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Wai Ming Kwok is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines within chemistry and biochemistry, with a focus on photochemistry, molecular biology, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist has contributed to several research topics, including:

  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

Main fields of study covered in their research comprise:

  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More detailed subfields in their work include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

Wai Ming Kwok has published frequently in these venues:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wai Ming Kwok illustrate the thematic range of their research:

  • Intersystem crossing, phosphorescence, and spin-orbit coupling. Two contrasting Cu(I)-TADF dimers investigated by milli- to micro-second phosphorescence, femto-second fluorescence, and theoretical calculations (2022), Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent and Auxiliary-Ligand-Tuned Intersystem-Crossing Efficiency in Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes: Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies (2020), Inorganic Chemistry
  • A long lasting sunscreen controversy of 4-aminobenzoic acid and 4-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde derivatives resolved by ultrafast spectroscopy combined with density functional theoretical study (2020), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Dual Time-Scale Proton Transfer and High-Energy, Long-Lived Excitons Unveiled by Broadband Ultrafast Time-Resolved Fluorescence in Adenine-Uracil RNA Duplexes (2022), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Ultrafast excited state dynamics of isocytosine unveiled by femtosecond broadband time-resolved spectroscopy combined with density functional theoretical study (2023), Photochemistry and Photobiology

Frequent collaborators in Wai Ming Kwok's research include:

  • Chensheng Ma
  • Mingliang Wang
  • Qingwu Xiong
  • Allen Ka-Wa Wong
  • Chris Tsz-Leung Chan

Best Publications

  • Defects in ZnO nanorods prepared by a hydrothermal method

    K. H. Tam;C. K. Cheung;Y. H. Leung;A. B. Djurišić

  • Defect emissions in ZnO nanostructures

    A. B. Djurišić;Y. H. Leung;K. H. Tam;Y. F. Hsu

  • A highly sensitive ultraviolet sensor based on a facile in situ solution-grown ZnO nanorod/graphene heterostructure

    Haixin Chang;Zhenhua Sun;Keith Yat Fung Ho;Xiaoming Tao

  • A graphene dispersed CdS–MoS2 nanocrystal ensemble for cooperative photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

    Tiantian Jia;Amy Kolpin;Chensheng Ma;Ruth Chau Ting Chan

  • A doorway state leads to photostability or triplet photodamage in thymine DNA.

    Wai Ming Kwok;Chensheng Ma;David Lee Phillips

  • Triplet MLCT Photosensitization of the Ring‐Closing Reaction of Diarylethenes by Design and Synthesis of a Photochromic Rhenium(I) Complex of a Diarylethene‐Containing 1,10‐Phenanthroline Ligand

    Chi-Chiu Ko;Wai-Ming Kwok;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;David Lee Phillips

  • Femtosecond Time- and Wavelength-Resolved Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopic Study of the Excited States of Adenosine and an Adenine Oligomer

    Wai Ming Kwok;Chensheng Ma;David Lee Phillips

  • Light-emitting platinum(II) complexes supported by tetradentate dianionic bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligands: towards robust blue electrophosphors

    Kai Li;Gang Cheng;Chensheng Ma;Xiangguo Guan

  • Fluorescence suppression in resonance Raman spectroscopy using a high-performance picosecond Kerr gate

    P. Matousek;M. Towrie;C. Ma;Wai Ming Kwok

  • Development of a broadband picosecond infrared spectrometer and its incorporation into an existing ultrafast time-resolved resonance raman, UV/visible, and fluorescence spectroscopic apparatus

    Michael Towrie;David C. Grills;Joanne Dyer;Julia A. Weinstein

  • Strongly Luminescent Gold(III) Complexes with Long‐Lived Excited States: High Emission Quantum Yields, Energy Up‐Conversion, and Nonlinear Optical Properties

    Wai Pong To;Kaai Tung Chan;Glenna So Ming Tong;Chensheng Ma

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

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

  • Highly luminescent palladium(II) complexes with sub-millisecond blue to green phosphorescent excited states. Photocatalysis and highly efficient PSF-OLEDs

    Pui-Keong Chow;Gang Cheng;Glenna So Ming Tong;Chensheng Ma

  • Time-resolved photoluminescence from ZnO nanostructures

    Wai Ming Kwok;A. B. Djurišić;Y. H. Leung;W. K. Chan

  • Organic Triplet Excited States of Gold(I) Complexes with Oligo(o- or m-phenyleneethynylene) Ligands: Conjunction of Steady-State and Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies on Exciton Delocalization and Emission Pathways

    Wei Lu;Wai Ming Kwok;Chensheng Ma;Chris Tsz Leung Chan

  • Strongly Phosphorescent Palladium(II) Complexes of Tetradentate Ligands with Mixed Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen Donor Atoms: Photophysics, Photochemistry, and Applications

    Pui Keong Chow;Chensheng Ma;Wai Pong To;Glenna So Ming Tong

  • Luminescent zinc(II) and copper(I) complexes for high-performance solution-processed monochromic and white organic light-emitting devices

    Gang Cheng;Gang Cheng;Gary Kwok Ming So;Wai Pong To;Yong Chen

  • Time-resolved photoluminescence study of the stimulated emission in ZnO nanoneedles

    Wai Ming Kwok;A. B. Djurišić;Y. H. Leung;W. K. Chan

  • A Determination of the Structure of the Intramolecular Charge Transfer State of 4-Dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) by Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

    Wai Ming Kwok;C. Ma;P. Matousek;A. W. Parker

  • Direct observation of a hydrogen-bonded charge-transfer state of 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile in methanol by time-resolved IR spectroscopy.

    Wai Ming Kwok;Michael W. George;David C. Grills;Chensheng Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lee Phillips
David Lee Phillips University of Hong Kong
Pavel Matousek
Pavel Matousek Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Anthony W. Parker
Anthony W. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Michael Towrie
Michael Towrie Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
David Phillips
David Phillips Imperial College London
Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Ka-Leung Wong
Ka-Leung Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam University of Hong Kong
Michael W. George
Michael W. George University of Nottingham

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