Department of Chemical Engineering

Yu-Chen Tsai, Professor

Tel:+886-4-22857257; +886-4-22840510 ext 808

Ph.D., Oxford University, UK (1998 – 2001)
MS, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan(1991）
Assistant Professor, National Chung Hsing University
(2003-2006)
Associate Professor, National Chung Hsing University
(2006~2009)

Professor, National Chung Hsing University
(2009~)

Research Interests

Conducting polymers based chemical sensors and biosensors

Electroanalytical applications of carbon nanotubes modified electrodes

Fabrication of nanostructures by mean of atomic force microscopy lithography

Electroanalytical applications of Pt nanoparticles assembly at electrode surface

Selected Publications

Y.C. Tsai, B.A. Coles, R.G. Compton, F. Marken, ”Microwave Activation of Electrochemical Processes: Enhanced Electro-Dehalogenation in Organic Solvent Media” J. Am. Chem. Soc.,124(2002)9784.

.C. Tsai, J.M. Chen, S.C. Li, F. Marken, “ Y Electroanalytical thin film electrodes based on a Nafion - multi-walled carbon nanotube composite” Electrochem. Commun. 6(2004)917.

Y.C.Tsai, S.C. Li, J.M. Chen, “Cast thin film biosensor design based on a Nafion backbone, a multi-walled carbon nanotube conduit, and a glucose oxidase function” Langmuir 21(2005)3653.

Y.C. Tsai, J.M. Chen, F. Marken, “ Simple cast-deposited multi-walled carbon nanotube/Nafion thin film electrodes for electrochemical stripping analysis” Microchimica Acta ( in press).

J.M. Chen, S.W. Liao, Y.C. Tsai, “ Electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole within PMMA nanochannels produced by AFM mechanical lithography” Synthetic Metals (in press).

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