Yu‐Chen Sun

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yu‐Chen Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu‐Chen Sun has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yu‐Chen Sun's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (12 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (11 papers). Yu‐Chen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (12 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (11 papers). Yu‐Chen Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yu‐Chen Sun's co-authors include Keith A. Nelson, David Veysset, Hani E. Naguib, Christopher A. Schuh, Hideto Matsuyama, Jet Lem, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Keith E. L. Husted, David Lundberg and Wenxu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yu‐Chen Sun

88 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermo... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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.

  1. Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics
    2020 380 citations David Veysset, Yu‐Chen Sun 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
Yu‐Chen Sun China 24 586 531 483 453 357 96 2.1k
Shigehiro Nishijima Japan 23 829 1.4× 429 0.8× 334 0.7× 495 1.1× 204 0.6× 245 2.3k
G. Yu. Yurkov Russia 18 716 1.2× 997 1.9× 272 0.6× 246 0.5× 184 0.5× 151 2.1k
Chenglong Xu China 27 806 1.4× 1.5k 2.9× 197 0.4× 538 1.2× 392 1.1× 84 3.2k
Matjaž Panjan Slovenia 33 428 0.7× 1.8k 3.5× 200 0.4× 423 0.9× 318 0.9× 75 3.1k
Colin R. Crick United Kingdom 23 1.7k 2.8× 1.0k 1.9× 227 0.5× 194 0.4× 434 1.2× 58 4.2k
Shigenori Fujikawa Japan 28 758 1.3× 877 1.7× 152 0.3× 633 1.4× 240 0.7× 108 3.0k
Charles Dubois Canada 32 627 1.1× 675 1.3× 1.2k 2.4× 391 0.9× 690 1.9× 138 3.2k
Günter K. Auernhammer Germany 30 924 1.6× 1.1k 2.1× 317 0.7× 418 0.9× 349 1.0× 100 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu‐Chen Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu‐Chen Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yu‐Chen Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yu‐Chen Sun. The network helps show where Yu‐Chen Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu‐Chen Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu‐Chen Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu‐Chen 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‐Chen Sun. Yu‐Chen 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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Zhang, Wenwen, Chao Ma, Chunzhong Li, et al.. (2025). Self-assembled MoS2 nanoflowers decorated nitrogen/phosphorous/fluorine heteroatoms co-doped carbon nanotubes as enhanced catalyst for Li-CO2 batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 113. 115640–115640. 14 indexed citations
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Zhu, Qiliang, et al.. (2024). Biomaterial Promotes Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Health Diagnostics and Clinical Application. Nanomaterials. 14(23). 1885–1885. 8 indexed citations
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Jana, Narayan Ch., Yu‐Chen Sun, Radovan Herchel, et al.. (2024). Chemical fixation of atmospheric CO2 in tricopper(ii)-carbonato complexes with tetradentate N-donor ligands: reactive intermediates, probable mechanisms, and catalytic and magneto-structural studies. Dalton Transactions. 53(27). 11514–11530. 4 indexed citations
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Saunders, A. M., Yu‐Chen Sun, Jeremy Horwitz, et al.. (2024). Interactions of laser-driven tin ejecta microjets over phase transition boundaries. Journal of Applied Physics. 136(2).
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Sun, Yu‐Chen, Aiden A. Martin, Maria Strantza, et al.. (2024). Direct mechanistic connection between acoustic signals and melt pool morphology during laser powder bed fusion. Applied Physics Letters. 125(3). 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Baohua, Yu‐Chen Sun, Jiacheng Zhang, & Weilong Wang. (2024). A Motion Decoupling Control Based on Differential Geometry for Distributed Drive Articulated Heavy Vehicle. International Journal of Automotive Technology. 25(2). 381–398.
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Sun, Yu‐Chen, et al.. (2024). A model for oblique impacts on material surfaces. Acta Materialia. 281. 120405–120405. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Dawei, et al.. (2023). The effect of benevolent leadership on safety behavior: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Safety Research. 85. 31–41. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Hongqing, Yu‐Chen Sun, Le Shi, et al.. (2022). Modulating the Structures and Magnetic Properties of Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnets through Acid–Base Regulation. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(4). 2272–2283. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Yu‐Chen, et al.. (2022). SoftSAR: The New Softer Side of Socially Assistive Robots—Soft Robotics with Social Human–Robot Interaction Skills. Sensors. 23(1). 432–432. 3 indexed citations
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Ni, Jiahua, Shaoting Lin, Zhao Qin, et al.. (2021). Strong fatigue-resistant nanofibrous hydrogels inspired by lobster underbelly. Matter. 4(6). 1919–1934. 117 indexed citations
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Portela, Carlos M., Bryce W. Edwards, David Veysset, et al.. (2021). Supersonic impact resilience of nanoarchitected carbon. Nature Materials. 20(11). 1491–1497. 129 indexed citations
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Tiamiyu, Ahmed A., Yu‐Chen Sun, Keith A. Nelson, & Christopher A. Schuh. (2020). Site-specific study of jetting, bonding, and local deformation during high-velocity metallic microparticle impact. Acta Materialia. 202. 159–169. 61 indexed citations
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Qu, Jieming, et al.. (2020). Immune imbalance mechanism and intervention strategy in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Zhongguo yaolixue tongbao. 36(4). 445–453. 6 indexed citations
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Hassani, Mostafa, David Veysset, Yu‐Chen Sun, Keith A. Nelson, & Christopher A. Schuh. (2020). Microparticle impact-bonding modes for mismatched metals: From co-deformation to splatting and penetration. Acta Materialia. 199. 480–494. 49 indexed citations
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Shen, Fu-Xing, et al.. (2019). Spin crossover in hydrogen-bonded frameworks of FeII complexes with organodisulfonate anions. Dalton Transactions. 48(24). 8815–8825. 20 indexed citations
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Streacker, Louis M., Yu‐Chen Sun, Ali Hassanali, et al.. (2017). Decomposition of the Experimental Raman and Infrared Spectra of Acidic Water into Proton, Special Pair, and Counterion Contributions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(21). 5246–5252. 83 indexed citations
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Sun, Yu‐Chen & Poul B. Petersen. (2017). Solvation Shell Structure of Small Molecules and Proteins by IR-MCR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(3). 611–614. 32 indexed citations
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Lammers, Peter Schulze, et al.. (2010). Cone penetration shaft friction - influence of different agricultural materials..

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