Rate My Professor Liangfeng Sun

Liangfeng Sun is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Bowling Green State University. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University in 1997, a Master of Science in Physics from the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in 2000, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. From 2006 to 2011, he conducted postdoctoral research in Applied Physics at Cornell University. Sun joined Bowling Green State University in 2011 as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017, and advanced to full Professor in 2023. He leads the Sun Research Group, focusing on nanomaterials, and maintains an office at 115 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building (PSLB), with contact phone 419-372-7245.

Sun's research specializes in the colloidal synthesis, photophysics, and optoelectronic applications of low-dimensional nanomaterials, including quantum dots, nanorods, nanosheets, and particularly lead sulfide (PbS) nanocrystals for solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and other devices. His key publications include "Bright infrared quantum-dot light-emitting diodes through inter-dot spacing control" (Nature Nanotechnology, 2012, with J.J. Choi et al.), "Thickness-Controlled Synthesis of Colloidal PbS Nanosheets and Their Thickness-Dependent Energy Gaps" (Chemistry of Materials, 2014, with G.B. Bhandari et al.), "Few-Atom-Thick Colloidal PbS/CdS Core/Shell Nanosheets" (Chemistry of Materials, 2016, with S. Khan et al.), "Bright Colloidal PbS Nanoribbons" (Chemistry of Materials, 2018, with A.D. Antu et al.), and "Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence from PbS Quantum Dots" (Nano Letters, 2009, with L. Bao et al.). Earlier works include contributions to second-harmonic generation studies, such as "Single-Beam and Enhanced Two-Beam Second-Harmonic Generation from Silicon Nanocrystals" (Physical Review Letters, 2005). Sun serves on the editorial board of Advances in Nano Research, reviews for journals including Nature Communications, Nano Letters, and Advanced Materials, and has developed innovative interactive teaching for undergraduate University Physics II and College Physics I, as well as the graduate course Techniques in Experimental Physics incorporating nanomaterials research. He attended the 20th Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop in 2012.