CHU Lab @ CHEM-NTHU
Biophysics & Time-resolved Spectroscopy Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Li-Kang Chu 朱立岡
Professor
Department of Chemistry
National Tsing Hua University
2000.7: B.S. at National Tsing Hua University
2006.7: Ph.D. at National Tsing Hua University
2008.5 – 2010.6: Postdoctoral Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology
2010.9 – 2016.7: Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University
2016.8 – 2022.7: Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University
2022.8 – now : Professor in the Department of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University
Current Members (after 2023 summer)
M2
侯鈞堯
Project:
林則旻
Project:
M1
劉冠儀
Project:
曾品睿
Project:
龔亮哲
Project:
U3
朱鈴萱
Project:
Alumni
2023 (5)
Pei-Rong Chen 陳姵蓉 (MS)
Project: infrared of glyoxal in aqueous solution
Wei-Ting Tseng 曾暐婷 (MS)
Project: Photolysis of acetone using step-scan FTIR
Pin-Chun Huang 黃品淳 (MS)
Project: Photolysis of S2O82- using transient absorption
Han-Yu Chen 陳漢宇 (MS)
Project: Binding affinity of turn-on fluorescent probes with HSA
Tzu-Lan Kao 高子嵐 (MS)
Project: HSA protein dynamics in alcohol using T-jump
2022 (5)
Yi-Fang Chen 陳奕方 (MS)
Project: Infrared characterization of isotopic analogues of methanediol in aqueous solution and rapid preparation of gaseous methanediol
Yueh-Chia Tsao 曹悅嘉 (MS)
Project: Investigating the protein dynamics of amyloid beta 42 in the presence and absence of lipopolysaccharide with temperature jump method
Chiao-Mi Cheng 鄭巧彌 (MS)
Project: Reaction mechanism of the photolysis of nitrite in methanediol-containing aqueous solution investigated by infrared and Raman spectroscopy
Cheng-Zong Lu 呂承宗 (MS)
Project: Reaction mechanism and chemical kinetics of photolysis of aqueous nitrite in presence of methanediol monitored by UV/Vis spectroscopy and analyzed with numerical method
Yuan-Jyun Jhao 趙源鈞 (MS)
Project: A comparative study of the reactivities of methanol and methanediol in the photolysis of aqueous nitrite solution
2021 (5)
Pei-Yun Wang 王珮芸 (MS)
Project: Differentiating the protein dynamics using fluorescence evolution of tryptophan residue(s): A comparative study of bovine and human serum albumins upon temperature jump
Chih-Tsun Yang 楊智淳 (MS)
Project: Investigating the protein dynamics of human serum albumin in hypothermic and normothermic conditions with temperature jump
Hung-Yang Jian 簡宏洋 (MS)
Project: Gaseous infrared spectra of the simplest geminal diol CH2(OH)2 and the isotopic analogues in the hydration of formaldehyde
Yi-Rui Zhong 鐘宜叡 (MS)
Project: A correlative study of bacteriorhodopsin photocycle kinetics and the delipidated purple membranes of various lipid compositions
Jun-Yi Lu 呂俊毅 (MS)
Project: Radiative relaxation of SiO2-coated Au nanorods of
different shell porosities upon photoexcitation monitored by time-resolved infrared emission spectroscopy
2020 (4)
Meng-Chen Shih 施孟辰 (MS)
Project: Infrared spectroscopic and kinetic characterization
on the photolysis of nitrite in alcohol-containing aqueous solutions
Jhih-Jie Lai 賴志杰 (MS)
Project: Radiative relaxation of SiO2-coated Au nanorods of different shell thicknesses upon photoexcitation monitored by time-resolved infrared emission spectroscopy
Hsin-Ying Li 李欣螢 (MS)
Project: Investigating the Tier-0 protein dynamics of bovine serum albumin in the native condition with confocal fluorescent temperature jump
Kuan-Chung Chen 陳貫中 (MS)
Project: Wavelength-dependent M-state quantum yield of bacteriorhodopsin embedded in various membrane environments
2019 (4)
Ke-Chia Tseng 曾科嘉 (MS)
Project: Monitoring the protein dynamics of bovine serum albumin in the native condition with confocal fluorescent temperature jump
Hsin-Yu Huang 黃信毓 (MS)
Project: Effects of charged lipids on photocycle kinetics and dark adaptation of bacteriorhodopsin embedded in circularized lipid nanodiscs
Chu-Ting Chan 詹筑婷 (MS)
Project: Infrared thermographic probe and analysis of the heat transfer in agar embedded with different AuNR phantoms upon optical heating
Yun-Hsuan Liu 劉芸暄 (MS)
Project: On the Excitation Wavelength Dependent Fluorescence Kinetics Pathways of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence of Symmetric Diboron-Based Molecule tBuCzDBA
2018 (4)
Chia-Yu Ho 何家宇 (MS)
Project: Thermographic detection and analysis of the temporal and spatial evolution of temperature upon optical heating of gold nanorod assembly immobilized in agar
Yu-Min Kao 高鈺珉 (MS)
Project: Photochemistry of bacteriorhodopsin in lipid nanodiscs
Shao-Syuan Guo 郭少璇 (MS)
Project: Radiative cooling of surface-modified gold nanorods upon pulsed infrared photoexcitation
Chun-Lien Wu 吳俊璉 (MS)
Project: Temperature jump
2017 (4)
Yi-Ju Yu 余奕儒 (MS)
Project: Time-resolved FTIR study of photolysis of DNIC
Kuan-Jen Chen 陳冠任 (MS)
Project: Using SiO2-coated gold nanorods as temperature jump photo-thermal convertors coupled with a confocal fluorescent thermometer to study protein unfolding kinetics: A case of bovine serum albumin
Chia-Te Lin 林家德 (MS)
Project: Spatially and temporally-resolved tryptophan fluorescence thermometry for monitoring the photothermal processes of gold nanorod suspensions
Chun-Yi Kuo 郭俊毅 (MS)
Project: Fluorescnce of tryptophan in polyprolines
2016 (4)
Tsung-Yen Lee 李宗晏 (MS)
Project: Tuning the photocycle kinetics of bacteriorhodopsin in lipid nanodiscs
Ying-Chen Lai 賴盈禎 (MS)
Project: Distance-dependent excited-state electron transfer from tryptophan to gold nanoparticles through polyproline helices
Jia-Ling Liu 劉佳陵 (MS)
Project: Monitoring the transient thermal infrared emission of gold nanoparticles upon photoexcitation with a step-scan Fourier-transform spectrometer
Han-Kuei Chiang 江函桂 (MS)
Project: 1. Wavelength-dependent photocycle activity of xanthorhodopsin in the visible region; 2. Solvent isotope effect on the dark adaptation of
bacteriorhodopsin in purple membrane
2015 (1)
Ming-Jui Chiu 丘珉瑞 (MS)
Project: Quantifying the photothermal efficiency of gold nanoparticles using tryptophan as an in situ fluorescent thermometer
2014 (3)
Fu-Kuo Tsai 才富國 (MS)
Project: Photochemistry of a dual-bacteriorhodopsin system in Haloarcula marismortui: HmbRI and HmbRII
Chang-Wei Hung 洪常瑋 (MS)
Project: Analyzing a steady-state phenomenon using an ensemble of sequential transient events: A proof of concept on photocurrent of bacteriorhodopsin upon continuous photoexcitation
Bang-Ting Yan 顏邦廷 (MS)
Project: Correlation analyses of the time-evolved infrared features of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle
2013 (3)
Ka Chon Ng 吳家俊 (MS)
Project: Effects of surfactants on the purple membrane and bacteriorhodopsin: Solubilization or aggregation?
Chia-Ling Kuo 郭家綾 (MS)
Project: Modeling of photocurrent kinetics upon pulsed photoexcitation of photosynthetic proteins: A case of bacteriorhodopsin
Chun-Chao Chen 陳俊兆 (MS)
Project: Photocycle efficiency of bacteriorhodopsin: A wavelength and pH-dependent study