Boosting the synthesis of stable sugar compounds with a novel nature-inspired approach
The research team led by Associate Professor KOH Ming Joo from the NUS Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with Professor…
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Artificial photosynthesis to produce hydrogen peroxide
The research team, led by Professor Donglin JIANG from the Department of Chemistry at NUS has developed hexavalent photocatalytic covalent…
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Unlocking RNA functionality: A redox-responsive approach
A research team led by Assistant Professor ZHU Ru-Yi, from the Department of Chemistry at NUS have developed a strategy…
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A magnetic “butterfly” with entangled spins for quantum technologies
A team of NUS researchers led by Associate Professor Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry and Institute for Functional…
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Multifunctional chiral alkylboron compounds by enantioselective nickel catalysis
A research team led by Associate Professor KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has developed a new…
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The 2024 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award
Congratulations to Associate Professor KOH Ming Joo for winning the 2024 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work. The…
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Earth-abundant iron catalysis enables access to valuable dialkylated compounds
A research team led by Associate Professor KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has solved a longstanding…
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AI-enabled atomic robotic probe to advance quantum material manufacturing
The research team, led by Associate Professor Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry and the Institute for Functional Intelligent…
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The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize 2024
Congratulations to Professor LIU Xiaogang. He has been honored with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize for his outstanding…
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SNIC-AsCA2019 Singapore Award (Distinguished Woman Chemist Award 2024)
Congratulations to Associate Professor Chi Chunyan for winning the SNIC-AsCA2019 Singapore Award (Distinguished Woman Chemist Award 2024) for the synthesis…
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Photosynthesis with water and air
A research team led by Professor Donglin JIANG from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has developed a microporous covalent organic…
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Photon upconversion: Steering light with supercritical coupling
A research team led by Professor LIU Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry, NUS and his collaborator, Dr Gianluigi ZITO from…
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American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows
Congratulations to Professor Liu Xiaogang for being elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of…
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Deep learning for real-time molecular imaging
A research team, led by Professor Thorsten WOHLAND from both the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Chemistry,…
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Single proton illuminates perovskite nanocrystals-based transmissive thin scintillators
A research team led by Professor LIU Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry and Associate Professor Andrew BETTIOL from the…
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Catalyst for green production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals
National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers led by Associate Professor LU Jiong from the Department of Chemistry under the NUS…
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Atomically-precise quantum antidots via vacancy self-assembly
A research team led by Associate Professor Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry and the Institute for Functional Intelligent…
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Ferromagnetic single-atom spin catalyst for boosting water splitting reactions
The research team led by Associate Professor LU Jiong, from the Department of Chemistry, developed a scalable hydrothermal approach for obtaining…
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On-demand preparation of organosilicon reagents
In a recent paper, Associate Professor Jie WU and his colleagues from the Department of Chemistry, NUS, have developed a…
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Chiral drug-like building blocks by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-coupling
A research team led by Assistant Professor KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore has…
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Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry 2023
Congratulations to Associate Professor Koh Ming Joo, the 2023 recipient of the Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry. This is…
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Welcome to Assistant Professor Wei Jiangbo
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Assistant Professor Wei Jiangbo who has joined the Department under the NUS Presidential Young Professorship…
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Mechanoluminescence-powered smart mouthguard for healthcare assistance and human–computer interaction
A research team led by Professor LIU Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore demonstrated a bite-controlled…
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo
Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo has been awarded Young Researcher Award 2023 by the National University of Singapore for his…
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Congratulations to Emeritus Professor J. J. Vittal
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor J. J. Vittal for being conferred the prestigious Elsevier Lectureship award 2023 for his impactful work…
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Visible light activation enables transformation of bench-stable sulfones to valuable glycosides
A research team led by Assistant Professor KOH Ming Joo has developed a new strategy to generate therapeutically relevant C-glycosides and S-glycosides…
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The 55th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2023)
The 55th International Chemistry Olympiad was held recently in Zurich, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s competition is ‘Let’s Find Solutions…
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo
Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo from NUS Chemistry recently was named to he Asian Scientist 100 (2023). He was recognized…
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Sustainable electro-synthesis of esters
A research team led by Associate Professor YEO Boon Siang, Jason from the Department of Chemistry, NUS in collaboration with…
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Sub-angstrom non-invasive imaging of the atomic arrangement in 2D hybrid perovskites
A NUS research team led by Associate Professor Jiong LU, in collaboration with Professor Kian Ping LOH’s research group, both…
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Welcome to Assistant Professor Xi Yumeng
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Assistant Professor Xi Yumeng who has joined the Department under the NUS Presidential Young Professorship…
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Electronic self-passivation of single vacancy in black phosphorus
A research team led by Associate Professor Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore discovered that…
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A simple method to determine phase preference of proteins on live cell membranes
The research team led by Professor Thorsten WOHLAND from the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, National University of Singapore…
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Welcome to Assistant Professor Qiu Yunyan
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Assistant Professor Qiu Yunyan who has joined the Department under the NUS Presidential Young Professorship…
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Wireless sensing of secreted enzymes from wound pathogens
A research team comprising Assistant Professor LI Hao from the Department of Chemistry and Assistant Professor John S. HO from…
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SNAS Fellowship 2022
Congratulations to Professor Lu Yixin and Professor Liu Xiaogang who have been awarded fellowships by the Singapore National Academy of…
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Young Researcher Award 2022
Congratulations to Associate Professor Lu Jiong as one of the NUS Young Researcher Award 2022 recipients. Associate Professor Lu is…
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European Academy of Sciences Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor Donglin Jiang who has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious European Academy of Sciences (EurASc). …
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Water clusters in hydrophobic in crystalline porous covalent organic frameworks
A research team led by Professor JIANG Donglin from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore has realised water…
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54th International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulations to the Singapore Chemistry Olympiad team, led by Dr Zhang Sheng and Dr Tan Wee Boon, for winning two Gold…
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C&EN Talented 12 recognition
Congratulations to Assistant Professor KOH Ming Joo, who was recently named to the Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)’s Talented 12 list…
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Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries
A NUS research team led by Prof Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry and the Institute for Functional Intelligent…
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Honorary Fellowship Award 2022
Congratulations to Associate Professor Lai Yee Hing, Department of Chemistry, who is awarded the Honorary Fellowship in July 2022. The Honorary…
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Directing-group-free catalytic dicarbofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes
A research team led by Prof KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore together with…
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Visualising designer quantum states in stable macrocycle quantum corrals
A research team led by Prof Jiong LU from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore (NUS) has devised an on-surface…
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NUS Chemistry is the 8th in the world
According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, NUS Chemistry remains in the top 10 chemistry programmes globally…
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NUS Young Researcher Award 2021
Congratulations to Associate Professor Wu Jie for being awarded the Young Researcher Award 2021. His research group invented “stop-flow micro-tubing” reactors and…
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Titanium catalysis enables stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides and glycopeptides
NUS chemists have conceived a new strategy to synthesize medicinally important C-alkyl and C-alkenyl glycosides through a titanium-catalysed reductive transformation process that…
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Modelling nonequilibrium nanoscale junctions with steady-state density functional theory (DFT)
NUS scientists have predicted a new type of nonequilibrium effects that could generally exist in nanoscale electronic devices, and successfully…
A research team led by Prof LIU Xiaogang from Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore and Prof XU Hui from Heilongjiang…
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Stereoselective alkene synthesis with non-precious nickel catalysis
A research team led by Prof KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore in collaboration…
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World’s most highly cited researchers
Six NUS Chemistry academics i.e. Professor Guillermo C. Bazan, Professor Chen Wei, Associate Professor Goki Eda, Professor Jiang Donglin, Professor…
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Congratulations to President’s Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo
He was one of the visionaries in the MIT Technology Review, Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific 2021. “Despite considerable advances…
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Titanium catalysis enables stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides and glycopeptides
NUS chemists have conceived a new strategy to synthesize medicinally important C-alkyl and C-alkenyl glycosides through a titanium-catalysed reductive transformation process that…
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Modelling nonequilibrium nanoscale junctions with steady-state density functional theory (DFT)
NUS scientists have predicted a new type of nonequilibrium effects that could generally exist in nanoscale electronic devices, and successfully…
A NUS research team led by Prof LU Jiong, from the Department of Chemistry, NUS in collaboration with Prof Kostya…
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Manipulating chain-walking in olefins using earth-abundant iron-based catalysts
A research team led by Prof KOH Ming Joo, from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has devised a new olefin…
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NUS Chemistry is the top in Asia and the 7th in the world
According to the 11th QS World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject 2021, NUS Chemistry remains in the top 10 chemistry…
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Divergent synthesis of bicyclic medium-sized ring structures
A research team led by Prof ZHAO Yu, from the Department of Chemistry, has discovered catalyst-controlled divergent reactions to synthesise…
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Antibacterial prodrug by targeting intracellular metabolite
The research team led by Prof ANG Wee Han from the Department of Chemistry, NUS proposed a new approach to…
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Transparent near-infrared light-emitting diodes
NUS researchers have developed transparent near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that could be integrated into the displays of smart-watches, smart-phones and…
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Late-stage functionalisation of carbon-hydrogen bonds
Illustration showing (top) the site-selective late-stage C-H alkenylation through the use of synergistic hydrogen atom transfer and cobalt catalysis in…
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An electrical switch for magnetism
A research team led by Professor Goki Eda from the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry, and the…
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Incorporating ferromagnetism and superconductivity together in a single layer of molecular superlattice
A research team led by Assistant Professor Lu Jiong from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has demonstrated that the incorporation…
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of DNA replication
A research team comprising Assistant Professor Zhao Ziqing, Winston from the Department of Chemistry and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, NUS,…
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The Life Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society
Congratulations to Prof Jagadese Vittal on being conferred the Life Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society and honored with the…
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Engineering covalently bonded 2D layered materials by self-intercalation
Professor Loh Kian Ping‘s group and researchers at NUS Materials Science and Engineering have fabricated a whole new library of…
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Sustainable iron catalysis enables controllable alkene borylation
A research team led by Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo from the Department of Chemistry, NUS has developed a new…
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Electric-field-driven dual-functional molecular switches in tunnel junctions
A challenge in miniaturized electronics is to reduce power consumption which causes overheating and shortens battery life-times in our electronic…
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Thin film Weyl semimetals for spintronic applications
Professor Loh Kian Ping‘s group has discovered that thinning down Weyl semimetals provides a new twist to spintronics. The group…
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The 52nd International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulation to the Singapore team, led by Dr Tan Wee Boon and Dr Hoang Truong Giang from Department of Chemistry…
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Welcome to Assistant Professor Li Hao
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Assistant Professor Li Hao who has joined the Department today. She graduated from Hwa Chong Junior College,…
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3D global aromaticity and a new [6N+2] aromaticity rule
Professor Wu Jishan’s research group recently reported a 3D fully conjugated diradicaloid cage and its aromaticity in different oxidation states….
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The Chemical Research Society of India Medal 2020
The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), the largest chemical society in India was established by the Bharat Ratna Prof…
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The Faculty Awards 2019
Congratulations to all Faculty of Science Awards 2019 winners from Department of Chemistry. They are Prof Ryan Bettens, Prof Adrian…
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The 51st International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulation to the Singapore team who clinched two gold Medals and two silver Medals, ranking fifth amongst 80 participating countries…
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Dean’s Chair Professor 2019 – 2022
Congratulations to Associate Professors Goki Eda and Zhao Yu for being appointed as Dean’s Chair Professor for the period 1…
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship 2019
Congratulations to Professors Liu Xiaogang and Wu Jishan for winning the 2019 National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship.
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The Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2019
Congratulations to Dr Rowan Young for winning the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2019.
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Most influential scientists in chemistry in 2019
Professors Chen Wei, Goki Eda, Jiang Donglin, Liu Xiaogang, and Loh Kian Ping are among the most influential scientists in…
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Order–disorder Transition in a Two-dimensional Boron–Carbon–Nitride Alloy
A team lead by Professor Loh Kian Ping reported the mixing and demixing of 2-D boron–nitrogen and carbon phases and…
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Dibenzoheptazethrene Isomers with Different Biradical Characters: An Exercise of Clar’s Aromatic Sextet Rule in Singlet Biradicaloids
Extension of the Clar’s Aromatic Sextet Rule to the singlet biradicaloids! In a recent Article published in JACS (Link), A/P…
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Observing High Pressure Chemistry in Graphene Bubbles
The above recent work by the team of Professor Loh Kian Ping has been chosen as a “Hot Paper” by…
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A new benchmark dye for dye-sensitized solar cell!
A new benchmark dye for dye-sensitized solar cell! In a recent Article published in JACS (Link), A/P Wu Jishan and his…
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Distortional isomerism in polyrotaxane coordination polymers!
Of the four supramolecular isomers of coordination polymers synthesized, two have polyrotaxane structures which differ only in the relative positions…
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Crystals dance during a reaction! Of course they are excited under UV light!
The self-propulsion of single crystals of three Zn(II) complexes under UV light has been discovered by Prof. JJ Vittal’s group…
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You can be made and broken in cycles, Mr. C-C Bond!
The cyclobutane ring can easily be made by solid-state [2+2] cycloaddition reaction. But can this be cleaved? Is it possible…
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Single crystals of a coordination polymer containing an organic polymer ligand!
Prof. JJ Vittal’s group reported an organic polymer comprising cyclobutane rings and a coordination polymer blend together inside this 3D…
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Multicolor Barcoding in a Single Upconversion Crystal
The synthesis of luminescent crystals based on hexagonal-phase sodium yettrium fluoride upconversion microrods is reported by A/P Liu Xiaogang’s group….
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Reuleaux Triangle Disks: New Shape on the Block (DOI: ja506625y)
A/P Fan Wai Yip and Bernard Ng Choon Hwee reported the preparation of Reuleaux triangle disks from the hydrolysis and…
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Milk orange Illuminating test measures fat in milk
Prof. Chang Young-Tae’s group reported the first fluorescent milk fat sensor (Chem Comm, 2014, 50, 10398-10410). It exhibits magnificent, yet…
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Nature Nanotechnology
Assoc Professor LIU Xiaogang group reported that producing luminescence materials with tunable emission colors that can be applied for high…
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Multiphoton harvesting metal–organic frameworks
Usually multiphoton harvesting property exhibited by the organic molecules in the solution, is quenched in the solid state due to…
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Dielectric Medium Self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) methods based on multiple expansions
Self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) methods based on multiple expansions are the most popular approaches in incorporation solvation effect in quantum…
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Z-Shaped Pentaleno- Acene Dimers with High Stability and Low Band Gap
Dr. Chi’s group reported a new strategy to stabilize reactive acenes by fusion of an anti-aromatic pentalene unit onto the…
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Dipolar Quinoidal Acene Analogues as Stable Isoelectronic Structures of Pentacene and Nonacene
In a recent article published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 14412 (Link ), Dr. Chi and her co-workers…
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Development of background-free tame fluorescent probes for intracellular live cell imaging
Fluorescent dyes have been used for bioimaging for long time, but the conventional wisdom says the organic dyes are sticky…
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Boronic Acid: A Bio-Inspired Strategy to Increase the Sensitivity and Selectivity of Fluorescent NADH Probe
Fluorescent probes have been widely used in the molecular recognition events in biological systems; however, it remains challenging to design…
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Extended Bis(benzothia)-quinodimethanes and Their Dications: From Singlet Diradicaloids to Isoelectronic Structures of Long Acenes
In a recent article published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9316-9320 (hot paper), (Link), Dr. Chi and her…
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Toward metallic molecular wires!
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with a width < 10 nm have promising applications in the future nano-electronics. While semi-conducting GNRs can…
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NUS chemists made C-C coupling based 2D polymer
Professor Kian Ping Loh and PhD student Liu Wei in the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, applied an…
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Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration/Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes and Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Magnofargesin
Dr. Ge and his research team in the Department of Chemistry, NUS, have developed the first cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective hydroboration/cyclization of…
Even though organic molecules with well-designed functional groups can be programmed to have high electron density per unit mass, their…
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Gate-Tunable Giant Stark Effect in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus
Two-dimensional black phosphorus has sparked enormous research interest due to its high carrier mobility, layer-dependent direct bandgap and outstanding in-plane…
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Molecular electronics scientists shatter ‘impossible’ record of rectification rate
Assoc Prof Christian NIJHUIS from the Department of Chemistry, NUS and his research team, in collaboration with Dr Damien Thompson…
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Photoredox Functionalizaton of C(sp3)-H Bonds
Asst Prof WU Jie and his research group from the Department of Chemistry, NUS have developed a visible-light-promoted Ni-catalyzed C(sp3)-H…
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Highly efficient on-chip direct electronic-plasmonic transducers
Assoc Prof Christian NIJHUIS and his research group from the Department of Chemistry, NUS have developed electronic-plasmonic transducers operating at…
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Solar Driven Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene
Asst Prof YEO Boon Siang Jason and his co-workers have developed an artificial photosynthesis device that facilitates the conversion of…
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Using upconversion nanoparticles to probe brain function
Prof LIU Xiaogang, together with an international research team, developed a novel approach to investigate deep brain stimulation utilising upconversion…
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Spatial structure of bound hole states in black phosphorous
Spatial structure of bound hole states in black phosphorous Asst Prof LU Jiong and his co-workers have discovered that the…
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The 2019 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Associate Professor CHNG Shu Sin for being awarded the 2019 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award for Lipid Research.
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Impact of Basic Science in Modern Society
In conjunction with Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2019 organised by the National Research Foundation Singapore, the Department of Chemistry…
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NUS Chemistry: 1st in Asia and 7th in the world
The Department remains one of the top 10 chemistry programmes worldwide. Based on the latest QS University Rankings by Subject,…
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Pioneering new ‘Trojan horse’ cancer drug
A team of NUS pharmacists and chemists has developed a new anti-cancer drug that has less toxic effects to the…
