Others

2009

1. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Yen-Yi Chen, Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2009, “A facile route to create surface porous polymer films via phase separation for anti-reflection applications,” ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 1(1), 72-75.

2. Yi-Feng Lin, Yung-Jung Hsu, Wei-Yun Cheng, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2009, “Differential Sensing of Serine and Tyrosine with Aligned CdS Nanowire Arrays based on pH-dependent Photoluminescence Behaviors,” ChemPhysChem, 10(4), 711-714.

3. Te-Yu Wei, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Yu-Cheng Chang, 2009, “A new class of opacified monolithic aerogels of ultra-low high-temperature thermal conductivities,” J. Phys. Chem.-C, 113(17), 7424-7428.

4. Te-Yu Wei, Chun-Hung Chen, Kuo-Hsin Chang, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Chi-Chang Hu,* 2009, “Cobalt oxide aerogels of ideal pseudocapacitive properties prepared with an epoxide synthetic route,” Chem. Mater., 21(14), 3228-3233. (HiCi paper in Materials Science)

5. Chang-Tao Hsiao and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2009, “Morphological modulation of optoelectronic properties of organic-inorganic nanohybrids prepared with a one-step co-fed chemical vapor deposition polymerization process,” J. Mater. Chem., 19(37), 6766-6772.

6. Wei-Yun Cheng, Wei-Ta Chen, Yung-Jung Hsu,* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2009, “Modulation and Improvement of Separation of Photoinduced Charge Carriers in CdS-Metal Nanoheterostructures,” J. Phys. Chem. - C, 113(40), 17342-17346.

7. Tsung-Yu Tsai and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2009, "A novel way of improving light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells - electrodeposition of titania," Electrochem. Comm., 11, 2180-2183.

8. Te-Yu Wei, Ping-Hung Yeh, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Zhong Lin Wang,* 2009, "Gigantic enhancement in sensitivity using Schottky contacted nanowire nanosensor," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 131(48), 17690-17695.

2008

1. Yi-Feng Lin, Jinhui Song, Yong Ding, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Zhong Lin Wang,* 2008, “Piezoelectric Nanogenerator using CdS Nanowires,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 92(2), 022105.

2. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2008, “Fabrication of a Multi-Scale Nanostructure of TiO2 for Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,” Nanotechnology, 19, 095705.

3. Te-Yu Wei, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Yung-Jung Hsu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yu-Cheng Chang, 2008, “Tin Oxide Nanocrystals Embedded in Silica Aerogel: Photoluminescence and Photocatalysis,” Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 112(1-3), 580-588.

4. Kuen-Hua Wu, Shih-Yuan Lu*, Hsin-Lung Chen, and Yen-Yi Chen, 2008, “Two-Dimensional Marangoni Instability induced Periodic Patterns of Polymer Blend Films Cast on Tilted Substrates,” Macromol. Chem. Phys., 209(6), 615-624.

5. Yung-Jung Hsu,* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2008, “Dopant-Induced Formation of Branched CdS Nanocrystals,” Small, 4(7), 951-955.

6. Yi-Feng Lin, Jinhui Song, Ding Yong, Shih-Yuan Lu, * and Zhong Lin Wang,* 2008, “Alternating the Output of CdS-Nanowire Nanogenerator by White-Light Stimulated Optoelectronic Effect,” Adv. Mater., 20, 3127-3130.

7. Yi-Feng Lin, Wen-Hsien Tseng, Hong-Zhi Luan, Liang-Yu Chen, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Rong-Ming Ho,* 2008, “Oxide Nanodot Arrays Templated from Polymer Nano-channels via a Novel Vapour-Transport Assisted Wet Chemistry Process,” J. Mater. Res., 23(8), 2061-2066.

8. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2008, “Opaline metallic photonic crystals possessing complete photonic band-gaps in optical regime,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 92(12), 121919.

9. Chang-Tao Hsiao and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2008, “Highly Photoluminescent Metal-Polymer Complexes prepared with a Facile Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization Process,” Chem. Mater., 20(7), 2435-2437.

10. Yung-Jung Hsu,* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yi-Feng Lin, 2008, “Spontaneous Reduction of Metal Ions Initiated by Ethylenediamine-Capped CdS Nanowires – a Sensing Mechanism Revealed,” Chem. Mater., 20(9), 2854-2856.

11. Te-Yu Wei, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Yu-Cheng Chang, 2008, “Transparent, hydrophobic composite aerogels with high mechanical strength and low high-temperature thermal conductivities,” J. Phys. Chem.-B, 112(38). 11881-11886.

12. Chih-Chang Chen, Yung-Jung Hsu,* Yi-Feng Lin, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2008, “Superparamagnetism found in diluted magnetic semiconductor nanowires: Mn doped CdSe,” J. Phys. Chem. – C, 112(46), 17964-17968.

1987~2007

1. Shih-Yuan Lu and Sangtae Kim,* 1987, "The General Solution and Faxen Laws for the Temperature Fields in and outside an Isolated Ellipsoid," J. Engr. Math., 21, 179-200.

2. Sangtae Kim* and Shih-Yuan Lu, 1987, "The Functional Similarity Between Faxen Relations and Singularity Solutions for Fluid-Fluid, Fluid-Solid and Solid-Solid Dispersions," Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 13, 837-844

.3. Shih-Yuan Lu and Sangtae Kim,* 1990, "Effective Thermal Conductivity of Composites Containing Spheroidal Inclusions," AIChE J., 36, 927-938.

4. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1994, "Anisotropy in Effective Conductivities of Rectangular Arrays of Elliptic Cylinders," J. Appl. Phys., 76, 2641-2647.

5. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1994, "Characteristics of Particle Growth over the Entire Particle Size Spectrum," J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 25, 283-295. (Best Paper Award)

6. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1994, "Collision Integrals of Discrete-Sectional Model in Simulating Powder Production," AIChE J.,40, 1761-1764.

7. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1995, "The Effective Thermal Conductivities of Composites with 2-D Arrays of Circular and Square Cylinders," J. Comp. Mat. , 29, 483-506.

8. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1995, "Critical Interfacial Characteristics for Effective Conductivities of Isotropic Composites containing Spherical Inclusions," J. Appl. Phys. , 77(10), 5215-5219.

9. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Hway-Chi Lin, 1995, "Effect of Interfacial Characteristics on Effective Conductivities of Isotropic Two-Dimensional Periodic Composites," Chem. Engr. Sci., 50(16), 2611-2631.

10. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Jiann-Long Song, 1996, "Effective Conductivity of Composites with Spherical Inclusions: Effect of Coating and Detachment," J. Appl. Phys., 79(2), 609-618.

11. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1996, "Narrowest Particle Size Distribution in Aerosol Processes," J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 27(2), 71-78.

12. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Hway-Chi Lin, 1996, "Effective Conductivity of Composite containing Aligned Spheroidal Inclusions of Finite Conductivity," J. Appl. Phys., 79(9), 6761-6769.

13. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Jiann-Long Song, 1996, "Effect of Interfacial Characteristics on Effective Conductivities of Composites containing Randomly Distributed Aligned Long Fibers," Chem. Engng. Sci., 51(19), 4393-4404.

14. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1997, "Effects of Particle Surface Conditions on Conductivity of Spherical Dispersions," J. Colloid & Interface Sci., 192(2), 386-397.

15. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1998, “Estimation of Effective Conductivity for Aligned Elliptic Cylinder Dispersions,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 29(2), 139-152. (Best Paper Award)

16. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1998, "Coating Sequence Effect for Composites containing Multiply Coated Long Fibers," J. Compos. Mater., 32(13), 1306-1324.

17. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1998, “Effective Conductivities of Aligned Spheroid Dispersions Estimated by an Equivalent Inclusion Model,” J. Appl. Phys., 84(5), 2647-2655.

18. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1998, “Diffusion and Reaction in Regular Arrays of Spheres,” J. Chem. Phys., 109(12), 4985-4989.

19. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1999, “Effective Conductivities of Rectangular Arrays of Aligned Spheroids,” J. Appl. Phys., 85(1), 264-269.

20. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Tsi-Chung Chen, 1999, “Effects of Particle Polydispersity on Diffusion Controlled Rate Constants of Spherical Dispersions,” J. Chin Inst. Chem. Engrs., 30(1), 71-79.

21. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1999, “A Reciprocal Theorem for Effective Conductivity of 2-D Composites containing Multiply Coated Cylinder of Arbitrary Cross Section,” J. Appl. Phys., 85(3), 1975-1977.

22. Shu-Chuan Huang, Chung-Tai Huang, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Kan-Sen Chou, 1999, “Ceramic/Polyaniline Composite Porous Membranes,” J. Porous Mater., 6(2), 153-159.

23. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Hway-Chi Lin, and Chung-Hong Lin, 1999, “Modeling Particle Growth and Deposition in a Tubular CVD Reactor,” J. Crystal Growth, 200(3-4), 527-542.

24. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1999, “Overall Rate Constants for Dilute Spheroid Dispersions,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 54(17), 3917-3920.

25. Shu-Chuan Huang, Tong-Fong Lin, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Kan-Sen Chou, 1999, “Morphology of and Surface Modification by TiO2 Deposits on a Porous Ceramic Substrate,” J. Mater. Sci., 34(17), 4293-4304.

26. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 1999, “Rate Constants of Spherical Dispersions: from Diffusion-Limited Data to Non-Diffusion-Limited Results," J. Chem. Phys., 110(24), 12263-12264.

27. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Chung-Hong Lin, 1999, “Effects of Wall Temperature Profile and Seed Particle Addition on Particle Growth and Deposition in a Hot-Wall CVD Reactor,” J. Electrochem. Soc, 146(11), 4105-4110.

28. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Shan-Wei Chen, 2000, “Deposition of Nano-size Titania-Silica Particles in a Hot-Wall CVD Process,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 83(4), 709-712.

29. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2000, “Covering of Substrate Holes through Particle Deposition,” J. Appl. Phys., 88, 2331-2335.

30. Shih-Yuan Lu* and I-Cheng Chen, 2000, “Coating Shape Effect on Effective Conductivities of Aligned Long Elliptic Cylinder Reinforced Composites,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 39, 5202-5208.

31. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Chung-Ping Chiu, and Hsiang-Yuan Huang, 2000, “Pervaporation of Acetic Acid/Water Mixtures through Silicalite filled PDMS Membranes,” J. Memb. Sci., 176(2), 159-167.

32. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Ching-Ming Tsai, 2000, “Membrane Microstructure resulting from Deposition of Polydisperse Particles,” J. Memb. Sci., 177(1-2), 55-71.

33. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Yu-Zen Lin, 2000, “Pd-Ag Alloy Films prepared in a Metallorganic

Chemical Vapor Deposition Process,” Thin Solid Films, 376(1-2), 67-72.

34. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2000, “Diffusion and Reaction in Rectangular Arrays of Spheroids,” J. Chem. Phys., 113(16), 6906-6915.

35. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Hway-Show Tong, Wen-Chang Chen, and Ta-Jo Liu, 2001, “Reduction of Ultra-pure Water Usage in Wafer Rinsing Process via Sequential Compensatory Strategies,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 32(2), 117-124.

36. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Cheng Tsung Lee, 2001, “Boundary Effects on Creeping Motion of an Aerosol Particle in a Non-concentric Pore,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 56(17), 5207-5216.

37. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Yi-Ming Yen, 2001, "Minimum Coating Thickness in Pore Size Reduction of Inorganic Substrates through Particle Deposition," Jpn. J. Appl.Phys., 40(7), 4652-4656.

38. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Hsiang-Yuan Huang, and Kwen-Hua Wu, 2001, "Silicalite/Poly-Dimethyl-Siloxane Nano-Composite Pervaporation Membranes for Acetic Acid/Water Separation," J. Mater. Res., 16(11), 3053-3059.

39. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Cheng-Tsung Lee, 2001, " Thermophoretic Motion of an Aerosol Particle in a Non-concentric Pore," J. Aerosol Sci., 32(11), 1341-1358.

40. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yu-Ping Lin, and Ta-Jo Liu, 2001,"Coating Window for Double Layer Extrusion Slot Coating of Poly(Vinyl-Alcohol) Solutions," Polymer Engng. & Sci., 41(10),

1823-1829.

41. Heng-Kwong Tsao,* Shih-Yuan Lu, and Chin-Yao Tseng, 2001, “Rate of Diffusion-Limited Reactions in a Cluster of Spherical Sinks,” J. Chem. Phys., 115(8), 3827-3833.

42. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Yi-Ming Yen, 2002, “A First-Passage Scheme for Determination of Overall Rate Constants for Non-diffusion Limited Suspensions,” J. Chem. Phys., 116(7), 3128-3133.

43. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Chih-Ying Lin, 2002, "Simulating Percolating Behavior of Conductive Particles in Anisotropic Conductive Composite Films," Appl. Phys.- A, 74(5), 675-681.

44. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Cheng-Tsung Lee, 2002, “Creeping Motion of a Spherical Aerosol Particle in a Cylindrical Pore,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 57(8), 1479-1484.

45. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yi-Ming Yen, Chin-Yao Tseng, and Heng-Kwong Tsao, 2002, “Overall Rate Constants for Diffusion and Incorporation in Clusters of Spheres,” J. Chem. Phys., 117(7), 3431-3439.

46. Fang-Lan Hsu, Pei-Ming Wang, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Wen-Teng Wu, 2002, “A Combined Solid-State and Submerged Cultivation Integrated with Adsorptive Product Extraction for Production of Monascus Red Pigments,” Bioprocess & Biosystems Engr., 25(3), 165-168.

47. Shen-Wei Wu, David Shan Hill Wong, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2002, “Size Effects on Silica Polymorphism,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 85(10), 2590-2592.

48. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2003, “Heat Conduction in Composites with Superconducting Matrix-Inclusion Interfaces,J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., invited paper for the Festschrift issue in honor of Prof. Wei-Ming Lu, 34(1), 143-150.

49. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Cheng-Tsung Lee, 2003, “Thermophoretic Motion of a Spherical Aerosol Particle in a Cylindrical Pore,” Aerosol Sci. & Technol., 37(5), 455-459.

50. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Mei-Ling Wu, and Hsin-Lung Chen, 2003, “Polymer Nanocomposite containing CdS-ZnS Core Shell Particles: Optical Property and Morphology,” J. Appl. Phys., 93(9), 5789-5793.

51. Shih-Yuan Lu* and I-Hsin Lin, 2003, “Characterization of Polypyrrole-CdSe/CdTe Nanocomposite Films prepared with an all Electrochemical Deposition Process,” J. Phys. Chem.-B, 107(29), 6974-6978.

52. Chun-Chong Fu, Wen-Teng Wu,* Shih-Yuan Lu, 2003, “Performance of Airlift Bioreactors with Net Draft Tube,” invited mini-review, Enzyme & Microbial Technology, 33(4), 332-342.

53. Shih-Yuan Lu* and Chih-Ying Lin, 2003, “Determination of Effective Conductivities of Imperfect Contact Composites with First-Passage Simulation,” Physical Review E, 68, 056705.

54. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “Photoluminescence resulting from Semiconductor-Metal Solid Solution observed in One-dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures,” Langmuir, 20(1), 23-26.

55. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “Preparation of Nano-sized ZnS-passivated CdS Particle Films via MOCVD Process with Co-fed Single Source Precursors,” Langmuir, 20(1), 194-201.

56. Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “Patch Size Effect on Diffusion and Incorporation in Dilute Suspension of Partially Active Spheres,” J. Chem. Phys., 120(8), 3997-4003.

57. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “Additive Effects on Chemical Vapor Deposition of CdS,” Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 4(1), 17-26.

58. Chun-Chong Fu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yung-Jung Hsu, Gia-Chi Chen, Yi-Ren Lin, Wen-Teng Wu, 2004, “Superior Mixing Performance for Airlift Reactor with a Net Draft Tube,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 59(14), 3021-3028 .

59. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “One Step Preparation of Coaxial CdS-ZnS Nanowires,” Chem. Comm., issue 18, 2102-2103.

60. Yi-Ren Lin, Cheng-Yu Kuo, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2004, “Stop Band Tuning of Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals through Coating of Semiconductor Materials" Appl. Phys. – A, 79(7), 1741-1745.

61. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2005, “Low Temperature Growth and Dimension-Dependent Photoluminescence Efficiency of Semiconductor Nanowires,” Appl. Phys. – A, 81(3), 573-578.

62. Gia-Chi Chen, Cheng-Yu Kuo, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2005, “A General Process for Preparation of Core-shell Particles of Complete and Smooth Shells,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 88(2), 277-283.

63. Chun-Chong Fu, Shih-Yuan Lu, and Wen-Teng Wu,* 2005, “Optimal Feeding for Tower Type Reactors,” A.I.Ch.E. J., 51(3), 713-724.

64. Shen-Yuan Hsiao, David Shan Hill Wong, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2005, “Evaporation Assisted Formation of 3-Dimensional Photonic Crystals,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 88(4), 974-976.

65. Kuen-Hua Wu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2005, “Array of Nanoporous Tin Oxide Nanorods,”

Electrochemical & Solid State Lett., 8(4), D9-D11.

66. Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2005, “Vapor-Solid Growth of Sn Nanowires: Growth Mechanism and Superconductivity” J. Phys. Chem. – B, 109(10), 4398-4403.

67. Yung-Jung Hsu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Yi-Feng Lin, 2005, “One Step Preparation of Coaxial CdS-ZnS and Cd1-xZnxS-ZnS Nanowires,” Adv. Func. Mater., 15, 1350-1357.

68. Shih-Yuan Lu,* Chia-Hao Chang, Chi-Hsien Yu, Hsin-Lung Chen, and Yih Hsing Lo, 2005, “Titania Nano-Network Film Templated from Microphase-Separated Block Copolymer and its Photocatalysis in Fractured Form,” J. Mater. Res., 20(6), 1523-1528.

69. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Te-Yu Wei, 2005, “In2O3 Nanorod Formation Induced by Substrate Structure,” J. Crystal Growth, 285(3), 400-407.

70. Yung-Jung Hsu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Yi-Feng Lin, 2006, “Nanostructures of Sn and their Enhanced, Shape Dependent Superconducting Properties,” Small, 2(2), 268-273.

71. Jui-Chuang Wu* and Shih-Yuan Lu, 2006, “Patch Distribution Effect on Diffusion-Limited Process in Dilute Suspension of Partially Active Spheres,” J. Chem. Phys., 124(2), 024911.

72. R. B. Kale*, Yi- Fong Lin, S. D. Sartale, V. Ganesan, C. D. Lokhande, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2006, “Room temperature chemical synthesis of lead selenide thin films with preferred orientation,” Appl. Surf. Sci., 253(2), 930-936.

73. Kuen-Hua Wu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2006, “Preferential Partition of Nanowires in Thin Films of Immiscible Polymer Blends,” Macrom. Rapid Comm., 27, 424-429.

74. Yi-Feng Li, Yung-Jung Hsu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Sheng-Chin Kung, 2006,“Non-catalytic and Template-free Growth of Aligned CdS Naonwires exhibiting High Field Emission Current Densities,” Chem. Comm., 2391-2393.

75. Cheng-Yu Kuo and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2006,“Immobilization and Photocatalytic Efficiency of Titania Nanoparticles on Silica Carrier Spheres,” J. Mater. Res., 21(9), 2290-2297.

76. Yung-Jung Hsu, Chiu-Mine Hung, Yi-Feng Lin, Ben-Jie Liaw, Tarlok S. Lobana, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and C.W. Liu,* 2006, “[Cu4{Se2P(OiPr)2}4]: A Novel Precursor enabling Preparation of Non-stoichiometric Copper Selenide  (Cu2-xSe) Nanowires,” Chem. Mater., 18(14), 3323-3329.

77. Kuen-Hua Wu, Shih-Yuan Lu*, and Hsin-Lung Chen, 2006, “Formation of Parallel Strips in Thin Films of PS/PVP Blends via Spin Coating on Un-patterned Substrates,” Langmuir, 22(19), 8029-8035.

78. Yi-Feng Lin, Yung-Jung Hsu and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2006, “One-Step Formation of Core-Shell CdS-CdO and ZnS-ZnO Nanorod Arrays,” Nanotechnology, 17, 4773-4782.

79. Jui-Chuang Wu* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2007, “Selectivity for Patch-distributed Reactive Spherical Surfaces,” AIChE J., 53(2), 475-478.

80. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Shengfu Chen, Matthew Bernards, and Shaoyi Jiang,* 2007, “Chemical Sensing with Three-Dimensional Opal and Inverse Opal Structures Based on Stop Band Shifts,” Sens. Actuators: B. Chem., 124, 452-458.

81. R. B. Kale* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2007, “Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Double Ended Needle-like Ultra-long ZnO Micro/Nano-rods” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 19, 096209.

82. Te-Yu Wei, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Yu-Cheng Chang, 2007, “Rich Photoluminescence Emission of SnO2-SiO2 Composite Aerogels Prepared with a Co-fed Precursor Sol-Gel Process,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 38, 477-481.

83. Te-Yu Wei, Tso-Fu Chang, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and Yu-Cheng Chang, 2007, “Preparation of Monolithic Silica Aerogel of Low Thermal Conductivity with Ambient Pressure Drying,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 90(7), 2003-2007.

84. R. B. Kale* and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2007, “Synthesis of highly stoichiometric flowerlike ZnO nanorods with hundred percent morphological yield,” Solid State Comm., 142(5), 302-305.

85. Cheng-Yu Kuo and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2007, “Fabrication of Inverse Opal based Waveguide through Physical Confinement Assembly and Selective Electrochemical Deposition,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 90(6), 1956-1958.

86. Shih-Yuan Lu*, Hsin-Lung Chen, Kuen-Hua Wu, and Yen-Yi Chen, 2007, “Formation of Nanowire Striations driven by Marangoni Instability in Spin Cast Polymer Thin Films,” Langmuir, 23(20), 10069-10073.

87. Yi-Feng Lin, Yung-Jung Hsu, Shih-Yuan Lu,* Kuan-Tsung Chen, and Tseung-Yuen Tseng, 2007, “Well-aligned Ternary Cd1-xZnxS Nanowire Arrays and their Composition-dependent Field Emission Properties,” J. Phys. Chem. –C, 111, 13418-13426.

88. Yi-Feng Lin, Hao-Wei Chang, Shih-Yuan Lu,* and C.W. Liu,* 2007, “Preparation, Characterizations, and Electrophysical Properties of Nanostructured BiPO4 and Bi2Se3 Derived from a Structurally Characterized, Single Source Precursor Bi[Se2P(OiPr)2]3” J. Phys. Chem. – C, 111(50), 18538-18544.

89. Cheng-Yu Kuo, Kung-Hsun Huang, and Shih-Yuan Lu,* 2007, “Fabrication of Synthetic Opals composed of Mesoporous SnO2 Spheres with an Anodization-assisted Double Template Process,” Electrochemistry Communications, 9(12), 2867-2870.