Background
Sow-Hsin Chen was born on March 5, 1935 in Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
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Spectroscopy in Biology and Chemistry discusses the use of thermal neutron diffraction and inelastic scattering, and the related techniques of x-ray diffraction, Raman and Rayleigh scattering, in investigating biological macromolecules and chemical systems. The book describes neutron, x-ray and laser spectroscopy; quasielastic scattering in neutron and laser spectroscopy; and interatomic forces, molecular structure and molecular vibrations. The text also discusses the x-ray crystallography of biological molecules; neutron diffraction studies of hydrogen bonding in organic and biochemical systems; and comparative x-ray and neutron diffraction from nerve myelin membranes. Neutron spectroscopy of chain polymers; chemical and biological applications of neutron inelastic scattering; and neutron scattering and optical studies of molecular vibrations are also considered. The book further tackles small angle neutron scattering from polymers; the use of tunable laser resonance Raman spectroscopy in biology; and the use photon correlation spectroscopy in biology.
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Summarising recent research on the physics of complex liquids, this in-depth analysis examines the topic of complex liquids from a modern perspective, addressing experimental, computational and theoretical aspects of the field. Selecting only the most interesting contemporary developments in this rich field of research, the authors present multiple examples including aggregation, gel formation and glass transition, in systems undergoing percolation, at criticality, or in supercooled states. Connecting experiments and simulation with key theoretical principles, and covering numerous systems including micelles, micro-emulsions, biological systems, and cement pastes.
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守信 陳
Sow-Hsin Chen was born on March 5, 1935 in Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
Sow-Hsin Chen received his Bachelor of Science in physics from National Taiwan University (1956), and his Master of Science in physics from National Tsing Hua University (1958). He then came to the U.S. with an International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship, and obtained an Master of Science in nuclear science from the University of Michigan (1962), and his Doctor of Philosophy in physics from McMaster University, Canada, (1964) under the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Bertram N. Brockhouse.
Sow-Hsin Chen received his postdoctoral training at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) in Harwell, U.K. with Professor Peter A. Egelstaff during 1966-1967, and between 1967-1968, he was a Research Fellow at Harvard University with Nobel Laureate, Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen, before joining the MIT faculty in 1968.
Sow-Hsin Chen was promoted to Full Professor of Applied Radiation Physics at the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering of MIT in 1974. During his tenure, he initiated and taught courses including "Applied Nuclear Physics" for engineers, "Quantum Theory of Interaction of Radiation with Matter," "Statistical Thermodynamics of Complex Liquids," and "Photons and Neutrons Scattering Spectroscopy in Condensed Matter Physics."
Chen's major research activity has been in the use of neutron, x-ray and laser scattering spectroscopy to investigate materials properties of complex fluids and soft condensed matter. His research work includes photon correlation spectroscopy studies of the critical dynamics of a binary liquid mixture; neutron scattering studies of the thermodynamics and dynamics of confined water in supercooled states near hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces.
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Sow-Hsin Chen has been active as an organizer of domestic and over 20 international conferences and symposia as well as the NATO Advanced Study Institutes. He served as chairman of a Gordon Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Water in 1986. He has also been active as a consultant to developing countries with regard to their nuclear power development programs.
Sow-Hsin Chen has served as an advisor to the National Science Council and the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research of the Republic of China (ROC), and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) of the Republic of Korea on the matter of nuclear power planning and development in the respective countries since 1972. In 2006 and 2008, Chen was the organizer and U.S. Chairman of the first and second Joint Symposia on Neutron Sciences and Technology in China, jointly sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and the Chinese counterpart agencies.
Sow-Hsin Chen has been a member of numerous national advisory or review committees, including the U.S. National Pulsed Neutron Sources, IPNS/LANSCE at Argonne National Laboratory, the Solid State and Chemical Technology Divisions of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Center, the Basic Energy Sciences Division of the Department of Energy, and the Collaborative Instrumentation Block Grant of the National Institutes of Health. Since 2009, he has been a Beamline Advisory Team (BAT) member of National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)-II of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Sow-Hsin Chen met Dr. Ching-chih Chen in 1959 while both were studying at the University of Michigan. They married in 1961 and moved to Canada the following summer where completed his doctorate at McMaster University. Together they raised two daughters.