Ziming Sun

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ziming Sun is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziming Sun has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ziming Sun's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (19 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (18 papers). Ziming Sun is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (19 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (18 papers). Ziming Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Ziming Sun's co-authors include David N. Hendrickson, George Christou, Kirsten Folting, Sheila M. J. Aubin, Arnold L. Rheingold, Luca Pardi, Louis‐Claude Brunel, J. Krzystek, Stephanie L. Castro and Craig M. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ziming Sun

27 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Reduced Anionic Mn12Molecules with Half-Integer Ground St... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Reduced Anionic Mn12Molecules with Half-Integer Ground States as Single-Molecule Magnets
    1999 577 citations Sheila M. J. Aubin, Ziming Sun et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ziming Sun United States 18 1.8k 1.6k 853 248 179 28 1.9k
Ross Inglis United Kingdom 23 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 917 1.1× 178 0.7× 328 1.8× 42 1.9k
N.T. Madhu India 17 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 558 0.7× 262 1.1× 332 1.9× 37 1.7k
Ann R. Schake United States 9 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 325 1.3× 264 1.5× 13 2.4k
A. Vinslava United States 13 2.4k 1.4× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 245 1.0× 347 1.9× 17 2.6k
En‐Che Yang Taiwan 16 1.2k 0.7× 969 0.6× 620 0.7× 219 0.9× 282 1.6× 41 1.4k
Anne Laure Barra France 11 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 548 0.6× 342 1.4× 112 0.6× 11 1.6k
Julia Vallejo Spain 22 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 861 1.0× 323 1.3× 350 2.0× 37 1.9k
Hui Lien Tsai United States 7 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 989 1.2× 332 1.3× 315 1.8× 7 2.5k
Hongshan Ke China 26 1.7k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 812 1.0× 279 1.1× 189 1.1× 54 1.9k
A. Galet Spain 19 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 409 1.6× 441 2.5× 24 2.2k

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All Works

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Soler, Mónica, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Ziming Sun, et al.. (2003). Single-molecule magnets: control by a single solvent molecule of Jahn–Teller isomerism in [Mn12O12(O2CCH2But)16(H2O)4]. Chemical Communications. 2672–2673. 73 indexed citations
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Soler, Mónica, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Ziming Sun, et al.. (2003). New example of Jahn-Teller isomerism in [Mn 12 O 12 (O 2 CR) 16 (H 2 O) 4 ] complexes. Polyhedron. 22(14-17). 1783–1788. 15 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, David N., George Christou, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, et al.. (2002). Half-Integer Spin Molecular Nanomagnets. MRS Proceedings. 746. 2 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, David N., George Christou, Hidehiko Ishimoto, et al.. (2001). Magnetization tunneling in single-molecule magnets. Polyhedron. 20(11-14). 1479–1488. 80 indexed citations
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Aubin, Sheila M. J., Ziming Sun, Hilary J. Eppley, et al.. (2001). Single-Molecule Magnets:  Jahn−Teller Isomerism and the Origin of Two Magnetization Relaxation Processes in Mn12 Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 40(9). 2127–2146. 139 indexed citations
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Tong, Ming‐Liang, Xiao‐Ming Chen, Ziming Sun, & David N. Hendrickson. (2001). Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of triaquahexakis(μ2-betaine)(μ3-oxo)triiron(III) perchlorate heptahydrate. Transition Metal Chemistry. 26(1-2). 195–197. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Ziming & James K. Hardy. (2000). Analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in water samples using a continuous membrane permeation extractor. Advances in Environmental Research. 4(3). 225–231. 3 indexed citations
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Ruiz, Daniel, Ziming Sun, Sheila M. J. Aubin, et al.. (1999). Isomeric Forms of [Mn12O12(O2CR)16 H2O)4] Complexes Showing Different Magnetization Relaxation Processes. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 335(1). 413–422. 8 indexed citations
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Aubin, Sheila M. J., Daniel Ruiz, Evan Rumberger, et al.. (1999). Resonant Magnetization Tunneling in Single-Molecule Magnets. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 335(1). 371–389. 8 indexed citations
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Ruiz, Daniel, Ziming Sun, Belén Albela, et al.. (1998). Single-Molecule Magnets: Different Rates of Resonant Magnetization Tunneling in Mn12 Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(3). 300–302. 97 indexed citations
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Sun, Ziming, David N. Hendrickson, Craig M. Grant, Stephanie L. Castro, & George Christou. (1998). Single-molecule magnets: out-of-phase ac susceptibility signals from tetranuclear vanadium(III) complexes with an S = 3 ground state. Chemical Communications. 721–722. 57 indexed citations
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Sun, Ziming, Daniel Ruiz, Evan Rumberger, et al.. (1998). Isomeric Forms of [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] Single-Molecule Magnets. Inorganic Chemistry. 37(19). 4758–4759. 81 indexed citations
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Castro, Stephanie L., Ziming Sun, Craig M. Grant, et al.. (1998). Single-Molecule Magnets:  Tetranuclear Vanadium(III) Complexes with a Butterfly Structure and an S = 3 Ground State. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(10). 2365–2375. 270 indexed citations
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Ruiz, Daniel, Ziming Sun, Belén Albela, et al.. (1998). Einzelmolekül-Magnete: unterschiedliche Raten des resonanten Tunnelns der Magnetisierung in Mn12-Komplexen. Angewandte Chemie. 110(3). 315–318. 9 indexed citations
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Eppley, Hilary J., Sheila M. J. Aubin, Michael W. Wemple, et al.. (1997). Single-Molecule Magnets: Characterization of Complexes Exhibiting Out-of-Phase AC Susceptibility Signals. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 305(1). 167–179. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiao‐Ming, et al.. (1997). Tetra(μ3-hydroxo)hexa(μ2-carboxylato-O,O′)-bridged tetranuclear terbium(III) cubane complex. Polyhedron. 16(24). 4265–4272. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianping, Mark S. Mashuta, Ziming Sun, et al.. (1996). Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Properties of Unsymmetrical (μ-Oxo)diiron(III) Complexes Containing Polyimidazole Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 35(23). 6642–6643. 18 indexed citations
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