Name: Ricky Wong

Educational Background:

Hons. Dipl., Hong Kong Baptist University

Ph.D., UT-Austin, USA

Postdoctoral: Universite Louis Pasteur, France and ETH-Zurich, Switzerland

Current Research Interests:

functional molecular materials

supramolecular chemistry andorganic synthesis

Current Research activity

Selected Publications:

 1.  H.H. Fan, L. Guo, K.F. Li, M.S. Wong, K.W. Cheah,"Exceptionally Strong Multiphoton Excited

      Blue Photoluminescence and Lasing from Ladder-Type Oligo(p-phenylenes",

      J. Am. Chem.Soc., 134, 7297-7300 (2012).

 2.  W. Yang, Y. Wong, O.T.W. Ng, L.-P. Bai, D.W.J.Kwong, Y. Ke, Z.-H. Jiang, H.-W. Li,

      K.K.L. Yung, M.S. Wong, "Inhibitionof Beta-Amyloid Peptide Aggregation by Multifunctional

      Carbazole-Based Fluorophores", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 1804-1810 (2012).

 3.  B Wang, S.-W. Tsang, W. Zhang, Y. Tao, M.S. Wong,"Naphthodithiophene -2,1,

      3-Benzothiadiazole Copolymers for Bulk HeterojunctionSolar Cells",

       Chem. Commun., 47, 9471-9473 (2011).

 4.  H.H. Fan, K.F. Li, X.L. Zhang, W. Yang, M.S. Wong, K.W. Cheah, "Efficient Two- to

      Five-Photon Excited Violet Emission of Calix[4]arene-Based Multiple Donor-Accepter

      Assembly", Chem. Commun., 47, 3879-3881(2011).

 5.  X.J. Feng, P.L. Wu, K.F. Li, M.S.Wong, K.W. Cheah, "Highly Efficient Multiphoton

      Absorbing Quadrupolar Oligomers for Frequency Upconversion", Chem. Eur. J.,

      17, 2518-2526 (2011).

 6.  W. Yang, P.F. Xia, M.S. Wong, "Highly Ordered Assembly of p-Stacked Distyrylbenzenes by

      Oligoadenines", Org.Lett., 12, 4018-4021 (2010).

 7.  X.J. Feng, P.L. Wu, F. Bolze, H.W.C.Leung, K.F. Li, N.K. Mak, D.W.J. K wong, J.-F. Nicoud,

      K.W. Cheah, M.S. Wong, "Cyanines as New Fluorescent Probes for DNA Detection and

      Two-Photon Excited Bioimaging", Org. Lett., 12, 2194-2197(2010).

 8.  W. Zhang, S.C. Tse, J. Lu, Y. Tao, M.S. Wong,"Solution Processable Donor-Acceptor

      Oligothiophenes for Bulk-Hetero junction Solar Cells", J. Mater.Chem., 20, 2182-2189

      (2010).

 9.  X.J. Feng, P.L. Wu, H.L. Tam, K.F.Li, M.S. Wong, K.W. Cheah, "Fluorene-Based

      p-Conjugated Oligomers for Efficient Three-Photon Excited Photoluminescence and Lasing",

       Chem.Eur. J., 15, 11681-11691 (2009).

10.  P.L. Wu, P.F. Xia, Z.H. Li, X.J.Feng, H.L. Tam, K.F. Li, Y. Jiao, M.S. Wong, K.W. Cheah,

      "Non-Coplanar 9,9-Diphenyl-Substituted Oligofluorenes with LargeTwo-Photon Absorption

      Enhancement", Chem. Commun., 5421-5423 (2009).

11.  Z.Q. Gao, M. Luo, X.H. Sun, H.L. Tam, M.S. Wong, B.X. Mi, P.F. Xia, K.W. Cheah, C.H.

      Chen, "New Host Containing Bipolar Carrier Transport Moiety for High-Efficiency

      Electrophosphorescence with Low Voltage", Adv. Mater., 21, 688-692 (2009).

12.  P.L. Wu, X.J. Feng, H.L. Tam, M.S. Wong, K.W. Cheah, "Efficient Three-Photon Excited

      Deep Blue Photoluminescence and Lasing of Diphenylaminoand 1,2,4-Triazole Endcapped

      Oligofluorenes", J. Am. Chem.Soc., 131, 886-887 (2009).