Dali Sun
Bio
Dr. Sun received his PhD in 2009 from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. He did postdoctoral research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2009 to 2011 and at the University of Utah from 2012 to 2014. He continued to work at the University of Utah as a research assistant professor from 2015 to 2016. He recently joined the NC State Department of Physics as an assistant professor.
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Sun’s research interests are in spintronics and optoelectronics of organic semiconductors, magnetic thin films and organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. It includes the studies of organic spin valves, organic light-emitting diodes, hybrid perovskite optoelectronic/spintronics devices, and their device physics. The Sun Research Group at NC State focuses on exploring novel routes for spin injection and detection, magnetic field effect, spin Hall effect and their applications in molecules, polymers and newly emerged materials.
Publications
- Orbital Seebeck effect induced by chiral phonons , Nature Physics (2026)
- Chiral Phonon-Induced Spin Transport via Microscopic Barnett Effect , Physical Review Letters (2025)
- Coexisting Rashba/Dresselhaus Spin Splitting in Solution‐Processed Bournonite Films Using Circular Photogalvanic Effect , Advanced Functional Materials (2025)
- Determination of orbital relaxation in Ti/Ni heterostructure via orbital pumping , Journal of Applied Physics (2025)
- Deterministic Structural Distortion in Mn2+-Doped Layered Hybrid Lead Bromide Perovskite Single Crystals , ACS Nano (2025)
- Discussion leader on spintronics , 2024 Gordon Research Conference about Electron Spin Interactions with Chiral Molecules and Materials (2025)
- Interplay between Chiro-Optical and Spin Transport Properties in Chiral CdSe Quantum Dots , ACS Nano (2025)
- Interplays of CISS and pure spin current in chiral matters , Workshop on chirality-induced spin selectivity (2025)
- Interplays of structural chirality, CISS, and pure spin current in chiral matters , Invited Seminar at the University of Utah (2025)
- Inverse Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity (ICISS) Effect in Chiral Semiconductors: From Steady-State to Terahertz Emission , 5th COPE Workshop on Light-Matter Interactions in Emerging Semiconductors (2025)