2026-02-02
Professor Cheng-Chung Chang’s Team from the Center Shines at NANOTECH 2026 in Tokyo and Signs a Long-Term Collaboration Agreement with TAMRON
NANOTECH 2026, one of Japan’s premier nanotechnology exhibitions, was held from January 28 to 30 at Tokyo Big Sight. Led by Distinguished Professor Cheng-Chung Chang, the Center’s team joined forces with ZuoXin Technology Co., Ltd. and Nawei Technology Co., Ltd. to form an industry–academia collaborative nanotechnology team. The team showcased a “Multifunctional Rapid Raman Detection Platform” that integrates nanotechnology-based chips, automated dual-light-source microscopy for measurement, and AI-enabled identification technologies. Featuring highly integrated measurement and detection capabilities, the exhibit attracted extensive attention and engagement from international academic and industrial visitors, highlighting Taiwan’s globally competitive, homegrown R&D strength and visibility.
During the exhibition, Professor Chang’s team achieved a major milestone. On January 29, under the joint witness of Ambassador I-Yang Lee of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan and Chia-Wen Wu, Head of the Science and Technology Division of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the team formally signed a long-term collaboration agreement with TAMRON, a leading Japanese optoelectronics company, and simultaneously completed its first commissioned collaborative project. This development marks Taiwan’s academic and industrial technologies successfully entering Japan’s high-end measurement market, while laying a critical foundation for deeper technical collaboration and downstream product implementation.
Professor Chang has long been committed to industry–academia collaboration and international technology exchange. For more than a decade, he has led his team in developing advanced measurement and diagnostic platforms and has participated in global nanotechnology events such as NANOTECH for many consecutive years. With Professor Chang signing the agreement on behalf of the team, the partnership underscores his leadership in cross-disciplinary integration and industry linkage. Professor Chang noted that bringing Taiwan’s key self-developed technologies to the international stage—and receiving strong recognition from a major Japanese optoelectronics company—clearly demonstrates Taiwan’s global R&D competitiveness and the tangible outcomes enabled by sustained investment in fundamental research and long-term technological development.
In addition, as Director of National Chung Hsing University’s Academia-Industry Collaboration Center, Professor Chang emphasized the symbolic significance of finalizing the agreement during NANOTECH. It reflects the team’s long-standing efforts in international engagement and industry collaboration, which are now yielding concrete results, and demonstrates the successful extension of fundamental scientific research into medical-industry application scenarios, further expanding the impact of the technology. Looking ahead, Professor Chang’s team will use this partnership as a starting point to deepen technology exchange and collaboration between Taiwan (NCHU) and Japan, and to jointly advance the application of next-generation measurement and detection technologies in healthcare and medical settings.
Professor Chang also highlighted that the close collaboration with ZuoXin Technology Co., Ltd.—leveraging its in-house brand products, professional OEM/ODM capabilities, and its existing collaboration foundation with TAMRON—enables academic innovations to align more effectively with real-world industry needs. Moving forward, the team will work with ZuoXin to promote the clinical adoption and application validation of Raman spectroscopy technologies in medical institutions, with the goal of accelerating key milestones in medical diagnostics and precision analysis.
Article source: https://www2.nchu.edu.tw/news-detail/id/61248