W. Sun

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

W. Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Sun has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in W. Sun's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (4 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers). W. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (4 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers). W. Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Arab Emirates and China. W. Sun's co-authors include Carmel Majidi, Michael D. Bartlett, Xiaonan Huang, Jonathan A. Malen, Navid Kazem, Matthew J. Powell‐Palm, Philippe M. Fauchet, Douglas D. Cook, Karl D. Hirschman and L.L. Gadeken and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

W. Sun

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions

2017 558 citations Michael D. Bartlett, Navid Kazem et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Sun United States	13	605	369	315	166	117	21	1.1k
Changxian Wang China	30	1.0k 1.7×	571 1.5×	418 1.3×	441 2.7×	11 0.1×	46	3.1k
Yichuan Zhang China	28	774 1.3×	1.3k 3.5×	180 0.6×	531 3.2×	5 0.0×	86	2.3k
Jinwook Jung South Korea	21	1.1k 1.8×	322 0.9×	539 1.7×	543 3.3×	4 0.0×	49	2.0k
Heng Zhang China	25	1.0k 1.7×	613 1.7×	517 1.6×	543 3.3×	2 0.0×	83	2.2k
Jian Zhuang China	25	414 0.7×	366 1.0×	417 1.3×	142 0.9×		90	1.6k
Guijun Chen China	19	350 0.6×	138 0.4×	513 1.6×	260 1.6×		56	1.3k
Satoshi Atobe Japan	15	673 1.1×	408 1.1×	170 0.5×	163 1.0×	8 0.1×	31	1.1k
Zeyu Li China	17	1.5k 2.5×	875 2.4×	58 0.2×	255 1.5×	3 0.0×	41	1.8k
Hanyu Zhao China	13	209 0.3×	222 0.6×	137 0.4×	231 1.4×		40	736

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. 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 W. Sun. W. Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Xie, Jie, et al.. (2025). Multi-objective optimization of the structural parameters of an all-metal progressive cavity pump based on Grey-Taguchi relational analysis. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 47(6).

Sun, W.. (2024). Prospects and Challenges of Affective AI Technology in Supporting Remote Learning. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media. 74(1). 1–8.

DeBari, Megan K., et al.. (2024). A Preliminary Study on Factors That Drive Patient Variability in Human Subcutaneous Adipose Tissues. Cells. 13(15). 1240–1240. 1 indexed citations

Sun, W., et al.. (2023). Biodegradable, Sustainable Hydrogel Actuators with Shape and Stiffness Morphing Capabilities via Embedded 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(36). 41 indexed citations

Gu, Mingxia, et al.. (2023). [Association between lesion location and depressive symptoms in acute ischemic stroke patients using voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping].. PubMed. 62(1). 70–75.

Sun, W., Adam W. Feinberg, & Victoria A. Webster‐Wood. (2022). Continuous fiber extruder for desktop 3D printers toward long fiber embedded hydrogel 3D printing. HardwareX. 11. e00297–e00297. 9 indexed citations

Sun, W., et al.. (2022). Deep Reinforcement Learning toward Robust Multi-echelon Supply Chain Inventory Optimization. 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). 1385–1391. 7 indexed citations

Sun, W. & Victoria A. Webster‐Wood. (2022). An integrated computer vision system for real-time monitoring and control of long-fiber embedded hydrogel 3D printing. Materials Today Proceedings. 70. 376–381. 8 indexed citations

Sun, W., Joshua W. Tashman, Daniel J. Shiwarski, Adam W. Feinberg, & Victoria A. Webster‐Wood. (2021). Long-Fiber Embedded Hydrogel 3D Printing for Structural Reinforcement. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 8(1). 303–313. 21 indexed citations

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Sun, W., et al.. (2021). 3D Printing Hydrogel-Based Soft and Biohybrid Actuators: A Mini-Review on Fabrication Techniques, Applications, and Challenges. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. 673533–673533. 41 indexed citations

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Sun, W., et al.. (2021). Tuning the Mechanical and Geometric Properties of Electrochemically Aligned Collagen Threads Toward Applications in Biohybrid Robotics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 143(5). 6 indexed citations

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Cook, Douglas D., et al.. (2019). DARLING: a device for assessing resistance to lodging in grain crops. Plant Methods. 15(1). 102–102. 32 indexed citations

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Al‐Zube, Loay, W. Sun, Daniel J. Robertson, & Douglas D. Cook. (2018). The elastic modulus for maize stems. Plant Methods. 14(1). 11–11. 60 indexed citations

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Stubbs, Christopher J., W. Sun, & Douglas D. Cook. (2018). Measuring the transverse Young’s modulus of maize rind and pith tissues. Journal of Biomechanics. 84. 113–120. 29 indexed citations

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Al‐Zube, Loay, et al.. (2017). Measuring the compressive modulus of elasticity of pith-filled plant stems. Plant Methods. 13(1). 99–99. 33 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Michael D., Navid Kazem, Matthew J. Powell‐Palm, et al.. (2017). High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(9). 2143–2148. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, W., et al.. (2007). Betavoltaic and photovoltaic energy conversion in three‐dimensional macroporous silicon diodes. physica status solidi (a). 204(5). 1536–1540. 41 indexed citations

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Sun, W., Nazir P. Kherani, Karl D. Hirschman, L.L. Gadeken, & Philippe M. Fauchet. (2005). A Three‐Dimensional Porous Silicon p–n Diode for Betavoltaics and Photovoltaics. Advanced Materials. 17(10). 1230–1233. 125 indexed citations

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Sun, W., José R. Tormo, Thomas A. Steitz, & G N Godson. (1994). Domains of Escherichia coli primase: functional activity of a 47-kDa N-terminal proteolytic fragment.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(24). 11462–11466. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, W. & G N Godson. (1993). Binding and phasing of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein by the secondary structure of phage G4 origin of complementary DNA strand synthesis (G4oric).. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(11). 8026–8039. 17 indexed citations

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