LAI Yee Hing

LAI Yee Hing

Associate Professor

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Postdoc. Fellow, University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1980-1982; Ph.D., University of Victoria, 1980; B.Sc., Nanyang University, 1976.

Contact Information:

Office: MD1-17-03H

Tel: (65)-6516-2914

Fax: (65)-6779-1691

Email: chmlaiyh@nus.edu.sg

Research

Research Interests

My primary interest lies on organic chemistry.

Research Highlight

Our research interests are centred mainly on the studies of conjugated aromatic systems going from theoretically interesting molecules to organic materials for specific applications.

Representative Publications  

• Wang, G.; Pu, K.-Y.; Zhang, X.; Li, K.; Wang, L.; Cai, L.; Ding, D.; Lai, Y.-H.; Liu, B., Starshaped Glycosylated Conjugated Oligomer for Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging of Live Cells. Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 4428-4434.
• Gu X.; Lai, Y.-H., Triptycene: No Homoconjugation Effect for Extending Optical Properties of π-Conjugated Oligomers. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5200-5203.
• Peck, T.-G.; Lai, Y.-H., Conformational Isomerism in 1,2-Di-O-Tolylnaphthalenes: Selective Rotation of the 2-Aryl Ring. Tetrahedron 2009, 69, 3664-3667.
• Gao, J.; Lai, Y.-H., Narrow Bandgap and Enhanced Electroconductivity in a Dihydropyrene-Thiophene Copolymer. Polymer 2009, 50, 1830-1834.
• Fang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Lai, Y.-H.; Liu, B., Bridged Triphenylamine Based Molecules with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections in Organic and Aqueous Media. Chem. Commun. 2009, 920-922.