Prof. Chin-Yiu CHAN

PhD University of Hong Kong
BSc. Chinese University of Hong Kong


Assistant Professor


Office: BOC-R7190
Phone: +(852)-3442-2729
Fax: +(852)-3442-0892
Email: chinychan2@cityu.edu.hk
Web: -

PhD University of Hong Kong
BSc. Chinese University of Hong Kong


Assistant Professor


Office: BOC-R7190
Phone: +(852)-3442-2729
Fax: +(852)-3442-0892
Email: chinychan2@cityu.edu.hk
Web: -

Prof. Chin-Yiu Chan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. After completion of BSc. at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chan earned his PhD at the University of Hong Kong in 2015, under the supervision of Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam. He was a full-time postdoctoral fellow and research associate professor in the group of Prof. Chihaya Adachi at Kyushu University (Japan). He specializes in organic/organometallic chemistry, photochemistry/physics, materials chemistry and device engineering.

Selected Publications

  1. Y.-T. Lee, C.-Y. Chan*, M. Tanaka, M. Mamada, K. Goushi, X. Tang, Y. Tsuchiya, H. Nakanotani, C. Adachi*, Tailor-made Multi-Resonance Terminal Emitters Towards Narrowband, High-Efficiency, and Stable Hyperfluorescence Organic LightEmitting Diodes, Advanced Optical Materials 2022, 10, 2200682
  2. C.-Y. Chan*, M. Tanaka, Y.-T. Lee, Y.-W. Wong, H. Nakanotani, T. Hatakeyama, C. Adachi*, Stable Pure-blue Hyperfluorescence Organic Light-emitting Diodes with High-efficiency and Narrow Emission, Nature Photonics 2021, 15, 203.
  3. C.-Y. Chan, M. Tanaka, H. Nakanotani, C. Adachi*, Efficient and stable sky-blue delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes with CIEy below 0.4. Nature Communications 2018, 9, 5036.
  4. C.-Y. Chan, L.-S. Cui, J. Kim, H. Nakanotani, C. Adachi*, Rational Molecular Design for Deep-Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28, 1706023.
  5. C.-Y. Chan, Y.-C. Wong, M.-Y. Chan*, V. W.-W. Yam*, Bifunctional Heterocyclic Spiro Derivatives for Organic Optoelectronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 24782.
  6. C.-Y. Chan, Y.-C. Wong, M.-Y. Chan*, S.-H. Cheung, S.-K. So, V. W.-W. Yam*, Hole-Transporting Spirothioxanthene Derivatives as Donor Materials for Efficient Small-Molecule-Based Organic Photovoltaic Devices. Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26, 6585.