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Overview

Di Sun is affiliated with Shandong University in China and specializes primarily in the field of Materials Science, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, as well as Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Their research also intersects with Electrical and Electronic Engineering at a more specialized level.

Their work covers a range of topics related to nanomaterials and coordination chemistry, notably in areas such as:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Notable recent publications authored by Di Sun or closely associated with their research include:

  • Ambient Chemical Fixation of CO2 Using a Robust Ag27 Cluster-Based Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Polymorphism in Atomically Precise Cu23 Nanocluster Incorporating Tetrahedral [Cu4]0 Kernel (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Hydrido-coinage-metal clusters: Rational design, synthetic protocols and structural characteristics (2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Nanocage-Based N-Rich Metal-Organic Framework for Luminescence Sensing toward Fe3+ and Cu2+ Ions (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • A hierarchically assembled 88-nuclei silver-thiacalix[4]arene nanocluster (2020, Nature Communications)

Their frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborative work with researchers such as:

  • Zhi Wang
  • Chen-Ho Tung
  • Zhiyong Gao
  • Bao-Liang Han
  • Chengkai Zhang

Di Sun's research output is also reflected in repeated publications in prominent scientific venues, including:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Embedding MnO@Mn3 O4 Nanoparticles in an N-Doped-Carbon Framework Derived from Mn-Organic Clusters for Efficient Lithium Storage.

    Yanting Chu;Lingyu Guo;Baojuan Xi;Zhenyu Feng

  • A tubular europium–organic framework exhibiting selective sensing of Fe3+ and Al3+ over mixed metal ions

    Zhen Chen;Yanwen Sun;Liangliang Zhang;Di Sun

  • A superior fluorescent sensor for Al3+ and UO22+ based on a Co(II) metal–organic framework with exposed pyrimidyl Lewis base sites

    Wen-Miao Chen;Xiao-Ling Meng;Gui-Lin Zhuang;Zhi Wang

  • Unprecedented Second-Timescale Blue/Green Emissions and Iodine-Uptake-Induced Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation in Zn II /Cd II Metal-Organic Frameworks

    Shuai Yuan;Yong-Kai Deng;Di Sun

  • Four New Cd(II) Coordination Polymers with Mixed Multidentate N-Donors and Biphenyl-Based Polycarboxylate Ligands: Syntheses, Structures, and Photoluminescent Properties

    Di Sun;Lu-Lu Han;Shuai Yuan;Yong-Kai Deng

  • Retrosynthesis of multi-component metal−organic frameworks

    Shuai Yuan;Jun-Sheng Qin;Jialuo Li;Lan Huang

  • Luminescence thermochromism of two entangled copper-iodide networks with a large temperature-dependent emission shift

    Di Sun;Shuai Yuan;Hua Wang;Hai-Feng Lu

  • Assembly of silver Trigons into a buckyball-like Ag180 nanocage

    Zhi Wang;Hai-Feng Su;Yuan-Zhi Tan;Stan Schein

  • Nitrogen-rich MOF derived porous Co3O4/N–C composites with superior performance in lithium-ion batteries

    Xiao Han;Wen-Miao Chen;Xiguang Han;Yuan-Zhi Tan

  • Series of Ag(I) Coordination Complexes Derived from Aminopyrimidyl Ligands and Dicarboxylates: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Properties

    Di Sun;Na Zhang;Rong-Bin Huang;Lan-Sun Zheng

  • Hierarchical Assembly of a {MnII15MnIII4} Brucite Disc: Step-by-Step Formation and Ferrimagnetism

    Yong-Kai Deng;Hai-Feng Su;Jia-Heng Xu;Wen-Guang Wang

  • Anisotropic Assembly of Ag52 and Ag76 Nanoclusters.

    Jia-Wei Liu;Lei Feng;Hai-Feng Su;Zhi Wang

  • MOFs-derived porous Mn2O3 as high-performance anode material for Li-ion battery

    Zhongchao Bai;Yaohui Zhang;Yuwen Zhang;Chunli Guo

  • Metal–Organic Gels from Silver Nanoclusters with Aggregation‐Induced Emission and Fluorescence‐to‐Phosphorescence Switching

    Zengchun Xie;Panpan Sun;Zhi Wang;Hongguang Li

  • Ambient Chemical Fixation of CO2 Using a Robust Ag27 Cluster-Based Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework.

    Meihua Zhao;Shan Huang;Qiang Fu;Weifeng Li

  • Trapping an octahedral Ag 6 kernel in a seven-fold symmetric Ag 56 nanowheel

    Zhi Wang;Hai-Feng Su;Mohamedally Kurmoo;Chen-Ho Tung

  • Syntheses, Topological Structures, and Photoluminescences of Six New Zn(II) Coordination Polymers Based on Mixed Tripodal Imidazole Ligand and Varied Polycarboxylates

    Di Sun;Zhi-Hao Yan;Vladislav A. Blatov;Lei Wang

  • [Ag48(C≡CtBu)20(CrO4)7]: An Atomically Precise Silver Nanocluster Co-protected by Inorganic and Organic Ligands

    Shan-Shan Zhang;Fahri Alkan;Hai-Feng Su;Christine M. Aikens

  • Polymorphism in Atomically Precise Cu23 Nanocluster Incorporating Tetrahedral [Cu4]0 Kernel.

    Bao-Liang Han;Zhen Liu;Lei Feng;Zhi Wang

  • Hydrido-coinage-metal clusters: Rational design, synthetic protocols and structural characteristics

    Cunfa Sun;Boon K. Teo;Chenglong Deng;Jinqing Lin

  • Beyond Clusters: Supramolecular Networks Self-Assembled from Nanosized Silver Clusters and Inorganic Anions.

    Zhi Wang;Xiao-Yu Li;Li-Wei Liu;Si-Qi Yu

  • Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Phase Transition and Segmented Thermochromic Luminescence in a Dynamic 3D Interpenetrated AgI Coordination Network

    Zhi-Hao Yan;Zhi-Hao Yan;Xiao-Yu Li;Li-Wei Liu;Si-Qi Yu

  • pH-Dependent Ag(I) coordination architectures constructed from 4-cyanopyridine and phthalic acid: from discrete structure to 2D sheet

    Di Sun;Zhan-Hua Wei;Cheng-Feng Yang;Dan-Feng Wang

  • Tandem postsynthetic modification of a metal-organic framework by thermal elimination and subsequent bromination: effects on absorption properties and photoluminescence.

    Feng Sun;Zheng Yin;Que-Qiao Wang;Di Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Lan-Sun Zheng
Lan-Sun Zheng Xiamen University
Rong-Bin Huang
Rong-Bin Huang Xiamen University
Chen-Ho Tung
Chen-Ho Tung Shandong University
Hai-Feng Su
Hai-Feng Su Xiamen University
Mohamedally Kurmoo
Mohamedally Kurmoo University of Strasbourg
Daofeng Sun
Daofeng Sun China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Shuai Yuan
Shuai Yuan Texas A&M University
Shuao Wang
Shuao Wang Soochow University
Christine M. Aikens
Christine M. Aikens Kansas State University
Hong-Cai Zhou
Hong-Cai Zhou Texas A&M University

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