Shao-Tang Sun

5.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Shao-Tang Sun is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shao-Tang Sun has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shao-Tang Sun's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (13 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (7 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers). Shao-Tang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (13 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (7 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers). Shao-Tang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Shao-Tang Sun's co-authors include Toyoichi Tanaka, Izumi Nishio, Wayne M. Gibbons, Paul J. Shannon, Gerald Swislow, David J. Fillmore, Yoshiharu Hirose, Seiji Katayama, Yoshitsugu Hirokawa and Takayuki Amiya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shao-Tang Sun

30 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Phase Transitions in Ionic Gels

1980 1.0k citations Toyoichi Tanaka, David J. Fillmore et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Collapse of Gels in an Electric Field

1982 1.0k citations Toyoichi Tanaka, Izumi Nishio et al. profile →
Surface-mediated alignment of nematic liquid crystals with polarized laser light

1991 993 citations Wayne M. Gibbons, Paul J. Shannon et al. Nature profile →
Mechanical instability of gels at the phase transition

1987 486 citations Toyoichi Tanaka, Shao-Tang Sun et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shao-Tang Sun United States	19	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.0k	919	30	4.8k
Shunsuke Hirotsu Japan	27	1.7k 1.0×	750 0.5×	863 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	636 0.7×	64	3.5k
Matthias Karg Germany	47	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	2.5k 2.4×	462 0.5×	132	6.0k
Izumi Nishio Japan	19	1.5k 0.9×	243 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	601 0.6×	433 0.5×	49	3.1k
Lucio Isa Switzerland	48	587 0.4×	550 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	3.8k 3.7×	464 0.5×	152	6.2k
A. N. Semenov France	40	419 0.3×	599 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	2.9k 2.8×	280 0.3×	176	7.1k
Rienk Eelkema Netherlands	45	457 0.3×	787 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.6k 2.5×	492 0.5×	135	7.9k
Syoji Ito Japan	33	354 0.2×	344 0.2×	919 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	286 0.3×	155	3.3k
Sergey Panyukov Russia	30	545 0.3×	163 0.1×	841 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	277 0.3×	99	3.6k
Jawad Naciri United States	31	106 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	925 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	125	4.0k
Joris Sprakel Netherlands	38	556 0.3×	187 0.1×	855 0.6×	1.8k 1.8×	268 0.3×	146	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Shao-Tang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shao-Tang Sun

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shao-Tang Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yao, Jie, et al.. (2024). Converging acoustic waves through complex media with a four-phase metalens. Journal of Applied Physics. 136(17). 1 indexed citations

Gibbons, Wayne M., et al.. (1999). <title>Recent progress in optical alignment for liquid crystal displays</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3635. 32–37. 4 indexed citations

Brown, Kenneth R., Dawn A. Bonnell, & Shao-Tang Sun. (1998). Atomic force microscopy of mechanically rubbed and optically buffed polyimide films. Liquid Crystals. 25(5). 597–601. 9 indexed citations

Gibbons, Wayne M., Paul J. Shannon, & Shao-Tang Sun. (1997). <title>High-capacity liquid crystal memory medium using optical alignment technology</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3143. 102–107. 1 indexed citations

Gibbons, Wayne M., T. Kósa, Peter Palffy‐Muhoray, Paul J. Shannon, & Shao-Tang Sun. (1995). Continuous grey-scale image storage using optically aligned nematic liquid crystals. Nature. 377(6544). 43–46. 81 indexed citations

Shannon, Paul J., Wayne M. Gibbons, & Shao-Tang Sun. (1994). Patterned optical properties in photopolymerized surface-aligned liquid-crystal films. Nature. 368(6471). 532–533. 202 indexed citations

Gibbons, Wayne M., Paul J. Shannon, & Shao-Tang Sun. (1994). Optically Controlled Alignment of Liquid Crystals: Devices and Applications. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 251(1). 191–208. 29 indexed citations

Gibbons, Wayne M. & Shao-Tang Sun. (1994). Optically generated liquid crystal gratings. Applied Physics Letters. 65(20). 2542–2544. 71 indexed citations

Sun, Shao-Tang, Wayne M. Gibbons, & Paul J. Shannon. (1992). <title>Novel liquid-crystal alignment method using polarized laser light (Invited Paper)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1815. 59–68. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Shao-Tang, Wayne M. Gibbons, & Paul J. Shannon. (1992). Alignment of guest–host liquid crystals with polarized laser light. Liquid Crystals. 12(5). 869–874. 52 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toyoichi, Shao-Tang Sun, Yoshitsugu Hirokawa, et al.. (1987). Mechanical instability of gels at the phase transition. Nature. 325(6107). 796–798. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Shao-Tang, Alain Milon, Toyoichi Tanaka, Guy Ourisson, & Yôichi Nakatani. (1986). Osmotic swelling of unilamellar vesicles by the stopped-flow light scattering method. Elastic properties of vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 860(3). 525–530. 39 indexed citations

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Nishio, Izumi, Gerald Swislow, Shao-Tang Sun, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1982). Critical density fluctuations within a single polymer chain. Nature. 300(5889). 243–244. 20 indexed citations

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Koyama-Ito, Hiroko, Shao-Tang Sun, Izumi Nishio, Toyoichi Tanaka, & Л. Гродзинс. (1981). An application of SPM in the study of galactosemic cataract. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 181(1-3). 149–150. 3 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toyoichi, et al.. (1980). Phase transitions in ionic gels. Ferroelectrics. 30(1). 97–97. 18 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toyoichi, et al.. (1980). Phase Transitions in Ionic Gels. Physical Review Letters. 45(20). 1636–1639. 1031 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swislow, Gerald, Shao-Tang Sun, Izumi Nishio, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1980). Coil-Globule Phase Transition in a Single Polystyrene Chain in Cyclohexane. Physical Review Letters. 44(12). 796–798. 122 indexed citations

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Sun, Shao-Tang, et al.. (1979). Fusion of phosphatidylserine and mixed phosphatidylserine-phosphatidylcholine vesicles Dependence on calcium concentration and temperature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 557(1). 45–52. 29 indexed citations

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Nishio, Izumi, Shao-Tang Sun, Gerald Swislow, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1979). First observation of the coil–globule transition in a single polymer chain. Nature. 281(5728). 208–209. 123 indexed citations

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Ishimoto, Coe, et al.. (1979). Cytoplasmic phase separation in formation of galactosemic cataract in lenses of young rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(9). 4414–4416. 35 indexed citations

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