Lecture by Prof. Der-Jang Liaw
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Title: New funtional metathesis and elctrochromic polymers for optoelectronic application
 
Time: 
3:00 pm, Saturday, Dec. 11
 
Place: Room 205, Bldg 14, SCUT North Campus
 
Speaker: Prof. Der-Jang Liaw, Taiwan University of Science and Technology
 
Sponsor: School of Material Science and Engineering

Short Resume of Prof. Liaw:


Professor Liaw was born in 1947.In 1978 he got Ph.D in the magor of polymer chemistry  from Osaka University.Now he is a Professor (Chair Professor) of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiwan University of Technology.
Professor Liaw's research work consists mainly on polymerization techniques, photoelectric polymer materials, degradable polymers, modification of polymer surface, water soluble polymer, fluorescence polymer, including polycondensation, polyaddition, radical polymerization, and metathesis polymerization. Polymer, after undergoing some modifications on its surface, can have increased adhesive properties. With respect to polycondensation, his experiments are focused on the synthesis of new and high performance polymers such as polyester, polycarbonate, polyimide, polyamide, polyamide-imides and dendrimers. Its excellent thermal and mechanical properties are currently considered as good materials which exhibit promising value. His current work is on the reaction of highly reactive compounds with various functional groups to synthesize new monomers. After which, the monomers will undergo various polymerization techniques and modifications on the resultant polymers will also be done.
He actively participates various scientific conferences, including international symposium, academic interchange conference between Taiwan and China, continuing cooperation among different department, various universities and international countries, international interchange and cooperation. Furthermore, we cooperate with distinguished companies in industry related projects to produce new goods.
UP to date, professor Liaw has more than two hundreds international publications, including US Patent, Japanese Patent and Taiwan Patent, and eleven related chemical textbooks.