Shiao-Wei Kuo is Professor in the Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan. He received his PhD in Applied Chemistry from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan. After some years of postdoctoral research work there and in the University of Akron, USA, he joined National Sun Yat-Sen University as a faculty member. His research interests include polymers, supramolecules, self-assembly nanostructures, mesoporous materials, POSS nanocomposites, low surface free energy materials, and polypeptides. He has published over 300 research papers and several book chapters.