Luchao Sun

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Luchao Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Luchao Sun has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Luchao Sun's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (30 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (19 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (17 papers). Luchao Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (30 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (19 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (17 papers). Luchao Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and South Korea. Luchao Sun's co-authors include Jingyang Wang, Bin Liu, Liya Zheng, Zhilin Tian, Yixiu Luo, Hongfei Chen, Yanchun Zhou, Jiemin Wang, Changhua Zhu and Yanfeng Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Acta Materialia and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Luchao Sun

50 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Advances on strategies for searching for next generation thermal barrier coating materials

2018 333 citations Bin Liu, Luchao Sun et al. Journal of Material Science and Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luchao Sun China	21	1.0k	703	653	519	210	52	1.5k
S.J. McCormack United States	14	554 0.5×	287 0.4×	255 0.4×	557 1.1×	231 1.1×	32	946
Jiatong Zhu China	16	724 0.7×	209 0.3×	412 0.6×	446 0.9×	122 0.6×	23	995
Hans J. Seifert Germany	18	962 0.9×	209 0.3×	413 0.6×	615 1.2×	191 0.9×	41	1.3k
Limin He China	17	592 0.6×	193 0.3×	535 0.8×	232 0.4×	142 0.7×	67	928
Georg Rixecker Germany	21	655 0.6×	925 1.3×	122 0.2×	845 1.6×	233 1.1×	57	1.3k
L.M. Peng China	16	551 0.5×	160 0.2×	311 0.5×	802 1.5×	120 0.6×	40	1.1k
Shenghua Deng China	19	764 0.7×	157 0.2×	174 0.3×	667 1.3×	366 1.7×	47	1.3k
Zhaoyang Hou China	19	936 0.9×	120 0.2×	102 0.2×	746 1.4×	137 0.7×	97	1.3k
Christopher J. Marvel United States	18	622 0.6×	99 0.1×	239 0.4×	702 1.4×	129 0.6×	44	1.0k
Yeqiang Bu China	17	628 0.6×	63 0.1×	377 0.6×	805 1.6×	127 0.6×	41	1.2k

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Zhou, Cui, Jiemin Wang, Tiefeng Du, et al.. (2025). Exploration on intrinsic corrosion resistance of β-Lu2Si2O7 against calcium–magnesium–aluminosilicate (CMAS) at 1500 °C via grain boundary engineering. Materials & Design. 253. 113965–113965. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Cui, Luchao Sun, Tiefeng Du, et al.. (2025). Microstructure, crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of directionally solidified high-entropy (Y0.2Gd0.2Ho0.2Er0.2Yb0.2)AG/Al2O3 eutectic oxides: Insights of growth rate control. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 252. 232–244.

Wang, Wen‐Quan, Yu Cui, Luchao Sun, et al.. (2024). A new sight on the fracture behavior of GH4169 produced by NaCl-induced corrosion in a humid environment of 600 °C. Corrosion Science. 239. 112426–112426. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). Porous high-entropy (Zr0.25Hf0.25Nb0.25Ti0.25)C with high strength and uniform pore structure fabricated by freeze-casting. Journal of Materials Science. 59(22). 9941–9951. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Luchao, et al.. (2024). CMAS Corrosion Resistance of Y₃Al₅O₁₂/Al₂O₃ Ceramic Coating Deposited by Atmospheric Plasma Spraying. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 39(6). 671–671. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). Porous (Y _0.25 Ho _0.25 Yb _0.25 Lu _0.25 ) ₂ Si ₂ O ₇ : A novel high‐entropy ceramic with high porosity and excellent thermal stability. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 107(10). 6921–6929. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yongle, et al.. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulation of the transformation of Fe-Co alloy by machine learning force field based on atomic cluster expansion. Chemical Physics Letters. 826. 140646–140646. 4 indexed citations

Luo, Yixiu, Luchao Sun, Jiemin Wang, et al.. (2023). Phase formation capability and compositional design of β-phase multiple rare-earth principal component disilicates. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1275–1275. 37 indexed citations

Sun, Haofei, Luchao Sun, Xiaomin Ren, et al.. (2023). Outstanding molten calcium–magnesium–aluminosilicate (CMAS) corrosion resistance of directionally solidified Al2O3/Y3Al5O12 eutectic ceramic at 1500 °C. Corrosion Science. 220. 111289–111289. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoyu, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive microstructural characterization and CMAS infiltration resistance of ytterbium disilicate coatings with lamellar and quasi-columnar structures. Corrosion Science. 221. 111316–111316. 18 indexed citations

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Hu, Wanpeng, Guangheng Zhang, Yiming Lei, et al.. (2022). Mechanical and thermal properties of δ‐RE ₄ Hf ₃ O ₁₂ (RE = Yb, Lu). International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 20(2). 833–841. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cui, Zhaoping Luo, Tiefeng Du, et al.. (2022). Directionally solidified high-entropy (Y0.2Gd0.2Ho0.2Er0.2Yb0.2)3Al5O12/Al2O3 eutectic with outstanding crystallographic texture formation capability. Scripta Materialia. 220. 114939–114939. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Luchao, Yang Cui, Tiefeng Du, et al.. (2022). On the fabrication and mechanical properties of Si ₃ N ₄ ceramics with low content sintering additives. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 20(2). 1269–1277. 9 indexed citations

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Yin, Peng, Haoyu Wang, Tiefeng Du, et al.. (2022). Crystallization and phase evolution in novel (Gd _1/6 Tb _1/6 Dy _1/6 Tm _1/6 Yb _1/6 Lu _1/6 ) ₂ Si ₂ O ₇ environmental barrier coating. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 20(2). 896–905. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingting, Jinxing Yang, Yoon-Suk Oh, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of non‐agglomerating submicron/nano‐Yb ₂ Si ₂ O ₇ powders by a carbon‐coated coprecipitation method. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 105(9). 5548–5554. 5 indexed citations

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Luo, Yixiu, Luchao Sun, Jiemin Wang, et al.. (2017). Tunable thermal properties in yttrium silicates switched by anharmonicity of low-frequency phonons. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 38(4). 2043–2052. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Luchao, et al.. (2016). Theoretical Study on the Relationship Between Crystal Chemistry and Properties of Quaternary Y–Si–O–N Oxynitrides. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 99(7). 2442–2450. 18 indexed citations

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Tian, Zhilin, et al.. (2015). Theoretical prediction and experimental determination of the low lattice thermal conductivity of Lu2SiO5. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 35(6). 1923–1932. 37 indexed citations

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Sun, Luchao, et al.. (2013). First-principles Study of Point Defects in Stoichiometric and Non-stoichiometric Y4Al2O9. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 29(12). 1161–1165. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Luchao, et al.. (2012). Y ₄ Si ₂ O ₇ N ₂ : A New Oxynitride with Low Thermal Conductivity. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 95(10). 3278–3284. 26 indexed citations

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