Publications by authors named "Fang-Chih Liu"
Article Synopsis
- - This research focuses on improving the properties of heterogeneous nanocomposites by combining self-assembly of hard nanocrystals with soft polymer matrices, aiming for better control over their characteristics.
- - A novel method is introduced that uses strong interactions between nanocrystals and a substrate to create vertically standing one-dimensional nanostructures, overcoming thermodynamic limitations.
- - The technique allows for the cost-effective and efficient production of "wire-like" and "steeple-like" structures by adjusting the size of nanocrystals in each layer, offering a simpler alternative to traditional lithography methods.
Noble metal nanocrystals are used as high sensitivity optoelectronic sensors, such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering, SERS. The sensing performance of metal nanocrystals can be further improved by forming dimer nanojunctions with strong "plasmonic coupling". Since the strength of "plasmonic coupling" is highly sensitive to the sub-nanoscale spacing between plasmonic nanocrystals in nanojunctions, nanojunctions can be used to detect external stimuli that can change the spacing of nanocrystals in the nanojunction and thus change the sensitivity of the Raman scattering spectrum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in heart rate variability during TOVA testing in patients with major depressive disorder.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
January 2013
Aim: The aim of this study was to identify major depressive disorder (MDD) based on heart rate variability (HRV) during tests of variables of attention (TOVA).
Method: Forty-five MDD patients without cardiovascular disease and 45 controls matched by age and gender participated in this study.
Results: Compared to the controls, the MDD group had lower resting HRV parameters, more omissions and variability and longer response times on TOVA, and failure of attention employment to decrease HRV.