Ya‐Ping Sun

38.0k total citations · 16 hit papers
303 papers, 31.9k citations indexed

About

Ya‐Ping Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya‐Ping Sun has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 31.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Materials Chemistry, 101 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 60 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ya‐Ping Sun's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (88 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (80 papers) and Graphene research and applications (64 papers). Ya‐Ping Sun is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (88 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (80 papers) and Graphene research and applications (64 papers). Ya‐Ping Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Iceland. Ya‐Ping Sun's co-authors include Mohammed J. Meziani, Yi Lin, Li Cao, Pengju G. Luo, Haifang Wang, K. A. Shiral Fernando, Fushen Lu, Christopher E. Bunker, Xin Wang and L. Monica Veca and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ya‐Ping Sun

298 papers receiving 31.2k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photolu... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2006 2007 2009 2002 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photoluminescence
    2006 4.2k citations Ya‐Ping Sun, Mohammed J. Meziani et al. profile →
  2. Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging
    2007 1.9k citations Li Cao, Mohammed J. Meziani et al. profile →
  3. Carbon Dots for Optical Imaging in Vivo
    2009 1.3k citations Sheng‐Tao Yang, Li Cao et al. profile →
  4. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes:  Properties and Applications
    2002 1.3k citations Ya‐Ping Sun et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  5. Carbon Dots as Nontoxic and High-Performance Fluorescence Imaging Agents
    2009 784 citations Sheng‐Tao Yang, Li Cao et al. profile →
  6. Photoinduced electron transfers with carbon dots
    2009 718 citations Li Cao, Mohammed J. Meziani et al. profile →
  7. Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging
    2013 694 citations Sushant P. Sahu, Sheng‐Tao Yang et al. profile →
  8. Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes
    2004 690 citations Liangwei Qu, Wei Wang et al. profile →
  9. Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene versus Other Carbon Nanomaterials
    2012 679 citations Li Cao, Mohammed J. Meziani et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  10. Design and fabrication of carbon dots for energy conversion and storage
    2019 676 citations Ya‐Ping Sun et al. profile →
  11. Strong Luminescence of Solubilized Carbon Nanotubes
    2000 636 citations Ya‐Ping Sun et al. profile →
  12. Carbon Quantum Dots and Applications in Photocatalytic Energy Conversion
    2015 631 citations Sushant P. Sahu, Yamin Liu et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
  13. Bandgap‐Like Strong Fluorescence in Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles
    2010 596 citations Li Cao, Sheng‐Tao Yang et al. profile →
  14. Graphene Oxide: A Nonspecific Enhancer of Cellular Growth
    2011 595 citations Ya‐Ping Sun, Christopher E. Bunker et al. profile →
  15. Carbon Nanoparticles as Visible-Light Photocatalysts for Efficient CO2 Conversion and Beyond
    2011 532 citations Li Cao, Sushant P. Sahu et al. profile →
  16. Carbon Dots as Potent Antimicrobial Agents
    2019 319 citations Xiuli Dong, Weixiong Liang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ya‐Ping Sun United States 82 26.1k 9.3k 4.1k 3.8k 3.5k 303 31.9k
Bai Yang China 87 25.5k 1.0× 7.6k 0.8× 7.9k 1.9× 4.2k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 422 34.2k
Yang Bai China 80 18.9k 0.7× 6.0k 0.6× 7.7k 1.9× 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 439 26.2k
Alberto Bianco France 79 19.0k 0.7× 15.7k 1.7× 3.6k 0.9× 5.6k 1.5× 2.4k 0.7× 409 29.8k
Yurii K. Gun’ko Ireland 69 16.9k 0.6× 7.6k 0.8× 5.4k 1.3× 2.2k 0.6× 4.1k 1.2× 334 25.4k
Junhu Zhang China 59 14.9k 0.6× 6.0k 0.6× 4.2k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 916 0.3× 270 21.8k
Lawrence B. Alemany United States 43 13.4k 0.5× 7.6k 0.8× 6.1k 1.5× 1.4k 0.4× 2.3k 0.7× 109 21.5k
Rabah Boukherroub France 85 12.1k 0.5× 10.2k 1.1× 10.3k 2.5× 5.7k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 755 29.9k
Omid Akhavan Iran 78 14.0k 0.5× 12.2k 1.3× 4.2k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 215 22.7k
Shoujun Zhu China 77 25.5k 1.0× 10.7k 1.1× 4.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.3× 616 0.2× 204 31.2k
Hao Zhang China 83 16.6k 0.6× 5.7k 0.6× 10.3k 2.5× 3.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 619 26.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ya‐Ping Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya‐Ping Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zuguang, et al.. (2025). Split Knowledge Distillation for Large Models in IoT: Challenges and Solutions. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. 8(5). 16–23.
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Gao, Daqian, Ya‐Ping Sun, Weijun Yang, et al.. (2025). An Injectable Alginate Hydrogel Modified by Collagen and Fibronectin for Better Cellular Environment. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(2). 1675–1683. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Jipeng, Ya‐Ping Sun, Cheng Lian, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Solvent Coupled with Dual-Salt Electrolyte Enables High-Performance Lithium–Metal Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(7). 10755–10764.
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Collins, J.V., Liju Yang, Xiuli Dong, & Ya‐Ping Sun. (2025). Antimicrobial properties of carbon “quantum” dots for food safety applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 27(2). 5 indexed citations
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Gao, Daqian, et al.. (2024). Macroporous scaffolds based on biomass polymers and their applications in wound healing. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts. 10(1). 14–31. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiuli, Yamin Liu, Audrey F. Adcock, et al.. (2024). Carbon–TiO2 Hybrid Quantum Dots for Photocatalytic Inactivation of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(4). 2196–2196. 4 indexed citations
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Meziani, Mohammed J., et al.. (2024). Polymeric Nanocomposites of Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Enhanced Directional or Isotropic Thermal Transport Performance. Nanomaterials. 14(15). 1259–1259. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yunxia, Zhiming Gao, Dale Hitchcock, et al.. (2024). Sequential Dual Alignments Introduce Synergistic Effect on Hexagonal Boron Nitride Platelets for Superior Thermal Performance. Advanced Materials. 36(25). e2314097–e2314097. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Ya‐Ping, Mengzhen Zhou, Peng Wang, et al.. (2024). Superaerophobic polymer objects prototyped via liquid crystal display (LCD)-based 3D printing: one-step post-surface-treatment and application in underwater bubble manipulation. Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 19(1). 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Weixiong, et al.. (2021). Chemical Reactions in Thermal Carbonization Processing of Citric Acid-Urea Mixtures. 7(3). 210011–210011. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiuli, Fan Yang, Yongan Tang, et al.. (2020). Carbon dots for effective photodynamic inactivation of virus. RSC Advances. 10(56). 33944–33954. 20 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiuli, et al.. (2018). Carbon dot incorporated multi-walled carbon nanotube coated filters for bacterial removal and inactivation. RSC Advances. 8(15). 8292–8301. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Sheng‐Tao, Jiahui Liu, Ping Wang, et al.. (2018). High‐Performance Red/Near‐IR Carbon Dots as Fluorescence Probes for Tumor Imaging In Vivo. ChemistrySelect. 3(23). 6374–6381. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Ping, et al.. (2017). Correlation of carbon dots' light-activated antimicrobial activities and fluorescence quantum yield. RSC Advances. 7(48). 30177–30184. 77 indexed citations
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Wang, Ping, Jiahui Liu, Yin Hu, et al.. (2017). Host–guest carbon dots as high-performance fluorescence probes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(25). 6328–6335. 30 indexed citations
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Hu, Yin, Fan Yang, Sijia Yan, et al.. (2016). Photoexcited state properties of carbon dots from thermally induced functionalization of carbon nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 4(44). 10554–10561. 38 indexed citations
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Cao, Li, Mohammed J. Meziani, Sushant P. Sahu, & Ya‐Ping Sun. (2012). Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene versus Other Carbon Nanomaterials. Accounts of Chemical Research. 46(1). 171–180. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jaiswal, Manu, C. S. Suchand Sangeeth, Wei Wang, Ya‐Ping Sun, & Reghu Menon. (2009). Field-Effect and Frequency Dependent Transport in Semiconductor-Enriched Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Network Device. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 9(11). 6533–6537. 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jinping, et al.. (2008). Acute and long-term effects after single loading of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes into zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 235(2). 216–225. 104 indexed citations

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