1. Principal Engineer, Cyntec Company, Ltd. (2015 Oct. – 2017 Jun.)

2. Principal Engineer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (2014 Apr. – 2015 Jun.)

3. Postdoctoral Researcher, National Taiwan University (2010 Aug. – 2014 Feb.)

Research Specialty:

1.  Self-assembling block copolymer materials

2.  Conducting polymers and their applications in optoelectronic devices

3.  Organic/inorganic hybrid materials

4.  Electron microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques for soft matter applications

5.  Polymer thin films

Research Topic:

1. Development of nanopatterning techniques.

2. Design and synthesis of novel optoelectronic materials

3. Development of novel polymer hybrid nanomaterials

4. Organic solar cells

5. Development of carbon nanomaterials

1.          C.-J. Chiang, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, K.-T. Lin, M.-H. Yang, L. Wang, and C.-A. Dai* " One-Step In-Situ Hydrothermal Fabrication of D/A Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/TiO2 Hybrid Nanowires and Its Application in Photovoltaic Devices" J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 908, 2016. (SCI)

2.          C. Shen, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, C.-J. Chiang, F.-K. Wei, C.-H. Wu, K.-C. Kau, H.-W. Liu, Leeyih Wang and C.-A. Dai* "Self-Organization and Phase Transformation of All pi-conjugated Diblock Copolymers and Its Applications in Organic Solar Cells", React. Funct. Polym., 108, 94, 2016. (SCI)

3.          Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Chen, K.-C. Kau, W.-S. Liou, L. Wang*, and C.-A. Dai* "A New Strategy for Fabricating Organic Photovoltaic Devices with Stable D/A Double-Channel Network to Enhance Performance Using Self-Assembling All-Conjugated Diblock Copolymer" Nano Energy, 13, 103, 2015. (SCI)

4.          W.-C. Chen, Y.-H. Lee, C.-Y. Chen, K.-C. Kau, L.-Y. Lin, C.-A. Dai*, C.-G. Wu*, K.-C. Ho and L. Wang* "Self-Assembled All-Conjugated Block Copolymer as an Effective Hole Conductor for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" ACS Nano, 8, 1254, 2014. (SCI)

5.          Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, C.-J. Chang, C. Shen, Y.-H. Chen, L. Wang*, and C.-A. Dai* "In-Situ Fabrication of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/ZnO Hybrid Nanowires with D/A Parallel-Lane Superhighway Structure and Their Application in Photovoltaic Devices" Macromolecules 47, 5551, 2014. (SCI)

6.          Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, C.-J. Chiang, F.-K. Wei, C.-H. Wu, W.-C. Chen, C. Shen, H.-A. Jeng, L. Wang, M.-W. Liu, Y.-F. Chen, T. Yokozawa, and C.-A. Dai* "A new strategy for co-assembling pi-conjugated polymer/cadmium sulfide hybrids into an efficient charge-transporting nanochannel array by using an all-conjugated diblock copolymer motif" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 14600, 2014. (SCI)

7.          Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Chen, Y.-L. Yang, T. Yokozawa, and C.-A. Dai* "Co-Crystallization Phase Transformations in All-Conjugated Block Copolymers with Different Main-Chain Moieties" Nanoscale, 6, 5208, 2014. (SCI)

8.          Y.-H. Lee, Y.-L. Yang, W.-C. Yen, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Solution Self-Assembly and Phase Transformations of Form II Crystals in Nanoconfined Poly (3-hexyl thiophene) Based Rod-Coil Block Copolymers" Nanoscale, 6, 2194, 2014. (SCI)

9.          Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, Y.-L. Yang, C.-J. Chiang, Y.-P. Lee, K.-T. Tsai, and C.-A. Dai* "Phase Transformation and Self-Assembly Behavior of Supramolecular Rod-Comb Block Copolymers" Polymer, 2014. 55, 2481, 2014. (SCI)

10.      Y.-L. Yang, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, C.-J. Chiang, F.-Y. Hsu, W.-C. Hsu, M.-k. Leung, L. Wang and C.-A. Dai*, and T. Yokozawa* "Band Gap Tuning of Narrow-Polydispersity Two-Dimensional Conductive Polymers with Electroactive Side-Chains" J. Polym. Sci. Part A. Polym. Chem., 2014. 52, 1217, 2014. (SCI)

11.      Y.-L. Yang, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, C.-J. Chiang, C. Shen, C.-C. Wu, Y. Ohta, T. Yokozawa, and C.-A. Dai* "Synthesis and characterization of poly(3-hexylthiophene)–poly(3-hexyloxythiophene) random copolymers with tunable band gap via Grignard metathesis polymerization" Polym. Int. 63, 2068, 2014. (SCI)

12.      C.-J. Chiang, K.-T. Tsai, Y.-H. Lee, H.-W. Lin, Y.-L. Yang, C.-C. Shih, C.-Y. Lin, H.-A. Jeng, Y.-H. Weng, Y.-Y. Cheng, K.-C. Ho, C.-A. Dai* "In-Situ Fabrication of Conducting Polymer Composite Film as a Chemical Resistive CO2 Gas Sensor" Microelec. Eng. 111, 409, 2013. (SCI)

13.      C.-J. Chang, Y.-H. Lee, H.-L. Chen, C.-H. Chiang, H.-F. Hsu, C.-C. Ho, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Effect of Rod-Rod Interaction on Self-Assembly Behavior of ABC pi-Conjugated Rod-Coil-Coil Triblock Copolymers" Soft Matter, 7, 10429, 2011. (SCI)

14.      Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Self-Assembly and Phase Transformations of pi-Conjugated Block Copolymers that Bend and Twist: From Rigid-Rod Nanowires to Highly Curvaceous Gyroids" Soft Matter, 7, 10951, 2011. (SCI)

15.      C.-J. Chang, Y.-H. Lee, C.-A. Dai*, C.-C. Hsiao, S.-H. Chen, N. D. Nurmalasari, J.-C. Chen, Y.-Y. Cheng, W.-P. Shih, and P.-Z. Chang "A Large Area Bimaterial Sheet of Peizoelectric Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting: Effect of RF Sputtering on ZnO Nanorod" Microelec. Eng. 88, 1737, 2011. (SCI)

16.      W.-C. Yen, Y.-H. Lee, J.-F. Lin, C.-A. Dai, U. Jeng, and W.-F. Su* "Effect of TiO2 Nanoparticles on Self-Assembly Behaviors, Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of P3HT-b-P2VP Block Copolymer" Langmuir, 27, 109, 2011. (SCI)

17.      C.-J. Chang, Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chiang, Y.-P. Lee, H.-C. Chien, W.-P. Shih, Y.-Y. Cheng, C.-A. Dai* and C.-H. Chang "Strength of Polymer Phase Boundaries with Large Interfacial Width: Effects of Interfacial Profile and Phase Separation Morphology" J. Polym. Sci. Part B. Polym. Phys. 48, 1834, 2010. (SCI)

18.      Y.-L. Yang, Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, A.-J. Lu, W.-C. Hsu, L. Wang, M.-K. Leung, C.-A. Dai* "Jacket-Like Structure of Donor-Acceptor Chromophores-Based Conducting Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications" J. Polym. Sci. Part A. Polym. Chem. 48, 1607, 2010. (SCI)

19.      Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, C.-J. Kao and C.-A. Dai* "In-situ template Synthesis of Polymer/Semiconductor Nanohybrid Using Amphiphillic Conducting Block Copolymers" Langmuir, 26, 4196, 2010. (SCI)

20.      C.-C. Ho, Y.-H. Lee, C.-A. Dai, R. A. Segalman, W.-F. Su* "Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Poly(diethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) Rod-Coil Block Copolymer" Macromolecules, 42, 4208, 2009. (SCI)

21.      C.-A. Dai*, C.-P. Liu, Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, C.-Y. Chao, Y.-Y. Cheng "Fabrication of Novel Proton Exchange Membranes for DMFC via UV Curing" J. Power Sources, 177, 262, 2008. (SCI)

22.      C.-A. Dai*, W.-C. Yen, Y.-H. Lee, C.-C. Ho and W.-F. Su* "Facile Synthesis of Well-Defined Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) via Anionic Macroinitiation Method and Their Self-Assembly Behavior", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 11036, 2007. (SCI)

23.      C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, A.-C. Chiu, T.-A. Tsui, K.-J. Lin, K.-L. Chen, M.-W. Liu "Strengthening Interfaces between Biaxial Oriented PET and PSMA: Effects of Nitrogen Plasma and Bonding Treatments" Polymer, 47, 8583, 2006. (SCI)

24.      C.-A. Dai*, Y.-L. Wu, Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, W.-F. Su "Fabrication of 2D Ordered Structure of Self-Assembled Block Copolymers Containing Gold Nanoparticles" J. Crystal Growth, 288, 128, 2006. (SCI)

1.          C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-H. Chen, and L. Wang "Co-Assembling P3HT/ZnO as Parallel-Lane Hybrid Nanowires for Photovoltaic Application" APS March Meeting, 2015, USA.

2.          C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, Y.-P. Lee, Y.-H. Chen, and L. Wang "A Facile Approach for P3HT/ZnO hybrid Synthesis for Solar Cell Application" APS March Meeting, 2014, USA.

3.          C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, K.-C. Kau, and L. Wang " Self-Organization of pi-Conjugated Polymers and its Applications in Solar Cells" Polycondensation 2014, 2014, Japan.

4.          C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, and W.-F. Su "Phase Behavior of Self-Assembling Block Copolymers Containing pi-Conjugated Semi-Rigid Poly (3-hexyl thiophene): From Nanowires to Gyroids" IUMRS-International Conference on Electronic Materials, 2012, Japan.

5.          F.-K. Wei, Y.-H. Lee, and C.-A. Dai* "In-situ Template Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)" International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2011, Singapore.

6.          C.-A. Dai*, Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, and W.-F. Su "Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers of pi-Conjugated Polymers and Coil Polymers" 59th SPSJ Annual Meeting, 2010, Japan.

7.          Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Chang, C.-J. Kao, and C.-A. Dai* "Characterization and Self-Assembly of Semirod-Coil Block Copolymers of Poly (3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly (2-vinyl pyridine)" APCChE, 2010, Taiwan.

8.          Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Synthesis and Phase Behavior of Poly (3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly (2-vinylpyridine) Block Copolymers" Pacific Polymer Conference, 2009, Australia.

9.          Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Self-assembly of Poly (3-hexyl-thiophene)-b-poly (2-vinylpyridine) Block Copolymers" American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2009, USA.

10.      Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Kao, W.-F. Su, and C.-A. Dai* "Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Conducting-Insulating Block Copolymer Using Anionic Polymerization and Preparation of CdS/Copolymer Hybrid" Macro 2008, 2008, Taiwan.

11.      Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, M.-H. Chen, K.-J. Lin, and C.-A. Dai* "Synthesis of Conducting-Insulating Block Copolymers via End-Coupling Reaction" International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2007, Singapore.

12.      K.-J. Lin, Y.-H. Lee, and C.-A. Dai* "Artificial Muscles Based on a Polypyrrole/Polyelectrolyte System " International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2007 Singapore.

13.      Y.-H. Lee, W.-C. Yen, and C.-A. Dai*, W.-F. Su "Morphology and Order-Disorder Phase Transition of Conducting-Insulating Block Copolymer" International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2007, Singapore.

14.      Y.-H. Lee, C.-J. Kao, K.-J. Lin, and C.-A. Dai*, Wei-Fang Su "Synthesis and Fabrication of Rod-Coil Block Copolymer/Nanoparticle Hybrid System" International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2007, Singapore.

15.      C.-J. Chang, Y.-H. Lee, C.-A. Dai*, Wei-Fang Su "Phase Transformation of Self-Assembled Nanostructure of PS-P2VP/HAuCl4" Taiwan-US Soft Materials Symposium, 2007, Taiwan.

16.      C.-C. Ho, Y.-H. Lee, C.-A. Dai*, R. Segalman, and Wei-Fang Su* "Polydispersity Effect on Self-Assembly Behavior of DEHPPV-b-PMMA" Taiwan-US Soft Materials Symposium, 2007, Taiwan.

17.      W.-C. Yen, Y.-H. Lee, C.-C. Ho, C.-A. Dai* and W.-F. Su* "Facile synthesis of P3HT-P2VP block copolymers and their self-assembly behavior" American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2007, USA.