B.S., National Taiwan University (1980)

Ph.D., University of Chicago (1988)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989–1991)

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (1991–1997)

Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (1997–)

Joint Appointment Assistant Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1992–1994)

Joint Appointment Associate Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1994–2001)

Joint Appointment Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (2001–)

Catalytic growths of crystalline nanowires, nanotubes, nanosprings, and superlattices by chemical vapor deposition and laser ablation

Nanowire based field effect transistors as chemical and biological sensors

Electric and optoelectronic transports and Young's modulus of elasticity for single nanomaterials

Single molecule and single nanomaterial spectroscopy

Gas-phase molecule radical, and ion spectroscopy

"The photoluminescence from hydrogen-related species in composites of SiO₂ nanoparticles", Y. D. Glinka, S. H. Lin, and Y.-T. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 778-780 (1999). 

"Two-photon excited luminescence and defect formation in SiO₂ nanoparticles induced by 6.4 eV ArF laser light", Y. D. Glinka, S. H. Lin, and Y.-T. Chen, Phys. Rev. B 62, 4733-4743 (2000).

"Photoluminescence spectroscopy of silica-based mesoporous materials", Y. D. Glinka, S. H. Lin, L.-P. Hwang, and Y.-T. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 8652-8663 (2000). 

"Photoluminescence from mesoporous silica: Similarity of properties to porous silicon", Y. D. Glinka, S. H. Lin, L. P. Hwang, and Y.-T. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3968-3970 (2000). 

"Catalytic growth of silicon nanowires assisted by laser ablation", Y.-H. Yang and Y.-T. Chen et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 846-852 (2004). 

"Surface enhanced Raman scattering and polarized photoluminescence from catalytically grown CdSe nanobelts and sheets", R. Venugopal, P.-I. Lin, C.-C. Liu, and Y.-T. Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 11262-11268 (2005).

"Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering from Catalytically Grown Zn_xCd_1-xSe Alloy Nanowires", R. Venugopal, P.-I. Lin, and Y.-T. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 11691-11696 (2006). 

"Solvothermal preparation and spectroscopic characterization of copper indium diselenide nanorods", Y.-H. Yang and Y.-T. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 17370-17374 (2006).