Prof Wan-Chin Yu

Prof Wan-Chin Yu

Dr. Wan-Chin Yu

Research Laboratory：Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Biochemical Engineering 

Educational Background：

 University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • University of Manchester, Bioreactor Sys., M.Sc. 

University of Manchester

 

Office:

Molecular Science Building, 2nd floor

(02)2771-2171 ext 2411

 

Research laboratory:

Molecular Science Building, 4th floor

(02)2771-2171 ext 2423


Email: wanchin@ntut.edu.tw

Professional Experience

  1. Professor, Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
  2. Associate professor, Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
  3. Assistant professor, Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
  4. Research fellow, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taipei, Taiwan
  5. Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Research Interests

  1. Synthesis and application of nanomaterials
  2. Electrochemical sensing
  3. Degradation of organic pollutants
  4. Lithium/Sodium ion batteries

Publications

  1. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, G.T. Hong, S.S. Alharthi, H.M. Al-Saidi (2024) Ultrasensitive Detection and Photocatalytic degradation of Polyketide Drug Tetracycline in Environment and Food Samples Using Dual-functional Ag Doped Zinc Ferrite Embedded Functionalized Carbon Nanofibers, Chemosphere 348, 140692. (SCI)
  2. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, A. Patel, D. Kumar, V. K. Yadav (2024) Nanomolar detection of essential amino acid in dairy products using a novel electrochemical sensor based on zinc cobaltite nanoflowers embedded porous 3D reduced graphene oxide, Sensors International 5, 100256.
  3. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, Q. Chen*, A. Shiue, M.T. Noman, N. Amor (2023) Porous hematite embedded C and Fe codoped graphitic carbon nitride for electrochemical detection of pineal gland hormone melatonin, Materials Today Chemistry 29, 101406. (SCI)
  4. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, M. T. Noman, N. Amor (2022) Silver doped dodecahedral metal-organic framework anchored RGO nanosheets for nanomolar quantification of priority toxic pollutant in aquatic environment, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 922, 166180. (SCI)
  5. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram (2022) Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection and plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B based on dual functional 3D hierarchical Ag/ZnO nanoflowers, Sensors 22(13), 5049. (SCI)
  6. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, F. S. Al-Mubaddel, M. T. Noman (2022) Functionalization of CNFs surface with β-cyclodextrin and decoration of hematite nanoparticles for detection and degradation of toxic fungicide carbendazim, Applied Surface Science 586, 152666. (SCI)
  7. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram, F. S. Al-Mubaddel, M. T. Noman (2022) Nanomolar detection of food additive tert-butylhydroquinone in edible oils based on novel ternary metal oxide embedded β-cyclodextrin functionalized carbon black, Food Chemistry 337, 131867. (SCI)
  8. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, Y.C. Hu, D. Balram, Y.H. Yu* (2021) Morphological evolution of nanosheets-stacked spherical ZnO for preparation of GO-Zn/ZnO ternary nanocomposite: A novel electrochemical platform for nanomolar detection of antihistamine promethazine hydrochloride, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 890, 161768. (SCI)
  9. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram (2020) Synthesis of amine-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube/3D rose flower-like zinc oxide nanocomposite for sensitive electrochemical detection of flavonoid morin, Analytica Chimica Acta 1095, 71-81. (SCI)
  10. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, Y.C. Hu, D. Balram, Y.H. Yu* (2019) Sonochemical synthesis of iron-graphene oxide/honeycomb-like ZnO ternary nanohybrids for sensitive electrochemical detection of antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 59, 104696. (SCI)
  11. N. Sebastian, W.C. Yu*, D. Balram (2019) Electrochemical detection of antibiotic drug chloramphenicol based on graphene oxide/hierarchical zinc oxide nanocomposite, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 6, 82-93. (SCI)
  12. W.C. Yu*, L.Y. Lin*, W.C. Chang, S.H. Zhong, C.C. Su (2018) Iodine-free nanocomposite gel electrolytes for quasi-solid-state dye sensitized solar cells, Journal of Power Sources 403, 157-166. (SCI)

Research Grants

  1. Functional composites based on layered double hydroxides and their metal oxide derivatives for electrochemical sensing applications, 2023/08/01 - 2024/07/31, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  2. Synthesis of metal-organic framework-derived bimetallic oxide/nano-carbon composites for photo-enhanced electrochemical sensing of organic compounds, 2022/08/01 - 2023/07/31, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  3. Synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride/metal oxide/graphene oxide ternary nanocomposites for environmental monitoring and food safety analysis, 2021/08/01 - 2022/07/31, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  4. 3D porous graphene based composites of metal nanoparticles and metal oxides for electrochemical detection of small biomolecules, 2020/08/01 - 2021/07/31, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.