Polymer Morphology & Electronics Laboratory
Research Field
Yu-Cheng Chiu joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Taiwan Tech. as a tenure-track assistant professor in August 2017. Currently, he is the Head of Polymer Morphology and Electronics Laboratory. Prior to joining the faculty, Yu-Cheng was a postdoc in the Zhenan Bao research group at Stanford University, where he studied on developing intrinsically stretchable/healable semiconductor and high-performance OFET by solution shearing. Before moving to Stanford, he received his PhD degree under the supervision from Prof. Wen-Chang Chen in December 2012 from the Chem. E at National Taiwan University and then stayed in the same group for his first post-doctoral research until Oct. 2014, where his research was aim to synthesize conjugated-based block copolymers for sensor applications and elucidate the electronic transporting behaviors at the semiconductor/polymer interfaces. BTW, he loves playing basketball very much.
My laboratory (Polymer Morphology & Electronics) specializes in the synthesis and characterization of rubber-like polymers, stretchable and self-healable polymers, nanocomposites, hydrophobic polymer membranes, and their application; polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries; morphology polymers; fabrication of fully stretchable and self-healable thin film transistor devices; and fabrication of thin film transistor memory devices. In addition to polymer synthesis, we explore techniques, such as modifying existing polymer structures, nanoparticle incorporation, and surface modification, to impart additional functionalities. The laboratory members consist of a postdoctoral researcher, 4 Ph.D. students, and 13 Master students (including 6 international students). Our laboratory members are very friendly and enjoy working together, thus, we welcome students from different nationalities to work together to create novel research.
Our laboratory research topics are divided into 4 main parts, namely [1]. synthesis of stretchable and self-healable polymer, [2] synthesis of polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries, [3] morphology of polymers, and [4] fabrication of thin film transistor devices (TFT) and TFT memory devices.
Honors and Awards:
1. 榮獲111年度國科會優秀年輕學者研究計畫(高分子學門)
2. 獲選2022 Emerging Investigators-Journal of Materials Chemistry C, (IF: 8.067, RSC publisher);
3. 獲選Rising Stars in Polymer Science 2022-Polymer Journal, (IF: 3.135, NPG publisher)
4. JAIST Visiting Research Fellow, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan (2021.12-2023.03)
5. 2020中華民國界面科學學會優秀年輕學者獎
6.指導大專生研究計畫 黃彥馨同學獲得108年度研究創作獎
7. Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan (2018.06-0218.09).
8. 2017臺灣科技大學 年輕學者研究獎
9. The Best Prize in Poster Presentation, 2018 Bowei Research Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2018.
10. 科技部 104 年度博士後研究人員學術著作獎
11. 2011年高分子聯合會議口頭論文競賽高分子加工、纖維與紡織組優勝
12. The Best Prize in Poster Presentation, Taiwan-Japan Bilateral Polymer Symposium, 2012, Japan.
13. Third Prize in Poster Presentation, Taiwan-Japan Bilateral Polymer Symposium, 2010, Taiwan.
International Invited Speeches:
(1) Y. C. Chiu,* 2022, International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2022), Busan, Korea. (Invited Speaker)
(2) Y. C. Chiu,* 2022, 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ). (Invited Speaker)
(3) Y. C. Chiu,* 2019, The International Conference on Electronic Materials Leading the Future (ICE-MLF 2019), Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. (Invited Speaker)
(4) Y. C. Chiu,* 2019, The 3rd Japan-Taiwan International Engineering Forum, Tokyo, Japan. (Invited Speaker)
(5) Y. C. Chiu,* 2019, Frontiers in Multidimensional Organic Semiconductors, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. (Invited Speaker)
(6) Y. C. Chiu,* 2018, 7th Synchrotron Radiation in Polymer Science (SPRS 2018) , Gyeongju, Korea. (Invited Speaker)
(7) Y. C. Chiu,* 2018, Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Polymer Science (2018 JKJS), Sapporo, Japan. (Invited Speaker)
(8) Y. C. Chiu,* 2018, 1st Asian-France Workshop (1st AFW) on "Soft Matter Self-Assembly & Applications", Grenoble, France. (Invited Speaker)
(9) Y. C. Chiu,* 2017, International Conference on Functional Carbons (2017 ICFC), Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited Speaker)
(10) Y. C. Chiu,* 2017, Japan-Taiwan Bilateral Polymer Symposium (2017 JTBPS), Yonezawa, Japan. (Invited Speaker)
(11) Y. C. Chiu,* 2016, International Symposium for Advanced Materials Research (ISAMR 2016), Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. (Invited Speaker)
(12) Y. C. Chiu, T. Y. Chen, Y. Chen, T. Satoh, T. Kakuchi, W. C. Chen,* 2014, IUPAC MACRO 2014, Chiangmai, Thailand. (Oral Presentation)
(13) Y. C. Chiu, T. Y. Chen, C. C. Chueh, H. Y. Chang, K. Sugiyama, Y. J. Sheng, A. Hirao, W. C. Chen,* 2013, The 13th Pacific Polymer Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Oral Presentation)
(14) Y. C. Chiu, C. L. Liu, W. Y. Lee, Y. C., T. Kakuchi, W. C. Chen,* 2013, IUPAC 10th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, Durham, United Kingdom. (Young Researcher Presentation)
2022.08-present = Associate Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2017.08-2022.07 = Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2016-2017 = Assistant Professor, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
2014-2016 = Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, USA
2013-2014 = Postdoctoral Scholar, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2012 = Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University,
2008 = M. S., National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2006 = B. S., Feng Chia University, Taiwan