Xiaodong Sun

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Xiaodong Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaodong Sun has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Spectroscopy and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaodong Sun's work include Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (10 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (8 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (7 papers). Xiaodong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (10 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (8 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (7 papers). Xiaodong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China and Japan. Xiaodong Sun's co-authors include Yingxia Jiang, Fanyong Yan, Zhangjun Bai, Zhonghui Sun, Hao Zhang, Xuguang Zhou, Yan Zhang, Liang Chen, Fanyong Yan and Fanlin Zu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Xiaodong Sun

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The fluorescence mechanism of carbon dots, and methods fo... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The fluorescence mechanism of carbon dots, and methods for tuning their emission color: a review
    2019 383 citations Fanyong Yan, Zhonghui Sun et al. Microchimica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaodong Sun China 14 1.1k 270 204 198 183 26 1.3k
Huifang Wu China 15 641 0.6× 304 1.1× 437 2.1× 161 0.8× 124 0.7× 31 1.0k
Yan Jun Ju China 14 716 0.7× 325 1.2× 148 0.7× 100 0.5× 250 1.4× 16 864
Tingting Zhu China 18 451 0.4× 151 0.6× 151 0.7× 127 0.6× 186 1.0× 44 776
Yehan Yan China 16 628 0.6× 279 1.0× 396 1.9× 141 0.7× 168 0.9× 25 975
Yongxin Fu China 6 654 0.6× 330 1.2× 206 1.0× 146 0.7× 148 0.8× 10 851
Tianhong Chen China 14 533 0.5× 171 0.6× 435 2.1× 190 1.0× 216 1.2× 35 991
Long Yu China 18 598 0.5× 268 1.0× 326 1.6× 182 0.9× 180 1.0× 40 991
Zheng Cheng China 13 507 0.5× 326 1.2× 110 0.5× 209 1.1× 213 1.2× 26 792
Xinyi Zhao China 12 495 0.5× 273 1.0× 73 0.4× 142 0.7× 105 0.6× 31 700
Shudi Liu China 17 268 0.2× 200 0.7× 365 1.8× 99 0.5× 68 0.4× 30 623

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaodong Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaodong Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaodong Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaodong 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 Xiaodong Sun. Xiaodong 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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He, Yanyan, et al.. (2024). 4-Octyl itaconate promotes alveolar ridge preservation following tooth extraction. Odontology. 112(4). 1069–1079. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Bo, et al.. (2021). Updated Surge‐Type Glacier Inventory in the West Kunlun Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, and Implications for Glacier Change. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(1). 19 indexed citations
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Tao, Chengcheng, Ying Yang, Fang Li, et al.. (2020). Cloning short DNA into plasmids by one‐step PCR. Thoracic Cancer. 11(11). 3409–3415. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Hao Zhang, Xing Li, et al.. (2020). A fluorescein-coumarin based ratiometric fluorescent probe for detecting hydrazine and its real applications in cells imaging. Talanta. 223(Pt 2). 121779–121779. 48 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Xiaodong Sun, Yingxia Jiang, et al.. (2020). Dual-function fluorescent probe with red emission for sensing viscosity and OCl− and its applications in bioimaging. Dyes and Pigments. 182. 108531–108531. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaodong, Fanyong Yan, Yingxia Jiang, et al.. (2020). Designing enhanced and ratiometric probes for detecting OCl− based on substituents influencing the fluorescence of HBT and their application in strips and bioimaging. The Analyst. 145(17). 5933–5939. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Xiaodong Sun, Ruiqi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced fluorescence probes based on Schiff base for recognizing Cu2+ and effect of different substituents on spectra. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 222. 117222–117222. 20 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Zhangjun Bai, Tengchuang Ma, et al.. (2019). Surface modification of carbon quantum dots by fluorescein derivative for dual-emission ratiometric fluorescent hypochlorite biosensing and in vivo bioimaging. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 296. 126638–126638. 42 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Yingxia Jiang, Xiaodong Sun, et al.. (2019). 4-aminoantipyrine modified carbon dots and their analytical applications through response surface methodology. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 227. 117543–117543. 11 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, et al.. (2019). Ratiometric fluorescent nanoprobes based on Resonance Rayleigh Scattering and inner filter effect for detecting alizarin red and Pb2+. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 228. 117843–117843. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Jinxia, Fanyong Yan, Xiaodong Sun, & Zhaoxu Wang. (2019). Effect of electron-donating/withdrawing substituents on the fluorescence of aniline containing fluorescein Schiff base derivatives. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 382. 111938–111938. 12 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Zhonghui Sun, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2019). The fluorescence mechanism of carbon dots, and methods for tuning their emission color: a review. Microchimica Acta. 186(8). 583–583. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Fanyong, Zhangjun Bai, Fanlin Zu, et al.. (2019). Yellow-emissive carbon dots with a large Stokes shift are viable fluorescent probes for detection and cellular imaging of silver ions and glutathione. Microchimica Acta. 186(2). 113–113. 117 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Yingxia Jiang, Xiaodong Sun, et al.. (2019). Multicolor carbon dots with concentration-tunable fluorescence and solvent-affected aggregation states for white light-emitting diodes. Nano Research. 13(1). 52–60. 159 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Hao Zhang, Zhonghui Sun, et al.. (2019). Carbon dots as building blocks for the construction of functional nanocomposite materials. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society. 17(1). 1–15. 15 indexed citations
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Yan, Fanyong, Yingxia Jiang, Xiaodong Sun, et al.. (2018). Surface modification and chemical functionalization of carbon dots: a review. Microchimica Acta. 185(9). 424–424. 313 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chuan‐Zhen, Siyu Sun, Xiaodong Sun, Shasha Wang, & Jun Wang. (2018). Band gap energy of ZnOxSe1−x over the entire composition range. Applied Physics A. 124(10). 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chuan‐Zhen, Siyu Sun, Xiaodong Sun, Shasha Wang, & Jun Wang. (2017). The band gap energy of BexMgyZn1−x−yO calculated by modified simplified coherent potential approximation. Superlattices and Microstructures. 113. 255–260. 4 indexed citations

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