Publications

National Taiwan University (2015/8 ~ present)

1. Ricky Yu-Syun Fan, Yao-Ying Chuang, Eng Zhi Sim, Yi-Chen Tsai, Wan-Tien Huang, and Kien Voon Kong* Hollow NiCoFe Phosphide Nanoprisms for Efficient Oxygen Evolution. ChemSusChem 2026, Accepted. 

2. Jia‐Lin Fang, Ricky Yu‐Syun Fan, Chin‐Yu Liang, Teng‐Wei Tsai, Hsiang‐En Chen, Po‐Chiao Lin*, Kien Voon Kong*, Ching-Ching Yu*. Decoding of Carbohydrates With Monosaccharide‐Level Resolution Using Tip‐Enhanced Raman Scattering. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, 65, e20019.

   • Reported in Asia Research News

   • 自由時報報導：〈為疾病研究開啟新契機 中山、台大和清大解碼「醣體」登國際頂尖期刊〉，2026 年 4 月 13 日。https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/5401801  

3. Ruei‐Hung Juang, Han‐Jung Li, Yu‐Chung Chang, Chieh‐Wei Chang, Ricky Yu‐Syun Fan, Kien Voon Kong, Jeng‐Lung Chen, *Chia‐Shuo Hsu, *Po‐Heng Lin, *Chun‐Hong Kuo. Harnessing Transformation of Metal‐Ligand Coordination in Dinuclear Ni (II)‐Schiff Base Coordination Polymer for Promoting Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Science 2026, 13, e24014.

4. Tianxun Gong, Hsin-Jou Chen, Ricky Yu-Syun Fan, Xiaosheng Zhang*, Ken-Tye Yong*, Kien Voon Kong*. In Situ 3D SERS Imaging of CO2 Reduction in Living Cells. Small 2025, 2410250.  

   • Reported in Asia Research News 

5. Ying-Feng Hsu, Shih-Ying Cheng, Che-An Cheng, Yu-Hsuan Kang, Yi-Hung Liu, Kien Voon Kong,* Jye-Shane Yang.* Assembly-Dependent Thermochromic and Photochromic Luminescence in Pentiptycene-Based Homoleptic Gold (I) Alkynyl Clusters [(AuC≡CR) n]. Dalton Trans.2025, Advanced article. 

6. Melody Cai-Syaun Wu, Jack Hau-Ting Wei, Ricky Yu-Syun Fan, Eng Zhi Sim, Ken-Tye Yong*, Tianxun Gong*, Kien Voon Kong*. Self-Assembled BODIPY@Au Core-Shell Structures for Durable Neuroprotective Phototherapy. ChemBioChem, 2025, e202400562. 

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7. Min Fan, Jingbo Chen, Xiaomeng Zheng, Luyun Xu, Jianqin Ye, Xueliang Lin, Kien Voon Kong, Duo Lin*, Yudong Lu*, Shangyuan Feng*. Laser & Photonics Rev. 2025, 19, 2401400

8. Chun Hau Gan, Hsin-Jou Chen, Ricky Yu-Syun Fan, Siao-Cian Pan, Kien Voon Kong*. A Multifunctional Ru-Re Complex for Photodynamic Therapy and CO-Mediated Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Disease. Chem. Eur. J., 2025, e202403666.

9. Tianxun Gong, Zhenjiang Wei, Libin Huang, Yan Hong, Yuan Li, Ke-ling Chen, Wen Huang, Xiaojing Zhong, Jinzhao He, Ming-Yi Lee, En-Chi Chang, Kien Voon Kong*, Xiaosheng Zhang*, Zongguang Zhou*. Fano Enhancement of SERS for Rapid Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer. Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 5949 – 5959.

10. Jack Hau-Ting Wei, Melody Cai-Syaun Wu, Pei-Hsuan Huang, Chuan-Kuei Chiang, Tianxun Gong*, Ken-Tye Yong*, Kien Voon Kong*. Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Development of Azobenzene-Spiropyran@Gold Nanoparticles for Controlled Singlet Oxygen Generation. Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202402479. 

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11. Julian Tristan Joshua Boland, Zhenxu Yang, Qiankun Yin, Xiaochen Liu, Zhejun Xu, Kien Voon Kong, Daniele Vigolo*, Ken‐Tye Yong*. Computational Models for Optimizing Particle Separation in Spiral Inertial Microfluidics: A Step Toward Enhanced Biosensing and Cell Sorting. Adv. Theory Simul., 2024, 3, 2301075.                                                                

12. R Sakthivel, Kirankumar Venkatesan Savunthari, K Mohanraj, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Aswin kumar Anbalagan, Manjunath Rangasamy*, Kien Voon Kong*. Rapid Oil-Water Separation Using Modified Nonwoven Viscose Fabrics. Mater. Chem. Phys., 2024, 312, 128645.                                                   

13. Zhejun Xu, Arun Jaiswal, Xiaochen Liu, Zhenxu Yang, Qiankun Yin, Kien Voon Kong, Ken-Tye Yong*. Microfluidics Evolution and Surface Functionalization: A Pathway to Enhanced Heavy Metal Ion Detection. Adv. Sensor Res., 2024, 3,2400008.                                                             

14. Cheng‐Han Yu, Ka‐Chun Au‐Yeung, Ruiqin Liu, Chao‐Hsien Lee, Dandan Jiang, Bamlaku Semagne Aweke, Chia‐Hung Wu, Yu‐Jou Wang, Ting‐Hsuan Wang, Kien Voon Kong, Glenn PA Yap, Wen‐Ching Chen, Gernot Frenking, Lili Zhao*, Tiow‐Gan Ong*. Diversification of the Carbodicarbene Class by Embedding an Anionic Component in its Scaffold. Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202302886.                    

15. Weng Shuyun, Fengjie Lin, Changbin Pan, Qiyi Zhang, Hong Tao, Min Fan, Luyun Xu, Kien Voon Kong, Yuanmei Chen, Duo Lin*, Shangyuan Feng*. Laser Tweezer Raman Spectroscopy Combined With Deep Neural Networks For Identification of Liver Cancer Cells. Talanta, 2023, 264, 124753. 

16. Chandreyee Manas Das. Fan Yang, Zhenxu Yang, Xiaochen Liu, Quang Thien Hoang, Zhejun Xu, Shabana Neermunda, Kien Voon Kong*, Ho-Pui Ho, Lining Arnold Ju, Jiaqing Xiong*, and Ken-Tye Yong*. Computational Modeling for Intelligent Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Design and Experimental Schemes for Real-time Plasmonic Biosensing: A Review. Adv. Theory Simul., 2023, 6, 2200886.   

17. Nur Amira Solehah Pungut, Chun Hoe Tan, Hazwani Mat Saad, Kae Shin Sim, Sheena Yin Xin Tiong, Chee Wei Ang, Chun Hau Gan, Kien Voon Kong, Kong Wai Tan*. A New Cinnamaldehyde-Rhodamine Based Dual Chemosensor For Cu2+ and Fe3+ and Its Applicability in Live Cell Imaging. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 2023, 434, 114540. 

18. Soon Poh Lee, Gomaa AM Ali, Mohammed A Assiri, Kien Voon Kong, Ellie Yi Lih Teo, Kwok Feng Chong*. Pseudocapacitive Performance of Phenothiazine Functionalized Graphene Aerogel. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2022, 613, 156069.  

19. Cheng-Yun Wu, Hsin-Jou Chen, Yun-Chin Wu, Shu-Wei Tsai, Yi-Hung Liu, Ushashi Bhattacharya, Duo Lin, Hwan-Ching Tai, Kien Voon Kong*. Highly Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation by BODIPY–Ruthenium (II) Complexes for Promoting Neurite Outgrowth and Suppressing Tau Protein Aggregation. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62(3), 1102–1112. 

    • Selected as Journal Cover           

20. Kirankumar Venkatesan Savunthari, Daneshwaran Balaji, Nivedita Sudheer, Mittal Bathwar, Manjunath Rangasamy, Ganesh Kumar Dhandabani, Alain R Puente Santiago, Sumathi Shanmugam*, Kien-Voon Kong*, R Vijayaraghavan*. Effective Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine-B Over Zn-Doped Bao¬2 and Sro2 Composites Under UV and Sunlight Irradiation. RSC Sustainability, 2023, 1, 1511.

21. Li Jiang, Kien Voon Kong*, Sailing He, Ken‐Tye Yong*. Plasmonic Biosensing with Nano‐Engineered Van der Waals Interfaces. ChemPlusChem, 2022, 87(11), e202200221.

22. Tingyin Wang, Youzhi Zhu, Shuyun Weng, Xueliang Lin, Kien Voon Kong, Youliang Weng, Xianggang Jia, Rong Chen, Duo Lin, Shangyuan Feng*. Optical Biosensor Based on SERS with Signal Calibration Function for Quantitative Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen. Biomed. Opt. Express, 2022, 13(11), 5962-5970.

23. Yun-Chin Wu, Cheng-Yun Wu, Shu-Wei Tsai, Hsin-Jou Chen, Wang-Jing Liu, Duo Lin, Tianxun Gong, Ken-Tye Yong, Kien Voon Kong*. Merocyanine Complexes Coupled with Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles for Inhibiting Tau Aggregation. ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022, 5, 17613-17621. 

    • Selected as Journal Cover                

24. Jinyong Lin, Youliang Weng, Xueliang Lin, Sufang Qiu, Zufang Huang, Changbin Pan, Ying Li, Kien Voon Kong, Xianzeng Zhang*, Shangyuan Feng*. Highly Efficient Blood Protein Analysis Using Membrane Purification Technique and Super-Hydrophobic SERS Platform for Precise Screening and Staging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Nanomaterials, 2022, 12(15), 2724. 

25. Ying-Feng Hsu, Ting-Wei Wu, Yu-Hsuan Kang, Cheng-Yun Wu, Yi-Hung Liu, Shie-Ming Peng, Kien Voon Kong*, Jye-Shane Yang*. Porous Supramolecular Assembly of Pentiptycene-Containing Gold (I) Complexes: Persistent Excited-State Aurophilicity and Inclusion-Induced Emission Enhancement. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61(30), 11981-11991.      

26. Chandreyee Manas Das, Kien Voon Kong, Ken-Tye Yong*. Diagnostic Plasmonic Sensors: Opportunities and Challenges. Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 9573-9585. 

27. Yun-Chin Wu, Yu-Chiao Liu, Shu-Wei Tsai, Kai-Ti Chu, Hsin-Jou Chen, Cheng-Yun Wu, Yu-Yi Hsu, Chang-Chih Hsieh, Wang-Jing Liu, Kien Voon Kong*, Ming-Hsi Chiang*. Demethylation of An Artificial Hydrogenase Agent for Prolonged CO Release and Enhanced Anti-Tau Aggregation Activity. Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 7245-7248. 

    • Selected as Journal Cover            

28. Duo Lin, Chang-Lin Hsieh, Keng-Chia Hsu, Pei-Hsuan Liao, Sufang Qiu, Tianxun Gong, Ken-Tye Yong, Shangyuan Feng, Kien Voon Kong*. Geometrically Encoded SERS Nanobarcodes for The Logical Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma-Related Progression Biomarkers. Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 3430.  

29. Duo Lin, Shang-Wei Yang, Chang-Lin Hsieh, Keng-Jia Hsu, Tianxun Gong, Qiong Wu, Sufang Qiu*,  Shangyuan Feng*, Kien Voon Kong* Tandem Quantification of Multiple Carbohydrates in the Saliva Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Sensors, 2021, 6 (3), 1240-1247. 

30. 29. Keng-Jia Hsu, Chang-Lin Hsieh, Chi-Jui Tsai, Kien Voon Kong*. Probing Molecular-Scale Oxidative Generation of Quinone Methides and Their Transformation Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12 (3), 1110-1115. 

    • Selected as Journal Cover                

31. Zi-Yu Ke, Chi-Jui Tsai, Pei-Hsuan Liao, Kien Voon Kong*. Photoinduced Enhanced Raman Probe for Use in Highly Specific and Sensitive Imaging for Tyrosine Dimerization in Inflammatory Cells. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11 (17), 7443-7448. 

32. Cheng‐Zong Kuo, Li‐Yun Hsu, Yu‐Shan Chen, Kenta Goto, Subhendu Maity, Yi‐Hung Liu, Shie‐Ming Peng, Kien Voon Kong*, Teruo Shinmyozu, Jye‐Shane Yang*. Alkyl Chain Length‐and Polymorph‐Dependent Photomechanochromic Fluorescence of Anthracene Photodimerization in Molecular Crystals: Role of the Lattice Stiffness. Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 11511.

33. Pei-Hsuan Liao, Ching-Yu Tseng, Zi-Yu Ke, Chang-Lin Hsieh, Kien Voon Kong*, Operando characterization of chemical reactions in single living cells using SERS. Chem. Comm., 2020, 56, 4852-4855.

34. Yi-Cheng Lin, Zi-Yu Ke, Pei-Hsuan Liao, Ching-Yu Tseng, Kien Voon Kong*. Reversible Detection of Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy using Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Nanotags Functionalized Tip. Chem. Comm., 2020, 56, 936-939.

35. Yi‐Hsin Chien, Kok Ken Chan, Tommy Anderson, Kien Voon Kong, Beng Koon Ng, Ken‐Tye Yong*. Advanced Near‐Infrared Light‐Responsive Nanomaterials as Therapeutic Platforms for Cancer Therapy. Adv. Ther., 2019, 2, 1800090.

36. Duo Lin, Jiahui Zhou, Yun Yu, Weiwei Chen, Pei-Hsuan Liao, Hao Huang, Kien Voon Kong*.  A Dual-Mode Biosensor Combining Transition Metal Carbonyl-Based SERS and A Colorimetric Readout for Thiol Detection. Anal. Methods, 2019, 11, 5232-5236.

37. Duo Lin, Tianxun Gong, Sufang Qiu, Qiong Wu, Ching-Yu Tseng, Kien Voon Kong*, Guannan Chen*, Rong Chen*. A Dual Signal Amplification Nanosensor Based on SERS Technology for Detection of Tumor-Related DNA. Chem. Comm., 2019, 55, 1548-151. 

    • Selected as Journal Cover   

38. Duo Lin, Yi-Cheng Lin, Shang-Wei Yang, Lan Zhou, Weng Kee Leong, Shang-Yuan Feng, Kien Voon Kong*. Organometallic-Constructed Tip-Based Dual Chemical Sensing by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Diabetes Detection. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 41902-41908.

39. Duo Lin, Tianxun Gong, Zi-Yao Hong, Sufang Qiu, Jianji Pan, Chinh-Yu Tseng, Shangyuan Feng*, Rong Chen*, Kien Voon Kong*. Metal Carbonyls for The Biointerference-Free Ratiometric Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Assay for Cell-Free Circulating DNA of Epstein-Barr Virus in Blood. Anal. Chem., 2018, 90, 7139-7147

40. Mein Jin Tan, Han‐Chi Pan, Hui Ru Tan, Jian Wei Chai, Qi Feng Lim, Ten It Wong, Xiaodong Zhou, Zi‐Yao Hong, Lun‐De Liao*, Kien Voon Kong*. Flexible Modulation of CO‐Release Using Various Nuclearity of Metal Carbonyl Clusters on Graphene Oxide for Stroke Remediation. Adv. Healthc. Mater., 2018, 7, 1701113.

    • Selected as Journal Cover      

41. Duo Lin, Chinh-Yu Tseng, Qi Feng Lim, Mein Jin Tan, Kien Voon Kong*. A Rapid and Highly Sensitive Strain-Effect Graphene-Based Bio-Sensor for The Detection of Stroke and Cancer Bio-Markers. J. Mater. Chem. B., 2018, 6, 2536-2540.

42. Yi-Hsin Chien, Chang-Han Wang, Chi-Ching Liu, Shih-Hui Chang, Kien Voon Kong, Yun-Chorng Chang*. Large-Scale Nanofabrication of Designed Nanostructures Using Angled Nanospherical-Lens Lithography for Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 24917 – 24925

43. Mein Jin Tan, Zi-Yao Hong, Mei-Hua Chang, Chih-Chen Liu, Hwei-Fang Cheng, Xian Jun Loh, Ching-Hsiang Chen, Chia-Ding Liao*, Kien Voon Kong*. Metal Carbonyl-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for Highly Sensitive SERS Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2017, 96, 167-172

44. Tianxun Gong, Zi-Yao Hong, Ching-Hsiang Chen, Cheng-Yen Tsai, Lun-De Liao, Kien Voon Kong*. Optical Interference-Free Surface- Enhanced Raman Scattering CO-Nanotags for Logical Multiplex Detection of Vascular Disease-Related Biomarkers. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 3365–3375.

45. Yun-Jui He, Tsung-Han Tu, Ming-Kun Su, Chia-Wei Yang, Kien Voon Kong, Yi-Tsu Chan*. Facile Construction of Metallo-Supramolecular P3HTb- PEO Diblock Copolymers via Complementary Coordination and Their Self- Assembled Nanostructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4218 - 4224.

46. Chia Rou Yeo, Betty Tan, Seung-Ah Lee, Kien Voon Kong, Shawn Hoon, Hongfeng Jiang, Jason J Yuen, Jayakumar Perumal, Madhur Agrawal, Candida Vaz, Jimmy So, Asim Shabbir, William S Blaner, Malini Olivo, Weiping Han, Vivek Tanavde, Sue-Anne Toh, Shigeki Sugii*. Retinoic Acid Mediates Visceral-Specific Adipogenic Defects of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells. Diabetes, 2016, 65, 1164-1178.

47. Douglas Goh, Kien Voon Kong, Perumal Jayakumar, Tianxun Gong, US Dinish, Malini Olivo*. Quantification of Protein Biomarker Using SERS Nano-Stress Sensing with Peak Intensity Ratiometry. J.Mol. Eng. Mater., 2016, 4 (03), 1640011.

48. Zhiyong Lam, Ghayathri Balasundaram, Kien Voon Kong, Bo Yang Chor, Douglas Goh, Bahareh Khezri, Richard D Webster, Weng Kee Leong*, Malini Olivo*. High Nuclearity Carbonyl Clusters as Near-IR Contrast Agents for Photoacoustic in Vivo Imaging. J. Mater. Chem. B., 2016, 4, 3886-3891.

49. Zhiyong Lam, Kien Voon Kong, Malini Olivo*, Weng Kee Leong*. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Metal Carbonyls for Bio-Imaging and-Sensing. Analyst, 2016,141, 1569-1586.

50. Tianxun Gong, Nan Zhang, Kien Voon Kong, Douglas Goh, Cui Ying, Jean‐Louis Auguste, Perry Ping Shum, Lei Wei, Georges Humbert, Ken‐Tye Yong*, Malini Olivo*. Rapid SERS Monitoring of Lipid‐Peroxidation‐Derived Protein Modifications in Cells Using Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor. J. Biophotonics, 2016, 9, 32-37. 

Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR (2012/09 – 2015/07)

51. Tianxun Gong+, Kien Voon Kong+, Douglas Goh, Malini Olivo*, Ken-Tye Yong*. Sensitive Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Multiplexed Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 And 7 Cancer Markers. Biomed. Opt. Express., 2015, 6 (6), 2076-2087. [+ contributed equally]

52. Tianxun Gong, Ying Cui, Douglas Goh, Kien Voon Kong, Perry Ping Shum, Georges Humbert, Ken-Tye Yong*, Malini Olivo*. Highly Sensitive SERS Detection and Quantification of Sialic Acid on Single Living Cell Using Photonic-Crystal Fiber with Gold Nanoparticles. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2015, 64, 227.

53. Kien Voon Kong, Douglas Goh, Malini Olivo*, Dual Trigger Crosslinked Micelles Based Polyamindoamines for Effective Paclitaxel Delivery. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2014, 5 (212), 2.

54. Kien Voon Kong, Lun-de Liao, Douglas Goh, Nitish V. Thakor*, Malini Olivo*. Novel Biodegradable Nanoparticle Tethered Platinum (II) for Photoacoustic Brain Imaging. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2015, 5 (223), 2.

55. Kien Voon Kong, Zhiyong Lam, Tianxun Gong, Douglas Goh, Weber Kam On Lau, Weng Kee Leong*, Malini Olivo*. Rapid and Label-Free SERS Detection of Biomarker In Human Specimen With Metal Carbonyl Functionalized Substrate, Small, 2014, 10 (24), 5030-5034                                                                                                                

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56. Kien Voon Kong, Lun-de Liao, Zhiyong Lam, Nitish V. Thakor, Weng Kee Leong*, Malini Olivo*, Organometallic Carbonyl Clusters: A New Class of Contrast Agents for Photoacoustic Cerebral Vascular Imaging, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2601-2603.

57. Kien Voon Kong+, Jayakumar Perumal+, Reuben M Bakker*, Malini Olivo*. Design and Fabrication of Random Silver Films as substrate for SERS based Nano-Stress sensing of Proteins. RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 12995-13000 [+ contributed equally]

58. Kien Voon Kong, Chris Jun Hui Ho, Tianxun Gong, Weber Kam On Lau, Malini Olivo* Sensitive SERS-Glucose Sensing in Biological Media Using Alkyne-Functionalized Boronic acid on Planar Substrates. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2014, 15, 186-191.

59. Kien Voon Kong, Dinish U. S, Weber Lau, Malini Olivo*. Sensitive SERS-pH Sensing in Biological Media Using Metal Carbonyl Functionalized Planar Substrates. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2014, 54, 135-140.

60. Lun-De Liao, Vassiliy Tsytsarev, Kien Voon Kong, Malini Olivo, Reha S. Erzurumlu and Nitish V. Thakor*, Progress of the Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging in Neuroscience. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2014, 14, 01-12.

61. Kien Voon Kong, Zhiyong Lam, Weber Kam On Lau, Weng Kee Leong*, Malini Olivo*, "A Transition Metal Carbonyl Probe for Use in a Highly Specific and Sensitive SERS-based Assay for Glucose. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 18028−18031. 

    • Spotlighted by JACS

    • Selected as Front Cover of JACS

    • Highlighted by A*STAR Research 

62. Stefano Vavassori, Anil Kumar, Gan Siok Wan, Gundimeda S Ramanjaneyulu, Marco Cavallari, Sary El Daker, Travis Beddoe, Alex Theodossis, Neal K Williams, Emma Gostick, David A Price, Dinish U Soudamini, Kien Voon Kong, Malini Olivo, Jamie Rossjohn, Lucia Mori & Gennaro De Libero*. Butyrophilin 3A1 Binds Phosphorylated Antigens and Stimulates Human Gd T Cells, Nat. Immunol., 2013, 14, 908-916.  

    • Highlighted by Science Daily

63. TianXun Gong, Malini Olivo, U.S. Dinish, Douglas Goh, Kien Voon Kong, K. T. Yong* Engineering Bioconjugated Gold Nanospheres and Gold Nanorods As Label-Free Plasmon Scattering Probes for Ultrasensitive Multiplex Dark-Field Imaging of Cancer Cells. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol., 2013, 9(6), 985-991.

64. Kien Voon Kong, Zhiyong Lam, Wenda Douglas Goh, Weng Kee Leong*, Malini Olivo*. Metal Carbonyl/Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for Live-Cell SERS Imaging. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51(39), 9796-9. 

    • Selected as HOT paper

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY of SINGAPORE (2005/09 – 2009/09)

65. Kien Voon Kong, Weng Kee Leong*, Lina HK Lim. Osmium Carbonyl Cluster Induces Tubulin Polymerisation: Mechanism of Action for Apoptosis. Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2009, 22, 1116-1122. 

    • Highlighted by Cancer Weekly (NewsRX)

66. Kien Voon Kong, Weng Kee Leong*, Lina HK Lim*. Induction Of Apoptosis by Hexaosmium Carbonyl Clusters. J. Organomet. Chem., 2009, 694, 834-839.

67. Kien Voon Kong, Weng Kee Leong*, Swee Phyaw Ng, Thanh Hung Nguyen, Lina HK Lim*. Osmium Carbonyl Clusters: A New Class of Apoptosis Inducing Agents. ChemMedChem, 2008, 3, 1269-1275.

68. Kien Voon Kong, Wee Chew, Lina Hsiu Kim Lim, Wai Yip Fan, Weng Kee Leong*. Imaging in the Mid-Infrared Using an Organometallic Carbonyl Tag. Bioconjug Chem., 2007, 18, 1370-1374.

BOOKS or BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Kien Voon Kong. 

Handbook of Nanosensors: Materials and Technological Applications. 

Chapter of 14: The Plasmon-Enhanced Nanosensor Design and Experimental Schemes for Biosensing and Bioimaging. Springer Nature Switzerland. 2024, 461-501.

2. Kien Voon Kong. 

Next Generation Point-of-care Biomedical Sensors Technologies for Cancer Diagnosis. Chapter 15: SERS Biosensing and Bioimaging: Design and Applications in Cancer Diagnostics.  Singapore: Springer. Jun, 2017

PATENTS/TECHNICAL DISCLOSURES

1. International Patent. WO 2013180652 A1 Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Marker Conjugates and Methods of Their Preparation.

2. US patent. 20150126388 Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Marker Conjugates and Methods of Their Preparation.

3. International Patent. WO/2015/038066 Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent Composition.

4. International Patent. WO/2015/041607 Method of Detecting Analytes Having A Thiol Functional Group.

5. International Patent. WO/2015/088444 Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent.

6. International Patent. WO/2015/038077 Method Of Detecting Hydrogen Peroxide

7. International Patent. WO/2014/137291 Method For Detecting Analyte Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Biosensor, and Method of Manufacturing Thereof

8. China Patent. CN104507871A Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Marker Conjugates and Methods of Their Preparation.

9. European patent EP2855360A4 Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Marker Conjugates and Methods of Their Preparation

10. European patent EP3043829 A1 Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent Composition.