Yu-Chen Wei

	Education
	PhD, National Taiwan University (2023) BS, National Taiwan University (2017)
	Professional Experience
	2026	Assistant Professor of NTHU
	2023 ~ 2025	Postdoctoral Research, Eindhoven University of Technology


	Research Interest
	Polaritonic Chemistry, Nanophotonics, Metasurfaces, Chiral Photonics, Molecular Spectroscopy
	Publications
	Wei, Y.-C.;Wang, C.-H.; Daskalakis, K. S.; Chou, P.-T.; Murai, S.; G.; Rivas, J. G. Enhanced Delayed Fluorescence in Non-Local Metasurfaces: The Role of Electronic Strong Coupling. ACS Photonics 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00124 Verdelli, F.; Wei, Y.-C.; Scheers, J.; Abdelkhalik, M. S.; Masoumeh, G.; Rivas, J. G.* Ultrastrong Coupling between Molecular Vibrations in Water and Surface Lattice Resonances. J. Chem. Phys. 2024, 161, 184709. Verdelli, F.; Wei, Y.-C.; Joseph, K.; Abdelkhalik, M. S.; Masoumeh, G.; Askes, S. H.; Baldi, A.; Meijer, E.; Rivas, J. G.* Polaritonic Chemistry Enabled by Non-Local Metasurfaces. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202409528. Wei, Y.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y. Wide-Dynamic-Range Control of Quantum-Electrodynamic Electron Transfer Reactions in the Weak Coupling Regime. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 7403–7410. Majdecki, M.; Hsu, C.-H.; Wang, C.-H.; Shi, E. H.-C.; Zakrocka, M.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chen, B.-H.; Lu, C.-H.; Yang, S.-D.; Chou, P.-T.; Gaweł, P.* Singlet Fission in a New Series of Systematically Designed Through-space Coupled Tetracene Oligomers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202401103. Kang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-C.; Shao, W.-K.; Wei, Y.-C.; Hsieh, C.-T.; Chen, B.-H.; Lu, C.-H.; Yang, S.-D.; Cheng, M.-J.; Chou, P.-T., M.-H. C.; Wu, Y.-T. Synthesis, structural analysis, and properties of highly twisted alkenes 13, 13’-bis (dibenzo [a, i] fluorenylidene) and its derivatives. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 5248. Wei, Y.-C.; Chen, B.-H.; Ye, R.-S.; Huang, H.-W.; Su, J.-X.; Lin, C.-Y.; Hodgkiss, J.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Chi, Y.; Chen, K.; Lu, C.-H.; Yang, S.-D.; Chou, P.-T.* Excited-State THz Vibrations in Aggregates of PtII Complexes Contribute to the Enhancement of Near-Infrared Emission Efficiencies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300815. Wei, Y.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y.* Polaritonic Huang–Rhys Factor: Basic Concepts and Quantifying Light–Matter Interactions in Media. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 2395–2401. Wei, Y.-C.; Kuo, K.-H.; Chi, Y.; Chou, P.-T. Efficient Near-Infrared Luminescence of Self-Assembled Platinum (II) Complexes: From Fundamentals to Applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 689–699. Wang, S.-F.; Su, B.-K.; Wang, X.-Q.; Wei, Y.-C.; Kuo, K.-H.; Wang, C.-H.; Liu, S.-H.; Liao, L.-S.; Hung, W.-Y.; Fu, L.-W.; Chuang, W.-T.; Qin, M.; Lu, X.; You, C.; Chi, Y.; Chou, P.-T. Polyatomic molecules with emission quantum yields¿ 20% enable efficient organic light-emitting diodes in the NIR (II) window. Nat. Photonics 2022, 16, 843–850. Wei, Y.-C.; Hsu, L.-Y.* Cavity-Free Quantum-Electrodynamic Electron Transfer Reactions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 9695–9702. Chen, P.-Y.; Liu, Y.-C.; Hung, H.-Y.; Pan, M.-L.; Wei, Y.-C.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Chou, P.-T.; Chiang, M.-H.; Wu, Y.-T.* Diindeno [2, 1-b: 2’, 1’-h] biphenylenes: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, and Properties. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8794–8798. Wei, Y.-C.; Lee, M.-W.; Chou, P.-T.; Scholes, G. D.; Schatz, G. C.; Hsu, L.-Y.* Can nanocavities significantly enhance resonance energy transfer in a single donor–acceptor pair? J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 18119–18128. Su, B.-K.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chuang, W.-T.; Weng, S.-C.; Wang, S.-F.; Chen, D.-G.; Huang, Z.-X.; Chi, Y.; Chou, P.-T. The observation of interchain motion in self-assembled crystalline platinum (II) complexes: an exquisite case but by no means the only one in molecular solids. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 7482–7489. Liu, Z.-Y.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chou, P.-T.* Correlation between Kinetics and Thermodynamics for Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Reactions. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 6611–6620. Wang, C.-S.; Wei, Y.-C.; Pan, M.-L.; Wu, C.-H.; Chou, P.-T.; Wu, Y.-T. New [2, 2] Fluorenophanes Give Insights into Asymmetric Charge Transfer-Mediated Exciton Delocalization along the π-π Packing Direction. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 8678–8683. Wei, Y.-C.; Shen, S.-W.; Wu, C.-H.; Ho, S.-Y.; Zhang, Z.; Wu, C.-I.; Chou, P.-T.* Through-space exciton delocalization in segregated HJ-crystalline molecular aggregates. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 943–953. Tang, M.-C.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chu, Y.-C.; Jiang, C.-X.; Huang, Z.-X.; Wu, C.-C.; Chao, T.-H.; Hong, P.-H.; Cheng, M.-J.; Chou, P.-T.; Wu, Y.-T.* [2, 2](5, 8) Picenophanedienes: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, Molecular Dynamics, and Reversible Intramolecular Structure Conversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20351–20358. Shen, S.-W.; Wei, Y.-C.; Fu, F.-Y.; Chou, K.-J.; Wang, S.-F.; Fu, L.-W.; Chuang, W.-T.; Tsai, M.-L.; Chen, M.-H.; Chi, Y.; Chou, P.-T.; Wu, C.-I* Interlayer Charge Transfer Coupled with Acoustic Phonon in Organic/Inorganic van der Waals Stacked Heterostructures: Self-Assembled Pt (II) Complex on a PtSe2 Monolayer. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 25538–25546. Sun, G.; Wei, Y.-C.; Zhang, Z.; Lin, J.-A.; Liu, Z.-Y.; Chen, W.; Su, J.; Chou, P.-T.; Tian, H.* Diversified Excited-State Relaxation Pathways of Donor–Linker–Acceptor Dyads Controlled by a Bent-to-Planar Motion of the Donor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18611–18618. Wei, Y.-C.; Wang, S. F.; Hu, Y.; Liao, L.-S.; Chen, D.-G.; Chang, K.-H.; Wang, C.-W.; Liu, S.-H.; Chan, W.-H.; Liao, J.-L.; Hung, W.-Y.; Wang, T.-H.; Chen, P.-T.; Hsu, H.-F.; Chi, Y.; Chou, P.-T.* Overcoming the energy gap law in near-infrared OLEDs by exciton–vibration decoupling. Nat. Photonics 2020, 14, 570–577. Wang, S. F.; Yuan, Y.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chan, W.-H.; Fu, L.-W.; Su, B.-K.; Chen, I.-Y.; Chou, K.-J.; Chen, P.-T.; Hsu, H.-F.; Ko, C.-L.; Hung, W.-Y.; Lee, C.-S.; Chou, P.-T.; Chi, Y. Highly efficient near-infrared electroluminescence up to 800 nm using platinum (II) phosphors. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 2002173. Huang, C.-Y.; Ho, S.-Y.; Lai, C.-H.; Ko, C.-L.; Wei, Y.-C.; Lin, J.-A.; Chen, D.-G.; Ko, T.-Y.; Wong, K.-T.; Zhang, Z.; Hung, W.-Y.; Chou, P.-T.* Insights into energy transfer pathways between the exciplex host and fluorescent guest: attaining highly efficient 710 nm electroluminescence. J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 5704–5714. Wang, S. F.; Fu, L.-W.; Wei, Y.-C.; Liu, S.-H.; Lin, J.-A.; Lee, G.-H.; Chou, P.-T.; Huang, J.-Z.; Wu, C.-I.; Yuan, Y.; Lee, C.-S; Chi, Y.* Near-infrared emission induced by shortened Pt–Pt contact: diplatinum (II) complexes with pyridyl pyrimidinato cyclometalates. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 13892–13901. Lin, J.-A.; Li, S.-W.; Liu, Z.-Y.; Chen, D.-G.; Huang, C.-Y.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Tsai, Z.-H.; Lo, C.-Y.; Hung, W.-Y.; Wong, K.-T.; Chou, P.-T.* Bending-type electron donor–donor–acceptor triad: dual excited-state charge-transfer coupled structural relaxation. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 5981–5992. Wang, C.-S.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chang, K.-H.; Chou, P.-T.; Wu, Y.-T. Indeno [1, 2-b] fluorene-Based [2, 2] Cyclophanes with 4n/4n and 4n/[4n+ 2] π Electrons: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, and Excitonic Coupling Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10158–10162. Wei, Y.-C.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, Y.-A.; Wu, C.-H.; Liu, Z.-Y.; Ho, S.-Y.; Liu, J.-C.; Lin, J.-A.; Chou, P.-T. Mechanochromism induced through the interplay between excimer reaction and excited state intramolecular proton transfer. Commun. Chem. 2019, 2, 10. Zhang, Z.; Chen, C.-L.; Chen, Y.-A.; Wei, Y.-C.; Su, J.; Tian, H.; Chou, P.-T. Tuning the conformation and color of conjugated polyheterocyclic skeletons by installing ortho-methyl groups. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9880–9884. Tu, T.-H.; Chen, Y.-T.; Chen, Y.-A.; Wei, Y.-C.; Chen, Y.-H.; Chen, C.-L.; Shen, J.-Y.; Chen, Y.-H.; Ho, S.-Y.; Cheng, K.-Y.; Lee, S.-L.; Chen, C.-H.; Chou, P.-T. The Cyclic Hydrogen-Bonded 6-Azaindole Trimer and its Prominent Excited-State Triple-Proton-Transfer Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5020–5024.

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