Fan Sun

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Fan Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Sun has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fan Sun's work include Iron-based superconductors research (17 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (11 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers). Fan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Iron-based superconductors research (17 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (11 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers). Fan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Fan Sun's co-authors include Hao Zeng, Chuan Zhao, Wei‐Chiang Hong, Li‐Ling Peng, Guo‐Feng Fan, Renat Sabirianov, Jieqiong Wang, Sen Yang, Jianwei Miao and Jihan Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Fan Sun

78 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field

2017 380 citations Chuan Zhao, Tenzin Norden et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fan Sun China	24	1.4k	744	427	363	271	83	2.5k
Badri Narayanan United States	34	2.5k 1.8×	2.4k 3.3×	454 1.1×	467 1.3×	482 1.8×	115	5.3k
Benji Maruyama United States	28	3.3k 2.3×	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 2.5×	537 1.5×	274 1.0×	85	4.6k
Xiang Wang China	35	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 2.1×	628 1.5×	641 1.8×	264 1.0×	176	4.7k
Xiaodong Wang China	41	2.7k 1.8×	640 0.9×	556 1.3×	389 1.1×	103 0.4×	214	5.1k
Chunguang Hu China	32	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	990 2.3×	333 0.9×	846 3.1×	250	3.8k
Prasanna V. Balachandran United States	31	3.2k 2.2×	991 1.3×	529 1.2×	889 2.4×	248 0.9×	76	4.3k
Rahul Rao United States	31	3.7k 2.6×	1.7k 2.3×	863 2.0×	687 1.9×	468 1.7×	131	4.6k
Carlos Luna Mexico	29	1.0k 0.7×	454 0.6×	328 0.8×	444 1.2×	378 1.4×	96	2.0k
Zhen Chen China	32	1.6k 1.1×	666 0.9×	500 1.2×	1.1k 3.1×	793 2.9×	159	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fan 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 Fan Sun. Fan 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

Sun, Fan, et al.. (2026). Effect of top coat porosity on the oxygen diffusion and oxidation in thermal barrier coating systems. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1055. 186490–186490.

Li, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Revolutionizing Escherichia coli detection in real samples with digital SERS aptamer sensor technology. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 339. 126314–126314.

Shang, Xin, Qiang Wang, Fan Sun, et al.. (2025). Epsilon iron carbide derived from Fe4N for ethanol synthesis via ester hydrogenation. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 108. 19–29. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Fan, et al.. (2025). Rapid and broad-spectrum detection of salmonella in various environments by magnetic enrichment-surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Talanta. 295. 128368–128368. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Fan, Feifei Zhang, Jianfeng Wang, et al.. (2025). The metabolic score for insulin resistance index is associated with myocardial ischemia, with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease serving as an important bridge. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1592463–1592463. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Jicheng, et al.. (2025). Application of Digital Twin Model Based on Parameter Encoding in the Calibration of UHVDC Transmission System. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 21(11). 8506–8517.

Shen, Yichun, et al.. (2024). Improving the UV transmittance of synthetic quartz through defect repair methods. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 635. 123019–123019. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Fan, Xiaoxiao Yan, Zijing Zhang, Zhongnan Guo, & Wenxia Yuan. (2023). Narrowing the optical gap of CdPS3 single crystal via chemical intercalation using liquid ammonia method. Solid State Communications. 363. 115116–115116. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yafang, Wang Li, Jiawei Lin, et al.. (2022). Electron Doping and Physical Properties in the Ferromagnetic Semimetal Co₃Sn_2–xSb_xS₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(16). 7230–7237. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yao, Peng Xu, Dingqian Wang, et al.. (2022). Chloroplast‐inspired Scaffold for Infected Bone Defect Therapy: Towards Stable Photothermal Properties and Self‐Defensive Functionality. Advanced Science. 9(31). e2204535–e2204535. 62 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yao, Peng Xu, Xiaoyang Xu, et al.. (2022). Chitosan based photothermal scaffold fighting against bone tumor-related complications: Recurrence, infection, and defects. Carbohydrate Polymers. 300. 120264–120264. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Fan, Wei Hu, Yao Zhao, et al.. (2022). Invisible assassin coated on dental appliances for on-demand capturing and killing of cariogenic bacteria. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 217. 112696–112696. 17 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhongnan, Fan Sun, Danilo Puggioni, et al.. (2021). Local Distortions and Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Transition in Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanowire Compounds AV₃Q₃O_δ (A = K, Rb, Cs and Q = Se, Te). Chemistry of Materials. 33(7). 2611–2623. 10 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jihan, Yongsoo Yang, Yao Yang, et al.. (2019). Observing crystal nucleation in four dimensions using atomic electron tomography. Nature. 570(7762). 500–503. 244 indexed citations

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Yin, Xiaolu, Stephen E. Russek, Gary Zabow, et al.. (2018). Large T1 contrast enhancement using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in ultra-low field MRI. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11863–11863. 48 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chuan, Tenzin Norden, Peiyao Zhang, et al.. (2017). Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(8). 757–762. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yongsoo, Chien-Chun Chen, Mary Scott, et al.. (2017). Deciphering chemical order/disorder and material properties at the single-atom level. Nature. 542(7639). 75–79. 227 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, Manhong Li, Fan Sun, et al.. (2017). Corn-like, recoverable γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2 photocatalyst induced by magnetic dipole interactions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6960–6960. 40 indexed citations

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Xu, Fengying, Fan Sun, Fushi Zhang, et al.. (2005). Design of two-photon photochromic diarylethenes and application in 3D data storage. Chinese Optics Letters. 3(101).

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Pu, Shouzhi, et al.. (2003). The allomorphism of a photochromic diarylethene. Tetrahedron Letters. 44(5). 1011–1014. 27 indexed citations

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