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D-Index
51
Citations
12546
World Ranking
9770
National Ranking
2763

Xiaolian 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 Xiaolian Sun sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 113 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaolian 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 Xiaolian Sun sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiaolian Sun is affiliated with China Pharmaceutical University in China. Their research primarily spans the intersections of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and engineering, with a concentration on biomedical engineering, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, materials chemistry, and biomaterials.

The core topics explored in Sun's research include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic therapy research studies
  • Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Luminescence properties of advanced materials

Frequent publication venues for Sun's work include:

  • Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • Biomaterials
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Biomaterials Science
  • Nanoscale

Collaborative efforts are notable with several frequent coauthors, including Yiling Ruan, Kai Feng, Jingru Guo, Huihui Liu, and Yi Liu.

Selected recent publications by Xiaolian Sun include:

  • "Renal Clearable Ultrasmall Single-Crystal Fe Nanoparticles for Highly Selective and Effective Ferroptosis Therapy and Immunotherapy", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Persistent luminescence nanoparticles for cancer theranostics application", 2021, Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • "Porous yolk-shell Fe/Fe3O4 nanoparticles with controlled exposure of highly active Fe(0) for cancer therapy", 2020, Biomaterials
  • "Radioiodinated Persistent Luminescence Nanoplatform for Radiation-Induced Photodynamic Therapy and Radiotherapy", 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • "Photocatalytic Conversion of Methane: Current State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Perspectives", 2023, ACS Environmental Au

Best Publications

  • Monodisperse Au nanoparticles for selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO.

    Wenlei Zhu;Ronald Michalsky;Önder Metin;Haifeng Lv

  • Nanoparticle design strategies for enhanced anticancer therapy by exploiting the tumour microenvironment

    Yunlu Dai;Yunlu Dai;Can Xu;Xiaolian Sun;Xiaoyuan Chen

  • Biodegradable Gold Nanovesicles with an Ultrastrong Plasmonic Coupling Effect for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

    Peng Huang;Jing Lin;Wanwan Li;Pengfei Rong

  • Monodisperse Magnetic Nanoparticles for Theranostic Applications

    Don Ho;Xiaolian Sun;Shouheng Sun

  • Toxic Reactive Oxygen Species Enhanced Synergistic Combination Therapy by Self-Assembled Metal-Phenolic Network Nanoparticles.

    Yunlu Dai;Yunlu Dai;Zhen Yang;Siyuan Cheng;Zhongliang Wang

  • Synthesis of ultrathin FePtPd nanowires and their use as catalysts for methanol oxidation reaction.

    Shaojun Guo;Sen Zhang;Xiaolian Sun;Shouheng Sun

  • Ceria nanocrystals decorated mesoporous silica nanoparticle based ROS-scavenging tissue adhesive for highly efficient regenerative wound healing.

    Haibin Wu;Fangyuan Li;Shuaifei Wang;Jingxiong Lu

  • Dumbbell-like PtPd–Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electrochemical Detection of H2O2

    Xiaolian Sun;Shaojun Guo;Yi Liu;Shouheng Sun

  • Ultrasmall Gold Nanorod Vesicles with Enhanced Tumor Accumulation and Fast Excretion from the Body for Cancer Therapy

    Jibin Song;Jibin Song;Xiangyu Yang;Orit Jacobson;Peng Huang

  • Core/Shell Au/CuPt Nanoparticles and Their Dual Electrocatalysis for Both Reduction and Oxidation Reactions

    Xiaolian Sun;Dongguo Li;Yong Ding;Wenlei Zhu

  • Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Using Radiolabeled Inorganic Nanomaterials

    Xiaolian Sun;Weibo Cai;Xiaoyuan Chen

  • Tau-Targeted Multifunctional Nanocomposite for Combinational Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease.

    Qing Chen;Yang Du;Kai Zhang;Zeyu Liang

  • Functional links between Pt single crystal morphology and nanoparticles with different size and shape: the oxygen reduction reaction case

    Dongguo Li;Dongguo Li;Chao Wang;Dusan S. Strmcnik;Dusan V. Tripkovic

  • Renal Clearable Ultrasmall Single-Crystal Fe Nanoparticles for Highly Selective and Effective Ferroptosis Therapy and Immunotherapy.

    Huan Liang;Xiyao Wu;Guizhen Zhao;Kai Feng

  • Tuning exchange bias in core/shell FeO/Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

    Xiaolian Sun;Natalie Frey Huls;Aruna Sigdel;Shouheng Sun

  • Monodisperse gold-palladium alloy nanoparticles and their composition-controlled catalysis in formic acid dehydrogenation under mild conditions.

    Önder Metin;Önder Metin;Xiaolian Sun;Shouheng Sun

  • Peptide-based imaging agents for cancer detection.

    Xiaolian Sun;Yesen Li;Ting Liu;Zijing Li

  • A Sensitive H2O2 Assay Based on Dumbbell‐like PtPd‐Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

    Xiaolian Sun;Shaojun Guo;Chun-Shiang Chung;Wenlei Zhu

  • Electrochemiluminescence of CdSe quantum dots for immunosensing of human prealbumin.

    Guifen Jie;Haiping Huang;Xiaolian Sun;Jun-Jie Zhu

  • Stable single-crystalline body centered cubic Fe nanoparticles.

    Lise-Marie Lacroix;Natalie Frey Huls;Don Ho;Xiaolian Sun

  • Oxygen-vacancy-related dielectric relaxations in SrTiO3 at high temperatures

    C. C. Wang;C. M. Lei;G. J. Wang;X. H. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen National University of Singapore
Shouheng Sun
Shouheng Sun Brown University
Gang Niu
Gang Niu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Shaojun Guo
Shaojun Guo Peking University
Orit Jacobson
Orit Jacobson National Institutes of Health
Jibin Song
Jibin Song Nanyang Technological University
Yunlu Dai
Yunlu Dai University of Macau
Önder Metin
Önder Metin Koç University
Yong Ding
Yong Ding Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology

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