CHENG, Hsiu-Wei(William)
Assistant Professor
Room A420, Chemistry Building
Fax: +886-2-3366-8671
Research Interest
- Single Molecule Kinetics in Confinement
- Ionic Liquids/Electrode Interface Kinetics
- High Entropy Alloy Catalysis and Passivation
- T-cell-Antigen Recognition Mechanism
Career and Service Experiences
- 2001 - 2004, Taipei Municipal LiShan High School, TWN
- 2004 - 2008, B. Sc., Chemistry, National Taiwan University, TWN.
- 2008 - 2010, M. Sc., Analytic Chemistry, National Taiwan University, TWN.
- 2013 - 2017, PhD, Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum/Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, DE.
- 2013 - 2017, Graduate researcher, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann (Stipend of International Max-Planck Research School)
- 2017 - 2017, Postdoctoral researcher, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg with Prof. Dr. Markus Valtiner (Full contract)
- 2017 - 2021, University Assistant/Group leader of Interface Electrochemistry at Applied Interfaces Physics group, Vienna University of Technology with Prof. Dr. Markus Valtiner (Full contract)
- 2021 - now, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University.
Honors and Awards
- 2011, Junior Teaching Assistant Award, NTU
- 2013, Stipend of International Max-Planck Research School
Selected Publications
- V. Wieser*, Y. C.-T. Yu, A. V. Ramierez, D. T. Wu, F. U. Renner* and H.-W. Cheng*, "Electrically Switchable Molecular Adhesion via Self-Assembled Monolayer-Mediated Hydration and Ion Structuring", Journal of American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 42416.
- W.-J. Chen, Y.-B. Tseng and H.-W. Cheng*, "Quantification of interfacial trap states via bias-applied HAXPES: a chemical-state perspective", Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2025, 13, 19856.
- T.-H. Huang, V. Wieser, D. Dworschak and H.-W. Cheng*, "Confinement-driven hydrogen evolution reaction on gold surface", Electrochimica Acta, 2025, 539, 146930.
- Y.-B. Tseng and H.-W. Cheng*, "Application of Machine Learning on Quantitative XPS Analysis for Heteroatoms (F, La, and N) Doped HfO2 Thin Film", Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 72, 107072.
- G.-H. Li, Y.-Y. Chang, V. Wieser and H.-W. Cheng*, "Deciphering the Interplay between Cr and Fe during Interfacial Electrochemical Processes: A Complementary Analysis using HAXPES and ICP-MS." Corrosion Science, 2024, 237, 112278.
- K.-C. Chuang, Y.-Y. Chang, C.-Y. Chiang, Y.-C. Liu, H.-H. Hung, K.-K. Tseng, J.-W. Yeh* and H.-W. Cheng*, "Corrosion of plasma sputtering medium entropy alloy thin film: A multidisciplinary perspective", Corrosion Science, 2023, 216, 111020.
- V. Wieser, P. Billoto, U. Ramach, H. Yuan, K. Schwenzfeier, H.-W. Cheng* and M. Valtiner*, "Novel in situ sensing surface forces apparatus for measuring gold versus gold, hydrophobic, and biophysical interactions", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2021, 39, 023201.
- H. Weiss, H.-W. Cheng, J. Mars, H. Li, C. Merola, F. U. Renner, V. Honkimäki, M. Valtiner* and M. Mezger*, "Structure and Dynamics of Confined Liquids: Challenges and Perspectives for the X-ray Surface Forces Apparatus", Langmuir, 2019, 35, 51, 16679–16692.
- B. Moeremans, H.-W. Cheng*, C. Merola, M. Oezaslan, Q.-Y. Hu, M. Safari, A. Hardy, M. van Bael, M. Valtiner* and F. U. Renner*, "In-Situ Mechanical Analysis of the Nanoscopic Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Anodes of Li Ion Batteries", Advanced Science, 2019, 6(16), 1900190.
- K. Schwenzfeier, A. Erbe, P. Billoto, M. Langauer, H.-W. Cheng, L. L. E. Mears and M. Valtiner*, "Optimizing multiple beam interferometry in the surface forces apparatus: Novel optics, reflection mode modeling, metal layer thicknesses, birefringence, and rotation of anisotropic layers", Rev. of Sci. Instruments, 2019, 90(4), 043908.
Update: 2026-04-23