Research
Assistant Professor
Education Background |
| 1999 |
B.Sc. |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2003 |
Ph.D.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Awards |
|  |
| 2003-2005 |
Croucher Foundation Fellowship |
| Position
Held |
| Since
2006 |
Research
Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2003-2006 |
Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of California, Los Angeles |
Research Interests |
| 1. |
Synthesis, Characterization and Functionalization of Novel Inorganic and Organic Nanoparticle Architectures for Biological and Electronic Applications |
| 2. |
Development of Macrocyclic Molecular Sensors and Actuators |
| 3. |
Novel Functional Molecules |
| Recent
Representative Publications: |
| 1. |
Wang, H.H.; Wang, Y. X. J.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Chak, C.-P.; Sheng, H.; Zhang, G.; Lee, S. K. M.; Au, D. W. T.; Qin, L.; Griffith, J. F.
“Mesenchymal Stem Cell Intracellular Labeling Using Silica-Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Amine Functional Peripheries”, submitted. |
| 2. |
Wu, J.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Benitez, D; Han, J.-Y.; Cantrill, S. J.; Fang, L; Stoddart, J. F.
“Artificial Molecular Muscles Based on Doubly-Threaded Rotaxanes”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, accepted. |
| 3. |
Wu, J.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Stoddart, J. F.
“Efficient Synthesis of [n]Rotaxanes by Template-Directed Clipping Reactions”
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2007, 104, 17266-17271. |
| 4. |
Nguyen, T. D.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Liong, M.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I.
“Versatile Supramolecular Nanovalves Reconfigured for Light Activation”
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 2101-2110. |
| 5. |
Leung, K. C.-F.; Aricó, F.; Cantrill, S. J.; Stoddart, J. F.
“Dynamic Mechanically Interlocked Dendrimers: Amplification in Dendritic Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries”
Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3951-3959. |
| 6. |
Saha, S.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Nguyen, T. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I.
“Nanovalves”
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 685-693. [Featured as the cover art (Issue 5, March 2007)] |
| 7. |
Nygaard, S. N.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Aprahamian, I.; Ikeda, T.; Saha, S.; Laursen, B. W.; Kim, S.-Y.; Hansen, S. W.; Stein, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Jeppesen, J. O.
“Functionally Rigid Bistable [2]Rotaxanes”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 960-970. |
| 8. |
Hou, H.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Lanari, D.; Nelson, A.; Stoddart, J. F.; Grubbs, R. H.
“Template-Directed One-Step Synthesis of Cyclic Trimers by ADMET”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15358-15359. |
| 9. |
Leung, K. C.-F.; Nguyen, T. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I.
“Supramolecular Nanovalves Controlled by Proton Abstraction and Competitive Binding”
Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 5919-5928.
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| 10. |
Leung, K. C.-F.; Mendes, P. M.; Magonov, S. N.; Northrop, B. H.; Kim, S.; Patel, K.; Flood, A. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F.
“Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Dendronized Polymers: Reversible Control of the Polymer Architectures through Acid-Base Reactions”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10707-10715. [Highlighted in ACS Heart-Cut (16 October 2006)] |
| 11. |
Nguyen, T. D., Leung, K. C.-F.; Liong, M.; Pentecost, C. D.; Stoddart, J. F.; Zink, J. I.
“Construction of a pH-Driven Supramolecular Nanovalve”
Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3363-3366. . [Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News (July 10, 2006); selected as “Hot Article” in 2006] |
| 12. |
Leung, K. C.-F.; Arico, F.; Cantrill, S. J.; Stoddart, J. F.
“Template-Directed Dynamic Synthesis of Mechanically Interlocked Dendrimers”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 5808-5810. [Highlighted in Science 2005, vol. 308, p.326] |
| Professional Activities |
| Since 2005 |
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Since 2004 |
Member of the American Chemical Society |
Contact |
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Last updated : 22-Jul-2008 |
