Selected journal paper (past five years)
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
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. 2022, 17, 123.
A. Vadivelmurugan, S.W. Tsai. The influence of scaffold interfaces containing natural bone elements on bone tissue engineering applications. Coatings, 2022, 12, 1888.
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. J Funct Biomater 2022, 13, 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 (624)(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) 111913
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 11 (1180) (2021)
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 12(5) (2020).
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, 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 & photobiological sciences. DOI 10.1039/C9PP00054B. (2019).
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 & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications 100 (2019) 308-314.
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) 179.
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.
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.