Chen‐Nan Sun

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chen‐Nan Sun is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen‐Nan Sun has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 25 papers in Automotive Engineering and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chen‐Nan Sun's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (36 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (25 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (11 papers). Chen‐Nan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (36 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (25 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (11 papers). Chen‐Nan Sun collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Chen‐Nan Sun's co-authors include Jun Wei, Sing Ying Choy, Guijun Bi, Kah Fai Leong, Jun Wei, Mui Ling Sharon Nai, Baicheng Zhang, Xiang Zhang, David Hardacre and Jiang Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Chen‐Nan Sun

57 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Compressive properties of functionally graded lattice structures manufactured by selective laser melting

2017 382 citations Sing Ying Choy, Chen‐Nan Sun et al. Materials & Design profile →
Friction stir welding of dissimilar materials between AA6061 and AA7075 Al alloys effects of process parameters

2013 294 citations Jiang Guo, Chen‐Nan Sun et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chen‐Nan Sun	3.2k	1.7k	766	454	327	60	3.7k
Markus Chmielus	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	605 1.3×	335 1.0×	79	3.4k
Brecht Van Hooreweder	3.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	694 0.9×	600 1.3×	264 0.8×	110	4.4k
Adriaan B. Spierings	4.5k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	601 0.8×	359 0.8×	610 1.9×	69	5.1k
Nesma T. Aboulkhair	5.9k 1.8×	4.3k 2.5×	736 1.0×	463 1.0×	574 1.8×	51	6.3k
Telmo G. Santos	4.7k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	733 1.0×	257 0.6×	504 1.5×	150	5.3k
Peeyush Nandwana	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	518 1.1×	332 1.0×	103	4.4k
Eric Wycisk	4.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.8×	982 1.3×	324 0.7×	407 1.2×	10	5.0k
Marleen Rombouts	3.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	492 0.6×	471 1.0×	145 0.4×	45	3.9k
David Z. Zhang	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	438 0.6×	551 1.2×	104 0.3×	46	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen‐Nan Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Chen‐Nan, Hengfeng Gu, Don-Hyun Choi, et al.. (2025). Porosity distribution of 316 L stainless steel in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing due to spatial variation. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 139. 81–89. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Chen‐Nan, Chang Liu, Daying Guo, et al.. (2025). Copper, nitrogen co-doped carbon dots for ultrasensitive detection of copper ions, glutathione and breast cancer fluorescence imaging tracking applications. Microchemical Journal. 217. 115039–115039.

Tan, Xian Yi, et al.. (2025). Effect of Buildup Angle and Post Laser Powder Bed Fusion Heat Treatment on Plasma Electrolytic Polishing of Additively Manufactured Ti–6Al–4V Coupons. Advanced Engineering Materials. 28(3).

Tan, Xian Yi, Hui Ru Tan, Tzee Luai Meng, et al.. (2025). Acoustic emission and surface modification of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V coupons during plasma electrolytic polishing using pulsed voltage. Surface and Coatings Technology. 509. 132215–132215. 2 indexed citations

Tan, Xian Yi, et al.. (2025). Material removal and surface finishing of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V coupons by cyclic process of plasma electrolytic polishing. Surface and Coatings Technology. 498. 131872–131872. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Chen, Chen‐Nan Sun, Lei Zhang, S. Feih, & Pan Wang. (2024). Improving component dimensional accuracy in electron beam powder bed fusion by addressing nonlinear deformations with 3D compensation strategies. Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 19(1). 4 indexed citations

Tan, Xian Yi, et al.. (2024). Plasma electrolytic polishing-induced surface chemical and structural evolutions of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V coupons. Surface and Coatings Technology. 494. 131557–131557. 6 indexed citations

Han, Changjun, Chen‐Nan Sun, Sastry Yagnanna Kandukuri, et al.. (2022). Tunable isotropy on the mechanical properties of wavy hexachiral metamaterials: Numerical simulation and additive manufacturing. 1(1). 3 indexed citations

Laskowski, Robert, Rajeev Ahluwalia, Sing Ying Choy, et al.. (2022). Concurrent modeling of porosity and microstructure in multilayer three-dimensional simulations of powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing of INCONEL 718. Additive manufacturing. 60. 103266–103266. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Chen‐Nan, et al.. (2021). Mechanical properties and in vitro cytocompatibility of dense and porous Ti–6Al–4V ELI manufactured by selective laser melting technology for biomedical applications. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 123. 104712–104712. 53 indexed citations

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Cai, Chao, Sheng Guo, Boyuan Li, et al.. (2021). 3D Printing and Chemical Dealloying of a Hierarchically Micro- and Nanoporous Catalyst for Wastewater Purification. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(41). 48709–48719. 60 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiang, Youzhi Fu, Min Hao Goh, et al.. (2020). Internal Surface Quality Enhancement of Selective Laser Melted Inconel 718 by Abrasive Flow Machining. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 142(10). 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meng, Chen‐Nan Sun, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2019). High cycle fatigue life prediction of laser additive manufactured stainless steel: A machine learning approach. International Journal of Fatigue. 128. 105194–105194. 180 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meng, Chen‐Nan Sun, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Effect of heat treatment on fatigue crack initiation of laser powder bed fusion stainless steel 316L. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 165. 22006–22006. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meng, Chen‐Nan Sun, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2017). Fatigue and fracture behaviour of laser powder bed fusion stainless steel 316L: Influence of processing parameters. Materials Science and Engineering A. 703. 251–261. 166 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meng, Chen‐Nan Sun, Xiang Zhang, et al.. (2017). Competing Influence of Porosity and Microstructure on the Fatigue Property of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Stainless Steel 316L. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Baicheng, et al.. (2016). Study of selective laser melting (SLM) Inconel 718 part surface improvement by electrochemical polishing. Materials & Design. 116. 531–537. 189 indexed citations

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Choy, Sing Ying, et al.. (2016). Functionally graded material by additive manufacturing. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 8 indexed citations

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Bi, Guijun, Chen‐Nan Sun, & Andrés Gasser. (2012). Study on influential factors for process monitoring and control in laser aided additive manufacturing. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 213(3). 463–468. 101 indexed citations

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Sun, Chen‐Nan, et al.. (1977). Theoretical tornado vortex model for nuclear plant design. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 44(3). 407–411. 3 indexed citations

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