January, 2013 CURRICULUM VITAE KUEI-HSIEN CHEN, Ph.D. CURRENT POSITION Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica Adjunct Research Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University CONTACT ADDRESS P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei 106, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2366-8232; Fax: 886-2-2362-0200 E-mail: chenkh@pub.iams.sinica.edu.tw; chenkh168@gmail.com EDUCATION 1984-1989 Ph.D. and M.S. in Applied Science, Harvard University 1983-1984 M.S. study in Applied Physics, Columbia University 1977-1981 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University HISTORY 1993-present Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica 2002-present Adjunct Research Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, NTU 1990-1993 Researcher, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY 1989-1990 Senior Researcher, Science Research Laboratory, Somerville, MA AWARDS AND HONORS 2012 Ho Chin Tui Outstanding Honorary Award in Materials Science 2009 Second Prize in Poster Awards, MRS-2009, Boston 2008-2013 Outstanding Scholar Awards of the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship 2008 First Prize in Science as Art Contest, MRS-2008, Boston 2008 Second Prize Poster Awards in MRS International Materials Research Conference, Chongqing, China 2008 Our work at Nature Nanotechnology 2, 770 (2007) was highlighted in npg Asia Materials by Nature Publishing Group as the best recently published research paper in the field of materials science (see on-line: 24 March 2008 http://www.natureasia.com/asia-materials/highlight.php?id=68) 2007 Our work at Nature Materials 5, 102 (2006) was selected bimonthly by Essential Science Indicators as a Fast Breaking Paper in Materials Science (see on-line: http://esi-topics.com/fbp/fbp-august2007.html) 2007 First Prize Award in the Art Contest of the Annual Meeting of American Vacuum Society, Seattle 2006 Outstanding Poster Award, ICONSAT 2006, New Delhi, India 2006 Outstanding Publication Award, IAMS, Academia Sinica 1 2005 Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan 2004 Outstanding Publication Award, IAMS, Academia Sinica 2003 Best Poster Award in National Nanoscience and Technology Conference 2002 Outstanding Publication Award, IAMS, Academia Sinica 2002 Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of Taiwan’s Physical Society 2000 Young Scholar Research Award, Academia Sinica 1999 Chemistry Lectureship, Damkang University 1994-2000 National Science Council Research Award 1998 Outstanding Article Award for the Material Society, ROC 1984-1985 Harvard University Fellowship 1978 Book Coupon Award, National Taiwan University EDITORIAL AND SOCIETY SERVICE 2012- Member of the Editorial Board, Advances in Energy Research, An International Journal (ERi) 1995- Reviewer for Advanced Materials, Nanoletters, Nanoscale, Chem. Phys. Lett., J. Appl. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett., Materials Chem. & Phys., and Applied Phys. 2000- Reviewer for Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship 2000- Member of APS, MRS, and Electrochemical Society (ECS) 2010 Co-organizer for MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Low-Dimensional Materials, San Francisco 2009 Organizer and Lecturer for tutorial course on “Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene” in MRS Fall Meeting, Boston 2008 Organizer for the Second New Diamond and Nano Carbon Conference (NDNC-2008), Taipei 2007 Executive Committee for the First New Diamond and Nano Carbon Conference (NDNC-2007), Osaka 2006-2007 Session Chair for the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF-2007), San Diego 2005 Program Committee for the 8th International Conference on Applications of Diamond and Related Materials, Argonne National Laboratory 2004 Organizer and Symposium Chair for IUMRS & ICA-2004, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, November 16-18 2002 Conference organizer for 8th International Conference on New Diamond Science and Technology, Australia 2002 Conference organizer for International Chemical Conference, Taipei (ICCT) 2000 Conference organizer and Secretariat for Taiwan International Diamond and Related Science and Technology Symposium, Taipei 1999-2000 Symposium organizer for 195th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Seattle 1995 Conference organizer for the Workshop on Diamond and Related Materials, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan 2 PUBLIC SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS 2008-2010 Board Member of Hakka TV, Taiwan 2005-2007 Member of the Board of Director in Public Television System, Taiwan 2003-2006 Co-producer and Host,《Hakka Outlook》program in Hakka TV 1999-2001 Co-producer, Drama in Hakka Literature, a 26 series in Public TV Service 1999-2003 Member of Program Advisory Board for Public Television Service, Taiwan 1996-1998 Chairman of Foundation of Formosa Hakka Radio 1988-1989 Founder and President of Harvard University Taiwan Study Club 1981-1983 Compulsory Military Service, Lieutenant in Army, Taiwan 1977-1981 Member and Captain (1981) of Rugby Football Team, National Taiwan University PUBLICATIONS 346 Referred papers, 76 International conference Invited/Keynote/Plenary talks, 7 Book Chapters, and 12 Patents; Total citation: ~6000, H-index: 39. REFERENCES Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel laureate, 1981) Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-495-3336 E-mail: nbloembergen@optics.arizona.edu Professor Eric Mazur Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-495-9616 E-mail: mazur@physics.harvard.edu Professor M.C. Lin Robert W. Woodruff Chair Professor of Chemistry, Emory University & Honorary Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University Tel: +886-35-712121 *56567 E-mail: chemmcl@emory.edu Professor Y.L. Wang Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica Tel: +886-2-2366-8233 E-mail: ylwang@po.iams.sinica.edu.tw Professor Cheng-Hsuan Chen Distinguished Research Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan Univesity Tel: +886-2-3366-9425 E-mail: chchen35@ntu.edu.tw 3 4 PUBLICATIONS 1. “Time-resolved Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy of Infrared-multiphoton- excited SF6,” J. Wang, K.H. Chen, and E. Mazur, Phys. Rev. A 34, 3892 (1986). 2. “Raman Spectroscopy of Infrared Multiphoton Excited Molecules,” K.H. Chen, J. Wang, and E. Mazur, Technical Digest, Int. Quantum Electronics Conf., San Francisco (1986). 3. “The Interaction of Infrared Radiation with Isolated Molecules: intramolecular nonequilibrium,” E. Mazur, K.H. Chen, and J. Wang, Proc. Int. Conf. on Lasers 6, Orlando, November, 359 (1986). 4. “Non-thermal Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Distribution in Infrared- multiphoton-excited CF2Cl2,” K.H. Chen, J. Wang, and E. Mazur, Phys. Rev. Lett, 59, 2728 (1987). 5. “Highly Nonthermal Intramolecular Energy Distribution in Isolated Infraremultiphoton-excited CF2Cl2 Molecules,” E. Mazur, K.H. Chen, and J. Wang, Laser Spectroscopy, Ed. S. Svanberg, 236 (Springer, 1987). 6. “Raman Spectroscopy of Infrared Multiphoton Excited Molecules,” J. Wang, K.H. Chen, and E. Mazur, Laser Chem., 8, 97 (1988). 7. “Energy Llocalization in Infrared Multiphoton Excited CF2Cl2 Studied by Time Resolved Raman Spectroscopy,”J. Wang, K.H. Chen, and E. Mazur, Int. Conf. Quantum Electronics, Tokyo Japan, Tech. Digest, 496 (1988). 8. “Multiplex CARS study of Infrared-multiphoton-excited OCS,” K.H. Chen, C.Z. Lu, E. Mazur, N. Bloembergen, and M. J. Shultz, Laser Spectroscopy IX, M. Feld, A. Mooradian, and J. Thomas eds., p.439 (Academic Press, 1989). 9. “Spontaneous Raman and Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Infrared Multiphoton Excited Molecules,” Kuei-Hsien Chen, Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University (1989). 10. “Multiplex Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy Study of Infrared- multiphoton-excited OCS,” K.H. Chen, C.Z. Lu, L. Avilas, E. Mazur, N. Bloembergen, and M. J. Shultz, J. Chem. Phys. 91, 1462 (1989). 11. “Multiplex Pure Rotational Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy in a Molecular Beam,” N. Bloembergen, K.H. Chen, C.Z. Lu, and E. Mazur, J. Raman Spectroscopy, 21, 819 (1990). 12. 1-mode Excitation in the Infrared Multiphoton Excited SO2,” C.Z. Lu, J. Goldman, S. Deliwala, K.H. Chen, and E. Mazur, Chem. Phys. Lett. 176, 355 (1991). 13. “Temperature and Density Distribution of H2 and H in Hot Filament CVD of Diamond Films,” K.H. Chen, M.C. Chuang, M. Penney, and W. F. Banholzer, J. Appl. Phys. 71, 1485 (1992). 14. “Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Infrared Multiphoton Excited Molecules,” S. Deliwala, J. Goldman, K.H. Chen, C.-Z. Lu and E. Mazur , J. Chem. Phys. 101, 8517-8528 (1994). 15. “Micro-Raman for Diamond Film Stress Analysis,”K.H. Chen, Y.L. Lai, J.C. Lin, K.J. Song, L.C. Chen, and C.Y. Huang, Diamond and Related Materials 4, 460 (1995). 16. “Infrared spectroscopy and vibrational relaxation of CHx and CDx stretches on synthetic nanocrystal diamond surfaces,” H.C. Chang, J.C. Lin, J.Y. Wu, and K.H. Chen, J. Phys. Chem., 99, 11081 (1995). 17. “Epitaxial Growth of Diamond Films for Electronic Applications,” K.H. Chen, J.Y. Wu, L.C. Chen, C.C. Juan, and T. Hsu, Proc. of the 188th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, Vol 95-21, p55-69 (1995). 18. “Local stress assessment of CVD diamond with micro-Raman Spectroscopy up to 1200 K,” L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, Y.L. Lai, and J.Y. Wu, Mechanical Behavior of Diamond and Other Forms of Carbon, M. Drory et al. eds., MRS 383, 165 (1995). 19. “High-temperature Raman Study in CVD Diamond,” K. H. Chen, Y. L. Lai, L. C. Chen, J. Y. Wu, and F. J. Kao, Thin Solid Films 270, 143. (1995). 5 20. “Formation of Crystalline Silicon Carbon Nitride Films by Microwave Plasma-Enhanced CVD,” L. C. Chen, C. Y. Yang, D. M. Bhusari, K. H. Chen, M. C. Lin, J. C. Lin, T. J. Chuang, Diamond and Related Materials 5, 514 (1996). 21. “On the Optimized Nucleation of Near-Single-Crystal CVD Diamond Film,” L. C. Chen, C. C. Juan, J. Y. Wu, K. H. Chen, and J. W. Teng, MRS Symp. Proc. Vol.416, 81 (1996). 22. “GaN Growth by Nitrogen ECR-CVD Method,” K.H. Chen, C.H. Chao, T.J. Chuang, et. al. , MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 423 , 377 (1996). 23. “The vibrational dephasing and relaxation of CH and CD stretches on diamond surfaces: An anomaly,” J. C. Lin, K. H. Chen, H. C. Chang, C. S. Tsai, C. E. Lin, and J. K. Wang, J. Chem. Phys. 105, 3975-3983 (1996). 24. “Large Area Epitaxial Growth of Diamond Films,” J.Y. Wu, and K.H. Chen, J. of the Vacuum Soc. of Taiwan 9, 18 (1996). 25. “Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Sulfation of Cerium Oxide,” J. Twu, C.J. Chuang, K.I. Chang, C.H. Yang, and K.H. Chen, Appl. Catalysis B : Environmental 12, 309-324 (1997). 26. “Si-Containing Crystalline Carbon Nitride Derived by Microwave Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition,” L. C. Chen, D. M. Bhusari, C. Y. Yang, K. H. Chen, T. J. Chuang, and M. C. Lin, C.K. Chen, Y.F. Huang, Thin Solid Film 303, 66-75 (1997). 27. "Traveling wave method for measurement of thermal conductivity of thin films," D. M. Bhusari, C. W. Teng, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68(11), 4180-4183 (1997). 28. "Temperature dependence of direct band gap of Si-containing carbon nitride crystalline films," D. Y. Lin, C. F. Li, Y. S. Huang, Y. C. Jong, Y. F. Chen, L. C. Chen, C. K. Chen, K. H. Chen, and D. M. Bhusari, Phys. Rev. B 56, 6498-6501 (1997). 29. “Composition of SiCN Crystals Consisting of a Predominantly Carbon-nitride Network,” D.M. Bhusari, C.K. Chen, K.H. Chen, T.J. Chuang, L.C. Chen, and M.C. Lin, J. Mater. Res. 12, 322 (1997). 30. “Raman Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Decomposition Mechanism of Ammonium Metavanadate,” J. Twu, C.F. Shih, T. H. Guo, K.H. Chen, J. Mater. Chem 7, 2273 (1997). 31. “Growth of Ternary Silicon Carbon Nitride as a New Wide Band Gap Material,” L.C. Chen, C.K. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, K.H. Chen, S.L. Wei, Y.F. Chen , Y.C. Jong, D.Y. Lin, C.F. Li, and Y.S. Huang, MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 468, 31 (1997). 32. “Highly transparent nano-crystalline diamond films via substrate pretreatment and methane fraction optimization,” K. H. Chen*, D. M. Bhusari, J. R. Yang, S. T. Lin, T. Y. Wang, L. C. Chen, Thin Solid Films 332, 34-39 (1998). 33. "Crystalline silicon carbon nitride: a wide band gap semiconductor," L. C. Chen, C. K. Chen. S. L. Wei, D. M. Bhusari, K. H. Chen, Y. F. Chen, Y. C. Jong, and Y. S. Huang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2463-2465 (1998). 34. “Highly transparent nano-crystalline diamond films grown by microwave CVD,” D. M. Bhusari, K. H. Chen, T. R. Yang, S. T. Lin, T. Y. Wang, and L. C. Chen, Solid State Comm. 107, 301-305 (1998). 35. “Effect of Substrate Pretreatment and Methane Fraction on the Optical Transparency of Nano-crystalline Diamond Thin Films, ”D.M. Bhusari, J.R. Yang, T.Y. Wang, K.H. Chen, S.T. Lin, and L.C. Chen, J. Mater. Res. 13, 1769 (1998). 36. “Novel Two Stage Method for Growth of Highly Transparent Nano-crystalline Diamond Films,” D.M. Bhusari, J.R. Yang, T.Y. Wang, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, Mater. Lett. 36, 279 (1998). 37. Electronic and Atomic Structures of Si-C-N Thin Film by X-ray-absorption Spectroscopy,” W.F. Pong, Y.K. Chang, H.H. Hsieh, M.H. Tsai, K.H. Lee, T.E. Dann, F.Z. Chien, P.K. Tseng, K.L. Tsang, W.K. Su, L.C. Chen, S.L. Wei, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, and Y.F. Chen, J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Pheno. 92, 115 (1998). 38. “The Use of a Bio-molecular Target for Crystalline Carbon Nitride Film Deposition by Ar Ion-Beam Sputtering without Other Source of Nitrogen,” L.C. Chen, T.R. Lu, D.M. Bhusari, J.J. 6 Wu, K.H. Chen, C.T. Kuo, and T.M. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 3449 (1998). 39. “Silicon-containing Crystalline Carbon Nitride: a Novel Wide Band Gap Material,” K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, J.J. Wu, S.L. Wei, R.L. Liu, and L.C. Chen, Proceeding of the symposium on Light Emitting Devices for Optoelectronic Applications, Electrochemical Society proceeding Vol 98-2, 417-433 (1998). 40. “Crystalline Silicon Carbon Nitride: A Wide Band Gap Semiconductor,” L.C. Chen, C.K. Chen. S.L. Wei, D.M. Bhusari, K.H. Chen, Y.F. Chen, Y.C. Jong, and Y.S. Huang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2463 (1998). 41. “Electronic and Atomic Structures of SiCN Thin Film by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations,” Y.K. Chang, H.H. Hsieh, W.F. Pong, M.H. Tsai, K.H. Lee, T.E. Dann, F.Z. Chien, P.K. Tseng, K.L. Tsang, W.K. Su, L.C. Chen, S.L. Wei, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, and Y.F. Chen, Phys. Rev., B 58, 9018 (1998). 42. “Sputtering Process of Carbon Nitride Films by Using a Novel Bio-Molecular C-N Containing Target,” T.R. Lu, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, T.M. Chen, and C.T. Kuo, Thin Solid Films 332, 74 (1998). 43. “Synthesis and Characterization of an Organic-inorganic Hybrid Compound: [WO3(2,2’-bipyridine)],” J. Twu, T.H. Fang, C.F. Hsu, Y.Y. Yu, G.J. Wang, C.W. Tang, K.H. Chen, and K.H. Lii, J. Matter. Chem. 8, 2181 (1998). 44. “Quantum confinement effect in diamond nanocrystals studied by X-Ray-absorption spectroscopy,” Y. K. Chang, H. H. Hsieh, W. F. Pong*, M.-H. Tsai, F. Z. Chien, P. K. Tseng, L. C. Chen, T. Y. Wang, K. H. Chen, D. M. Bhusari, J. R. Yang, S. T. Lin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5377-5380 (1999). 45. "Effect of target materials on crystalline carbon nitride films preparation by ion beam sputtering," C. T. Kuo, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, T. M. Chen, and T. R. Lu, Diamond & Related Materials 8, 1724-1729 (1999). 46. "Nano-carbon nitride synthesis from a bio-molecular target for ion beam sputtering at low temperature," J. J. Wu, T. R. Lu, C. T. Wu, T. Y. Wang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, C. T. Kuo, Y. C. Yu, C. W. Wang and E. K. Lin, Diamond and Related Materials 8, 605-609 (1999). 47. “Ellipsometric study of carbon nitride thin films with and without silicon addition,” L. C. Chen*, H. Y. Lin, C. S. Wong, K. H. Chen, S. T. Lin, Y. C. Yu, C. W. Wang, E. K. Lin and K. C. Lin, Diamond & Related Materials 8, 618-622 (1999). 48. “High purity nano-crystalline carbon nitride films prepared at ambient temperature by ion beam sputtering,” T. R. Lu, C. T. Kuo*, J. R. Yang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, T. M. Chen, Surface and Coatings Technology 115, 116-122 (1999). 49. “Silicon Carbon Nitride Films Deposited by ECR CVD,” K.H. Chen, J.J. Wu, C.Y. Wen, L.C. Chen, C.W. Fan, P.F. Kuo, Y.F. Chen, and Y.S. Huang, State-0f-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors XXX, 13-24, Ed. C.R. Abernathy et al. (ECS, 1999). 50. “Wide Band Gap Silicon Carbon Nitride Films Deposited by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition,” K.H. Chen, J.J. Wu, C.Y. Wen, L.C. Chen, C.W. Fan, P.F. Kuo, Y.F. Chen, and Y.S. Huang, Thin Solid Films 355-356, 205 (1999). 51. “Raman Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Decomposition of Molybdenum Oxide/2,2'-Bipyridine Compounds,”Jen Twu, Y.Y. Yu, C.W. Tang, G.J. Wang, and K.H. Chen, Applied Spectroscopy 9, 1083 (1999). 52. “Effect of Target Materials on Crystalline Carbon Nitride Films Preparation by Ion Beam Sputtering,” C.T. Kuo, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, T.M. Chen, and T.R. Lu, Diamond & Related Materials 8, 1724 (1999). 53. “Enhancement in Field Emission of Silicon Micro-tips by Bias-assisted Carburization,” P. D. Kichambare, F. G. Tarntair, T. Y. Wang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and H. C. Cheng, Proc. of the Appl. Diamond Conference and Frontier Carbon Tech. Joint Conference 1999, Tsukuba, Japan, pp. 353-358 (1999). 7 54. “Effect of hydrogen addition on SiCN films growth in an electron cyclotron resonance plasma chemical vapor deposition reactor,” J.-J. Wu, K. H. Chen, C.-Y. Wen, L. C. Chen, Y.-C. Yu, C.-W. Wang, and E.-K. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. 10, 783-787 (2000). 55. “Surface-enhanced Raman analysis of the diamond films by using different metals,” B. R. Huang, K. H. Chen, and W. Z. Ke, Materials Letters 42, 162-165 (2000). 56. “Crystalline SiCN: a hard material rivals to cubic BN,” L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, S. L. Wei, P. D. Kichambare, J. J. Wu, T. R. Lu, and C. T. Kuo, Thin Solid Films 355, 112-116 (1999). 57. “X-ray-absorption of Si-C-N thin films: a comparison between crystalline and amorphous phases,” Y. K. Chang, H. H. Hsieh, W. F. Pong, M. H. Tsai, T. E. Dann, F. Z. Chien, P. K. Tseng, L. C. Chen, S. L. Wei, K. H. Chen, J. J. Wu, Y. F. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 86, 5609-5613 (1999). 58. “Deposition of silicon carbon nitride by ion-beam sputtering,” J. J. Wu, C. T. Wu, Y. C. Liao, T. R. Lu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, L. G. Hwa, C. T. Kuo and K. J. Ling, Thin Solid Films. 355, 417-422 (1999). 59. “Piezoreflectance study of a Fe-containing silicon carbon nitride crystalline film,” C. H. Hsieh, Y. S. Huang, K. K. Tiong, C. W. Fan, Y. F. Chen, L. C. Chen, J. J. Wu, and K. H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 280-284 (2000). 60. “Growth, characterization, and properties of carbon nitride with and without silicon addition,” L. C. Chen, C. T. Wu, J. J. Wu, and K. H. Chen, Int. J. of Modern Phys. B14, 333-348 (2000). 61. “Comparative studies in field emission properties of carbon-based materials,” K.H. Chen, J. J. Wu, L. C. Chen, C.-Y. Wen, P. D. Kichambare, F. G. Tarntair, P. F. Kuo, S. W. Chang, and Y. F. Chen, Diamond & Related Materials 9, 1249-1256 (2000). 62. “Implication from using two different bio-molecular materials to synthesize crystalline carbon nitride films ,” C. T. Kuo, T. R. Lu, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 18, 1207 (2000). (IF: 1.460) 63. “Field emission from quasi-aligned SiCN nanorods,” F. G. Tarntair, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen, J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, P. F. Kuo, S. W. Chang, Y. F. Chen, W. K. Hong, and H. C. Cheng, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 20 (2000). 64. “MOCVD growth of indium nitride,” K. H. Chen, J. H. Hwang, F. H. Yang, Y. J. Yang, and L. C. Chen, Electrochemical Society Proceedings Vol. 2000-1, p.189-194 (2000). 65. “Effect of carbon sources on SiCN films growth in an electron cyclotron resonance plasma chemical vapor deposition reactor,” J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, C.-Y. Wen, L. C. Chen, H. J. Lo, and S. T. Lin, Diamond & Related Materials 9, 556-561 (2000). 66. “Interaction of atomic hydrogen with a Ge(111) surface: LEED and surface Raman studies,” C. Su, C. S. Tsai, T. E. Lin, K. H. Chen, J. K. Wang, and J. C. Lin, Surface Science 445, 139-150 (2000). 67. “Growth, characterization, optical and X-ray absorption studies of nano-crystalline diamond films,” L. C. Chen, T. Y. Wang, J. R. Yang, K. H. Chen, D. M. Bhusari, Y. K. Chang, H. H. Hsieh, and W. F. Pong, Diamond & Related Materials 9, 877-882 (2000). 68. “Piezoreflectance study of silicon carbon nitride nanorods,” C. H. Hsieh, Y. S. Huang, P. F. Kuo, Y. F. Chen, L. C. Chen, J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, and K. K. Tiong, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 2044-2046 (2000). 69. “Enhancement in field emission of silicon microtips by bias-assisted carburization,” P. D. Kichambare, F. G. Tarntair, T. Y. Wang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, and H. C. Cheng, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 18, 2722-2729 (2000). (IF: 1.460) 8 70. “Methylamine growth of SiCN films using ECR-CVD,” C. Y. Wen, J. J. Wu, H. J. Lo, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, S. T. Lin, Y.-C. Yu, C.-W. Wang, and E.-K. Lin, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 606, 115-120 (2000). 71. “High current density field emission from arrays of carbon nanotubes and diamond-clad Si tips,” F. G. Tarntair, L. C. Chen, S. L. Wei, W. K. Hong, K. H. Chen, and H. C. Cheng, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 18, 1207-1211 (2000). (IF: 1.460) 72. “Mechanism of luminescence in InGaN multiple quantum wells,” H. C. Yang, P. F. Kuo, T. Y. Lin, Y. F. Chen, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and J. I. Chyi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3712-3714 (2000). 73. “Growth of highly transparent nano-crystalline diamond films and a spectroscopic study of the growth,” L. C. Chen*, P. D. Kichambare, K. H. Chen, J. J. Wu, J. R. Yang, and S. T. Lin, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 753-759 (2001). 74. “Field emission properties of two-layer structured SiCN films,” F. G. Tarntair, J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen*, and H. C. Cheng, Surface & Coating Tech. 137, 152-157 (2001). 75. “Catalyst-free growth of transparent SiCN nanorods,” L. C. Chen*, S. W. Chang, C. S. Chang, C. Y. Wen, J.-J. Wu, Y. F. Chen, Y. S. Huang and K. H. Chen, J. Phys. & Chem. of Solids 62, 1567-1576 (2001). 76. “Electron beam induced formation of carbon nanorods,” K. H. Chen*, C. Y. Wen, C. T. Wu, L. C. Chen, C. T. Wang, K. J. Ma, J. Phys. Chem. of Solids 62, 1561-1565 (2001). 77. “Carbon nanotubes growth by rapid thermal processing,” K. H. Chen*, T. S. Wong, C. T. Wang, L. C. Chen, and K. J. Ma, Diamond and Related Materials 10, 1810-1813 (2001). 78. “Structure and elastic properties of amorphous SiCN films,” G. Lehmann, P. Hess*, J.-J. Wu, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and H.-Y. Lee, Phys. Rev. B64, 165305-(1-10) (2001). 79. “Electronic structure of the Fe-layer catalyzed carbon nanotubes studies by X-ray-absorption spectroscopy,” C. L. Yeh, C. J. Jan, J. W. Chiou, W. F. Pong*, M. H. Tsai, Y. K. Chang, Y. Y. Chen, J. F. Lee, P. K. Tseng, S. L. Wei, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett.79, 3179-3181 (2001). 80. “Electronic and bonding structures of amorphous Si-C-N thin films by X-ray-absorption spectroscopy,” H. M. Tsai, C. J. Jan, J. W. Chiou, W. F. Pong*, and K. H. Chen et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2393-2395 (2001). 81. “Bonding characterization and nano-indentation study of the amorphous SiCxNy films with and without hydrogen incorporation,” H. C. Lo, J. J. Wu, C. Y. Wen, T. S. Wong, S. T. Lin, K. H. Chen*, and L. C. Chen, Diamond Relat. Mater. 10, 1916-1920 (2001). 82. “Catalytic growth and characterization of gallium nitride nanowires,” C.-C. Chen*, C.-C. Yeh, C. H. Chen, M. Y. Yu, H. L. Liu, J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, J. Y. Peng, and Y. F. Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 2791-2798 (2001). 83. “Near-field images of the AgOx super-resolution near-field structure,” W. C. Liu, C. Y. Wen, K. H. Chen, W. C. Lin, and D. P. Tsai*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 685-687 (2001). 84. “X-ray absorption studies of carbon-related materials,” W. F. Pong*, C. L. Yeh, Y. D. Chang, M.-H. Tsai, Y. K. Chang, Y. Y. Chen, J. F. Lee, S. L. Wei, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, I. N. Lin, and H. F. Cheng, J. of Synchrotron Radiation 8, 145-149 (2001). 85. “Laser irradiation of carbon nanotubes,” P. D. Kichambare, L. C. Chen*, C. T. Wang, K. J. Ma, C. T. Wu, and K. H. Chen, Materials Chemistry and Physics 72, 218-222 (2001). 86. “Preparation and characterization of carbon nanotubes encapsulated GaN nanowires,” C.-C. Chen*, C.-C. Yeh, C.-H. Liang, C.-C. Lee, C.-H. Chen, M.-Y. Yu, H.-L. Liu, L. C. Chen, Y. S. Lin, K. J. Ma, and K. H. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. of Solids 62, 1577-1586 (2001). 9 87. “Effect of dilution gas on SiCN films growth using methylamine,” J. J. Wu, K. H. Chen, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen*, Y.-C. Yu, C.-W. Wang, and E.-K. Lin, Materials Chemistry and Physics 72, 240-244 (2001). 88. “Field electron emission from carbon-based emitters and devices,” L. C. Chen*, W. K. Hong, F. G. Tarntair, K. J. Chen, J. B. Lin, P. D. Kichambare, H. C. Cheng and K. H. Chen, New Diamond and Frontier Carbon Tech. 11, 249 (2001). 89. “Ion beam sputtered growth and mechanical properties of SiCN films,” C. T. Wang, K. J. Ma*, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and P. D. Kichambare, J. of Mater. Sci. and Engineering 33, 38 (2001). 90. “Thermal diffusivity in amorphous silicon carbon nitride thin films by the traveling wave technique,” S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen*, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, J. S. Wu, Y. F. Chen, G. Lehmann, and P. Hess, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 332-334 (2001). 91. “Integration of thin film transistor controlled carbon nanotubes for field-emission devices,” H. C. Cheng*, W. K. Hong, F. G. Tarntair, K. J. Chen, J. B. Lin, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 4 (4), H5-H7 (2001). 92. “Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotubes triodes,” W. K. Hong, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, F. G. Tarntair, K. J. Chen, J. B. Lin and H. C. Cheng*, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 40, 3468-3473 (2001). 93. “Resistive heated MOCVD deposition of InN films,” J. S. Hwang, C. H. Lee, F. H. Yang, K. H. Chen, L. G. Hwa, Y. J. Yang*, and L. C. Chen, Materials Chem. and Phys. 72, 290-295 (2001). 94. “Fabrication and characterization of low turn-on voltage carbon nanotube field emission triodes” H. C. Cheng*, K. J. Chen, W. K. Hong, F. G. Tarntair, J. B. Lin, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 4 (8), H15-17 (2001). 95. “Low turn-on voltage field emission triodes with selective growth of carbon nanotubes,” K. J. Chen, W. K. Hong, J. B. Lin, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, H. C. Cheng*, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 22, 516-518 (2001). 96. “Field electron emission from C-based emitters and devices,” L. C. Chen*, W. K. Hong, F. G. Tarntair, K. J. Chen, J. B. Lin, P. D. Kichambare, H. C. Cheng, and K. H. Chen, New Diamond and Frontier Carbon Technology 11, 249-263 (2001). 97. “Controlling steps during early stages of the aligned growth of carbon nanotubes using microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition,” L. C. Chen*, C. Y. Wen, C. H. Liang, W. K. Hong, K. J. Chen, H. C. Cheng, C. S. Shen, C. T. Wu and K. H. Chen, Adv. Fun. Mate. 12, 687-692, (2002). 98. “Thermal diffusivity in diamond, SiCxNy and BCxNy,” S. Chattopadhyay*, S. C. Chien, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, G. Lehmann and P. Hess, Diamond Relat. Mater 11, 708-713 (2002). 99. “Low temperature growth of aligned carbon nanotubes in large area,” P. H. Lin, C. R. Lin, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Int. J. of Modern Phys. B 16, 853-859 (2002). 100. “Electrical, thermal and structural properties of microcrystalline Si thin films,” D. Das*, M. Jana, A. K. Barua, S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Jpn. Appl. Phys. Lett. 41, L229-232 (2002). 101. “Field emission of nanostructured amorphous SiCN films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering of SiC in CH4/N2 atmosphere,” H. Y. Lin, Y. C. Chen, C. Y. Lin, Y. P. Tong, L. G. Hwa, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen*, Thin Solid Films 416, 85-91 (2002). 102. “Spectroscopic studies of nitrogenated amorphous carbon films prepared by ion beam sputtering,” D. Das*, K. H. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay and L. C. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 4944-4955 (2002). 10 103. “The analysis on the surface properties of the annealed-diamond membrane,” B. R. Huang*, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Mater. Sci. and Engineer. B 95, 111-115 (2002). 104. “High growth rate deposition of oriented InN films,” F. H. Yang, Y. J. Yang*, J. H. Hwang, K. H. Chen, T. H. Li, L. G. Hwa, and L. C. Chen, Thin Solid Films 405, 194-197 (2002). 105. “Selective-area growth of InN nanowires on gold-patterned Si(100) substrates”, C. H. Liang, L. C. Chen*, J. S. Hwang, K. H. Chen, Y. T. Hung and Y. F. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 22-24 (2002). 106. “Phase and thickness dependence of thermal diffusivity in SiCxNy and BCxNy,” S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen*, S. C. Chien, S. T. Lin, C. T. Wu and K. H. Chen, Thin Solid Films 420, 205-211 (2002). 107. “Heterostructures of ZnO-Zn coaxial nanocables and ZnO nanotubes,” J. J. Wu, S. C. Liu, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen* and L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 1312-1314 (2002). 108. “Bonding characterization, density measurement and thermal diffusivity studies of amorphous silicon carbon nitride and boron carbon nitride thin films,” S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen*, S. C. Chien, S. T. Lin and K. H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 5150-5158 (2002). 109. “Electronic structure at the carbon nanotube tips studied by X-ray-absorption spectroscopy and scanning photoelectron microscopy,” J. W. Chiou, C. L. Yueh, J. C. Jan, H. M. Tsai, W. F. Pong*, I. H. Hong, R. Klauser, M. H. Tsai, Y. K. Chang, Y. Y. Chen, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, S. L. Wei, C. Y. Wen, L. C. Chen and T. J. Chuang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 4189-4191 (2002) 110. “Growth and optical properties of self-organized Au2Si nanosphere peapoded in silicon oxide nanowires,” J. S. Wu, S. K. Dhara, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, Y. F. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Adv. Mater. 14, 1847-1850 (2002). 111. “Growth of high-quality epitaxial InN film with high-speed reactant gas by OMVPE,” F. H. Yang, J. S. Hwang, Y. J. Yang*, K. H. Chen, and J. H. Wang, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, L1321-1324 (2002). 112. “Improvement of field emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes by eximer laser treatment,” K. J. Chen, W. K. Hong, C. P. Lin, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen*, H. C. Cheng, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 6132-6136 (2002). 113. “Field emission characteristics of amorphous diamond,” M. C. Kan, J. L. Huang*, J. Sung, D. F. Lii, K. H. Chen, J. Am. Cherem. Soc. 86, 1513-1517 (2003). 114. “SiC-capped nanotip arrays for field emission with ultralow turn-on field,” H. C. Lo, D. Das, J. S. Hwang, K. H. Chen, C. H. Hsu, C. F. Chen, L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1420-1422 (2003). 115. “Elastic, mechanical, and thermal properties of nanocrystalline diamond films,” J. Philip, P. Hess*, T. Feygelson, J. E. Butler, S. Chattopadhyay, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 2164-2171 (2003). 116. “Quasiquenching size effects in gold nanoclusters embedded in silica matrix,” S. Dhara*, R. Kesavamoorthy, P. Magudapathy, M. Premila, B. K. Panigrahi, K. G. M. Nair, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 370, 254-260 (2003). 117. “Mechanical properties of amorphous boron carbon nitride films produced by dual gun sputtering ,” S. C. Chien, S. 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T. Wu, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen*, Y. L. Wang, L. C. Chen, C. W. Hsu, H. M. Lin and C. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 451-453 (2003). 123. “Electronic structure of GaN nanowire studied by X-ray-absorption spectroscopy and scanning photoelectron microscopy,” J. W. Chiou, J. C. Jan, H. M. Tsai, W. F. Pong*, M. H. Tsai, I. H. Hong, R. Klauser, J. F. Lee, C. W. Hsu, H. M. Lin, C. C. Chen, C. H. Shen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3949-3951 (2003). 124. “Enhanced field emission from nitrogen-doped amorphous diamond,” M. C. Kan, J. L. Huang*, J. C. Sung, K. H. Chen, and D. F. Lii, J. Mater. Res. 18, 1594-1599 (2003). 125. “Interface energy of Au7Si grown in the interfacial layer of truncated hexagonal dipyramidal Au nanoislands on polycrystalline-silicon,” J. S. Wu, Y. F. Chen, S. Dhara, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 4468-4470 (2003). 126. “Band gap dependence of field emission from one dimensional nanostructures grown on n-type and p-type silicon substrates,” C. S. Chang, S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, C. W. Chen,Y. F. Chen, R. Collazo and Z. Sitar, Phys. Rev. B 68, 125322-(1-5) (2003). 127. “Generally applicable self-masked dry etching technique for nanotip arrays formation,” C. H. Hsu, H. C. Lo, C. F. Chen, C. T. Wu, J. H. Hwang, D. Das, J. Tsai, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Nano Letters 4, 471-475 (2004). 128. “Blue shift of yellow band in self-ion beam irradiated GaN nanowires,” S. K. Dhara, A. Datta, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen*, Y. L. Wang, C. S. Shen, L. C. Chen, C. W. Hsu, H. M. Lin and C. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 3486-3488 (2004). 129. “Blue luminescence of Au nanoclusters embedded in silica matrix,” S. Dhara*, Sharat Chandra, P. Magudapathy, S. Kalavathi, B. K. Panigrahi, K. G. M. Nair, V. S. Sastry, C. W. Hsu, C. T. Wu, and K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 12595-12599 (2004). 130. “Characterization of nanodome on GaN nanowires formed with Ga ion irradiation,” S. Muto*, S. K. Dhara, A. Datta, C. W. Hsu, C. T. Wu, C. H. Shen, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Y. L. Wang, T. Tanabe, T. Maruyama, H. M. Lin, and C. C. Chen, Mater. Trans. 45, 435-439 (2004). 131. “Nanohomojunction (GaN) and nanoheterojunction (InN) nanorods on 1-dimensional GaN nanowire substrates,” Z. H. Lan, S. K. Dhara, K. H. Chen*, C. T. Wu, L. C. Chen, C. W. Hsu, and C. C. Chen, Adv. Func. Mater. 14, 233-237 (2004). (IF: 8.460) 132. “Amorphous boron carbon nitride as a pH sensor,” C. L. Li, B. R. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay*, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2676-2678 (2004). 133. “Hexagonal-to-cubic phase transformation in GaN nanowires by Ga+ implantation,” S. Dhara, A. Datta, C. T. Wu, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen*, and Y. L. Wang, C. W. Hsu, C. H. Shen, and L. C. Chen, and C. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. 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Chen and K. H. Chen, J. Mater. Res. 19, 1768-1774 (2004). 138. “Replication of mesoporous aluminosilicate molecular sieves (RMMs) with zeolite framework from mesoporous carbons,” A. Sakthivel, S. J. Huang, W. H. Chen, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen, H. P. Lin, C. Y. Mou, and S. B. Liu*, Chem. of Mater. . 16, 3168-3175 (2004). 139. “Mechanism of enhanced luminescence in InxAlyGa1–x–yN quaternary epilayers,” C. H. Chen, Y. F. Chen, Z. H. Lan, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, H. X. Jiang, and J. Y. Lin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1480-1482 (2004). 140. “Electronic and bonding structures of B-C-N thin films by X-ray absorption and photoemission spectroscopy,” S. C. Ray, H. M. Tsai, C. W. Bao, J. W. Chiou, J. C. Jan, K. Kumar, W. F. Pong*, M.-H. Tsai, S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen, S. C. Chien, M. T. Lee, S. T. Lin, and K. H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 96, 208-211 (2004). 141. “Growth mechanism, structure and IR photoluminescence studies of indium nitride nanorods,” Z. H. Lan, W. M. Wang, C. L. Sun, S. C. Shi, C. W. Hsu, K. H. Chen, C. C. Chen and L. C. Chen*, J. Cryst. Growth 269, 87-94 (2004). 142. “Structural and electronic properties of wide band gap silicon carbon nitride materials – a first principles study,” C. W. Chen*, M. H. Lee, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Diamond & Relat. Mater. 13, 1158-1165 (2004). 143. “Growth of well aligned IrO2 nanotubes on LiTaO3 (012) substrates,” R. S. Chen, Y. S. Huang*, D. S. Tsai, S. Chattopadhyay, C. T. Wu, Z. H. Lan, and K. H. Chen, Chem. Mater. 16, 2457-2462 (2004). 144. “Growth and characterization of vertically aligned IrO2 nanotubes,” R. S. Chen, H. M. Chang, Y. S. Huang*, D. S. Tsai, S. Chattopadhyay, and K. H. Chen, J. Crystal Growth 271, 105-112 (2004). 145. “Growth of nanocrystalline diamond films in CCl4/H2 ambient,” J. J. Wu*, C. H. Ku, T. C. Wong, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, Thin Solid Films 473, 24-30 (2005). 146. “Spillout effect in gold nanoclusters embedded in c-Al2O3(0001) matrix,” S. Dhara*, B. Sundaravel, K. H. Chen, et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 399, 354-358 (2004). 147. “Direct synthesis of highly stable mesoporous molecular sieve (MMS-H) containing zeolite building units,” A. Sakthivel, S. J. Huang, W. H. Chen, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen, H. P. Lin, C. Y. Mou, and S. B. Liu*, Adv. Func. Mater. 15, 253-258 (2005). (IF: 8.460) 148. “Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using self assembled silver nanoparticulates on silicon nanotips,” S. Chattopadhyay*, H. C. Lo, C. H. Hsu, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Chem. Mater. 17, 553-559 (2005). 149. “Transport properties of InN nanowires,” C. Y. Chang, G. C. Chi, W. M. Wang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, F. Ren, S. J. Pearton*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 093112-(1-3) (2005). 150. “Improved field-emission properties of carbon nanotube field-emission arrays by controlled density growth of carbon nanotubes,” C. P. Juan and K. H. Chen* et al., Jap. J. of Appl. Phys. 13 44, 365-370 (2005). 151. “Molecular sensing with ultrafine silver crystals on hexagonal aluminum nitride nanorod template,” S. Chattopadhyay*, S. C. Shi, Z. H. Lan, C. F. Chen, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 2820-2821 (2005). 152. “Direct evidence of nanocluster-induced luminescence in InGaN epifilms,” H. J. Chang, C. H. Chen, Y. F. Chen*, T. Y. Lin, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and Z. H. Lan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 021911-(1-3) (2005). 153. “Effects of high-density oxygen plasma post-treatment on field emission properties of carbon nanotube field-emission displays,” C. P. Juan, C. C. Tsai, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and H. C. Cheng, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 8231-8236 (2005). 154. “Fabrication and characterization of lateral field emission device based on carbon nanotubes,” C. P. Juan, C. C. Tsai, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and H. C. Cheng, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 2612-2617 (2005). 155. “Growth of single-crystal wurtzite aluminum nitride nanotips with self-selective apex angle,” S. C. Shi, C. F. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Adv. Func. Mater. 15, 781-786 (2005). (IF: 8.460) 156. “Affinity of Si-N and Si-C bond in the SiCN thin films - experimental and theoretical approaches,” C. W. Chen, C. C. Huang, Y. Y. Lin, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Diamond Relat. Mater. 14, 1126-1130 (2005). 157. “A 5 nm ruthenium thin film as a directly plate-able copper diffusion barrier,” T. N. Arunagiri, Y. Zhang, O. Chyan*, M. El-Bounani, M. J. Kim, C. T. Wu, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 083104-(1-3) (2005). 158. “Mechanism of nanoblister formation in Ga+ self-ion implanted GaN nanowires,” S. Dhara, A. Datta, C. T. Wu, K. H. Chen*, Y. L. Wang, S. Muto, T. Tanabe, C. H. Shen, C. W. Hsu, L. C. Chen, T. Maruyama, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 203119-(1-3) (2005). 159. “Ultrafine platinum nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on arrayed CNx nanotubes with high electrochemical activity,” C. L. Sun, L. C. Chen*, M. C. Su, L. S. Hong, O. Chyan, C. Y. Hsu, K. H. Chen, T. F. Chang and L. Chang, Chem. of Mater. 17, 3749-3753 (2005). 160. “Optical properties and photoconductivity of amorphous silicon carbon nitride thin film and its application for UV detection,” C. W. Chen*, C. C. Huang, Y. Y. Lin, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and W. F. Su, Diamond Relat. Mater. 14, 1010-1013 (2005). 161. “Response to “Comment on ‘Direct evidence of nanocluster-induced luminescence in InGaN epifilms” H. J. Chang, C. H. Chen, Y. F. Chen*, T. Y. Lin, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and Z. H. Lan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 136102-(1-2) (2005). 162. “Field Emission from Quasi-aligned Aluminum Nitride Nanotips,” S. C. Shi, C. F. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 73109-(1-3) (2005). 163. “Generally applicable self-masking technique for nanotip array fabrication,” K. H. Chen*, C. H. Hsu, H. C. Lo, S. Chattopadhyay, C. T. Wu, J. S. Hwang, Y.J. Yang, and L. C. Chen, Int. J. Nanoscience 4, 879-886 (2005). 164. “Formation and in-situ dynamics of metallic nanoblisters in self-ion-implanted GaN nanowires,” A. Datta, S. Dhara*, S. Muto, C. W. Hsu, C. T. Wu, C. H. Shen, T. Tanabe, T. Maruyama, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen and Y. L. Wang, Nanotechnology 16, 2764-2769 (2005). 165. “Optical characterization of GaN by N+ implantation into GaAs at elevated temperature,” S. K. Dhara*, P. Magudapathy, R. Kesavamoorthy, S. Kalavathi, and K. G. M. Nair, G. M. Hsu, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, K. Santhakumar and T. Soga, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 261915-(1-3) (2005). 14 166. “Comparison of the electronic structures of AlN nanotips grown on p- and n-type Si substrates,” J. W.Chiou, H. M. Tsai, C. W. Pao, C. L. Dong*, C. L. Chang, F. Z. Chien, W. F. Pong, M.-H. Tsai, S. C. Shi, C. F. Chen, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, I.-H. Hong, C.-H. Chen, H.-J. Lin and J. H. Guo, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, 7523-7530 (2005). 167. “Reduced temperature-quenching of photoluminescence from indium nitride nanotips grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition,” S. C. Shi, C. F. Chen, G. M. Hsu, J. S. Hwang, S. Chattopadhyay, Z. H. Lan, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 203103-(1-3) (2005). 168. “Effect of gold coating on local oxidation using an atomic force microscope,” J. S. Hwang*, Z. Y. You, S. Y. Lin, Z. S. Hu, C. T. Wu, C. W. Chen, K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 161901-(1-3) (2005). 169. “Anomalous energy shift of emission spectra of ZnO nanorods with sizes beyond quantum confinement regime,” C. W. Chen, K. H. Chen*, C. H. Shen, J. J. Wu, W. F. Pong, A. Ganguly, and L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 241905-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.554) 170. “Photosensitive gold nanoparticle-embedded dielectric nanowires,” M. S. Hu, H. L. Chen, C. H. Shen, L. S. Hong, B. R. Huang, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Nature Materials 5, 102-106 (2006). (IF: 32.841) 171. “Self selected apex angle distribution of the nanotips,” S. Chattopadhyay, S. C. Shi, C. T. Wu, L. C. Chen, C. H. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 143105-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.554) 172. “Carbon nanotubes directly grown on Ti electrodes and enhancement in their electrochemical properties by nitric acid treatment,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang*, L. C. Chen, Y. O. Su, K. H. Chen and C. L. Sun, Electrochemical and Solid-State Lett. 9, A5 (2006). (IF: 2.149) 173. “Enhanced electrochemical properties of arrayed CNx nanotubes directly grown on Ti-buffered silicon substrates,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang, C. L. Sun, L. C. Chen*, P. Papakonstantinou, O. M. Chyan and K. H. Chen, Electrochemical and Solid State Lett. 9, A175-A178 (2006). (IF: 2.149) 174. “Luminescence properties of wurtzite AlN nanotips,” S. C. Shi, C. F. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay, S. K. Dhara, K. H. Chen, B. K. Ke, L. C. Chen*, L. Trinkler, and B. Berzina, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89,163127-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.554) 175. “Superior electrochemical performance of CNxNTs using TiSi2 buffer layer on Si substrates,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang, C. L. Sun, L. C. Chen*, P. Papakonstantinou, O. M. Chyan and K. H. Chen, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 24, 87-90 (2006). (IF: 1.460) 176. “Structural evolution of AlN nano-structure: nanotips and nanorods,” S. C. Shi, S. Chattopadhyay*, C. F. Chen, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 418, 152-157 (2006). (IF: 2.402) 177. “Morphology control of Si nanotips fabricated by electron cyclotron resonance plasma etching,” C. H. Hsu, Y. F. Huang, L. C. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay*, K. H. Chen, H. C. Lo and C. F. Chen, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 24, 308-311 (2006). (IF: 1.460) 178. “Sharp infrared emission from single-crystalline indium nitride nanobelts derived by guided-stream thermal chemical vapor deposition,” M. H. Hu, W. M. Wang, T. T. Chen, L. S. Hong, C. W. Chen, C. C. Chen, Y. F. Chen, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen*, Adv. Func. Mater. 16, 537-541 (2006). (IF: 8.460) 179. “Effect of ozone cleaning and annealing on Ti/Al/Pt/Au ohmic contacts on GaN nanowires,” C. Y. Chang, T. W. Lan, G. C. Chi, L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, J. J. Chen, S. Jang, F. Ren, S. J. Pearton, Electrochemical and Solid-State Lett. 9, G155-G157 (2006). (IF: 2.149) 15 180. “Electroluminescence from ZnO nanowire/polymer composite p-n junction,” C. Y. Chang, F. C. Tsao, C. J. Pan, G. C. Chi, H. T. Wang, J. J. Chen, F. Ren, D. P. Norton, S. J. Pearton*, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 173503-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.554) 181. “Electrical transport properties of single GaN and InN nanowires,” C. Y. Chang, G. C. Chi, W. M. Wang, L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, F. Ren and S. J. Pearton, J. Electronic Materials 35, 738-743 (2006). (IF: 1.592) 182. “Nanotips: growth, model and applications,” S. Chattopadhyay, L. C. Chen* and K. H. Chen; An review article in Wolfgang Sigmund, Ed., Critical Reviews in Solid State and Material Science 31, pp. 15-53, Taylor and Francis (2006). (IF: 8.207) 183. “Photoconductivity and highly selective UV sensing features of amorphous silicon carbon nitride thin films,” C. W. Chen*, C. C. Huang, Y. Y. Lin, W. F. Su, L. C. Chen* and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 073515-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.553) 184. “Ferromagnetism in cobalt doped n-GaN,” S. Dhara*, B. Sundaravel, K. G. M. Nair, R. Kesavamoorthy, M. C. Valsakumar, T. V. Chandrasekhar Rao, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 173110-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.553) 185. “Effect of temperature annealing on capacitive and structural properties of hydrous ruthenium oxides,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang*, L. C. Chen, Y. L. Oliver Su, and K. H. Chen, J. Power Sources 160, 1506-1510 (2006). (IF: 4.240) 186. “High methanol oxidation activity of electrocatalysts supported by directly grown nitrogen containing carbon nanotubes on carbon cloth,” C. H. Wang, H. C. Shih, Y. T. Tsai, H. Y. Du, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, Electrochimica Acta 52, 1612-1617 (2006). (IF: 3.562) 187. “Nitrogen ion beam synthesis of InN in InP(100) at elevated temperature,” S. K. Dhara, P. Magudapathy, R. Kesavamoorthy, S. Kalavathi, and K. G. M. Nair, G. M. Hsu, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, K. Santhakumar and T. Soga, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 241904-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.553) 188. “Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline diamond films,” Z. H. Shen, P. Hess*, J. P. Huang, Y. C. Lin, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, S. T. Lin, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 124302-(1-6) (2006). (IF: 2.072) 189. “Geometrically tuned and chemically switched wetting properties of silicon nanotips,” H. C. Lo, Y. F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, C. H. Hsu, C. F. Chen, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen*, Nanotechnology 17, 2542-2545 (2006). (IF: 3.574) 190. “Atomic-scale deformation in N-doped carbon nanotubes,” C. L. Sun, H. W. Wang, M. Hayashi, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 8368-8369 (2006). Supporter (IF: 8.805) 191. “Self-regulating and diameter-selective growth of GaN nanowires,” C. K. Kuo, C. W. Hsu, C. T. Wu, Z. H. Lan, C. Y. Mou, C. C. Chen, Y. J. Yang, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen*, Nanotechnology 17, S332-337 (2006). (IF: 3.574) 192. “Controlled growth of aluminium nitride nanorod arrays via chemical vapour deposition,” J. Yang, T. W. Liu, C. W. Hsu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and C. C. Chen*, Nanotechnology 17, S321-326 (2006). (IF: 3.574) 193. “Multi-wall carbon nanotubes coated with polyaniline,” E. N. Konyushenko, J. Stejskal*, M. Trchova, J. Hradi, J. Kovarova, J. Prokes, M. Cieslar, J. Y. Hwang, K. H. Chen, I. Sapurina, Polymer 47, 5715-5723 (2006). (IF: 3.710) 194. “Photo-assisted local oxidation of GaN using an atomic force microscope,” J. S. Hwang*, Z. S. Hu, T. Y. Lu, L. W. Chen, S. W. Chen, T. Y. Lin, C. L. Hsiao, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nanotechnology 17, 3299-3303 (2006). (IF: 3.574) 16 195. “Electronic structure of group-III-nitride nanorods studied by x-ray absorption, x-ray emission, and Raman spectroscopy,” C. W. Pao, P. D. Babu, H. M. Tsai, J. W. Chiou, S. C. Ray, S. C. Yang, F. Z. Chien, W. F. Pong*, M.-H. Tsai, C. W. Hsu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, H.-J. Lin, J. F Lee, J. H. Guo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 223113-(1-3) (2006). (IF: 3.553) 196. “Influence of oxygen on the elastic properties of nanocrystalline diamond films studied by laser-induced surface acoustic waves,” Z. H. Shen, P. Hess*, J. P. Huang, Y. C. Lin, K. H. Chen, Ultrasonics 44, e1229-e1232 (2006). (IF: 1.235) 197. “High performance of low electrocatalysts loading on CNT directly grown on carbon for DMFC,” C. H. Wang, H.-Y. Du, Y. T. Tsai, C. P. Chen, C. J. Huang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, and H. C. Shih, J. Power Sources 171, 55-62 (2007). (IF: 4.240) 198. “Formation of Pt-Ru nanoparticles in ethylene glycol solution: an in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy study,” L. S. Sarma, C. H. Chen, S. M. S. Kumar, G. R. Wang, S. C. Yen, D. G. liu, H. S. Sheu, K. L. Yu, M. T. Tang, J. F. Lee, C. Bock, K. H. Chen, and B. J. Hwang*, Langmuir 23, 5802-5809 (2007). (IF: 4.363) 199. “Arrayed nanocomposites directly grown on Ti-buffered silicon substrate for miniaturized supercapacitor applications,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang, C. L. Sun, K. H. Chen*, O. M. Chyan, C. T. Wu, C. P. Chen and L. C. Chen, Electrochem. Comm. 9, 239-244 (2007). (IF: 4.578) 200. “Effect of structural morphology on electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes directly grown on Ti foil,” W. C. Fang*, M. S. Leu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen and J. H. Huang, Electrochemical and Solid-State Lett. 10, K60-K62 (2007). (IF: 2.149) 201. “Control of nucleation site density of GaN nanowires,” C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton*, P. J. Huang, G. C. Chi, H. T. Wang, J. J. Chen, F. Ren, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, Appl. Surf. Sci. 253, 3196-3200 (2007). (IF: 1.679) 202. “Influence of catalyst oxidation on the growth of nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes for energy generation and storage applications,” W. C. Fang, J. H. Huang*, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, and Y. H. Oliver Su, Diamond Relat. Mater. 16, 1140-1143 (2007). (IF: 1.945) 203. “Electronic structures and bonding properties of chlorine-treated nitrogenated carbon nanotubes: X-ray absorption and scanning photoelectron microscopy study,” S. C. Raym, C. W. Pao, H. M. Tsai, J. W. Chiou, W. F. Pong*, C. W. Chen, M. H. Tsai, P. Papakonstantinou, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and W. G. Graham, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 192107 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 204. “Structural and optical properties of single crystal Zn1-xMgxO nanorods-experimental and theoretical studies,” Y. S. Chang, C. T. Chien, C. W. Chen*, T. Y. Chu, H. H. Chiang, C. H. Ku, J. J. Wu, C. S. Lin, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 033502 (2007). (IF: 2.072) 205. “Multiphonon Raman scattering in GaN nanowires,” S. Dhara*, S. Chandra, G. Mangamma, S. Kalavathi, P. Shankar, K. G. M. Nair, A. K. Tyagi, C. W. Hsu, C. C. Kuo, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, K. K. Sriram, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 213104 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 206. “Epitaxial growth of InN films by molecular-beam epitaxy using hydrazoic acid (HN3) as an efficient nitrogen source,” J. T. Chen, C. L. Hsiao, H. C. Hsu, C. T. Wu, C. L. Yeh, P. C. Wei, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 6755-6759 (2007). (IF: 2.980) 207. “Infrared lasing in InN nanobelts,” M. S. Hu, G. M. Hsu, K. H. Chen*, C. J. Yu, H. C. Hsu, L. C. Chen, J. H. Hwang, L. S. Hong, and Y. F. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 123109 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 208. “Long-range ferromagnetic ordering at room temperature in Co+ implanted TiO2 nanorods,” S. Dhara*, J. J. Wu, G. Mangama, S. Bera, P. Magudapathy, C. T. Wu, K. G. M. Nair, M. Kamaruddin, C. C. Yu, M. H. Yang, S. C. Liu, A. K. Tyagi, S. V. Narashiman, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Nanotechnology 18, 325705 (2007). Supplementary (IF: 3.574) 17 209. “Optical properties of nanocrystalline diamond films from mid-infrared to ultraviolet using reflectometry and ellipsometry,” Z. G. Hu, P. Hess*, K. H. Chen, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron 48, 37-41(2007). (IF: 1.097) 210. “A first principles study of the optical properties of BxCy single wall nanotubes,” D. Jana, L. C. Chen, C. W. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay, K. H. Chen, Carbon 45, 1482-1491 (2007). (IF: 5.098) 211. “Anomalous optical properties of InN nanobelts: evidence of surface band bending and photoelastic effect”, S. P. Fu, C. J. Yu, T. T. Chen, G. M. Hsu, M. J. Chen, L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, and Y. F. Chen, Adv. Mater., 19, 4524-4529 (2007). (IF: 9.836) 212. “Photoluminescence spectroscopy of nearly defect-free InN microcrystals exhibiting nondegenerate semiconductor behaviors,” C. L. Hsiao, H. C. Hsu, and L. C. Chen*, C. T. Wu and C. W. Chen, M. Chen, L. W. Tu, and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 181912 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 213. “Ultrahigh photocurrent gain in m-axial GaN nanowires,” R. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, C. Y. Lu, C. P. Chen, L. C. Chen, Y. J. Yang, and K. H. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 223106 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 214. “A comparative study of the electronic structures of oxygen- and chlorinetreated nitrogenated carbon nanotubes by X-ray absorption and scanning photoelectron microscopy,” S. C. Ray, C. W. Pao, H. M. Tsai, J. W. Chiou, W. F. Pong*, C. W. Chen, M.-H. Tsai, P. Papakonstantinou, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 202102 (2007). (IF: 3.554) 215. “Improved broadband, and quasi-omnidirectional anti-reflection properties with biomimetic silicon nanostructures,” Y. F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, Y. J. Jen, C. Y. Peng, T. A. Liu, Y. K. Hsu, C. L. Pan, H. C. Lo, C. H. Hsu, Y. H. Chang, C. S. Lee, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 770-774 (2007). (IF: 27.670) 216. “Recrystallization of epitaxial GaN under indentation,” S. Dhara*, C. R. Das, H. C. Hsu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, Baldev Raj, A. K. Bhaduri, S. K. Albert, and Ayan Ray, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 143114 (2008). (IF: 3.554) 217. “On-chip fabrication of well aligned and contact barrier-free GaN nanobridge devices with ultrahigh photocurrent responsivity,” R. S. Chen, S. W. Wang, Z. H. Lan, J. T. H. Tsai, C. T. Wu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, Y. S. Huang, C. C. Chen, Small 4, 925-929 (2008). (IF: 7.235) 218. “High-phase-purity zinc-blende InN on r-plane sapphire substrate with controlled nitridation pretreatment,” C. L. Hsiao, T. W. Liu, C. T. Wu, H. C. Hsu, L. C. Chen*, W. Y. Hsiao C. C. Yang, A. Gällström, P. Holtz, G. M. Hsu, and K. H. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 111914 (2008). (IF: 3.554) 219. “Enhanced emission of InGaN nanowires embedded with self-assembled quantum dots,” C. W. Hsu, A. Ganguly, C. H. Liang, Y. Y. Hung, C. T. Wu, G. M. Hsu, Y. F. Chen, C. C. Chen, K. H. Chen* and L. C. Chen*, Adv. Func. Mater. 18, 938 (2008). (IF: 8.460) 220. “Ultrafast charging-discharging capacitive property of RuO2 nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes using nitrogen incorporation,” W. C. Fang*, M. S. Leu, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, K15-K18 (2008). (IF: 2.666) 221. “Suppressing series resistance in organic solar cells by oxygen plasma treatment,” C. H. Lin, S. C. Tseng, Y. K. Liu, Y. Tai, S. Chattopadhyay, C. F. Lin, J. H. Lee, J. S. Hwang, L. C. Chen*,W. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 233302 (2008). (IF: 3.554) 222. “Controlled platinum nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for methanol oxidation,” H.-Y. Du, C.-H. Wang, H.-C. Hsu, S.-T. Chang, U.-S. Chen, S. C. Yen, L. C. Chen, H.-C. Shih, K. H. Chen*, Diamond & Relat. Mater. 17, 535-541 (2008). 18 223. “Thermal diffusivity study in supported epitaxial InN thin films by the Traveling-Wave technique,” P. C. Wei, H. C. Shih, C. M. Hsu, F. S. Lin, K. H. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay*, A. Ganguly, C. W. Hsu, L. C. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 064920 (2008). (IF: 2.072) 224. “High photocurrent gain in SnO2 nanowires,” C. H. Lin, R. S. Chen, T. T. Chen, H. Y. Chen, Y. F. Chen*, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 112115 (2008). (IF: 3.554) 225. “Field emission effects of nitrogenated carbon nanotubes on chlorination and oxidation,” S. C. Ray, U. Palnitkar, C. W. Pao, H. M. Tsai, W. F. Pong*, I-Nan Lin, P. Papakonstantinou, Abhijit Ganguly, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 063710 (2008). (IF: 2.072) 226. “Selective-hydrogen sensing at room temperature with Pt-coated InN nanobelts,” W. Lim, J. S. Wright, B. P. Gila, S. J. Pearton, F. Ren, W. T. Lai, L. C. Chen, M. S. Hu, and K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 202109-(1-3) (2008). (IF: 3.554) 227. “Mechanism of bright red emission in Si nanoclusters,” S. Dhara*, C.-Y. Lu, K. G. M. Nair, K. H. Chen, C. -P. Chen, Y. -F. Huang, C. David, L. C. Chen, and B. Raj, Nanotechnology 19, 395401-(1-5) (2008). (IF: 3.574) 228. “Surface optical Raman modes in InN nanostructures,” S. Sahoo, M. S. Hu, C. W. Hsu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, A. K. Arora and S. Dhara, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 233116-(1-3) (2008). (IF: 3.554) 229. “Electroluminescence enhancement of SiGe/Si multiple quantum wells through nanowall structures,” T. T. Chen, Y. P. Hsieh, C. M. Wei, Y. F. Chen*, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Y. H. Peng, C. H. Kuan, Nanotechnology 19, 365705 (2008). (IF: 3.574) 230. “Hot Photoluminescence in Gamma In2Se3 Nanorods,” M. D. Yang, C. H. Hu, J. L. Shen*, S. M. Lan, P. J. Huang, G. C. Chi, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen and Y. T. Lin, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 3, 427 (2008). 231. “Novel copper-zinc oxide arrayed nanoatalysts for hydrogen production applications”Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, S.Y. Chen, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, ECS Transactions 13, 165-168 (2008). 232. “Optical and Structural Properties of Mg-ion Implanted GaN Nanowires,” 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 and F. Ren, Vacuum 83, 797 (2009). (IF: 1.088) 233. “Enhanced charge separation by sieve-layer mediation in high efficiency inorganic-organic solar cell,” C. H. Lin, S. Chattopadhyay, C. W. Hsu, M. H. Wu, W. C. Chen, C. T. Wu, S. C. Tsen, J. H. Lee, C. H. Chen, C. W. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Adv. Mater. 21, 259-263 (2009). (IF: 9.836) 234. “Label-free dual sensing of DNA molecules using GaN nanowires,” C. P. Chen, A. Ganguly, C. H. Wang, C. W. Hsu, Y. K. Hsu, Y. C. Chang, K. H. Chen*, and L. C. Chen*, Anal. Chem. 81, 36-42 (2009). Supplementary (IF: 5.625) 235. “Effects of nitrogen-doping on the microstructure, bonding and electrochemical activity of carbon nanotubes,” Y. G. Lin, Y. K. Hsu, J. L. Yang, S. Y. Chen, K. H. Chen*, and L. C. Chen, Diamond Relat. Mater. 18, 433-437 (2009). (IF: 1.945) 236. “Functionalized GaN nanowires-based electrode for direct label-free voltammetric detection of DNA hybridization,” A. Ganguly, C. P. Chen, Y. T. Lai, C. C. Kuo, C. W. Hsu, K. H. Chen* and L. C. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 19, 928–933 (2009). (IF: 5.257) 237. “Enhancement of electron field emission of nitrogenated carbon nanotubes on chlorination,” S. C. Ray, U. Palnitkar, C. W. Pao, H. M. Tsai, W. F. Pong*, I-Nan Lin, P. Papakonstantinou, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Diamond Relat. Mater. 18, 457-460 (2009). (IF: 1.945) 238. “Low methanol-permeable polyaniline/nafion composite membrane for direct methanol fuel cell,” C. H. Wang, C. C. Chen, H. C. Hsu, H. Y. Du, C. P. Chen, J. Y. Hwang, L. C. Chen, H. 19 C. Shih, J. Stejskal, K. H. Chen*, J. Power. Sources 190, 279-284 (2009). (IF: 4.240) 239. “Electrophoretic deposition of PtRu nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes for methanol oxidation,” Y.K. Hsu, J.L. Yang, Y.G. Lin, S.Y. Chen, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen*, Diamond Relat. Mater. 18, 557-562 (2009). (IF: 1.945) 240. “Mesoporous active carbon dispersed with ultra-fine platinum nanoparticles and their electrochemical properties,” J. Y. Hwang, A. Chatterjee, C. H. Shen, J. H. Wang, C. L. Sun, Oliver Chyan, C. W. Chen, K. H. Chen and L.C. Chen*, Diamond Relat. Mater. 18, 303-306 (2009). (IF: 1.945) 241. “Electroluminescence from ZnO/Si-nanotips light emitting diodes,” Y.P. Hsieh, H.Y. Chen, M.Z. Lin, S.C. Shiu, M. Hofmann, M.Y. Chern, X. Jia, Y.J. Yang, H.J. Chang, H.M. Huang, S.C. Tseng, L.C. Chen*, K.H. Chen, C.F. Lin, C.T. Liang* and Y.F. Chen, Nano Letters 9, 1839 (2009). (IF: 11.520) 242. “Origin of the anomalous temperature evolution of photoluminescence peak energy in degenerate InN nanocolumns,” P. C. Wei, S. Chattopadhyay, F. S. Lin, C. M. Hsu, S. Jou, J. T. Chen, P. J. Huang, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, H. C. Shih, Opt. Express 17, 11690-11697 (2009). (IF: 3.477) 243. “Direct-growth of polyaniline nanowires for enzyme-immobilization and glucose detection,” Y.Y. Horng, Y.K. Hsu, C.C. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen*, Electrochem. Comm. 11, 850-853 (2009). (IF: 4.578) 244. “Pd-catalyzed hydrogen sensing with InN nanobelts,” J. S. Wright, Wantae Lim, B. P. Gila, S. J. Pearton*, F. Ren, W.T. Lai, L.C. Chen, M.S. Hu, K.H. Chen, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27, L8-10 (2009). (IF: 1.460) 245. “A first principles study of the optical properties of CxNy single walled nanotubes,” D. Jana,*, A. Chakraborti, L. C. Chen, C. W. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Nanotechnology 20, 175701 (2009). (IF: 3.574) 246. “Spectroscopic ellipsometry analysis of silicon nanotips obtained by electron cyclotron resonance plasma etching,” Arturo Mendoza-Galván*, Kenneth Järrendahl, Hans Arwin, Yi-Fan Huang, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Applied Optics 48, 4996-5004 (2009). (IF: 1.522) 247. “Magnetoresistance fluctuations in a weak disorder indium nitride nanowire,” Y.W. Su, K. Aravind, C. S. Wu, W. Kuo, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, K. S. Chang-Liao, W. F. Su and C. D. Chen, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 185009 (2009). (IF: 2.305) 248. “Coulomb blockade behavior in an indium nitride nanowire with disordered surface states,” K. Aravind, Y. W. Su, I. L. Ho, C. S. Wu, K. S. Chang-Liao, W. F. Su, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, and C. D. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 092110-(1-3) (2009). (IF: 3.554) 249. “Mechanism of recrystallization process in epitaxial GaN under dynamic stress field : Atomistic origin of planar defect formation,” C. R. Das, S. Dhara, H. C. Hsu, L. C. Chen, Y. R. Jeng, A. K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj, K. H. Chen, S. K. Albert, J. Raman Spect. 40, 1881-1884 (2009). (IF: 3.147) 250. “Ternary PtRuNi nanocatalysts supported on N-doped carbon nanotubes: deposition process, materials characterization, and electrochemistry,” C.L. Sun, Y.K. Hsu., Y.G. Lin, K.H. Chen, C. Bock, B. MacDougall, X. Wu, and L.C. Chen, J. Electrochem. Soc. 156, B1249-B1252 (2009). (IF: 2.666) 251. “Nanostructured ZnO nanorod@Cu nanoparticle as catalyst for microreformers,” Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, Y.K. Lin, S.Y. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 7586-7590 (2009). (IF: 11.848) 252. “Efficient hydrogen production using Cu-based catalysts prepared via homogeneous 20 precipitation,” Y.K. Lin, Y.H. Su, Y.H. Huang, C.H. Hsu, Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. 19, 9186-9194 (2009). (IF: 5.257) 253. “Size-dependent photoconductivity and dark conductivity of m-axial GaN nanowires with small critical diameter,” H.Y. Chen, R.S. Chen, F.C. Chang, L.C. Chen*, K.H. Chen, and Y.J. Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143123 (2009). (IF: 3.554) 254. “High-gain photoconductivity in semiconducting InN nanowires,” R.S. Chen, T.H. Yang, H.Y. Chen, L.C. Chen*, K.H. Chen*, Y.J. Yang, C.H. Su, and C.R. Lin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 162112 (2009). (IF: 3.554) 255. “Molecule-modulated photoconductivity and gain-amplified selective gas sensing in polar GaN nanowires,” R. S. Chen, C. Y. Lu, K. H. Chen, and L. C. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 233119 (2009). (IF: 3.554) 256. “Spectral characterization of bulk and nanostructured aluminum nitride,” B. Berzina, L. Trinkler, D. Jakimovica, V. Korsaks, J. Grabis, I. Steins, . Palcevskis, S. Bellucci, L.C. Chen, S.t Chattopadhyay and K.H. Chen, J. Nanophotonics 3, 031950 (2009). 257. “Growth, properties and sensing applications of one-dimensional III-Nitride nanostructures,” S. Chattopadhyay, A. Ganguly, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, an invited review article in Wolfgang Sigmund, Ed., Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences 34, pp. 224-279, Taylor and Francis (2009). (IF: 8.207) 258. “Silver-Nanoparticle-Conjugated Polypeptide Brushes for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering”, D.Y. Wang, T.S. Teng, Y.C. Wu, Y.C. Lee, K.H. Chen, C.H. Chen, Y.C. Chang* and C.C. Chen*, J. Phys. Chem. C 13, 13498-13504 (2009). 259. “Photoconductivity in single AlN nanowires by sub-bandgap excitation,” H. M. Huang, R. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, T. W. Liu, C. C. Kuo, C. P. Chen, H. C. Hsu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, and Y. J. Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 062104 (2010). (IF: 3.554) 260. “Flexible supercapacitor based on polyaniline nanowires/carbon cloth with both high gravimetric and area-normalized capacitance,” Y.Y. Horng, Y.C. Lu, Y.K. Hsu, C.C. Chen, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen*, J. Power Sources 195, 4418-4422 (2010). (IF: 4.240) 261. “Improving the photoelectrochemical and H2 gas generation property of c-plane GaN thin film through crystallographic etching of the film,” A.M. Basilio, Y.K. Hsu, W.H. Tu, G.M. Hsu, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 8118-8125 (2010). (IF: 5.257) 262. “Heteroepitaxy of m-plane (1010) InN on (100)-LiAlO2 substrates and its strong anisotropic optical behaviors,” C.L. Hsiao, J.T. Chen, H.C. Hsu, Y.C. Liao, P.H. Tseng, Y.T. Chen, Z.C. Feng, L.W. Tu, M. C. Chou, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 073502 (2010). (IF: 3.554) 263. “A complete Raman mapping of phase transitions in Si under indentation,” C. R. Das, H. C. Hsu, S. Dhara, A. K. Bhaduri, B. Raj, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, S. K. Albert, A. Ray and Y. Tzeng, J. Raman Spectroscopy 41, 334 (2010). (IF: 3.147) 264. “Preparation of silver nano-particle decorated silica nanowires on quartz as reusable versatile nano-structured surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates,” J. S. Hwang*, K. Y. Chen, W. S. Syu, S. W. Chen, C. W. Kuo, W. Y. Syu, T. Y. Lin, and H. P. Chiang, S. Chattopadhyay, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, Nanotechnology 21, 025502 (2010). (IF: 3.574) 265. “Room-temperature negative photoconductivity in degenerate InN thin films with a supergap excitation,” P. C. Wei, S. Chattopadhyay, C.Y. Lu, C.L. Hsiao, H.C. Shih, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045306 (2010). (IF: 3.475) 266. “Focused ion beam induced nanowelding and defect doping as building block for nanoscale electronics in GaN nanowires,” S. Dhara, L. C. Yao, C. T. Wu, C. W. Hsu, W. S. Tu, K. H. 21 Chen, Y. L. Wang, and L. C. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 15260 (2010). (IF: 4.224) 267. “Effects of cathode buffer layers on the efficiency of bulk-heterojunction solar cells,” C.C. Chang, C.F. Lin, J.M. Chiou, T.H. Ho, Y. Tai, J.H. Lee, Y.F. Chen, J.K. Wang, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 263506 (2010). (IF: 3.554) 268. “Spectroscopic characterizations of individual single-crystalline GaN nanowires in visible/ultra-violet regime,” C.T. Wu, M.W. Chu, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, C.W. Chen, C.H. Chen, Micron 41, 827-832 (2010). (IF: 1.783) 269. “Anisotropic surface plasmon excitation in Au/silica nanowire,” C.T. Wu, C.W. Chen, M.S. Hu, K.H. Chen, L.C. Chen, M.W. Chu, and C.H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 236106 (2010). 270. “Effect of XeF laser treatment on structure of nanocrystalline diamond films,” B.R. Huang, S. Jou, Y.M. Wu, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, Diamond & Relat. Mater. 19, 445 (2010). (IF: 1.945) 271. “Direct observation of amophization in load rate dependent nanoindentation studies of crystalline Si,” S. Dhara, C. W. Chang, H. M. Tsai, L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 253113 (2010). (IF: 3.554) 272. “Direct voltammetric sensing of L-cysteine at pristine GaN nanowires electrode,” Y. T. Lai, A. Ganguly, C. P. Chen, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen*, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26, 1688-1691 ( 2010). (IF: 5.429) 273. “Anti-reflecting and photonic nanostructures,” S. Chattopadhyay, Y. F. Huang, Y. J. Jen, A. Ganguly, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, an invited review article in A. G. Cullis and S. S. Lau, Eds., Materials Science and Engineering Report, Elsevier (2010). (IF: 12.217) 274. “Monolayer-quantum dots sensitized ZnO nanowires-array photoelectrodes: true efficiency for water splitting,” H.M. Chen, C.K. Chen, Y.C. Chang, C.W. Tsai, R.S. Liu, S.F. Hu, W.S. Chang, and K. H. Chen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 5966-5969 (2010). (IF: 11.848) 275. “Platinum nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-containing complexes for high methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction activity,” C.H. Wang, H.C. Hsu, S.T. Chang, H.Y. Du, C.H. Wu, H.C. Shih, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 7551-7557 (2010). 276. “Influence of solvent on the dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix and the photovoltaic performance,” C.K. Chang, J.Y. Hwang, W.J. Lai, C.W. Chen, C.I. Huang, K.H. Chen, L.C. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 10932-10936 (2010). (IF: 4.224) 277. “Correlating defect density with carrier mobility in large-scaled graphene films: Raman spectral signatures for estimation of defect density,” J.Y. Hwang, C.C. Kuo, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Nanotechnology 21, 465705 (2010). (IF: 3.574) 278. “Electrochemical Characterization of InN Thin Film for Biosensing Applications,” A. M. Basilio, Y.K. Hsu, P.C. Wei, A. Ganguly, H.C. Shih, Y.T. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, J. New Mat. Electrochem. Systems 13, 337-343 (2010). 279. “O2 plasma-activated CuO-ZnO inverse opals as high-performance methanol microreformer,” Y. G. Lin, Y. K. Hsu, S. Y. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 10611-10614 (2010). (IF: 5.257) 280. “Growth orientation dependent hardness for epitaxial wurtzite InN films,” S. Kataria, T. W. Liu, C. L. Hsiao, S. Dhara, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, S. Dash, and A. K. Tyagi, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10, 5170-5174 (2010). 281. “Array of CdSe QD-sensitized ZnO nanorods serves as photoanode for water splitting,” N. Chouhan, C. L. Yeh, S. F. Hu, J. H. Huang, C. W. Tsai, R. S. Liu, W. S. Chang,d and K. H. Chen, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157, 1430-1433 (2010). 22 282. “Reversible phase transformation of MnO2 nanosheets in electrochemical capacitor investigated by in-situ Raman spectroscopy,” Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, Y.G. Lin, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen , Chem. Comm. 47, 1252-1254 (2011). 283. “Catalytic performance of plate-type Cu/Fe nanocomposites on ZnO nanorods for oxidative steam reforming of methanol,” C.C. Li, R.J. Lin, H.P. Lin, C.C. Chang, Y.K. Lin, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, Chem. Comm. 47, 1473-1475 (2011). (IF: 5.504) 284. “Microwave-activated CuO nanotip/ZnO nanorod nanoarchitectures embedded in a microreactor for efficient hydrogen production,” Y. G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, Y.K. Lin, S.Y. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 324-326 (2011). (IF: 5.257) 285. “High performance of catalysts supported by directly grown PTFE-free micro-porous CNT layer in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell,” H.Y. Du, C.H. Wang, H.C. Hsu, S.T. Chang, S.C. Yen, L.C. Chen, B. Viswanathan and K.H. Chen*, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 2512-2516 (2011). (IF: 5.257) 286. “Label free sub-picomole level DNA detection with Ag nanoparticle decorated Au nanotip arrays as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy platform,” H.C. Lo, H.I. Hsiung, S. Chattopadhyay, H.C. Han, C.F. Chen, J.P. Leu, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26, 2413-2418 (2011). (IF: 5.429) 287. “Giant room temperature electric-field-assisted magnetoresistance in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/n-Si nanotips heterojunctions,” C.W. Chong, D. Hsu,W.C. Chen, C.C. Li, Y.F. Huang, H.C. Han, J.G. Lin, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen and Y.F. Chen, Nanotechnology 22, 125701 (2011). (IF: 3.574) 288. “Optical properties of functionalized GaN nanowires,” C.W. Hsu, A.Ganguly, C.P. Chen, C.C. Kuo, P.P. Paskov, Per Olof Holtz, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 053523 (2011). 289. “Polarization resolved fine structure splitting of zero-dimensional InGaN excitons,” S. Amloy, Y.T. Chen, K. F. Karlsson, K. H. Chen, H. C. Hsu, C. L. Hsiao, L. C. Chen and P. O. Holtz*, Phys. Rev. B 83, 201307(R) (2011). 290. “Controlled growth of aligned Alpha-helical polypeptide brushes for tunable electrical conductivity,” J.C. Wu, C.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, and Y.C. Chang*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 133304 (2011). 291. “Array of CdSe QD-sensitized ZnO nanorods serves as photoanode for water splitting,” N. Chouhan, C. L. Yeh, S. F. Hu, J. H. Huang, R. S. Liu, W. S. Chang, and K. H. Chen, Chem. Commun. 47, 3493-3495 (2011).. 292. “Ultra-sensitive in situ label-free DNA detection using GaN nanowires-based extended-gate field-effect-transistor sensor,” C.P. Chen, A. Ganguly, R.S. Chen, Wolfgang Fischer, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Anal. Chem. 83, 1938-1943 (2011). (IF: 5.625) 293. “Au nanoparticle modified GaN photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation,” W.H. Tu, Y.K. Hsu, C.H. Yen, C.I. Wu, J.S. Hwang, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, Electrochem. Comm.13, 530-533 (2011). (IF: 4.578) 294. “Highly flexible supercapacitors with manganese oxide nanosheet/carbon cloth electrode,” Y.C. Chen, Y.K. Hsu, Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Lin, Y.Y. Horng, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Electrochem. Acta 56, 7124-7130 (2011). 295. “The production of SiC nanowalls sheathed with a few layers of strained graphene and their use in heterogeneous catalysis and sensing applications,” M.S. Hu, C.C. Kuo, C.T. Wu, C.W. Chen, P. K. Ang, K.P. Loh, K.H. Chen and L.C. Chen, Carbon 49, 4911-4919 (2011). 296. “Self-reductive mesoporous CuOx/Fe/silicate nanocomposite as a highly active and stable 23 catalyst for methanol reforming,” C.C. Li, Y.W. Chen, R.J. Lin, C.C. Chang, K.H. Chen, H.P. Lin, and L.C. Chen, Chem. Comm. 47, 9414-9416 (2011).. 297. “Energy production and conversion applications of one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures,” S. Chattopadhyay, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, NPG Asia Mater. 3, 74-81 (2011). 298. “Top laminated graphene electrode in a semitransparent polymer solar cell by simultaneous thermal annealing/releasing method,” Y.Y. Lee, K.H. Tu, C.C. Yu, S.S. Li, J.Y. Hwang, C.C. Lin, K.H. Chen, L.C. Chen, H.L. Chen, and C.W. Chen, ACS Nano 5, 6564-6570 (2011). 299. “Photoconduction and the electronic structure of silica nanowires embedded with gold nanoparticles,” C.-W. Pao, C.-T. Wu, H.-M. Tsai, Y.-S. Liu, C.-L. Chang, W. F. Pong, J.-W. Chiou, C.-W. Chen, M.-S. Hu, M.-W. Chu, L.-C. Chen, C.-H. Chen, K.-H. Chen, S.-B. Wang, S.-J. Chang, M.-H. Tsai, H.-J. Lin, J.-F. Lee, and J.-H. Guo, Phys. Rev. B 84, 165412 (2011). 300. “Tuning energy-level in magnesium modified Alq3,” Chien-Hung Lin, Wei-Ting Yeh, Chia-Liang Sun, Ji-Lin Shen, Jiun-Haw Lee, Li-Chyong Chen, Juen-Kai Wang, Kuei-Hsien Chen*, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 083541 (2011).. 301. “Tuning open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells by magnesium modified Alq3,” C.T. Chou, C.H. Lin, M.H. Wu, T.W. Cheng, J.H. Lee, C.H.J. Liu, Y. Tai, S. Chattopadhyay, J.K. Wang, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 083104 (2011).. 302. “Oxygen reducing activity of methanol-tolerant catalysts by high-temperature pyrolysis,” Chen-Hao Wang, Sun-Tang Chang, Hsin-Cheng Hsu, He-Yun Du, Jeffrey Chi-Sheng Wu, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen*, Diamond & Relat. Mater.20, 322 (2011).. 303. “Low-frequency contact noise of GaN nanowire device detected by cross-spectrum technique,” Liang-Chen Li, Kuo-Hsun Huang, Jia-An Wei, Yuen-Wuu Suen, Ting-Wei Liu, Chia-Chun Chen, Li-Chyong Chen and Kuei-Hsien Chen, J. J. App. Phys. 50, 06GF21 (2011).. 304. “Photocurrent mapping in high efficiency radial p-n junction silicon nanowire solar cells using atomic force microscopy,” J.S. Hwang, M.C. Kao, J.M. Shiu, C.N. Fan, S.C. Ye, W.S. Yu, T.Y. Lin, S. Chattopadhyay, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 21981-21986 (2011). 305. “Multi-bandgap-sensitized ZnO nanorod photoelectrode arrays for water splitting: an X-ray absorption spectroscopy approach for the electronic evolution under solar illumination,” H.M. Chen, C.K. Chen, C.C. Lin, R.S. Liu, H. Yang, W.S. Chang, K.H. Chen, T.S. Chan, J.F. Lee, D.P. Tsai, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 21971-21980 (2011).. 306. “A new approach to solar hydrogen production: a ZnO–ZnS solid solution nanowire array photoanode,” H.M. Chen, C.K. Chen, R.S. Liu, C.C. Wu, W.S. Chang, K.H. Chen, T.S. Chan, J.F. Lee, D.P. Tsai, Advanced Energy Materials 1, 742-747 (2011).. 307. “Origin and tuning of surface optic and long wavelength phonons in biomimetic GaAs nanotip arrays,” Yi-Fan Huang, Surojit Chattopadhyay*, Hsu-Cheng Hsu, Chien-Ting Wu, Kuei- Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen, Optical Materials Express 1, 535 (2011).. 308. “Size-dependent persistent photocurrent and surface band bending in m-axial GaN nanowires,” H.Y. Chen, R.S. Chen, N.K. Rajan, F.C. Chang, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, Y.J. Yang and Mark A. Reed, Phys. Rev. B 84, 205443 (2011). 309. “Two-domain formation during the epitaxial growth of GaN (0001) on c-plane Al2O3 (0001) by high power impulse magnetron sputtering,” M. Junaid, D. Lundin, J. Palisaitis, C. L. Hsiao, V. Darakchieva, J. Jensen, P. O. A. Persson, P. Sandstrom, W. J. Lai, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, U. Helmersson, L. Hultman, J. Birch, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 123519 (2011).. 310. “Effect of substrate temperature on orientation of subphthalocyanine molecule in organic 24 photovoltaic cells,” C.T. Chou; W.L. Tang, C.H. Lin, C.H. Liu, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, Thin Solid Films 520, 2289-2292 (2012). 311. “Raman scattering and Rutherford backscattering studies on InN films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy,” Yee Ling Chung, Xingyu Peng, Ying Chieh Liao, Shude Yao, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen, and Zhe Chuan Feng, Thin Solid Films 519, 6778 (2011).. 312. “Electron field emission properties of highly dense carbon nanotube arrays,” Sergei M. Pimenov, Vadim D. Frolov, Evgeny V. Zavedeev, Nikolay P. Abanshin, He-Yun Du, Wei-Chao Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Jih-JenWu and Kuei-Hsien Chen, Appl. Phys. A 105, 11 (2011).. 313. “Photoconduction mechanism of oxygen sensitization in InN nanowires,” R. S. Chen*, T. H. Yang, H. Y. Chen, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen*, Y. J. Yang, C. H. Su, C. R. Lin, Nanotechnology 22, 425702 (2011). 314. “Vitalizing fuel cells with a vitamin: pyrolyzed vitamin B12 as non-precious catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction,” S.T. Chang, C.H. Wang, H.Y. Du, H.C. Hsu, C.M. Kang, C.C. Chen, C.S. Wu, S.C. Yen, W.F. Huang , L.C. Chen, M.C. Lin, and K.H. Chen, Energy & Environ. Sci. 5, 5305-5314 (2012). (IF: 9.446) 315. “Birnessite-type Manganese Oxides Nanosheets with Hole Acceptor Assisted Photoelectrochemical Activity in Response to Visible Light,” Y.K. Hsu, Y.G. Lin, Y.C. Chen, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 2733-2739 (2012). 316. “High-cell-voltage supercapacitor of carbon nanotube/carbon cloth operating in neutral aqueous solution,” Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, Y.G. Lin, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 3383-3387 (2012). 317. “Spontaneous synthesis and electrochemical characterization of nanostructured MnO2 on nitrogen-incorporated carbon nanotubes,” Y.C. Chen, Y.K. Hsu, Y.G. Lin, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Int. J. of Electrochem. (doi:10.1155/2012/475417, 2012).. 318. “Studies of electronic excitations of rectangular ZnO nanorods by electron energy-loss spectroscopy,” Chien-Ting Wu, Ming-Wen Chu, Chuan-Pu Liu, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Chun-Wei Chen and Cheng-Hsuan Chen, Plasmonics 7, 123-130 (2012).. 319. “Highly proton-selective biopolymer layer-coated ion-exchange membrane for direct methanol fuel cells,” S. K. Nataraj, C. H. Wang, H. C. Huang, H. Y. Du, S. F. Wang, Y. C. Chen, L. C. Chen, and K. H. Chen, ChemSusChem. 5, 392-395 (2012).. (IF: 6.325) 320. “Tunable photoluminescence from graphene oxide,” C.T. Chien, S.S. Li, W.J. Lai, Y.C. Yeh, H.A. Chen, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, T.Nemoto, S. Isoda, M. Chen, T. Fujita, M. Chhowalla, and C.W. Chen, Angewandte Chemie 51, 6662-6666 (2012). 321. “Stacking orientation mediation of pentacene and derivatives for high open-circuit voltage organic solar cells,” C.T. Chou, C.H. Lin, Y. Tai, C.H. Liu, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 1079-1083 (2012).. 322. “Gold nanoparticles-modulated conductivity in gold peapodded silica nanowire,” S.B. Wang, S.J. Chang, M.S. Hu, C.W. Chong B.R. Huang, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, Nanoscale. 4, 3660-3664 (2012).. 323. “Pyrolyzed cobalt corrole as a potential non-precious catalyst for fuel cells,” H.C. Huang, I. Shown, S.T. Chang, H.C. Hsu, H.Y. Du, M.C. Kuo, K.T. Wong, S.F. Wang, C.H. Wang, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Adv. Func. Mater. 22, 3500-3508 (2012). 324. “Growth of sparse arrays of narrow GaN nanorods hosting spectrally stable InGaN quantum disks,” H.C. Huang, Indrajit Shown, S.T. Chang, H.C. Hsu, H.Y. Du, M.C. Kuo, K.T. Wong, S.F. Wang, C.H. Wang, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Opt. Express, 20, 16166-16173 (2012). 25 325. “Patterned growth of nanocrystalline silicon thin films through magnesiothermic reduction of soda lime glass,” Deniz P. Wong, Hsiang-Ting Lien, Yit-Tsong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen, Green Chemistry 14, 896-900 (2012). 326. “Production and storage of energy with one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures,” Surojit Chattopadhyay, Abhijit Ganguly, Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen, an invited review article in Wolfgang Sigmund, Ed., Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Taylor and Francis (2012).. 327. “Magnetic-field and temperature dependence of the energy gap in InN nanobelt,” K. Aravind, Y. W. Su, D. S. Chun, Watson Kuo, C. S. Wu, K. S. Chang-Liao, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, C. D. Chen, AIP Advances 2, 012155 (2012).. 328. “Polarized emission and excitonic fine structure energies of InGaN quantum dots,” K. F. Karlsson, S. Amloy, Y. T. Chen, K. H. Chen, H. C. Hsu, C. L. Hsiao, L. C. Chen and P. O. Holtz, Physica B-Condensed Matter 407, 1553 (2012).. 329. “Stand-up structure of graphene-like carbon nanowalls on CNT directly grown on polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber paper as supercapacitor,” Hsin-Cheng Hsu, Chen-Hao Wang*, S. K. Nataraj, Hsin-Chih Huang, He-Yun Du, Sun-Tang Chang, Li-Chyong Chen and Kuei-Hsien Chen, Diamond Relat. Mater. 25, 176 (2012).. 330. “Effect of substrate bias on the promotion of nanocrystalline silicon growth from He-diluted SiH4 plasma at low temperature,” D. Das, D. Raha, W. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, C. T. Wu, and L. C. Chen, J. Mater. Res. 27, 1303 (2012).. 331. “Photoconduction efficiencies in GaN nanowires grown by chemical vapor deposition and molecular beam epitaxy: a comparison study,” R. S. Chen, H. Y. Tsai, Y. S. Huang, Y. T. Chen, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 113109, (2012).. 332. “Nitrogen-functionalized graphene nano-flakes: tunable photoluminescence and electronic structures,” J.W. Chiou, Sekhar C. Ray, S.I. Peng, C.H. Chuang, B.Y. Wang, H.M. Tsai, C.W. Pao, H.-J. Lin, Y.C. Shao, Y.F. Wang, S.C. Chen, W.F. Pong, Y.C. Yeh, C.W. Chen, L.-C. Chen, K.-H. Chen, M.-H. Tsai, A. Kumar, A. Ganguly, P. Papakonstantinou, H. Yamane, N. Kosugi,T. Regier, L. Liu and T. K. Sham, J. Phys. Chem. A (DOI: 10.1021/jp303465u, 2012).. 333. “Plasmonic Ag@Ag3PO4 Nanoparticle Photosensitized ZnO Nanorod-Array Photoanodes for Water Oxidation,” Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, S.B. Wang, Y.C. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Energy & Environ. Sci. 5, 8917-8922 (2012). 334. “Visible-light-driven photocatalytic carbon-doped porous ZnO nanoarchitectures for solar water-splitting,” Y.G. Lin, Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, S.Y. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Nanoscale 4, 6515-6519 (2012). 335. “Enhancing efficiency with fluorinated interlayer in small molecule organic solar cell,” H.C. Han, C.A. Tseng, C.Y. Du, A.Ganguly, C.W. Chong, S.B. Wang, C.F. Lin, S.H. Chang, C.C. Su, J.H. Lee, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 22899 (2012).. 336. “Imaging layer number and stacking order through formulating Raman fingerprints obtained from hexagonal single crystals of few layer graphene,” J.S. Hwang, Y.H. Lin, J.Y. Hwang, R. Chang, S. Chattopadhyay, C.J. Chen, P. Chen, H.P. Chiang, T.R. Tsai, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, Nanotechnology 24, 015702 (2013). 337. “Graphene Oxide based Photocatalyst for CO2 to Methanol Conversion,” H.C. Hsu, Indrajit Shown, H.Y. Wei, Y.C. Chang, H.Y. Du, Y.G. Lin, C.H. Wang, L.C. Chen, Y.C. Lin, K.H. Chen, Nanoscale 5, 262-268 (2013). 338. “Band Gap Engineering of Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene by in-situ BN Doping,” C.K. Chang, S. Kataria, C.C. Kuo, A. Ganguli, B.Y. Wang, J.Y. Hwang, K.J. Huang, W.H. Yang, S.B. Wang, C.H. Chuang, M. Chen, C.I. Huang, W.F. Pong, K.J. Song, S.J. Chang, J. Guo, Y. Tai, M. 26 Tsujimoto, S. Isoda, C.W. Chen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, ACS Nano 7, 1333-1341 (2013). 339. “Using optical anisotropy as a quality factor to rapidly characterize structural qualities of large-area graphene films,” Y.L. Liu, C.C. Yu, C.Y. Fang, H.L. Chen, C.W. Chen, C.C. Kuo, C.K. Chang, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, Analytical Chemistry (accepted, 2013). 340. “Photochemically Active Reduced Graphene Oxide with Controllable Oxidation Level,” Y.G. Lin*, C.K. Lin*, J.T. Miller, Y.K. Hsu, Y.C. Chen, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, RSC Advances 2, 11258-11562 (2012). 341. “Surface plasmon-enhanced gas sensing in single gold peapodded-silica nanowire,” S.B. Wang, Y.F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, S.J. Chang, R.S. Chen, C.W. Chong, M.S. Hu, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Asia Materials (accepted, 2013). 342. “High K nanophase zinc oxide on biomimetic silicon nanotip array as super-capacitors,” H.C. Han, C.W. Chong, S.B. Wang, D. Heh, C.A. Tseng,Y.F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, K.H. Chen, C.F. Lin, J.H. Lee, and L.C. Chen, Nano Letters (DOI: 10.1021/nl304303p, 2013). 343. “Effect of chemical doping of boron and nitrogen on the electronic, optical, and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes,” D. Jana, C.L. Sun, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, Progress in Materials Science 58, 565–635 (2013).. 344. “Simple label-free strategy for probing site-specific DNA cleavage by GaN nanowires FET sensor,” Yao-Tong Lai, Abhijit Ganguly, Chin-Pei Chen, Sheng-Bo Wang, Kuei-Hsien Chen, and Li-Chyong Chen, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (submitted 2012). 345. “Highly flexible supercapacitors with manganese oxide nanosheet/carbon cloth electrode,” Y.K. Hsu, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, J. Power. Source (submitted, 2012). 346. “Room temperature ferromagnetism in cobalt doped n-GaN nanowire : A percolative polaron model,” P. J. Huang, Y. L. Liu, C. W. Hsu, S. Dhara, C. W. Chang, H. M. Tsai, L. C. Chen, * K. H. Chen, W. F. Pong, and G. C. Chi, Z. C. Feng, Appl. Phys. Lett. (submitted, 2012). 347. “Neuronal viability and proliferation on nano-textured fluidic surfaces,” H.C. Han, H.C. Lo, C.J. Huang, A.Ganguly, H.C. Hsu, C.Y. Dong, C.F. Chen, J. Leu, Y.C. Chang, K.H. Chen, P.D. Hong, D.S. Yu, H.Hosseinkhani,and L.C. Chen, Biomaterials (submitted, 2012). 348. “Coexistence of 2D/3D growth mode of single GaN nanorods by molecular beam epitaxy,” Y.T. Chen, T. Araki, J. Palisaitis, Per O. Å. Persson, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, P.O. Holtz, J. Birch, Y. Nanishi, Advanced Materials (submitted, 2012). 349. “Pure pyridinic nitrogen-doped graphene nanowalls supercapacitors with ultra-high performance,” H.F. Yen, Y.Y. Horng, M.S. Hu, W.H. Yang, Y. Tai, K.H. Chen, and L.C. Chen, Energy & Envior. Sci. (submitted, 2012). 350. "Oxide assisted improved corrosion resistance of GaN electrodes in NaCl electrolyte for water splitting application," Hsin-Chieh Wang, Wen-Hsun Tu, Chih-I Wu, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, and Surojit Chattopadhyay, J. Electrochem. Soc. (submitted, 2012). 351. “Recent advances in applications of one-dimensional nano-structured polyaniline,” Abhijit Ganguly, Ying-Ying Horng, Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen, Review Chapter in Nanowires, In-Teh, Austria (communicated, 2013). 352. “Surface functionalized single wall carbon nanotube electrodes on the performance of polymer photovoltaics,” Y.Y. Lin, K.H. Tu, S. Miller, B. Parekh, G. Eda, W.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, L.C. Chen, G. Fanchini , M. Chhowalla, and C.W. Chen, J. of Mater. Chem. (communicated, 2011). 27 353. “Photoconduction efficiencies and effective quantum efficiencies in metal oxide semiconductor nanowires,” R. S. Chen1, W. C. Wang, M. L. Lu, Y. F. Chen, H. C. Lin, K. H. Chen, and C. L. Chen, Nano Letters (submitted, 2013). 354. “Nanostructured Iron Oxyhydroxide (FeOOH) as A Novel Anode Material for Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitor,” Y.C. Chen, Y.K. Hsu, Y.G. Lin, S. C. Yen, L.C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Nano Letters (submitted, 2013). BOOK CHAPTERS 1. “Silicon carbon nitride: a new wide band gap material,” L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, J. J. Wu, D. M. Bhusari, and M. C. Lin, Chapter 2 in Handbook of Si-Based Materials and Devices, H.S. Nalwa, Eds., Academic Press, pp.74-126 (2001). 2. “Group III- and group IV- nitride one-dimensional nanomaterials,” L. C. Chen*, K. H. Chen, and C. C. Chen, Invited Chapter in Nanowires and Nanobelts – materials, properties and devices; Vol. I: Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires, Z.L. Wang Ed., Chapter 9, pp.259-309, Kluwer (2004). 3. “Recent Trends in Indium Nitride Nanomaterials,” Abhijit Ganguly, Li-Chyong Chen, Kuei-Hsien Chen, and Surojit Chattopadhyay, Review Chapter in Zhe-Chuan Feng, Ed., III-Nitride Devices and NanoEngineering, Imperial College Press, UK (2008). 4. “Carbon nanotube-supported catalysts for the direct methanol fuel cells,” C. H. Wang, L. C. Chen, and K.H. Chen, Chapter 8 in Electrocatalysis of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Jiujun Zhang and Hansan Liu Eds., pp. 315-354, John Wiley & Sons, New York (2009). 5. “Recent advances in GaN nanowires: surface-controlled conduction and sensing applications,” Ruei-San Chen, Abhijit Ganguly, Li-Chyong Chen, and Kuei-Hsien Chen, Chapter 10, pp. 295-315, in S. J. Pearton Ed., GaN and ZnO-based Materials and Devices, Springer (2011). 6. “Biomimetic nanostructures for anti-reflection,” Surojit Chattopadhyay, Yi-Fan Huang, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Chapter 4, pp. 108-146 in Maryanne Large, Ed., Optical Biomimetics: Materials and Applications, Woodhead Publishing (2012). 7. “Production and storage of energy with one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures,” Surojit Chattopadhyay, Abhijit Ganguly, Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen, an invited review article in Wolfgang Sigmund Ed., Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Taylor and Francis (2012). 28 INVITED TALKS 1. “Multiplex CARS study of infrared-multiphoton-excited OCS,” Kuei-Hsien Chen, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, February 1989. 2. “Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy study of infrared-multiphoton-excited Molecules,” Kuei-Hsien Chen, Invited talk in General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, August 8, 1989. 3. “Temperature and density distribution of H2 and H in hot filament CVD of diamond films,” Kuei-Hsien Chen, Atomic, Molecular, Optical Physics Seminar Series, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, February, 1991. 4. “Gas phase diagnostics of diamond chemical vapor deposition,” Kuei-Hsien Chen, invited talk at Navel Research Laboratory, Washington DC, June 11, 1992. 5. “Epitaxial growth of diamond films for electronic applications,” K.H. Chen, J.Y. Wu, L.C. Chen, C.C. Juan, and T. Hsu, Invited talk for the 188th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, U.S., 1995. 6. “Growth of Silicon Carbon Nitride Films by Microwave Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition,” K.H. Chen, J.Y. Wu, L.C. Chen, C.K. Chen, and D.M. Bhusari, Invited talk for the Gordon Conf. on Diamond and Related Materials, New Hampshire, August 2, 1996 . 7. “Progress in Carbon Nitride Growth,” L.C. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, K.H. Chen, and T.J. Chuang Invited Talk for Taipei International Symposium on Surfaces and Thin Films, March 25-28, 1997. 8. “Silicon-containing crystalline carbon nitride: a novel wide band gap material,” K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, J.J. Wu, S.L. Wei, R.L. Liu, and L.C. Chen, Invited talk for the 193th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Diego, May 3-8, 1998. 9. “Growth, Characterization, and Properties of Carbon Nitride with and without Silicon Addition,” L.C. Chen, C.T. Wu, J.J. Wu, and K.H. Chen, the 2nd SMAT Conf., Singapore, June 1999. 10. “Field Emission of SiCN Nanorods,” K.H. Chen, J.J. Wu, and L.C. Chen, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany, September 9, 1999. 11. “Growth and Applications of Advanced Materials,” K.H. Chen, J.J. Wu, and L.C. Chen, Chemistry Lectureship, Damkang University, Nov. 30, 1999. 12. “Electron Beam and Laser Manipulation of Carbon Nanotubes,” K.H. Chen, J.J. Wu, K.J. Ma, C.T. Wang, C.Y. Wen, and L.C. Chen, 7th International Conference on New Diamond Science and Technology, Hong Kong, July 23-28, 2000. 13. “Nanocrystalline Diamond,” K.H. Chen, C.T. Wu, and L.C. Chen, Department of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany, August 25, 2000. 14. “Growth and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamond,” K.H. Chen, C.T. Wu, and L.C. Chen, International Symposium on the Science of Surfaces and Nanostructures, Singapore, November 22-24, 2000. 15. “Carbon Nanotubes for Field Emission Display,” K.H. Chen, Keynote Speech to SEMI EXPO on Flat Panel Display, Taipei, May 27-28, 2002. 16. “Fabrication and Properties of SiC Nanotips,” K.H. Chen, IUMRS-ICEM 2002, Xi’an, China, June 10-14, 2002. 29 17. “Growth and Size-dependent Properties of Nano-crystalline Diamond Films,” K.H. Chen and L.C. Chen, ICNDST-8, Melbourne, Australia, July 22-26, 2002. 18. “Growth and Properties of InN Films and Nanorods,” K.H. Chen, VASSCAA-2, Hong Kong, August 26-30, 2002. 19. “Fabrication and Application of One-D Nanomaterials,” K.H. Chen, Annual Meeting of the ROC Chemistry Society, Taipei, October 26-27, 2002. 20. “Fabrication and Properties of SiC Nanotips”, The 3rd Taiwan-Japan Interexchage Workshop, Wako, RIKEN, Oct. 9-12, 2002. 21. “One-dimensional Nanomaterials”, Workshop on Quantum Transport and Mesoscopic Physics, National Chiao Tung University, January 9-11, 2003. 22. “SiC-capped Nanotip Arrays”, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, Kolkata, India, December 17-22, 2003. 23. “Growth and Properties of InN Nanowires,” International InN Workshop, Fremantle, Australia, Nov. 16-20, 2003. 24. “Fabrication and Properties of Nitride Nanowires,” E-MRS 2004 Spring Meeting, Symposium L: InN, GaN, AlN and Related Materials, Their Heterostructures and Devices, Strasbourg, France, May 24-28, 2004. 25. “Field Emission Devices of Carbon Materials,” 15th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and SiC, Riva Del Garda, Trentino, Italy, Sep. 12-17, 2004. 26. “Carbon Nanotubes Field Emission and Sensing,” SPIE-Optics East co-located with ITCom 2004, Symposium OE103: Nanosensing: Materials and Devices, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Oct. 25-28, 2004. 27. “Quantum Confinement in InN Nanostructures,” 2004 MRS-Fall Meeting, Symposium E: GaN, AlN, InN and Their Alloys, Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 29-Dec.3, 2004. 28. “Nanotip Arrays: Fabrication and Applications,” 2005 MRS-Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 28-Dec.2, 2005. 29. “High Performance Nanostructured Photovoltaic Devices,” SOLAR 2006, Cairo, January 23-27, 2006. 30. “One-dimensional Nanostructures: from Lasing to Sensing,” Int. Conf. on Nano Science and Technology, Delhi, India, March 16-18, 2006. 31. “Functionalization of CNTs for Energy Applications,” Int. Conf. on Metal. Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, May 1-5, 2006. 32. “One-dimensional group III (Al, Ga, In) nitrides nanostructures as field emitters, random lasers, super-photoconductors and biosensors”, Thin Film 2006, Singapore (Dec. 11-15, 2006), 33. “Ultrafine metal nanoparticle uniformly dispersed on arrayed carbon nanotubes with high electrochemical activity for energy applications,” CIMTEC 2006, Sicily, Italy, June 4-9, 2006. 34. 4th US Air Force/Taiwan Nanoscience Initiative Workshop on “Superb Photoconductivity and DNA Sensing of GaN Nanowires,” Houston, TX, USA (February 8-9, 2007). 35. Taiwan-Israel binational meeting on “CNTs for Energy Applications,” the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, (March 13-14, 2007). 36. ICMCTF on “Superb Photoconductivity in GaN Nanowires,” San Diego, USA, (April 30 22-26, 2007). 37. Plenary talk in 2007 Symposium on Nano Device Technology (SNDT 2007) on “Photoconductivity and DNA Sensing of GaN Nanowires,” NDL, Hsinchu (May 9-11, 2007). 38. NanoSMAT on “Carbon nanotubes and related hybrids: towards electrochemical energy micro-devices”, Algarve, Portugal, (July 9-11, 2007). integrated 39. Sweden STINT-Taiwan bilateral meeting on “Nano-photovoltaics”, Vadstena, Sweden, (August 28-31, 2007). 40. SAAB -Univ. of Linkoping -Taiwan trilateral workshop on “Biomimetic Antireflective Nanostructures”, University of Linkoping, Sweden, (August 30, 2007). 41. 212th ECS Meeting on “Enhanced photoconduction and biosensing of GaN nanowires”, Washington DC, USA, (October 7-12, 2007). 42. Keynote speech on “Enhanced photoconduction and biosensing of GaN nanowires”, SICC5/APCE, Singapore, (December 16-19, 2007). 43. “Enhanced photoconduction and biosensing of GaN nanowires”, ICCT and Annual Meeting of Chemical Society, National Tsinhua University, (December 13-14, 2007). 44. “Wide band anti-reflection properties with biomimetic silicon nanostructures”, Int. Conf. on Nano Science and Technology, Chennai, India (February 25-28, 2008). 45. “Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Applications”, MRS Spring Meeting, San Franciso (March 24-28, 2008). 46. “Carbon Nanotubes for Fuel Cell and Supercapacitor Applications”, MRS International Materials Research Conference, Chongqing, China, (June 9-12, 2008). 47. “Solar Energy Harvesting”, T.Y. Wu Science Camp, Chi-Tou, Taiwan, (August 4-8, 2008). 48. “Nanotubes and Nanowires for Energy and Sensing Applications”, Nanotechnology, BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC), University of Ulster, UK, (August 20, 2008). 49. “Broadband Anti-reflection Properties of Biomimetic Silicon Nanostructures”, ECS Annual Meeting, Hawaii, USA, (October 13-18, 2008). 50. “Wafer-scale Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Graphene”, ECS Annual Meeting, Hawaii, USA, (October 13-18, 2008). 51. “Label-free In Situ Selection of DNA-Molecules using GaN Nanowires Based Extended-Gate FET Sensor”, ECS Annual Meeting, Hawaii, USA, (October 13-18, 2008). 52. “Electronic and Electrochemical Property of Graphene Formed by Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”, AsiaNano, Singapore, (November 2-7, 2008). 53. “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications”, Annual meeting of the ROC Physical Society, Chang Hua, Taiwan (January 20, 2009). 54. “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications”, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran (February 4, 2009). 55. “Nitride Nanowires for Photodetection and Biosensing”, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran (February 7, 2009). 56. "CVD Growth and Electrochemical Property of Graphene,", Taiwan-US Air Force Joint Nanoscience Workshop, San Francisco, (April 20-21, 2009). 57. "Si nanotips-array for antireflection and beyond," AFSOR Joint Electronics Program Review Washington DC (May 27-29, 2009). 31 58. "Microwave Plasma Enhanced CVD Growth of Graphene Nanowalls," Naval Research Laboratory, DC (May 28, 2009). 59. "Microwave Plasma Enhanced CVD Growth of Graphene Nanowalls," The 5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Congresses (V ISRC), Santo Domingo, DR (June 1-5, 2009). 60. "Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Related Noncarbon Nanostructures," Tutorial Course in MRS Fall, Boston (Nov. 30, 2009). 61. "Photoelectrochemical splitting of water using III-nitride materials," MRS Fall, Boston (Nov. 30-Dec. 5, 2009). 62. "Microwave Plasma Enhanced CVD Growth of Graphene Nanowalls and their Electrochemical Peoperties," ICANN, Guwahati, India (Dec. 9-11, 2009). 63. "Growth and Properties of Graphene Nanowalls," NDNC-2010, Suzhou, China (May. 16-21, 2010). 64. “GaN for photoelectrochemical water splitting,” SPIE Photonics West: Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology V, San Diego (August 1-5, 2010). 65. “GaN for solar hydrogen generation,” Plenary speech in International Congress on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (ICNN2010), Shiraz, Iran (November 9-11, 2010). 66. “Nanomaterials for electro-catalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells,” Nano2010, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India (December 13-16, 2010). 67. “Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition: a versatile technique for the development of new materials,” Plenary speech in 2011 AVS International Plasma Workshop Taipei, Taiwan (March 22-25, 2011). 68. “Nitrogen doping effect on CNTs as electrocatalyst support in PEFC,” NDNC-2011, Matsue, Japan (May 16-20, 2011). 69. “Graphene nanowalls as ingenious support for catalysts,” ICMAT-2011, Suntec, Singapore (June 26-July 1, 2011). 70. “Nanocomposites for Hydrogen energy applications,” Keynote speech in TACT-2011, Kenting, Taiwan (Nov. 21-23, 2011). 71. “Nanostructured Materials for Hydrogen Production,” Invited speech in Telluride Workshop on Interfacial Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials and Devices, Telluride, CO (Feb. 6-10, 2012). 72. “ECR plasma induced nanotip array formation and its applications,” Invited speech in iPlasma-Nano, Singapore (Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2012). 73. “Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production,” Invited speech in ICNS4, Kish Island, Iran (Mar. 10-13, 2012). 74. “Band gap opening by B and N co-doping in graphene,” Invited speech in CEMTEC, Montecatini, Italy (June 10-14, 2012). 75. “Doping and characterization of graphene and graphene nanowalls,” Invited speech in the 2nd Workshop on Nanoscience: Carbon-Related Systems and Nanomaterials, NCKU, Taiwan (July 4-7, 2012). 76. “Graphene nanowalls for fuel cells and supercapacitor applications,” Invited speech in International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials (MAM-12), Coimbatore, India (November 21-25, 2012). 32 PATENTS 1. “Crystalline SixCyNz and Method for Synthesis of the Same,” L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, and C.K. Chen, U.S. Patent No. 6,090,358, issued July 18, 2000. 2. “Crystalline SixCyNz with a Direct optical bandgap of 3.8 eV,” L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, Y.F. Chen, and Y.S. Huang, U.S. Patent No. 5,935,705 issued Aug. 10, 1999. 3. “Synthesis of Si-containing Carbon Nitride,” L.C. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, K.H. Chen, and C.K. Chen, ROC patent 436530, May 25, 2001. 4. “A New Wide-band gap Semiconductor: SixCyNz,” L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, D.M. Bhusari, Y.F. Chen, and Y.S. Huang, ROC patent 451499, August 21, 2001. 5. “Nanotip Arrays,” K.H. Chen, J.S. Hwang, H.C. Lo, D. Das, and L.C. Chen U.S. Patent No. 6,960,528 B2 issued Nov. 1, 2005. ROC patent 07A-910410. 6. “Suppressing Recombination in an Electronic Device,” K.H. Chen, C.H. Lin, J.W. Hsu, and L.C. Chen US Patent No. 8,080,824 B2 issued Dec. 20,. 2011. ROC patent number No. I-336956, 2011/2/1-2027/3/14. 7. “Functionalized Nitride Nanomaterials for Electrochemistry and Biosensor Applications,” K.H. 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