超高压等极端条件对物质结构与性质的影响、极端条件下典型材料中杂质与缺陷的行为、新型功能材料的设计与合成。

1、2005-2010及2011-2015期间两次荣获973项目首席科学家；

2、2012年荣获吉林省科学技术进步奖励委员会/吉林省科技进步一等奖；

3、2014年荣获吉林省委政府/吉林省高级专家；

4、2013年荣获吉林省第四批拔尖创新人才第一层次人选；

5、2013年荣获国家创新人才推进计划重点领域创新团队负责人；

6、2014年荣获国家自然科学二等奖；

7、2015年荣获国家自然科学二等奖；

8、2016年荣获第二批“万人计划”领军人才；

9、2018年荣获第十三届全国政协委员。

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2. Duan, DF; Liu, YX; Tian, FB; Li, D; Huang, XL; Zhao, ZL; Yu, HY; Liu, BB; Tian, WJ; Cui, T；Pressure-induced metallization of dense (H2S)2H2 with high-Tc superconductivity；Scientific Reports；4, 2014；6968.

3. Duan, D.; Huang, X.; Tian, F.; Li, D.; Yu, H.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Y.; Liu, B.; Cui, T.；Pressure-induced decomposition of solid hydrogen sulfide；Physical Review B；86(1)2015； 014118.

4. Jin, XL; Meng, X; He, Z; Ma, YM; Liu, B; Cui, T; Zou, GT; Mao,HK；Superconducting high-pressure phases of disilane；Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 107(22)2010, 9969-9973.

5. Zeng, QF; He, Z; San, XJ; Ma, YM; Tian, FB; Cui, T; Liu, BB; Zou, GT; Mao, HK；A new phase of solid iodine with different molecular covalent bonds；Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 2008, 4999-5001.

6. Duan, DF; Jin, XL; Ma, YM; Cui, T; Liu, BB; Zou, GT；Effect of nonhydrostatic pressure on superconductivity of monatomic iodine: An ab initio study；Phys. Rev. B, 79, 2009, 064518.

7. Xilian Jin, Xiao-Jia Chen, Tian Cui, Ho-kwang Mao, Huadi Zhang, Quan Zhuang, Kuo Bao,Dawei Zhou, Bingbing Liu, Qiang Zhou, and Zhi He, Crossover from metal to insulator in dense lithium-rich compound CLi4, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(9)2016, 2366-2369.

8. Li, D.; Bao, K.; Tian, F. B.; Zeng, Z. W.; He, Z.; Liu, B. B.; Cui, T.；Lowest enthalpy polymorph of cold-compressed graphite phase, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(13), 2012, 4347-4350.

9. Tian, F.; Wang, J.; He, Z.; Ma, Y.; Wang, L.; Cui, T.; Chen, C.; Liu, B.; Zou, G.；Superhard semiconducting C3N2 compounds predicted via first-principles calculations；Physical Review B；78(23)2008, 235431.

10. Zhao, Z. L.; Bao, K.; Li, D.; Duan, D. F.; Tian, F. B.; Jin, X. L.; Chen, C. B.; Huang, X. L.; Liu, B. B.; Cui, T.；Nitrogen concentration driving the hardness of rhenium nitrides；Scientific Reports；4, 2014, 04797.