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D-Index
66
Citations
24693
World Ranking
5235
National Ranking
1367

Cheng Sun publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng Sun sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 286 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Cheng Sun D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cheng Sun is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains, primarily focusing on engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work distribution across fields shows a significant emphasis on Engineering (91 publications) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (50 publications). Within these broad fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Surgery

Cheng Sun's research topics are diverse and include:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Near-Field Optical Microscopy
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Their publication record features research in several frequent venues, indicating ongoing contributions to specific fields of study. The main publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nano Letters
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Applied Optics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheng Sun include:

  • Flexible Ultrathin Single-Crystalline Perovskite Photodetector, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Intrinsic Aqueous Dispersibility for Conductive Hydrogels, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • 3D printed magnetically-actuating micro-gripper operates in air and water, 2021, Additive Manufacturing
  • Conformal Geometry and Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing through Freeform Transformation of Building Layers, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • A review of spatial profiling technologies for characterizing the tumor microenvironment in immuno-oncology, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology

Cheng Sun has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Hao F. Zhang
  • Guillermo A. Ameer
  • Caralyn P. Collins
  • Yang Zhang
  • Henry Oliver T. Ware

Best Publications

  • Sub-Diffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens

    Nicholas Fang;Hyesog Lee;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Far-field optical hyperlens magnifying sub-diffraction-limited objects.

    Zhaowei Liu;Hyesog Lee;Yi Xiong;Cheng Sun

  • Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus

    Nicholas Fang;Dongjuan Xi;Jianyi Xu;Muralidhar Ambati

  • Optical Negative Refraction in Bulk Metamaterials of Nanowires

    Jie Yao;Zhaowei Liu;Yongmin Liu;Yuan Wang

  • Projection micro-stereolithography using digital micro-mirror dynamic mask

    C. Sun;N. Fang;D.M. Wu;X. Zhang

  • Focusing surface plasmons with a plasmonic lens.

    Zhaowei Liu;Jennifer M. Steele;Werayut Srituravanich;Yuri Pikus

  • Micro-stereolithography of polymeric and ceramic microstructures

    X Zhang;X.N Jiang;C Sun

  • Method for retrieving effective properties of locally resonant acoustic metamaterials

    Vladimir Fokin;Muralidhar Ambati;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Far-field optical superlens.

    Zhaowei Liu;Stéphane Durant;Hyesog Lee;Yuri Pikus

  • Flying plasmonic lens in the near field for high-speed nanolithography

    Werayut Srituravanich;Liang Pan;Yuan Wang;Cheng Sun

  • Cloaking of matter waves.

    Shuang Zhang;Dentcho A. Genov;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Controlling the Polarization State of Light with a Dispersion-Free Metastructure

    Shang Chi Jiang;Xiang Xiong;Yuan Sheng Hu;Yu Hui Hu

  • Surface resonant states and superlensing in acoustic metamaterials

    Muralidhar Ambati;Nicholas Fang;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Terahertz plasmonic high pass filter

    Dongmin Wu;Nicholas Fang;Cheng Sun;Xiang Zhang

  • Covalently circularized nanodiscs for studying membrane proteins and viral entry

    Unknown

  • Magnetic plasmon hybridization and optical activity at optical frequencies in metallic nanostructures

    H. Liu;D. A. Genov;D. M. Wu;Y. M. Liu

  • Plasmonic Nanolithography

    Unknown

  • Development of optical hyperlens for imaging below the diffraction limit.

    Hyesog Lee;Zhaowei Liu;Yi Xiong;Cheng Sun

  • Tunable assembly of graphene oxide surfactant sheets: wrinkles, overlaps and impacts on thin film properties

    Laura J. Cote;Jaemyung Kim;Zhen Zhang;Cheng Sun

  • Structural basis for ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling by the INO80 complex

    Unknown

  • A transparent broadband ultrasonic detector based on an optical micro-ring resonator for photoacoustic microscopy

    Hao Li;Biqin Dong;Zhen Zhang;Hao F. Zhang

  • Maskless plasmonic lithography at 22 nm resolution.

    Liang Pan;Yongshik Park;Yi Xiong;Erick Ulin-Avila

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Nicholas X. Fang
Nicholas X. Fang University of Hong Kong
Zhaowei Liu
Zhaowei Liu University of California, San Diego
Fred Kucharski
Fred Kucharski International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Fei-Fei Jin
Fei-Fei Jin University of Hawaii at Manoa
Guillermo A. Ameer
Guillermo A. Ameer Northwestern University
Zhenyao Shen
Zhenyao Shen Beijing Normal University
Weili Zhang
Weili Zhang Oklahoma State University
Yanzhong Pei
Yanzhong Pei Tongji University
Jianqiang Gu
Jianqiang Gu Tianjin University

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