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Yong Sun is affiliated with De Montfort University in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research focuses on diverse topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Polymer composites and self-healing, Tribology and Wear Analysis, Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, and Phase Change Materials Research.

Yong Sun has authored several papers, including:

  • A comparative study of the tribocorrosion behaviour of low temperature nitrided austenitic and duplex stainless steels in NaCl solution, 2020, Tribology International
  • Comparison of Wear Performance of Low Temperature Nitrided and Carburized 316L Stainless Steel under Dry Sliding and Corrosive-Wear Conditions, 2022, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
  • Efficient catalytic hydrogenation of furfural over cobalt-based catalysts with adjustable acidity, 2023, Chemical Engineering Science
  • Tribocorrosion performance of 316L stainless steel enhanced by laser clad 2-layer coating using Fe-based amorphous powder, 2022, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • Green and efficient selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over hybrid CoOx/Nb2O5 nanocatalyst in water, 2023, Molecular Catalysis

Frequent co-authors with whom Yong Sun has collaborated include:

  • Zhenglong He
  • R.A. Bailey
  • Shuanglin Song
  • Jirong Xue
  • Xiulin Ji

Yong Sun regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Materials
  • Lubricants
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Best Publications

  • Plasma surface engineering of low alloy steel

    Y. Sun;T. Bell

  • Sliding Wear Characteristics and Corrosion Behaviour of Selective Laser Melted 316L Stainless Steel

    Yong Sun;Adam Moroz;K. Alrbaey

  • Realising the potential of duplex surface engineering

    T Bell;H Dong;Y Sun

  • X-ray diffraction characterisation of low temperature plasma nitrided austenitic stainless steels

    Y. Sun;X. Y. Li;T. Bell

  • Environmental and technical aspects of plasma nitrocarburising

    T Bell;Y Sun;A Suhadi

  • Thick rutile layer on titanium for tribological applications

    D. Siva Rama Krishna;Y.L. Brama;Y. Sun

  • Finite element analysis of the critical ratio of coating thickness to indentation depth for coating property measurements by nanoindentation

    Y. Sun;T. Bell;S. Zheng

  • Low temperature plasma carburising of austenitic stainless steels for improved wear and corrosion resistance

    Y. Sun;X. Li;T. Bell

  • Sliding wear characteristics of low temperature plasma nitrided 316 austenitic stainless steel

    Y. Sun;T. Bell

  • Tribocorrosion behaviour of AISI 304 stainless steel in 0.5M NaCl solution.

    Yong Sun;Vipul Rana

  • Finite element analysis of plastic deformation of various TiN coating/ substrate systems under normal contact with a rigid sphere

    Y. Sun;A. Bloyce;T. Bell

  • A numerical model of plasma nitriding of low alloy steels

    Y. Sun;T. Bell

  • Kinetics of low temperature plasma carburizing of austenitic stainless steels

    Y. Sun

  • Dry sliding wear resistance of low temperature plasma carburised austenitic stainless steel

    Y Sun;T Bell

  • AlN films deposited under various nitrogen concentrations by RF reactive sputtering

    H. Cheng;Yong Sun;J. X. Zhang;Y. B. Zhang

  • Sliding wear behaviour of surface mechanical attrition treated AISI 304 stainless steel

    Yong Sun

  • Friction behaviour of TiN, CrN and (TiAl)N coatings

    Z.P. Huang;Y. Sun;T. Bell

  • Structural characteristics of low temperature plasma carburised austenitic stainless steel

    Y. Sun;X. Li;T. Bell

  • Enhanced corrosion resistance of duplex coatings

    H. Dong;Y. Sun;T. Bell

  • Wear behaviour of plasma-nitrided martensitic stainless steel

    Yong Sun;Tom Bell;G. Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanshan Dong
Hanshan Dong University of Birmingham
Peter Hing
Peter Hing University of Leicester
Ke-Wei Xu
Ke-Wei Xu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhong Chen
Zhong Chen Nanyang Technological University

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