Ka‐Wai Lee

460 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 349 citations indexed

About

Ka‐Wai Lee is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ka‐Wai Lee has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 349 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ka‐Wai Lee's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (8 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (8 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (3 papers). Ka‐Wai Lee is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (8 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (8 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (3 papers). Ka‐Wai Lee collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Ka‐Wai Lee's co-authors include Yingpeng Wan, Chun‐Sing Lee, Shengliang Li, Zhongming Huang, Yijian Gao, Ken‐Tsung Wong, Jihua Tan, Huan Chen, Wei‐Chih Wei and Qi Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Ka‐Wai Lee

10 papers receiving 346 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Anti‐Quenching NIR‐II J‐Aggregates of Benzo[c]thiophene Fluorophore for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Phototheranostics

2023 136 citations Ka‐Wai Lee, Yijian Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Changli Zhang China

Zuyang He China

Kui Yan China

Wei‐Chih Wei Taiwan

Huiping Dang China

Shanliang Tang China

Miaozhuang Fan China

Youliang Tian China

Yaowei Zhu China

Yixiong Gui China

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Countries citing papers authored by Ka‐Wai Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ka‐Wai Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ka‐Wai Lee

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ka‐Wai Lee. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ka‐Wai Lee based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ka‐Wai Lee. Ka‐Wai Lee is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Wan, Yingpeng, Yijian Gao, Ka‐Wai Lee, et al.. (2025). Achieving High‐Brightness NIR‐II Emission: Molecular Locking and Wrapping Strategies in Fluorescent Material Design for in Vivo Bioimaging. Advanced Materials. 37(45). e10386–e10386. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Chuang Zhang, Yingpeng Wan, et al.. (2025). Non‐Fused Conjugated Oligomer with Manipulated Intermolecular Charge Transfer for Highly Efficient Near‐Infrared Phototheranostics of Cancer. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(23). 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Huan, Yu Wang, Yingpeng Wan, et al.. (2025). De Novo Design of Efficient NIR‐II‐Activated Heavy‐Atom‐Free Type‐I Photosensitizer for Anti‐Tumor Photoimmunotherapy. Advanced Materials. 37(33). e2501919–e2501919. 4 indexed citations

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Wan, Yingpeng, Weilong Chen, Ka‐Wai Lee, et al.. (2024). Neutral Cyanine: Ultra‐Stable NIR‐II Merocyanines for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Tumor‐Targeted Phototheranostics. Advanced Materials. 36(31). e2405966–e2405966. 44 indexed citations

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Yijian Gao, Shu‐Hua Chou, et al.. (2024). Construction of Through‐Space Charge‐Transfer Nanoparticles for Facilely Realizing High‐Performance NIR‐II Cancer Phototheranostics. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(45). 14 indexed citations

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Wan, Yingpeng, Yijian Gao, Wei‐Chih Wei, et al.. (2024). Facilely Achieving Near-Infrared-II J-Aggregates through Molecular Bending on a Donor–Acceptor Fluorophore for High-Performance Tumor Phototheranostics. ACS Nano. 18(41). 27949–27961. 25 indexed citations

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Yingpeng Wan, Zhongming Huang, et al.. (2023). Organic Optoelectronic Materials: A Rising Star of Bioimaging and Phototherapy. Advanced Materials. 36(17). e2306492–e2306492. 67 indexed citations

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Yijian Gao, Wei‐Chih Wei, et al.. (2023). Anti‐Quenching NIR‐II J‐Aggregates of Benzo[c]thiophene Fluorophore for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Phototheranostics. Advanced Materials. 35(20). e2211632–e2211632. 136 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Huan Chen, Yingpeng Wan, et al.. (2022). Innovative probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for sensing gaseous signaling molecules. Biomaterials. 289. 121753–121753. 23 indexed citations

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Lee, Ka‐Wai, Yingpeng Wan, Xiaozhen Li, et al.. (2021). Recent Progress of Alkyl Radicals Generation‐Based Agents for Biomedical Applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 10(10). e2100055–e2100055. 31 indexed citations

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