OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 4. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	252
Editorial Board	222
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	191
Conductive Hydrogels: Bioelectronics and Environmental Applications	119
Editorial Board	109
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	96
Phase separation and histone epigenetics in genome regulation	92
Editorial Board	86
Ferroelastic toughening: Can it solve the mechanics challenges of solid electrolytes?	78
Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	75
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	67
Hydroxyproline-derived biomimetic and biodegradable polymers	60
Systems approaches to uncovering the contribution of environment-mediated drug resistance	48
Challenges and opportunities in searching for Rashba-Dresselhaus materials for efficient spin-charge interconversion at room temperature	47
Deep learning for nano-photonic materials – The solution to everything!?	43
Helix-specific properties and applications in synthetic polypeptides	43
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	40
Machine learning models in phononic metamaterials	39
Nanostructured modified layered double hydroxides (LDHs)-based catalysts: A review on synthesis, characterization, and applications in water remediation by advanced oxidation processes	37
2D Ferroelectrics and ferroelectrics with 2D: Materials and device prospects	36
Recent advances in nanomechanical and in situ testing techniques: Towards extreme conditions	33
The Gibson-Ashby model for additively manufactured metal lattice materials: Its theoretical basis, limitations and new insights from remedies	32
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	31
Critical review of the state of the art in multi-material fabrication via directed energy deposition	30
Editorial Board	29

Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	29
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	29
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	29
Autonomous research and development of structural materials – An introduction and vision	29
Editorial Board	28
Overcoming the limitations of COVID-19 diagnostics with nanostructures, nucleic acid engineering, and additive manufacturing	26
Illuminating bacterial behaviors with optogenetics	25
Electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide on Boron-Doped diamond (BDD) electrode	25
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	24
Machine learning aided nanoindentation: A review of the current state and future perspectives	24
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	23
Manipulation of self-assembled structures by shape-designed polygonal colloids in 2D	23
Editorial Board	21
Antibacterial applications of elemental nanomaterials	20
Recent advances in the structure and dynamics of complex oxides, with a focus on fundamentals	20
On the role of functionalization in graphene-moisture interaction	20
Pathways to controlled 3D deformation of graphene: Manipulating the motion of topological defects	20
Sluggish, chemical bias and percolation phenomena in atomic transport by vacancy and interstitial diffusion in Ni Fe alloys	19
New perspectives on the roles of nanoscale surface topography in modulating intracellular signaling	18
In situ and operando characterisation of Li metal – Solid electrolyte interfaces	17
The role of cation ordering and disordering on mass transport in complex oxides	17
Influence of the chemical nature of Boron‐Doped diamond anodes on wastewater treatments	16
Additive manufacturing – A review of hot deformation behavior and constitutive modeling of flow stress	15
Editorial Board	15
Expanding the structural diversity of polyelectrolyte complexes and polyzwitterions	15
Footwear for piezoelectric energy harvesting: A comprehensive review on prototypes development, applications and future prospects	15
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	14
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	13
Editorial Board	13
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	12
Mechanogenomic coupling of lung tissue stiffness, EMT and coronavirus pathogenicity	11
The new material science of robots	11
Editorial Board	11
Recent advances in photoluminescent polymer optical fibers	11
Defects and anomalies in powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing	10
On amorphization as a deformation mechanism under high stresses	10
Editorial Board	9
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	9
Review on development of metal-oxide and 2-D material based gas sensors under light-activation	9
Mechanical regulation of tension-transmission supramolecular linkages	8
Editorial Board	8
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	8
Editorial Board	7
Hollow-walled lattice materials by additive manufacturing: Design, manufacture, properties, applications and challenges	7
Advances in solid-state fiber batteries for wearable bioelectronics	7
Prospects and challenges of electrochemical random-access memory for deep-learning accelerators	7
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	7
Recent progress in elastic and inelastic neutron scattering for chemical, polymeric, and biological investigations	7
Outstanding performances of the BDD film anode in electro-Fenton process: Applications and comparative performance	6
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	6

Tailoring the microstructure and mechanical properties of (CrMnFeCoNi)100-C high-entropy alloys: Machine learning, experimental validation, and mathematical modeling	6
SARS-CoV-2 viral remnants and implications for inflammation and post-acute infection sequelae	5
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	5
Recent advances in the interplay between stress granules and m6A RNA modification	5
Predictive process mapping for laser powder bed fusion: A review of existing analytical solutions	5
Mapping information and light: Trends of AI-enabled metaphotonics	4
Statistical mechanical modeling of glass-forming systems: A practical review considering an example calcium silicate system	4
Editorial Board	4
Autonomous materials research and design: Characterization	4
Editorial Board	4
Superplasticity of fine-grained magnesium alloys for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review	4