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Wai-Kwok Wong is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The main topics covered in Wong's work include:

  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Wong has contributed research published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Frequent collaboration is noted with coauthors such as Ka-Leung Wong, Xunjin Zhu, Wai-Lun Chan, Chen Xie, and Wai-Sum Lo.

Some of the recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Wong are:

  • "Lanthanide-tetrapyrrole complexes: synthesis, redox chemistry, photophysical properties, and photonic applications," published in 2021 in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Facile Preparation of Phthalocyanine-Based Nanodots for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy In Vivo," published in 2020 in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • "Panchromatic terthiophenyl-benzodithiophene conjugated porphyrin donor for efficient organic solar cells," published in 2021 in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The research outputs indicate a multidisciplinary approach integrating chemistry, materials science, and engineering principles, particularly through the synthesis and study of coordination complexes and their applications in photonics, imaging, cancer therapy, and organic electronics.

Best Publications

  • Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil and sediment from an electronic waste recycling facility.

    Dongli Wang;Zongwei Cai;Guibin Jiang;Anna Leung

  • A Near-Infrared-Fluorescent Chemodosimeter for Mercuric Ion Based on an Expanded Porphyrin†

    Xun Jin Zhu;Shi Tao Fu;Shi Tao Fu;Wai Kwok Wong;Jian Ping Guo

  • Significant Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance Using Simple Phenothiazine-Based Dyes

    Yong Hua;Shuai Chang;Dandan Huang;Xuan Zhou

  • Heterobimetallic Zn(II)-Ln(III) phenylene-bridged schiff base complexes, computational studies, and evidence for singlet energy transfer as the main pathway in the sensitization of near-infrared Nd3+ luminescence.

    Wing Kit Lo;Wai Kwok Wong;Wai Yeung Wong;Jianping Guo

  • Synthesis and electrophile-induced disproportionation of the neutral formyl triphenylphosphinenitrosyl-.eta.-cyclopentadienylrhenium formyl ((.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CHO))

    Wilson Tam;Gong Yu Lin;Wai Kwok Wong;William A. Kiel

  • Synthesis and near-infrared luminescence of 3d-4f bi-metallic Schiff base complexes

    Wai Kwok Wong;Hongze Liang;Wai Yeung Wong;Zongwei Cai

  • Facile synthesis of N-rich carbon quantum dots from porphyrins as efficient probes for bioimaging and biosensing in living cells.

    Fengshou Wu;Huifang Su;Kai Wang;Wai Kwok Wong

  • Water-Soluble Mitochondria-Specific Ytterbium Complex with Impressive NIR Emission

    Tao Zhang;Xunjin Zhu;Chopen C W Cheng;Wai Ming Kwok

  • Multinuclear luminescent Schiff-base Zn-Nd sandwich complexes.

    Wai Kwok Wong;Xiaoping Yang;Richard A Jones;Joseph H. Rivers

  • Synthesis, structure, reactivity and photoluminescence of lanthanide(III) monoporphyrinate complexes

    Wai Kwok Wong;Xunjin Zhu;Wai Yeung Wong

  • Neutral metal formyl complexes: generation, reactivity, and models for Fischer-Tropsch catalyst intermediates

    Wilson Tam;Wai-Kwok Wong;J. A. Gladysz

  • Design and synthesis of a near infra-red luminescent hexanuclear Zn–Nd prism

    Xiao Ping Yang;Richard A Jones;Wai Kwok Wong;Vincent M Lynch

  • New Co(OH)2/CdS nanowires for efficient visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production

    Xuan Zhou;Jian Jin;Xunjin Zhu;Jun Huang

  • Near-infrared emissive lanthanide hybridized carbon quantum dots for bioimaging applications.

    Fengshou Wu;Huifang Su;Xunjin Zhu;Kai Wang

  • Synthesis, structures and luminescent properties of new heterobimetallic Zn-4f Schiff base complexes

    Wing Kit Lo;Wai Kwok Wong;Jianping Guo;Wai Yeung Wong

  • Design and Synthesis of Near‐Infrared Emissive Lanthanide Complexes Based on Macrocyclic Ligands

    Xunjin Zhu;Wai Kwok Wong;Wai Yeung Wong;Xiaoping Yang

  • High-efficiency and color-stable white organic light-emitting devices based on sky blue electrofluorescence and orange electrophosphorescence

    Cheuk-Lam Ho;Mei-Fang Lin;Wai-Yeung Wong;Wai-Kwok Wong

  • Room temperature molecular up conversion in solution.

    Aline Nonat;Chi Fai Chan;Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Porphyrin-Implanted Carbon Nanodots for Photoacoustic Imaging and in Vivo Breast Cancer Ablation

    Fengshou Wu;Fengshou Wu;Huifang Su;Yuchen Cai;Wai Kwok Wong

  • Pentanuclear tetra-decker luminescent lanthanide Schiff base complexes

    Xiaoping Yang;Richard A Jones;Wai Kwok Wong

  • Biocompatible CdSe quantum dot-based photosensitizer under two-photon excitation for photodynamic therapy

    Zu-De Qi;Zu-De Qi;Dong-Wei Li;Peng Jiang;Feng-Lei Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xunjin Zhu
Xunjin Zhu Hong Kong Baptist University
Richard A. Jones
Richard A. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
Kok Wai Cheah
Kok Wai Cheah Hong Kong Baptist University
Ka-Leung Wong
Ka-Leung Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Wing-Tak Wong
Wing-Tak Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Geoffrey Wilkinson Imperial College London
Feng-Lei Jiang
Feng-Lei Jiang Wuhan University
Cheng-Yong Su
Cheng-Yong Su Sun Yat-sen University

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