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Thomas C. W. Mak is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with an emphasis on materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, inorganic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist has contributed to various topics within these fields, including:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Thomas C. W. Mak's recent publications demonstrate a focus on atomically precise silver clusters, metal-organic frameworks, and photocatalytic materials. Notable papers include:

  • "Shell engineering to achieve modification and assembly of atomically-precise silver clusters" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Ultrastable atomically precise chiral silver clusters with more than 95% quantum efficiency" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Ligand engineering to achieve enhanced ratiometric oxygen sensing in a silver cluster-based metal-organic framework" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Alkynyl-Stabilized Superatomic Silver Clusters Showing Circularly Polarized Luminescence" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Construction of Core-Shell MOF@COF Hybrids with Controllable Morphology Adjustment of COF Shell as a Novel Platform for Photocatalytic Cascade Reactions" (2021) published in Advanced Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Shuang-Quan Zang (73 coauthored works)
  • Xi-Yan Dong (32 coauthored works)
  • Zhao-Yang Wang (31 coauthored works)
  • Zhen Han (16 coauthored works)
  • Yubing Si (12 coauthored works)

Key venues where Thomas C. W. Mak has published extensively include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (34 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (7 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (7 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)

Through this body of work, Thomas C. W. Mak has contributed to understanding and advancing the fields of nanocluster synthesis, crystallography, and the development of advanced nanomaterials with catalytic and photonic functionalities.

Best Publications

  • Hypersensitive dual-function luminescence switching of a silver-chalcogenolate cluster-based metal–organic framework

    Ren-Wu Huang;Yong-Sheng Wei;Xi-Yan Dong;Xiao-Hui Wu

  • Polyhedral Clathrate Hydrates. X. Structure of the Double Hydrate of Tetrahydrofuran and Hydrogen Sulfide

    Thomas C. W. Mak;Richard K. McMullan

  • Chemistry and biological activities of caffeic acid derivatives from Salvia miltiorrhiza

    Ren-Wang Jiang;Kit-Man Lau;Po-Ming Hon;Thomas C W Mak

  • Highly selective Fe3+ sensing and proton conduction in a water-stable sulfonate–carboxylate Tb–organic-framework

    Xi-Yan Dong;Rui Wang;Jun-Zhe Wang;Shuang-Quan Zang

  • Novel Tb-MOF Embedded with Viologen Species for Multi-Photofunctionality: Photochromism, Photomodulated Fluorescence, and Luminescent pH Sensing

    Hai-Yang Li;Yong-Li Wei;Xi-Yan Dong;Shuang-Quan Zang

  • Selective Sensing of Fe3+ and Al3+ Ions and Detection of 2,4,6‐Trinitrophenol by a Water‐Stable Terbium‐Based Metal–Organic Framework

    Li‐Hui Cao;Fang Shi;Wen‐Min Zhang;Shuang‐Quan Zang

  • Unique Proton Dynamics in an Efficient MOF-Based Proton Conductor.

    Yong-Sheng Wei;Xiao-Peng Hu;Zhen Han;Xi-Yan Dong

  • Acid-induced surface functionalization of polyoxometalate by enclosure in a polyhedral silver-alkynyl cage.

    Guang-Gang Gao;Ping-Shing Cheng;Thomas C. W. Mak

  • Halogen bonding: A powerful, emerging tool for constructing high-dimensional metal-containing supramolecular networks

    Bo Li;Shuang-Quan Zang;Li-Ya Wang;Thomas C.W. Mak;Thomas C.W. Mak

  • Atomically Precise Site-Specific Tailoring and Directional Assembly of Superatomic Silver Nanoclusters.

    Zhao-Yang Wang;Meng-Qi Wang;Yan-Ling Li;Peng Luo

  • Ultrastable atomically precise chiral silver clusters with more than 95% quantum efficiency

    Zhen Han;Xi-Yan Dong;Peng Luo;Si Li

  • Porphyrinic Silver Cluster Assembled Material for Simultaneous Capture and Photocatalysis of Mustard-Gas Simulant.

    Man Cao;Rui Pang;Qian-You Wang;Zhen Han

  • Shell engineering to achieve modification and assembly of atomically-precise silver clusters.

    Yan Jin;Chong Zhang;Xi-Yan Dong;Shuang-Quan Zang

  • A super water-stable europium–organic framework: guests inducing low-humidity proton conduction and sensing of metal ions

    Rui Wang;Xi-Yan Dong;Hong Xu;Ru-Bo Pei

  • Silver(I)-Ethynide Clusters Constructed with Phosphonate-Functionized Polyoxovanadates

    Yun-Peng Xie;Thomas C. W. Mak

  • A viologen-functionalized chiral Eu-MOF as a platform for multifunctional switchable material

    Hai-Yang Li;Hong Xu;Shuang-Quan Zang;Thomas C. W. Mak;Thomas C. W. Mak

  • Polyphyllin D is a potent apoptosis inducer in drug-resistant HepG2 cells

    Jenny Yuen-Nei Cheung;Rose Chik-Ying Ong;Yick-Keung Suen;Vincent Ooi

  • Controlled generation of heterochiral or homochiral coordination polymer: helical conformational polymorphs and argentophilicity-induced spontaneous resolution

    Xu-Dong Chen;Miao Du;Thomas C. W. Mak

  • Ligand engineering to achieve enhanced ratiometric oxygen sensing in a silver cluster-based metal-organic framework

    Xi-Yan Dong;Yubing Si;Jin-Sen Yang;Chong Zhang

  • High-nuclearity silver(I) chalcogenide clusters: A novel class of supramolecular assembly

    Yun-Peng Xie;Jun-Ling Jin;Guang-Xiong Duan;Xing Lu

  • Tuning the valence of the cerium center in (Na)phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato cerium double-deckers by changing the nature of the tetrapyrrole ligands.

    Yongzhong Bian;Jianzhuang Jiang;Ye Tao;Michael T. M. Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Shuang-Quan Zang
Shuang-Quan Zang Zhengzhou University
Xiao-Ming Chen
Xiao-Ming Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Zuowei Xie
Zuowei Xie Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hongwei Hou
Hongwei Hou Zhengzhou University
Zhongyuan Zhou
Zhongyuan Zhou Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xiao-Zeng You
Xiao-Zeng You Nanjing University
Wai-Kwok Wong
Wai-Kwok Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka Shimadzu Corp

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