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Assistant research fellow (2025-); postdoctoral scholar at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (2024-2025); postdoctoral researcher at New York University Abu Dhabi (2023-2024); scientific employee at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule and DWI- Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials Aachen (2020-2022); PhD at Max-Planck Institut für Polymerforschung and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2015-2020); research assistant at National Taiwan University (2014-2015); MSc at National Taiwan University (2011-2013); BS at National Taiwan University (2009-2011);
Selected Publications
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Li, L.; Zhang, H.; Naumov, P. Smart molecular crystal switches, Smart Mol., 2024, 2, e20230031.
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Hinaut, A.; Scherb, S.; Meyer, E.; Narita, A.; Müllen, K. Synthesis of giant dendritic polyphenylenes as potential precursors for D6h-symmetric C366 and C546 Nanographenes, Chem. Asian J., 2022,17 (11),10–15.
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Sun, Q.; Eimre, K.; Di Giovannantonio, M.; Urgel, J. I.; Ruffieux, P.; Narita, A.; Fasel, R.; Müllen, K. On-Surface Synthesis of Unsaturated Carbon Nanostructures with Regularly Fused Pentagon-Heptagon Pairs. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (23), 10291–10296. (inside cover)
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Berger, F.; Narita, A.; Müllen, K.; Hecht, S. Proton‐Gated Ring‐Closure of a Negative Photochromic Azulene‐Based Diarylethene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (42), 18532–18536.
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Diez-Cabanes, V.; Galanti, A.; Valášek, M.; Mayor, M.; Cornil, J.; Narita, A.; Samorì, P.; Müllen, K. Photomodulation of Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Azobenzene-Hexa-Peri-Hexabenzocoronene-Azobenzene Triads. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31 (17), 6979–6985.
- Hou, I. C.-Y.; Shetti, V.; Huang, S.-L.; Liu, K.-L.; Chao, C.-Y.; Lin, S.-C.; Lin, Y.-J.; Chen, L.-Y.; Luh, T.-Y. Poly[2(6)-Aminoazulene]: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Proton Conductivity. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4 (5), 773–778.
Update: 2024-10-04