Basic Information

Faculty

• 工学部　地球工学科
• 国際高等教育院

Professional Memberships

• The Chemical Society of Japan
• Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
• The Japanese Photochemistry Association

Academic Degree

• Ph.D.（The University of Hong Kong）
• BSc (First Class Honours)（The University of Hong Kong）

Research History

• From 2018, To 2024

  The University of Hong Kong, Department of Chemistry, Honorary Assistant Professor
• From 2018, To 2023

  The Education University of Hong Kong, Department of Science and Environmental Studies, Assistant Professor
• From 2017, To 2018

  The University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry & Biotechnology, School of Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
• From 2015, To 2017

  The University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry & Biotechnology, School of Engineering, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-9202-9422

• Researcher ID

  C-5125-2013

• External link

  https://www.vonika.com/lab

Research

Research Areas

• Nanotechnology/Materials, Inorganic and coordination chemistry
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Structural and functional materials
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Organic functional materials
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Green/sustainable/environmental chemistry
• Environmental science/Agricultural science, Environmental load reduction/restoration technology

Papers

• From Molecular Complexes to Functional Frameworks: A Journey through Noncovalent Interactions in Coordination Assemblies and Organic Crystals

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The Chemical Record, May 2026, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Application of high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for the analysis of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N’-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine quinone in ambient particulates

  Natsumi Okawa; Akira Ito; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Nozomu Tsuchiya; Takayuki Kameda

  Journal of Chromatography Open, Jun. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Aldehyde-based triphenylethylene organic crystals for aniline vapour detection

  Elissa O. Shehayeb; Abdeljalil Assoud; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  CrystEngComm, Mar. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author

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• 3D printable organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials and printed real-time sensing and display devices

  Haodong Sun; Yuxin Xiao; Yunfei He; Xiaoyu Wei; Jindou Zou; Yuanda Luo; Yazhang Wu; Jiaxin Zhao; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Tao Yu

  Chemical Science, Feb. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Outstanding Reviewers for ChemComm in 2023

  An, Y.; and Au; V.K.-M.; Azambuja, F.D.; Baumann, M.; Brothers, P.; Chataigner, I.; Choi, S.K.; Combariza, M.Y.; Gryko, D.; Hardie, M.; Hussain, A.; Ibarra, I.; Kong, K.V.; Li, H.; Macreadie, L.; Mukhopadhyay, A.; Oh, K.; Sarver, P.; Wu, Y.-L.; Kelly, R.; Saxton, H.

  Chemical Communications, 2024

  
• Nanoporous Organic Frameworks as Light-Emitting Diodes: A Review

  Elissa O. Shehayeb; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Recent progress of self-supported air electrodes for flexible Zn-air batteries

  Chen Xu; Yanli Niu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Shuaiqi Gong; Xuan Liu; Jianying Wang; Deli Wu; Zuofeng Chen

  Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Efficient removal of piroxicam and ketoprofen by acid-modulated iron(III) metal–organic frameworks

  Chen Wu; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2024, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Functional organogold(III) complexes with bidentate cyclometalating ligands

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Efficient removal and sensing of copper(II) ions by alkaline earth metal-based metal–organic frameworks

  Chen Wu; Kam-Hung Low; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Jun. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Highly Twisted Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Molecules and Their Applications in Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

  Tiantian Zhang; Yuxin Xiao; Hailan Wang; Shuting Kong; Rongjuan Huang; Vonika Ka‐Man Au; Tao Yu; Wei Huang

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Jun. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• Luminescent bis‐alkynylgold(III) complexes with bidentate cyclometalating ligands: A comparison study with related tridentate cyclometalated complexes

  Vonika Ka‐Man Au; Vivian Wing‐Wah Yam

  Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, May 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Inside front cover

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, Corresponding author

  
• Manipulating the transition of aggregated states to control the photochromism in a new triphenylethylene derivative

  Mingyao Shen; Cheng Huang; Yuxin Xiao; Rongjuan Huang; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Tao Yu

  Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Corresponding author

  
• Luminescent supramolecular assemblies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Michael Ho-Yeung Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III, 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Photochromic porous organic crystals constructed by the self-assembly of triarylethylene derivatives

  Xiayu Zhang; Haodong Sun; Kam-Hung Low; Tao Yu; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Jul. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Outstanding Reviewers for ChemComm in 2022

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Chemical Communications, 2023

  
• Outstanding Reviewers for ChemComm in 2021

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Chemical Communications, 2022

  
• Photoresponsive Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Tailorable Platforms of Photoswitches for Advanced Functions

  Xiayu Zhang; Tao Yu; Vonika Ka‐Man Au

  ChemNanoMat, Mar. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Molybdenum phosphide coupled with highly dispersed nickel confined in porous carbon nanofibers for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction

  Shuaiqi Gong; Mengjie Hou; Yanli Niu; Xue Teng; Xuan Liu; Mingze Xu; Chen Xu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Zuofeng Chen

  Chemical Engineering Journal, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Cover Feature: Ligand Substituent Effects on Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution by Cobalt(II) Tripodal Iminopyridine Catalysts under Precious‐Metal‐Free Conditions

  Chun-Leung Kwok; Shun-Cheung Cheng; Pui-Yu Ho; Shek-Man Yiu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Wing-Kei Ho; Po-Keung Tsang; Jing Xiang; Chi-Fai Leung; Chi-Chiu Ko

  European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Nov. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Metal-Organic Frameworks for NOx Adsorption and Their Applications in Separation, Sensing, Catalysis, and Biology

  Jinliang Lin; Wingkei Ho; Xing Qin; Chi-Fai Leung; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Shun-cheng Lee

  Small, 2022, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Luminescent Self-Assembled Materials of Copper(I)

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Energy and Fuels, 2021, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Theory and modelling: general discussion

  Dmytro Antypov; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Isabel Cooley; François-Xavier Coudert; Deanna M. D’Alessandro; Qiaowei Li; Martin Schroder; Mikhail Suyetin; Matthias Vandichel; Sihai Yang; Michael Zaworotko; Elena Besley

  Faraday Discussions, 2021

  
• Fundamental studies and design of MOFs: General discussion

  Martin Attfield; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Lee Brammer; Andrew Burrows; Vera Butova; Jose Casaban; Géraldine Chanteux; Isabel Cooley; Huan Doan; David Fairen-Jimenez; Rosa Fucci; Patricia Horcajada; Zhehao Huang; Stuart James; Christophe Lavenn; Andrea Laybourn; Jiangnan Li; Yunzhuo Li; Nattapol Ma; Sebastian D. Pike; Daniel N. Rainer; Gabriel Sánchez; Martin Schroder; Christian Serre; Mohana Shivanna; Mzamo Shozi; Ollie Thomas; Gareth Tof; Omar Yaghi; Sihai Yang; Michael Zaworotko; Guojun Zhou

  Faraday Discussions, 2021

  
• Commercialisation and applications: general discussion

  Matthew Addicoat; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Lee Brammer; Andrew Burrows; José Casaban; Deanna M. D’Alessandro; Rosa Fucci; Patricia Horcajada; Simon Humphrey; Susumu Kitagawa; Christophe Lavenn; Andrea Laybourn; Hui Li; Jiangnan Li; Qiaowei Li; Yunzhuo Li; Soumya Mukherjee; Ken-ichi Otake; Kiran Patel; Moisés Pinto; Martin Schroder; Christian Serre; Petra Szilágyi; Ollie Thomas; Sihai Yang; Guojun Zhou

  Faraday Discussions, 2021

  
• Applications and developments part 1: general discussion

  Martin Attfield; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Yong Cui; Deanna M. D’Alessandro; Huan Doan; Zhehao Huang; Christophe Lavenn; Andrea Laybourn; Jiangnan Li; Yunzhuo Li; Thomas Roseveare; Martin Schroder; Mohana Shivanna; Ollie Thomas; Cheng Wang; Sihai Yang; Michael Zaworotko; Guojun Zhou

  Faraday Discussions, 2021

  
• Dual-Functional Mesoporous Copper(II) Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Remediation of Organic Dyes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Shuk Ying Kwan; Mio Nga Lai; Kam-Hung Low

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2021, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Transition Metal Complexes as Photofunctional Materials—From Photosensitization and Photochromism to Artificial Photosynthesis and Energy Applications

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III, 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Photocatalytic Degradation of Tartrazine with a Copper(II) Metal-Organic Framework

  Mio Nga Lai; Vonika Ka-Man Au

  ACS Hong Kong Symposium 2021, 2021, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Recent Advances in the Use of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Dye Adsorption

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Precious-metal free photocatalytic production of an NADH analogue using cobalt diimine–dioxime catalysts under both aqueous and organic conditions

  Chun-Leung Kwok; Shun-Cheung Cheng; Pui-Yu Ho; Shek-Man Yiu; Wai-Lun Man; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Po-Keung Tsang; Chi-Fai Leung; Chi-Chiu Ko; Marc Robert

  Chemical Communications, 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• The Important Role of Coordination Geometry on Photophysical Properties of Blue-Green Emitting Ruthenium(II) Diisocyano Complexes Bearing 2-Benzoxazol-2-ylphenolate

  Pui-Yu Ho; Shun-Cheung Cheng; Shek-Man Yiu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Jing Xiang; Chi-Fai Leung; Chi-Chiu Ko

  Inorganic Chemistry, 03 Sep. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Stepwise Expansion of Layered Metal–Organic Frameworks for Nonstochastic Exfoliation into Porous Nanosheets

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Kazuki Nakayashiki; Hubiao Huang; Shun Suginome; Hiroshi Sato; Takuzo Aida

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 09 Jan. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Multi-functional bis(alkynyl) gold(III) N boolean AND C complexes with distinct mechanochromic luminescence and electroluminescence properties

  Ben Yiu-Wing Wong; Hok-Lai Wong; Yi-Chun Wong; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemical Science, 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Luminescent Bis-Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes with Alkynyl Ligands of Hexaphenylbenzene and Hexabenzocoronene Derivatives and Their Supramolecular Assembly

  King-Chin Yim; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry-a European Journal, 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Synthesis, characterization, photophysics and electrochemistry of hexanuclear silver(I) alkynyl phosphine complexes

  Hiu-Suet Lo; Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng; Hong-Liang Xu; Wai Han Lam; Nianyong Zhu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2016, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Luminescent Dinuclear Bis-Cyclometalated Gold(III) Alkynyls and Their Solvent-Dependent Morphologies through Supramolecular Self-Assembly

  King-Chin Yim; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Ling-Ling Hung; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Light-Emitting Self-Assembled Materials Based on d(8) and d(10) Transition Metal Complexes

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Sammual Yu-Lut Leung

  Chemical Reviews, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, and photophysical studies of triarylamine-containing zinc(II) diimine bis-thiolate complexes

  Tao Yu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Mei-Yee Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Dalton Transactions, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Synthesis of alkynylgold(III) complexes with bis-cyclometalating ligand derived from ethyl 2,6-diphenylisonicotinate and their structural, electrochemical, photo- and electroluminescence studies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Yi-Chun Wong; Mei-Yee Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry and photophysical studies of rhenium(I) tricarbonyl diimine complexes with carboxaldehyde alkynyl ligands Dedicated to Professor Claude Lapinte for his contribution to organometallic chemistry.

  Siu-Tung Lam; Nianyong Zhu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Polyhedron, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopic studies of luminescent l-valine modified alkynyl-based cyclometalated gold(III) complexes with gelation properties driven by π-π Stacking, hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions

  Steven Kin-Lok Siu; Charlotte Po; King-Chin Yim; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  CrystEngComm, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Organic Memory Devices Based on a Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complex

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Di Wu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Dual Esterase- and Steroid-Responsive Energy Transfer Modulation of Ruthenium(II) and Rhenium(I) Complex Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

  Frankie Chi-Ming Leung; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Hai-Ou Song; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Back Cover: Synthesis, Characterization, Self-Assembly, Gelation, Morphology and Computational Studies of Alkynylgold(III) Complexes of 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine Derivatives (Chem. Eur. J. 32/2014)

  King-Chin Yim; Elizabeth Suk-Hang Lam; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Chi-Chiu Ko; Wai Han Lam; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, Jul. 2014

  
• Synthesis, characterization, self-assembly, gelation, morphology and computational studies of alkynylgold(III) complexes of 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2'- yl)pyridine derivatives

  King-Chin Yim; Elizabeth Suk-Hang Lam; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Chi-Chiu Ko; Wai Han Lam; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Synthesis, characterization, photophysics and electrochemistry of polynuclear copper(I) and gold(I) alkynyl phosphine complexes Dedicated to Professor Thomas Mak for his contribution to structural inorganic chemistry.

  Hiu-Suet Lo; Nianyong Zhu; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Polyhedron, 2014, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Studies of Luminescent Dinuclear and Trinuclear Copper(I) Alkynyl Phosphines

  Steven Kin-Lok Siu; Chi-Chiu Ko; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of Cluster Science, 2014, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Luminescence color switching of supramolecular assemblies of discrete molecular decanuclear gold(I) sulfido complexes

  Franky Ka-Wah Hau; Terence Kwok-Ming Lee; Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Förster resonance energy transfer studies of luminescent gold nanoparticles functionalized with ruthenium(II) and rhenium(I) complexes: Modulation via esterase hydrolysis

  Frankie Chi-Ming Leung; Anthony Yiu-Yan Tam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Jin Li; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Luminescent Metallogels of Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Functionalized bis-cyclometalated alkynylgold(III) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, photophysics, photochemistry, and electroluminescence studies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Mei-Yee Chan; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Deep red to near-infrared emitting rhenium(i) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, photophysics, and electroluminescence studies

  Tao Yu; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Wai Han Lam; Mei-Yee Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Noncovalent Metal–Metal Interactions

  Wong; K.M.-C.; and Au; V.K.-M.; Yam, V.W.-W.

  Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Luminescent Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes with 6-Phenyl-2,2′-Bipyridine Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Computational Studies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Wai Han Lam; Wing-Tak Wong; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Inorganic Chemistry, Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Luminescent cyclometalated dialkynylgold(III) complexes of 2-phenylpyridine-type derivatives with readily tunable emission properties

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Luminescent cyclometalated gold (III) complexes with ancillary N-heterocyclic carbene and alkynyl ligands : from design, synthesis, photophysics to supramolecular assembly and functions

  Au Ka Man

  The University of Hong Kong PhD Thesis, Aug. 2011, Peer-reviewed

  
• High-Efficiency Green Organic Light-Emitting Devices Utilizing Phosphorescent Bis-cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Mei-Yee Chan; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of a bis-cyclometalated alkynylgold(III) complex with irreversible oxidation using tri-n-propylamine as co-reactant

  Zuofeng Chen; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Yanbing Zu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Chemical Communications, 2009, Peer-reviewed

  
• Luminescent cyclometalated N-heterocyclic carbene-containing organogold(III) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, and photophysical studies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Presentations

• Versatile Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Management of Diverse Environmental Pollutants

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 46th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Jun. 2026, Invited

  
• Photofunctional crystals for the sensing of volatile organic compounds

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 106th CSJ Annual Meeting, 18 Mar. 2026

  
• Metal–Organic Frameworks for Environmental Remediation: Our Efforts toward Carbon Neutrality

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  2025 China-Japan-ROK Youth Low-Carbon Forum, 21 Oct. 2025, Invited

  
• Functional metal–organic frameworks for environmental remediation

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 75th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, 17 Sep. 2025

  
• Self-assembled Porous Organic Crystals with Multi-responsive Properties

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 31st International Conference on Photochemistry, 24 Jul. 2023

  
• Learning lab safety with Virtual Reality (VR)

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Teaching Development Grant Seminar: How to conduct online hand-on lesson?, 23 Aug. 2022, Invited

  
• Mesoporous Copper(II) Metal-Organic Frameworks for Water Remediation

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  MACRO 2022 - The 49th World Polymer Congress, 17 Jul. 2022

  
• Functional Metal-based Assemblies based on the 2,4,6-Triphenylpyridine Backbone

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Pacifichem 2021, 20 Dec. 2021, Invited

  
• Mesoporous Copper(II) Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Removal of Organic Dyes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  Dean's Research Fund Seminar, 13 Sep. 2021

  
• Dual-Functional Copper MOFs for Dye Removal

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  MOFs for energy and environmental applications Faraday Discussion, 23 Jun. 2021

  
• Photocatalytic Degradation of Tartrazine with a Copper(II) Metal-Organic Framework

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  ACS Publications Symposium: The Power of Chemical Transformations, 20 May 2021

  
• Dual-functional copper metal-organic frameworks for dye removal

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  ACS Spring 2021, 08 Apr. 2021

  
• Understanding Chemical Analysis

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 23rd Primary STEM Project Exhibition, 06 Feb. 2021, Invited

  
• Generation of Porous Nanosheets from Non- stochastic Exfoliation of Layered Metal−Organic Framework

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 14th International conference on materials chemistry (MC14), 10 Jul. 2019

  
• Selective Exfoliation of Two- Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks into Bilayer and Monolayer Nanosheets

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  The 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 02 Aug. 2018

  
• Luminescent Gold(III) Complexes for Organic Light-Emitting Devices and Metallogels

  Vonika Ka-Man Au

  UGC AoE on Institute of Molecular Functional Materials Workshop, 20 Jul. 2013

  
• Donor/Acceptor Molecular Arrangements in Flexible Porous Crystals

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Hiroshi Sato; Takuzo Aida

  The 97th CSJ Annual Meeting

  
• Switchable Donor–Acceptor Architectures for Functional Materials

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Hiroshi Sato; Takuzo Aida

  The 16th Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry

  
• Organic Memory Devices Based on a Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complex

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Di Wu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  The 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC5)

  
• Luminescent Gold(III) Complexes for Supramolecular Assembly and Functions

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Mei-Yee Chan; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM) 2014

  
• High-Efficiency Green Organic Light-Emitting Devices Utilizing Phosphorescent Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complex

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Daniel Ping-Kuen Tsang; Mei-Yee Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  5th EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands

  
• Luminescent Cyclometalated N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Containing Organogold(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry and Photophysical Studies

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences – Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS3)

  
• Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Studies, Electrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Bis-Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes and Their Applications in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Zuofeng Chen; Ling-Ling Hung; Nianyong Zhu; Yanbing Zu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  42nd IUPAC World Congress

  
• A Novel Class of Bis-cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes – Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysics, Electrochemistry and the First Observation of Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Zuofeng Chen; Ling-Ling Hung; Nianyong Zhu; Yanbing Zu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  GOLD 2009 – The 5th international conference on gold science, technology and its applications

  
• Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Studies, Electrochemistry and the First Observation of Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Biscyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Zuofeng Chen; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Ling-Ling Hung; Nianyong Zhu; Yanbing Zu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  6th National Conference on Coordination Chemistry

  
• Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Studies, Electrochemistry and the First Observation of Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Biscyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Zuofeng Chen; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Ling-Ling Hung; Nianyong Zhu; Yanbing Zu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

  Asian Science Seminar 2009 – Frontiers in the Photocatalysis and Photochemistry of Advanced Materials

  

Books and Other Publications

• Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Michael Ho-Yeung Chan; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Joint work, Chapter 8.14 - Luminescent supramolecular assemblies

  Elsevier, 2023

  
• Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III

  Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Joint work, Chapter 9.02 - Transition Metal Complexes as Photofunctional Materials — From Photosensitization and Photochromism to Artificial Photosynthesis and Energy Applications

  Elsevier, 2021

  
• Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II

  Keith Man-Chung Wong; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Joint work, Chapter 8.03 - Noncovalent Metal–Metal Interactions

  Elsevier, 2013

  

Industrial Property Rights

• DE112010002628B4, DE112010002628.9T, Luminescent gold(III) compounds containing bidentate ligand for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong

  
• CN102574870B, CN201080031530.2A, Luminescent gold(III) compounds containing bidentate ligand for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong

  
• US8987450B2, US13/838,185, Luminescent gold(III) compounds for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong; King Chin Yim

  
• KR101398664B1, KR1020127000927A, Luminescent gold(III) compounds containing bidentate ligand for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong

  
• US8415473B2, US12/494,765, Luminescent gold(III) compounds for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong; Hoi-Sing Kwok

  
• US8372977B2, US12/822,812, Luminescent gold(III) compounds containing bidentate ligand for organic light-emitting devices and their preparation

  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam; Vonika Ka-Man Au; Mei-Yee Chan; Keith Man-Chung Wong

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Luminescent Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for the Sensing of Persistent Organic Pollutants

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Basic Section 26040:Structural materials and functional materials-related

  Kyoto University

  Au KaMan

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2028, Granted

  HOFs;Porous Crystals;Functional Materials;Luminescence;Sensing

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25K08310/

External funds: others

• 室内空気汚染の緩和を目的とした可視光応答型ＭＯＦ光触媒コーティングの開発

  Kansai Research Foundation for Technology Promotion, 2024年度研究助成

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Ka Man Au
• Design and synthesis of porous coordination polymers for luminescence sensing and towards adsorptive removal of water pollutants – from heavy metals to pharmaceuticals and personal care products

  Research Grants Council (Hong Kong), Early Career Scheme

  From 01 Jan. 2020, To 30 Sep. 2023

  Ka Man Au
• Donor/acceptor molecular arrangements in flexible porous crystals

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

  From 09 Nov. 2015, To 31 Mar. 2018

  Hiroshi Sato (Host Researcher), Ka Man Au (JSPS Fellow)

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Sociology of Modern Technology

  Y205, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Introduction to Mineral Resources-E2

  N558, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Introduction to Sustainable Development-E2

  Y213, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Introduction to Sustainable Development-E2

  Y213, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Chemistry, Society and Environment-E2

  Y208, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Seminar on Socio-Environmental Energy Science

  8023, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Energy and Environment, Adv.

  6116, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Socio-Environmental Energy Science II

  3112, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Socio-Environmental Energy Science 1

  3107, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Sustainable Development-E2

  Y213, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Chemistry, Society and Environment-E2

  Y208, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Mineral Resources-E2

  N558, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Sustainable Development-E2

  Y213, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced Seminar on Socio-Environmental Energy Science

  8023, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Energy and Environment, Adv.

  6116, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Socio-Environmental Energy Science I

  3111, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Socio-Environmental Energy Science 2

  3108, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  基盤整備委員会委員
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  国際交流委員会委員