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Kwok-Yin Wong is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines, particularly within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Materials Science

Within these broader fields, the key subfields of study for Wong's research are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Microbiology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Wong's research focuses on a wide array of scientific topics such as:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Coauthorship is an important aspect of Wong's scientific output, with frequent collaborations including:

  • Sheng Chen
  • Yun-Chung Leung
  • Kin-Fai Chan
  • Yu Wai Chen
  • Ping Zeng

Wong has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues, with production concentrated in the following journals:

  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Nanoscale
  • Nano Research
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • F1000Research

Selected recent publications include:

  • Prediction of the SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) 3C-like protease (3CLpro) structure: virtual screening reveals velpatasvir, ledipasvir, and other drug repurposing candidates, 2020, F1000Research
  • Discrete metal nanoparticles with plasmonic chirality, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Chirality Transfer from Sub-Nanometer Biochemical Molecules to Sub-Micrometer Plasmonic Metastructures: Physiochemical Mechanisms, Biosensing, and Bioimaging Opportunities, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Improving the performance stability of direct seawater electrolysis: from catalyst design to electrode engineering, 2021, Nanoscale

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles.

    Jing Zhu;Liangsheng Hu;Liangsheng Hu;Pengxiang Zhao;Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee

  • G-Quadruplexes: Targets in Anticancer Drug Design

    Tian Miao Ou;Yu Jing Lu;Jia Heng Tan;Zhi Shu Huang

  • Recent advance in MXenes: A promising 2D material for catalysis, sensor and chemical adsorption

    Jing Zhu;Enna Ha;Guoliang Zhao;Yang Zhou

  • Prediction of the SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) 3C-like protease (3CL pro ) structure: virtual screening reveals velpatasvir, ledipasvir, and other drug repurposing candidates.

    Yu Wai Chen;Chin Pang Bennu Yiu;Kwok Yin Wong

  • Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis of Heme Proteins Entrapped in Agarose Hydrogel Films in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Sheng Fu Wang;Ting Chen;Zhi Ling Zhang;Xin Cheng Shen

  • Stabilization of G-quadruplex DNA and down-regulation of oncogene c-myc by quindoline derivatives

    Tian-Miao Ou;Yu-Jing Lu;Chi Zhang;Zhi-Shu Huang

  • A Highly Selective Luminescent Switch‐On Probe for Histidine/Histidine‐Rich Proteins and Its Application in Protein Staining

    Dik Lung Ma;Wing Leung Wong;Wai Hong Chung;Fung Yi Chan

  • Photocatalytic water splitting by N-TiO2 on MgO (111) with exceptional quantum efficiencies at elevated temperatures

    Yiyang Li;Yung-Kang Peng;Liangsheng Hu;Liangsheng Hu;Jianwei Zheng

  • Structural Basis for Vapoluminescent Organoplatinum Materials Derived from Noncovalent Interactions as Recognition Components

    Wei Lu;Michael C.W. Chan;Nianyong Zhu;Chi Ming Che

  • 2H/1T Phase Transition of Multilayer MoS2 by Electrochemical Incorporation of S Vacancies

    Xiaorong Gan;Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee;Kwok Yin Wong;Tsz Wing Lo

  • An antibacterial platform based on capacitive carbon-doped TiO2 nanotubes after direct or alternating current charging

    Guomin Wang;Hongqing Feng;Liangsheng Hu;Weihong Jin

  • Significant Enhancement in Photocatalytic Reduction of Water to Hydrogen by Au/Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanostructure

    Enna Ha;Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee;Jingchuan Wang;Fenghua Li

  • Synthesis, reactivities, and structural studies on high-valent ruthenium oxo complexes. Ruthenium(IV), ruthenium(V), and ruthenium(VI) oxo complexes of tertiary amine ligands

    Chi Ming Che;Ting Fong Lai;Kwok Yin Wong

  • DNA binding and cytotoxicity of ruthenium(II) and rhenium(I) complexes of 2-amino-4-phenylamino-6-(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine.

    Dik Lung Ma;Chi Ming Che;Fung Ming Siu;Mengsu Yang

  • Discrete metal nanoparticles with plasmonic chirality.

    Guangchao Zheng;Guangchao Zheng;Jijun He;Vished Kumar;Shenli Wang

  • 5-N-methylated quindoline derivatives as telomeric g-quadruplex stabilizing ligands: effects of 5-N positive charge on quadruplex binding affinity and cell proliferation.

    Yu Jing Lu;Tian Miao Ou;Jia Heng Tan;Jin Qiang Hou

  • Intramolecular N−H···H−Ru Proton−Hydride Interaction in Ruthenium Complexes with (2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl)cyclopentadienyl and (3-(Dimethylamino)propyl)cyclopentadienyl Ligands. Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid via the N−H···H−Ru Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes

    Hei Shing Chu;Chak Po Lau;Kwok Yin Wong;Wing Tak Wong

  • 9-Substituted berberine derivatives as G-quadruplex stabilizing ligands in telomeric DNA

    Wan-Jin Zhang;Tian-Miao Ou;Yu-Jing Lu;Ying-Yu Huang

  • Ebselen as a potent covalent inhibitor of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1)

    Jiachi Chiou;Shengbiao Wan;Kin-Fai Chan;Pui-Kin So

  • Transition metal-doped nickel phosphide nanoparticles as electro- and photocatalysts for hydrogen generation reactions

    Ho Wing Man;Chui Shan Tsang;Molly Meng Jung Li;Jiaying Mo

  • Effects of hydrophilic room-temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate on direct electrochemistry and bioelectrocatalysis of heme proteins entrapped in agarose hydrogel films

    Sheng Fu Wang;Sheng Fu Wang;Ting Chen;Zhi Ling Zhang;Dai Wen Pang

  • An Antibacterial Platform Based on Capacitive Carbon-Doped TiO2 Nanotubes after Charging with Direct/Alternating Currents

    Guomin Wang;Hongqing Feng;Liangsheng Hu;Weihong Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Tak Hang Chan
Tak Hang Chan McGill University
Sheng Chen
Sheng Chen University of Southampton
Shik Chi Tsang
Shik Chi Tsang University of Oxford
Zhongyuan Zhou
Zhongyuan Zhou Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dik-Lung Ma
Dik-Lung Ma Hong Kong Baptist University
Bin Qiu
Bin Qiu Fuzhou University
Dangyuan Lei
Dangyuan Lei City University of Hong Kong
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Paul K. Chu
Paul K. Chu City University of Hong Kong

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