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  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Wei-Heng Shih is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States and focuses on research in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work primarily spans subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics, as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The scientist's research covers topics including:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Wei-Heng Shih has contributed to several papers exploring advanced materials and nanotechnology. Representative recent publications include:

  • "Flexible inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystal-PMMA composite films with enhanced stability in air and water for white light-emitting diodes" (2020) published in Nanotechnology
  • "Improving Stability of Cesium Lead Iodide Perovskite Nanocrystals by Solution Surface Treatments" (2020) published in ACS Omega
  • "Single atom iron carbons supported Pd-Ni-P nanoalloy as a multifunctional electrocatalyst for alcohol oxidation" (2023) published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Stabilization of MAPbI3 Nanocrystals by Dual Ligands for Photodetectors" (2021) published in ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • "Enhancing the photoluminescence of SnS quantum dots by ZnS treatment" (2020) published in Chemical Physics Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include Wan Y. Shih, Donghai Lin, Cheng Chen, Xinzhou Ma, and Yuang Ji.

Their work is regularly published in venues such as Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources, Nanotechnology, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ACS Omega, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Among recognitions, Wei-Heng Shih was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Persistent currents in small one-dimensional metal rings.

    Ho-Fai Cheung;Yuval Gefen;Eberhard K. Riedel;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Effect of length, width, and mode on the mass detection sensitivity of piezoelectric unimorph cantilevers

    Jeong Woo Yi;Wan Y. Shih;Wei-Heng Shih

  • A Non‐surfactant Templating Route to Mesoporous Silica Materials

    Yen Wei;Danliang Jin;Tianzhong Ding;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Simultaneous liquid viscosity and density determination with piezoelectric unimorph cantilevers

    Wan Y. Shih;Xiaoping Li;Huiming Gu;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Size dependence of the ferroelectric transition of small BaTiO3 particles: Effect of depolarization.

    Wan Y. Shih;Wan Y. Shih;Wei Heng Shih;Ilhan A. Aksay

  • A general method for the conversion of fly ash into zeolites as ion exchangers for cesium

    Hsiao-Lan Chang;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Size Effects in Barium Titanate Particles and Clusters

    Xiaoping Li;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Spin-1 model of a microemulsion.

    M. Schick;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Synthesis of zeolites A and X from fly ashes and their ion-exchange behavior with cobalt ions

    Hsiao-Lan Chang;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Aqueous Carboxyl-Capped CdS Quantum Dots for Bioapplications

    Hui Li;Wan Y. Shih;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Elastic and Yield Behavior of Strongly Flocculated Colloids

    Wan Y. Shih;Wan Y. Shih;Wei-Heng Shih;Ilhan A. Aksay

  • In situ cell detection using piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate-stainless steel cantilevers

    Jeong W. Yi;Wan Y. Shih;R. Mutharasan;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Electromechanical Behavior of PZT-Brass Unimorphs

    Xiaoping Li;Wan Y. Shih;Wan Y. Shih;Ilhan A. Aksay;Wei-Heng Shih

  • A Highly Sensitive Graphene‐Organic Hybrid Photodetector with a Piezoelectric Substrate

    Wei-Chun Tan;Wei-Heng Shih;Yang Fang Chen

  • Non-heavy-metal ZnS quantum dots with bright blue photoluminescence by a one-step aqueous synthesis

    Hui Li;Wan Y Shih;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Electrical‐Polarization‐Induced Ultrahigh Responsivity Photodetectors Based on Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots

    Golam Haider;Prathik Roy;Chia-Wei Chiang;Wei-Chun Tan

  • Conversion of Fly Ash into Mesoporous Aluminosilicate

    Hsiao-Lan Chang;Chang-Min Chun;Ilhan A. Aksay;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Soft-materials elastic and shear moduli measurement using piezoelectric cantilevers

    Anna Markidou;Wan Y. Shih;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Wrinkled 2D Materials: A Versatile Platform for Low-Threshold Stretchable Random Lasers.

    Han-Wen Hu;Golam Haider;Yu-Ming Liao;Pradip Kumar Roy

  • Piezoelectric cantilever sensors

    Wan Y. Shih;Wei-Heng Shih;Zuyan Shen

  • Highly Sensitive Detection of HER2 Extracellular Domain in the Serum of Breast Cancer Patients by Piezoelectric Microcantilevers

    LiNa Loo;Joseph A. Capobianco;Wei Wu;Xiaotong Gao

  • Effect of a Transverse Tensile Stress on the Electric‐Field‐Induced Domain Reorientation in Soft PZT: In Situ XRD Study

    Xiaoping Li;Wan Y. Shih;James S. Vartuli;David L. Milius

Frequent Co-Authors

Wan Y. Shih
Wan Y. Shih Drexel University
Ilhan A. Aksay
Ilhan A. Aksay Princeton University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gregory P. Adams
Gregory P. Adams Elucida Oncology
Mehmet Sarikaya
Mehmet Sarikaya University of Washington
Kuei-Hsien Chen
Kuei-Hsien Chen Academia Sinica
Robert K. Prud'homme
Robert K. Prud'homme Princeton University
Michael Schick
Michael Schick University of Washington
Li-Chyong Chen
Li-Chyong Chen National Taiwan University
Robert Benjamin Laibowitz
Robert Benjamin Laibowitz IBM (United States)

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