Jeong‐Yun Sun

15.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
107 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Jeong‐Yun Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeong‐Yun Sun has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Jeong‐Yun Sun's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (55 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (24 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (19 papers). Jeong‐Yun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (55 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (24 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (19 papers). Jeong‐Yun Sun collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Puerto Rico. Jeong‐Yun Sun's co-authors include Zhigang Suo, Kyu Hwan Oh, Joost J. Vlassak, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, David Mooney, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Xuanhe Zhao, George M. Whitesides, Christoph Keplinger and Chong‐Chan Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jeong‐Yun Sun

98 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

2012 4.6k citations Jeong‐Yun Sun, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma et al. profile →
Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

2013 1.5k citations Jeong‐Yun Sun, Zhigang Suo et al. profile →
Ionic skin

2014 1.1k citations Jeong‐Yun Sun, Zhigang Suo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Highly stretchable, transparent ionic touch panel

2016 930 citations Kyu Hwan Oh, Jeong‐Yun Sun et al. profile →
Hydrogel soft robotics

2020 405 citations Young‐Hoon Lee, Won Jun Song et al. profile →
Hydrogel-based strong and fast actuators by electroosmotic turgor pressure

2022 218 citations Yong‐Woo Kang, Chang Seo Park et al. profile →
Hydrogels for bioinspired soft robots

2024 77 citations Chang Seo Park, Yong‐Woo Kang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeong‐Yun Sun South Korea	35	9.2k	3.7k	3.4k	3.2k	2.3k	107	12.8k
Hyunwoo Yuk United States	40	11.7k 1.3×	4.1k 1.1×	2.8k 0.8×	4.4k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	64	17.4k
Shaoting Lin United States	41	7.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	83	11.1k
Jun Fu China	49	5.5k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	172	8.6k
Ximin He United States	52	5.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	139	10.2k
Ji Liu China	54	5.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	215	11.0k
Joost J. Vlassak United States	63	9.6k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	4.1k 1.2×	5.2k 1.6×	2.8k 1.2×	193	21.4k
Zi Liang Wu China	64	6.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	4.6k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	206	12.0k
Kefeng Wang China	50	7.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	953 0.3×	4.1k 1.7×	145	12.4k
Shengtong Sun China	42	3.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	92	6.7k
Wei Hong China	52	6.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	4.1k 1.3×	794 0.3×	175	10.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeong‐Yun Sun

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Yoo, Hyunjae, et al.. (2025). Gel-Based Ionic Circuits. Chemical Reviews. 125(18). 8956–9011. 1 indexed citations

Park, J.H., et al.. (2025). Snap inflatable modular metastructures for multipath, multimode morphing machines. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(2). 102448–102448. 2 indexed citations

Lee, D.S., et al.. (2025). Enzyme‐Regulated Extended Swelling of Hydrogels for Dehiscence‐Less Tissue Expansions. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(9).

Song, Won Jun, Yong‐Woo Kang, S. B. Choi, et al.. (2025). All‐3D‐Printed Multi‐Environment Modular Microrobots Powered by Large‐Displacement Dielectric Elastomer Microactuators. Advanced Materials. 37(45). e07503–e07503.

Kim, Chan Young, et al.. (2025). Stretchable electrochromic organogels using photo-crosslinkable fluoran dye-based platform for wearable electronics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166533–166533.

Jo, Seungki, Kyung Song, Eun‐Ae Choi, et al.. (2024). Synergistic Tailoring of Electronic and Thermal Transports in Thermoelectric Se-Free n-Type (Bi,Sb)₂Te₃. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(30). 39356–39366. 1 indexed citations

Park, Jae‐Man, et al.. (2024). Anisotropically Conductive Hydrogels with Directionally Aligned PEDOT:PSS in a PVA Matrix. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(3). 4013–4023. 20 indexed citations

Sun, Jeong‐Yun, et al.. (2023). Swelling kinetics of constrained hydrogel spheres. Soft Matter. 19(45). 8820–8831. 3 indexed citations

Lee, Hyun‐Ro, Hyunjae Yoo, Taek Dong Chung, et al.. (2023). G‐Quadruplex‐Filtered Selective Ion‐to‐Ion Current Amplification for Non‐Invasive Ion Monitoring in Real Time. Advanced Materials. 35(42). e2303655–e2303655. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Young‐Hoon, Won Jun Song, Sudong Lee, et al.. (2022). Triboresistive Touch Sensing: Grid‐Free Touch‐Point Recognition Based on Monolayered Ionic Power Generators. Advanced Materials. 34(19). e2108586–e2108586. 55 indexed citations

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Yoon, Jihyun, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of inherently helical nanofibers: Effects of solidification of electrified jet during electrospinning. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 139(24). 2 indexed citations

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Park, Jaeho, Youngmin Seo, Jaehong Lee, et al.. (2022). Improving hydroxyapatite coating ability on biodegradable metal through laser-induced hydrothermal coating in liquid precursor: Application in orthopedic implants. Bioactive Materials. 25. 796–806. 22 indexed citations

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Oh, Seung‐Hyun, et al.. (2021). Nanofiber Channel Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Low‐Power Neuromorphic Computing and Wide‐Bandwidth Sensing Platforms. Advanced Science. 8(10). 2001544–2001544. 65 indexed citations

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Han, Seok Hee, et al.. (2021). Inverted Ion Current Rectification-Based Chemical Delivery Probes for Stimulation of Neurons. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(23). 26748–26758. 17 indexed citations

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Han, Seok Hee, Sung Il Kim, Seungmin Lim, et al.. (2021). Hydrogel-Based Iontronics on a Polydimethylsiloxane Microchip. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(5). 6606–6614. 24 indexed citations

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Jung, Soo‐Ho, Kyung Tae Kim, Jeong‐Yun Sun, et al.. (2021). Synergistically Improved Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting of Edge-Oxidized-Graphene-Bridged N-Type Bismuth Telluride Thick Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(4). 5125–5132. 20 indexed citations

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Ma, Jinwoo, Yiliang Lin, Yongwoo Kim, et al.. (2019). Liquid Metal Nanoparticles as Initiators for Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers. ACS Macro Letters. 8(11). 1522–1527. 163 indexed citations

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Lim, Seungmin, et al.. (2019). PEDOT:PSS/Polyacrylamide Nanoweb: Highly Reliable Soft Conductors with Swelling Resistance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(10). 10099–10107. 18 indexed citations

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Annabi, Nasim, Su Ryon Shin, Ali Tamayol, et al.. (2015). Highly Elastic and Conductive Human‐Based Protein Hybrid Hydrogels. Advanced Materials. 28(1). 40–49. 228 indexed citations

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Illeperuma, Widusha R. K., Jeong‐Yun Sun, Zhigang Suo, & Joost J. Vlassak. (2014). Fiber-reinforced tough hydrogels. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 1. 90–96. 101 indexed citations

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