Molecular Design and Applications of Photofunctional Polymers and Materials

Professor Wai-Yeung Wong (FRSC, CChem) is a Professor of Chemistry at the Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests are in the area of synthetic inorganic, organometallic and polymer chemistry with specific focus on functional materials for optoelectronic and photonic applications. Currently, he has a distinguished record of some 300 scientific publications in leading journals to date. Professor Alaa Abd-El-Azizis is Professor of Chemistry, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His work includes development of new synthetic methodologies for organic and organometallic polymers; electrochemical studies of organometallic oligomeric and polymeric materials; and the investigation of structural variations on the thermal properties of polymers.

Heavy-Metal Organometallic Complexes as Yellow and Orange Triplet Emitters for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes;

Molecular Design and Synthesis of Photofunctional Materials;

Hyperbranched Acetylenic Polymers from Metal-Free and Regioselective Polycyclotrimerization of Arylene Bipropiolates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photonic Properties;

Metal Acetylide Complexes, Oligomers and Polymers in Photofunctional Materials Chemistry;

Photoactive Multi-nuclear Metal-containing Polymeric Systems;

Photochemically Degradable Polymers;

Synthesis of Polymers with Metal-Metal Bonds Along the Backbone Using Click Chemistry;

Metal s-alkynyl Complexes as Molecular Wires and Devices: a Comparative Study of Electron Density and Delocalisation;

Material Design and Applications of Rhenium(I)-Containing Macromolecules;

Recent Developments in Metal-Containing Complexes with Azo Chromophore Functionalities;

Organic Dyes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells;

Strategies Towards Enhancing Charge Collection in Polymer Photovoltaic Devices;

White Light-Emitting Polymers and Devices;

Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles Applications in Optoelectronics, Bioimaging and Biosensing;

Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes as Biomolecular and Cellular Probes;

Novel Fluorene-based Functional "Click Polymers" for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells;