Research at FAST

48 Dr LAW Ga Lai Associate Professor Research Areas Lanthanide chemistry - Optical properties; Chemical imaging and bio-applications; Chiral materials; Molecular assemblies and nanotechnology Qualification PhD (HKU) Postdoc (Durham; UC Berkeley) ORCID ID 0000-0002-2192-6887 Representative Publications • Wong HY, Lo WS, Yim KH, Law GL . Chirality and Chiroptics of Lanthanide Molecular and Supramolecular Assemblies. Chem. 2019 ;5(12):3058-95 • Dai LX, Jones CM, Chan WTK, Pham TA, Ling XX, Gale EM, Rotile NJ, Tai WCS, Anderson CJ, Caravan P, Law GL . Chiral DOTA chelators as an improved platform for biomedical imaging and therapy applications. Nature Communications. 2018 ;9 • Yeung CT, Yim KH, Wong HY, Pal R, Lo WS, Yan SC, Wong MYM, Yufit D, Smiles DE, McCormick LJ, Teat SJ, Shuh DK, Wong WT, Law GL . Chiral transcription in self-assembled tetrahedral Eu4L6 chiral cages displaying sizable circularly polarized luminescence. Nature Communications. 2017 ;8 • Wong HY, Lo WS, Chan WTK, Law GL . Mechanistic I nves tigation of I nducing Tribolumines cence in Lanthanide(III) β -Diketonate Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 2017 ;56(9):5135-40 • Jiang L, Lan R, Huang T, Chan CF, Li H, Lear S, Zong J, Wong WY, Muk-Lan Lee M, Dow Chan B, Chan WL, Lo WS, Mak NK, Li Lung M, Lok Lung H, Wah Tsao S, Taylor GS, Bian ZX, Tai WCS, Law GL , Wong WT, Cobb SL, Wong KL. EBNA1-targeted probe for the imaging and growth inhibition of tumours associated with the Epstein-Barr virus. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2017 ;1(4) • Dai L, Lo WS, Coates ID, Pal R, Law GL . New Class of Bright and Highly Stable Chiral Cyclen Europium Complexes for Circularly Polarized Luminescence Applications. Inorganic Chemistry. 2016 ;55(17):9065-70 • Lo WS, Zhang J, Wong WT, Law GL . Highly Luminescent Sm III Complexes with Intraligand Charge-Transfer Sensitization and the Effect of Solvent Polarity on Their Luminescent Properties. Inorganic Chemistry. 2015 ;54(8):3725-7 • Yeung CT, Chan WTK, Yan SC, Yu KL, Yim KH, Wong WT, Law GL . Lanthanide supramolecular helical diastereoselective breaking induced by point chirality: Mixture or P-helix, M-helix. Chemical Communications. 2015 ;51(3):592-5 • Zhang T, Lan R, Chan CF, Law GL , Wong WK, Wong KL. In vivo selective cancer-tracking gadolinium eradicator as new-generation photodynamic therapy agent. PNAS, 2014 ;111(51):E549 Molecular Imaging Lanthanide Spectroscopy Chiral Compounds Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology