Selected journal paper 

• F.Y. Hsu, T.F. Hsu, W.L. Pan, S.W. Tsai, Anisotropic composite scaffolds containing strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite nanofibers and collagen as bone substitutes, Polymer Testing 149, 108875 (2025)

• B. Yin, J.M. Dodda, S.H.D. Wong, G.R. Deen, J.S. Bate, A.Pachauri, B.S. Heidari, T. Kovářík, C.A. Luo, S.W. Tsai, Smart injectable hydrogels for periodontal regeneration: Recent advancements in biomaterials and biofabrication strategies. Materials Today Bio 32, 101855  (2025) 

• V.K. Nguyen, S.W. Tsai, I.C. Cho, H.C. Huang, J.W. Liaw, Gold Nanoparticle-Enhanced Production of Reactive Oxygen Species for Radiotherapy and Phototherapy. Nanomaterials 15, 317 (2025)

•  J.M. Dodda, S.W. Tsai, N. Ashammakhi, Injectable Smart Hydrogels: Introduction, Preparation, and Applications, in: J.M. Dodda, N. Ashammakhi, E.R. Sadiku (Eds.), Injectable Smart Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications, Royal Society of Chemistry, Chap 1. (2024)

• C.A. Luo, Y.H. Chang, Y.J. Chang, H.C. Lee, S.W. Tsai, A Water-Based Biocoating to Increase the Infection Resistance and Osteoconductivity of Titanium Surfaces, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(6) (2024) 3267.

• A. Vadivelmurugan, R. Sharmila, W.L. Pan, S.W. Tsai, Preparation and Evaluation of Aminomalononitrile-Coated Ca–Sr Metal–Organic Frameworks as Drug Delivery Carriers for Antibacterial Applications, ACS Omega 8(44) (2023) 41909-41917.

• C.Y. Lo, S.W. Tsai, H. Niu, F.H. Chen, H.C. Hwang, T.C. Chao, I.T. Hsiao, J.W. Liaw, Gold-Nanoparticles-Enhanced Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Cells at Spread-Out Bragg Peak under Proton Beam Radiation, ACS Omega 8(20) (2023) 17922-17931.

• A. Vadivelmurugan, S.-W. Tsai, The Influence of Scaffold Interfaces Containing Natural Bone Elements on Bone Tissue Engineering Applications, Coatings 12(12) (2022) 1888.

• S.W. Tsai, C.Y. Lo, S.Y. Yu, F.H. Chen, H.C. Huang, L.K. Wang, J.W. Liaw, Gold Nanoparticles Enhancing Generation of ROS for Cs-137 Radiotherapy, Nanoscale Res Lett 17(1) (2022) 123.

• S.W. Tsai, Y.W. Hsu, W.L. Pan, A. Vadivelmurugan, P.A. Hwang, F.-Y. Hsu, Influence of the Components and Orientation of Hydroxyapatite Fibrous Substrates on Osteoblast Behavior, Journal of Functional Biomaterials 13(4) (2022) 168.

• S.W. Tsai, Y.W. Hsu, W.L. Pan, F.Y. Hsu, The effect of strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite nanofibrous matrix on osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, Membranes 11(8) (2021).

• J.W. Liaw, C.Y. Kuo, S.W. Tsai, The Effect of Quasi-Spherical Gold Nanoparticles on Two-Photon Induced Reactive Oxygen Species for Cell Damage, Nanomaterials (Basel) 11(5) (2021).

• S.Y. Cheng, Y.L. Chiang, Y.H. Chang, H. Thissen, S.W. Tsai, An aqueous-based process to bioactivate poly(ε-caprolactone)/mesoporous bioglass composite surfaces by prebiotic chemistry-inspired polymer coatings for biomedical applications, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 205 (2021).

• S.M. Wei, M.Y. Pei, W.L. Pan, H. Thissen, S.W. Tsai, Gelatin hydrogels reinforced by absorbable nanoparticles and fibrils cured in situ by visible light for tissue adhesive applications, Polymers 12(5) (2020).

• S.W. Tsai, S.S. Huang, W.X. Yu, Y.W. Hsu, F.Y. Hsu, Collagen Scaffolds Containing Hydroxyapatite-CaO Fiber Fragments for Bone Tissue Engineering, Polymers (Basel) 12(5) (2020).

• S.W. Tsai, Y.L. Yu, F.Y. Hsu, Fabrication of polycaprolactone tubular scaffolds with an orthogonal-bilayer structure for smooth muscle cells, Materials Science and Engineering C 100 (2019) 308-314.

• S.W. Tsai, W.X. Yu, P.A. Hwang, Y.W. Hsu, F.Y. Hsu, Fabrication and characteristics of PCL membranes containing strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite nanofibers for guided bone regeneration, Polymers 11(11) (2019).

• Y.C. Huang, K.F. Lei, J.W. Liaw, S.W. Tsai, The influence of laser intensity activated plasmonic gold nanoparticle-generated photothermal effects on cellular morphology and viability: A real-time, long-term tracking and monitoring system, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 18(6) (2019) 1419-1429.

• S.W. Tsai, W.X. Yu, P.A. Hwang, S.S. Huang, H.M. Lin, Y.W. Hsu, F.Y. Hsu, Fabrication and characterization of strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite-CaO-CaCO3 nanofibers with a mesoporous structure as drug delivery carriers, Pharmaceutics 10(4) (2018).

• S.W. Tsai, S.S. Huang, W.X. Yu, Y.W. Hsu, F.Y. Hsu, Fabrication and characteristics of porous hydroxyapatite-CaO composite nanofibers for biomedical applications, Nanomaterials 8(8) (2018).

• W.T. Ma, S.R. Kumar, C.T. Hsu, C.M. Shih, S.W. Tsai, C.C. Yang, Y.L. Liu, S.J. Lue, Magnetic field-assisted alignment of graphene oxide nanosheets in a polymer matrix to enhance ionic conduction, Journal of Membrane Science 563 (2018) 259-269.

• F.Y. Hsu, H.W. Hsu, Y.H. Chang, J.L. Yu, L.R. Rau, S.W. Tsai, Macroporous microbeads containing apatite-modified mesoporous bioactive glass nanofibres for bone tissue engineering applications, Materials Science and Engineering C 89 (2018) 346-354.

• Y.N. Zeng, Y.L. Kang, L.R. Rau, F.Y. Hsu, S.W. Tsai, Construction of cell-containing, anisotropic, three-dimensional collagen fibril scaffolds using external vibration and their influence on smooth muscle cell phenotype modulation, Biomedical Materials (Bristol) 12(4) (2017).

• S.Y. Yu, H. Gunawan, S.W. Tsai, Y.J. Chen, T.C. Yen, J.W. Liaw, Single-crystalline gold nanowires synthesized from light-driven oriented attachment and plasmon-mediated self-assembly of gold nanorods or nanoparticles, Scientific Reports 7 (2017).

• S.W. Tsai, Y.H. Chang, J.L. Yu, H.W. Hsu, L.R. Rau, F.Y. Hsu, Preparation of nanofibrous structure of mesoporous bioactive glass microbeads for biomedical applications, Materials 9(6) (2016).

• L.R. Rau, S.W. Tsao, J.W. Liaw, S.W. Tsai, Selective Targeting and Restrictive Damage for Nonspecific Cells by Pulsed Laser-Activated Hyaluronan-Gold Nanoparticles, Biomacromolecules 17(8) (2016) 2514-2521.

• L.R. Rau, W.Y. Huang, J.W. Liaw, S.W. Tsai, Photothermal effects of laser-activated surface plasmonic gold nanoparticles on the apoptosis and osteogenesis of osteoblast-like cells, International Journal of Nanomedicine 11 (2016) 3461-3473.

• C.E. Lin, L.R. Rau, J.W. Liaw, F.Y. Hsu, S.W. Tsai, Biocompatibility analysis of NIH/3T3 cells exposed to silica-coated silver and silver nanoparticles, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 8(12) (2016) 1080-1088.

• C.Y. Lee, K.F. Lei, S.W. Tsai, N.M. Tsang, Development of graphene-based sensors on paper substrate for the measurement of pH value of analyte, Biochip Journal 10(3) (2016) 182-188.

• S.Y. Yu, S.W. Tsai, Y.J. Chen, J.W. Liaw, Pulsed laser induced microbubble in gold nanorod colloid, Microelectronic Engineering 138 (2015) 102-106.

• K.F. Lei, S.I. Yang, S.W. Tsai, H.T. Hsu, Paper-based microfluidic sensing device for label-free immunoassay demonstrated by biotin-avidin binding interaction, Talanta 134 (2015) 264-270.

• H.T. Hsu, L.R. Rau, Y.N. Zeng, Y.L. Kang, S.W. Tsai, M.H. Wu, External vibration enhances macromolecular crowding for construction of aligned three-dimensional collagen fibril scaffolds, Biofabrication 7(2) (2015).

• S.W. Tsai, C.C. Huang, L.R. Rau, F.Y. Hsu, Fabrication of aligned carbon nanotube/polycaprolactone/gelatin nanofibrous matrices for Schwann cell immobilization, Journal of Nanomaterials 2014 (2014).

• S.B. Huang, Y.H. Chang, H.C. Lee, S.W. Tsai, M.H. Wu, A pneumatically-driven microfluidic system for size-tunable generation of uniform cell-encapsulating collagen microbeads with the ultrastructure similar to native collagen, Biomedical Microdevices 16(3) (2014) 345-354.

Patent

• “Method for preparing composite of crosslinking hyaluronic acid and protein” Taiwan patent 197083, Date of Patent February 1, 2004

•  “Polysaccharide materials cross-linked by epoxy compound” Taiwan patent 197074, Date of Patent February 1, 2004

• ”Method for preparing microsphere composite of collagen and bioceramic powder” US patent 6752938, Date of Patent June 22, 2004; Taiwan patent 175012, Date of Patent March 21, 2003

• ”Method for producing water insoluble polysaccharides” US patent 6852255, Date of Patent February 8, 2005; Taiwan patent 207252, Date of Patent June 21, 200

• “Method for preparing double cross-linking hyaluronic acid matrix” Taiwan patent I 201596, Date of Patent March 21, 2006

• “High-throughput perfusion-based micro-bioreactor platform capable of providing tunable dynamic compression force to cells” Taiwan patent I 379000, Date of Patent December 11, 2012; 

• US patent 8980624 B2 ”Apparatus for high-throughput cell culture with mechanical compression stimulation” Date of Patent Mar.17, 2015.

Journal guest editor 

• Coatings, Special Issue: Surface Coating for Biomedical Applications, MDPI

• Nanomaterials, Special Issue: Inorganic-Based Nanoparticles for Theranostic Applications, MDPI