Xia Sun

4.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
96 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Xia Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Sun has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 35 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 24 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Xia Sun's work include Magnetic Properties of Alloys (30 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (24 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (23 papers). Xia Sun is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic Properties of Alloys (30 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (24 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (23 papers). Xia Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Xia Sun's co-authors include Junjie Li, Fanglian Yao, Qingyu Yu, Zhihui Qin, Xiaojun Wu, Feng Jiang, Haitao Zhang, Mengmeng Yao, Shaoshuai He and Hong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xia Sun

92 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Carbon nanotubes reinforced hydrogel as flexible strain sensor with high stretchability and mechanically toughness

2019 463 citations Xia Sun, Zhihui Qin et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Nanocomposite hydrogel-based strain and pressure sensors: a review

2020 347 citations Xia Sun, Fanglian Yao et al. profile →
Carbon Nanotubes/Hydrophobically Associated Hydrogels as Ultrastretchable, Highly Sensitive, Stable Strain, and Pressure Sensors

2020 337 citations Zhihui Qin, Xia Sun et al. profile →
Microgel reinforced zwitterionic hydrogel coating for blood-contacting biomedical devices

2022 210 citations Xia Sun, Fanglian Yao et al. profile →
A Biomimetic “Salting Out—Alignment—Locking” Tactic to Design Strong and Tough Hydrogel

2024 105 citations Xia Sun, Zhengyang Yu et al. profile →
Dual-recognition strategy sensor based on GO-SELEX aptamer screening for high-specificity identification of fenthion and its major metabolites in vegetables

2025 23 citations Lingjun Geng, Jingcheng Huang et al. profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Xia Sun

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xia Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Sun

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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Graphene oxide-enhanced FRET aptasensor: Precision detection of ertapenem residues in milk 2025 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·(unknown), Samee Ullah, M. Bilal, (unknown), Tausif Ahmad, Farid Ahmed, Pengwei Zhang, Yemin Guo, Xia Sun	0
2	Effect of moisture content on the maleic anhydride mediated disintegration of Kraft pulp into cellulose nanofibrils 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Dingyuan Zheng, Jiaying Zhu, Hao Sun, Zhengyang Yu, Xia Sun, Yeling Zhu, Penghui Zhu, Yuhang Ye, Yanhua Zhang, Feng Jiang	0
3	Transforming Cellulose Into Functional Three‐Dimensional Structures 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Xia Sun, Hao Sun, Penghui Zhu, Yonggang Wu, Andrew Palmer, Feng Jiang	0
4	Prussian blue nanoparticles-based signal amplification in aptamer-based lateral flow assay for procymidone detection 2025 ·Journal of Food Composition and Analysis ·(unknown), Jingcheng Huang, Zhen Guo, Haifang Wang, Lingjun Geng, (unknown), Ibrahim A. Darwısh, Yemin Guo, Xia Sun, Yanfang Wu	2
5	Production of lignin containing cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) after enzymatic treatment of curl-induced, unbleached kraft pulps 2024 ·Green Chemistry ·Jie Wu, (unknown), Xia Sun, Peipei Wang, Jiaying Zhu, Yeling Zhu, Feng Jiang, Jack Saddler	4
6	All-cellulose hydrogel with ultrahigh stretchability exceeding 40000% 2024 ·Materials Today ·Yifan Zhang, Xia Sun, Yuhang Ye, Hale Oğuzlu, Yeling Zhu, Jiaying Zhu, Katherine Le, Pu Yang, Feng Jiang	56
7	Equilibrium Moisture Mediated Esterification Reaction to Achieve Over 100% Lignocellulosic Nanofibrils Yield 2024 ·Small ·Dingyuan Zheng, Yeling Zhu, Xia Sun, Hao Sun, Pu Yang, Zhengyang Yu, Jiaying Zhu, Yuhang Ye, Yanhua Zhang, Feng Jiang	11
8	Combination of Capture-SELEX and Post-SELEX for procymidone-specific aptamer selection and broad-specificity aptamer discovery, and development of aptamer-based lateral flow assay 2024 ·Analytica Chimica Acta ·(unknown), Haifang Wang, Zhen Guo, Jingcheng Huang, Pengwei Zhang, Yemin Guo, Xia Sun	14
9	Lightweight, mechanically robust and scalable cellulose-based foam enabled by organic-inorganic network and air drying 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Hao Sun, (unknown), Penghui Zhu, Pu Yang, Zhengyang Yu, Dingyuan Zheng, Xia Sun, (unknown), Xiaotao Bi, Min Xu, Feng Jiang	23
10	Exceptional stability of spinel Ni–MgAl2O4 catalyst with ordered mesoporous structure for dry reforming of methane 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xia Sun, Hongwei Li, Rongjun Zhang, Guofu Xia	11
11	Direct Ink Writing 3D Printing Elastomeric Polyurethane Aided by Cellulose Nanofibrils 2024 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown), Xia Sun, Yeling Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), Jiaying Zhu, Pu Yang, Dingyuan Zheng, Yifan Zhang, Mahyar Panahi‐Sarmad, Feng Jiang	20
12	Intrinsically self-healing crosslinked elastomer with mechanically robust based on dynamic urea bond and hydrogen bond for smart humidity sensor 2023 ·Reactive and Functional Polymers ·Liwei Lu, Xia Sun, (unknown), Han-Cheng Yu, Caili Yu, (unknown), Faai Zhang	5
13	Superelastic and Ultralight Aerogel Assembled from Hemp Microfibers 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Jiaying Zhu, Yeling Zhu, Yuhang Ye, Zhe Qiu, Yifan Zhang, Zhengyang Yu, Xia Sun, David C. Bressler, Feng Jiang	76
14	All-cellulose hydrogel-based adhesive 2023 ·Xia Sun, Zhenqian Pang, Yeling Zhu, Zhengyang Yu, Pu Yang, Liyang Liu, Scott Renneckar, Teng Li, Feng Jiang	31
15	Stretchable, self-healing, biocompatible, and durable ionogel for continuous wearable strain and physiological signal monitoring 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Katherine Le, Xia Sun, Junjie Chen, Johnson V. John, Amir Servati, Hossein Heidari, Ali Khademhosseini, Frank Ko, Feng Jiang, Peyman Servati	36
16	Multiscale Design for Robust, Thermal Insulating, and Flame Self‐Extinguishing Cellulose Foam 2023 ·Small ·Hao Sun, Dingyuan Zheng, Yeling Zhu, Penghui Zhu, Yuhang Ye, Yifan Zhang, Zhengyang Yu, Pu Yang, Xia Sun, Feng Jiang	34
17	An environmentally tolerant, highly stable, cellulose nanofiber-reinforced, conductive hydrogel multifunctional sensor 2022 ·Carbohydrate Polymers ·Miao Li, Dong Chen, Xia Sun, Zesheng Xu, Yutong Yang, Yongming Song, Feng Jiang	144
18	Sensitive detection of p53 DNA based on spatially confined fluorescence resonance energy transfer and multivalent assembly of branched DNA 2021 ·Analytical Methods ·(unknown), Xia Sun, Hui Yuan, Bingxin Liu, Bingqian Zhou, Xuening Chen, Xia Li, Qingwang Xue	5
19	Non‐Swelling and Anti‐Fouling MXene Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Underwater Strain Sensing 2021 ·Advanced Materials Technologies ·Shaoshuai He, Xia Sun, Zhihui Qin, Xiaoru Dong, Haitao Zhang, Mingyue Shi, Fanglian Yao, Hong Zhang, Junjie Li	73
20	Label-free amplified fluorescence detection of DNA biomarkers based on KFP polymerase-driven double strand displacement reactions and magnetic nanoprobes 2020 ·Analytical Methods ·Xia Sun, (unknown), Liqi Liu, Fei Yin, Ruixin Liu, Tianyu Guo, Xia Li, Qingwang Xue	3

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