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Finland
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
90
Citations
44882
World Ranking
1657
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Zhipei Sun Aalto University, Finland For pioneering contributions to photonic and optoelectronic applications with low-dimensional materials

Overview

Zhipei Sun is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland, focusing primarily on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Their research encompasses a range of specialized fields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The main topics covered by their work include 2D materials and applications, advanced fiber laser technologies, photonic and optical devices, perovskite materials and applications, laser-matter interactions and applications, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, and photonic crystal and fiber optics.

Sun has published extensively in several scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Light Science & Applications, arXiv (Cornell University), and Nanoscale.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Precise control of the interlayer twist angle in large scale MoS2 homostructures, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Miniaturized spectrometers with a tunable van der Waals junction, 2022, Science
  • Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials, 2022, Nature Reviews Physics
  • Moiré photonics and optoelectronics, 2023, Science
  • A general ink formulation of 2D crystals for wafer-scale inkjet printing, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors of Sun include Harri Lipsanen, Faisal Ahmed, Yunyun Dai, Susobhan Das, and Luojun Du. Collaboration with these researchers reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining expertise from overlapping areas of materials and photonic sciences.

In recognition of contributions to scientific research, Sun was named an OSA Fellow in 2021 for pioneering contributions to photonic and optoelectronic applications with low-dimensional materials.

Best Publications

  • Graphene photonics and optoelectronics

    F. Bonaccorso;Z. Sun;T. Hasan;A. C. Ferrari

  • Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

    Andrea C. Ferrari;Francesco Bonaccorso;Francesco Bonaccorso;Vladimir Fal'ko;Konstantin S. Novoselov

  • Graphene Mode-Locked Ultrafast Laser

    Zhipei Sun;Tawfique Hasan;Felice Torrisi;Daniel Popa

  • Optical modulators with 2D layered materials

    Zhipei Sun;Amos Martinez;Feng Wang

  • Inkjet-printed graphene electronics.

    Felice Torrisi;Tawfique Hasan;Weiping Wu;Zhipei Sun

  • Production and processing of graphene and 2d crystals

    Francesco Bonaccorso;Antonio Lombardo;Tawfique Hasan;Zhipei Sun

  • Nanotube–Polymer Composites for Ultrafast Photonics

    Tawfique Hasan;Zhipei Sun;Fengqiu Wang;Francesco Bonaccorso

  • Nanotube and graphene saturable absorbers for fibre lasers

    Amos Martinez;Zhipei Sun

  • Nonlinear Optics with 2D Layered Materials.

    Anton Autere;Henri Jussila;Yunyun Dai;Yadong Wang

  • Wideband-tuneable, nanotube mode-locked, fibre laser

    F. Wang;A. G. Rozhin;V. Scardaci;Z. Sun

  • Single-nanowire spectrometers

    Zongyin Yang;Thomas Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

  • Graphene Q-switched, tunable fiber laser

    Daniel Popa;Z Sun;Tawfique Hasan;Felice Torrisi

  • Sub 200 fs pulse generation from a graphene mode-locked fiber laser

    D. Popa;Z. Sun;F. Torrisi;T. Hasan

  • Sub 200fs pulse generation from a graphene mode-locked fiber laser

    D. Popa;Z. Sun;F. Torrisi;T. Hasan

  • A stable, wideband tunable, near transform-limited, graphene-mode-locked, ultrafast laser

    Zhipei Sun;Daniel Popa;Tawfique Hasan;Felice Torrisi

  • Black phosphorus ink formulation for inkjet printing of optoelectronics and photonics

    Guohua Hu;Tom Albrow-Owen;Xinxin Jin;Ayaz Ali

  • Vapour–liquid–solid growth of monolayer MoS 2 nanoribbons

    Shisheng Li;Shisheng Li;Yung Chang Lin;Wen Zhao;Jing Wu

  • Polarization and Thickness Dependent Absorption Properties of Black Phosphorus: New Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulse Generation.

    Diao Li;Henri Jussila;Lasse Karvonen;Guojun Ye

  • Versatile multi-wavelength ultrafast fiber laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes.

    Xueming Liu;Dongdong Han;Zhipei Sun;Zhipei Sun;Chao Zeng

  • Tm-doped fiber laser mode-locked by graphene-polymer composite

    M. Zhang;E. J. R. Kelleher;F. Torrisi;Z. Sun

  • Optical modulators with two-dimensional layered materials

    Zhipei Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea C. Ferrari
Andrea C. Ferrari University of Cambridge
Tawfique Hasan
Tawfique Hasan University of Cambridge
Harri Lipsanen
Harri Lipsanen Aalto University
Fengqiu Wang
Fengqiu Wang Nanjing University
Francesco Bonaccorso
Francesco Bonaccorso Italian Institute of Technology
Nasser Peyghambarian
Nasser Peyghambarian University of Arizona
Kaihui Liu
Kaihui Liu Peking University
Jong Hyun Ahn
Jong Hyun Ahn Yonsei University
Shuangchen Ruan
Shuangchen Ruan Shenzhen University
Dapeng Yu
Dapeng Yu Peking University

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