Lecturer
Room 156 Science Centre
(852) 3943 8135
sckhau@cuhk.edu.hk
Education
2010 | Ph.D. | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2005 | B.Sc. (1st Class Hon.), Applied Chemistry | Hong Kong Baptist University |
Current Research Interests
Coordination Network Assembly |
Crystal Engineering |
Position
Since 2019 | Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2014 – 2019 | Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Selected Publications
1. | S. C. K. Hau, T. C. W. Mak, “Assembly of high-symmetry silver(I) alkyl-1,3-diynyl cluster complexes via core transformation”, Dalton Trans., 46, 14098-14101 (2017). |
2. | G. Ji, S. Zhang, S. C. K. Hau, L. Zhao, “Macrocyclic-ligand Induced Synthesis of Aryl Ethynides with Divergent Silver(I) Clusters”, Chin. J. Chem., 35, 1824-1828 (2017). |
3. | S. C. K. Hau, M. C.-L. Yeung, V. W.-W. Yam, T. C. W. Mak, “Assembly of Heterometallic Silver(I)-Copper(I) Alkyl-1,3-diynyl Clusters via Inner-Core Expansion”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 13732-13739 (2016). |
4. | S. C. K. Hau, T. C. W. Mak, “Assembly of Layer-Type Organosilver(I) Complexes Incorporating Nitrate and Isomeric Halophenylethynide Ligands”, J. Organometallic Chem., 792, 123-133 (2015). |
5. | S. C. K. Hau, P.-S. Cheng, T. C. W. Mak, “Ligand-Induced Assembly of Coordination Chains and Columns Containing High-Nuclearity Silver(I) Ethynide Cluster Units”, Organometallics, 33, 3231-3234 (2014). |
6. | S. C. K. Hau, T. C. W. Mak, “Organosilver(I) Framework Assembly with Trifluoroacetate and Diethynyl-Functionalized Isomeric Stilbenes”, Cryst. Growth Des., 14, 3567-3575 (2014). |
7. | S. C. K. Hau, T. C. W. Mak, “Synthesis of Unstable Carbides Ag2C2n (n = 3, 4) and Characterization via Crystallographic Analysis of their Double Salts with Silver(I) Trifluorocetate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 902-905 (2014). |
8. | S. C. K. Hau, T. C. W. Mak, “Systematic Investigation of Silver-Carbon Bonding in Coordination Frameworks with Aryl Ligands That Contain Ethynyl and Ethenyl Substituents”, Chem. Eur. J. 19, 5387-5400 (2013). |
9. | S. C. K. Hau, P.-S. Cheng, T. C. W. Mak, “Enlargement of Globular Silver Alkynide Cluster via Core Transformation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 2922-2925 (2012). |
10. | C.-K. Hau, S. S.-Y. Chui, W. Lu, C.-M. Che, P.-S. Cheng, T. C. W. Mak, Q. Miao and H. N. C. Wong, “Thermotropic liquid crystals based on 1,8,9,16-tetrasubstituted tetraphenylenes and their structure-property relationship studies”, Chem. Sci., 2, 1068-1075 (2011). |