NTHU CoNS Research Opportunities
Principal Investigator |
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Name: |
Pai-Yi Hsiao (蕭百沂) |
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Education |
Ph. D. of Physics |
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Tel: |
+886-3-5162247 |
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Email: |
pyhsiao@ess.nthu.edu.tw |
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Website: |
http://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~pyhsiao/ |
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Research Interests |
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Using computer simulations to investigate physical properties of soft matter physics. The studied topics include: 1. DNA translocation through nanopores 2. Charged dendrimers in electric fields 3. Polyelectrolyte brush 4. Electrokinetics of polyelectrolytes 5. Mechanical properties of lipid bilayer systems 6. Self-assembled monolayers 7. Thermal properties of nanowire |
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Honors and Awards |
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NTHU’s Academic Excellence Awards for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
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Selected Publications |
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1. Hsiao PY*, Polyelectrolyte Threading through a Nanopore, Polymers (2016) accepted 2. Das AK, Hsiao PY*, Charged Dendrimers under the Action of AC Electric Fields: Breathing Characteristics of Molecular Size, Polarizations, and Ion Distributions, J. Chem. Phys 142 (2015) 084902 3. Guptha VS, Hsiao PY*, Polyelectrolyte Brushes in Monovalent and Multivalent Salt Solutions, Polymer 55 (2014) 2900 4. Ho YF, Shendruk TN, Slater GW, Hsiao PY*, Structure of Polyelectrolyte Brushes Subject to Normal Electric Fields, Langmuir 29 (2013) 2359 5. Huang CH, Hsiao PY*, Tseng FG, Fan SK, Fu CC, Pan RL, Pore-Spanning Lipid Membrane under Identation by a Probe Tip: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study, Langmuir 27 (2011) 11930 6. Hsiao PY*, Wei YF, Chang HC, Unfolding Collapsed Polyelectrolytes in Alternating-Current Electric Fields, Soft Matter 7 (2011) 1207 |
Graduate Student Researcher Openings and Requirements
1. One position available for student who is willing to pursue Ph. D. in NTHU
Research Topics: polymer translocation studied by means of molecular dynamics simulation
Requirements: physics discipline, skillful for programming languages C/C++, familiar with Linux
Salary: depending on academic and research performance
Type I |
Type II |
Type III |
Tuition waiver + $550/month |
Tuition waiver + $300/month |
$450/month |