Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
| luyi.sun@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 486-6895 |
| Mailing Address | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Engineering II, Room 204 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3222 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Link | Research Website |
| Google Scholar Link | |
Brief Bio
Luyi Sun, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was awarded the Fellowship in 2021. Sun studies polymeric materials, ceramics and glasses, and composites with a focus on designing materials with unique structure for specific applications, such as packaging, energy, or catalysis.
Dr. Luyi Sun is a globally recognized materials scientist and professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut, where he also holds a joint appointment in the Institute of Materials Science. Since joining UConn in 2013, he has led an internationally renowned research program focused on nanostructured hybrid materials for functional, environmental, and energy-related applications.
Dr. Sun has also demonstrated sustained leadership in academic and professional service. As Director of the UConn Polymer Program from 2018 to 2021, he expanded faculty engagement and strengthened the program’s profile. He has held leadership roles in national scientific organizations and organized more than 80 symposia around the world. His editorial work includes serving as Associate Editor of Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials.
Due to his outstanding record of research innovation, teaching, mentorship, and professional service, Dr. Luyi Sun strongly merits recognition as a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor.
- Multi-functional nanostructured materials for structural, functional, environmental, and energy related applications
- Wearable electronics and soft robotics
- Polymeric materials and new polymer processing development
- Layered compounds
- Green science and engineering
- Hydrates and porous materials for energy storage and CO2 capture
| Synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene oxide/reduced graphene oxide and their nanocomposites
AT Smith, AM LaChance, S Zeng, B Liu, L Sun
Nano Materials Science 1 (1), 31-47
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| Preparation of two dimensional layered double hydroxide nanosheets and their applications
J Yu, Q Wang, D O'Hare, L Sun
Chemical Society Reviews 46 (19), 5950-5974
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| Silicon-based materials from rice husks and their applications
L Sun, K Gong
Industrial & engineering chemistry research 40 (25), 5861-5877
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| Multifunctional composite core–shell nanoparticles
S Wei, Q Wang, J Zhu, L Sun, H Lin, Z Guo
Nanoscale 3 (11), 4474-4502
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| Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?
M Smiglak, WM Reichert, JD Holbrey, JS Wilkes, L Sun, JS Thrasher, ...
Chemical Communications, 2554-2556
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| Preparation of α-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios
L Sun, WJ Boo, HJ Sue, A Clearfield
New Journal of Chemistry 31 (1), 39-43
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| Ultralong lifetime and efficient room temperature phosphorescent carbon dots through multi-confinement structure design
Y Sun, S Liu, L Sun, S Wu, G Hu, X Pang, AT Smith, C Hu, S Zeng, ...
Nature Communications 11 (1), 5591
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| Mechanical properties of surface-functionalized SWCNT/epoxy composites
L Sun, GL Warren, JY O’reilly, WN Everett, SM Lee, D Davis, D Lagoudas, ...
Carbon 46 (2), 320-328
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| Large-Scale and Controllable Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots from Rice Husk Biomass: A Comprehensive Utilization Strategy
Z Wang, J Yu, X Zhang, N Li, B Liu, Y Li, Y Wang, W Wang, Y Li, L Zhang, ...
ACS applied materials & interfaces 8 (2), 1434-1439
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| Synthesis and properties of polystyrene/graphite nanocomposites
M Xiao, L Sun, J Liu, Y Li, K Gong
Polymer 43 (8), 2245-2248
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| Bio-inspired sensitive and reversible mechanochromisms via strain-dependent cracks and folds
S Zeng, D Zhang, W Huang, Z Wang, SG Freire, X Yu, AT Smith, ...
Nature communications 7, 11802
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| Functionalized layered double hydroxides for innovative applications
M Laipan, J Yu, R Zhu, J Zhu, AT Smith, H He, D O'Hare, L Sun
Materials Horizons 7 (3), 715-745
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| Poly (propylene)/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites: melt rheological behavior and thermal, electrical, and electronic properties
Y Li, J Zhu, S Wei, J Ryu, L Sun, Z Guo
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 212 (18), 1951-1959
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| High Performance Composite Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries
P Fan, H Liu, V Marosz, NT Samuels, SL Suib, L Sun, L Liao
Advanced Functional Materials 31 (23), 2101380
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| Biomimetic nanocoatings with exceptional mechanical, barrier, and flame-retardant properties from large-scale one-step coassembly
F Ding, J Liu, S Zeng, Y Xia, KM Wells, MP Nieh, L Sun
Science advances 3 (7), e1701212
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| A critical review on the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury in flue gases
Y Gao, Z Zhang, J Wu, L Duan, A Umar, L Sun, Z Guo, Q Wang
Environmental science & technology 47 (19), 10813-10823
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| Silica nanoparticles and frameworks from rice husk biomass
W Wang, JC Martin, X Fan, A Han, Z Luo, L Sun
ACS applied materials & interfaces 4 (2), 977-981
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| Graphene quantum dots: versatile photoluminescence for energy, biomedical, and environmental applications
Z Wang, H Zeng, L Sun
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (6), 1157-1165
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| Synthesis and properties of CO2-based plastics: Environmentally-friendly, energy-saving and biomedical polymeric materials
Y Xu, L Lin, M Xiao, S Wang, AT Smith, L Sun, Y Meng
Progress in Polymer Science 80, 163-182
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| Extraction of Lignocellulose and Synthesis of Porous Silica Nanoparticles from Rice Husks: A Comprehensive Utilization of Rice Husk Biomass
H Chen, W Wang, JC Martin, AJ Oliphant, PA Doerr, JF Xu, KM DeBorn, ...
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 1 (2), 254-259
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