主要研究方向为激光微纳制造及光子集成应用，在Science（2篇）、Nature Photonics、Nature Communications、Science Advances等期刊发表论文70余篇，成果被Nature、Science、Nature Photonics、Nature Materials等刊物和媒体专题报道100余次，部分成果获得“Nature 2018年诺贝尔物理学奖专题”收录，2018年和2023年两次入选美国光学学会光学年度进展，入选2022年中国光学十大进展、2022中国光学领域十大社会影响力事件、2023年中国重大技术十大进展、中国半导体十大研究进展提名奖等。
代表性论文（#共同一作，*通讯作者）：
[1] F. Li#, S.-F. Liu#, W. Liu#, Z.-W. Hou, J. Jiang, Z. Fu, S. Wang, Y. Si, S. Lu, H. Zhou, D. Liu, X. Tian, H. Qiu, Y. Yang, Z. Li, X. Li, L. Lin*, H.-B. Sun*, H. Zhang*, J. Li*, "3D Printing of Inorganic Nanomaterials by Photochemically Bonding Colloidal Nanocrystals". Science, 381 (6665), 1468-1474 (2023). (Featured by Research Highlights and Perspective in Science, also highlighted by Nature, Nature Materials, and Nature Reviews Materials, etc)
[2] S.-F. Liu#, Z.-W. Hou#, L. Lin*, F. Li, Y. Zhao, X.-Z. Li, H. Zhang, H.-H. Fang, Z. Li, H.-B. Sun*, "3D Nanoprinting of Semiconductor Quantum Dots by Photoexcitation-Induced Chemical Bonding". Science, 377 (6610), 1112-1116 (2022). (Featured by Research Highlights and Perspective in Science, Phy.org, Chemistry World, Physics Today, Guang Ming Daily, Tsinghua News, etc)
[3] L. Lin#, M. Wang#, X. Peng#, E. N. Lissek, Z. Mao, L. Scarabelli, E. Adkins, S. Coskun, H. E. Unalan, B. A. Korgel, L. M. Liz-Marzán, E.-L. Florin, Y. Zheng*, "Opto-Thermoelectric Nanotweezers". Nature Photonics, 12 (4), 195-201 (2018). (Selected as Nature’s Collection of Nobel Prize in Physics 2018, Year in Optics 2018 by OSA-OPN, 2019 Co-op Best Paper Award; Highlighted by over 20 media outlets including News and Views in Nature Photonics, UT News, Nanowerk, Phys.org, Azo Nano, The Daily Texan, ScienceDaily, Azonano, Eurekalert, OSA-OPN, etc.)
[4] S.-X. Li#, G.-Y. Huang#, H. Xia*, T. Fu, X.-J. Wang, X. Zeng, X. Liu, Y.-H. Yu, Q.-D. Chen, L. Lin*, H.-B. Sun*, "Nanoimprint crystalithography for organic semiconductors". Nature Communications 16, 3636 (2025).
[5] X.-G. Chen, L. Lin*, G.-Y. Huang, X.-M. Chen, X.-Z. Li, Y.-K. Zhou, Y. Zou, T. Fu, P. Li, Z. Li*, H.-B. Sun*, "Optofluidic Crystallithography for Directed Growth of Single-Crystalline Halide Perovskites". Nature Communications, 15 (1), 3677 (2024).
[6] L. Lin, J. Zhang, X. Peng, Z. Wu, A. C. H. Coughlan, Z. Mao, M. A. Bevan, Y. Zheng*, "Opto-Thermophoretic Assembly of Colloidal Matter". Science Advances, 3 (9), e1700458 (2017). (Highlighted by Laser Focus World, Nanowerk, Nanotechweb, etc)