Cheng Sun

18.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
184 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Cheng Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Sun has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Cheng Sun's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (36 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (34 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (33 papers). Cheng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (36 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (34 papers) and Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (33 papers). Cheng Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Philippines. Cheng Sun's co-authors include Xiang Zhang, Nicholas X. Fang, Hyesog Lee, Zhaowei Liu, Werayut Srituravanich, Yi Xiong, Muralidhar Ambati, Hao F. Zhang, Dongjuan Xi and Biqin Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Sun

176 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens

2005 3.1k citations Cheng Sun et al. profile →
Far-Field Optical Hyperlens Magnifying Sub-Diffraction-Limited Objects

2007 1.7k citations Cheng Sun et al. profile →
Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus

2006 1.6k citations Cheng Sun et al. profile →
Optical Negative Refraction in Bulk Metamaterials of Nanowires

2008 717 citations Cheng Sun et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cheng Sun. Cheng Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Swept-source visible-light optical coherence tomography 2025 ·Optics Letters ·Weijia Fan, Roman V. Kuranov, David A. Miller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pengpeng Zhang, Cheng Sun, Hao F. Zhang	3
2	Robotic Visible-Light Optical Coherence Tomography Visualizes Segmental Schlemm's Canal Anatomy and Segmental Pilocarpine Response 2025 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Raymond Fang, (unknown), Daniel Kim, Junghun Kweon, Cheng Sun, Alex S. Huang, (unknown)	1
3	Abrupt vapor pressure deficit changes over Northeast Asia during 1990s linked to combined Mediterranean-Pacific SST shifts 2025 ·Atmospheric Research ·(unknown), Cheng Sun, Dong Xiao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
4	3D-printed, citrate-based bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for coronary artery angioplasty 2024 ·Bioactive Materials ·Yonghui Ding, (unknown), Mian Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Rao Fu, Chongwen Duan, Xinlong Wang, Henry Oliver T. Ware, Cheng Sun, Guillermo A. Ameer	7
5	Personalized composite scaffolds for accelerated cell- and growth factor-free craniofacial bone regeneration 2024 ·Bioactive Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zitong Lin, (unknown), Yugang Liu, Yujin Ahn, (unknown), Joseph W. Song, Chongwen Duan, Yi Zhu, Cheng Sun, Tong‐Chuan He, Yuan Luo, Russell R. Reid, Guillermo A. Ameer	11
6	Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Intrinsic Aqueous Dispersibility for Conductive Hydrogels 2023 ·Advanced Materials ·Joshua Tropp, (unknown), Xinran Xie, (unknown), Abijeet Singh Mehta, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cheng Sun, Jonathan Rivnay	75
7	3D Printing a Low‐Cost Miniature Accommodating Optical Microscope 2023 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), Guangbin Shao, Henry Oliver T. Ware, (unknown), Cheng Sun	10
8	High-Frequency 3D Photoacoustic Computed Tomography Using an Optical Microring Resonator 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Youngseop Lee, Yuqi Tang, Tri Vu, (unknown), Wenhan Zheng, Jun Xia, David A. Czaplewski, Hao F. Zhang, Cheng Sun, Junjie Yao	14
9	Investigating Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectral Heterogeneity of Rhodamines Using High-Throughput Single-Molecule Spectroscopy 2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Yang Zhang, Yu Zhang, Ki-Hee Song, Wei Lin, Cheng Sun, George C. Schatz, Hao F. Zhang	17
10	RainbowSTORM: an open-source ImageJ plug-in for spectroscopic single-molecule localization microscopy (sSMLM) data analysis and image reconstruction 2020 ·Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Brian T. Soetikno, Ki-Hee Song, Yang Zhang, Cheng Sun, Hao F. Zhang	9
11	Lasing Behavior of a Single ZnO Nanowire Resonating in Fabry–Perot Mode under Pressure 2020 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Hongqi Li, (unknown), Xiaoping Huang, Yongsheng Zhao, Xinxia Liu, Pinwen Zhu, (unknown), Tian Cui, Cheng Sun, Yongjun Bao	5
12	Rapid 3D Printing Magnetically Active Microstructures with High Solid Loading 2020 ·Advanced Engineering Materials ·Guangbin Shao, Henry Oliver T. Ware, Longqiu Li, Cheng Sun	8
13	Increased stiffness and flow resistance of the inner wall of Schlemm’s canal in glaucomatous human eyes 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amir Vahabikashi, (unknown), Biqin Dong, (unknown), David K. Elliott, Margit Schimmel, Ernst R. Tamm, Kristin Perkumas, W. Daniel Stamer, Cheng Sun, Hao F. Zhang, Haiyan Gong, Mark Johnson	80
14	Distinct pathological signatures in human cellular models of myotonic dystrophy subtypes 2019 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown), David Y. Barefield, Andy H. Vo, Anthony Gacita, Emma J. Schuster, Eugene Wyatt, (unknown), Biqin Dong, Cheng Sun, Patrick Page, Lisa Dellefave‐Castillo, Alexis R. Demonbreun, Hao F. Zhang, Elizabeth M. McNally	25
15	Temperature-Dependent Lasing of CsPbI₃ Triangular Pyramid 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Yang Liu, Zhongqi Li, Chang Liu, (unknown), Hongqi Li, Xinxia Liu, Junsong Liu, Pinwen Zhu, (unknown), Tian Cui, Cheng Sun, Yongjun Bao	12
16	Rapid 3D Printing Magnetically Active Microstructures with High Solid Loading 2019 ·Advanced Engineering Materials ·Guangbin Shao, Henry Oliver T. Ware, Longqiu Li, Cheng Sun	22
17	High-pressure nano-seismology: Use of micro-ring resonators for characterizing acoustic emissions 2019 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), Hongpu Li, (unknown), Xiao Shu, (unknown), Cheng Sun, (unknown), Raymond Jeanloz	2
18	Lasing-Mode Switch of a Hexagonal ZnO Pyramid Driven by Pressure within a Diamond Anvil Cell 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Yang Liu, (unknown), Xinxia Liu, Junsong Liu, Xiaoping Huang, Pinwen Zhu, Tian Cui, Cheng Sun, Yongjun Bao	12
19	3D Printing Customized Optical Lens in Minutes 2019 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Guangbin Shao, (unknown), Cheng Sun	60
20	Optical Behaviors of a Microsized Single-Crystal MAPbI₃ Plate under High Pressure 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Chang Liu, (unknown), Yang Liu, (unknown), Hongqi Li, Xinxia Liu, Yongsheng Zhao, Pinwen Zhu, Tian Cui, Cheng Sun, Yongjun Bao	12

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