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Wen-Kui Dong is affiliated with Lanzhou Jiaotong University in China. The research focus centers on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Oncology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by Wen-Kui Dong include:

  • "A chemical probe capable for fluorescent and colorimetric detection to Cu2+ and CN− based on coordination and nucleophilic addition mechanism" (2020), published in Microchemical Journal
  • "Exploitation of a Half-Conjugate Polydentate Salamo-Salen Hybrid Ligand and Its Two Phenoxide-Bridged Heterohexanuclear 3d-s Double-Helical Cluster Complexes" (2021), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "A highly selective and sensitive salamo-salen-salamo hybrid fluorometic chemosensor for identification of Zn2+ and the continuous recognition of phosphate anions" (2022), published in Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • "Dual-Channel More Flexible Salamo-Like Chemosensor for Fluorogenic Sensing of Copper Ion in Semi-Aqueous Medium" (2022), published in Journal of Applied Spectroscopy
  • "Heterobimetallic [NiIILnIII] (Ln = Sm and Tb) N2O4-donor coordination polymers: Syntheses, crystal structures and fluorescence properties" (2020), published in Inorganica Chimica Acta

Wen-Kui Dong has frequently published in the following scientific venues:

  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Applied Organometallic Chemistry

The list of frequent co-authors working in collaboration includes:

  • Yu-Jie Ding
  • Ya-Ting La
  • Yuan-Ji Yan
  • Ming-Xia Du
  • Li Tong

This profile outlines a research career concentrated on the synthesis, structural characterization, and functional analysis of coordination complexes, molecular sensors, and metal-organic frameworks, demonstrating involvement in diverse interdisciplinary areas that combine chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • A reversible “turn-on” fluorescent sensor for selective detection of Zn2+

    Wen-Kui Dong;Sunday Folaranmi Akogun;Yang Zhang;Yin-Xia Sun

  • Oxime-based salen-type tetradentate ligands with high stability against imine metathesis reaction.

    Shigehisa Akine;Takanori Taniguchi;Wenkui Dong;Sayuri Masubuchi

  • A new application of Salamo-type bisoximes: As a relay–sensor for Zn2+/Cu2+ and its novel complexes for successive sensing of H+/OH−

    Wen-Kui Dong;Xia-Liang Li;Li Wang;Yang Zhang

  • Octanuclear zinc(II) and cobalt(II) clusters produced by cooperative tetrameric assembling of oxime chelate ligands.

    Shigehisa Akine;Wenkui Dong;Tatsuya Nabeshima

  • A Series of Heteromultinuclear Zinc(II)–Lanthanide(III) Complexes Based on 3-MeOsalamo: Syntheses, Structural Characterizations, and Luminescent Properties

    Wen-Kui Dong;Jian-Chun Ma;Li-Chun Zhu;Yin-Xia Sun

  • Exploitation of a Half-Conjugate Polydentate Salamo-Salen Hybrid Ligand and Its Two Phenoxide-Bridged Heterohexanuclear 3d-s Double-Helical Cluster Complexes.

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  • Synthesis, crystal structure and photoluminescent properties of an aromatic bridged Schiff base ligand and its zinc complex

    Tianzhi Yu;Kai Zhang;Yuling Zhao;Changhui Yang

  • Synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic behaviors of Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes with Salen-type bisoxime ligands

    Wen-Kui Dong;Jin-Gui Duan;Yong-Hong Guan;Jun-Yan Shi

  • Synthesis, structure and properties of supramolecular MnII, CoII, NiII and ZnII complexes containing Salen-type bisoxime ligands

    Wen-Kui Dong;Yin-Xia Sun;Chun-Yu Zhao;Xiu-Yan Dong

  • Structurally characterized homo-trinuclear ZnII and hetero-pentanuclear [ZnII4LnIII] complexes constructed from an octadentate bis(Salamo)-based ligand: Hirshfeld surfaces, fluorescence and catalytic properties

    Xiao-Yan Li;Quan-Peng Kang;Chang Liu;Yang Zhang

  • A chemical probe capable for fluorescent and colorimetric detection to Cu2+ and CN− based on coordination and nucleophilic addition mechanism

    Lan Wang;Zhi-Li Wei;Zhuang-Zhuang Chen;Chang Liu

  • Nine self-assembled nickel(II)–lanthanide(III) heterometallic complexes constructed from a Salamo-type bisoxime and bearing a N- or O-donor auxiliary ligand: syntheses, structures and magnetic properties

    Wen-Kui Dong;Jian-Chun Ma;Li-Chun Zhu;Yang Zhang

  • Four Salamo-type 3d–4f hetero-bimetallic [ZnIILnIII] complexes: syntheses, crystal structures, and luminescent and magnetic properties

    Shan-Shan Zheng;Wen-Kui Dong;Yang Zhang;Le Chen

  • Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of supramolecular CuII, ZnII, and CdII complexes with Salen-type bisoxime ligands

    Wen-Kui Dong;Yin-Xia Sun;Yan-Ping Zhang;Li Li

  • A new single-armed salamo-based sensor with aggregation-induced emission characteristic for selective sensing of aluminium ions

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  • A highly sensitive and selective bis(salamo)-type fluorescent chemosensor for identification of Cu2+ and the continuous recognition of S2-, Arginine and Lysine.

    Ying-Qi Pan;Xin Xu;Yu Zhang;Yang Zhang

  • An investigation of two heterobimetallic [Cu(II)2Ln(III)] (Ln = La and Ce) complexes of a more flexible bis(salamo)‐type ligand

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  • Novel phenoxo-bridged di- and tri-nuclear Cu(II) salamo-like complexes driven by various counter-anions

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  • Structural Variation and Luminescence Properties of Tri- and Dinuclear CuII and ZnII Complexes Constructed from a Naphthalenediol-Based Bis(Salamo)-type Ligand

    Le Chen;Wen-Kui Dong;Han Zhang;Yang Zhang

  • A dual-signal half-salamo-based sensing platform for simultaneous colorimetric and fluoremetric detection of Fe3+ and reversible recognition of OH− ions

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  • Novel multinuclear transition metal(II) complexes based on an asymmetric Salamo-type ligand: Syntheses, structure characterizations and fluorescent properties

    Wen-Kui Dong;Jing Zhang;Yang Zhang;Na Li

  • Synthesis, structural characterization and solvent effect of copper(II) complexes with a variational multidentate Salen-type ligand with bisoxime groups

    Wen-Kui Dong;Xue-Ni He;Hai-Bo Yan;Zhong-Wu Lv

  • Synthesis, crystal structure, and fluorescence of an unexpected dialkoxo-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complex with bis(salen)-type tetraoxime

    Lan-Qin Chai;Gang Wang;Yin-Xia Sun;Wen-Kui Dong

  • Symmetric containing-PMBP N2O2-donors nickel(II) complexes: Syntheses, structures, Hirshfeld analyses and fluorescent properties

    Quan-Peng Kang;Xiao-Yan Li;Zhi-Li Wei;Yang Zhang

  • An unexpected dinuclear Cu(II) complex with a bis(Salamo) chelating ligand: synthesis, crystal structure, and photophysical properties

    Jian-Chun Ma;Xiu-Yan Dong;Wen-Kui Dong;Yang Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingui Duan
Jingui Duan Nanjing Tech University
Ziqiang Lei
Ziqiang Lei Northwest Normal University

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