Publications:

 

Citation Information

 

Total Citation: 2228

H-index: 26

 

Journal publication: 72

Book chapters: 4

Book editor: 1

Patents: 3

Invited lecture: 13

 

Books

 

Editor

 

  • T T Y Tan (Editor), Rare Earth Nanotechnology, 2012 Pan Stanford Publishing, Print ISBN: 9789814316309.

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Author

 

  • Chin Yun Tee, Gautom Kumar Das, Yan Zhang and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Rare Earth Materials in Optoelectronic Applications. In: TTY Tan (Ed), Rare Earth Nanotechnology, 2012 Pan Stanford Publishing, Print ISBN: 9789814316309.
  • Gautom Kumar Das and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Structural Control and Surface Modifications of Rare Earth Nanomaterials. In: TTY Tan (Ed), Rare Earth Nanotechnology, 2012 Pan Stanford Publishing, Print ISBN: 9789814316309.
  • Yan Zhang and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Rare Earth Nanomaterials in Integrated Modalities Imaging. In: TTY Tan (Ed), 2012 Pan Stanford Publishing, Print ISBN: 9789814316309.
  • T T Y Tan, S Liu and Y Zhang, M-Y Han and S T Selvan (2011), Microemulsion Preparative Methods (Overview). In: Andrews DL. Scholes GD and Wiederrecht GP (eds), Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology, volume 5, p 399-441 Oxford Academic Press.

 

Journals

*Corresponding authorship

 

2014

 

1.      P Weerachanchai, Y Wong, KH Lim, TTY Tan, JM Lee, “Determination of Solubility Parameters of Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid/Solvent Mixtures from Intrinsic Viscosity” ChemPhysChem, 2014 Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402345

2.      Wei Wei, Yan Zhang, Rui Chen, Julian Goggi, Na Ren, Ling Huang, Kishore K. Bhakoo, Handong Sun, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Cross Relaxation Induced Pure Red Upconversion in Activator- and Sensitizer-Rich Lanthanide Nanoparticles” Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26, p5183.

3.      Yan Fei Ng, Liya Ge, Wen Kiat Chan; Swee Ngin Tan*, Jean Wan Hong Yong, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “An environmentally friendly approach to treat oil spill: Investigating the biodegradation of petrodiesel in the presence of different biodiesels” Fuel, Accepted Manuscript.

4.      Yan Zhang, Gautom Kumar Das, Vimalan Vijayaragavan, Qing Chi Xu, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, Kishore K. Bhakoo, and Subramanian Tamil Selvan,* Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “Smart” Theranostic Lanthanide Nanoprobes with Simultaneous Upconversion fluorescence and Tunable T1-T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast and Near-Infrared Activated Photodynamic Therapy, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, p12609.

5.      Chee Keong Ngaw, Qingchi Xu, Timothy T.Y. Tan*, Peng Hu, Shaowen Cao, Joachim S.C. Loo*, “A Strategy for in-situ Synthesis of Well-defined Core-shell Au@TiO2 Hollow Spheres for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 257, p112-121.

6.      Y Zhang, W Wei, GK Das, TTY Tan*, “Engineering Lanthanide-based Materials for Nanomedicine”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2014, 20 p71-96. (An invited submission)

7.      JD Lin, S Yan, QD Huang, MT Fan, YZ Yuan, TTY Tan*, DW Liao, “TiO2 promoted by two different non-noble metal cocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution”, Applied Surface Science, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.05.008

8.      Jie Zhao, Xiaohong Lu,  Yong Wang, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan *, “Surface-up Constructed Tandem-Inverted Bilayer Cyclodextrins For Enhanced Enantioseparation and Adsorption” , Journal of  Chromatography  A, 2014, 1343, p101

9.      Xiaobin Yao; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan; Yong Wang, “Thiol-ene click chemistry derived novel cationic cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase and its enhanced separation in high performance chromatography”, Journal of  Chromatography  A, 2014, 1326, p80.

10.  Jing Liu, Ziming He, Jingwen Xue and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “A metal-catalyst free flexible and free-standing chitosan/vacuum-stripped graphene/polypyrrole three dimensional electrode interface for high performance dopamine sensing’, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2 (17) p2478. (An invited submission to 2014 Emerging Investigators Theme Issue)

11.  Ziming He, Jing Liu, Jianwei Miao, Bin Liu, and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “A one-pot solvothermal strategy for hierarchical microspheres with radially-assembled single-crystalline TiO2-nanorods as high performance photoanode materials in dye-sensitized solar cells”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2 (8) p1381.

12.  Xiong, G.M., Yuan, S., Tan, C.K., Wang, J.K., Liu, Y., Tan, T.T.Y., Tan, N.S. and Choong,  C.  (2013) Endothelial cell thrombogenicity is reduced by ATRP-mediated grafting of gelatin onto PCL surfaces. J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2 (5) p485.

13.  Aswan Al-Abboodi, Jing Fu, Pauline M. Doran, Timothy T.Y. Tan*, Peggy P.Y. Chan*, “Injectable 3D hydrogel scaffold with tailorable porosity post-implantation” Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2014 3 (5) p725.

 

2013

 

14.  Ziming He, Hung Phan, Jing Liu, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “Understanding TiO2 Size-Dependent Electron Transport Properties of a Graphene-TiO2 Photoanode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Using Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy” Advanced Materials, 2013 25 47 p6900.

15.  Si Yun Khoo, Hongbin Yang, Ziming He, Jianwei Miao, Kam Chew Leong, Chang Ming Li, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*,  “Enhanced Charge Extraction of Polymer Solar Cell by Solution-Processable Gold Nanoparticles” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1 (34), 5402 – 5409.

16.  Siew Pei Hoo, Qiu Li Loh, Zhilian Yue, Jing Fu, Timothy T.Y. Tan, Cleo Choong, Peggy P.Y. Chan “Preparation of soft and interconnected macroporous hydroxypropylcellulose methacrylate scaffold for adipose tissue engineering” J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1 (24), 3107 – 3117.

17.  Jingdong Lin, Peng Hu, Yan Zhang, Meiting Fan, Ziming He, Chee Keong Ngaw, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Daiwei Liao, and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* "Understanding the photoelectrochemical properties of a reduced graphene oxide-WO3 heterojunction photoanode for efficient solar-light-driven overall water splitting". RSC Advances, 2013, 3 (24), 9330 – 9336.

18.  Feng Ai, Yong Wang, Hui Chen, Yang Yanhui, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* and Siu-Choon Ng*, Enantioselective separation of dansyl-DL-amino acids and some racemates on “click” functionalized native a-cyclodextrin based sub-2 µm columns, Analyst, 2013, 138 (8) p2289.

19.  Peng Hu, Stevin Snellius Pramana, Shaowen Cao, Chee Keong Ngaw, Jingdong Lin, Say Chye Joachim Loo*, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Ions Induced Synthesis of Uniform Single Crystalline Sulphide-based Quaternary Alloy Hexagonal Nanorings for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, Advanced Materials, 2013 25 18 p2567.

20.  Yang Liu, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan,* Shaojun Yuan and Cleo Choong*, Multifunctional P(PEGMA)-REDV conjugated titanium surfaces for improved endothelial cell selectivity and hemocompatibility, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 157.

21.  Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati, Pheng Kian Stella Khoo, Bao Hui Eng, Sijing Xiong, Xinxin Zhao, Gautom Kumar Das, Timothy Thatt-Yang Tan, Joachim Say Chye Loo, David Tai Leong, Kee Woei Ng, Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Characterization of Titanium Dioxide, Gadolinium Oxide and Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles in Human Fibroblasts, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A 2013 101A, 3 p633-640

22.  Xinxin ZHAO, SuXiu NG, Boon Chin HENG, Jun GUO, LwinLwin Ma, Timothy Thatt Yang TAN, Kee Woei NG, Say Chye Joachim LOO, Cytotoxicity of Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles is Shape- and Cell-Dependent, Archives of Toxicology, 2013, 87 (6) 1037-1052

2012

23.  Ziming He, Jing Liu, Yan Qiao, Chang Ming Li and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Architecture engineering of hierarchically porous chitosan/vacuum-stripped graphene scaffold as bioanode for high performance microbial fuel cell,  Nano Letters 2012, 12 (9) p4738

24.  Yan Zhang, Jing Dong Lin, Vimalan Vijayaragavan, Kishore K. Bhakoo, and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Tuning sub-10 nm single-phase NaMnF3 nanocrystals as ultrasensitive hosts for pure intense fluorescence and excellent T1 magnetic resonance imaging, Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 10322-10324

25.  Yin Xiao; Siu-Choon Ng; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Yong Wang, Recent development of cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases and their applications in chromatography: A review, An invited review article, Journal of Chromatography A 2012 1269 p52.

26.  Qing Chi Xu , Yan Zhang, Ziming He, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, An Efficient Visible and UV Light Activated B-N-codoped TiO2 Photocatalytic Film for Solar Depollution Prepared via a Green Method, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2012 14 (8) p1042.

27.  Qing Chi Xu, Yan Zhang, Ming Jie Tan, Yang Liu, Shaojun Yuan, Cleo Choong, Nguan Soon Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Anti-cAngptl4 Ab-conjugated N-TiO2/NaYF4:Yb,Tm Nanocomposite for Near Infrared-Triggered Drug Release and Enhanced Targeted Cancer Cell Ablation” Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2012 1 (4) p470.

28.  Yan Zhang, Gautom K. Das, Vimalan Vijayaragavan, Kishore K. Bhakoo and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Single-Phase NaDyF4:Tb3+ Nanocrystals as Multifunctional Contrast Agent in High Field Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging, Eur J Inorganic Chemistry, 2012 12 p2044

29.  Yong Wang, Feng Ai, Siu-Choon Ng*, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Sub-2 µm Porous Silica Materials for Enhanced Separation Performance in Liquid Chromatography, An invited review article, Journal of Chromatography A, 2012, 1228, p99-109.

 

2011

 

30.  ZM He, QC Xu, TTY Tan*, Understanding bactericidal performance on ambient light activated TiO2-InVO4 nanostructured films, Nanoscale, 2011, 3 (12), 4977 - 4983.

31.  ZM He, GH Guai, J Liu, CX Guo, SCJ Loo, CM Li, TTY Tan*. Nanostructure control of graphene-composited TiO2 by a one-step solvothermal approach for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells, Nanoscale, 2011, 3 (11), 4613 - 4616.

32.  Yi Wang, Kean Wang, Cong Guan, Ziming He, Zhisong Lu, Tao Chen, Jing Liu, Xin Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Chang Ming Li*, Surface functionalization-enhanced spillover effect on hydrogen storage of Ni-B nanoalloy-doped activated carbon, Int.  J.  Hydrogen Energy, 2011, 36 (21), 13663 - 13668.

33.  Qing Chi Xu, Yun Hau Ng, Yan Zhang, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Rose Amal,* and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, A Three-Way Synergy of Triple-Modified Bi2WO6/Ag/N-TiO2 Nanojunction Film for Enhanced Photogenerated Charges Utilization, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47 (30), 8641 – 8643

34.  Diana W Vellia; Qing-chi Xu; Kok Hwa Lim; Mahasin  Alam Sk; Tuti Mariana Lim; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Experimental and theoretical studies of Fe-doped TiO2 films prepared by peroxo sol-gel method, Applied Catalysis A: General , 2011 401 p98-105.

35.  Nan Fu, Peggy P.Y. Chan, Zihao Zhou, Tyson Byrne Jones, Timothy T.Y. Tan, Winston Duo Wu, Sean Xuqi Lin, Xiao Dong Chen, Production of monodisperse epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) microparticles by spray drying for high antioxidant activity retention, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2011 413 (1-2) 413 p155-166

36.  Gautom Kumar Das, Yan Zhang, Loyola D’Silva, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, Boon Chin Heng, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Subramanian Tamil Selvan, Kishore K. Bhakoo, and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Single-Phase Dy2O3:Tb3+ Nanocrystals as Dual-Modal Contrast Agent for High Field Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging, Chemistry of Materials  2011, 23 (9), pp 2439–2446.

37.  Yong Wang, Hui Chen, Yin Xiao, Cheong Hengq Ng, Ting Shan Oh, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Siu Choon Ng*, Facile preparation of cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases via organic soluble catalytic “click” chemistry for enantioseparation of chiral drugs, Nature Protocols 2011 6 p935-942.

38.  YuLing Jamie Han, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Utilizing Inverse Micelles to Synthesize Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles as Nano-Carriers" Journal of Nanoparticle Research  2012, 13 (8) p3441

39.  Yin Xiao; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Siu-Choon Ng*, Enantioseparation of dansyl amino acids by Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Using Cationic b-cyclodextrins as Chiral Additives, Analyst 2011 136, 1433

40.  Qing Chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Yun Hau Ng, Rose Amal, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Synthesis of Porous and Visible-light-active Bi2WO6/TiO2 Heterojunction Films with Improved Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Performances, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011 115 , 7419–7428.

41.  Qing Chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Dai Wei Liao, Tuti Mariana Lim, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of C-N-codoped TiO2 Films Prepared via an Organic-free Approach, Journal of Hazardous Materials  2011 188, 172-180.

42.  Xinxin Zhao, Boon Chin Heng, Sijing Xiong, Jun Guo, Timothy Thatt-Yang Tan, Freddy Yin Chiang Boey, Kee Woei Ng, & Joachim Say Chye Loo, In Vitro Assessment of Cellular Responses to Rod-Shaped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles of Varying Lengths and Surface Areas, Nanotoxicology  2011  5(2): 182–194.

43.  Dominik Janczewski, Yan Zhang, Gautom Kumar Das, Dong Kee Yi, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, Kishore K. Bhakoo, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan,* And Subramanian Tamil Selvan*, Bimodal Magnetic–Fluorescent Probes for Bioimaging, Microscopy Research And Technique 2011 74 p563-576.

 

2010

 

44.  Yong Wang; David James Young; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Siu-Choon Ng* "Click" preparation of hindered cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases and their efficient resolution in high performance liquid chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A 2010 1217, 7878-7883.

45.  Feng Ai, Laisheng Li, Siu-Choon Ng*, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Sub-1-micron mesoporous silica particles functionalized with cyclodextrin derivative for rapid enantioseparations on Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A 2010 1217, 7502–7506.

46.  Yong Wang, David James Young, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Siu-Choon Ng*, Chiral capillary electrochromatography with “click” chemistry derived β-cyclodextrin and permethylated β-cyclodextrin stationary phases, Journal of Chromatography A 2010, 1217, 5103-5108.

47.  Boon Chin Heng; Gautom Kumar Das; Xinxin Zhao; Lwin-Lwin Ma; Timothy Thatt-Yang Tan; Kee Woei Ng; Joachim Say-Chye Loo, Comparative cytotoxicity evaluation of lanthanide nanomaterials on mouse and human cell lines with metabolic and DNA quantification assays, Biointerphases Vol. 2010, 5 (3): FA88-FA97.

48.  Qing Chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Rose Amal, Dai Wei Liao, Joachim Say Chye Low and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Superhydrophilicity-Assisted Preparation of Transparent and Visible Light Activated N-doped Titania Film”, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 1122-1127.

49.  Yin Xiao; Yong Wang; Teng-Teng Ong; Liya Ge; Swee Ngin Tan; David J. Young; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Siu-Choon Ng* ‘Chiral capillary electrophoresis with cationic pyrrolidinium b-cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral selectors’ Journal of Separation Science, 2010 33(12), 797-805.

50.  Das, Gautom; Ng, Siu Choon; White, Timothy; Loo, Joachim; D'Silva, Loyola; Padmanabhan, P.; Bhakoo, Kishore; Selvan, S. Tamil; Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang* “Gadolinium Oxide Ultranarrow Nanorods as Multimodal Contrast Agents for Optical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Langmuir 2010, 26 (11), pp 8959–8965.

51.  Qing-chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Dai Wei Liao, Rose Amal and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Transparent Visible Light Activated C-N-F-Codoped TiO2 Films for Self-Cleaning Applications” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2010, 210, 181-187.

52.  Xinxin Zhao, Say Chye Joachim Loo*, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Peter Peng-Foo Lee, Chit Kay Chu, "Synthesis and Cytotoxic Activities of Chloropyridylimineplatinum (II) and Chloropyridyliminecopper(II) Surface-Functionalized Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers", Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2010 104(2)  105-110.    

53.  Lai-Sheng Li, Yong Wang, David James Young, Siu-Choon Ng*, Timothy T.Y. Tan* "Monodispersed Submicron Porous Silica Particles Functionalized with CD Derivatives for Chiral CEC" Electrophoresis 2010, 31 378-387.  

54.  Gautom Kumar Das, Peggy P.Y. Chan, Ailing Teo, Joachim Say Chye Loo, James Anderson, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “ in vitro Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Biomedical Nanoparticles and Their Extracts” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A,  2010, 93A (1) 337-346.

55.  Subramanian Tamil Selvan, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Dong Kee Yi and Nikhil R. Jana, Invited feature article “Functional and Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Biosensing” Langmuir ,2010, 26 (14), pp 11631–11641.

 

2009

56.  Yunxia Zhang, Gautom Kumar Das, Rong Xu* and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “Tb-doped Iron Oxide: Bifunctional Fluorescent and Magnetic Nanocrystals” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 3696–3703.

57.  Yong Wang; Teng-Teng Ong; Lai-Sheng Li, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Siu-Choon Ng* "Enantioseparation of a novel "click" chemistry derived native b -cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase for high-preformance liquid chromatography" Journal of Chromatography A, 2009, 1216 (12) 2388-2393.

58.  Yin Xiao; Teng-Teng Ong; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Siu-Choon Ng*, “Synthesis and application of a novel single-isomer mono-6-deoxy-6-(3R,4R-dihydroxypyrrolidine)- b -cyclodextrin chloride as a chiral selector in capillary electrophoresis” Journal of Chromatography A, 2009, 1216 (6), 994-999

59.  Yong Wang; Yin Xiao; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*; Siu-Choon Ng* “Application of Click chemistry based perphenylcarbamated b -cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase in capillary electrochromatography” Electrophoresis, 2009, 30, 1-7.

 

2008

60.  Charlene J W Ng, Han Gao, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Atomic layer deposition of TiO 2 nanostructures for self-cleaning applications” Nanotechnology , 2008, 19, 445604.

61.  Yong Wang; Yin Xiao; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan; Siu-Choon Ng“Click chemistry for facile immobilization of cyclodextrin derivatives onto silica as chiral stationary phases” Tetrahedron Letters, 2008, 49 (35), 5190-5191.

62.  Gautom Kumar Das and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* “Rare-Earth Doped and Co-Doped Y 2O 3 Nanomaterials as Potential Bio-Imaging Probe” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112 (30), 11211–11217.

63.  Ankesh Bansal, S. Madhavi, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan* and T.M. Lim* “ Effect of silver on the photocatalytic degradation of humic acid’ Catalysis Today, 2008, 131 (1-4), 250-254.

 

2007

64.  Timothy T. Tan , S. Tamil Selvan, Zhao Lan, Shujun Gao, Jackie Y. Ying “Size Control, Shape Evolution and Silica Coating of Near-Infrared-Emitting PbSe Quantum Dots” Chem Mat, 2007, 19(13), 3112.

65.  Yunxia Zhang, Jun Guo, Tim White, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Rong Xu* “Y 2O 3: Tb nanocrystals self-assembly into nanorods by oriented attachment mechanism” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111(22), 7893.

66.  P. Pichat, H. Courbon1, R. Enriquez, T. T. Y. Tan, R. Amal, “Light-induced isotopic exchange between O 2 and semiconductor oxides, a characterization method that deserves not to be overlooked”, Res. Chem. Intermed., 2007, 33 (3–5), 239–250.

 

2005

67.  S. T. Selvan, T. T. Tan, J. Y. Ying, “ Robust, Non-Cytotoxic, Silica-Coated CdSe Quantum Dots with Efficient Photoluminescence ” Advanced Materials , 2005, 17, 1620.

 

2003

68.  T. T. Y. Tan, C. K. Yip, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Effects of Nano-Ag Particles Loading on TiO 2 Photocatalytic Reduction of Selenate Ions,” Chemical Engineering Journal: Environmental, 2003 95 pp179-186.

69.  T. T. Y. Tan, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Photocatalytic Reduction of Se(VI) in Aqueous Solutions in UV/TiO 2 System: Kinetic Modeling and Reaction Mechanism,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2003 107 pp4296-4303.

70.  T. T. Y. Tan, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Effects of Organic Hole Scavengers on the Photocatalytic Reduction of Se ions,” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2003 159 pp273-280.

71.  T. T. Y. Tan, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Photocatalytic Reduction of Se(VI) in Aqueous Solutions in UV/TiO 2 System : Importance of Stoichiometric Ratio of Reactants on TiO 2 Surface,” Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2003 202 pp73-85.

 

2002

72.  T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “The Formation of Nano-Sized Selenium-Titanium Dioxide Composite Semiconductors by Photocatalysis,” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2002 4 pp541-552.

 

Patents filed

 

  • Timothy T.Y. Tan, Yan Zhang. Nanoparticulate Contrast Agent. PCT Application No:  PCT/SG2013/000372. International Filing Date: 27 August 2013
  • Timothy T.Y. Tan, Qing-chi Xu. Synthesis of Upconversion Nanocomposites for Photodynamic Therapy.  PCT Application No. PCT/SG2012/000478 (as a second filing) based on US Provisional Application No. 61/577,477.
  • J. Y. Ying, S. T. Selvan and T. Tan, “Coated Robust Water Soluble Quantum Dots,” US 7,405,002 B2, (Grant Date – 29 July 2008)

 

Invited Lectures and Conference 2012-2013

 

Invited lectures

 

  1. Timothy Tan, “Tailoring Lanthanide Nanocrystals for Nanomedicine” in International Workshop Photonics of Functional Nanomaterials 6-9th May 2013, Hong Kong.
  2. Timothy Tan, “Sustainable Construction in Singapore: Recycling of Incineration Ashes to Lightweight Green Building Materials” in International Workshop on Utilization of Recycling Materials and Their Environmentally Sound Quality in Asian Countries, Oct 25th – 26th 2012, Sendai, Japan.
  3. Timothy Tan, Siu-choon Ng, "Tailoring Chiral Stationary Phase for Ultra-Performance Chromatography" 2nd – 3rd March 2012, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  4. Timothy Tan, “TiO2 Nanostructures for Energy Applications” Invited speaker in APCChE 2012 (The 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering) 21st to 24th Feb 2012, Singapore.
  5. Timothy Tan, “Visible-Light Active TiO2 Nanostructures for Solar Energy Harvesting” Invited speaker in 2nd Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) 9 - 11 January 2012, Singapore.

 

Conference

 

  1. Yun DAI, Monzure-Khoda KAZI, Timothy T.Y. TAN,* “Modifier Stream Injection: A New Injection Mechanism for Preparative Supercritical CO2 Chromatography” in EDB-GSK Symposium, 13-15th March 2013, Singapore.
  2. Timothy Tan, “Tailoring Lanthanide Nanocrystals for Nanomedicine” in SPIE International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2nd to 7th Feb 2013 San Francisco, USA.
  3. Timothy Thatt Yang Tan,* Yang Liu, Shaojun Yuan and Cleo Choong, “Multifunctional P(PEGMA)-REDV conjugated titanium surfaces for improved endothelial cell selectivity and hemocompatibility” in “ICCMB” 8-10th Dec 2012, Singapore.
  4. Timothy T.Y. Tan*, Peggy P.Y. Chan, Aswan Al-Abboodi, Jing Fu, Pauline Doran, “Post-implantation tailorable porosity of a 3D injectable hydrogel scaffold” in “ICCMB” 8-10th Dec 2012, Singapore.
  5. Timothy T.Y. Tan*, Peggy P.Y. Chan, Aswan Al-Abboodi, Jing Fu, Pauline Doran,  “Post-implantation tailorable porosity of a 3D injectable hydrogel scaffold” in “International Symposium of Materials on Regenerative Medicine 2012” August 29 - 31 2012, Taipei, Taiwan.
  6. Cleo Choong and Timothy Tan*, “Endothelial cells selectivity over mesenchymal stem cells and improved hemocompatabiltiy on multifunctional P(PEGMA)-REDV conjugated Titanium surfaces” in “International Symposium of Materials on Regenerative Medicine 2012” August 29 - 31 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
  7. Z. He, H. Phan, T.Q. Nguyen, Timothy Tan* "Nanostructure control of graphene composite TiO2 by one-step solvothermal approach for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells" in " International Symposium on Catalysis for Clean Energy and Sustainable Chemistry (CCESC-2012), 27-29 June 2012, Alcobendas-Madrid, Spain.
  8. Timothy Tan, Siu-choon Ng “Novel Chiral Selectors and Chiral Stationary Phases for High Performance Enantioseparation” in “Prep 2012” 15th – 18th July 2012, Boston, Australia.
  9. Qiu Li LOH, Yih Yong WONG, Cleo CHOONG and Timothy TAN*, “Comparative Study of Different Alginate Microcapsules” in 9th Word Biomaterials Congress 1st – 5th June Chengdu China.
  10. Yih Yong Wong, Qui Li Loh, Shaojun Yuan, Cleo Choong and Timothy T.Y. TAN*, “The effects of degradation on multi-layered alginate microcapsules” in 9th Word Biomaterials Congress 1st – 5th June Chengdu China.

 

Invited Lectures and Conference 2011 and earlier

 

Invited lectures

 

  1. Timothy Tan, “Tailoring Nanostructures for Nanomedicine and Solar Harvesting Application” Invited lecture by Division of Bionanotech, Kyungwon University, 1st December 2011.
  2. Timothy Tan, “Green Preparation of Visible-light-Active TiO2 Films” Invited speaker in “CHEMECA” 18th – 23rd Sep 2011, Sydney, Australia.
  3. Timothy Tan, “Cytotoxic Evaluation of Biomedical Nanoparticles” Invited speaker in ICMAT2011 “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies” 26 June to 1 July 2011, Singapore.
  4. Timothy Tan, “Nanostructured Titania films for Enhanced Visible-Light Absorption’, Invited lecture by State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces (Xiamen University), 1st March 2010.
  5. Timothy Tan, “Self-assembly mechanism of rare-earth oxide nanocrystals to nanorods and their cytotoxicity” Invited speaker in ICMAT2009 “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies” 28 June to 3 July 2009, Singapore.
  6. Timothy Tan, “Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Functionalization and Potential Applications” Invited Speaker in the “UK-Singapore Bioelectronic Workshop, 23-24 Jan 2006, Biopolis, Singapore”.

 

Conference

 

  1. Timothy T.Y. Tan, Yong Wang, Siu-Choon Ng “High Performance Chiral Columns for Efficient Enantioseparation” in HPLC 2011, 19th to 23rd June Budapest, Hungary.
  2. Timothy T.Y. Tan, Yong Wang, Siu-Choon Ng, “Sub-1-micron Mesoporous Silica Particles Functionalized with Cyclodextrin derivative for Rapid Enantioseparation  in Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC)” in  The 17th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE2010) 22nd -23rd November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand.
  3. Diana V. Wellia, Qing Chi Xu, Tuti L. Lim, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, “Preparation and Study of the Fe-doped TiO2 films prepared by Peroxotitanate Sol Gel Method” in The International Symposium on Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 24th to 26th May 2010, Singapore.
  4. Gautom Kumar Das and Timothy T.Y. Tan*, “Gadolinium Oxide as Multimodal Contrast Agents for Optical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging” in The International Symposium on Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 24th to 26th May 2010, Singapore.

26.  Qing-chi Xu and Timothy T.Y. Tan*, “Preparation of transparent, porous and visible-light-active Bi2WO6/carbon-sensitized-TiO2 heterojunction bi-layer film” in The International Symposium on Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 24th to 26th May 2010, Singapore.

  1. Yan Zhang, Gautom Kumar Das and Timothy T.Y. Tan*, “Up-converting nanoparticles as optical imaging nanoprobes and T1, T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging contrast agent” in The International Symposium on Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 24th to 26th May 2010, Singapore.

28.  Ziming He, Qing-chi Xu and Timothy T.Y. Tan*, “Uniform carbon-sensitized TiO2/InVO4 film with high surface roughness: Visible light photocatalysis and wettability studies” in The International Symposium on Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 24th to 26th May 2010, Singapore.

  1. Timothy T.Y. Tan, Laisheng Li, Siu-Choon Ng, “Tailoring Submicron Porous Silica Particles for High Efficiency Enantioseparation in Capillary Electrochromatography (CEC)” In International Symposium on Advanced, Bio, Nano and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2009, Beijing, China 4-6th May 2009.
  2. Diana V. Wellia, Qing-chi Xu, Tuti Mariana Lim and Timothy T. Y. Tan “Investigation of Various Types of Unmodified and Modified Titania As Self Cleaning Surface” In International Symposium on Advanced, Bio, Nano and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2009, Beijing, China 4-6th may 2009.

31.  Gautom K. Das, Yan Zhang and Timothy T. Y. Tan “Mechanistic Studies of Various Fluorescent Rare-earth Oxides Nanorods” In International Symposium on Advanced, Bio, Nano and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2009, Beijing, China 4-6th may 2009.

  1. Qing-chi Xu and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Transparent Visible Light Activated N-F-Codoped Tio2 Films For Self-Cleaning Applications” In International Symposium on Advanced, Bio, Nano and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2009, Beijing, China 4-6th may 2009.
  2. Zhang Yan, Gautom K. Das, Selvan T. Subramanian, Timothy T. Y. Tan “Reverse Micelles Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic-Luminescent Bifunctional Core/Shell Nanocomposite” In International Symposium on Advanced, Bio, Nano and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2009, Beijing, China 4-6th may 2009.
  3. Timothy T. Y. Tan and Gautom K. Das, “Down and Up-conversion Fluorescence of Rare-earth Doped and Codoped Y2O3 Nanocrystals and Its Potential for Bio-imaging Applications” Nanotech Northern Europe 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-25th September 2008.
  4. Timothy T.Y. Tan, Laisheng Li, Siu Choon Ng, “Design and Synthesis of Silica Nanospheres for Achiral and Chiral Separation in Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) and Capillary Electrochromatography (CEC)’ Nanotech Northern Europe 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-25th September 2008.

36.  Timothy T. Y. Tan and Gautom K. Das, “Study of Luminescent Rare-Earth Doped and Co-Doped Y2O3 Nanocrystals for Potential Bio-Imaging Applications” 17th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Sydney Australia, 27th July – 1st August 2008.

37.  Timothy T.Y. TAN, Diana V. Wellia, Tuti Mariana LIM, “Investigation of Nanosized Titania Synthesized via a Modified Sol-Gel Route as Self-Cleaning Surface Materials” 17th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Sydney Australia, 27th July – 1st August 2008.

  1. Laisheng Li, Teng Teng Ong, Siu Choon Ng and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Octadecyl-Modified Non-porous and Porous Silica Nanoparticles for Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)” The International Symposium on Recent Advances in Biotechnologies, Hangzhou, China 7th-9th April 2008.
  2. Timothy T. Y. Tan and Gautom K. Das, “Rare-earth Doped and Co-doped Y2O3 Nanocrystals for Potential Bio-imaging Applications’ 3rd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, 25-27 Feb 2008
  3. Gautom K. Das and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Investigation of Terbium and Europium Dopant Concentrations in Y2O3 Nanocrystals for Potential Bio-imaging Applications” International Conference on Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB), Singapore, 10th – 12th December 2007.
  4. Ailing Li, Gautom k. Das, James M. Anderson and Timothy T.Y. Tan “in vitro Cytotoxicity Studies of Various Nanomaterials for Bio-imaging Applications via Direct Cell Contact Methods and Nanomaterials Leachate” International Conference on Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB), Singapore, 10th – 12th December 2007.
  5. Gautom K. Das and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Self-Assembly Of Rare-Earth Doped And Co-Doped Y2O3 Nanocrystals” 14th Regional Symposium for Chemical Engineering, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 4th – 6th Dec 2007.
  6. Diana V. Wellia, Tuti M. Lim and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Investigation of Nanosized Titania Synthesized via a Modified Sol-Gel Route as Self-Cleaning Surface Materials” 14th Regional Symposium for Chemical Engineering, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 4th – 6th Dec 2007.
  7. Laisheng Li, Teng Teng Ong, Siu Choon Ng and Timothy T.Y. Tan “Design and Synthesis of Silica Nanospheres for Achiral and Chiral Separation in Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography UPLC” 14th Regional Symposium for Chemical Engineering, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 4th – 6th Dec 2007.
  8. Timothy Thatt Yang Tan*, Yunxia Zhang, Rong Xu “Investigation of Self-assembly mechanism of Y2O3: Tb Nanocrystals into Nanorods for Potential Bioimaging Application” in NanoBio2007, Muenster, Germany, 13th – 15th Jun 2007.
  9. Y Zhang, T.T.Y. Tan and R. Xu, “Low Temperature Synthesis of N-Doped Mesoporous TiO2 Spheres”, 4th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Singapore, 6th – 8th Dec, 2006.
  10. T.Y. Tan, S.C. Ng, “Monodisperse Nanosilica for Chiral Separation” 1st International Conference on Exploring the Frontier of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Technology, Tianjin, China 26th-28th Sep 2006.
  11. Timothy Tan, Hua Fang and Siu Choon Ng. “Monodispersed Nanosilica Particles for Chiral Separation” “The 2nd NTU Nanotech Symposium” Singapore Oct 24th 2005.
  12. T. T. Y. Tan , Selvan T Subramaniam, Jackie Ying. “In-vitro Cytotoxicity Test of Water Soluble Quantum Dots”. In First International Conference of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore, 27-29 Sep 2004.
  13. Donia Beydoun, Timothy Tan, Rose Amal. "Effect of Organic Hole Scavengers on the Photocatalytic Reduction of Selenite," In Nanoparticles and Nanoporous Materials for Environment and Energy Applications Workshop, Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia , 28-30 Jan 2004.
  14. Luminescent Quantum Dot-Silica Nanoparticles for Bio-Labeling Application, S.T. Selvan, T. Tan, S.J. Gao and J.Y. Ying, Presented at “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2003,” Singapore, December 2003.
  15. R. Enriquez, T. Tan, and P. Pichat, “Probing By Oxygen Isotope Exchange The Effects Of Various TiO2 Treatments On Surface Oxygen Lability And TiO2 Accessibility. Comparison With Variations In Methanol Photocatalytic Removal In Air,” in The Eighth International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air Proceedings (TiO2-8), Montreal, Canada, 2003.
  16. D. Beydoun, T. T. Y. Tan and R. Amal, “Effects of Organic Hole Scavengers on the Photocatalytic Reduction of Se ions,” in The Eighth International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air Proceedings (TiO2-8), Montreal, Canada, 2003.
  17. D. Beydoun, T. T. Y. Tan and R. Amal, “The Synthesis of Se-TiO2 p-n Composite Semiconductor by Photocatalysis and its Implications,” in the 7th International Conference on Solar Energy and Applied Photochemistry Proceedings, Luxor, Egypt, 2003.
  18. T. T. Y. Tan, C. K. Yip, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Effects of Nano-Ag Particles Loading on TiO2 Photocatalytic Reduction of Selenate Ions,” in the 9th APCChE Congress and CHEMECA Proceedings, Christchurch, New Zealand 2002.
  19. T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “The Formation of Nano-sized Selenium-Titanium Dioxide Composite Semiconductors by Photocatalysis,” in the World Congress of Particle Technology 4 Proceedings, Sydney, Australia, 2002.
  20. T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Application Of The Photocatalytic Reduction of Se(VI) And Se(IV) by Ag-Modified And Unmodified TiO2 In The Synthesis of Nano Metallic Selenide Semiconductors,” in the Seventh International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalysis Proceedings (TiO2-7), Ontario, Canada, 2002.
  21. T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “The Synthesis of Nano Se-Tio2 P-N Composite Semiconductors By Photocatalysis,” in the The Seventh International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalysis Proceedings (TiO2-7), Ontario, Canada, 2002.
  22. D. Beydoun, T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw and R. Amal, “Deposition of Se Nano-particles onto TiO2 Photocatalyst using Se(IV) and Se(VI) as Se precursors,”  in the 14th International Conference On Photochemical Conversion and Storage Of Solar Energy (IPS-14) Proceedings, Sapporo, 2002.
  23. T. T. Y. Tan, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “The Formation of Nano-sized Selenium-Titanium Dioxide Composite Semiconductors by Photocatalysis,” in the 1st International Student Congress of Particle Technology Proceedings, Terrigal, Australia, 2002.
  24. T. T. Y. Tan, J. Scott, M. Zaw, D. Beydoun and R. Amal, “Photocatalytic Reductions of Se(IV) in Aqueous Solutions,” in the Sixth International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air Proceedings (TiO2-6), Ontario, Canada, 2001.

 

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