陳老師的主要研究領域為開發新的功能性材料，並研究化學構造與物性的關聯性。 另外，也進行抗癌藥物的開發研究，特別在金剛烷及鑽石烷衍生物開發研究上。目前本實驗室主要開發使用於燃料電池之氫離子傳導膜，應用於顯示器之高預傾角配向膜及應用於電子工業之低介電材料。

1. Wang, J. J., Chang, Y. F., Chern, Y. T., and Chi, C. W., "Study of in vitro and in vivo Effects of 1,6-Bis[4-(4-amino-2-hydroxyphenoxy)phenyl]diamantane(DPD), a Novel Cytostatic and Differentiation Inducing Agent on Human Colon Cancer Cells", Br. J Cancer, 89, pp.1995~2003 (2003).
2. Wang, J. J., Chen, Y.C., Chi, C.W., Huang, K. T., and Chern, Y. T., " In vitro and in vivo Growth Inhibition in Human Cancer Cell lines by Diaminophenyladamantane Derivatives", Anti-cancer Drugs, 15, pp. 697~705 (2004).
3. Wang, J. J., Lee, J.Y., Chen Y.C., Chern, Y.T., "The antitumor effect of a novel differentiation inducer,2,2-Bis(4-(4-amino-3-hydroxyphenoxy)phenyl) adamantane (DPA), in combinatory therapy on human colon cancer", International Journal of Oncology.,28,pp.1003~1012(2006).
4. Yaw-Terng Chern and Jeng-Yu Tsai, "Low Dielectric Constant and High Organosolubility of Novel Polyimide Derived from Unsymmetric 1,4-Bis(4-aminophenoxy)-2,6-di-tert -butylbenzene", Macromolecules, Vol.41, pp.9556-9564(2008).
5. Yaw-Terng Chern and Ming-Hung Ju, "Conformation of Polyimide Backbone Structures for Determination of the Pretilt Angle of Liquid Crystals", Macromolecules, Vol.42, pp.169-179(2009).
6. Yaw-Terng Chern, Jane-Jen Wang, "Hydrolytic Stability and High Tg of Polyimides Derived from the Novel 4,9-Bis[4-(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)phenyl]diamantane Dianhydride", J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 47, pp. 1673-1684(2009).
7. Yaw-Terng Chern, Jeng-Yu Tsai and Jane-Jen Wang, "High Tg and High Organosolubility of Novel Unsymmetric Polyimides, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., in press (2009).

陳老師曾數次獲頒行政院國科會之甲等年度研究獎助，他也被邀請擔任 Macromolecules, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer International，European Polymer Journal及Journal of Applied Polymer Science 等期刊的審稿工作。