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Group Leader

Yang-Yuan Chen¡]³¯¬v¤¸¡^

Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

Email: cheny2@phys.sinica.edu.tw

Tel: 886-2-2789-6725

Fax: 886-2-2783-4187

Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan, ROC


Education¡G

  • Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

  • Experience¡G

  • Post-Doctor, University of Rochester
  • Associate Research Fellow

  • Research Fields¡G

  • Low temperature physics
  • Low temperature specific heat Heavy Fermion
  • Nanoparticle
  • Thermoelectricity
  • Ground freezing

  • Experience¡G

  • Post-Doctor, University of Rochester
  • Associate Research Fellow
  • Publication

    All Publication



    Other Publication

  • Book Chapter:
    1. Y.Y. Chen (2003)
      ¡§ Low-temperature Ru-Sapphire Film Thermometer and Its Application in Heat Capacity Measurements¡¨
      Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry. Volume 7, P 387 American Institute of Physics
    2. Cheng-Lung Chen and Yang-Yuan Chen (2011)
      ¡§Cancer Cell Photothermolysis and Gold Nanorod Surface Plasmons¡¨
      Nanomedicine and Cancer ISBN 978-1-57808-727-3; September 2011 by Science Publisher (USA)
    3. Yang-Yuan Chen, Cheng-Lung Chen, Ping-Chung Lee, Min-Nan Ou (2011/7)
      ¡§Fabrication, Characterization and Thermal Properties of Nanowires¡¨
      Nanowires-Fundamental Research, Intech Open Access Publisher, DOI:10.5772/681
  • Thesis and report:
    1. T. G. Castner and Y. Y. Chen (1988)
      "Thick Film Resistors Research"
      Progress Report. Univ. of Rochester (1988)
    2. Y. Y. Chen (1987).
      "Valence Fluctuations and Coherence in Cerium Based-Compounds"
      Ph. D. Thesis, University of California, Irvine (1987)


    Invited talk (International or Nationwide Conferences)

    1. ¡§Fabrication, characterization and measurement of nanostructure thermoelectric materials-from nanostructure composite to nanowire¡¨
      Y. Y. Chen
      Taiwan-Japan thermoelectricity
      Taipei, April 22 (2013)
    2. ¡§Nanotechnology on Thermoelectricity for Renewable Energy Application¡¨
      Y. Y. Chen
      BIT¡¦s 1st Annual World Congress of Nano-S & T
      Dalian, Oct. 23-26 (2011)
    3. "Size effect on superconductivity and magnetism in CeCo2 and CePt2"
      RIKEN-Taiwan workshop on Nano-Science & Nano-technology
      Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 9-10 (2002)
    4. "Low-temperature Composite Sapphire-RuO2 Thermometer and Its Application in Heat Capacity Measurements"
      8th Temperature Symposium
      Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 21-24 (2002)
    5. "Quantum Size Effects in metal, superconductor and Heavy Fermion Nanoparticles"
      1999 Taiwan International Conference on Superconductivity & 6th0 Workshop on Low Temperature Physics
      Kenting, Taiwan, Aug 17-20 (1999)
    6. "Heavy Fermion Behavior in CeAl2 Nanoparticles"
      NANO'98 (Fourth International Confeence on Nanostructured Materials)
      Stockom, Sweaden, June 14-19 (1998)
    7. "A comparative Study of Low Temperature Heat Capacities between Zinc Ferrite and Magnesium FerriteNanoparticles"
      J. C. Ho, H. Hamdeh, S. H. Lin, Y. Y. Chen, Y. D. Yao, R. J. Willey
      The Third Workshop on Low Temperature Physics, Aug. 4-5 (1995)
      NSC82-0208-M-001-148


    Conference section chairperson

    1. International Symposium on Physics of Magnetic Materials and International Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Technologies (SPMM/ISAMT 2001)
      Taipei, Taiwan, May 13~16 (2001)
    2. 2nd International Symposium on electronic and Atomic Structures (ISEAS-2)
      Tamsui Taiwan Dec. 17-18 (1999)


    Patents

    1. US patent 6.480.093 (2000-2025):
      "Composite film resistors and method of making the same"
    2. Taiwan patent I264286 (2006-2025):
      "Fire ant eradication device using high-pressure heated gas pulses and method thereof"
    3. Taiwan patent I321183 (2010-2026):
      "The method of liquid nitrogen ground freezing for underground sewer jack-piping¡¨
    4. Taiwan patent 095135041 (pending, 2006-):
      "The detection and eradication of fire ants using trained dog and gas chromatography spectrometers¡¨


    Technical transfer

    In 2006 the technology of ¡§using liquid nitrogen in ground freezing for underground sewer jack-piping¡¨ was transferred to a underground sewer construction company. The loyalty of the technical transfer was paid to Academia Sinica.

    Committee Served

    1. Project reviewer, National Science Councile (NSC) 2001-
    2. Executive Secretary, Center for Applied Sciences and Engineering Research, Academia Sinica (1998)