1) Search for new functional materials and study on the correlation between the structure and physical properties.
2) Physics in High-Tc superconductivity and strongly correlated electron system.
3) Transport and magnetic properties in low dimensional systems and related quantum critical phenomenon.
1) 1998:“National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China”.
2) 2009:"Changjiang Scholars Achievement Award" from Ministry of Education”.
3) 2009:“Outstanding Science &Technology Team Achievement Award” from Hong Kong Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation.
4) 2009:“Ye Qisun Physics Prize” from Chinese Physical Society (2008-2009) .
5) 2010:“The First Prize of Science & Technology in Scientific Research for Colleges and Universities”.
6) 2010:“The First Prize of Science and Technology in Anhui province”.
7) 2013: “the first prize of The National Natural Science Award”.
8) 2015: “Bernd T. Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials”.
1) Superconductivity at 43 K in Samarium-arsenide Oxides SmFeAsO1-xFx X. H. Chen, T. Wu, G. Wu, R. H. Liu, H. Chen and D. F. Fang Nature 453,761-762 (2008).
2) A large iron isotope effect in SmFeAsO1-xFx and Ba1-xKxFe2As2 R. H. Liu, T. Wu, G. Wu, H. Chen, X. F. Wang, Y. L. Xie, J. J. Yin, Y. J. Yan, Q. J. Li, B. C. Shi, W. S. Chu, Z. Y. Wu and X. H. Chen Nature 459, 64-67 (2009).
3) The BCS like gap in superconductor SmFeAsO0.85F0.15T. Y. Chen, Z. Tesanovic, R. H. Liu, X. H. Chen, C. L. Chien Nature 453, 1224 (2008).
4) Coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in (Li0.8Fe0.2)OHFeSe X. F Lu, N. Z. Wang, H. Wu, Y. P. Wu, D. Zhao, X. Z. Zeng, X. G. Luo, T. Wu, W. Bao, G. H. Zhang, F. Q. Huang, Q. Z. Huang, X. H. Chen Nature Materials 14, 325-329 (2015).
5) Black phosphorus field-effect transistors L. K. Li, Y. J. Yu, G. J. Ye, Q. Q.Ge, X. D.Ou, H. Wu, D. L.Feng, X. H. Chen, and Y. B. Zhang Nature Nanotechnology 9, 372-377 (2014).
6) Quantum oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas in black phosphorus thin films L. K. Li, G. J. Ye, V. Tran, R. X.Fei, G. R. Chen, H. C. Wang, J. Wang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Yang, X. H. Chen and Y. B. Zhang Nature Nanotechnology 10, 613-618 (2015).
7) Measurements of the Anisotropic In-Plane Resistivity of Underdoped FeAs-Based Pnictide Superconductors J. J. Ying, X. F. Wang, T. Wu, Z. J. Xiang, R. H. Liu, Y. J. Yan, A. F. Wang, M. Zhang, G. J. Ye, P. Cheng, J. P. Hu, and X. H. Chen Phys. Rev. Lett., 107,067001 (2011).
8) Superconductivity at 5 K in alkali-metal-doped phenanthrene X. F. Wang, R. H. Liu, Z. Gui, Y. L. Xie, Y. J . Yan, J. J. Ying, X. G. Luo, and X. H. Chen Nat. Commun. 2, 507 (2011).
9) Novel dynamical effects and glassy response in strongly correlated electronic system G. Y. Wang, X. H. Chen, T. Wu, X. G. Luo, W. T. Zhang, G. Wu Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 146402 (2008).
10) Phase Diagram and Quantum phase transition in Newly Discovered Superconductors: SmO1-xFxFeAs R. H. Liu, G. Wu, T. Wu, D. F. Fang, H. Chen, S. Y. Li, K. Liu, Y. L. Xie, X. F. Wang, R. L. Yang, C. He, D. L. Feng and X. H. Chen Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 087001 (2008).