Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, San Diego (2009/08-2014/12) 

M.S. in Chemical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (2002/09-2004/06)

B.S. Chemical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (1998/09-2002/06)

Associate professor at National Cheng Kung University (2023/08-)

Assistant professor at National Cheng Kung University (2019/08-2023/07)

Postdoctoral Scholar at NanoEngineering Department University of California, San Diego (2016/03-2019/07)

Postdoctoral Scholar at Materials Science and Engineering Department  University of California, Berkeley (2015/03-2016/02)

Research Engineer at Nan Ya Plastic Corporation  Formosa Plastic Group, (2004/10-2009/07)

2019 1st Semester : Physical Chemistry/ Material Science Principle/ Introduction to Chemical Engineering 

1. Shih-Lun Peng, Gang-Yi Chen, Su-Wen Hsu . "Silver Nanocube Dimer Nanojunctions as Plasmon-Enhanced Raman Sensors". Journal of Materials Chemistry C.(accepted)

2. Hsien-Tai Cheng, Ming-Shiuan Huang, Su-Wen Hsu . "Combination of Plasmon-Mediated Photochemistry and Seed-Mediated Methods for Synthesis of Bicomponent Nanocrystals". ACS omega, 7, 34, 30622-30631

3.Wen-Yu Liao, Jyue-Rong Huang, Su-Wen Hsu, “Fabrication of a Large-Scale Plasmonic Nanojunction for Chemical Sensing” ACS Applied Nano Materials,2022, 5, 5722-5732

4.Shih‐Lun Peng, Gang‐Yi Chen, Su‐Wen Hsu,” Tuning the Optical and Electrical Properties of Polymer‐Based Nanocomposites by Plasmon‐Induced Electromagnetic Field” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2200089

5.Wei-Liang Jhang, Ming-Shiuan Huang, Su-Wen Hsu, “Unsymmetrical Heterogeneous Au–Ag Nanocrystals as Catalysts, Sensors, and Drug Carriers”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 10011-10017

6.Haoliang Qian, Shilong Li, Su-Wen Hsu, Ching-Fu Chen, Fanglin Tian, Andrea R Tao, Zhaowei Liu., " Highly-efficient electrically-driven localized surface plasmon source enabled by resonant inelastic electron tunneling" Nature communications, 2021, 12, 1-7

7. Jhang W.-L., Li C.-J., Wang, A.-S., Liu C.-W., and Hsu, S.-W., “Tunable Optical Property of Plasmonic–Polymer Nanocomposites Composed of Multilayer Nanocrystal Arrays Stacked in a Homogeneous Polymer Matrix, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2020, 12, 46, 51873-51884 

8. J. Wang, S-W Hsu, N. Gonzalez‐Pech, A. Jhunjhunwala, F. Chen, A. Hariri, V. Grassian, A.Tao, and J. Jokerst, “Copper Sulfide Nanodisks and Nanoprisms for Photoacoustic Ovarian Tumor Imaging” 2019, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 190017

9. S-W. Hsu, and T. Xu, “Tailoring Co-assembly of Nanodiscs and Block Copolymer-Based Supramolecules by Manipulating Interparticle Interactions” Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 7, 2833-2842

10. H. Qian, S. Li, C-F. Chen, S-W. Hsu, S. Bopp, Q. Ma, A.R Tao, Z. Liu, " large optical nonlinearity enabled by coupled metallic quantum wells" Light: Science & Applications, 8, 1, 13

11. H. Qian, ‡ S-W. Hsu, ‡ K. Gurunatha, C. T. Riley, J. Zhao, D. Lu, A. R. Tao, and Z. Liu, “Efficient light generation from enhanced inelastic electron tunneling” Nature Photonics, 2018, 12, 485–488 (‡These authors contributed equally to this work.)

12. S-W. Hsu, and A. R. Tao, “Halide-Directed Synthesis of Square Prismatic Ag Nanocrystals by the Polyol Method” Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30 (14), 4617-4623

13. S-W. Hsu, A. L. Rodarte, M. Som, G. Arya, and A. R. Tao, “Colloidal Plasmonic Nanocomposites: From Fabrication to Optical Function” Chemical reviews, 2018, 118 (6), 3100-3120

14. S-W. Hsu, Y. Long, A G Subramanian, and A. R. Tao, “Directed assembly of metal nanoparticles in polymer bilayers” Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2018, 3 (2), 390-396

15. B. C. Marin,‡ S.-W. Hsu,‡ L. Chen, A. Lo, D. W. Zwissler, Z.W. Liu, and A. R. Tao, “Plasmon-Enhanced TwoPhoton Absorption in Photoluminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals” ACS Photonics, 2016, 3 (4), 526-531 (‡These authors contributed equally to this work.)

16. S-W. Hsu, C. Ngo, W. Bryks, and A. R. Tao, “Shape Focusing During the Anisotropic Growth of CuS Triangular Nanoprisms” Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27 (14), pp 4957–4963

17. S-W. Hsu, C. Ngo, and A. R. Tao, “Tunable and Directional Plasmonic Coupling within Semiconductor Nanodisk Assemblies” Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (5), pp 2372–2380

18. W. Bryks, M. Wette, N. Velez, S.-W. Hsu, and Andrea R. Tao “Supramolecular Precursors for the Synthesis of Anisotropic Cu2S Nanocrystals” Journal of the American Chemical society, 136, 17, 6175–6178, 2014.

19. S.-W. Hsu, W. Bryks, and A.R. Tao. “The Effects of Carrier Density and Shape on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Cu2-xS Nanodisks”, Chemistry of Materials, 24, 3765-3771, 2012

20. S.-W. Hsu, K. On, and A.R. Tao. “Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Anisotropic Semiconductor Nanocrystals”, Journal of the American Chemical society , 133, 47, 19072-19075, 2011.

21. S.-W. Hsu, K. On, B. Gao and A.R. Tao. “ Polyelectrolyte-Templated Synthesis of Bimetallic Nanoparticles”, Langmuir, 27, 13, 8494-8499, 2011

22. H.-J. Hwang, S.-W. Hsu, C.-S. Wang “Low Dielectric and Flame-Retardant Properties of Thermosetting Redistributed Poly(phenylene oxide)”, Journal of Vinyl & Additive Technology, 15, 1, 54-59, 2009

23. H.-J. Hwang, S.-W. Hsu, C.-L. Chung, C.-S. Wang “Low dielectric epoxy resins from dicyclopentadienecontaining poly (phenylene oxide) novolac cured with dicyclopentadiene containing epoxy”, Reactive & Functional Polymers, 68, 1185-1193, 2008

24. H.-J. Hwang, S.-W. Hsu, C.-S. Wang “Low Dielectric Thermoset from Redistributed Poly (phenylene oxide)”, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 45, 12, 1049-1056, 2008

25. H.-J. Hwang, S.-W. Hsu, C.-S. Wang “Synthesis and physical properties of low-molecular-weight redistributed poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) for epoxy resin”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 110, 1880-1890, 2008.

CONFERENCE PAPER AND  PRESENTATIONS 

1. H. Qian, S-W. Hsu, K. Gurunatha, J. Zhao, C. T. Riley, D. Lu, A. R. Tao, Z. Liu, “Investigation of the light generation from crystalline Ag-cubes based metal-insulator-metal tunnel junctions” Optical Society of America, CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science FM3H. 7. (2017)

2. J. Wang, S-W. Hsu, A. R. Tao, J. V. Jokerst, “Copper sulfide nanodisk as photoacoustic contrast agent for ovarian tumor detection” Proc. of SPIE Vol 100642D-1. (2017)

3. S-W. Hsu, C. Ngo, and A.R. Tao. “Semiconductor Nanocrystals with Tunable Plasmonic Properties” 2013 Material Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, December 03, 2013, Boston, MA. (Graduate Student Award talk)

4. S-W. Hsu, C. Ngo, and A.R. Tao. “Semiconductor Nanocrystals with Tunable Plasmonic Properties” 2013 Material Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, December 02, 2013, Boston, MA.

5. S-W. Hsu, C. Ngo, and A.R. Tao. “Controlling the Shape of Copper Sulfide Nanocrystals” 2013 Material Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibit, December 03, 2013, Boston, MA.

6. S-W. Hsu, W. Bryks., and A.R. Tao. “Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanodisks” UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering 32nd Annual Research Expo, April 18, 2013, San Diego, CA.

7. S-W. Hsu, K. On., and A.R. Tao. “The Shape-dependent localized surface plasmon resonances of Cu2-xS nanodisks” UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering 31nd Annual Research Expo, April 12, 2012, San Diego, CA.

8. S-W. Hsu, K. On., and A.R. Tao. “The Shape-Dependent Surface Plasmon Resonances of Cu2-xS Nanodisks” 243rd Americal Chemical Society Meeting, March 27, 2012, San Diego, CA.

9. S-W. Hsu, K. On, B. Gao, and A.R. Tao. “Polyelectrolyte-Templated Galvanic Deposition for Bimetallic Nanoparticles” UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering 30nd Annual Research Expo, April 4, 2011, San Diego, CA.

AWARDS & HONORS 

Material Research Society Graduate Student Silver Award, Fall Meeting 2013 

Material Research Society Best Poster Award, Fall Meeting 2013 

The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of Republic of China, 2004 

REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS 

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