CHEN, Chun-hsien
Professor
Room A419, Chemistry Building
Fax: +886-2-3366-8671
Research Interest
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Molecular Electronics/Quantum Transport
- Surface Modification and Characterization
- Liquid-solid Interfacial Phenomena
- Electrochemistry
Career and Service Experiences
- 1986, B.S., National Sun Yat-sen University
- 1993, Ph.D., Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1993–1995, Postdoc, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1995–2000, Associate Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University
- 2000–2001, Associate Professor, National Tsing-Hua University
- 2001–2006, Professor, National Tsing-Hua University
- 2008–2010, Program Coordinator, Division of Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, National Science Council
- 2009–2011, Coordinator, Group of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Promotion Center, National Science Council
- 2010–2013, Associate Chair, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- 2014–2019, Deputy Vice President for Research & Development, Division Director for Strategic Planning, National Taiwan University
- 2014−2020, Associate Editor, Journal of The Chinese Chemical Society
- 2019−2025, Associate Dean, College of Science, National Taiwan University
- 2019−2025, Director, Precious Instrumental Center, College of Science, National Taiwan University
- 2006–present, Professor, National Taiwan University
Honors and Awards
- 1995−2000, Research Award, National Science Council
- 2000, Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Tsing-Hua Foundation of Chemical Technology
- 2001, Young Chemists Award, The Chinese Chemical Society
- 2002, Young Scientist Medal, National Tsing-Hua Univ
- 2004, Distinguished Alumnus, National Sun Yat-sen Univ
- 2005, Distinguished Teaching Award, National Tsing-Hua Univ
- 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award, National Taiwan Univ
- 2010, Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award, Far Eastern Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation
- 2008, 2015 Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council/Ministry of Science and Technology
- 2016, Outstanding Scholar Awards, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
- 2022 Academic Achievement Award (Chemical Society Located in Taipei)
- 2024 Academic Award (Ministry of Education)
- 2010– Distinguished Professor of NTU
Selected Publications
- Peng, H. H.; Lin, C.-H.; Tung, P.-W.; Lin, C.-W.; Chiang, Y.-C.; Wang, B.-S.; Ning, T.-H.; Ni, I-C.; Wu, C.-I; Chen, C.-h.* "Interfacial Hopping Integral as a Predictive Descriptor for Electron Transport: Saturated Alkane Junctions" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 6289–6298. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c18728
- Chuang, H.-L.; Fa, Y.-C.; Cheng, K.-Y.; Horng, E.-C.; Chou, Y.-T.; Cheng, R. P.*; Wu, L.-C.*; Ho, J.-a. A.*; Chen, C.-h.* "Visualizing Dynamics of Membrane Rafts on Live Cells" Sci. Adv. 2025, 11, eadv7001. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv7001
- Gu, M.-W.; Lai, C.-T.; Ni, I-C.; Wu, C.-I; Chen, C.-h.* "Increased Surface Density of States at the Fermi Level for Electron Transport across Single-Molecule Junctions" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214963. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214963
- Chen, T.-W. M.; Tanaka, Y.; Kametani, Y.; Cheng, K.-Y.; Lin, C.-H.; Lin, Y. R.; Hsu, T.-R.; Chen, Z.; Hao, J.; Mori, S.; Shiota, Y.; Yoshizawa, K.; Furuta, H.; Shimizu, S.*; Chen, C.-h.* "Spontaneous Assembly and Three-Dimensional Stacking of Antiaromatic 5,15-Dioxaporphyrin on HOPG" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212726.
- Gu, M.-W.; Peng, H. H.; Chen, I-W. P.*; Chen, C.-h.* "Tuning Surface d-band with Bimetallic Electrodes to Facilitate Electron Transport across Molecular Junctions " Nature Mater. 2021, 20, 658–664.
- Ting, T.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Huang, M.-J.; Horng, E.-C.; Lu, H.-C.; Hsu, C.-H.; Jiang, C.-H.; Jin, B.-Y.*; Peng, S.-M.*; Chen, C.-h.* "Mechanisms and Characteristics of Energy-Level Alignment for Single-Molecule Conductance" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15734–15738.
- Kuo, T.-Y.; Tseng, W.-H.; Chen, C.-h.* "Force Spectroscopy of Metal-Crown Ether Multivalency: Effect of Local Environments on Energy Landscape and Sensing Kinetics" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9213–9217.
- Huang, M.-J.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Fu, M.-D.; Chuang, S.-T.; Tien, F.-W.; Chen, C.-h.* "Conductance of Tailored Molecular Segments: A Rudimentary Assessment by Landauer Formulation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1832–1841.
- Chen, I-W. P.; Tseng, W.-H.; Gu, M.-W.; Su, L.-C.; Hsu, C.-H.; Chang, W.-H.; Chen, C.-h.* "Tactile-Feedback Stabilized Molecular Junctions for the Measurements of Molecular Conductance" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2449–2453.
- Kuo, C.-T.; Liu, Y.-M.; Wu, S.-H.; Lin, C.-H.; Lin, C.-M.; Chen, C.-h.* "Visual Semiquantification via the Formation of Phase Segregation" Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 3765–3769.
- Hsueh, S.-Y.; Kuo, C.-T.; Lai, C.-C.; Liu, Y.-H.; Hsu, H.-F.; Peng, S.-M.; Chen, C.-h.*; Chiu, S.-H.* "Acid/Base- and Anion Controllable Organogels Formed from a Urea-Based Molecular Switch" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9170–9173.
- Ko, C.-H.; Huang, M.-J.; Fu, M.-D.; Chen, C.-h.* "Superior Contact for Single-Molecule Conductance: Electronic Coupling of Thiolate and Isothiocyanate on Pt, Pd, and Au" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 756–764.
- Chou, C.-M.; Lee, S.-L.; Chen, C.-H.; Biju, A. T.; Wang, H.-W.; Wu, Y.-L.; Zhang, G.-F.; Yang, K.-W.; Lim, T.-S.; Huang, M.-J.; Tsai, P.-Y.; Lin, K.-C.; Huang, S.-L.; Chen, C.-h.*; Luh, T.-Y.* "Polymeric Ladderphanes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12579–12585.
- Wu, S.-H.; Wu, Y.-S.; Chen, C.-h.* "Colorimetric Sensitivity of Gold Nanoparticles: Minimizing Interparticular Repulsion as a General Approach" Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 6560–6566.
- Lee, S.-L.; Chi, C.-Y.; Huang, M.-J.; Chen, C.-h.*; Li, C.-W.; Pati, K.; Liu, R.-S. "Shear-Induced Long-Range Uniaxial Assembly of Polyaromatic Monolayers at Molecular Resolution" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10454–10455.
Update: 2026-03-23