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D-Index
64
Citations
17113
World Ranking
5817
National Ranking
1496

Sulin Zhang 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 Sulin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 131 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sulin Zhang 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 Sulin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sulin Zhang is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work encompasses a wide range of subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Automotive Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their research areas cover multiple main topics such as Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Micro and Nano Robotics, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Sulin Zhang has coauthored publications with Changhao Li, Dingchuan Xue, Ruyue Fang, Tianwu Chen, and Japinder Nijjer.

Their recent papers include:

  • Highly Stretchable Polymer Composite with Strain-Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Lithium whisker growth and stress generation in an in situ atomic force microscope-environmental transmission electron microscope set-up (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Progressive growth of the solid-electrolyte interphase towards the Si anode interior causes capacity fading (2021, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls (2021, Science)
  • Creep-Enabled 3D Solid-State Lithium-Metal Battery (2020, Chem)

The frequent venues in which Sulin Zhang has published include Advanced Functional Materials, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Materials, and Nature Nanotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Size-Dependent Endocytosis of Nanoparticles.

    Sulin Zhang;Ju Li;George Lykotrafitis;Gang Bao

  • Physical Principles of Nanoparticle Cellular Endocytosis.

    Sulin Zhang;Huajian Gao;Gang Bao

  • Anisotropic Swelling and Fracture of Silicon Nanowires during Lithiation

    Xiao Hua Liu;He Zheng;He Zheng;Li Zhong;Shan Huang

  • In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon

    Xiao Hua Liu;Jiang Wei Wang;Shan Huang;Feifei Fan

  • An introduction to computational nanomechanics and materials

    W. K. Liu;Eduard Karpov;S. Zhang;H. S. Park

  • The role of vacancy defects and holes in the fracture of carbon nanotubes

    Steven L. Mielke;Diego Troya;Sulin Zhang;Je Luen Li

  • In Situ TEM Experiments of Electrochemical Lithiation and Delithiation of Individual Nanostructures

    Xiao Hua Liu;Yang Liu;Akihiro Kushima;Sulin Zhang

  • Mechanics of a Carbon Nanocoil

    Xinqi Chen;Sulin Zhang;Dmitriy A. Dikin;Weiqiang Ding

  • Coupled quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical modeling of the fracture of defective carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets

    Roopam Khare;Steven L. Mielke;Jeffrey T. Paci;Sulin Zhang

  • Electric-Field Control of Nonvolatile Magnetization in Co 40 Fe 40 B 20 / Pb ( Mg 1 / 3 Nb 2 / 3 ) 0.7 Ti 0.3 O 3 Structure at Room Temperature

    S. Zhang;Y. G. Zhao;P. S. Li;J. J. Yang

  • Highly Stretchable Polymer Composite with Strain-Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness.

    Bin Yao;Bin Yao;Wei Hong;Tianwu Chen;Zhubing Han

  • Mechanics of defects in carbon nanotubes: Atomistic and multiscale simulations

    Sulin Zhang;Steven L. Mielke;Roopam Khare;Diego Troya;Diego Troya

  • Lithium whisker growth and stress generation in an in situ atomic force microscope–environmental transmission electron microscope set-up

    Liqiang Zhang;Liqiang Zhang;Tingting Yang;Congcong Du;Qiunan Liu

  • Progressive growth of the solid-electrolyte interphase towards the Si anode interior causes capacity fading.

    Yang He;Yang He;Lin Jiang;Tianwu Chen;Yaobin Xu

  • Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls.

    Yao Zhang;Jingyi Yu;Xuan Wang;Daniel M. Durachko

  • Coupling of electrochemically triggered thermal and mechanical effects to aggravate failure in a layered cathode.

    Pengfei Yan;Pengfei Yan;Jianming Zheng;Tianwu Chen;Langli Luo

  • Role of nanoparticle geometry in endocytosis: laying down to stand up.

    Changjin Huang;Yao Zhang;Hongyan Yuan;Huajian Gao

  • Inward lithium-ion breathing of hierarchically porous silicon anodes.

    Qiangfeng Xiao;Meng Gu;Hui Yang;Bing Li

  • Orientation-dependent interfacial mobility governs the anisotropic swelling in lithiated silicon nanowires.

    Hui Yang;Shan Huang;Xu Huang;Feifei Fan

  • Self-limiting lithiation in silicon nanowires.

    Xiao Hua Liu;Feifei Fan;Hui Yang;Sulin Zhang

  • Variable Nanoparticle-Cell Adhesion Strength Regulates Cellular Uptake

    Hongyan Yuan;Ju Li;Gang Bao;Sulin Zhang

  • Stress generation during lithiation of high-capacity electrode particles in lithium ion batteries

    S. Huang;F. Fan;J. Li;S. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ting Zhu
Ting Zhu Georgia Institute of Technology
Jian Yu Huang
Jian Yu Huang Yanshan University
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko Northwestern University
Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Chongmin Wang
Chongmin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Adri C. T. van Duin
Adri C. T. van Duin Pennsylvania State University
Akihiro Kushima
Akihiro Kushima University of Central Florida
Scott X. Mao
Scott X. Mao University of Pittsburgh

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