主要从事计算物理和计算材料科学研究，基于计算机模拟、理论分析并结合相关实验研究，探索非晶态形成及相关特性的物理本质，研究非晶态物质的结构、物性及其关联；表面/界面物理，研究低维功能材料宏观物性的微观机制；合金材料形变机制等。回国以来主持和参与国家自然科学基金面上项目及科技部重点研发计划等。目前已发表SCI期刊论文60多篇，包括Nature Materials 2 篇、PNAS 1篇、Phys. Rev. Lett. 7篇、Advanced Materials 2 篇、Nature Communications 4 篇、JACS 1篇。
代表性论文：
[1].Lijin Wang, Ning Xu, W. H. Wang, and Pengfei Guan,†, Revealing the Link between Structural Relaxation and Dynamic Heterogeneity in Glass-Forming Liquids, Physical review letters,120, 125502 (2018).
[2].Yuan Chao Hu, Yi Zhi Wang, Rui Su, Cheng Rong Cao, Fan Li, Chun Wen Sun,* Yong Yang, Peng Fei Guan,* Da Wei Ding, Zhong Lin Wang, and Wei Hua Wang*, A Highly Efficient and Self-Stabilizing Metallic-Glass Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Generation, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28(46): 10293-10297.
[3].Guan, P., Lu, S., Spector, M. J., Valavala, P. K., & Falk, M. L. (2013). Cavitation in amorphous solids. Physical review letters,110(18), 185502.
[4].Guan, P. F., Fujita, T., Hirata, A., Liu, Y. H., & Chen, M. W. (2012). Structural origins of the excellent glass forming ability of Pd 40 Ni 40 P 20. Physical review letters, 108(17), 175501.
[5].Guan, P., Chen, M., & Egami, T. (2010). Stress-temperature scaling for steady-state flow in metallic glasses.Physical review letters, 104(20), 205701.
E-mail: pguan@hdu.edu.cn