OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
High-entropy ceramics: Review of principles, production and applications	417
Architected cellular materials: A review on their mechanical properties towards fatigue-tolerant design and fabrication	394
Additive manufacturing of structural materials	331
Additive manufacturing of metallic lattice structures: Unconstrained design, accurate fabrication, fascinated performances, and challenges	278
Porous ceramics: Light in weight but heavy in energy and environment technologies	221
Electromagnetic absorber converting radiation for multifunction	192
Graphitic carbon nitride-based materials for photocatalytic antibacterial application	173
Flame retardant polymer materials: An update and the future for 3D printing developments	161
Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications	159
Thermoelectric coolers for on-chip thermal management: Materials, design, and optimization	156
Polymer informatics: Current status and critical next steps	142
Structure-properties relationships of cellular materials from biobased polyurethane foams	138
Electrospun ultrafine fibers for advanced face masks	135
Collagen- and hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and their biomedical applications	133
Smart fire-warning materials and sensors: Design principle, performances, and applications	129
Fundamentals and application of solid-state phase transformations for advanced high strength steels containing metastable retained austenite	119
3D printing of bulk metallic glasses	106
Materials design and preparation for high energy density and high power density electrochemical supercapacitors	100
Heterostructured stainless steel: Properties, current trends, and future perspectives	94
A comprehensive review of template-assisted porous carbons: Modern preparation methods and advanced applications	87
Rechargeable alkaline zinc–manganese oxide batteries for grid storage: Mechanisms, challenges and developments	71
Multi-component ZnO alloys: Bandgap engineering, hetero-structures, and optoelectronic devices	67
Capacitive contribution matters in facilitating high power battery materials toward fast-charging alkali metal ion batteries	66
Stretchable organic optoelectronic devices: Design of materials, structures, and applications	64
Physically transient electronic materials and devices	63

Solution-processable infrared photodetectors: Materials, device physics, and applications	61
Exciplexes in OLEDs: Principles and promises	59
Machine-learning and high-throughput studies for high-entropy materials	59
Advances in shape memory polymers: Remote actuation, multi-stimuli control, 4D printing and prospective applications	56
Ultra-thin ferroelectrics	53
Self-foaming polymers: Opportunities for the next generation of personal protective equipment	53
Shaping and structuring 2D materials via kirigami and origami	50
Machine learning for predicting thermal transport properties of solids	49
3D printing of polymer composites to fabricate wearable sensors: A comprehensive review	48
Material matters in superconducting qubits	48
Nature-inspired materials and structures using 3D Printing	46
Fracture toughness of thermoelectric materials	45
Programmable multi-physical mechanics of mechanical metamaterials	44
Rational design of high-performance wearable tactile sensors utilizing bioinspired structures/functions, natural biopolymers, and biomimetic strategies	41
Amorphization by mechanical deformation	40
Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPE	39
Roadmap for flexible solid-state aqueous batteries: From materials engineering and architectures design to mechanical characterizations	36
Approaches to deformable physical sensors: Electronic versus iontronic	35
Biofunctional chitosan–biopolymer composites for biomedical applications	33
Emerging applications of metal-organic frameworks and derivatives in solar cells: Recent advances and challenges	32
Toward color-selective printed organic photodetectors for high-resolution image sensors: From fundamentals to potential commercialization	32
Fabrication of biomass-based functional carbon materials for energy conversion and storage	30
Applications and multidisciplinary perspective on 3D printing techniques: Recent developments and future trends	29
Butterfly inspired functional materials	28
Recent applications of machine learning in alloy design: A review	27
Topological quantum matter to topological phase conversion: Fundamentals, materials, physical systems for phase conversions, and device applications	27
AIEgen for cancer discrimination	26
Nature inspired emerging sensing technology: Recent progress and perspectives	24
Perspectives for multiphase mechanical metamaterials	23
Aerogel-based solar-powered water production from atmosphere and ocean: A review	23
Antimicrobial micro/nanorobotic materials design: From passive combat to active therapy	23
Developing new-generation covalent organic frameworks as sustainable catalysts: Synthesis, properties, types and solar energy production	22
Flexible stimuli-responsive materials for smart personal protective equipment	21
Rational designs of mechanical metamaterials: Formulations, architectures, tessellations and prospects	20
Alignment engineering in thermal materials	19
Biomaterials-based bioengineering strategies for bioelectronic medicine	18
Synthesis, properties, and applications of carbyne nanocrystals	17
Recent progress on performance-enhancing strategies in flexible photodetectors: From structural engineering to flexible integration	16
Vitamin needed: Lanthanides in optoelectronic applications of metal halide perovskites	15
Interaction chemistry of functional groups for natural biopolymer-based hydrogel design	15
Biodegradable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass and synthetic plastic waste: An emerging alternative for biomedical applications	12
Recent progress in vanadium dioxide: The multi-stimuli responsive material and its applications	11
The marriage of biochemistry and nanotechnology for non-invasive real-time health monitoring	10
Two-dimensional materials for boosting the performance of perovskite solar cells: Fundamentals, materials and devices	9
Lead-free perovskites and derivatives enable direct and scintillation-type X-ray detection	9
Novel 2D MBenes-synthesis, structure, properties with excellent performance in energy conversion and storage: A review	9
3D printed electrochemical devices for bio-chemical sensing: A review	9
Electrical tracking, erosion and flammability resistance of high voltage outdoor composite insulation: Research, innovation and future outlook	9
Organic microelectrode arrays for bioelectronic applications	9