologies.

Lee's publication record includes significant work published in notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Talanta

Among recent publications, some representative papers are:

  • "Application of smartphone-based spectroscopy to biosample analysis: A review" (2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics)
  • "Preparation of sulfonated chitosan for enhanced adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution" (2020, Reactive and Functional Polymers)
  • "Logarithmic Data Processing Can Be Used Justifiably in the Plotting of a Calibration Curve" (2021, Analytical Chemistry)
  • "Highly Sensitive Detection of Multiple MicroRNAs by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Long and Short Probe-Based Recycling Amplification" (2020, Analytical Chemistry)
  • "Gold nanoprism/Tollens' reagent complex as plasmonic sensor in headspace single-drop microextraction for colorimetric detection of formaldehyde in food samples using smartphone readout" (2020, Talanta)

Lee commonly collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Sheng Tang
  • Wei Shen
  • Zhenzhen Huang
  • Yudong Xing
  • Dezhao Kong

Their main research fields and subfields encompass:

  • Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

Lee's work extensively covers a number of scientific topics, such as:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Best Publications

  • Liquid-Phase Microextraction in a Single Drop of Organic Solvent by Using a Conventional Microsyringe

    Y. He and;H. K. Lee

  • Environmental and bioanalytical applications of hollow fiber membrane liquid-phase microextraction: a review.

    Jingyi Lee;Hian Kee Lee;Knut E. Rasmussen;Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard

  • Hollow fiber-protected liquid-phase microextraction of triazine herbicides.

    Gang Shen;Hian Kee Lee

  • Developments in single-drop microextraction.

    Li Xu;Chanbasha Basheer;Hian Kee Lee

  • Development and application of porous membrane-protected carbon nanotube micro-solid-phase extraction combined with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

    Chanbasha Basheer;Anass Ali Alnedhary;B S Madhava Rao;Suresh Valliyaveettil

  • Liquid-phase microextraction combined with hollow fiber as a sample preparation technique prior to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

    Limian Zhao;Hian Kee Lee

  • Dispersive Liquid−Liquid Microextraction Coupled with Dispersive μ-Solid-Phase Extraction for the Fast Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Environmental Water Samples

    Zhi-Guo Shi;Hian Kee Lee

  • Ionic liquid based dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction coupled with micro-solid phase extraction of antidepressant drugs from environmental water samples

    Dandan Ge;Hian Kee Lee

  • Solvent bar microextraction.

    Xianmin Jiang;Hian Kee Lee

  • Application of dynamic liquid-phase microextraction to the analysis of chlorobenzenes in water by using a conventional microsyringe.

    Yan Wang;Yien Chian Kwok;Yan He;Hian Kee Lee

  • Continuous-flow microextraction exceeding 1000-fold concentration of dilute analytes

    Wuping Liu;Hian Kee Lee

  • Analysis of endocrine disrupting alkylphenols, chlorophenols and bisphenol-A using hollow fiber-protected liquid-phase microextraction coupled with injection port-derivatization gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    Chanbasha Basheer;Hian Kee Lee

  • Application of static liquid-phase microextraction to the analysis of organochlorine pesticides in water.

    Limian Zhao;Hian Kee Lee

  • Water stability of zeolite imidazolate framework 8 and application to porous membrane-protected micro-solid-phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from environmental water samples.

    Dandan Ge;Hian Kee Lee

  • Advances in Sample Extraction.

    Sheng Tang;Hong Zhang;Hian Kee Lee

  • Analysis of aromatic amines in water samples by liquid–liquid–liquid microextraction with hollow fibers and high-performance liquid chromatography

    Limian Zhao;Lingyan Zhu;Hian Kee Lee

  • Headspace liquid-phase microextraction of chlorobenzenes in soil with gas chromatography-electron capture detection

    Gang Shen;Hian Kee Lee

  • Low-density solvent-based solvent demulsification dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the fast determination of trace levels of sixteen priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental water samples.

    Liang Guo;Hian Kee Lee

  • Endocrine disrupting alkylphenols and bisphenol-A in coastal waters and supermarket seafood from Singapore.

    Chanbasha Basheer;Hian Kee Lee;Koh Siang Tan

  • Determination of organic micropollutants in rainwater using hollow fiber membrane/liquid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Chanbasha Basheer;Rajasekhar Balasubramanian;Hian Kee Lee

  • Application of porous membrane-protected micro-solid-phase extraction combined with HPLC for the analysis of acidic drugs in wastewater.

    Chanbasha Basheer;Han Guang Chong;Toh Ming Hii;Hian Kee Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Sam Fong Yau Li
Sam Fong Yau Li National University of Singapore
Chanbasha Basheer
Chanbasha Basheer King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
T. S. Andy Hor
T. S. Andy Hor National University of Singapore
Jeffrey Philip Obbard
Jeffrey Philip Obbard National University of Singapore
Suresh Valiyaveettil
Suresh Valiyaveettil National University of Singapore
Tai Hing Lam
Tai Hing Lam University of Hong Kong
Adrian U J Yap
Adrian U J Yap National University of Singapore
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian National University of Singapore
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology
Peter C. Hauser
Peter C. Hauser University of Basel

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