Search Results - "Tam, Suk Wah"
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Chromonic liquid crystals: properties and applications as functional materials
Published in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (07-05-2008)“…Chromonic liquid crystals (or chromonics) are formed by the self-organization of aromatic compounds with ionic or hydrophilic groups in aqueous solutions. This…”
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Down-regulation of the human VEGF gene expression by perylene monoimide derivatives
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (01-01-2012)“…The proximal promoter region of the human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene contains a guanine-rich strand that can act as a transcriptional…”
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Luminescence of Ln(III) Dithiocarbamate Complexes (Ln = La, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy)
Published in Inorganic chemistry (03-03-2008)“…We have discovered room temperature photoluminescence in Sm3+ and Pr3+ dithiocarbamate complexes. Surprisingly, these complexes exhibit more intense emission…”
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Controlling Molecular Orientation in Solid Films via Self-Organization in the Liquid-Crystalline Phase
Published in Langmuir (30-04-2002)“…We report the control of molecular orientation in solid films through self-organization and induced-orientation processes. We synthesized water-soluble…”
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Structure of the atrial natriuretic peptide receptor extracellular domain in the unbound and hormone-bound states by single-particle electron microscopy
Published in The FEBS journal (01-03-2009)“…Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) plays a major role in blood pressure and volume regulation. ANP activities are mediated by a cell surface, single-span…”
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Molecularly Designed Chromonic Liquid Crystals for the Fabrication of Broad Spectrum Polarizing Materials
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Microfabrication of Anisotropic Organic Materials via Self-Organization of an Ionic Perylenemonoimide
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (03-12-2007)“…Ionic perylenemonoimide (see figure) forms crystals that exhibit dichroic absorption and anisotropic fluorescence emission in the visible light region. The…”
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Ionic Quaterrylenebis(dicarboximide): A Novel Mesogen and Long-Wavelength Polarizing Material
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (24-02-2003)“…An absorbing study: The displayed quaterrylenebis(dicarboximide) was imparted with lyotropic liquid‐crystalline properties by molecular design. The ability of…”
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Formation of a Macrobicyclic Tris(disulfide) by Molecular Self-Assembly
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (22-01-1999)Get full text
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One pot synthesis of aromatic methyl esters by electrochemical oxidation of aldehydes mediated by biscoenzyme catalysis
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Telomere shortening and cell senescence induced by perylene derivatives in A549 human lung cancer cells
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (15-02-2013)“…Cancer cells evade replicative senescence by re-expressing telomerase, which maintains telomere length and hence chromosomal integrity. Telomerase inhibition…”
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Self-assembled biosensor with universal reporter and dual-quenchers for detection of unlabelled nucleic acids
Published in Analyst (London) (21-02-2016)“…A novel biosensor with universal reporter and dual quenchers was developed for rapid, sensitive, selective, and inexpensive detection of unlabelled nucleic…”
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N-(2-(N’,N’-Diethylamino)ethyl)perylene-3,4-dicarboximide and its Quaternized Derivatives as Fluorescence Probes of Acid, Temperature, and Solvent Polarity
Published in Journal of fluorescence (2011)“…In this manuscript, we report the fluorescence properties of N -(2-( N ’, N ’-diethylamino)ethyl)perylene-3,4-dicarboximide ( 1 ) and its quaternized…”
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Cascade of Molecular Order by Sequential Self-Organization, Induced Orientation, and Order Transfer Processes
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Visualization of the cation migration in ionic polymer-metal composite under an electric field
Published in Applied physics letters (25-01-2010)“…Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) exhibit a large dynamic bending deformation due to the redistribution of counter-ions inside the polymer. It has not…”
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A Study of the Structural Effects on the Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Ionic Perylenebis(dicarboximide)s Using UV−Vis Spectroscopy, Polarized Light Microscopy, and NMR Spectroscopy
Published in Langmuir (04-03-2008)“…Ionic perylenebis(dicarboximide)s 1−5 were synthesized. The aggregation and liquid-crystalline properties of these compounds in aqueous solutions were…”
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Study of the Chromonic Liquid-Crystalline Phases of Bis-(N,N-diethylaminoethyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic Diimide Dihydrochloride by Polarized Optical Microscopy and 2H NMR Spectroscopy
Published in Langmuir (20-01-2004)“…The chromonic liquid-crystalline properties of bis-(N,N-diethylaminoethyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide dihydrochloride in an aqueous solution were…”
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Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Generated from Alkanethiols with the Structure RNHCOCH2SH
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Ionic perylene-3,4-dicarboximide as chromonic mesogens and the use of a fluorescence technique in determining phase-transition temperatures
Published in Liquid crystals (21-05-2010)“…We report a study of the chromonic liquid-crystalline properties of 2-(N,N-diethyl-N-methylammonium)ethylperylene-3,4-dicarboximide formate (1) in aqueous…”
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Synthesis and Studies of the Properties of a Liquid-Crystalline Quaterrylenebis(dicarboximide) by 1H NMR and UV−vis Spectroscopies
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (16-04-2004)“…The synthesis of an ionic quaterrylenebis(dicarboximide) 1a, a long-wavelength absorbing mesogen, is described. When compared with its analogue 2a, an ionic…”
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