Thomas C. W. Mak

36.9k citations

1.1k papers · 32.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 79

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.01%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 257
- Crystal structures of chemical compounds 215
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.05%
- Magnetism in coordination complexes 274
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.05%
- Crystallography and molecular interactions 158
Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 203
Materials Chemistry top 0.1%
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications 106
- Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes 93
Oncology
- Metal complexes synthesis and properties 315

Co-authors: Shuang‐Quan Zang Xi‐Yan Dong Xiao‐Ming Chen Quan‐Ming Wang Chi‐Ming Che Qingchuan Yang Yun‐Peng Xie Wing‐Por Leung
Cited by: Inorganic Chemistry Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Journals: Science (1 paper)Chemical Reviews (1 paper)Journal of the American Chemical Society (40 papers)
Partner nations: Hong Kong China India

In The Last Decade

Thomas C. W. Mak

1.1k papers receiving 31.7k citations

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2024 Chemical Reviews
2021 Chemical Society Reviews
2018 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017 Nature Chemistry
2015 Chemistry of Materials
1965 The Journal of Chemical Physics

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1	Visualization of Total Synthesis from Au₁₁ to Au₁₃ Nanoclusters Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xue‐Jing Zhai,Meng Luo,Xi‐Ming Luo,Di Cheng,Meng Guo,Kai-Xin Sun,Yubing Si,Zhen Han,Jia‐Hong Huang,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2025	2
2	Photo-controlled vacancies and conductivity within single crystals of silver chalcogenolate cluster-based MOFs Nature Communications ·Kai Ma,Xuemei Liu,Xi‐Yan Dong,Xi‐Ming Luo,Haiyang Li,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2025	1
3	3D Cluster‐Based Covalent Organic Framework for Efficient CO₂ Photoreduction Angewandte Chemie ·Yue Xu,(unknown),Le Wang,(unknown),Rui Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Thomas C. W. Mak	2025	2
4	Hierarchical assembly of Ag40 nanowheel ranging from building blocks to diverse superstructure regulation Nature Communications ·Xue‐Jing Zhai,Meng Luo,Xi‐Ming Luo,Xi‐Yan Dong,Yubing Si,Chong Zhang,Zhen Han,Runping Han,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2024	2
5	Construction of novel Ag(0)-containing silver nanoclusters by regulating auxiliary phosphine ligands Nanoscale ·Qingqing Ma,Xue‐Jing Zhai,Jia‐Hong Huang,Yubing Si,Xi‐Yan Dong,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2024	5
6	Chemical Flexibility of Atomically Precise Metal Clustersbreakdown → Chemical Reviews ·Si Li,Nana Li,Xi‐Yan Dong,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2024	124
7	Predesigned Cluster-Based Spacers for Versatile Luminescent Metallacages Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yan Jin,Xi‐Yan Dong,Chong Zhang,Si Li,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2023	18
8	Chiral Hydride Cu₁₈ Clusters Transform to Superatomic Cu₁₅Ag₄ Clusters: Circularly Polarized Luminescence Lighting Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Miaomiao Zhang,Kai-Kai Gao,Xi‐Yan Dong,Yubing Si,Teng Jia,Zhen Han,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2023	45
9	Photo/Electrochromic Dual Responsive Behavior of a Cage-like Zr(IV)-Viologen Metal–Organic Polyhedron (MOP) Inorganic Chemistry ·Yun Luo,Si‐Wei Ying,Shijun Li,Linke Li,Haiyang Li,Muhammad Asad,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2022	42
10	Small symmetry-breaking triggering large chiroptical responses of Ag70 nanoclusters Nature Communications ·Xi‐Ming Luo,Chunhua Gong,Fangfang Pan,Yubing Si,Jia‐Wang Yuan,Muhammad Asad,Xi‐Yan Dong,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2022	55
11	Physiotherapy Exercise Classification with Single-Camera Pose Detection and Machine Learning Sensors ·Colin Arrowsmith,David Burns,Thomas C. W. Mak,Michael Hardisty,Cari Whyne	2022	24
12	Achiral-Core-Metal Change in Isomorphic Enantiomeric Ag₁₂Ag₃₂ and Au₁₂Ag₃₂ Clusters Triggers Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yu‐Jin Kong,Jiahua Hu,Xi‐Yan Dong,Yubing Si,Zhao‐Yang Wang,Xi‐Ming Luo,Hong-Ren Li,Zongwei Chen,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2022	66
13	Symmetry Breaking of Atomically Precise Fullerene-like Metal Nanoclusters Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jia‐Hong Huang,Yubing Si,Xi‐Yan Dong,Zhao‐Yang Wang,Liying Liu,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2021	70
14	Full-Color Tunable Circularly Polarized Luminescence Induced by the Crystal Defect from the Co-assembly of Chiral Silver(I) Clusters and Dyes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Si Li,Xi‐Yan Dong,Kongsheng Qi,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2021	58
15	Alkynyl-Stabilized Superatomic Silver Clusters Showing Circularly Polarized Luminescence Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Miaomiao Zhang,Xi‐Yan Dong,Zhao‐Yang Wang,Xi‐Ming Luo,Jia‐Hong Huang,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2021	150
16	Aggregation-induced barrier to oxygen—a new AIE mechanism for metal clusters with phosphorescence National Science Review ·Yan Jin,Qiuchen Peng,Si Li,Huifang Su,Peng Luo,Ming Yang,Xin Zhang,Kai Li,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Ben Zhong Tang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2021	43
17	Ultrastable atomically precise chiral silver clusters with more than 95% quantum efficiency Science Advances ·Zhen Han,Xi‐Yan Dong,Peng Luo,Si Li,Zhao‐Yang Wang,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2020	235
18	Ligand engineering to achieve enhanced ratiometric oxygen sensing in a silver cluster-based metal-organic framework Nature Communications ·Xi‐Yan Dong,Yubing Si,Jin‐Sen Yang,Chong Zhang,Zhen Han,Peng Luo,Zhao‐Yang Wang,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2020	173
19	Porphyrinic Silver Cluster Assembled Material for Simultaneous Capture and Photocatalysis of Mustard-Gas Simulant Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Man Cao,Rui Pang,Qian‐You Wang,Zhen Han,Zhaoyang Wang,Xi‐Yan Dong,Shunfang Li,Shuang‐Quan Zang,Thomas C. W. Mak	2019	218
20	Core-dependent properties of copper nanoclusters: valence-pure nanoclusters as NIR TADF emitters and mixed-valence ones as semiconductors Chemical Science ·Leon Li‐Min Zhang,Guodong Zhou,Guoqing Zhou,Hung-Kay Lee,Ni Zhao,Oleg V. Prezhdo,Thomas C. W. Mak	2019	63

About Thomas C. W. Mak

Thomas C. W. Mak is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, having authored 1.1k papers that have together received 32.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (315 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (274 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (257 papers), Crystal structures of chemical compounds (215 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (203 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (158 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (106 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (93 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (17.1k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (9.9k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (3.4k citations). Thomas C. W. Mak has collaborated with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and India. Frequent co-authors include Shuang‐Quan Zang, Xi‐Yan Dong, Xiao‐Ming Chen, Quan‐Ming Wang, Chi‐Ming Che, Qingchuan Yang, Yun‐Peng Xie, Wing‐Por Leung, Ren‐Wu Huang and Zuowei Xie. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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