Tian Cui

17.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
626 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Tian Cui is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian Cui has authored 626 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 473 papers in Materials Chemistry, 225 papers in Geophysics and 136 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Tian Cui's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (225 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (149 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (82 papers). Tian Cui is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (225 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (149 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (82 papers). Tian Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Ukraine. Tian Cui's co-authors include Bingbing Liu, Guangtian Zou, Defang Duan, Yanming Ma, Fubo Tian, Da Li, Xiaoli Huang, Yunxian Liu, Hongyu Yu and Mingguang Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Tian Cui

600 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Pressure-induced metallization of dense (H2S)2H2 with high-Tc superconductivity

2014 788 citations Defang Duan, Fubo Tian et al. profile →
Superhard Monoclinic Polymorph of Carbon

2009 497 citations Tian Cui et al. profile →
Color-Switchable Electroluminescence of Carbon Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

2013 482 citations Yinghui Wang, Tian Cui et al. profile →
Enhancement of superconducting properties in the La–Ce–H system at moderate pressures

2023 92 citations Xiaoli Huang, Dmitrii V. Semenok et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tian Cui China	53	10.1k	4.5k	3.1k	2.4k	2.1k	626	14.0k
Guangtian Zou China	63	11.8k 1.2×	2.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	5.0k 2.4×	499	16.6k
K. Syassen Germany	54	6.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	284	10.0k
Natalia Dubrovinskaia Germany	48	5.1k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	910 0.3×	702 0.3×	466 0.2×	224	7.8k
Victor Milman Germany	37	4.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	762 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	200	7.0k
M. Methfessel Germany	35	7.6k 0.8×	771 0.2×	2.1k 0.7×	4.2k 1.7×	2.5k 1.2×	81	11.9k
Shin‐ichi Orimo Japan	75	17.3k 1.7×	522 0.1×	4.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	5.7k 2.8×	408	20.6k
Lucian A. Constantin Italy	34	8.5k 0.8×	787 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	3.9k 1.6×	3.6k 1.8×	90	12.5k
Richard Dronskowski Germany	63	18.0k 1.8×	798 0.2×	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	7.4k 3.6×	593	26.1k
G. J. Piermarini United States	37	4.0k 0.4×	3.1k 0.7×	736 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	950 0.5×	78	7.7k
J. A. Chevary Canada	9	12.3k 1.2×	785 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	6.3k 2.6×	4.8k 2.3×	11	19.9k

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Li, Hao, Zhenxing Yang, Shuailing Ma, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Toughness of High-Entropy (Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)C Ceramics with SiC Whiskers by High-Pressure and High-Temperature Sintering. Materials. 18(7). 1655–1655. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yuxin, et al.. (2025). Prediction of high-T superconductivity in heavy rare earth metals compressed Be-H alloy backbone. iScience. 28(3). 112098–112098. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Hui, Shuailing Ma, Ning Wang, et al.. (2024). Pressure-induced extreme anisotropic behavior of thermoelectric properties in crystalline β-CuSCN. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1008. 176643–176643. 1 indexed citations

Semenok, Dmitrii V., Di Zhou, Su Chen, et al.. (2024). Unusual metallic state in superconducting A15-type La4H23. National Science Review. 11(12). nwae149–nwae149. 17 indexed citations

Lu, Dabiao, Jie Zhang, Zhao Pan, et al.. (2024). High-pressure synthesized perovskite-type CeTaN<sub>2</sub>O and its magnetic and electrical properties. Acta Physica Sinica. 73(8). 80702–80702.

Tian, Fubo, et al.. (2024). Two novel carbon allotropes with exceptional properties as superhard materials. Diamond and Related Materials. 148. 111492–111492. 1 indexed citations

Ge, Yufei, Chao Zhou, Ningning Wang, et al.. (2024). Structural and superconducting properties in hard Mo2BC. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 123. 106757–106757. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Shuailing Ma, Marc Widenmeyer, et al.. (2024). High‐Pressure Synthesis of Amorphous Si₃N₄ and SiBN‐Based Monoliths without Sintering Additives. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(16). 2 indexed citations

Ge, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Case report: Report of a case of female adnexal malignant tumor of Wolffian origin. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1458817–1458817.

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Liang, Min, et al.. (2023). Impact of varying Nb content on conventional superconductivities in Nb-Si systems. Materials Today Communications. 38. 107666–107666. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Junda, et al.. (2023). Pressure-induced remarkable four-phonon interaction and enhanced thermoelectric conversion efficiency in CuInTe2. Materials Today Physics. 39. 101283–101283. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zihan, Mingyang Du, Wenxuan Chen, et al.. (2023). High-throughput calculation for superconductivity of sodalite-like clathrate ternary hydrides MXH12 at high pressure. Materials Today Physics. 38. 101233–101233. 15 indexed citations

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Xie, Hui, Tian Cui, Xiaolei Feng, et al.. (2022). Structural diversity and hydrogen storage properties in the system K–Si–H. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(21). 13033–13039. 6 indexed citations

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Pan, Lingyun, Hongyu Tu, Fangfei Li, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Binary Nanoparticle Superlattices under High Pressure. physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters. 15(7). 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhao, Da Li, Shuli Wei, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen-rich GaN5 and GaN6 as high energy density materials with modest synthesis condition. Physics Letters A. 383(28). 125859–125859. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenjie, Han Wang, Yue Liu, et al.. (2019). High-Pressure Bonding Mechanism of Selenium Nitrides. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(4). 2397–2402. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, Da Li, Zhao Liu, et al.. (2018). The hardness mechanism and bonding properties of CrN2: A first principle study. Computational Materials Science. 158. 282–288. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunhong, Hongyu Yu, Kuo Bao, et al.. (2018). Emergent property of high hardness for C-rich ruthenium carbides: partial covalent Ru–Ru bonds. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(9). 6108–6115. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Ying, Xilian Jin, Tian Cui, et al.. (2017). Structural stability and electronic property in K₂S under pressure. RSC Advances. 7(12). 7424–7430. 13 indexed citations

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Ma, Yanbin, Defang Duan, Ziji Shao, et al.. (2017). Prediction of superconducting ternary hydride MgGeH₆: from divergent high-pressure formation routes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(40). 27406–27412. 46 indexed citations

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