2026 Luyi Sun: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	81	2602	2513	743	699	337	22776

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Overview

Luyi Sun is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio in engineering and materials science. Their published work spans multiple disciplines and topics within these fields, emphasizing the development and application of advanced materials.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Their subfields of study cover a range of specialties:

Materials Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Polymers and Plastics
Mechanical Engineering

Luyi Sun's research includes investigations in key topics such as:

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
Conducting polymers and applications
Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications

Frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

Advanced Functional Materials
Inorganic Chemistry
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Polymer

Their recent papers highlight a focus on materials design, polymers, and battery technologies. Examples include:

Ultralong lifetime and efficient room temperature phosphorescent carbon dots through multi-confinement structure design (2020, Nature Communications)
High Performance Composite Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
Two-dimensional MXenes: New frontier of wearable and flexible electronics (2022, InfoMat)
4D printing of polymers: Techniques, materials, and prospects (2022, Progress in Polymer Science)
Catalytic materials for direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2 (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Luyi Sun collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Songshan Zeng
Andrew T. Smith
Kuangyu Shen
Zaili Hou
Anna Marie LaChance

Best Publications

Synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene oxide/reduced graphene oxide and their nanocomposites

Andrew T. Smith;Anna Marie LaChance;Songshan Zeng;Bin Liu

1552
Citations
Preparation of two dimensional layered double hydroxide nanosheets and their applications

Jingfang Yu;Jingfang Yu;Qiang Wang;Dermot O'Hare;Luyi Sun

871
Citations
Silicon-Based Materials from Rice Husks and Their Applications

Luyi Sun;Kecheng Gong

592
Citations
Multifunctional composite core–shell nanoparticles

Suying Wei;Qiang Wang;Jiahua Zhu;Luyi Sun

522
Citations
Ultralong lifetime and efficient room temperature phosphorescent carbon dots through multi-confinement structure design.

Yuqiong Sun;Shuting Liu;Luyi Sun;Shuangshuang Wu

388
Citations
Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

Marcin Smiglak;W. Mathew Reichert;John D. Holbrey;John S. Wilkes

364
Citations
Preparation of α-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios

Luyi Sun;Woong J. Boo;Hung-Jue Sue;Abraham Clearfield

353
Citations
Mechanical properties of surface-functionalized SWCNT/epoxy composites

Luyi Sun;G.L. Warren;J.Y. O’Reilly;W.N. Everett

345
Citations
Large-Scale and Controllable Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots from Rice Husk Biomass: A Comprehensive Utilization Strategy

Zhaofeng Wang;Jingfang Yu;Xin Zhang;Na Li

315
Citations
Two‐dimensional MXenes : New frontier of wearable and flexible electronics

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305
Citations
Synthesis and properties of polystyrene/graphite nanocomposites

Min Xiao;Luyi Sun;Jingjing Liu;Yun Li

288
Citations
High Performance Composite Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Peng Fan;Peng Fan;Hao Liu;Vladimir Marosz;Nia T. Samuels

288
Citations
Bio-inspired sensitive and reversible mechanochromisms via strain-dependent cracks and folds

Songshan Zeng;Dianyun Zhang;Wenhan Huang;Zhaofeng Wang

281
Citations
Functionalized layered double hydroxides for innovative applications

Minwang Laipan;Jingfang Yu;Runliang Zhu;Jianxi Zhu

278
Citations
A Critical Review on the Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Elemental Mercury in Flue Gases

Yanshan Gao;Zhang Zhang;Jingwen Wu;Linhai Duan

260
Citations
Biomimetic nanocoatings with exceptional mechanical, barrier, and flame-retardant properties from large-scale one-step coassembly.

Fuchuan Ding;Fuchuan Ding;Jingjing Liu;Songshan Zeng;Yan Xia

259
Citations
Poly(propylene)/Graphene Nanoplatelet Nanocomposites: Melt Rheological Behavior and Thermal, Electrical, and Electronic Properties

Yunfeng Li;Jiahua Zhu;Suying Wei;Jongeun Ryu

258
Citations
Silica nanoparticles and frameworks from rice husk biomass.

Weixing Wang;Jarett C. Martin;Xiaotian Fan;Aijie Han

241
Citations
Titanium incorporated with UiO-66(Zr)-type Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) for photocatalytic application

Aoning Wang;Yingjie Zhou;Zhoulu Wang;Miao Chen

234
Citations
Synthesis and properties of CO2-based plastics: Environmentally-friendly, energy-saving and biomedical polymeric materials

Yonghang Xu;Yonghang Xu;Yonghang Xu;Limiao Lin;Min Xiao;Shuanjin Wang

231
Citations
Graphene quantum dots: versatile photoluminescence for energy, biomedical, and environmental applications

Zhaofeng Wang;Huidan Zeng;Luyi Sun

209
Citations