PUBLICATIONS

  1. Zhu, T; Chan, S.K.S.; Gerritz, L.; Nizkorodov, S.*; Shiraiwa, M.*; Chan, M.N.*;Tse, Y.-L. S.* Elucidating Formation Mechanisms of Inorganic Sulfates upon OH Radical Oxidation of Organosulfates via non-sulfur Radical pathways: Insights from Methyl Sulfate, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026.(Just accepted) [Link] 
  2. Yang, Y.; Chio, C.C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.* Accelerated OH Oxidation of Methyl Chloride via Surface Accumulation at the Air-Water Interface, ACS Phys. Chem. Au, 2026.(Just accepted)
  3. Wang, H.; Tse, Y.-L. S.* Developing Efficient and Accurate Polarizable Molecular Simulation Models for Studying Refrigerants and Their Binary Mixtures,J. Phys. Chem. B, 2026.(Just accepted) [Link]
  4. Zhang, Q.; Wang, H.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.* Halide Bond Assisted Double Desymmetrization of Meso-Dicarboxylic Acids with Symmetrical Olefins via Asymmetric Halogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e20866. (Selected as “Hot Paper”) [Link]
  5. Chio, C.C.; Yang, Y.; Xia, Y.; Tse, Y.-L. S.* Molecular Simulations of Fluid Interfaces, Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Comput. Mol. Sci.2025, 15, e70041.[Link]
  6. Huang, J.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, H.; Yang, J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Jiang, X.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*Unveiling an Alternative Mechanism for Lewis Basic Selenium as a C─H Hydrogen Bond Catalyst and Its Application in the Halogenation of Arenes,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2025, e202511770.[Link]
  7. Chen, R.; Liu, Y.; Wang, H.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*Access to Chiral Spiroketals via Catalytic Enantioselective Halogenation of Racemic Olefinic Hemiketals.Chem Catalysis 2025, 101512.[Link]
  8. Lai, D.; Bai, Y.; Zhang, Z.; So, P.-K.; Li, Y. J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.;Yeung, Y.-Y.; Schaefer, T.; Herrmann, H.; Yu, J. Z.; Wang, Y.*; Chan, M. N.*Rapid Aqueous-Phase Oxidation of an α-Pinene-Derived Organosulfate by Hydroxyl Radicals:A Potential Source of Some Unclassified Oxygenated and Small Organosulfates in the Atmosphere.Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2025, 25, 12569-12584.[Link]
  9. Guan, X.; Ming, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Chio, C. C.; Jiang, H.; Li, L.; Tse, Y.-L. S.;Xia, Y.*; Ngai, T.* Engineering silica-stabilized Pickering emulsions as versatile protein carriers.J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 138790.[Link]
  10. Guan, X.; Yang, L.; Xia, Y.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Ngai, T.* Assembly and jamming of polar additive-swollen microgels at liquid-liquid interfaces:From inverse Pickering emulsions to functional materials,J. Colloid Interface Sci.2025, 679, 284-293.[Link]
  11. Lee, K.-M.; Wong, H.-C. F.; Wong, S.-Y.; Chan, Y.-Y.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*;Yeung, Y.-Y.* Visible-Light-Mediated Benzylic Oxidation Using Bromo(Diphenyl) Methane.Synlett 2025, 36, 1059-1063.[Link]
  12. Chio, C.C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*Reparameterization of Polarizable Force Fields for Studying Ion Transfer across Liquid–Liquid Interfaces,J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128, 1987-1999.[Link]
  13. Yang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Wong, H.-C. F.; Huang, J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*Design and Applications of Cyclopropenium Chalcogen Dihalides in Catalysis via C(Sp3)–H···X Interactions,ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 3018–3027.[Link]
  14. Liu, Y.; Wang, X.; Wan, Z; Ngai, T.*; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Capturing Coacervate Formation and Protein Partition by Molecular Dynamics Simulation,Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 1168-1175.[Link]
  15. Chen, H.; Wong, H.-C. F.; Qiu, J.; Li, B.; Yuan, D.; Kong, H.; Bao, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, Z.;Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Xia, J.*Site-Selective Tyrosine Reaction for Antibody-Cell Conjugation and Targeted Immunotherapy.Adv. Sci., 2023, 2305012.[Link]
  16. Leung, V. M.-Y.; Wong, H.-C. F.; Pook, C.-M.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Trialkylphosphonium oxoborates as C(sp3)–H oxyanion holes and their application in catalytic chemoselective acetalization,Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 12684-12692.[Link]
  17. Guan, X.; Li, Y.; Jiang, H.*; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Ngai, T.*,Temperature‐Responsive Pickering Double Emulsions Stabilized by Binary Microgels,Chem. Asian J., 2023, 18, e202300587.(Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of CUHK)[Link]
  18. Yang, J.; Chan, Y.Y.; Feng, W.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Study and Applications of Tetrasubstituted Hypervalent Selenium–Halogen Species in Catalytic Electrophilic Halogenations,ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 2386-2395.[Link]
  19. Wang, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Flexible Polarizable Water Model Parameterized via Gaussian Process Regression,J. Chem. Theory Comput.,2022, 18 (12), 7155–7165.[Link]
  20. Ng, S. I. M.; Ng, K. H.; Yeung, P. W. F.; Xu, R.; So, P.-K.; Huang, Y.; Yu, J. Z.; Choi, C. K. K.;Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Chan, M.N.*,Chemical Transformation of a Long-Chain Alkyl Organosulfate via Heterogeneous OH Oxidation:A Case Study of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate,Environ. Sci. Atmos., 2022, 2, 1060-1075.[Link]
  21. Guan, X.; Liu, Y.; Wan, Z.*; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Ngai, T.*,Non-covalent reconfigurable microgel colloidosomes with a well-defined bilayer shell,Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 6205-6216.(Inside front cover)[Link]
  22. Xu, J.; Liu, Y.; Guo, T.; Sun, G.*; Luo, J.; Liu, R.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Ngai, T.*,Investigation of the Contact Angle and Packing Density of Silica Nanoparticles at a Pickering Emulsion Interface Fixed by UV Polymerization,Langmuir, 2022, 38 (14), 4234-4242.[Link]
  23. He, X.; Wang, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Ke, Z*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Bis-selenonium Cations as Bidentate Chalcogen Bond Donors in Catalysis,ACS Catal., 2021, 11 (20), 12632.[Link]
  24. Chan, Y.-C.; Wang, X.; Lam, Y.-P.; Wong, J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,A Catalyst-Controlled Enantiodivergent Bromolactonization,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (32), 12745.[Link]
  25. Lam, H. K.; Xu, R.; Choczynski, J.; Davies, J. F.; Ham, D.; Song, M.; Zuend, A.; Li, W.;Tse, Y.-L. S.; Chan, M.N.*Effects of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Relative Humidity on the Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Inorganic-Organic Aerosols:Insights from Methylglutaric Acid and Ammonium Sulfate Particles.Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2021, 21 (3), 2053–2066.[Link]
  26. Zheng, T.; Wang, X.; Ng, W.-H.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Catalytic Enantio- and Diastereoselective Domino Halocyclization and Spiroketalization,Nat. Catal. 2020, 3 (12), 993-1001.(front cover)[Link]
  27. Chio, C.C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Hindered Diffusion near Fluid-Solid Interfaces: Comparison of Molecular Dynamics to Continuum Hydrodynamics,Langmuir 2020, 36 (32), 9412-9423.(ACS Editors’ Choice)[Link]
  28. Pak, C.Y.; Li, W.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Free Energy and Dynamics of Organic-Coated Water Droplet Coalescence,J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (16), 8749-8757.[Link]
  29. Chen, C.; Arnsten, C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Simulation Study of the Effects of Phase Separation on Hydroxide Solvation and Transport in Anion Exchange Membranes,J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152 (9), 094903.[Link]
  30. Xiong, X.; Zheng, T.; Wang, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Access to Chiral Bisphenol Ligands (BPOL) through Desymmetrizing Asymmetric Ortho-Selective Halogenation,Chem 2020, 6 (4), 919-932.[Link]
  31. Xu, R.; Lam, H.K.; Wilson, K.R.; Davies, J.F.; Song, M.; Li, W.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Chan, M.N.*,Effect of Inorganic-to-Organic Mass Ratio on the Heterogeneous OH Reaction Rates of Erythritol,Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2020, 20, 3879-3893.[Link]
  32. Li, W.; Pak, C.Y.; Wang, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Uptake of Common Atmospheric Gases by Organic-Coated Water Droplets,J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123 (31), 18924-18931.[Link]
  33. Lam, Y.-P.; Wang, X.; Tan, F.; Ng, W.-H.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Amide/Iminium Zwitterionic Catalysts for (Trans)esterification: Application in Biodiesel Synthesis,ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (9), 8083-8092.[Link]
  34. Choi, C.K.K.; Chiu, Y.T.E.; Zhuo, X.; Liu, Y.; Pak, C.Y.; Liu, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.;Wang, J.; Choi, C.H.J.*,Dopamine-Mediated Assembly of Citrate-Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles into Stable Core–Shell Nanoworms for Intracellular Applications,ACS Nano 2019, 13 (5), 5864-5884.[Link]
  35. Chio, C.C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Patchy Colloidal Particles at the Fluid-Fluid Interface,Soft Matter 2018, 14 (46), 9457-9465.[Link]
  36. Pak, C.Y.; Li, W.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Free Energy and Dynamics of Water Droplet Coalescence,J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (40), 22975–22984.[Link]
  37. He, X.; Wang, X.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Ke, Z.*; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Applications of Selenonium Cation as a Lewis Acid in Organocatalytic Reactions,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (39), 12869-12873.[Link]
  38. Li, W.; Pak, C.Y.; Tse, Y.-L. S.*,Free Energy Study of H2O, N2O5, SO2, and O3 Gas Sorption by Water Droplets/Slabs,J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 148 (16), 164706.[Link]
  39. Liu, Y.; Kwong, F.Y.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Yeung, Y.-Y.*,Accessing Axially Chiral Biaryls via Organocatalytic Enantioselective Dynamic-Kinetic Resolution-Semipinacol Rearrangement.ACS Catal. 2017, 7 (7), 4435-4440.[Link]
  40. Arntsen, C.; Savage, J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Voth, G. A.*,Simulation of Proton Transport in Proton Exchange Membranes with Reactive Molecular Dynamics.Fuel Cells 2016, 16 (6), 695-703.[Link]
  41. Chen, C.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Lindberg, G. E.; Knight, C.; Voth, G. A.*,Hydroxide Solvation and Transport in Anion Exchange Membranes.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (3), 991-1000.[Link]
  42. Biswas, R.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Tokmakoff, A.; Voth, G. A.*,Role of Pre-Solvation and Anharmonicity in Aqueous Phase Hydrated Proton Solvation and Transport.J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120 (8), 1793-1804.[Link]

Before joining CUHK

  1. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Chen, C.; Lindberg, G. E.; Kumar, R.; Voth, G. A.*,Propensity of Hydrated Excess Protons and Hydroxide Anions for the Air-Water Interface.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (39), 12610-12616.[Link]
  2. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Knight, C.; Voth, G. A.*,An Analysis of Hydrated Proton Diffusion in Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics.J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142 (1), 014104.[Link]
  3. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Voth, G. A.*; Witten, T. A.*,Ion Mixing, Hydration, and Transport in Aqueous Ionic Systems.J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142 (18), 184905.[Link]
  4. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Sarode, H. N.; Lindberg, G. E.; Witten, T. A.; Yang, Y.;Herring, A. M.; Voth, G. A.*,Chloride Enhances Fluoride Mobility in Anion Exchange Membrane/Polycationic Systems.J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (2), 845-853.[Link]
  5. Savage, J.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Voth, G. A.*,Proton Transport Mechanism of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes.J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (31), 17436-17445.[Link]
  6. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Herring, A. M.; Kim, K.; Voth, G. A.*,Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proton Transport in 3M and Nafion Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes.J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117 (16), 8079-8091.[Link]
  7. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Andersen, H. C.,Modified Scaling Principle for Rotational Relaxation in a Model for Suspensions of Rigid Rods.J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 139 (4), 044905.[Link]
  8. Tse, Y.-L. S.; Andersen, H. C.*,A Lattice Model of the Translational Dynamics of Nonrotating Rigid Rods.J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136 (2), 024904.[Link]
  9. Abel, S. M.; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Andersen, H. C.*,Kinetic Theories of Dynamics and Persistent Caging in a One-Dimensional Lattice Gas.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106 (36), 15142-15147.[Link]
  10. Loo, B. H.*; Tse, Y.-L. S.; Parsons, K.; Adelman, C.; El-Hage, A.; Lee, Y. G.,Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Imidazole Adsorbed on Electrode and Colloidal Surfaces of Cu, Ag, and Au.J. Raman Spectrosc. 2006, 37 (1-3), 299-304.[Link]