Wen-Chang ChenPrincipal
Professor Wen-Chang Chen is currently the President of National Taiwan University and a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering. He is also the director of the National Taiwan University Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology. His research focuses on electronic and optoelectronic polymers, intercalater copolymer nanopolymers and nano-polymer composite optical materials, which are widely used in light-emitting diodes, thin-film transistors and high heat-resistant transparent electronic substrates. His research achievements have been recognized by many domestic and international awards, including the National Lecture of the Ministry of Education and the honor of Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials Science.
- Publications:
- Y.‐C. Chiang, C.‐C. Hung, Y.‐C. Lin, Y.‐C. Chiu, T. Isono, T. Satoh,* and W.‐C. Chen,* “High‐Performance Nonvolatile Organic Photonic Transistor Memory Devices using Conjugated Rod–Coil Materials as a Floating Gate”, Adv. Mater., 32, 2002638 (2020).
- Y.-F. Yang, Y.-C. Chiang, Y.-C. Lin, G.-S. Li, C.-C. Hung, and W.-C. Chen,* “Highly Efficient Photo-Induced Recovery Conferred Using Charge-Transfer Supramolecular Electrets in Bistable Photonic Transistor Memory”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 31, 2102174, (2021)
- E. Ercan*, Y.-C. Lin, W.-C. Yang, and W.-C. Chen,* “Self-Assembled Nanostructures of Quantum Dot/Conjugated Polymer Hybrids for Photonic Synaptic Transistors with Ultralow Energy Consumption and Zero-Gate Bias” Adv. Funct. Mater., 32, 2107925 (2022).
- C C.-C. Hung, Y.-C. Chiang, Y.-C. Lin, Y.-C. Chiu, and W.-C. Chen,* “Conception of a Smart Artificial Retina Based on a Dual-Mode Organic Sensing Inverter”, Adv. Sci., 8, 21000742, (2021).
- W.-C. Yang, Y.-C. Lin, S. Inagaki, H. Shimizu, E. Ercan, L.-C. Hsu, C.-C. Chueh, T. Higashihara,* and W.-C. Chen,* “Low-Energy-Consumption and Electret-Free Photosynaptic Transistor Utilizing Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Conjugated Block Copolymers” Adv. Sci., 9, 2105190, (2022).
- Hsu, C., Yu, S., Shen, M., Ercan, E., Wang, Y., Lin, B., Wu, H., Lin, Y., Liu, C., & Chen, W. (2024). Spider Silk/Hemin Biobased Electrets for Organic Phototransistor Memory: A Comprehensive Study on Solution Process Engineering. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(26). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314907
- Sung, C. et al. (2024) ‘Ultrafast Quasi‐2D/3D Perovskite Photodetectors Conferred Using Interfacial Engineering of Self‐Assembled Monolayers’, Advanced Optical Materials [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202303241.
- Ningsih, L. A., Lu, P.-Y., Ashimura, S., Yoshida, M., Chen, W.-C., Chiu, Y.-C., & Hu, C. (2024). Highly effective photocatalytic degradation of plastic film (LDPE) using Ruthenium-incorporated g-C3N4 via the Norrish mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 480, 148089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.148089
- Wu, M., Chang, C., Liu, Y., Chen, W., & Lin, Y. (2024). Impact of ring structure and conjugation on the dielectric properties of polyimides at a high frequency of 10–40 GHz. Journal of Polymer Science, 62(15), 3307–3319. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230799
- Islam, Wu, Y., Elewa, A. M., Chen, W., Chu‐Chen Chueh, & Chou, H. (2024). Naphthalenediimide‐Based Polymer Dots with Dual Acceptors as a New Class of Photocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation under Visible Light Irradiation. Solar RRL, 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300994
- Yen, H.-C., Sung, C.-Y., Chen, P.-H., Lin, Y.-C., Tomoya Higashihara, & Chen, W.-C. (2024). Imparting Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers with Ambipolar Charge-Transport Capability by Using a Lewis Base of Triazabicyclodecene. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6(5), 2534–2546. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c02649
- Lin, C.-F., Wu, Y.-S., Hsieh, H.-C., Chen, W.-C., Isono, T., Toshifumi Satoh, Lin, Y.-C., Kuo, C.-C., & Chen, W.-C. (2024). Enhanced performance of phototransistor memory by optimizing the block copolymer architectures comprising Polyfluorenes and hydrogen-bonded insulating coils. Polymer, 295, 126772–126772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2024.126772
- Yang, W., Ender Ercan, Lin, Y., Chen, W., Watanabe, Y., Nakabayashi, K., Lin, B., Lo, C., Mori, H., & Chen, W. (2022). High‐Performance Organic Photosynaptic Transistors Using Donor−Acceptor Type and Crosslinked Core−Shell Nanoparticles as a Floating Gate Electret. Advanced Optical Materials, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202110
- Yang, W., Chen, Y., Yu, Y., Lin, Y., Tomoya Higashihara, & Chen, W. (2022). Enhancing the Performance of Electret‐Free Phototransistor Memory by Using All‐Conjugated Block Copolymer. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 44(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200756
- Ercan, E., Hsu, L.-C., Lin, Y.-C., Lin, B.-H., & Chen, W.-C. (2022). Multistimuli-Responsive Plasticity Transitions of a Phototransistor Conferred by Using Thermoresponsive Polyfluorene Block Copolymers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5(1), 463–475. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01592
- Chiang, Y.-C., Yang, W.-C., Hung, C.-C., Ender Ercan, Chiu, Y.-C., Lin, Y.-C., & Chen, W.-C. (2022). Fully Photoswitchable Phototransistor Memory Comprising Perovskite Quantum Dot-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites as a Photoresponsive Floating Gate. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(1), 1675–1684. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c18064
- Yu, P.-J., Lin, Y.-C., Lin, C.-Y., & Chen, W.-C. (2022). Enhanced mobility preservation of polythiophenes in stretched states utilizing thienyl-ester conjugated side chain. Polymer, 264, 125575–125575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125575
- Ho, C.-H., Lin, Y.-S., Hung, C.-C., Chiu, Y.-C., Kuo, C.-C., Lin, Y.-C., & Chen, W.-C. (2023). Discotic Liquid Crystals with Highly Ordered Columnar Hexagonal Structure for Ultraviolet Light-Sensitive Phototransistor Memory. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5(2), 1067–1076. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.2c01565
- Ender Ercan, Hung, C.-C., Li, G.-S., Yang, Y.-F., Lin, Y.-C., & Chen, W.-C. (2023). Molecular template growth of organic heterojunctions to tailor visual neuroplasticity for high performance phototransistors with ultralow energy consumption. Nanoscale Horizons, 8(5), 632–640. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nh00597b
- Inagaki, S., Sung, C.-Y., Chang, A.-C., Lin, Y.-C., Chen, W.-C., & Tomoya Higashihara. (2023). Synthesis of ABCBA-type miktoarm H-shaped copolymers with poly(3-hexylthiophene) segments and their application to intrinsically stretchable photonic transistor memory. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11(19), 6306–6316. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3tc00690e






