Professor
Hong,Tzay-ming

 
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ming@phys.nthu.edu.tw

Condensed Matter Theory Group


Education
  1. 1984-1988 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
  2. 1978-1982 B.S. in Physics, National Taiwan University, R.O.C.
Professional Experience
Current position:
  1. 1997-present, Professor of Physics, National Tsing Hua University
Experience:
  1. 1992-1997, Associate Professor of Physics, National Tsing Hua University
  2. 1990-1992, Postdoc Fellow of Physics, Sheffield University, U.K.
  3. 1988-1990, Postdoc Fellow of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, U.K.
Research Fields
    1. Condensed Matter Theories(Magnetism and Superconductivity)
    2. Polymer Kinetics
Research Interests and achievement
Updated on September 3, 2006
My recent interest is focused mainly on classical systems and their statistical properties. For instance, (1) the statistical and dynamical behavior of a vibrating key chain on a speaker. How is it similar to and different from a polymer in isolation, confinement, melt, or solution? Particularly, we find the entropic force observed in this system can be extended to stiff rods and even books on a shelf in the event of an earthquake. Now we have arranged for students to sneak in the physics library regularly late at night to simulate the various shakings due to earthquakes on the shelves. (2) Classic Hele-Shaw experiment is studied in the case of point or circular injection. Different from the parallel injection abundant in the literature, we argue (and duly observed) they are of different universality class. A new approach, as opposed to the famous KPZ model, is required.
Selected Publications
  1. Y. C. Lin, Y. L. Wang, Y. Liu, and T. M. Hong*, “Crumpling under an ambient pressure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 125504 (2008)
  2. Y. C. Lin, J. M. Sun, J. H. Hsiao, Y. K. Hwu, C. L. Wang, and T. M. Hong*, “Spontaneous emergence of ordered phases in crumpled sheets”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 263902 (2009); issue cover
  3. C. S. Wen, J. H. Hsiao, K. T. Lin, T. M. Hong, J. C. Chen*, T. Ueda, and S. Komiyama, “Observation of resonance conductance in a quantum point contact with a tunable channel potential”, Phys. Rev. B 82, 115416 (2010)
  4. C. H. Chang and T. M. Hong*, “Interlayer exchange coupling theory beyond the proximity-force approximation”, Phys. Rev. B 82, 094415 (2010)
  5. J. H. Hsiao and T. M. Hong*, “Moment formation in quantum point contacts due to spin-orbit interaction”, Phys. Rev. B 82, 115309 (2010)
  6. W. B. Bai, Y. C. Lin, T. K. Hou, and T. M. Hong*, “Scaling relation for a compact crumpled thin sheet”, Phys. Rev. E 82, 066112 (2010)
  7. C. H. Chang* and T. M. Hong*, “Switching off the magnetic exchange coupling by quantum resonances”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 214415 (2012)
  8. S. F. Liou, C. C. Lo, M. H. Chou, P. Y. Hsiao, and T. M. Hong*, “Effect of ridge- ridge interactions in crumpled thin sheets”, Phys. Rev. E 89, 022404 (2014)
  9. M. H. Chou, W. C. Shen, Y. P. Wang, S. H. Hung, and T. M. Hong*, “Curling edges: A problem that has plagued scrolls for millennia”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 034302 (2014). Editor’s Suggestion with Synopsis in Physics. Also featured in Science, Physics Today, and New Scientist magazines.
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