OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 12. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	166
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	143
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	142
Designing refractory complex concentrated alloys for extreme environments	115
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	88
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	81
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	72
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	69
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	67
Editorial Board	67
Editorial Board	66
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	65
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	64
Editorial: Special issue on solid-state battery materials, phenomena, and systems	56
Editorial Board	55
High strain rate nanoindentation testing: Recent advancements, challenges and opportunities	54
Solid state lithium metal batteries – Issues and challenges at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface	54
Predicting displacement damage for ion irradiation: Origin of the overestimation of vacancy production in SRIM full-cascade calculations	54
The next generation of nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing	49
History, present status, and future directions of vanadium alloys for fusion reactors	47
Recent advances in describing and driving crystal nucleation using machine learning and artificial intelligence	46
Graphene-based sensors for multiscenario applications: from functional interface engineering to artificial intelligence-driven optimization	46
Review on thermal transport and lattice dynamics of high-entropy alloys containing Ni	45
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	41
Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	38

Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	38
Advances in additive manufacturing of cemented carbides: From powder production to mechanical properties and future challenges	37
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	35
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	35
Current opinions on memristor-accelerated machine learning hardware	34
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	32
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	31
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	30
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	30
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	29
Editorial Board	28
Sampling thermodynamic ensembles of molecular systems with generative neural networks: Will integrating physics-based models close the generalization gap?	28
Autonomous materials research and design: Characterization	28
Advances and opportunities in high-throughput small-scale mechanical testing	27
Editorial Board	27
From high-entropy alloys to alloys with high entropy: A new paradigm in materials science and engineering for advancing sustainable metallurgy	27
Spintronic devices as next-generation computation accelerators	26
Engineering materials for artificial cells	26
Probing the Near-Atomic Scale Structure of Hard Biological Materials with Atom Probe Tomography: A Review	26
Advancing programmable metamaterials through machine learning-driven buckling strength optimization	26
Recent progress in analysis of strain-induced phenomena in irradiated metallic materials and advanced alloys using SEM-EBSD in-situ tensile testing	24
Challenges and opportunities in searching for Rashba-Dresselhaus materials for efficient spin-charge interconversion at room temperature	23
Ferroelastic toughening: Can it solve the mechanics challenges of solid electrolytes?	23
Conductive Hydrogels: Bioelectronics and Environmental Applications	22
Historic and modern nuclear graphite impurities: Pathways to improved waste strategies	22
Autonomous research and development of structural materials – An introduction and vision	22
Editorial Board	22
On the role of functionalization in graphene-moisture interaction	20
Recent progress in elastic and inelastic neutron scattering for chemical, polymeric, and biological investigations	18
Predictive process mapping for laser powder bed fusion: A review of existing analytical solutions	18
Machine learning aided nanoindentation: A review of the current state and future perspectives	18
Breaking the trade-off between thermal conductivity and strength of magnesium alloys: Mechanisms and strategies	17
Point of zero charge, isoelectric point, and potential of zero charge on activated carbons: A comprehensive interpretation about their interrelation	17
High-affinity peptide biomaterials	16
Statistical mechanical modeling of glass-forming systems: A practical review considering an example calcium silicate system	16
Designing biofilm architecture through depletion-mediated self-assembly and emergent nematic order	15
Machine learning for inverse design of acoustic and elastic metamaterials	15
Proposed relaxed criteria for fusion-activated materials	15
Computational materials assessment of the D/Li-stripping neutron source as a prototypical facility for fusion materials testing	14
The fusion liquid breeder compatibility gap: Thoughts on issues to address for a fusion power plant	13
Nanocrystal programmable assembly beyond hard spheres (or shapes) and other (simple) potentials	13
On the oxidation of VS2 2D platelets using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	13
Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys	13
Helix-specific properties and applications in synthetic polypeptides	12
Machine learning models in phononic metamaterials	12
Editorial Board	12
A Thermoelectric-Driven nitrogen dioxide gas sensor based on Multiwall carbon Nanotube/Polypyrrole composites	12