Scholar Publications

MOST RECENT JOURNAL PAPERS

L. Sun, Da-Wen Sun, L. Xu, Y. Tian, R. Hu and Z. Zhu, Bioinspired Entangled Hydrogels with Evaporative Cooling and Radiative Cooling for Self-Adaptive Temperature Management,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2026).
J. -H. Cheng, C. Zhang, L. Zhang, Q. Wang, Y. Lin and Da-Wen Sun, Enhancing Food Contaminants Detection by Novel Responsive Gate Sensors: Strategies, Materials and Applications, Food Engineering Reviews, (2026)
T. G. Rinwi, J. Ma and Da-Wen Sun, Enhancing Quality and Safety Monitoring of Cold Chain Foods Through Integrating Chemometrics with Spectroscopy: Concepts and Practical Implementations, Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, (2026).
Y. Tian, Da-Wen Sun, S.-T. Zhang, R. Hu and Z. Zhu, Uncovering Cryoprotective Mechanism of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for Highly Efficient Cryopreservation of Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum, Food Chemistry, 505 (2026) 147834.
Y. Jin, Y. Lin, J.-H. Cheng and Da-Wen Sun, Dual-Enhanced Copper Nanocluster Sensing Label via Metal Ion-Induced Aggregation for On-Site Seafood Freshness Monitoring, Food Chemistry, 504 (2026) 147607.
J.-H. Cheng, J. Li, X. Yang and Da-Wen Sun, Effects of Cold Plasma on Volatile Organic Compounds in Foods: Fundamentals, Mechanisms, and Applications, Food Chemistry, 503 (2026) 147740.
X. Zhang, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Ultra-Strong Green Plastics from Marine-Sourced Alginate Dendritic Colloids and Chitin Nanocrystals with a “Cement–Mortar” Structure, Food Hydrocolloids, 173 (2026) 112142.
X. Zhou, J.-H. Cheng, X. Yang and Da-Wen Sun, Ferroptosis for Food Safety: An Innovative and Sustainable Strategy in Pathogenic Bacteria Inactivation and Antimicrobial Resistance Modulation, Microbiological Research, 303 (2026) 128360.
H. Gao, Z. Zhu, Da-Wen Sun, Determination of Anisotropic Effective Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Leafy Vegetables Via X-ray CT and Finite Element Modelling Using Forward and Inverse Analyses, Journal of Food Engineering, 407 (2026) 112801.
S. Zheng, Z. Zhu and Da-Wen Sun, From Material-Derived to Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Intelligent Hydrogels, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 549 (2026) 217198.
Y. Jin, J. Ma, Y. Lin, J.-H. Cheng andDa-Wen Sun, Intelligent Mobile Diagnostic Platforms for Food Safety Control: Functions, Classifications and Applications, Food Engineering Reviews, 17 (2025) 1036–1058.
T. M. Salami, Da-Wen Sun and Y. Tian, Advancing Future Food Preservation with Green Cryoprotective Agents (GCAs) to Mitigate Ice Damage in Freezing, Food Engineering Reviews, 17 (2025) 927–945.
E. Wang, Da-Wen Sun and Y. Tian, Development of Scale-Up Isochoric Freezing Equipment for Better Preserving Litchi Fruit: Basic Characteristics, Aroma Quality, and Water Status, Food Chemistry, 496 (2025) 146839.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Meta-Terahertz Sensing: Metamaterial-Enhanced Rapid and Efficient Detection of Food Contaminants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 524 (2025) 169480.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Intelligent Non-Invasive Testing of Food Quality: Advancing Accuracy and Efficiency Powered by Artificial Intelligence, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 166 (2025) 105357.
X. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Enhancing Food Safety and Quality: Multiplex Detection Using Smart Nanostructured Molecular Logic Technologies, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [29] (2025) 6441-6459.
Z. Hu, X. Zhu, G. Dong, J. Naibaho, S. Hannon, Da-Wen Sun and B. K. Tiwari, Valorisation of Potato By-products as a Source of Plant Proteins: Novel Extraction Techniques and Potential Applications, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [28] (2025) 5666-5682.
X. Zhang, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Green and Scalable Synthesis of Chitin Nanocrystals via Microwave-Assisted Hydrolysis Using Recyclable Ferric Chloride Hexahydrate, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13 [38] (2025) 16091–16106.
L. Xu and Da-Wen Sun, Multifunctional Radiative Cooling Materials: A Transformative Pathway for Zero-Energy Food Preservation and Postharvest Management, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 165 (2025) 105332.
S. Zheng, Da-Wen Sun and Z. Zhu, Intelligent Hydrogels: Food Detection, Preservation and Delivery Driven by Material-Derived Intelligence, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 165 (2025) 105247.
S. Wang, S. Miao and Da-Wen Sun, Modulating Physicochemical and Interfacial Properties of Faba Bean Proteins Under Thermal Treatment and pH Shifting: Implications for Emulsion Stabilization, Food Research International, 221 (2025) 117507.
Y. Chi, H. Cheng, Da-Wen Sun, L. Huang, Q. He and B. Shi, Food Nanozymology: Nanozyme Engineering Toward Future Food, Advanced Materials, 37 [35] (2025) 2505552.
Y. Fu, Z. Zhang and Da-Wen Sun, Continuous Monitoring of Moisture Loss of Beef, Beetroot, and Banana Slices During Microwave Vacuum Dehydration by using THz-TDS combined with Transformer-based Neural Network, Journal of Food Engineering, 406 (2026) 112774.
Y.-M. Zhao, L. Zhang, Y. Bao, Y. Guo, H. Ma, R. He, P. Bourke, and Da-Wen Sun, The Inhibitory Mechanisms of Plasma-Activated Water on Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas Fluorescens by Disrupting Quorum Sensing, Food Research International, 221 (2025) 117436.
C. Tang, J.-H. Cheng and Da-Wen Sun, Structure-Activity Relationships and Activity Enhancement Techniques of Marine Bioactive Peptides (MBPs), Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [25] (2025) 4941-4963.
Z. Zhu, S. Huang and Da-Wen Sun, Pd/His@SiO2 Colourimetric Sensor Array for Ethylene Monitoring Under Variable Temperature and Humidity Conditions, Food Chemistry, 493 (2025) 145964.
H. Pu, C. Shi and Da-Wen Sun, Advanced Supramolecular Food Safety Sensing Technology: Principles and Applications, Food Chemistry, 493 (2025) 145698.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Dual-Band Terahertz Metamaterial Sensor Integrated with Deep Learning for Synergistic Identification of Red Wine Varieties, Chemical Engineering Journal, 520 (2025) 166006.
X.-Y. Liu, Da-Wen Sun and Y. Tian, Revolutionizing Cryopreservation: Bio-Based Cryoprotectants, Mechanisms, and Advanced Applications for Sustainable Pan-Food Systems, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 163 (2025) 105164.
Y. Zhang, Da-Wen Sun and L. Xu, Bacterial Cellulose-Driven Sustainable Food Packaging Innovations: Biosynthesis, Functionalization, and Applications, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 163 (2025) 105167.
K. Zhang, L. G. Gómez-Mascaraque, F. Garavand, M. Zhao, Da-Wen Sun and B. K. Tiwari, Green Modification of Rheological Properties of Agar and Alginate Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets (APPJ), Algal Research, 90 (2025) 104214.
C. Tang, J.-H. Cheng, H. Zhong, J. Li and Da-Wen Sun, Effects of Cold Plasma-Assisted Alcalase on the Structure, Allergenicity and Epitopes of Shrimp Tropomyosin, Food Chemistry, 492 (2025) 145284.
G. Dong, Z. Hu, X. Zhu, J. McGuire, Da-Wen Sun and B. K. Tiwari, Multifactorial Analysis of Allergen Variability in Alaria esculenta Seaweed: Influence of Drying Techniques, Harvesting Methods, and Pre-Treatments, Algal Research, 90 (2025) 104177.
Y. Lin, J.-H. Cheng, J. Ma, C. Zhou and Da-Wen Sun, Elevating Nanomaterial Optical Sensor Arrays through the Integration of Advanced Machine Learning Techniques for Enhancing Visual Inspection of Food Quality and Safety, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [19] (2025) 3628-3649.
M. Lv, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Defect-Engineered MOF-Based Magnetic SERS Substrate with “Berries-on-Hedgehog” Morphology for Sensitive Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues in Rice Samples, Food Chemistry, 489 (2025) 145172.
G. Dong, Z. Hu, J. Tang, R. S. Das, Da-Wen Sun and B. K. Tiwari, Reducing Anti-Nutritional Factors in Pea Protein Using Advanced Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Ultrasonication, and High-Pressure Processing Technologies, Food Chemistry, 488 (2025) 144834.
H. Gao, Z. Zhu and Da-Wen Sun, Determination of Porosity and Permeability Correlation of Leafy Vegetable based on X-ray Computed Tomography and Cell Segmentation, Journal of Food Engineering, 401 (2025) 112545.
N. Lin, Y. Ren and Da-Wen Sun, Advancements in Novel Polysaccharide Analysis: Emerging Spectral Technology Approaches, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 162 (2025) 105037.
Q. Yang, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Chiral Spiny L-Au@Ag@ZIF-8 Three-Layer Core-Shell SERS Substrate for Sensitive Detection of Quinalphos in Tangerines, Food Chemistry, 485 (2025) 144433.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Fast Real-Time Monitor of Rice Grains Infested with Sitophilus Oryzae Based on Terahertz Imaging Combined with Machine Learning, Food Control, 176 (2025) 111290.
J.-H. Cheng, M. Chen and Da-Wen Sun, Ethylene Synergism Control Using Integrated Cold Plasma Technologies to Enhance Fruit and Vegetable Quality, Food Engineering Reviews, 17 [1] (2025) 55–74.
T. Gao, Y. Tian, J. Ma and Da-Wen Sun, Effects of Chain Lengths and Unsaturation Degrees of Fatty Acids on Microwave-Processed Wheat Starch-Fatty Acid Complexes: Structure, Digestion, and Storage Stability, Food Chemistry, 484 (2025) 144309.
T. Gao, Y. Tian, F. Pan and Da-Wen Sun, Exploring the Moisture Absorption Behaviours of Microwave-Processed Wheat Starch-Stearic Acid Complexes from A Molecular View, Food Chemistry, 482 (2025) 144164.
R. Hu, Da-Wen Sun and Y. Tian, Emerging Eutectogel Materials: Development, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications in Food Science, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 159 (2025) 104962.
L. Sun, Da-Wen Sun, L. Xu, Y. Tian, R. Hu and Z. Zhu, Hydrogel-Elastomer Hybrid Integrated with Radiative and Evaporative Cooling for Passive Temperature-Adaptive Regulation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 512 (2025) 162083.
R. Biswas, A.S.M. Sayem, M. Alam, Da-Wen Sun and M. A. Hossain, Combined Ultrasound and Osmotic Pretreatment as Innovative Preservation Strategies for Enhancing the Quality of Dried Mango Slices, LWT - Food Science and Technology, 223 (2025) 117702.
M. Rashvand, Y. Ren, Da-Wen Sun, J. Senge, C. Krupitzer, T. Fadiji, M. S. Miró, A. Shenfield, N. J. Watson and H. Zhang, Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Precision Shelf-Life Prediction in Food Products: Recent Advances and Ongoing Challenges, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 159 (2025) 104989.
J.-H. Cheng, R. Du and Da-Wen Sun, Regulating Bacterial Biofilms in Food and Biomedicine: Unraveling Mechanisms and Innovating Strategies, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [10] (2025) 1894-1910.
M. Liu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Eco-Friendly Lily Bulb-Derived Polysaccharide Aerogel for Efficient Microplastics and Nanoplastics Removal, Carbohydrate Polymers, 357 (2025) 123410.
M. Chen, J.-H. Cheng and Da-Wen Sun, Designing Novel Truncated Aptamers for Sensitive Tropomyosin Detection in Shrimp Products, Journal of Food Engineering, 396 (2025) 112498.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Stacked Long and Short-Term Memory (SLSTM) - Assisted Terahertz Spectroscopy Combined with Permutation Importance for Rapid Red Wine Varietal Identification, Talanta, 291 (2025) 127650.
J. Tang, L. Cases, S. Alves, Da-Wen Sun and B. K. Tiwari, Protein Extraction from Lupin (Lupinus Angustifolius L.) Using Combined Ultrasound and Microwave Techniques: Impact On Protein Recovery, Structure, And Functional Properties, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 115 (2025) 107232.
X. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, Developments in Food Neonicotinoids Detection: Novel Recognition Strategies, Advanced Chemical Sensing Techniques and Recent Applications, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 65 [7] (2025) 1216-1234.
Y. Fu, Y. Ren and Da-Wen Sun, Impacts of Non-Thermal Pretreatments on Banana Slices During Microwave Vacuum Dehydration Using THz-TDS and NIR-HSI Techniques, Journal of Food Engineering, 394 (2025) 112518.
J. Tang, G. Goksen, M. S. Islam, V. Ranade, S. Hannon, Da-Wen Sun and B. K Tiwari, Large-Scale Protein Extraction from Oat Hulls Using Two Hydrodynamic Cavitation Techniques: A Comparison of Extraction Efficiency and Protein Nutritional Properties, Food Chemistry, 471 (2025) 142724.
M. Chen, J.-H. Cheng and Da-Wen Sun, Reduced Graphene Oxide Prepared by Cold Plasma Green Treatment in Liquid Phase for Fluorescence Biosensing of Tropomyosin in Shrimp, Food Chemistry, 468 (2025) 142458.
J. Yu, H. Pu and Da-Wen Sun, An Advanced Deep Learning-Driven Terahertz Metamaterial Sensor for Distinguishing Different Red Wines, Chemical Engineering Journal, 504 (2025) 158177.
H. Gao, Z. Zhu and Da-Wen Sun, Mathematical Modelling of Vacuum Cooling of Leafy Vegetables Using Bidirectional Conjugate Model Combining Heat and Mass Transfer with Leaf Structural Deformation, Applied Thermal Engineering, 258 (2025) 124625.
T. Gao, Da-Wen Sun, Y. Tian, J. Ma and F. Pan, Highly Cost-Effective Wheat Starch-Stearic Acid Complexes Enabled by Microwave Processing: Structural Properties, Anti-Digestion, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Food Chemistry, 464 (2025) 141568.
O. I. Obajemihi, J.-H. Cheng and Da-Wen Sun, Enhancing Moisture Transfer and Quality Attributes of Tomato Slices Through Synergistic Cold Plasma and Osmodehydration Pretreatments During Infrared-Assisted Pulsed Vacuum Drying, Journal of Food Engineering, 387 (2025) 112335.

For a complete list of publications, please visit: https://www.ucd.ie/sun/scholarpublications/

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing, 2nd Edition, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 592 pp., ISBN 978-1-1385-6831-0 (2018).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Modern Techniques for Food Authentication, 2nd Edition, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 814 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-814264-6 (2018).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, 2nd Edition, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 656 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-802232-0 (2016).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, 2nd Edition, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 635 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-411479-1 (2014).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)ComputerVision Technology in the Food and Beverage Industries, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, 528 pp., ISBN 978 0 85709 036 2 (2012).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues, 2^ndEdition, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 664 pp., ISBN 978-1-4398767-8-7 (2012).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Handbook of Food Safety Engineering, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, 840 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4443-3334-3 (2011).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, 2^ndEdition, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 880 pp., ISBN 978-1-4398360-4-0 (2011).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Hyperspectral Imaging for Food Quality Analysis and Control, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 496 pp., ISBN: 978-0-12-374753-2 (2010).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Infrared Spectroscopy for Food Quality Analysis and Control,Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 416 pp.,ISBN:978-0-12-374136-3(2009).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Modern Techniques for Food Authentication, Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 720 pp., ISBN: 978-0-12-374085-4 (2009).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation,Academic Press / Elsevier, San Diego, California, USA, 583 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-373642-0 (2008).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 740 pp., ISBN 978-0-8493-9286-3 (2007).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 737 pp., ISBN 978-1-57444-607-4 (2006).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 640 pp., ISBN 978-1-57444-628-9 (2006).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Emerging Technologies for Food Processing,Academic Press / Elsevier, London, UK, 792 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-676757-5 (2005).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Advances in Food Refrigeration, Leatherhead Publishing, LFRA Ltd., Randalls Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7RY, UK, 482 pp., ISBN 0 905748 83 2 (2001).
P. Febo andDa-Wen Sun(editors),(opens in a new window)The University Structure and Curricula on Agricultural Engineering, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 233 pp., ISBN 92-5-104447-3 (2000).

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

L. Y. ZhengandDa-Wen Sun(editors),(opens in a new window)Future of Food Engineering, special issue ofJournal of Food Engineering,Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 1-128, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 128 pp., ISSN 0260-8774 (2007).
Da-Wen Sunand L. Y. Zheng (editors),(opens in a new window)Progress in Bioproducts Processing and Food Safety, special issue ofJournal of Food Engineering,Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 201-378, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 178 pp., ISSN 0260-8774 (2006).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)Applications of Computer Vision in the Food Industry, special issue ofJournal of Food Engineering,Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 1-142, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 142 pp., ISSN 0260-8774 (2004).
Da-Wen Sun(editor),(opens in a new window)CFD Applications in the Agri-Food Industry, special issue ofComputers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 34, No. 1-3, pp. 1-236, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 236 pp., ISSN 0168-1699 (2002).

CITATION REPORT

Results (as of 23 January 2026) in the Web of Science Core Collection for journal papers published by Professor Sun are as follows:

Publications in Web of Science: 996
Sum of the Times Cited: 65,907
Average Citations per Item: 66.2
h-index: 138

For up-to-date h-index, please visit Publons at (opens in a new window)https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1290658

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