Ian D. Williams

36.3k citations

553 papers · 32.0k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 84

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.05%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 73
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 43
Materials Chemistry top 0.05%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials 123
Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 150
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 56
Spectroscopy top 0.02%
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection 48
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.5%
Oncology
- Metal complexes synthesis and properties 57
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research 45

Co-authors: Herman H. Y. Sung Ben Zhong Tang S.M.F. Lo Jacky W. Y. Lam S.S.-Y. Chui A. Guy Orpen J.P.H. Charmant Guochen Jia
Cited by: Inorganic Chemistry Materials Chemistry Organic Chemistry
Journals: Science (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)Journal of the American Chemical Society (35 papers)
Partner nations: Hong Kong China United States

In The Last Decade

Ian D. Williams

537 papers receiving 31.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018 Advanced Functional Materials
2013 Advanced Materials
2009 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2005 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2003 Chemistry of Materials
1999 Science

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1	Synthesis and Alkyne Metathesis Activity of Rhenium Carbyne Complexes with PS‐Chelating Ligands European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ·Long Yiu Tsang,Lam Cheung Kong,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Guochen Jia	2025	0
2	Redox and Photochemical Reactivity of Cerium(IV) Carbonate and Carboxylate Complexes Supported by a Tripodal Oxygen Ligand Inorganic Chemistry ·Hoang-Long Pham,Xinxin Jiang,Qiaolin Yan,Yat‐Ming So,Wan Chan,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Wa‐Hung Leung	2025	0
3	Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of ruthenium perfluoropinacolate complexes Journal of Organometallic Chemistry ·Wai-Ho Wong,C.H. Ho,Wai‐Man Cheung,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Wa‐Hung Leung	2024	0
4	Au···I coinage bonds: Boosting photoluminescence efficiency and solid‐state molecular motion Aggregate ·Xueqian Zhao,Junyi Gong,Zikang Li,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Zheng Zhao,Ben Zhong Tang,Wai‐Yeung Wong,Linli Xu	2024	5
5	Exploring efficient and air-stable d² Re(v) alkylidyne catalysts: toward room temperature alkyne metathesis Chemical Science ·Mingxu Cui,Jie Huang,Long Yiu Tsang,Herman H‐Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Guochen Jia	2024	5
6	Solvent‐Induced Bright Emission in Lead‐Free Organic–Inorganic Antimony Bromides with Reversible Transformation Small Methods ·Yanyan Li,Zhicong Zhou,Zengshan Xing,Pui Kei Ko,Kam Sing Wong,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Jonathan E. Halpert	2024	3
7	Discovery of a novel marine bacterial AIEgen that lights up specific G-quadruplexes Chemical Engineering Journal ·Wenkang Ye,Xinnan Wang,Parvej Alam,Changdong Liu,Monica Ching Suen,Jianwei Tang,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Eric Y. Yu,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Guang Zhu,Ben Zhong Tang,Pei‐Yuan Qian	2024	2
8	Synthesis and characterization of bi(metallacycloprop-1-ene) complexes Chemical Science ·Wei Bai,Long Yiu Tsang,Yilun Wang,Yang Li,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Guochen Jia	2022	18
9	Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imagingbreakdown → Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hanchen Shen,Feiyi Sun,Xinyan Zhu,Jianyu Zhang,Xinwen Ou,Jianquan Zhang,Changhuo Xu,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Sijie Chen,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Jianwei Sun,Fan Zhang,Ben Zhong Tang	2022	214
10	A nonconjugated radical polymer with stable red luminescence in the solid state Materials Horizons ·Zhaoyu Wang,Xinhui Zou,Yi Xie,Haoke Zhang,Lianrui Hu,Christopher C. S. Chan,Ruoyao Zhang,Jing Guo,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Ian D. Williams,Zebing Zeng,Kam Sing Wong,C. David Sherrill,Ruquan Ye,Ben Zhong Tang	2022	35
11	Selective C9orf72 G-Quadruplex-Binding Small Molecules Ameliorate Pathological Signatures of ALS/FTD Models Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Aifang Cheng,Changdong Liu,Wenkang Ye,Duli Huang,Weiyi She,Xin Liu,Chun Po Fung,Naining Xu,Monica Ching Suen,Wei Ye,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Guang Zhu,Pei‐Yuan Qian	2022	22
12	Turning on Light Emission of a Dark Pro‐Aggregation‐Induced Emission Luminogen in Aqueous Media Through Reductase‐Modulated Derotation SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Changhuo Xu,Hang Zou,Zheng Zhao,Zheng Zheng,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Sijie Chen,Lei Zheng,Ben Zhong Tang	2021	20
13	Varying degrees of homostructurality in a series of cocrystals of antimalarial drug 11-azaartemisinin with salicylic acids Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry ·Monalisa Roy,Keyao Li,Madiha Nisar,Lawrence W.‐Y. Wong,Herman H. Y. Sung,Richard K. Haynes,Ian D. Williams	2021	5
14	Medium band-gap non-fullerene acceptors based on a benzothiophene donor moiety enabling high-performance indoor organic photovoltaics Energy & Environmental Science ·Xiaojun Li,Siwei Luo,Huiliang Sun,Herman H. Y. Sung,Han Yu,Tao Liu,Yiqun Xiao,Fujin Bai,Mingao Pan,Xinhui Lu,Ian D. Williams,Xugang Guo,Yongfang Li,He Yan	2021	57
15	Albofungin and chloroalbofungin: antibiotic crystals with 2D but not 3D isostructurality Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry ·Wenkang Ye,Weiyi She,Herman H. Y. Sung,Pei‐Yuan Qian,Ian D. Williams	2020	7
16	Functionalized Acrylonitriles with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Structure Tuning by Simple Reaction-Condition Variation, Efficient Red Emission, and Two-Photon Bioimaging Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Guangle Niu,Xiuli Zheng,Zheng Zhao,Haoke Zhang,Jianguo Wang,Xuewen He,Yuncong Chen,Xiujuan Shi,Chao Ma,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Kam Sing Wong,Pengfei Wang,Ben Zhong Tang	2019	166
17	Three-Component Regio- and Stereoselective Polymerizations toward Functional Chalcogen-Rich Polymers with AIE-Activities Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Qingqing Gao,Ling‐Hong Xiong,Ting Han,Zijie Qiu,Xuewen He,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Ian D. Williams,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Ben Zhong Tang	2019	51
18	Unusual Through‐Space Interactions between Oxygen Atoms that Mediate Inverse Morphochromism of an AIE Luminogen Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Lucia Viglianti,Ni Xie,Herman H. Y. Sung,Alexander A. Voityuk,Nelson L. C. Leung,Yujie Tu,Clara Baldoli,Ian D. Williams,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Emanuela Licandro,Lluı́s Blancafort,Ben Zhong Tang	2019	33
19	Why Do Simple Molecules with “Isolated” Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light? Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Haoke Zhang,Xiaoyan Zheng,Ni Xie,Zikai He,Junkai Liu,Nelson L. C. Leung,Yingli Niu,Xuhui Huang,Kam Sing Wong,Ryan T. K. Kwok,Herman H. Y. Sung,Ian D. Williams,Anjun Qin,Jacky W. Y. Lam,Ben Zhong Tang	2017	227
20	Synthesis, structure and non-linear optical properties of FeHg(SCN)(4) and MnHg(SCN)(4) Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) ·YX Yan,Qianrong Fang,WT Yu,Yuan,YP Tian,Ian D. Williams,ZG Cai	1999	6

About Ian D. Williams

Ian D. Williams is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, having authored 553 papers that have together received 32.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (150 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (123 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (73 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (57 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (56 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (48 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (45 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (9.7k citations), Materials Chemistry (19.2k citations) and Organic Chemistry (11.3k citations). Ian D. Williams has collaborated with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Herman H. Y. Sung, Ben Zhong Tang, S.M.F. Lo, Jacky W. Y. Lam, S.S.-Y. Chui, A. Guy Orpen, J.P.H. Charmant, Guochen Jia, Kam Sing Wong and Ryan T. K. Kwok. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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