Progress in Materials Science

Article	Citations
Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys	650
Binder jet 3D printing—Process parameters, materials, properties, modeling, and challenges	539
Friction stir welding/processing of metals and alloys: A comprehensive review on microstructural evolution	527
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based smart hydrogels: Design, properties and applications	497
Defects in additive manufactured metals and their effect on fatigue performance: A state-of-the-art review	482
Electrospinning for tissue engineering applications	473
Recent progress on control strategies for inherent issues in friction stir welding	461
Heterostructured materials	453
Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials	415
Multicomponent high-entropy Cantor alloys	393
Characterization of MXenes at every step, from their precursors to single flakes and assembled films	381
Electromagnetic absorption materials: Current progress and new frontiers	358
Recent progress in surface modification of metals coated by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Principle, structure, and performance	343
High-entropy alloys with heterogeneous microstructure: Processing and mechanical properties	315
Conductive polymer ultrafine fibers via electrospinning: Preparation, physical properties and applications	295
Mechanistic models for additive manufacturing of metallic components	286
Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications	261
Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres	257
Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future	254
Properties and applications of additively manufactured metallic cellular materials: A review	239
UiO-66 metal–organic frameworks in water treatment: A critical review	232
Broadband multispectral compatible absorbers for radar, infrared and visible stealth application	225
Toughness and its mechanisms in epoxy resins	219
Functional epoxy vitrimers and composites	219
Recent advances in polymer blend membranes for gas separation and pervaporation	214

From classical thermodynamics to phase-field method	209
Making sustainable aluminum by recycling scrap: The science of “dirty” alloys	204
Conducting polymer-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From mechanisms to applications	199
A review on molten salt synthesis of metal oxide nanomaterials: Status, opportunity, and challenge	198
Emerging metallic systems for additive manufacturing: In-situ alloying and multi-metal processing in laser powder bed fusion	194
Advances in the design and assembly of flexible thermoelectric device	193
Phase structure and properties of sodium bismuth titanate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics	188
Rational design of two-dimensional nanofillers for polymer nanocomposites toward multifunctional applications	174
Environmental degradation of structural materials in liquid lead- and lead-bismuth eutectic-cooled reactors	169
Spin-orbit torques: Materials, mechanisms, performances, and potential applications	158
Heat treatment for metal additive manufacturing	155
Dynamic covalent hydrogels as biomaterials to mimic the viscoelasticity of soft tissues	154
MOF materials as therapeutic agents, drug carriers, imaging agents and biosensors in cancer biomedicine: Recent advances and perspectives	148
Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature – From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices	148
Multifunctional antimicrobial materials: From rational design to biomedical applications	140
Damage tolerant design of additively manufactured metallic components subjected to cyclic loading: State of the art and challenges	137
3D printed electronics: Processes, materials and future trends	134
Are lead-free relaxor ferroelectric materials the most promising candidates for energy storage capacitors?	131
Clustering, nano-scale precipitation and strengthening of steels	131
Biologically modified nanoparticles as theranostic bionanomaterials	127
Pore wetting in membrane distillation: A comprehensive review	123
Recent advances in hot tearing during casting of aluminium alloys	120
Recent advances in MXene-based nanocomposites for electrochemical energy storage applications	118
Additive manufacturing of polymer-derived ceramics: Materials, technologies, properties and potential applications	117
Shear localization in metallic materials at high strain rates	111
Additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys: A state-of-the-art review on process-structure-defect-property relationship	108
A review on the dynamic-mechanical behaviors of high-entropy alloys	106
Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis	104
Alloy design strategies to increase strength and its trade-offs together	102
Bacterial cellulose: Molecular regulation of biosynthesis, supramolecular assembly, and tailored structural and functional properties	101
Materials roles for promoting angiogenesis in tissue regeneration	99
Machine learning for high-entropy alloys: Progress, challenges and opportunities	99
Ion migration and defect effect of electrode materials in multivalent-ion batteries	95
Biomimetic anisotropic hydrogels: Advanced fabrication strategies, extraordinary functionalities, and broad applications	94
Improving biocompatibility for next generation of metallic implants	94
Phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution: Recent applications, perspectives and challenges	94
The strength and stiffness of oriented wood and cellulose-fibre materials: A review	92
Effective parameters on the final properties of NiTi-based alloys manufactured by powder metallurgy methods: A review	91
Light emission of organic luminogens: Generation, mechanism and application	91
High-electromechanical performance for high-power piezoelectric applications: Fundamental, progress, and perspective	91
Self-healing by Diels-Alder cycloaddition in advanced functional polymers: A review	87
Research advances in biomass-derived nanostructured carbons and their composite materials for electrochemical energy technologies	87
Progress in recent sustainable materials for greenhouse gas (NOx and SOx) emission mitigation	86
Micro/nano functional devices fabricated by additive manufacturing	85
Seventy years of Hall-Petch, ninety years of superplasticity and a generalized approach to the effect of grain size on flow stress	85
Modification of Cu current collectors for lithium metal batteries – A review	85
Nucleation and growth in solution synthesis of nanostructures – From fundamentals to advanced applications	84
Five decades of research on the development of eutectic as engineering materials	80
Sustainability through alloy design: Challenges and opportunities	80
Alloys for application at ultra-high temperatures: Nb-silicide in situ composites	80

A review of tribological properties for boron carbide ceramics	80
A comprehensive review on planar boron nitride nanomaterials: From 2D nanosheets towards 0D quantum dots	80
Templating strategies for 3D-structured thermally conductive composites: Recent advances and thermal energy applications	79
Microplastic materials in the environment: Problem and strategical solutions	78
Negative thermal expansion in magnetic materials	78
An evaluation of corrosion processes affecting copper-coated nuclear waste containers in a deep geological repository	78
Cold-sprayed coatings: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear behaviour	77
Recent advances in tribology of high entropy alloys: A critical review	77
On the potential of aluminum crossover alloys	75
The effects of irradiation on CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy and its derivatives	74
Additive manufacturing of biomaterials for bone tissue engineering – A critical review of the state of the art and new concepts	74
A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine	73
A comprehensive review of magnesium-based alloys and composites processed by cyclic extrusion compression and the related techniques	72
Recent development in color tunable phosphors: A review	71
Designed biomass materials for “green” electronics: A review of materials, fabrications, devices, and perspectives	70
Two-dimensional MXene with multidimensional carbonaceous matrix: A platform for general-purpose functional materials	70
Heusler alloys: Past, properties, new alloys, and prospects	69
Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach	68
Carrier-free nanomedicines for cancer treatment	68
Effect of solutes on grain refinement	68
Multifunctional magneto-polymer matrix composites for electromagnetic interference suppression, sensors and actuators	66
Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets: Preparation, heat transport property and application as thermally conductive fillers	65
Indentation of glasses	65
Cyclodextrin-based nanostructures	64
Layered materials for supercapacitors and batteries: Applications and challenges	63
Recent development of advanced precipitation-strengthened Cu alloys with high strength and conductivity: A review	63
The barrier properties of sustainable multiphase and multicomponent packaging materials: A review	63
Two-dimensional antibacterial materials	62
Advances of atomically dispersed catalysts from single-atom to clusters in energy storage and conversion applications	62
3D and 4D lithography of untethered microrobots	61
Nanoparticle drug delivery systems and their applications as targeted therapies for triple negative breast cancer	61
MXene-based aptasensors: Advances, challenges, and prospects	60
Bulk metallic glass composites containing B2 phase	60
Porous nanomaterials: Main vein of agricultural nanotechnology	60
Advanced intermetallic iron aluminide coatings for high temperature applications	59
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials	59
Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components	59
Transition metal ion activated near-infrared luminescent materials	59
Texture evolution in high-pressure torsion processing	59
Scalable multifunctional radiative cooling materials	59
Pathway to understand liquid metal embrittlement (LME) in Fe-Zn couple: From fundamentals toward application	59
Controllable electrical, magnetoelectric and optical properties of BiFeO3 via domain engineering	59
Material-based generation, storage, and utilisation of hydrogen	59
Progress in sensory devices of pesticides, pathogens, coronavirus, and chemical additives and hazards in food assessment: Food safety concerns	59
Void nucleation during ductile rupture of metals: A review	58
Design and engineering of magneto-responsive devices for cancer theranostics: Nano to macro perspective	58
Processing and microstructure of Ti-Cu binary alloys: A comprehensive review	57
Mechanostructures: Rational mechanical design, fabrication, performance evaluation, and industrial application of advanced structures	57
Recent advances in scalable synthesis and performance of Janus polymer/inorganic nanocomposites	56
Biopolymers based aerogels: A review on revolutionary solutions for smart therapeutics delivery	54
Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare	54
Tungsten oxide-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors: Mechanism, fabrication, characterization, multifunctionality, and electrochemical performance	53
Periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs): From synthesis strategies to applications	53
Recent progress and prospects of NASICON framework electrodes for Na-ion batteries	53
Electron probe microanalysis: A review of recent developments and applications in materials science and engineering	53
Transparent tellurite glass-ceramics for photonics applications: A comprehensive review on crystalline phases and crystallization mechanisms	51
Recent advances in aluminium matrix composites reinforced with graphene-based nanomaterial: A critical review	51
Sustainable cellulose and its derivatives for promising biomedical applications	50
Electric field-induced transformations in bismuth sodium titanate-based materials	50
Surface engineering of 2D dielectric polymer films for scalable production of High-Energy-Density films	49
A review on the fatigue cracking of twin boundaries: Crystallographic orientation and stacking fault energy	49
Advanced ion transfer materials in electro-driven membrane processes for sustainable ion-resource extraction and recovery	49
Peel tests for quantifying adhesion and toughness: A review	48
Electrospun fiber-based flexible electronics: Fiber fabrication, device platform, functionality integration and applications	47
Printing of flexible light emitting devices: A review on different technologies and devices, printing technologies and state-of-the-art applications and future prospects	47
Very high cycle and gigacycle fatigue of fiber-reinforced composites: A review on experimental approaches and fatigue damage mechanisms	47
Machine learning for design, phase transformation and mechanical properties of alloys	46
Electrolytes for rechargeable aluminum batteries	46
Nanofabrication through molding	46
Solid state ionics – Selected topics and new directions	45
(Ba, Sr)TiO3/polymer dielectric composites–progress and perspective	45
Application of electrochemical polishing in surface treatment of additively manufactured structures: A review	45
Additive manufacturing of oxide-dispersion strengthened alloys: Materials, synthesis and manufacturing	44
Natural load-bearing protein materials	43
Up-conversion hybrid nanomaterials for light- and heat-driven applications	43
Modelling of defects in aluminium cast products	43
Self-assembly of perovskite nanocrystals	43
Recent progress in polymer dielectric energy storage: From film fabrication and modification to capacitor performance and application	42
A critical review of the ultrastructure, mechanics and modelling of flax fibres and their defects	42
The past, present and future of photonic glasses: A review in homage to the United Nations International Year of glass 2022	41

Polymer brushes: Synthesis, characterization, properties and applications	41
Towards the next generation of machine learning models in additive manufacturing: A review of process dependent material evolution	40
An overview of rare earth coupled lead halide perovskite and its application in photovoltaics and light emitting devices	40
Engineering electrocatalytic fiber architectures	39
Perforated two-dimensional nanoarchitectures for next-generation batteries: Recent advances and extensible perspectives	39
Bio-inspired hemocompatible surface modifications for biomedical applications	39
Advanced metal oxides nanostructures to recognize and eradicate water pollutants	39
Recent advances in two-dimensional ultrathin Bi-based photocatalysts	39
Review of BiScO3-PbTiO3 piezoelectric materials for high temperature applications: fundamental, progress, and perspective	39
Topological hall transport: Materials, mechanisms and potential applications	39
Current development of materials science and engineering towards epidermal sensors	39
Biological and synthetic template-directed syntheses of mineralized hybrid and inorganic materials	39
Glass-ceramics in dentistry: Fundamentals, technologies, experimental techniques, applications, and open issues	38
From renewable biomass to nanomaterials: Does biomass origin matter?	37
A review of carbon fiber surface modification methods for tailor-made bond behavior with cementitious matrices	37
Recent progress in gradient-structured metals and alloys	36
Theory, properties and engineering of 2D magnetic materials	36
Bottom-up hydrothermal carbonization for the precise engineering of carbon materials	36
Holistic computational design within additive manufacturing through topology optimization combined with multiphysics multi-scale materials and process modelling	36
Highly sensing and transducing materials for potentiometric ion sensors with versatile applicability	36
Current status and future direction of metallic and polymeric materials for advanced vascular stents	35
Conductive hydrogels for bioenergy harvesting and self-powered application	35
Zinc sulfide for photocatalysis: White angel or black sheep?	35
Van der Waals heterostructures with one-dimensional atomic crystals	35
Framework structure engineering of polymeric carbon nitrides and its recent applications	34
Solid-state lithium batteries-from fundamental research to industrial progress	34
Ultrasonics in polymer science: applications and challenges	34
In situ/operando regulation of the reaction activities on hetero-structured electrodes for solid oxide cells	34
Recent progress on single atom/sub-nano electrocatalysts for energy applications	33
Materials challenges for aluminum ion based aqueous energy storage devices: Progress and prospects	33
Thermoplasticity of metallic glasses: Processing and applications	33
Reactive oxygen nano-generators for cancer therapy	32
Multiaxial fatigue of additively manufactured metallic components: A review of the failure mechanisms and fatigue life prediction methodologies	32
Cancer nanomedicine based on polyethylenimine-mediated multifunctional nanosystems	31
Toward autonomous laboratories: Convergence of artificial intelligence and experimental automation	31
Fluorine-free MXenes via molten salt Lewis acidic etching: Applications, challenges, and future outlook	31
Nature-inspired reentrant surfaces	30
Fundamentals and advances of ligand field theory in understanding structure-electrochemical property relationship of intercalation-type electrode materials for rechargeable batteries	30
Ferroelectric polycrystals: Structural and microstructural levers for property-engineering via domain-wall dynamics	30
The copper age in cancer treatment: From copper metabolism to cuproptosis	30
Recent progress in low-dimensional nanomaterials filled multifunctional metal matrix nanocomposites	29
Catalytic and pseudocapacitive energy storage performance of metal (Co, Ni, Cu and Mn) ferrite nanostructures and nanocomposites	29
Polymer dielectrics for high-temperature energy storage: Constructing carrier traps	29
Review of the untapped potentials of antimicrobial materials in the construction sector	28
Application of atom probe tomography in understanding high entropy alloys: 3D local chemical compositions in atomic scale analysis	28
Electroactive materials: Innovative antibacterial platforms for biomedical applications	28
When nitrogen reduction meets single-atom catalysts	28
Earth-abundant photoelectrodes for water splitting and alternate oxidation reactions: Recent advances and future perspectives	28