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D-Index
71
Citations
13406
World Ranking
1006
National Ranking
189

Chao Sun publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chao Sun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 400 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Chao Sun D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chao Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chao Sun is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in Engineering with a focus on several subfields including Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's primary research interests encompass topics linked to fluid dynamics and related phenomena. Their work covers:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization

Chao Sun has contributed extensively to the literature, publishing in a wide array of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Physical Review Letters

Among recent papers, the following are notable:

  • "Vibration-induced boundary-layer destabilization achieves massive heat-transport enhancement," 2020, Science Advances
  • "How bulk nanobubbles are stable over a wide range of temperatures," 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Ion adsorption stabilizes bulk nanobubbles," 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Microbubble-enhanced water activation by cold plasma," 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "On the role of surface charge and surface tension tuned by surfactant in stabilizing bulk nanobubbles," 2022, Applied Surface Science

Chao Sun has collaborated frequently with several researchers, reflecting a broad network within their research community. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mingbo Li
  • Cheng Wang
  • Linfeng Jiang
  • Jinghong Su
  • Enrico Calzavarini

Best Publications

  • Drop impact on superheated surfaces.

    Tuan Tran;Hendrik J. J. Staat;Andrea Prosperetti;Andrea Prosperetti;Chao Sun

  • On the spreading of impacting drops

    Sander Wildeman;Claas Willem Visser;Chao Sun;Detlef Lohse

  • Droplet impact on superheated micro-structured surfaces

    Tuan Tran;Hendrik J. J. Staat;Arturo Susarrey-Arce;Tobias C. Foertsch

  • Toward 3D Printing of Pure Metals by Laser-Induced Forward Transfer.

    C.W. Visser;Ralph Pohl;Chao Sun;Gerardus Richardus, Bernardus, Engelina Römer

  • Dynamics of high-speed micro-drop impact: numerical simulations and experiments at frame-to-frame times below 100 ns

    Claas Willem Visser;Philipp Erhard Frommhold;Sander Wildeman;Robert Mettin

  • Maximal air bubble entrainment at liquid-drop impact.

    Wilco Bouwhuis;Roeland C. A. van der Veen;Tuan Tran;Diederik L. Keij

  • High-Reynolds number Taylor-Couette turbulence.

    Siegfried Grossmann;Detlef Lohse;Chao Sun

  • Flow reversals in thermally driven turbulence.

    K. Sugiyama;K. Sugiyama;Rui Ni;Richard Johannes Antonius Maria Stevens;Tak Shing Chan;Tak Shing Chan

  • Control of slippage with tunable bubble mattresses

    Elif Karatay;A. Sander Haase;Claas Willem Visser;Chao Sun

  • Dynamic Leidenfrost Effect: Relevant Time and Length Scales.

    Minori Shirota;Michiel A. J. van Limbeek;Chao Sun;Chao Sun;Andrea Prosperetti;Andrea Prosperetti

  • Particle image velocimetry measurement of the velocity field in turbulent thermal convection.

    Ke-Qing Xia;Chao Sun;Sheng-Qi Zhou

  • Direct measurements of air layer profiles under impacting droplets using high-speed color interferometry

    Roeland C. A. van der Veen;Tuan Tran;Detlef Lohse;Chao Sun

  • Air entrainment during impact of droplets on liquid surfaces

    Tuan Tran;Hélène de Maleprade;Chao Sun;Detlef Lohse

  • Highly Focused Supersonic Microjets

    Yoshiyuki Tagawa;Nikolai Oudalov;Claas Willem Visser;Ivo R. Peters

  • Three-dimensional flow structures and dynamics of turbulent thermal convection in a cylindrical cell

    Chao Sun;Ke-Qing Xia;Penger Tong

  • Torque Scaling in Turbulent Taylor-Couette Flow with Co- and Counterrotating Cylinders

    Dennis Paulus Maria van Gils;Sander Gerard Huisman;Gert-Wim Bruggert;Chao Sun

  • Needle-free injection into skin and soft matter with highly focused microjets

    Yoshiyuki Tagawa;Nikolai Oudalov;A. El Ghalbzouri;Chao Sun

  • Multiple states in highly turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

    Sander Huisman;Roeland van der Veen;Chao Sun;Detlef Lohse

  • Bubbly and Buoyant Particle-Laden Turbulent Flows

    Varghese Mathai;Detlef Lohse;Detlef Lohse;Chao Sun

  • Fast Dynamics of Water Droplets Freezing from the Outside In.

    Sander Wildeman;Sebastian Hendrik Sterl;Chao Sun;Chao Sun;Detlef Lohse

  • On bubble clustering and energy spectra in pseudo-turbulence

    Julián Martínez Mercado;Daniel Chehata Gómez;Dennis Van Gils;Chao Sun

  • Drop impact on superheated surfaces

    Tuan Tran;Erik-Jan Staat;Andrea Prosperetti;Chao Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti University of Houston
Roberto Verzicco
Roberto Verzicco University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ke-Qing Xia
Ke-Qing Xia Southern University of Science and Technology
Siegfried Grossmann
Siegfried Grossmann Philipp University of Marburg
Chung King Law
Chung King Law Princeton University
Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Richard J. A. M. Stevens University of Twente
Federico Toschi
Federico Toschi Eindhoven University of Technology
Rob G.H. Lammertink
Rob G.H. Lammertink University of Twente
Xuehua Zhang
Xuehua Zhang University of Alberta

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