Using high pressure as a clean tuning knob to induce superconductivity, drive insulator–superconductor transitions, and uncover exotic electronic phases such as quantum criticality and multiple superconducting domes in low-dimensional, van der Waals, and quantum materials.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 146501, 2026 PDF
Discovery: Bulk superconductivity in pressurized antiferromagnetic self-intercalated TMD V1/4VS2.
Solution: First self-intercalated TMD that show superconducticity under pressure.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 066001, 2024 PDF
Discovery: Pressure-sensitive multiple superconducting phases in HfS2 .
Solution: Unconventional superconductivity and structure transition under high pressure and low temperature.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 1301−1309, 2023 PDF
Discovery: Insulator-to-Superconductor Transition in HfS3 under high pressure
Solution: All insulating MX3 compounds have the potential to show superconductivity.
Investigating the strength, plastic deformation, and phase-transition-induced deformation of advanced structural materials and minerals under ultrahigh pressures, with emphasis on dislocation slip systems and transformation plasticity.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116 (30) 14905-14909, 2019 PDF
Discovery: Clear variant selection effect in stress-driven cubic-to-orthrohmbic transition in Mn2O3.
Solution: A reference to demonstrate the variant selection behavior under high pressure.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 135701, 2016 PDF
Discovery: Texture evolution in zircon and scheelite phases in ABO4 type minerals.
Solution: Confirmed the phase transition mechanism and active slip systems for xircon-type materias.

Microstructures 6, 2026018.6, 2026 PDF
Discovery: Anisotropic strength and texture evolution was studied for typical MAX phase Ti3AlC2.
Solution: Reveal the lattice-stress state and deformation in 312 MAX phase under high pressure.
Employing high pressure to dramatically tailor electrical conductivity, optical emission, spin states, and semiconducting behavior in transition-metal oxides and chalcogenides, thereby creating novel functional properties and mapping structure–property relationships.
Phys. Rev. B 110, 165204, 2024 PDF
Discovery: The semiconducting behavior in MnS2 could be kept upto ~50 GPa.
Solution: Confirmed the absence of metallic ground state across the spin state trantion in MnS2 under pressure.

Phys. Rev. B 107, 134118, 2023 PDF
Discovery: Crystal structural and electronic phase transitions were observed in HfS2 under high pressure.
Solution: 2D-to-3D structural phase transition and the intermediate semiconducting phase in HfS2 under pressure.
Focusing on the synthesis of novel multicomponent high-entropy alloys, ceramics, and oxides, and exploring their structural stability, mechanical response, and emergent quantum phenomena such as superconductivity and ferromagnetism under extreme pressure and temperature conditions.

Acta Mater. 285, 120693, 2025 PDF
Discovery: Concurrent existence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in high-entropy carbide.
Solution: Provide an exotic platform to study the correlation between superconductivity and magnetism.

Scripta Mater. 219, 114879, 2022 PDF
Discovery: Texture and lattice strain evolution in rocksalt-type high-entropy oxide under high pressure .
Solution: A dominant slip system transition was proposed for this high-entropy system.