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Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
16099
World Ranking
5355
National Ranking
995

Overview

Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Within these broad domains, their work addresses subfields such as Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientific inquiries undertaken by Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo touch on various topics, including:

  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo include:

  • Molecular Design of Bioorthogonal Probes and Imaging Reagents Derived from Photofunctional Transition Metal Complexes, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Luminescent and Photofunctional Transition Metal Complexes: From Molecular Design to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Shining New Light on Biological Systems: Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Bioimaging and Biosensing Applications, 2024, Chemical Reviews
  • Aggregation and Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Low-Energy Red Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Complexes for RNA Detection, Nucleolus Imaging, and RNA Synthesis Inhibitor Screening, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Phosphorogenic Iridium(III) bis-Tetrazine Complexes for Bioorthogonal Peptide Stapling, Bioimaging, Photocytotoxic Applications, and the Construction of Nanosized Hydrogels, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo include:

  • Lawrence Cho-Cheung Lee
  • Peter Kam-Keung Leung
  • Justin Shum
  • Guang-Xi Xu
  • Alex Man-Hei Yip

Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo's work has been published in several notable venues with repeated contributions, such as:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Science
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

In addition to articles, Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo has contributed to book publications, including a title from Springer International Publishing:

  • Metal Ligand Chromophores for Bioassays, 2022

Best Publications

  • Luminescent polynuclear d10 metal complexes

    Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

  • Luminescent Rhenium(I) and Iridium(III) Polypyridine Complexes as Biological Probes, Imaging Reagents, and Photocytotoxic Agents.

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

  • Applications of luminescent inorganic and organometallic transition metal complexes as biomolecular and cellular probes

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Alex Wing-Tat Choi;Wendell Ho-Tin Law

  • Design of luminescent iridium(III) and rhenium(I) polypyridine complexes as in vitro and in vivo ion, molecular and biological probes

    Kenneth Kam Wing Lo;Man Wai Ray Louie;Kenneth Yin Zhang

  • New luminescent cyclometalated iridium(III) diimine complexes as biological labeling reagents.

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Chi-Keung Chung;Terence Kwok-Ming Lee;Lok-Hei Lui

  • RECENT ADVANCES IN UTILIZATION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES AND LANTHANIDES AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS

    Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

  • Luminescent polynuclear metal acetylides

    Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Keith Man-Chung Wong

  • Luminescent Biological Probes Derived from Ruthenium(II) Estradiol Polypyridine Complexes

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Terence Kwok-Ming Lee;Jason Shing-Yip Lau;Wing-Lin Poon

  • Design of luminescent polynuclear copper(I) and silver(I) complexes with chalcogenides and acetylides as the bridging ligands

    Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Wendy Kit-Mai Fung;Chun-Ru Wang

  • Luminescent and Photofunctional Transition Metal Complexes: From Molecular Design to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications.

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  • Human health risk assessment of organochlorines associated with fish consumption in a coastal city in China.

    Q.T. Jiang;T.K.M. Lee;K. Chen;H.L. Wong

  • Exploitation of the Dual‐emissive Properties of Cyclometalated Iridium(III)–Polypyridine Complexes in the Development of Luminescent Biological Probes

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Kenneth Yin Zhang;Siu-Kit Leung;Man-Chung Tang

  • Luminescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Polypyridine Indole Complexes—Synthesis, Photophysics, Electrochemistry, Protein-Binding Properties, Cytotoxicity, and Cellular Uptake

    Jason Shing-Yip Lau;Pui-Kei Lee;Keith Hing-Kit Tsang;Cyrus Ho-Cheong Ng

  • Mitochondria-targeting cyclometalated iridium(III)-PEG complexes with tunable photodynamic activity.

    Steve Po Yam Li;Chris Tsan Shing Lau;Man Wai Ray Louie;Yun Wah Lam

  • Development of luminescent iridium(III) polypyridine complexes as chemical and biological probes

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Steve Po-Yam Li;Kenneth Yin Zhang

  • Iridium(III) complexes as therapeutic and bioimaging reagents for cellular applications

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Kenneth Yin Zhang

  • Synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical properties, and biological labeling studies of cyclometalated iridium(III) bis(pyridylbenzaldehyde) complexes: novel luminescent cross-linkers for biomolecules.

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Chi-Keung Chung;Nianyong Zhu

  • Rhenium(I) polypyridine biotin isothiocyanate complexes as the first luminescent biotinylation reagents: synthesis, photophysical properties, biological labeling, cytotoxicity, and imaging studies.

    Kenneth Kam Wing Lo;Man Wai Ray Louie;Ka Shing Sze;Jason Shing Yip Lau

  • Structure, Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties, Biomolecular Interactions, and Intracellular Uptake of Luminescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Dipyridoquinoxaline Complexes

    Kenneth Yin Zhang;Steve Po-Yam Li;Nianyong Zhu;Iyana Wai-Shan Or

  • First Examples of Luminescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes as Labeling Reagents for Biological Substrates

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;and Dominic Chun-Ming Ng;Chi-Keung Chung

  • Nucleic acid intercalators and avidin probes derived from luminescent cyclometalated iridium(III)-dipyridoquinoxaline and -dipyridophenazine complexes.

    Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo;Chi-Keung Chung;Nianyong Zhu

  • Dual-Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes Extending Oxygen Sensing from Hypoxia to Hyperoxia

    Kenneth Yin Zhang;Pengli Gao;Guanglan Sun;Taiwei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam University of Hong Kong
Kung-Kai Cheung
Kung-Kai Cheung University of Hong Kong
Chunru Wang
Chunru Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cong Yu
Cong Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
H. Allen O. Hill
H. Allen O. Hill University of Oxford
Keith Man-Chung Wong
Keith Man-Chung Wong Southern University of Science and Technology
Luet-Lok Wong
Luet-Lok Wong University of Oxford
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Vellaisamy A. L. Roy
Vellaisamy A. L. Roy Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Xianfeng Chen
Xianfeng Chen University of Edinburgh

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