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D-Index
108
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43098
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753
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231

Hong-Bo 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 Hong-Bo Sun sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 700 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong-Bo 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 Hong-Bo Sun sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to laser nanofabrication and ultrafast spectroscopy
  • 2018 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Hong-Bo Sun is a researcher affiliated with Tsinghua University in China. Their research spans several disciplines, primarily within engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. An emphasis is placed on fields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their work addresses a range of scientific topics, including perovskite materials and applications, photonic and optical devices, laser material processing techniques, 2D materials and applications, nonlinear optical materials studies, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, and advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Optics Letters, Laser & Photonics Review, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Hong-Bo Sun has collaborated extensively with other researchers, notably Qi-Dai Chen, Yong-Lai Zhang, Jing Feng, Benfeng Bai, and Zhen-Nan Tian.

Notable recent papers authored by Hong-Bo Sun include:

  • Perovskite Single-Crystal Microwire-Array Photodetectors with Performance Stability beyond 1 Year, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Femtosecond laser programmed artificial musculoskeletal systems, 2020, Nature Communications
  • O-FIB: far-field-induced near-field breakdown for direct nanowriting in an atmospheric environment, 2020, Light Science & Applications
  • 3D nanoprinting of semiconductor quantum dots by photoexcitation-induced chemical bonding, 2022, Science
  • Airflow Enhanced Solar Evaporation Based on Janus Graphene Membranes with Stable Interfacial Floatability, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recognition of Hong-Bo Sun's work includes the IEEE Fellow and SPIE Fellow awards, both received in 2018. The IEEE Fellow award specifically cites contributions to laser nanofabrication and ultrafast spectroscopy.

Best Publications

  • Finer features for functional microdevices

    Satoshi Kawata;Hong-Bo Sun;Tomokazu Tanaka;Kenji Takada

  • Three-dimensional photonic crystal structures achieved with two-photon-absorption photopolymerization of resin

    Hong Bo Sun;Shigeki Matsuo;Hiroaki Misawa

  • Common Origin of Green Luminescence in Carbon Nanodots and Graphene Quantum Dots

    Lei Wang;Shou-Jun Zhu;Hai-Yu Wang;Song-Nan Qu

  • Direct imprinting of microcircuits on graphene oxides film by femtosecond laser reduction

    Yonglai Zhang;Li Guo;Shu Wei;Yinyan He

  • Designable 3D nanofabrication by femtosecond laser direct writing

    Yong-Lai Zhang;Qi-Dai Chen;Hong Xia;Hong-Bo Sun

  • Two-photon photopolymerization and 3D lithographic microfabrication

    Hong-Bo Sun;Satoshi Kawata

  • Carbon-Based Photothermal Actuators

    Bing Han;Yong-Lai Zhang;Qi-Dai Chen;Hong-Bo Sun

  • Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces with unique structural and functional properties

    Yong Lai Zhang;Yong Lai Zhang;Hong Xia;Eunkyoung Kim;Hong Bo Sun

  • Multiple-spot parallel processing for laser micronanofabrication

    Jun-ichi Kato;Nobuyuki Takeyasu;Yoshihiro Adachi;Hong-Bo Sun

  • Two-beam-laser interference mediated reduction, patterning and nanostructuring of graphene oxide for the production of a flexible humidity sensing device

    Li Guo;Hao-Bo Jiang;Rui-Qiang Shao;Yong-Lai Zhang

  • Photoreduction of Graphene Oxides: Methods, Properties, and Applications

    Yong-Lai Zhang;Li Guo;Hong Xia;Qi-Dai Chen

  • Three-Level Biomimetic Rice-Leaf Surfaces with Controllable Anisotropic Sliding

    Dong Wu;Jian-Nan Wang;Si-Zhu Wu;Qi-Dai Chen

  • Ferrofluids for fabrication of remotely controllable micro-nanomachines by two-photon polymerization.

    Hong Xia;Juan Wang;Ye Tian;Qi-Dai Chen

  • Monolayer II-VI semiconductors: A first-principles prediction

    Hui Zheng;Xian-Bin Li;Nian-Ke Chen;Sheng-Yi Xie

  • Curvature‐Driven Reversible In Situ Switching Between Pinned and Roll‐Down Superhydrophobic States for Water Droplet Transportation

    Dong Wu;Si-Zhu Wu;Qi-Dai Chen;Yong-Lai Zhang

  • Arbitrary-lattice photonic crystals created by multiphoton microfabrication

    Hong Bo Sun;Ying Xu;Saulius Juodkazis;Kai Sun

  • Rapid sub-diffraction-limit laser micro/nanoprocessing in a threshold material system

    Tomokazu Tanaka;Hong-Bo Sun;Satoshi Kawata

  • Improved spatial resolution and surface roughness in photopolymerization-based laser nanowriting

    Kenji Takada;Hong-Bo Sun;Satoshi Kawata

  • Light‐Mediated Manufacture and Manipulation of Actuators

    Dong-Dong Han;Yong-Lai Zhang;Jia-Nan Ma;Yu-Qing Liu

  • Real three-dimensional microstructures fabricated by photopolymerization of resins through two-photon absorption

    Hong-Bo Sun;Takeshi Kawakami;Ying Xu;Jia-Yu Ye

  • Tunable Metasurfaces Based on Active Materials

    Tong Cui;Benfeng Bai;Hong‐Bo Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Qi-Dai Chen
Qi-Dai Chen Jilin University
Jing Feng
Jing Feng Jilin University
Yong-Lai Zhang
Yong-Lai Zhang Jilin University
Hong Xia
Hong Xia Jilin University
Xu-Lin Zhang
Xu-Lin Zhang Jilin University
Satoshi Kawata
Satoshi Kawata Osaka University
Saulius Juodkazis
Saulius Juodkazis Swinburne University of Technology
Hong-Hua Fang
Hong-Hua Fang University of Groningen
Junfeng Song
Junfeng Song Jilin University
Shengbai Zhang
Shengbai Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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