Synthesis, Characterization and Functionalization of Novel Inorganic and Organic Nanoparticle Architectures for Biological and Electronic Applications

Development of Macrocyclic Molecular Sensors and Actuators

Novel Functional Molecules

Wang, H.-H.; Wang, Y.-X. J.;* Leung, K. C.-F.;* Au, D. W. T.; Xuan, S. H.; Chak, C.-P.; Lee, S. K. M.; Sheng, H.; Zhang, G.; Qin, L.; Griffth, J. F.; Ahuja, A. T.
“Durable Mesenchymal Stem Cell Labelling Using Polyhedral Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”
Chem. Eur. J., in press.

Chak, C.-P.; Xuan, S. H.; Mendes, P. M.; Yu, J. C.; Cheng, C. H. K.; Leung, K. C.-F.*
“Discrete Functional Gold Nanoparticles: Hydrogen Bond-Assisted Synthesis, Magnetic Purification, Supramolecular Dimer and Trimer Formation”
ACS Nano 2009, 3, 2129-2138.

K. C.-F. Leung,* C.-P. Chak, C.-M. Lo, W.-Y. Wong, S. H. Xuan, C. H. K. Cheng
“pH-Controllable Supramolecular Systems”
Chem. Asian J. 2009, 4, 364-381.

S. H. Xuan, Y. X. J. Wang, K. C.-F. Leung,* K. Y. Shu*
“Synthesis of Fe₃O₄@Polyaniline Core-Shell Microspheres with Well-Defined Blackberry-Like Morphology”
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 18804-18809..

J. S. Wu, K. C.-F. Leung, D. Benítez, J.-Y. Han, S. J. Cantrill, L. Fang, J. F. Stoddart*
“An Acid-Base Controllable [c2]Daisy Chain”
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7470-7474; Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 7580-7584.

J. S. Wu, K. C.-F. Leung, J. F. Stoddart*
“Efficient Synthesis of [n]Rotaxanes by Template-Directed Clipping Reactions”
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2007, 104, 17266-17271.

T. D. Nguyen, K. C.-F. Leung, M. Liong, Y. Liu, J. F. Stoddart,* J. I. Zink*
“Versatile Supramolecular Nanovalves Reconfigured for Light Activation”
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 2101-2110.

K. C.-F. Leung, F. Aricó, S. J. Cantrill, J. F. Stoddart*
“Dynamic Mechanically Interlocked Dendrimers: Amplification in Dendritic Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries”
Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3951-3959.

S. Saha, K. C.-F. Leung, T. D. Nguyen, J. F. Stoddart,* J. I. Zink*
“Nanovalves”
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 685-693.
[Featured as the cover art (Issue 5, March 2007)]

S. N. Nygaard, K. C.-F. Leung, I. Aprahamian, T. Ikeda, S. Saha, B. W. Laursen, S.-Y. Kim, S. W. Hansen, P. C. Stein, A. H. Flood, J. F. Stoddart,* J. O. Jeppesen*
“Functionally Rigid Bistable [2]Rotaxanes”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 960-970.

H. Hou, K. C.-F. Leung, D. Lanari, A. Nelson, J. F. Stoddart,* R. H. Grubbs*
“Template-Directed One-Step Synthesis of Cyclic Trimers by ADMET”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15358-15359.
(Featured in ChemInform 2007, 38(16))

K. C.-F. Leung, T. D. Nguyen, J. F. Stoddart,* J. I. Zink*
“Supramolecular Nanovalves Controlled by Proton Abstraction and Competitive Binding”
Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 5919-5928.

K. C.-F. Leung, P. M. Mendes, S. N. Magonov, B. H. Northrop, S. Kim, K. Patel, A. H. Flood, H.-R. Tseng, J. F. Stoddart*
“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)]

T. D. Nguyen, K. C.-F. Leung, M. Liong, C. D. Pentecost, J. F. Stoddart,* J. I. Zink*
“Construction of a pH-Driven Supramolecular Nanovalve”
Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3363-3366.
[Highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News, vol. 84, no. 28 (10 July 2006), p.22; selected as “Hot Article” in 2006]