Chi Chen

Associate Research Fellow
Chi Chen  Chi Chen
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Mail chenchigate.sinica.edu.tw
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ID E-9667-2013

Chi Chen

Associate Research Fellow
Research Interests
    • Scanning near-field optical microscopy
    • Tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy
    • AFM, STM, and SNOM instrumentation
    • Low-dimensional materials
    • Mesoscopic molecular assemblies
Education
  • B. S., National Taiwan University, 1999
  • M. S., National Taiwan University, 2001
  • Ph. D., University of California- Irvine, 2009
Positions and Career
  • 2022- Associate Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
  • 2013-22 Assistant Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
  • 2009-13 Postdoctoral researcher, Nanophotonics laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
Honors and Awards
  • 2022 Academia Sinica career development award
  • 2014 “96 Achievements at RIKEN in 100 years“, RIKEN, Japan
  • 2008-09 University of California Regent’s dissertation fellowship award
  • 2002 Dr. Yan’s thesis award in National Taiwan University
  • 2002 Chinese chemical society outstanding thesis award.
Selected Publications
  • P.-W. Tang, S.-Y. Shiau, H.-C. Chou, J.-R. Yu, X.-Q. Zhang, C.-T. Sung, Y.-H. Lee*, and C. Chen*, Visualization of bandgap evolution and bilayer coupling in WxMo1-xS2 alloy by near-field broadband absorption microscopy. ACS Nano , 16, 7503 (2022)
  • H.-C. Chou, X.-Q. Zhang, S.-Y. Shiau, C.-H. Chien, P.-W. Tang, C.-T. Sung, Y.-C. Chang, Y.-H. Lee*, and C. Chen*, Near-field spectroscopic imaging of exciton quenching at the atomically sharp MoS2/WS2 lateral heterojunction. Nanoscale 14, 6323 (2022)
  • S. Luo, P. P. Lin, L.-Y. Nieh, G.-B. Liao, P.-W. Tang, C. Chen, and J. C. Liao*, A cell-free self-replenishing CO2 fixing system. Nature Catalysis 5, 154 (2022)
  • H.-C. Chou, C.-K. Fang, P.-Y. Chung, J.-R. Yu, W.-S. Liao, S.-H. Chen, P. Chen, I.-S. Hwang, J.-T. Chen*, and C. Chen*, Structural and optical identification of planar side-chains stacking P3HT nanowires. Macromolecules 54, 23, 10750 (2021)
  • H.-C. Chou, W.-C. Hsu, Y. Yang, K. S. Schanze*, S.-C Luo *, C. Chen*, “Real-time spectral evolution of interchain coupling and assembling during solvent vapor annealing of dispersed conjugated polymers”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 222, 2100125 (2021)
  • W.-P. Chan, J.-H. Chen, W.-L. Chou, W.-Y. Chen, H.-Y. Liu, H.-C. Hu, C.-C. Jeng, J.-R. Li, C. Chen, S.-Y. Chen *, “Efficient DNA-driven nanocavities for approaching quasi-deterministic strong coupling to a few fluorophores”, ACS Nano, 15, 13085 (2021)
  • J.-R. Yu, H.-C. Chou, C.-W. Yang, W.-S. Liao, I.-S. Hwang, and C. Chen*, A horizontal-type scanning near- field optical microscope with torsional mode operation toward high-resolution and nondestructive imaging of soft materials. Review of Scientific Instruments 91, 073703 (2020)
  • K.-C. Chen, S.-M. Lai, B.-Y. Wu, C. Chen*, and S.-Y. Lin*, Van der Waals epitaxy of large-area and single-crystalline gold films on MoS2 for low contact-resistance 2D–3D interfaces. ACS Applied Nano Materials 3, 2997 (2020)
  • V. M. Balois, N. Hayazawa*, C. Chen*, E. Kazuma, Y. Yasuyuki, Y. Kim, T. Tanaka*, Development of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy based on a scanning tunneling microscope in a controlled ambient environment, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 58, SI0801 (2019)