Binhan Sun

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Binhan Sun is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Metals and Alloys. According to data from OpenAlex, Binhan Sun has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 57 papers in Materials Chemistry and 35 papers in Metals and Alloys. Recurrent topics in Binhan Sun's work include Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (35 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (35 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers). Binhan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (35 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (35 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers). Binhan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Canada. Binhan Sun's co-authors include Dirk Ponge, Dierk Raabe, Stephen Yue, Fateh Fazeli, Colin Scott, Baptiste Gault, Xiancheng Zhang, Hao Chen, Ning Yao and Chun‐Hung Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Binhan Sun

88 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in high-strength Al alloys

2022 222 citations Huan Zhao, Poulami Chakraborty et al. Nature profile →
Hydrogen Embrittlement as a Conspicuous Material Challenge─Comprehensive Review and Future Directions

2024 120 citations Xu Lu, Binhan Sun et al. profile →
Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels

2024 103 citations Miao Song, Ning Yao et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Binhan Sun China	32	2.8k	2.1k	1.1k	754	708	90	3.5k
Kaiming Wu China	32	2.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	820 0.7×	690 0.9×	294 0.4×	227	3.4k
Yiyin Shan China	33	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	920 1.2×	387 0.5×	104	3.3k
C. Capdevila Spain	38	3.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	755 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	398 0.6×	185	4.5k
Bevis Hutchinson Sweden	27	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	476 0.4×	890 1.2×	341 0.5×	78	2.6k
Kester D. Clarke United States	25	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	323 0.3×	489 0.6×	355 0.5×	94	2.2k
Sandip Ghosh Chowdhury India	30	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	435 0.4×	781 1.0×	488 0.7×	133	2.7k
Namhyun Kang South Korea	31	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	838 0.8×	458 0.6×	628 0.9×	238	3.0k
Sérgio Souto Maior Tavares Brazil	36	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	2.5k 2.2×	753 1.0×	204 0.3×	216	4.0k
Huan Zhao China	27	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	294 0.3×	430 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	70	2.5k
Gregory N. Haidemenopoulos Greece	26	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	345 0.3×	593 0.8×	411 0.6×	99	2.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lu, Tiwen, Xiyu Chen, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2025). In-situ nano-reprecipitation enables superior cryogenic mechanical properties in a 3D printable medium-entropy alloy. Nature Communications. 17(1). 582–582. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Binhan, et al.. (2025). Interfacial segregation of carbon atoms: the competition between grain boundaries and phase boundaries. Scripta Materialia. 268. 116842–116842.

Sun, Binhan, Yan Ma, Huijie Cheng, et al.. (2025). On the anisotropic deformation behavior of a low-density medium manganese steel. Acta Materialia. 292. 121060–121060. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Shaolou, Ali Tehranchi, Aparna Saksena, et al.. (2025). The dual role of boron on hydrogen embrittlement: example of interface-related hydrogen effects in an austenite-ferrite two-phase lightweight steel. Acta Materialia. 299. 121458–121458. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yufei, Tiwen Lu, Haitao Lu, et al.. (2025). Lamellar microstructure enables exceptional fatigue resistance in a medium-entropy alloy manufactured by integrated directed energy deposition with interlayer rolling. International Journal of Plasticity. 189. 104349–104349. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yong, Chenyun He, Takayuki Hama, et al.. (2024). Revealing the fatigue strengthening and damage mechanisms of surface-nanolaminated gradient structure. International Journal of Plasticity. 182. 104128–104128. 13 indexed citations

Ding, Ran, Yingjie Yao, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2024). Strong yet ductile steels via a heterogeneous phase transformation strategy. Scripta Materialia. 252. 116274–116274. 2 indexed citations

Song, Miao, Ning Yao, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2024). Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels. Science. 384(6699). 1017–1022. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Saksena, Aparna, Ali Tehranchi, Baptiste Gault, et al.. (2024). Interfacial boron segregation in a high-Mn and high-Al multiphase lightweight steel. Acta Materialia. 283. 120568–120568. 7 indexed citations

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Yao, Ning, Tiwen Lu, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2023). Gradient nanostructure induces exceptional cryogenic mechanical properties in an additively manufactured medium entropy alloy. Scripta Materialia. 241. 115885–115885. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhongji, Binhan Sun, Kwang Boon Lau, et al.. (2023). Laser powder bed fusion of crack-susceptible stainless maraging steel undergoing solid-state phase transformations. Acta Materialia. 263. 119534–119534. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Yufei, Tiwen Lu, Xiyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Optimized bilateral ultrasonic surface rolling process assisting directed energy deposition of thin-walled medium-entropy alloy with high mechanical performance. Additive manufacturing. 78. 103887–103887. 14 indexed citations

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Gao, Jianbao, Tiwen Lu, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2023). Insights into abnormal grain growth in copper thin films for reduced electrical resistivity: A quantitative multi-order-parameter phase-field study under finite element framework. Acta Materialia. 260. 119236–119236. 13 indexed citations

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Shi, Hao, Supriya Nandy, Huijie Cheng, Binhan Sun, & Dirk Ponge. (2023). In-situ investigation of the interaction between hydrogen and stacking faults in a bulk austenitic steel. Acta Materialia. 262. 119441–119441. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Huijie, Xu Lu, Jingjing Zhou, et al.. (2023). The influence of L12 ordered precipitates on hydrogen embrittlement behavior in CoCrNi-based medium entropy alloys. Acta Materialia. 260. 119328–119328. 30 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huan, Poulami Chakraborty, Dirk Ponge, et al.. (2022). Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in high-strength Al alloys. Nature. 602(7897). 437–441. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Jun, Mingxin Huang, Binhan Sun, et al.. (2020). Critical role of Lüders banding in hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of medium Mn steels. Scripta Materialia. 190. 32–37. 29 indexed citations

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Sun, Binhan, Yan Ma, Nicolas Vanderesse, et al.. (2019). Macroscopic to nanoscopic in situ investigation on yielding mechanisms in ultrafine grained medium Mn steels: Role of the austenite-ferrite interface. Acta Materialia. 178. 10–25. 125 indexed citations

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Sun, Binhan, Waldemar Krieger, Michael Rohwerder, Dirk Ponge, & Dierk Raabe. (2019). Dependence of hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms on microstructure-driven hydrogen distribution in medium Mn steels. Acta Materialia. 183. 313–328. 111 indexed citations

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Sun, Binhan, D. Palanisamy, Dirk Ponge, et al.. (2018). Revealing fracture mechanisms of medium manganese steels with and without delta-ferrite. Acta Materialia. 164. 683–696. 157 indexed citations

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