Congratulations to Associate Professor Chiba Shunsuke who has been selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Posted on Apr 17, 2013
 
 
Assistant Professor Zhao Yanli has been featured by Pharmaceutical Technology on account of his achievements of developing multifunctional nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy.
Posted on Apr 17, 2013
 
 
Special Issue guest-edited by Martin Pumera (CBC/SPMS) and Samuel Sanchez (Dresden, Germany) on “Self-propelled nano and microsystems” was published in Nanoscale (IF 5.9).
Posted on Feb 13, 2012
 
 
'Research Article from Pumera’s Research Group published in Chem. Asian J. (2013, 8, 198) “Biorecognition on Graphene: Physical, Covalent, and Affinity Immobilization Methods Exhibiting Dramatic Differences” was highlighted as cover (first author Adeline Huiling Loo, PhD student).
Posted on Jan 21, 2013
 
 
"Dr Toh's group work on bioelectrochemistry has achieves the direct detection of unlabeled virus particles using low power fuel cell virus sensor at lowest detection limit of 0.04 plague forming units per millilitre (pfu mL-1) with the first reported shortest analysis time of 5 min. (Wei, Yanyan; Wong, Lai Peng; Toh, Chee-Seng "Fuel Cell Virus Sensor using Virus Capture within Antibody-coated Nanochannels", Analytical Chemistry, accepted)."
Posted on Jan 11, 2013
 
Research Article from Pumera’s Research Group published in Chem. Comm. (2012, 48, 10090) “Micromotors with built-in compasses” was highlighted as cover (first author Guanjia Zhao, PhD student). Article was also highlighted in Chemistry World Magazine.
Posted on Oct 09, 2012
 
 
Research Article from Pumera’s Research Group published in Chem. Eur. J. (2012, 18, 11593) “Bioavailability of Metallic Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes Is Greatly Enhanced by Ultrasonication” was highlighted as front cover and VIP paper (first author Rou Jun Toh), URECA student.
Posted on Sep 24, 2012
 
 
Assoc Professor Leong Weng Kee’s article “Metal carbonyl-gold nanoparticle conjugates for live-cell SERS imaging” published in Angewandte Chemie has been chosen as a “Hot paper” by the Editors for its importance in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest.
Posted on Sep 07, 2012
 
 
Congratulations to our two students Chor Bo Yang and Lam Zhi Yong for having been awarded the A*STAR Graduate Scholarship!
Posted on Sep 07, 2012
 
 
Our Stellar Nanyang President's Graduate Scholars 2012
Posted on Aug 23, 2012
 
 
Congratulations to our two TAs having won the SPMS Teaching Assistant Award AY2011/2012
Posted on Aug 23, 2012
 
 
Congratulations to our 4 TAs having won the Chief TA Travel Grant Award and 10 TAs who received the AY2011/12 CBC Teaching Assistant Awards for their excellent performance at Division Level
Posted on Aug 06, 2012
 
 
Research Article from Pumera’s Research Group published in Nanoscale “Thermally Reduced Graphenes Exhibiting Close Relationship to Amorphous Carbon” was highlighted as HOT article and featured in RSC “Chemistry World” in popular article “Back to Carbon Black”. First author FYP student Colin Wong.
Posted on Jun 28, 2012
 
 
Congratulation to Dr LIU Jiehua, one of our CBC Alumni, who has made the Divison proud by winning the World Future Foundation PhD Prize 2012
Posted on May 18, 2012
   
   
Research Article from Pumera’s Research Group published in Chem. Eur. J. (2012, 18, 4541) “On Oxygen-Containing Groups in Chemically Modified Graphenes” was highlighted as cover (first author Alessandra Bonanni, senior research fellow)
Posted on May 10, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General Methodology of Using Oil-in-Water and Water-in-Oil Emulsions for Coiling Nanofilaments
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135 (2), pp 835–843 , (2013)
Liyong Chen, Suzhu Yu, Hong Wang, Jun Xu, Cuicui Liu, Wen Han Chong, Prof. Hongyu Chen*
 
 
Aldimine-Directed Branched-Selective Hydroarylation of Styrenes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52 (4), pp 1240–1244, (2013)
Pin-Sheng Lee, Prof. Naohiko Yoshikai
 
 
Design of a “Turn-Off/Turn-On” Biosensor: Understanding Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions for Use in Noncovalent Drug Delivery
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134 (37), pp 15229–15232 , (2012)
Bala Kishan Gorityala , Zhiqiang Lu , Min Li Leow , Jimei Ma , and Xue-Wei Liu
 
 
Metal Carbonyl–Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for Live-Cell SERS Imaging
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (39), pp 9796–9799, (2012)
Dr. Kien Voon Kong, Zhiyong Lam, Wenda Douglas Goh, Prof. Weng Kee Leong, Prof. Malini Olivo
 
 
A Vanadyl Complex Grafted to Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica: A Green Catalyst for Selective Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51(31), pp 7756–7761, (2012)
Parijat Borah, Xing Ma, Kim Truc Nguyen, Prof. Dr. Yanli Zhao*
 
 
Catalytic Asymmetric [4+2] Annulation Initiated by an Aza-Rauhut–Currier Reaction: Facile Entry to Highly Functionalized Tetrahydropyridines†
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51(31), pp 7825–7829, (2012)
Zugui Shi, Peiyuan Yu, Prof. Dr. Teck-Peng Loh*, Prof. Dr. Guofu Zhong*