2026 Ya-Ping 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	104	867	827	289	265	356	49635

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Overview

Ya-Ping Sun is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States and specializes primarily in Materials Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Materials Chemistry with additional work in Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of subjects related to nanomaterials and their applications. Key topics include:

Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Graphene research and applications
Thermal properties of materials
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

Their recent scholarly papers demonstrate active engagement in the study of carbon dots and related materials. These include:

Photoexcited state properties and antibacterial activities of carbon dots relevant to mechanistic features and implications, 2020, Carbon
Discovery of Pemigatinib: A Potent and Selective Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) Inhibitor, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Carbon Dots: Zero-Dimensional Carbon Allotrope with Unique Photoinduced Redox Characteristics, 2020, ACS Omega
Superhydrophobic and flame-retardant alginate fabrics prepared through a one-step dip-coating surface-treatment, 2021, Cellulose
Carbon dots for highly effective photodynamic inactivation of multidrug-resistant bacteria, 2020, Materials Advances

Ya-Ping Sun collaborates frequently with several researchers, with multiple joint publications. Notable coauthors include:

Liju Yang
Weixiong Liang
Xiuli Dong
Ping Wang
Yongan Tang

Key venues where Ya-Ping Sun's work has been published repeatedly include:

Nanoscale Advances
ACS Applied Bio Materials
C - Journal of Carbon Research
Chemical Physics Letters
Materials Advances

Best Publications

Quantum-sized carbon dots for bright and colorful photoluminescence.

Ya-Ping Sun;Bing Zhou;Yi Lin;Wei Wang

5340
Citations
Carbon dots for multiphoton bioimaging

Li Cao;Xin Wang;Mohammed J Meziani;Fushen Lu

2412
Citations
Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications

Ya-Ping Sun;Kefu Fu;Yi Lin;Weijie Huang

2138
Citations
Carbon dots for optical imaging in vivo.

Sheng-Tao Yang;Li Cao;Pengju G. Luo;Fushen Lu

1651
Citations
Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes

Yi Lin;Shelby Taylor;Huaping Li;K. A. Shiral Fernando

1129
Citations
Carbon Dots as Nontoxic and High-Performance Fluorescence Imaging Agents

Sheng-Tao Yang;Xin Wang;Haifang Wang;Fushen Lu

1089
Citations
Strong Luminescence of Solubilized Carbon Nanotubes

Jason E. Riggs;Zhixin Guo;and David L. Carroll;† Ya-Ping Sun

1002
Citations
Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging

Pengju G. Luo;Sushant Sahu;Sheng Tao Yang;Sumit K. Sonkar

859
Citations
Photoluminescence properties of graphene versus other carbon nanomaterials.

Li Cao;Mohammed J. Meziani;Sushant Sahu;Ya-Ping Sun

801
Citations
Quantum dots and nanoparticles for photodynamic and radiation therapies of cancer

Petras Juzenas;Wei Chen;Ya Ping Sun;Manuel Alvaro Neto Coelho

784
Citations
Bandgap-like strong fluorescence in functionalized carbon nanoparticles.

Xin Wang;Li Cao;Sheng-Tao Yang;Fushen Lu

764
Citations
Photoinduced electron transfers with carbon dots

Xin Wang;Li Cao;Fushen Lu;Mohammed J. Meziani

760
Citations
Graphene oxide: a nonspecific enhancer of cellular growth.

Oscar N. Ruiz;K. A. Shiral Fernando;Baojiang Wang;Nicholas A. Brown

759
Citations
Attaching Proteins to Carbon Nanotubes via Diimide-Activated Amidation

Weijie Huang;Shelby Taylor;Kefu Fu;Yi Lin

750
Citations
Design and fabrication of carbon dots for energy conversion and storage

Chao Hu;Mingyu Li;Jieshan Qiu;Jieshan Qiu;Ya-Ping Sun

742
Citations
Carbon Nanoparticles as Visible-Light Photocatalysts for Efficient CO2 Conversion and Beyond

Li Cao;Sushant Sahu;Parambath Anilkumar;Christopher E. Bunker

652
Citations
Polymeric Carbon Nanocomposites from Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Matrix Polymer

Yi Lin;Bing Zhou;K. A. Shiral Fernando;Ping Liu

610
Citations
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Polystyrene

Darron E. Hill;Yi Lin;Apparao M. Rao;Lawrence F. Allard

559
Citations
Selective interactions of porphyrins with semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Huaping Li;Bing Zhou;Yi Lin;Lingrong Gu

551
Citations
Soluble Dendron-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Preparation, Characterization, and Properties§,‖

Ya-Ping Sun, ,†;Weijie Huang;Yi Lin;Kefu Fu

495
Citations