Yu-Jane Sheng
Associate Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

■Educational Background

B.S. Ch.E.       National Taiwan University      1986
M.S. Ch.E.      National Taiwan University      1988
Ph.D. Ch.E.     Cornell University                    1995

■Selected Publications

1. Tsao, H.-K. and Sheng, Yu-Jane, "Electrostatic Interactions for a Particle-Containing Shell-and-Core System," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 202, 477-489 (1998). (SCI,EI)
2. Sheng, Yu-Jane, Lai, P.-Y. and Tsao, H.-K., "Topological Effects on Nonequilibrium Relaxation Dynamics of Knots," Phys. Rev. E, 58, 1-4 (1998). (SCI,EI)
3. Tsao, H.-K. and Sheng, Yu-Jane, "pH-dependence of the Thermodynamic Properties for a dilute Suspension of Ion-Penetrable Spheres," Langmuir 14, 6793 (1998). (SCI,EI)
4. Sheng, Yu-Jane, Lai, P.-Y. and Tsao, H.-K., "Deformation of a Stretched Polymer Knot," Phys. Rev. E, 61, 2895 (2000). (SCI,EI)
5. Lai, P.-Y., Sheng, Yu-Jane and Tsao, H.-K., "Structure and Relaxation Dynamics of Polymer Knots," Physica A 281, 381 (2000). (SCI,EI).
6. Tsao, H.-K., Sheng, Yu-Jane and Lu, C.-Y. D., "The Degree of Dissociation of Ionic Surfactant Shell Within a W/O Microdroplet," J. Chem. Phys. 113, 10304 (2000). (SCI,EI).
7. Lai, P.-Y., Sheng, Yu-Jane and Tsao, H.-K., "Composite Spring Model in Stretched Polymer Knots," Macromol. Theor. Simul. 9, 578 (2000). (SCI+).
8. Tsao, H.-K. and Sheng, Yu-Jane, "The Electrostatic Interaction of a Charged Particle With a Surface：the Effect of Surface Charge Rearrangement," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 233 124 (2001) (SCI,EI).
9. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Wang, Meng-Chieh, "Statics and Dynamics of a Single Polymer Chain Confined in a Tube," J. Chem. Phys. 114, 4724 (2001). (SCI,EI).
10. Lai, Pik-Yin; Sheng, Yu-Jane and Tsao, Heng-Kwong, "Nonequilibrium Relaxation Times in Polymer Knot Groups," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 175503 (2001). (SCI, EI)
11. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Tsao, Heng-Kwong, "Ion Fluctuations within an Aqueous Microdroplet in an Apolar Medium," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 185501 (2001). (SCI, EI).
12. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Cheng, Kuang-Ling, "Polymer Knot Confined in a Tube: Statics and Relaxation Dynamics," Phys. Rev. E. 65, 011801 (2002). (SCI, EI)
13. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Tsao, Heng-Kwong, "The Mobility and Diffusivity of a Knotted Polymer : Topological Deformation Effect, " J. Chem. Phys. 116, 10523-10528 (2002). (SCI, EI)
14. Sheng, Yu-Jane; Tsao, Heng-Kwong; Zhou, Jian and Jiang Shaoyi, "Orientation of a Y-shaped Biomolecule Adsorbed on a Charged Surface," Phys. Rev. E 66, 011911 (2002). (SCI,EI)
15. Sheng, Yu-Jane; Jiang, Shaoyi and Tsao Heng-Kwong, "Radial Size of a Starburst Dendrimer in Solvents of Varying Quality," Macromolecules 35, 7865 (2002). (SCI, EI)
16. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Heng-Kwong Tsao, "Ion distributions within a microdroplet without surface charge: Fluctuation-correlation effects," Phys. Rev. E 66, 040201(R) (2002). (SCI, EI)
17. Sheng, Yu-Jane Jeff Z. Y. Chen and Heng-Kwong Tsao, "Open-to-Closed Transition of a Hard-Sphere Chain with Attractive Ends," Macromolecules 35, 9624 (2002). (SCI, EI)
18. Sheng, Yu-Jane and Chen-Shin Liao, "The Effect of Topological Constraint on the Theta Temperature of a Knotted Polymer," J. Chem. Phys. (in press). (SCI, EI)