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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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89
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305
National Ranking
50

Materials Science

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96
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1248
National Ranking
392

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2005 - Society for Information Display Fellow
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For pioneering research in liquid crystal display technology.

Overview

Hoi Sing Kwok is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing predominantly on electrical and electronic engineering as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. The scientist's work also covers materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Hoi Sing Kwok has contributed extensively to academic literature, with a large number of publications in well-known venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
  • IEEE Electron Device Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Journal of the Society for Information Display
  • Optics Express

Notable recent papers by Hoi Sing Kwok include:

  • "Normally Transparent Tribo-Induced Smart Window" (2020), published in ACS Nano
  • "High-Brightness InGaN/GaN Micro-LEDs With Secondary Peak Effect for Displays" (2020), published in IEEE Electron Device Letters
  • "Lattice strain modulation toward efficient blue perovskite light-emitting diodes" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "Analysis of size dependence and the behavior under ultrahigh current density injection condition of GaN-based Micro-LEDs with pixel size down to 3 μm" (2022), published in Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • "High-power AlGaN deep-ultraviolet micro-light-emitting diode displays for maskless photolithography" (2024), published in Nature Photonics

Their research collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Man Wong, Zhibo Sun, Lei Lü, Zhengnan Yuan, and Yibo Liu, each contributing to numerous joint publications.

Hoi Sing Kwok has received several distinctions recognizing their contributions in their field. These awards include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2020)
  • Society for Information Display Fellow (2005)
  • IEEE Fellow (2003) for pioneering research in liquid crystal display technology

Best Publications

  • Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole

    Jingdong Luo;Zhiliang Xie;Jacky W. Y. Lam;Lin Cheng

  • Changing the behavior of chromophores from aggregation-caused quenching to aggregation-induced emission: development of highly efficient light emitters in the solid state.

    Wangzhang Yuan;Ping Lu;Shuming Chen;Jacky Wing Yip Lam

  • Blueshift of optical band gap in ZnO thin films grown by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition

    Swee Tiam Tan;B. J. Chen;Xiaowei Sun;Weijun Fan

  • OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF EPITAXIALLY GROWN ZINC OXIDE FILMS ON SAPPHIRE BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION

    Xiaowei Sun;Hoi Sing Kwok

  • Efficient Solid Emitters with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characteristics: Molecular Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Behaviors, and OLED Application

    Wang Zhang Yuan;Wang Zhang Yuan;Yongyang Gong;Shuming Chen;Xiao Yuan Shen

  • Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials

    Vladimir G. Chigrinov;Vladimir M. Kozenkov;Hoi-Sing Kwok

  • Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials: Physics and Applications

    Vladimir G. Chigrinov;Vladimir M. Kozenkov;Hoi-Sing Kwok

  • A novel class of phosphorescent gold(III) alkynyl-based organic light-emitting devices with tunable colour.

    Keith Man-Chung Wong;Xiuling Zhu;Ling-Ling Hung;Nianyong Zhu

  • Aggregation-induced emissions of tetraphenylethene derivatives and their utilities as chemical vapor sensors and in organic light-emitting diodes

    Yongqiang Dong;Jacky Wing Yip Lam;Anjun Qin;Jianzhao Liu

  • Pulsed laser deposition of VO2 thin films

    Donghwan Kim;Hoi Sing Kwok

  • Creation of highly efficient solid emitter by decorating pyrene core with AIE-active tetraphenylethene peripheries

    Zujin Zhao;Shuming Chen;Jacky Wing Yip Lam;Ping Lu

  • Infrared Vibrational Predissociation Spectroscopy of Water Clusters by the Crossed Laser-molecular Beam Technique

    Matthew F. Vernon;Douglas J. Krajnovich;Hoi Sing Kwok;James M. Lisy

  • Deposition of superconducting Y‐Ba‐Cu‐O films at 400 °C without post‐annealing

    Sarath Witanachchi;Hoi Sing Kwok;Xingwu Wang;David Tai Ko Shaw

  • Structural control of the photoluminescence of silole regioisomers and their utility as sensitive regiodiscriminating chemosensors and efficient electroluminescent materials.

    Zhen Li;Yongqiang Dong;Baoxiu Mi;Youhong Tang

  • Nickel induced crystallization of amorphous silicon thin films

    Zhonghe Jin;Gururaj A. Bhat;Milton Yeung;Hoi S. Kwok

  • Aggregation-induced emission, self-assembly, and electroluminescence of 4,4'-bis(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)biphenyl

    Zujin Zhao;Shuming Chen;Xiaoyuan Shen;Faisal Mahtab

  • Phosphorescent platinum(II) complexes derived from multifunctional chromophores: synthesis, structures, photophysics, and electroluminescence.

    Ze He;Wai Yeung Wong;Xiaoming Yu;Hoi Sing Kwok

  • Functionalized Siloles: Versatile Synthesis, Aggregation‐Induced Emission, and Sensory and Device Applications

    Zhen Li;Yong Qiang Dong;Jacky W. Y. Lam;Jiaxin Sun

  • Efficient Light Emitters in the Solid State: Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission, Electroluminescence, and Sensory Properties of Luminogens with Benzene Cores and Multiple Triarylvinyl Peripherals

    Carrie Yin Kwan Chan;Zujin Zhao;Jacky Wing Yip Lam;Jianzhao Liu

  • Highly sensitive photodetector using porous silicon

    J.P. Zheng;K.L. Jiao;Wen P. Shen;Wayne A. Anderson

  • Aggregation-induced and crystallization-enhanced emissions of 1,2-diphenyl-3,4-bis(diphenylmethylene)-1-cyclobutene

    Yongqiang Dong;Yongqiang Dong;Jacky Wing Yip Lam;Anjun Qin;Jiaxin Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir G. Chigrinov
Vladimir G. Chigrinov Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Man Wong
Man Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Jim P. Zheng
Jim P. Zheng University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Shuming Chen
Shuming Chen Southern University of Science and Technology
Jacky Wing Yip Lam
Jacky Wing Yip Lam Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Zujin Zhao
Zujin Zhao South China University of Technology
Ping Sheng
Ping Sheng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Anjun Qin
Anjun Qin South China University of Technology

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