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Zhong-Ming Sun

Zhong-Ming Sun

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
8695
World Ranking
14024
National Ranking
2173

Overview

Zhong-Ming Sun is affiliated with Nankai University in China and specializes in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research output encompasses a broad range of topics and often intersects with inorganic chemistry and materials chemistry. The subfields prominently represented in their work include Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's published work includes contributions to topics such as:

  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystal Structures and Properties

Recent papers reflect a focus on inorganic and materials chemistry, with examples including:

  • "An all-metal fullerene: [K@Au 12 Sb 20] 5−" (2023) published in Science
  • "Urinary exposure of N-nitrosamines and associated risk of esophageal cancer in a high incidence area in China" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "σ-Aromaticity-Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn6Ge16]4− and [Cd6Ge16]4−" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Site-Selective CO2 Reduction over Highly Dispersed Ru-SnOx Sites Derived from a [Ru@Sn9]6- Zintl Cluster" (2020) published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Inorganic Ferrocene Analogue [Fe(P4)2]2-" (2022) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Publication venues where Zhong-Ming Sun frequently publishes include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Zhong-Ming Sun collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alvaro Muñoz-Castro
  • Lei Qiao
  • John E. McGrady
  • Nikolay V. Tkachenko
  • Alexander I. Boldyrev

Best Publications

  • A layer-structured Eu-MOF as a highly selective fluorescent probe for Fe3+ detection through a cation-exchange approach

    Song Dang;En Ma;Zhong-Ming Sun;Hongjie Zhang

  • Se2(B2O7): A New Type of Second-Order NLO Material

    Fang Kong;Shu Ping Huang;Zhong Ming Sun;Jiang Gao Mao

  • A Series of Multifunctional Metal–Organic Frameworks Showing Excellent Luminescent Sensing, Sensitization, and Adsorbent Abilities

    Fei-Yan Yi;Jian-Ping Li;Dai Wu;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • MOF-76: from a luminescent probe to highly efficient U(VI) sorption material.

    Weiting Yang;Zhi-Qiang Bai;Wei-Qun Shi;Li-Yong Yuan

  • Solvents control over the degree of interpenetration in metal-organic frameworks and their high sensitivities for detecting nitrobenzene at ppm level

    Min Guo;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • Highly selective acetone fluorescent sensors based on microporous Cd(II) metal–organic frameworks

    Fei-Yan Yi;Weiting Yang;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • Fe3O4@ZIF-8: a magnetic nanocomposite for highly efficient UO22+ adsorption and selective UO22+/Ln3+ separation.

    Xue Min;Weiting Yang;Yuan-Feng Hui;Chao-Ying Gao

  • Mixed-Ligand Zn-MOFs for Highly Luminescent Sensing of Nitro Compounds

    Hao Wang;Weiting Yang;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • Fast response and highly selective sensing of amine vapors using a luminescent coordination polymer

    Jinlei Chen;Fei-Yan Yi;Hong Yu;Shihui Jiao

  • Polyoxometalates-based heterometallic organic–inorganic hybrid materials for rapid adsorption and selective separation of methylene blue from aqueous solutions

    Fei-Yan Yi;Wei Zhu;Song Dang;Jian-Ping Li

  • Tunable emission based on lanthanide(III) metal-organic frameworks: an alternative approach to white light

    Song Dang;Jian-Han Zhang;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structures of Three New Divalent Metal Carboxylate-Sulfonates with a Layered and One-Dimensional Structure

    Zhong-Ming Sun;Jiang-Gao Mao;Yan-Qiong Sun;Hui-Yi Zeng

  • Tertiary Carbinamine Synthesis by Rhodium‐Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of N‐Unsubstituted Aromatic Ketimines and Alkynes

    Zhong-Ming Sun;Shuo-Ping Chen;Pinjing Zhao

  • A Highly Anisotropic Cobalt(II)-Based Single-Chain Magnet: Exploration of Spin Canting in an Antiferromagnetic Array

    Andrei V. Palii;Oleg S. Reu;Sergei M. Ostrovsky;Sophia I. Klokishner

  • An ultrastable porous metal–organic framework luminescent switch towards aromatic compounds

    Fei-Yan Yi;Ying Wang;Jian-Ping Li;Dai Wu

  • Facile syntheses of monodisperse ultrasmall Au clusters.

    Massimo F. Bertino;Zhong-Ming Sun;Rui Zhang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks Showing Luminescence in the Visible and Near-Infrared Regions with Potential for Acetone Sensing

    Song Dang;Xue Min;Weiting Yang;Fei-Yan Yi

  • A microporous Cu-MOF with optimized open metal sites and pore spaces for high gas storage and active chemical fixation of CO2

    Chao-Ying Gao;Hong-Rui Tian;Jing Ai;Lei-Jiao Li

  • New type of single chain magnet based on spin canting in an antiferromagnetically coupled Co(II) chain

    Zhong-Ming Sun;Andrey V. Prosvirin;Han-Hua Zhao;Jiang-Gao Mao

  • Structural chemistry of uranium phosphonates

    Weiting Yang;T. Gannon Parker;Zhong-Ming Sun

  • Rh(I)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Transformations of Arenecarboxylic Acids: Ligand- and Reagent-Controlled Selectivity toward Hydrodecarboxylation or Heck−Mizoroki Products

    Zhong-Ming Sun;Jing Zhang;Pinjing Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiting Yang
Weiting Yang Hainan University
Jiang-Gao Mao
Jiang-Gao Mao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology
Alexander I. Boldyrev
Alexander I. Boldyrev Utah State University
Zhigang Xie
Zhigang Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hua-Jin Zhai
Hua-Jin Zhai Shanxi University
Jun Li
Jun Li National University of Singapore
Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Hongjie Zhang
Hongjie Zhang Tsinghua University
John E. McGrady
John E. McGrady University of Oxford

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