Yifan Sun

Associate Professor @sjtu1896 | Synthetic Inorganic & Nanomaterials Chemistry

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

New paper out in AFM! We show that NHC-functionalized TMD surfaces unlock ambient H2 activation via an FLP pathway. A fun dive into the molecular functionalization of 2D materials!
https://t.co/Q0sTHnY4u0
#2Dmaterials #FLP #SurfaceChemistry

[De-en Jiang @DeenJiang]

2026 AI for Materials, Energy, and Chemical Sustainability Conference GRC https://t.co/NYNW5z8BBT

[Kecheng Jie @Keychain_Jie]

Interested in how vapor "squeeze" triggers guest release from sponge-like macrocycle crystals? Please check our recent discovery. @angew_chem https://t.co/1e3u1IJZCt

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@NatureSynthesis @sjtu1896 @CHEMISTRYUTK @ORNL Link: https://t.co/gM20Wa90rK

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

Pleased to share our review article on high-entropy materials (HEMs) synthesis in @NatureSynthesis . Controllable, versatile and predictive fabrication of HEMs will be the key towards harmonizing precision and disorder.

[Nature Synthesis @NatureSynthesis]

Review article now online:

Synthesis of high-entropy materials by Yifan Sun @GalaYifan & Sheng Dai @sjtu1896 @CHEMISTRYUTK @ORNL

https://t.co/Gdqj2v3rD4 ($)

[Ray Schaak @RaySchaak]

We’re excited to have our tutorial on crystal structures featured on the cover of ACS Nanoscience Au! We had a lot of fun putting the tutorial together and hope that it’s useful to the community. https://t.co/2EDu1RmViW

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@psu_chemistry @RaySchaak @AmerChemSociety @PSUScience @PSUresearch @penn_state Congrats Ray!!!

[Penn State Chemistry @psu_chemistry]

Congrats to @RaySchaak for being awarded the @AmerChemSociety 2025 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, which recognizes his outstanding achievements in the field!

Read More ➡️ https://t.co/Ykwa02d1ut

@PSUScience @PSUresearch @penn_state #PennStateChemistry

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@ZihaoZhang10 Congrats man!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Watch the Nobel Prize lectures in chemistry.

See the 2023 chemistry laureates Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Yekimov deliver their Nobel Prize lectures.

Where are you watching from?

#NobelPrize
https://t.co/rl2MeGGUjT

[Wei Wang@HIT (Shenzhen) @HitszWang]

My lab at HIT (Shenzhen) is recruting postdoc researchers to study the collective behaviors of active colloids. Both experimentalists and theoreticians are welcome to apply. Background in soft matter, colloids, or microfluidics are bonus. See https://t.co/gekQO5T4zQ for details.

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

Pleased to share our perspective on the structural heterogeneity of nanocatalysts, where complexity emerges from simple nanoscale objects.
Now ASAP in ACS Nanoscience Au🔓

[ACS Nano @acsnano]

Probing and Leveraging the Structural Heterogeneity of Nanomaterials for Enhanced Catalysis.

A perspective from Rui Yang, Zhenghong Bao, Yifan Sun @sjtu1896 @WestVirginiaU

🔓 Open access in ACS Nanoscience Au 👉 https://t.co/dRatZdjHmE

[ACS Central Science @ACSCentSci]

Our NEW issue is now live. Read it here: https://t.co/IHQRZZZ38O
Cover story by Sheng Dai, Jue Liu, & team @ORNL

[News in Nanocrystals Seminar @NiNC_Seminar]

It’s been a little over two years since the start of NiNC! The seminar is now at 1500+ subscribers - thank you to all participants and countless great speakers over these years. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall 🙌

[ACS Central Science @ACSCentSci]

Oxygen defect engineering of ceria nanocrystals is realized by building surface-confined high-entropy oxide layers, which exhibit enhanced CO oxidation capabilities.

ASAP by Sheng Dai, Jue Liu, & team @ORNL

Read here: https://t.co/Savc1OvTzM

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

Delighted to share our work now ASAP in @ACSCentSci , where we demonstrated defect engineering of surface-confined high-entropy oxides for enhanced catalysis.
https://t.co/CbkDPoy39d

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

Congrats Mauricio!

[Mauricio Terrones @Mau_Terrones]

Thank you to all my former and current students, postdocs and collaborators. This is a result of all the hard work. https://t.co/asblURvgsm

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@jhchemistry12 @psu_chemistry Congrats Jim!!!

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@julielfenton @penn_state @psu_chemistry Congrats Julie!!!

[Yifan Sun @GalaYifan]

@JanaOliveras @NiNC_Seminar Thanks Jana! TMDs are good model systems for microscopy. Nice talk and I like your "green tree" illustration :)