Yu Sun

24.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
596 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Yu Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Sun has authored 596 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 109 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 97 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yu Sun's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (102 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (77 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (64 papers). Yu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (102 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (77 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (64 papers). Yu Sun collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Yu Sun's co-authors include Bradley J. Nelson, Craig A. Simmons, Changhai Ru, Xinyu Liu, Yi Zheng, Jun Liu, Shaorong Xie, Keekyoung Kim, Deok‐Ho Kim and S. A. Meguid and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yu Sun

565 papers receiving 17.3k citations

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A magnetic multi-layer soft robot for on-demand targeted adhesion

2024 66 citations Yibin Wang, Hui Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Sun

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hardness detection in Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing (FSAM) based on the CEEMDAN algorithm and laser ultrasonic Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy (SRAS) 2025 ·NDT & E International ·Chenyin Ni, (unknown), Yu Sun, (unknown), Guoqing Dai, Zhonggang Sun, Zhonghua Shen	0
2	Mechanical signal-chromatin interactions: molecular networks from nuclear membrane force transmission to epigenetic regulation 2025 ·Frontiers in Medicine ·Su Yang, (unknown), Bo Chen, Haibo Kou, Li Lai, Xinyan Zhang, Yunling Xu, Yu Sun	1
3	A magnetic multi-layer soft robot for on-demand targeted adhesion breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yibin Wang, Hui Chen, Junhui Law, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Feng Duan, Yu Sun, (unknown), Jiangfan Yu	66
4	A novel hotel recommender system incorporating review sentiment and contextual information 2024 ·International Journal of Data Science and Analytics ·Ya‐Han Hu, Chih‐Fong Tsai, Yu Sun	1
5	Flexible pressure sensors with ultrahigh stress tolerance enabled by periodic microslits 2024 ·Microsystems & Nanoengineering ·Song Wang, Chenying Wang, Yifan Zhao, Yujing Zhang, Yaxin Zhang, (unknown), Qijing Lin, (unknown), Yuheng Wang, Feng Han, Yu Sun, Zhuangde Jiang	19
6	The deubiquitinase USP2a promotes tumor immunosuppression by stabilizing immune checkpoint B7–H4 in lung adenocarcinoma harboring EGFR-activating mutants 2024 ·Cancer Letters ·(unknown), Yu Sun, Jie Zhang, (unknown), Zhiming Zhao, (unknown), Yuan Wang, Ying Jiang, Shaomu Chen, Chao Wang, Yin Tong, (unknown), Moli Huang, Fengying Wu, Liang Zhang	3
7	Low-magnitude high-frequency vibration reduces prostate cancer growth and extravasation in vitro 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yu Sun, Lidan You	0
8	An improved forward-backward spatial smoothing MUSIC algorithm for coherent signal direction finding 2024 ·IET conference proceedings. ·Yuchen Wu, Yu Sun, (unknown), Weijun Hong	0
9	Automated Sperm Morphology Analysis Based on Instance-Aware Part Segmentation 2024 ·Wen‐Yuan Chen, (unknown), Changsheng Dai, (unknown), Guanqiao Shan, Hang Liu, Yanlong Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Clifford Librach, Zhuoran Zhang, Yu Sun	2
10	3D printing of conductive polymer aerogel thermoelectric generator with tertiary doping 2023 ·Nano Energy ·(unknown), Yuhang Huang, (unknown), Yu Sun, Omid Aghababaei Tafreshi, Zia Saadatnia, Hani E. Naguib	26
11	Trajectory optimization and tracking control of free-flying space robots for capturing non-cooperative tumbling objects 2023 ·Aerospace Science and Technology ·Ouyang Zhang, Weiran Yao, (unknown), Chengwei Wu, Jianxing Liu, Ligang Wu, Yu Sun	16
12	Positive effect of carbohydrate-metabolizing bacteria determines increasing soil organic carbon during long-term fertilization and straw returning in the black soil region of China 2023 ·Pedosphere ·Yingxin Li, Yu Sun, Eiko E. Kuramae, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fahad Nasir, Lei Tian, Qiang Gao, Chunjie Tian	7
13	Robotic Manipulation of Reproductive Cells 2023 ·Changsheng Dai, Yu Sun	3
14	Live imaging YAP signalling in mouse embryo development 2022 ·Open Biology ·Bin Gu, Brian Bradshaw, Min Zhu, Yu Sun, Sevan Hopyan, Janet Rossant	15
15	Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Three-phase Partitioning Simultaneous Extraction of Allicin and Polysaccharide from Garlic 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Yu Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Peizheng Yan, Jia Li, (unknown), Dongsheng Zhao	2
16	Gravity-resisting colloidal collectives 2022 ·Science Advances ·Junhui Law, Hui Chen, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu, Yu Sun	31
17	Robotic Manipulation of Sperm as a Deformable Linear Object 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·Changsheng Dai, Guanqiao Shan, Hang Liu, Changhai Ru, Yu Sun	13
18	Spatial mapping of tissue properties in vivo reveals a 3D stiffness gradient in the mouse limb bud 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Min Zhu, Hirotaka Tao, (unknown), (unknown), Xian Wang, Sevan Hopyan, Yu Sun	59
19	A review of microfluidic approaches for investigating cancer extravasation during metastasis 2018 ·Microsystems & Nanoengineering ·Yu‐Heng Vivian, Kevin Middleton, Lidan You, Yu Sun	128
20	Characterizing mechanical behavior of atomically thin films: A review 2014 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Changhong Cao, Yu Sun, Tobin Filleter	35

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