Curriculum Vitae
Chih-Yang Chang
Chih-Yang Chang
Department of Material Science & Engineering
University of Florida, PO Box 116005
Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Office: 1-(352)-846-2989
Fax: 1-(352)-392-9513
Email: arye9011@ufl.edu
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Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
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Education
 Ph.D. in Physics, National Central University, 09/01-06/06
Thesis: “Electrical Transport Properties of Single III-Nitride Nanowire”.
Advisor: Prof. Gou-Chung Chi, Prof. Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen
 M. S. in Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, 09/99-06/01.
Thesis: “Studies of Microwave Enhanced growth of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized
on Si Wafers and Scanning Probes”.
Advisor: Prof. Tzay-Shing Lai
 B.S. in Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, 09/95-06/99.
Research and Employment Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, Material Science & Engineering, University of Florida, 01/08Present,
Advisor: Prof. Stephen J. Pearton and Prof. Fan Ren
 Design, fabrication, and characterization of CO2 sensors with polyethylenimine/starch
and AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs).
 Fabrication and characterization of AlN/GaN HEMT high power transistors. This
project also works with SVT Company.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica,
Taiwan, 08/07-12/07
Advisors: Prof. Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen
 Fabrication, and characterization of the heterojunction nanowires-bsed organic
photovoltaic.
Mandatory officer (1st Lieutenant), Air Force, Taiwan, 07/06-07/07.
Visiting Research Student, Material Science & Engineering, University of Florida,
04/05-04/06
Advisors: Prof. Stephen J. Pearton and Prof. Fan Ren
 Fabrication, and characterization of ZnO nanowire/polymer composite p-n junction
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 Design, fabrication and characterization of single InN nanowire.
 Fabrication and study the effect of O-zone cleaning and annealing on Ti/Al/Pt/Au
Ohmic contacts of GaN nanowires
 Design and fabrication the control of nucleation site density of GaN nanowires
Research Assistant, Department of Physics, National Central University, 09/01-04/05
Advisors: Prof. Gou-Chung Chi, Prof. Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen.
 Preparation of catalytic nanoparticles (Au, Pt and Ni) for GaN nanowires growth
using sputtering deposition and e-beam deposition.
 Synthesis of GaN nanowires using thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
 Characterization of GaN and InN nanowires.
 Design, fabrication and electrical characterization of single III-Nitrides nanowire
device.
 Electrical characteristics of silver nanowires.
 Fabrication of high-NA GaN diffractive microlenses by e-beam photolithography and
ICP etching.
Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, 09/9906/01
Advisor: Prof. Tzay-Shing Lai, Prof. I-Nan Lin
 Synthesis of Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using thermal CVD and microwave plasma
enhanced CVD on Silicon wafer and Tungsten wire.
 Characterization of CNTs with SEM, TEM, EDX, and Raman.
 Design and development of advanced inductively coupled plasma (ICP), dc plasma,
hollow cathode plasma, and furnace reactors for CNT growth.
Honors
 Graduate Students Study Abroad Program (National Science Council, Taiwan),
04/05-04/06
 Annual Award for Outstanding Publication by Junior Researcher, Institute of Atomic
and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2006
Special skills
 Synthesis the III-Nitride compounds and Carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor
deposition methods.
 E-gun & thermal metal evaporator system.
 Electrical characterization of single nanowire.
 Filed emission-scanning electron microscopy & transmission electron microscopy
 E-Beam lithography & photolithography process.
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Training courses
Plasma Etching and RIE: The Fundamentals and Applications (American Vacuum
Society short course), March 2006
Reference
Prof. Stephen J. Pearton
Material Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
E-mail: spear@mse.ufl.edu, Phone: (352) 846-1086.
Prof.. Fan Ren
Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
E-mail: fren@che.ufl.edu, Phone: (352) 392-4727.
Prof. Gou-Chung Chi
Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
E-mail: : gcchi@ncu.edu.tw, Phone: (886) 3-4227151 ext 65302
Journal papers
1. X. Yu, C. Li, Z.N. Low, J. Lin, T.J. Anderson, H.T. Wang, F. Ren, Y.L. Wang, C.Y.
Chang, S.J. Pearton, C.H. Hsu, A. Osinsky, A. Dabiran, P. Chow, C. Balaban, J.
Painter, “Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Network Using AlGaN/GaN High Electron
Mobility
Transistor
Differential
Diode
Sensors”,
Available
online
doi:10.1016/j.snb.2008.08.005.
2. P.J. Huang, C.W. Chen, J.Y. Chen, G.C. Chi, C.J. Pan, C.C. Kuo, L.C. Chen, C.W.
Hsu, K.H. Chen, S.C. Hung, C.Y. Chang, S.J. Pearton, F. Ren, “Optical and
Structural Properties of Mg Ion Implanted GaN Nanowires”, Available online
doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2008.07.009.
3. B. H. Chu, B. S. Kang, F. Ren, C. Y. Chang, Y. L. Wang, S. J. Pearton, A. V.
Glushakov, D. M. Dennis, J.W. Johnson, P. Rajagopal, J.C. Roberts, E.L. Piner and
K.J. Linthicum, “Enzyme-based Lactic Acid Detection Using AlGaN/GaN High
Electron Mobility Transistors with ZnO Nanorods Grown on The Gate Region”,
Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, p1 (2008).
4. K.H. Chen, H.W. Wang, B.S. Kang, C.Y. Chang, Y.L. Wang, T.P. Lele, F. Ren, S.J.
Pearton, A. Dabiran, A. Osinsky and P.P Chow, “Low Hg(II) ion concentration
electrical detection with AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, Sensors
and Actuators B 134, 386–389 (2008).
5. C. Y. Chang, B. S. Kang, H. T. Wang, F. Ren, Y. L. Wang, S. J. Pearton, D. M.
Dennis, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopal, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, and K. J. Linthicum,
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“CO2 detection using polyethylenimine/starch functionalized AlGaN/GaN high
electron mobility transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, p232102 (2008).
6. F. C. Tsao, J. Y. Chen, C. H. Kuo, G. C. Chi, C. J. Pan, P. J. Huang, C. J. Tun, B.J.
Pong, T.H. Hsueh, C.Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton,and F. Ren, “Residual strain in ZnO
nanowires grown by catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition on GaN/sapphire
(0001)”,Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, p203110 (2008).
7. K.H. Chen, B.S. Kang, H.T. Wang, T.P. Lele, F. Ren, Y. L. Wang, C.Y. Chang, S.J.
Pearton, D.M. Dennis, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopal, J. C. Roberts, E.L. Piner, and K.
J. Linthicum, “c-erB-2 sensing using AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors
for breast cancer detection”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, p192103 (2008).
8. J. Y. Chen, G. C. Chi, P. J. Huang, M. Y. Chen, S. C. Hung, C. H. Nien, M. C. Chen,
S. M. Lan, B. J. Pong, C. J. Pan, C. J. Tun, F. Ren, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, Appl.
Phys. Lett., “Microstructure of InN quantum dots grown on AlN buffer layers by
metal organic vapor phase epitaxy”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, p162103 (2008).
9. Chih-Yang Chang, Gou-Chung Chi, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen, F. Ren and
S.J. Pearton, “Control of nucleation site density of GaN nanowires “,Applied Surface
Science Accepted, 253, p3196-3200 (2007).
10. Chih-Yang Chang, Tian-Wey Lan, Gou-Chung Chi, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien
Chen, Jau-Jiun Chen, Soohwan Jang, F. Ren, and S. J. Pearton, “Effect of Ozone
Cleaning and Annealing on Ti/Al/Pt/Au Ohmic Contacts on GaN Nanowires”,
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 9(5) G155-G157 (2006).
11. Chih-Yang Chang, Fu-Chun Tsao, Ching-Jen Pan, Gou-Chung Chi, Hung-Ta Wang,
Jau-Jiun Chen, F. Ren, D.P. Norton, S. J. Pearton, Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong
Chen, “Electroluminescence from ZnO nanowire/polymer composite p-n junction”,
Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, p173503 (2006).
12. Chih-Yang Chang, Gou-Chung Chi, Wei-Ming Wang, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien
Chen, F. Ren and S.J. Pearton, “Electrical Transport Properties of Single GaN and
InN Nanowires”, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 35, No.4, p738-743 (2006).
13. Chih-Yang Chang, Gou-Chung Chi, Wei-Ming Wang, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien
Chen, F. Ren and S.J. Pearton, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, p093112 (2005).
14. Hsiu-Fung Cheng, You-Ming Tsau, Tzu-Yang Chang, Tzay-Shing Lai, Ten-Fan Kuo,
I-Nan Lin, Diamond Relat. Mater. 12, p486-489 (2003).
15. Hsiu-Fung Cheng, You-Ming Tsau, Tzu-Yang Chang, Tsai-Shin Lai, Ten-Fan Kuo, INan Lin, Physica B, 323, p158-160 (2002).
Conference proceedings
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1. C.Y. Chang, B.J. Pong, Y.M. Laio, G.C. Chi, J. T. H.Tsai, W.M. Wang, L.C. Chen,
K.H. Chen, Electrical properties of single GaN nanowire field-effect transistor
patterned by shadow mask, The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings
and Thin Films, D1-2-12, San Diego, CA, USA, 2-6 May (2005).
2. C.Y. Chang, K.H. Chen, L.C. Chen, B.J. Pong, C.W. Hsu, G.C. Chi, The temperaturedependent photoluminescence study of GaN nanowires, Annual Meeting of Physical
Society, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan (2004).
3. C.Y. Chang, J.Y. Chen, B.J. Pong, C.C. Lee, H.C. Tseng, Y.M. Liao, W.F. Chiu, C.H.
Nien, G.C. Chi, Electrical characteristics of silver nanowires, International
Symposium on Nano Science and Technology, C-P-01, Tainan, Taiwan, 4-7
November (2003).
Book chapter
1. Bandgap Semiconductor Nanowires and Devices. S.J. Pearton, B.S. Kang, D.P. Norton,
F. Ren, Young-Woo Heo, Chih-Yang Chang, Gou-Chung Chi,Wei-Ming Wang and
Li-Chyong Chen,in Physics,Chemistry and Applications of Doped Nano Materials, ed.
H.S.Nalwa (American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA (2006).
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