Alfred Tang's Research
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
University of Malaya

Publication

  1. C. Wang; X. Song; W. Li,; X. Tang; Maggie Ng*; Season S. Chen*; Tang, W. K.; W.-C. Chen; Y.-P. Huo; M.-C. Tang* Deuterated Multiple-Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter and Their Application in Vacuum-Deposited Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 2401391 (DOI: 10.1002/adom.202401391)
  2. Ong, C.-L.; Tang, W. K.; Khaligh G. N.; Juan, J. C.* One-Pot Thermo-Induced Radical-Radical Oxidative Cross-Coupling for Symmetrical Dimeric Thiadiazole Monosulfide Formation Journal of Molecular Structure 2024, 1301, 137389 (DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137389)
  3. Ong, C.-L.; Lai, Y. C.; Tang, W. K.; Heidelberg, T.; Khaligh G. N.; Juan, J. C.* Tribological Behavior of Sulfonitrided Tribofilm Generated from non-Corrosive Dimercaptobenzothiadiazole-based Additives as Effective Boundary Lubrication Layer Journal of Molecular Liquids 2024, 1301, 137389 (DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124751)
  4. Tan, Y.-S.; Ng, M.-P.; Tan, C.-H.; Tang, W. K.; Sim, K.-S.; Yong, K.-T.; Krishnan, P.; Lim, K.-H.; Lim, S.-H.*; Low, Y.-Y.* Quinoline, Indole, and Isogranatanine Alkaloids from Malayan Leuconotis eugeniifolia Journal of Natural Products 2024, 87, 286-296 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00960)
  5. Babamale, H. F.; Ng, S. L.; Tang, W. K.*; Yam, W.* Azobenzene-Imidazolium Ionic Liquid Crystals: Phase Properties and Photoisomerization in Solution State Journal of Molecular Structure 2024, 1303, 137494 (DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.137494)
  6. Ong, C.-L.; Lai, Y. C.; Heidelberg, T.; Tang, W. K.; Lee, V. S.; Khaligh G. N.; Juan, J. C.* Highly Effective Ashless and non-Corrosive Dimercaptobenzothiadiazole as Multifunctional Lubricant Additives in Naphthenic Base Oil RSC Advances 2023, 13, 30733-30742 (DOI: 10.1039/D3RA05692A)
  7. Jung, S.-Y.; Cheung, W.-L.; Li, S.-J.; Wang, M.; Li, W.-S.; Wang, C.-Y.; Song, X.-G.; Wei, G.-D.; Song, Q.-H.; Season Chen, S.; Cai, W.-Q.; Maggie Ng; Tang, W. K.; Tang, M.-C.* Enhancing Operational Stability of OLEDs Based on Subatomic Modified Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Compounds Nature Communications 2023, 14, 6481 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42019-6)
  8. Kwok W.-K.; Li L.-K.; Lai, S.-L.; Leung, M.-Y.; Tang, W. K.; Cheng S.-C.; Tang, M.-C.; Cheung W.-L.; Ko C.-C.*; Chan, M.-Y.*; Vivian W. W.* Tetradentate C∧C∧N∧N Ligand-Containing Gold(III) Complexes with Orange to Deep-Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) and Their Application in Organic Light-Emitting Devices Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 9584-9595 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13820)
  9. Ončák, M.; Siu, C. K.; van der Linde, C.; Tang, W. K.; Beyer, M. K.* Thermally Activated vs. Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reactions–A Tale of Three Metals Chemistry-a European Journal 2023, 29, e202203590 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203590)
  10. van der Linde, C.; Ončák, M.; Cunningham, E. M.; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Surface or Internal Hydration – Does It Really Matter? Journal of the American Chemical Society for Mass Spectrometry 2023, 34, 337-354 (DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00290)
  11. Yan, L.L..; Yao, L.Y.; Maggie Ng.; Tang, W. K. ; Leung, M.-Y.; Yam, Vivian W. W.* Stimuli-Induced Reversible Transformation between Decanuclear and Pentanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 19748-19757 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203590)
  12. Wong, C.-Y.; Tang, M.-C.; Li L.-K.; Leung, M.-Y.; Tang, W. K. ; Lai, S.-L.; Cheung W.-L.; Maggie Ng; Chan, M.-Y.*; Yam, Vivian W. W.* Carbazolylgold(III) Complexes with Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Switched on by Ligand Manipulation as High Efficiency Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Small Efficiency Roll-Offs† Chemical Science 2022, 13, 10129-10140 (DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03037c)
  13. Lam, C. H.; Tang, W. K. ; Yam, Vivian W. W.* Synthesis, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Photochemistry of a Discrete Tetranuclear Copper(I) Sulfido Cluster Inorganic Chemistry 2022 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01707)
  14. Zin, Nfhm.; Ooi, S. Y. S.; Khor, B. K.; Chear, N. J. Y.; Tang, W. K. ; Siu, C. K.*; Razali, M. R.; Haque, R. A.; Yam, W.* Cytotoxicity of Asymmetric Mononuclear Silver(I)-N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Against Human Cervical Cancer: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, DFT Calculations and Effect of Substituents Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2022, 976, 122439 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122439)
  15. Demissie E. G.; Tang, W. K. ; Siu, C. K.* Structure–Property Relationship of Oxygen-Doped Two-Dimensional Gallium Selenide for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Revealed Density Functional Theory ACS Applied Energy Material 2022, 5, 6070-6079 (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c00472)
  16. Fung, Tony H. C. ; Wong, C. L.; Tang, W. K. ; Leung, M. Y.; Low, Kam-Hung; Yam, Vivian W. W.* Photochromic Dithienylethene-containing Four-coordinate Boron(III) Compounds with a Spirocyclic Scaffold.† Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 4231-4234 (DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00107A)
  17. Wong, Eric K. H.; Chan, Michael H. Y.; Tang, W. K.; Leung, M. Y.; Yam, Vivian W. W.* Molecular Alignment of Alkynylplatinum(II) 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine Double Complex Salts and the Formation of Well-Ordered Nanostructures Directed by Pt···Pt and Donor−Acceptor Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 12, 5424–5434 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12994)
  18. Demissie, E. G.; Lam, W. K.; Tang, W. K.*; Siu, C. K.* Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide in Hydrated Cobalt (I) Clusters: a Theoretical Insight into the Mechanistic Roles of Ligand-Binding Modes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2021, 23, 16816-16826. (DOI: 10.1039/D1CP01820E)
  19. Rahim, M. A.; Yeap, G.-Y.*; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C.K. Experimental and DFT Studies on Well-Defined Odd-Even Effect in Organic Liquid Crystal Tetramers Incorporating Two Chiral Centers. Current Material Science 2021, 15, 90-101 (DOI: 10.2174/2666145414666210531123103)
  20. Heller, J.†; Tang, W. K.†; Cunningham, E. M.; Demissie, E. G.; van der Linde, C.; Lam, W. K.; Ončák, M.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Getting Ready for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: The Infrared Spectrum of Hydrated Aluminum Hydride-Hydroxide HAlOH+(H2O)n-1, n = 9–14. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021 60, 1 – 6
    †denote equal contribution (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105166)
  21. Xu, Z.; Tang, W. K.; Zhou, Q.; Chen, S.; Siu, C. K.; Zhu, G. On the Hydrolytic Stability of Unsymmetric Platinum(IV) Anticancer Prodrugs Containing Axial Halogens. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2021 00, 1 – 9 (DOI: 10.1039/D1QI00208B)
  22. Tang, W. K.; Mu, X. Y.; Li, M. Z.; Martens, Berden. G.; Oomens, J.*; Chu, I. K.*; Siu, C.-K.* Formation of n→π+ Interaction Facilitating Dissociative Electron Transfer in Isolated Tyrosine-containing Molecular Peptide Radical Cations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2020, 22, 21393 – 21402 (DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00533A)
  23. Lai, C. K.; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C. K.*; Chu, I. K.* Evidence for the Prerequisite Formation of Phenoxyl Radicals in Radical-mediated Peptide Tyrosine Nitration in Vacuo. Chemistry-a European Journal 2020, 26, 331 – 335 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904484)
  24. Andreas, H.; Milan, O.; Siu, C. K.*; Demissie, E. G.; Jakob, H.; Tang, W. K.; Beyer, M. K.* Infrared Spectroscopy of Size-selected Hydrated Carbon Dioxide Radical Anions CO2•-(H2O)n (n = 2–61) in the C-O Stretch Region. Chemistry-a European Journal 2019, 25, 10165 – 10171 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901650)
  25. Tang, W. K.; Chau, M. C.; Siu, C. K.* Role of Water in Molecular Oxygen Activation in Hydrated Chromium(I) Cluster Ions: A Theoretical Insight. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (A Special Issue on the Occasion of Prof. Helmut Schwarz's 75th Birthday) 2019, 436, 118 – 126 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2018.12.002)
  26. Mu, X. Y.; Tang, W. K.; Dong, N. P.; Li M. Z.; Siu, C,-K.*; Chu, I. K.* Cα-Cβ Bond Cleavage Occurs at the Side Chain of the N-Terminal Phenylalanine Residue during CID of Tyrosine-Containing Peptide Radical Cations. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (A Special Issue on the Occasion of Prof. Helmut Schwarz's 75th Birthday) 2018, 435, 333 – 341 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2018.10.025)
  27. van der Linde, C.*; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Kinetics of the Reaction of CO3•−(H2O)n, n = 0, 1, 2, with Nitric Acid, a Key Reaction in Tropospheric Negative Ion Chemistry. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2018, 20, 10838 – 10845 (DOI: 10.1039/C7CP07773D)
  28. Yu, X. Y.; Chau, M. C.; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C. K.*; Yao, Z. P.* Self-Assembled Binuclear Cu(II)–Histidine Complex for Absolute Configuration and Enantiomeric Excess Determination of Naproxen by Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 2018, 90, 4089 – 4097
  29. Tang, W. K.; van der Linde, C.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Hydration Leads to Efficient Reactions of the Carbonate Radical Anion with Hydrogen Chloride in the Gas Phase. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2017, 121, 192 – 197
  30. van der Linde, C.; Tang, W. K.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Electrons Mediate the Gas-Phase Oxidation of Formic Acid with Ozone. Chemistry-a European Journal 2016, 22, 12684 –12687
  31. Akhgarnusch, A.; Tang, W. K.; Zhang, H.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Charge Transfer Reactions between Gas-Phase Hydrated Electrons, Molecular Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide at Temperatures of 80-300 K. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2016, 18, 23528 – 23537
  32. Tang, W. K.; Leong, C.; Hao, Q.; Siu, C. K.* Theoretical Examination of Competitive β-Radical-Induced Cleavages of N-Cα and Cα-C Bonds of Peptides. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2015, 93, 1355 – 1362
  33. Xu, M.; Tang, W. K.; Mu, X.; Ling, Y.; Siu, C. K.*; Chu, I. K.* α-Radical-Induced CO2 Loss From the Aspartic Acid Side Chain of the Collisionally Induced Tripeptide Aspartylglycylarginine Radical Cation. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2015, 390, 56 – 62
  34. Herber, I.; Tang, W. K.; Wong, H. Y.; Lam, T. W.; Siu, C. K.*; Beyer, M. K.* Reactivity of Hydrated Monovalent First Row Transition Metal Ions [M(H2O)n]+, M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, n < 50, Toward Acetonitrile. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2015, 119, 5566 – 5578
  35. Chu, I. K.; Siu, C.; Lau, J. K.; Tang, W. K.; Mu, X.; Lai, C. K.; Guo, X.; Wang, X.; Li, N.; Xia, Y.; Kong, X.; Oh, H. B.; Ryzhov, V.; Turecek, F.; Hopkinson, A. C.; Siu, K. W. M.* Proposed Nomenclature for Peptide Ion Fragmentation. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2015, 390, 24 – 27