Dong Sun

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Dong Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dong Sun has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Dong Sun's work include 2D Materials and Applications (37 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (27 papers). Dong Sun is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (37 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (27 papers). Dong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Dong Sun's co-authors include Jiawei Lai, Theodore B. Norris, Claire Berger, Walt A. de Heer, Phillip N. First, Charles J. Divin, Huajie Zhang, Junchao Ma, Kangbing Wu and Shuyun Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Dong Sun

121 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topo... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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.

  1. Light-induced emergent phenomena in 2D materials and topological materials
    2021 198 citations Changhua Bao, Dong Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dong Sun China 38 3.2k 2.4k 1.6k 978 629 126 5.2k
Xiaoqing Jiang China 38 1.1k 0.3× 3.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 613 1.0× 276 5.2k
Steven K. Buratto United States 34 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 348 0.6× 103 4.9k
Dong Xiang China 28 1.9k 0.6× 4.4k 1.8× 959 0.6× 2.0k 2.0× 444 0.7× 95 5.1k
Tsuneo Okubo Japan 40 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 998 1.6× 349 6.3k
Jeffrey W. Baldwin United States 30 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 943 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 443 0.7× 73 4.0k
Yuan Gao China 42 3.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.6× 689 0.4× 815 0.8× 491 0.8× 154 6.2k
E. S. Snow United States 33 5.4k 1.7× 4.4k 1.8× 3.6k 2.2× 3.4k 3.5× 580 0.9× 72 9.0k
Xiaohui Qiu China 39 3.3k 1.0× 3.1k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.7× 595 0.9× 152 5.9k
Thierry Buffeteau France 40 1.3k 0.4× 953 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 527 0.5× 657 1.0× 186 5.4k
Liyun Zhao China 31 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 618 0.4× 417 0.4× 298 0.5× 88 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Dong Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dong Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dong Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dong Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dong 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 Dong Sun. Dong Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Dehong, Jiawei Lai, Shiyu Wang, et al.. (2025). Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 116–116. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Junchao, Yan Sun, Shuxia Chen, et al.. (2025). Versatile tunable optical injection of chiral polarized Weyl fermions in a magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2. National Science Review. 12(12). nwaf402–nwaf402.
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Sun, Dong, Hui Jiang, Niu Niu, et al.. (2025). Phase-engineered au@ZrO2 nanocomposites for ultrasensitive Rutin detection. Microchemical Journal. 215. 114404–114404.
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Li, Shufan, et al.. (2024). Failure analysis of GaN-based optoelectronic devices: Insights into photo-induced electrochemical migration. Microelectronics Reliability. 164. 115568–115568. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Xiaojun Cai, Xingxing Xu, et al.. (2024). Polycarboxyl ionic liquid functionalized Yb-MOFs nanoballs based dual-wavelength responsive photoelectrochemical aptasensor for the simultaneous determination of AFB1 and OTA. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1298. 342383–342383. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chen, Yulong Li, Kai Zhao, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical porous carbon originated from the directing associated with activation as high-performance electrodes for supercapacitor and Li ion capacitor. Journal of Power Sources. 614. 234988–234988. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Wei, Yunkun Yang, Junchao Ma, et al.. (2022). Ultrafast photothermoelectric effect in Dirac semimetallic Cd3As2 revealed by terahertz emission. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1623–1623. 38 indexed citations
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Bao, Changhua, Qian Li, Sheng Xu, et al.. (2022). Population Inversion and Dirac Fermion Cooling in 3D Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2. Nano Letters. 22(3). 1138–1144. 18 indexed citations
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Ma, Junchao, Bin Cheng, Lin Li, et al.. (2022). Unveiling Weyl-related optical responses in semiconducting tellurium by mid-infrared circular photogalvanic effect. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5425–5425. 33 indexed citations
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Ma, Xinli, Jing Zhang, Jiawei Lai, et al.. (2021). Gradient rhenium doping enabled tunable anisotropic valleytronic material based on monolayer molybdenum disulfide. 2D Materials. 8(3). 35031–35031. 6 indexed citations
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Zhuo, Xiao, Jiawei Lai, Peng Yu, et al.. (2021). Dynamical evolution of anisotropic response of type-II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4 under ultrafast photoexcitation. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 101–101. 30 indexed citations
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Lai, Jiawei, Junchao Ma, Yinan Liu, et al.. (2020). Photocurrent response of type-II Dirac semimetal PtTe 2. 2D Materials. 7(3). 34003–34003. 27 indexed citations
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Ma, Junchao, Rodrigo A. Muniz, Jiawei Lai, et al.. (2020). Circular photogalvanic effect from third-order nonlinear effect in 1T’-MoTe 2. 2D Materials. 8(2). 25016–25016. 11 indexed citations
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An, Chunhua, Zhihao Xu, Wanfu Shen, et al.. (2019). The Opposite Anisotropic Piezoresistive Effect of ReS2. ACS Nano. 13(3). 3310–3319. 71 indexed citations
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Gu, Pingfan, Qinghai Tan, Yi Wan, et al.. (2019). Photoluminescent Quantum Interference in a van der Waals Magnet Preserved by Symmetry Breaking. ACS Nano. 14(1). 1003–1010. 39 indexed citations
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Ma, Junchao, Qiangqiang Gu, Yinan Liu, et al.. (2019). Nonlinear photoresponse of type-II Weyl semimetals. Nature Materials. 18(5). 476–481. 243 indexed citations
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Wang, Qinsheng, Jingchuan Zheng, Yuan He, et al.. (2019). Robust edge photocurrent response on layered type II Weyl semimetal WTe2. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5736–5736. 96 indexed citations
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Gao, Anyuan, Jiawei Lai, Yaojia Wang, et al.. (2019). Observation of ballistic avalanche phenomena in nanoscale vertical InSe/BP heterostructures. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(3). 217–222. 193 indexed citations
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Fan, Shuangqing, Jingsi Qiao, Jiawei Lai, et al.. (2019). Wet Chemical Method for Black Phosphorus Thinning and Passivation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(9). 9213–9222. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Dong, Jiawei Lai, Junchao Ma, Qinsheng Wang, & Jing Liu. (2017). Review of ultrafast spectroscopy studies of valley carrier dynamics in two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides. Chinese Physics B. 26(3). 37801–37801. 28 indexed citations

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