李述湯其主要研究成果“金剛石及新型碳基材料的成核與生長”,“氧化物輔助合成一維半導體納米材料及套用” 先後榮獲德國洪堡基金會研究成就獎 (Humboldt Research Award)和香港裘槎基金會高級研究成就獎(Croucher Senior Research Fellowship),並於2003年及2005年兩次獲得國家自然科學二等獎。其研究成果在國際材料科學界占有重要地位,其學術水平得到了廣泛的肯定,是香港和內地納米和材料科技界的領軍人物。1994年以來在香港地區先後成功策劃、主持了30餘項大型研究項目,獲得香港研究資助局和創新科技基金6000餘萬港元的研究資助。
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