Hongta Yang, Professor

Tel: 886-4-22840510 ext. 711

E-mail: hyang@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2021-) Director, Center for Development of Teaching and Learning, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2017-2019) Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2016-2020) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2013–2016) Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.A. (2011–2012) Ph.D, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.A. (2008–2011) M.S., Dept. of Paper Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (2006–2008) M.S., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (2004–2006) B.S., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1997–2001)

 

Research Interests

Large-Scale Assembly of Colloidal Particles uperhydrophobic/ Self-Cleaning Coatings      Anti-Reflection Coatings      Anti-Fogging Coatings       Metamaterials      Chemical Sensors & Biosensors      Vapor Detectors      Color-Reflective Displays      Particle Separation & Bacterial Filtration Membranes      Low-Threshold Lasers

 

 

Selected Publications

 

1. Meng-Shan Shih, Huei-Yin Chen, Pei-Chun Li, Hongta Yang*, Broadband Omnidirectional Antireflection Coatings Inspired by Embroidered Ball-Like Structures on Leafhoppers, Applied Surface Science, 2020, 532, 147397.
2. Chia-Hua Hsieh, Yi-Cheng, Lu, Hongta Yang*, Self-Assembled Mechanochromic Shape Memory Photonic Crystals by Doctor Blade Coating. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 36478-36484.
3. Chih-Wei Lei, Ru-Yu Chen, Hongta Yang*, Leafhopper-Wing-Inspired Broadband Omnidirectional Antireflective Embroidered Ball-Like Structure Arrays Using a Non-Lithography-Based Methodology. Langmuir, 2020, 36, 5296-5303.
4. Hsin-Yu Tseng, Yu-Han Chen, Ru-Yu Chen, Hongta Yang*, Reversibly Erasable Broadband Omnidirectional Antireflection Coatings Inspired by Inclined Conical Structures on Blue-Tailed Forest Hawk Dragonfly Wings. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 10883-10892.
5. Min-Fang Wu, Hui-Ping Tsai, Chia-Hua Hsieh, Yi-Cheng Lu, Liang-Cheng Pan, Hongta Yang*, Water-Soluble Chemical Vapor Detection Enabled by Doctor-Blade-Coated Macroporous Photonic Crystals. Sensors, 2020, 20, 5503.
6. Chen-Yu Chien, Yu-Han Chen, Ru-Yu Chen, Hongta Yang*, Dragonfly-Wing-Inspired Inclined Irregular Conical Structures for Broadband Omnidirectional Antireflection Coatings. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 3, 789-796.
7. Kun-Yi Andrew Lin*, Hongta Yang, Fu-Kong Hsu, Zr-Metal Organic Framework and Derivatives for Adsorptive and Photocatalytic Removal of Acid Dyes. Water Environment Research, 2018, 90, 144-154.
8. Yu-Chien Chen, and Hongta Yang*, Octopus-Inspired Nanosucker Arrays for Dry/Wet Adhesion. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 5332. (Selected as Nature Nanotechnology Research Highlight.)
9. Chien-Fu Chiu, Hui-Ping Tsai, Ying-Chu Chen, Yi-Xuan He, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, and Hongta Yang*, Self-Assembled Curved Macroporous Photonic Crystal-Based Surfactant Detectors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 26333.
10. Yi-Han Lin, Shing-Yi Suen, and Hongta Yang*, Visual and Reversible Carbon Dioxide Sensing Nnabled by Doctor Blade Coated Macroporous Photonic Crystals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 506, 319.
11. Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Yu-Chien Chen, Tien-Yu Lin, and Hongta Yang*, Lanthanum Cobaltite Perovskite Supported on Zirconia as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 497, 325.
12. Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Jyun-Ting Lin, and Hongta Yang*, Ferrocene Modified Chitosan as an Efficient and Green Heterogeneous Catalyst for Sulfate-Radical-Based Advanced Oxidation Process. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 173, 412.
13. Kun-Yi Andrew Lin*, Hongta Yang, and Fu-Kong Hsu, Zr-Metal Organic Framework and Derivatives for Adsorptive and Photocatalytic Removal of Acid Dyes. Water Environment Research, 2017.
14. Ya-Ling Ko, Hui-Ping Tsai, Kun-Yi Lin, Ying-Chu Chen, and Hongta Yang* Reusable Macroporous Photonic Crystal-Based Ethanol Vapor Detectors by Doctor Blade Coating. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 487, 360.
15. Cheng-Yen Lin, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Tung-Wei Yang, Ying-Chu Chen, and Hongta Yang* Self-Assembled Hemispherical Nanowell Arrays for Superhydrophobic Antireflection Coatings. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 490, 171.
16. Kuan-Yi Tsao, Hui-Ping Tsai, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Yi-Xuan He, and Hongta Yang* Self-Assembled Hierarchical Arrays for Colored Retroreflective Coatings. Langmuir, 2016, 32, 12869. (Mimicking bug eyes could brighten reflective signs and clothes, selected as American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service November PressPac)
17. Cheng-Yen Lin, Kun-Yi Lin, Hui-Ping Tsai, Yi-Xuan He, and Hongta Yang* Self-Assembled Dual-Sided Hemispherical Nano-Dimple-Structured Broadband Antireflection Coatings. Applied Physics Letters, 2016, 109, 221601.
18. Lin, K.-C.; Lin, C.-H.; Chen, S. Y.; Yang H.*, Enhanced Photocatalytic Reduction of Concentrated Bromate in the Presence of Alcohols. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 303, 596-603.
19. Cai, C.-Y.; Lin, K.-Y.; Chen, Y.-C.; Yang, H.* Macroporous Photonic Crystal-Based Anti-Ultraviolet and Anti-Near-Infrared Materials by Doctor Blade Coating. Applied Physics Letters, 2016, 108, 071906.
20. Chen, Y.-C.; Huang, Z.-S.; Yang H.*, Cicada-Wing-Inspired Self-Cleaning Antireflection Coatings on Polymer Substrates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 25495-25505.
21. Cai, C.-Y.; Tseng, S.-K.; Kuo. M.; Lin, K.-Y.; Yang, H.*; Lee, R.-H.*Chen, Photovoltaic Performance of N719 Dye based Dye-sensitized Solar Cell with Transparent Macroporous Anti-ultraviolet Photonic Crystal Coatings. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 102903-102910.
22. Lin, K.-Y.*; Yang, H.; Lee, W.-D., Enhanced Removal of Diclofenac from Water Using a Zeolitic Imidazole Framework Functionalized with Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB), RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 81330–81340.
23. Chou, C.-C.; Tsao, K.-Y.; Wu, C.-C. & Yang H.*, Chen, C.-M.*, Improved Power Conversion Efficiency for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using a Subwavelength-Structured Antireflective Coating. Applied Surface Science, 2015, 325, 198-204.
24. Lin, K.-Y. Andrew*; Yang, H.; Lee, W. D. & Tsao, K.-Y., A Magnetic Fluid Based on Covalent-Bonded Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs) and Its Decolorization Application in Water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015, DOI 10.1007/s11356-014-3961-x.
25. Lin, K.-Y. Andrew*; Yang, H.; Petitc, C. & Chen, S.-Y., Removal of Oil Droplets from Water using Carbonized Rice Husk: Enhancement by Surface-Modification using Polyethylenimine. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2015, 204, 50–59.
26. Lin, K.-Y. Andrew*, Yang, H.; Petitc, C. & Lee, W-D, Magnetically Controllable Pickering Emulsion Prepared by A Reduced Graphene Oxide-Iron Oxide Composite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 438, 296-305.
27. Cai, C.-Y., Lin, K.-Y. Andrew & Yang, H.*, Superhydrophobic Anti-Ultraviolet Films by Doctor Blade Coating. Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 105, 201913.
28. Lin, K.-Y. Andrew*, Yang, H.; Petitc, C. & Hsua, F-K, Removing Oil Droplets from Water Using a Copper-Based Metal Organic Frameworks. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 249, 293-301.
29. Yang, H. T.*; Gozubenli, N.; Fang, Y. & Jiang, P.* Generalized Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Non-Close-Packed Colloidal Crystals with Controlled Lattice Spacing. Langmuir, 2013, 29, 7674-7681.
30. Yang, H. T.*; Dou, X.; Fang, Y. & Jiang, P.* Self-Assembled Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Hierarchical Arrays. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2013, 405, 51-57.
31. Yang, H.; Jiang, B.; Jiang, P.* Vapor Detection Enabled by Self-Assembled Colloidal Photonic Crystals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012, 370, 11–18.
32. Fang, Y.; Dlott, D.*; Yang, H.; Jiang, P. The Distribution of Enhancement Factors in Close-Packed and Non-Close-Packed Surface Enhanced Raman Substrates. Journal of Ramam Spectroscopy 2011, 43, 389–395.
33. Yang, H.; Jiang, P.* Macroporous Photonic Crystal-Based Vapor Detectors Created by Doctor Blade Coating. Applied Physics Letters 2011, 98, 011104.
34. Yang, H.; Jiang, P.* Scalable Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Hierarchical Colloidal Arrays. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2010, 352, 558–565.
35. Yang, H.; Jiang, P.* Large-Scale Colloidal Self-Assembly by Doctor Blade Coating. Langmuir 2010, 26, 13173–13182.
36. Yang, H.; Jiang, P.* Self-Cleaning Diffractive Macroporous Polymer Films by Doctor Blade Coating. Langmuir 2010, 26, 12598–12604.
37. Yang, H.; Deng, Y.* Preparation and Physical Properties of Superhydrophobic Papers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2008, 325, 588–593.

 

Patents

 

1. “具有多維度中空奈米結構之複合片體及其應用”, Wu, T.-M.; Shieu, F.-S.; Dow, W.-P.; Yang, H.; Wang, J.-M.; Wang, H.-T., Taiwan Patent, 2020, TW I685523
2. “Biomimetic Structure Array and Method for Manufacturing Thereof”, Yang, H.*; Chen, Y.-C.; Chen, Y.-X., Taiwan Patent, 2017, TW I656956.
3. “Retroflective Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof”, Yang, H.*; Ko, Y.-L.; Taso, K.-Y., Taiwan Patent, 2017, TW I606274.
4. “Polymer Film, Method for Manufacturing Thereof, Anti-Reflective Element and Sensing Element Using the Same”, Yang, H.*; Lin, C.-Y., Taiwan Patent, 2017, TW I596144.
5. “Anti-Ultraviolet and Anti-Infrared Porous Structure”, Yang, H.*; Cai, C.-Y., Taiwan Patent, 2016, TW I542906.
6. “Self-Dimming Smart Glass and Fabrication Method Thereof”, Yang, H.*; Cai, C.-Y., Taiwan Patent, 2016, TW I541425.
7. “Macroporous Composite Film, Preparing Method Thereof, Method and Device for Detecting Chemical Vapor Using the Same”, Yang, H.*; Ko, Y.-L., Taiwan Patent, 2016, TW I537319.
8. “Porous Structure for CO2 Sensor and Method Thereof”, Yang, H.*; Tsao, K.-Y., Cai, C.-Y., Taiwan Patent, 2015, I504881.
9. “Porous Polymer Membranes, Methods of Making, and Methods of Use”, Jiang, P & Yang, H., US Patent, 2013, US 2013/0199995 A1.
10. “Macrorporous Polymer Reflective Color Displays and Method for Producing”, Yang, H.; Jiang, P., provisional US Patent filed by the UF Office of Technology Licensing.