L. Sun

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

L. Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Sun has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in L. Sun's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (31 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (24 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). L. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (31 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (24 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). L. Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Mexico. L. Sun's co-authors include Frank W. Wise, Adam Bartnik, Byung‐Ryool Hyun, Tobias Hanrath, Joshua J. Choi, Héctor D. Abruña, George G. Malliaras, Yu‐Wu Zhong, James R. Matthews and Thomas M. Leslie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

L. Sun

65 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electron Injection from Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots into Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

2008 530 citations Byung‐Ryool Hyun, Adam Bartnik et al. profile →
Bright infrared quantum-dot light-emitting diodes through inter-dot spacing control

2012 432 citations L. Sun, Joshua J. Choi et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Sun United States	23	2.3k	1.9k	421	414	334	66	3.1k
Minwoo Kim South Korea	24	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	424 1.0×	387 0.9×	204 0.6×	112	2.4k
Zili Li China	25	1.0k 0.5×	742 0.4×	396 0.9×	391 0.9×	375 1.1×	94	2.4k
Mohd Ambri Mohamed Malaysia	27	1.4k 0.6×	952 0.5×	789 1.9×	363 0.9×	286 0.9×	166	2.5k
Min‐Jae Choi South Korea	31	2.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.5×	496 1.2×	273 0.7×	226 0.7×	80	3.6k
Gang Meng China	31	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 2.4×	242 0.6×	403 1.2×	117	2.9k
Jianqi Zhu China	19	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	390 0.9×	492 1.2×	99 0.3×	31	2.4k
Runlai Li China	31	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	561 1.3×	456 1.1×	237 0.7×	70	3.0k
Lixing Kang China	34	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	816 1.9×	827 2.0×	309 0.9×	143	4.1k
Fumin Li China	18	974 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	401 1.0×	361 0.9×	516 1.5×	44	1.9k
Ye Zhang China	23	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	779 1.9×	238 0.6×	923 2.8×	59	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by L. Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Sun

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

Huang, Junyang, Shu Hu, Niclas S. Mueller, et al.. (2025). Suppressed Stokes Shifts and Hot Luminescence from Quantum Dots within Plasmonic Nanocavities. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(18). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jianying, et al.. (2025). Infrared Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Two-Dimensional PbS Nanoplatelets. Nano Letters. 25(34). 12921–12929.

Sun, L., et al.. (2023). Bending behavior of diamane and twisted bilayer graphene: Insights from four-point bending deformation. Thin-Walled Structures. 195. 111415–111415. 7 indexed citations

Sun, L., et al.. (2023). Assessing the impact of ultra-thin diamond nanothreads on the glass transition temperature of a bituminous binder. Nanoscale Advances. 5(23). 6724–6735. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiandong, et al.. (2023). Impact of diamond nanothread on the viscosity of asphalt binder: Insights from atomistic simulations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 139945–139945. 8 indexed citations

Sun, L., et al.. (2023). Behavior recognition based on the improved density clustering and context-guided Bi-LSTM model. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 82(29). 45471–45488. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, He, et al.. (2023). A Data-Driven Based Response Reconstruction Method of Plate Structure with Conditional Generative Adversarial Network. Sensors. 23(15). 6750–6750. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhoufeng, Marilyn L. Cayer, Carol A. Heckman, et al.. (2022). Colloidal Nanoribbons: From Infrared to Visible. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(39). 8987–8992. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, et al.. (2022). Dielectrically Confined Stable Excitons in Few-Atom-Thick PbS Nanosheets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(33). 7756–7761. 3 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhoufeng, et al.. (2021). Branchless Colloidal PbSe Nanorods: Implications for Solution-Processed Optoelectronic and Thermoelectric Devices. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(10). 10708–10712. 4 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhoufeng, Marta J. Krysmann, Antonios Kelarakis, et al.. (2017). Understanding the Photoluminescence Mechanism of Carbon Dots. MRS Advances. 2(51). 2927–2934. 18 indexed citations

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Qiu, Lemiao, Xiaojian Liu, Shuyou Zhang, & L. Sun. (2014). Disassemblability modeling technology of configurable product based on disassembly constraint relation weighted design structure matrix(DSM). Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 27(3). 511–519. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, L., Jonathan Y. Chen, Wei Jiang, & Vincent M. Lynch. (2014). Crystalline characteristics of cellulose fiber and film regenerated from ionic liquid solution. Carbohydrate Polymers. 118. 150–155. 65 indexed citations

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Chen, Jonathan Y. & L. Sun. (2014). Regenerated Cellulose Fiber and Film Immobilized with Lysozyme. 4(2). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, L.. (2013). Material Recycling Model of Complex Products and Its Application for Green Material Selection. Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 49(11). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, L., Joshua J. Choi, Adam Bartnik, et al.. (2012). Bright infrared quantum-dot light-emitting diodes through inter-dot spacing control. Nature Nanotechnology. 7(6). 369–373. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hyun, Byung‐Ryool, Adam Bartnik, L. Sun, Tobias Hanrath, & Frank W. Wise. (2011). Control of Electron Transfer from Lead-Salt Nanocrystals to TiO₂. Nano Letters. 11(5). 2126–2132. 78 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haitao, Bo Hu, L. Sun, et al.. (2011). Surfactant Ligand Removal and Rational Fabrication of Inorganically Connected Quantum Dots. Nano Letters. 11(12). 5356–5361. 192 indexed citations

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Sun, L., Jonathan Y. Chen, Ioan I. Negulescu, Mary Ann Moore, & Billie J. Collier. (2010). Kinetics modeling of dynamic pyrolysis of bagasse fibers. Bioresource Technology. 102(2). 1951–1958. 25 indexed citations

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Sun, L., et al.. (2005). Nonresonant quadrupolar second-harmonic generation in isotropic solids by use of two orthogonally polarized laser beams. Optics Letters. 30(17). 2287–2287. 7 indexed citations

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