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Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Materialia is 84. 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
Formation and distribution of Au nanoparticles within Si lamellae of the Au-Si eutectic microstructure	272
Phase-field modelling of anisotropic solid-state dewetting on patterned substrates	238
A model for solute evolution in laser powder bed fused Al-Si alloys and its application to improve thermal conductivity	237
A spall and diffraction study of nanosecond pressure release across the iron ε-α phase boundary	229
Model for stress evolution during the early stages of non-energetic thin film growth	225
Bimodal structured chromium-tungsten composite as plasma-facing materials: Sinterability, mechanical properties, and deuterium retention assessment	209
A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy	203
Brittle and ductile deformations in uniaxial compression of Si micropillars	193
High-throughput microstructure and composition characterisation of microplatelet reinforced composites using directional reflectance microscopy	166
Scalar permeability microstructure model considering crystallographic texture and grain size for magnetic evaluation of anisotropy in steel	156
Super-defects in superatomic crystals	155
Intra-grain orientation distributions in deformed aluminium: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiment and crystal-plasticity finite-element simulation	153
Mechanical behavior and size–dependent strength of small noble-metal nanoparticles	151
Ion kinetic energy- and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti,Al)N thin films	149
Chemical core-shell metastability-induced large ductility in medium-entropy maraging and reversion alloys	147
Critical assessment of hydrogen pipe diffusion at dislocations in metals	141
Grain boundaries modification of the spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 ceramic cathode towards low interfacial resistance for lithium-ion batteries with ultrahigh areal energy density	138
Architected materials informatics: Construction and application to cellular-structured heat sink optimization	136
Martensitic transformation during electrochemical polishing of metastable austenitic stainless steel	136
AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy: defect analysis, microstructural stability and ion irradiation resilience	136
Atomistic simulations of pipe diffusion in bcc transition metals	130
In situ synchrotron study of sintering of gas-atomized Ti-6Al-4 V powders using concomitant micro-tomography and X-ray diffraction: Effect of particle size and interstitials on densification and phase	127
Revealing the impact of acceptor dopant type on the electrical conductivity of sodium bismuth titanate	125
From irregular to regular eutectic growth in the Al-Al3Ni system: In situ observations during directional solidification	124
Effect of external stress on hydride reorientation in zirconium	124

Substituting Ce with La and Nd in Al11Ce3: Effect on microstructure and mechanical properties	122
Corrigendum to ‘In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson's ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes’ [Acta Materialia (2022) 118097]	121
Corrigendum to Emmanuel Clouet Articles	121
Corrigendum to “Dislocation correlations in GaN epitaxial films revealed by EBSD and XRD” [Acta Materialia 297 (2025) 121357]	120
Coarsening of metal/ceramics bicontinuous structures enhanced by stress-induced instability under cyclic thermal stress	117
Effect of CMAS infiltration on the optical properties of thermal barrier coatings: Study of the mechanisms supported by FDTD simulations and ALD	117
Convective effects on columnar dendritic solidification – A multiscale dendritic needle network study	116
Structural origins of thermal expansion behavior in 2D materials	115
Defect accumulation in β-Ga2O3 implanted with Yb	115
Microstructure-aware Bayesian materials design	114
Hydrogen-assisted spinodal decomposition in a TiNbZrHfTa complex concentrated alloy	113
Formation and switching of chiral magnetic field textures in three-dimensional gyroid nanostructures	113
Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics	111
Unusual synchronous behavior of polarization and relaxation in Aurivillius superlattice	111
The Effect of Grain Boundary Facet Junctions on Segregation and Embrittlement	111
Assessing the early stages of crystal nucleation and growth in a deeply supercooled glass-forming liquid	109
Predicting path-dependent diffusion barrier spectra in vast compositional space of multi-principal element alloys via convolutional neural networks	107
Grain boundary segregation predicted by quantum-accurate segregation spectra but not by classical models	106
Suppressing embrittlement and enhancing thermal resistance of bulk superlattice alloys by controllable grain-boundary segregation	104
Demonstration of Helide formation for fusion structural materials as natural lattice sinks for helium	103
Dynamic deformation mechanism in submicro-laminated copper with interlamellar graphene multilayers	102
Bilayer period and ratio dependent structure and mechanical properties of TiN/MoN superlattices	102
Simultaneous dependent transformations nucleated at vertices and faces of 3D Poisson-Voronoi tessellations	102
The effects of diffusional couplings on compositional trajectories and interfacial free energies during phase separation in a quaternary Ni-Al-Cr-Re model superalloy	101
Ni coarsening in Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia electrodes: Three-dimensional quantitative phase-field simulations supported by ex-situ ptychographic nano-tomography	101
First-principles insights into complex interplays among nano-phases in an Al-Cu-Li-Zr alloy	101
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Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces – An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation	100
Effect of thermal ageing on the deformation behaviour of ferrite and austenite in a duplex stainless steel: Micropillar characterisation and dislocation density modelling	99
Editorial Board	98
Thermodynamics and Ferroelectric Properties of Pb1-xSrxTiO3 Solid Solutions	97
Uncovering deformation twins in intermetallic AuSn and Au5Sn	97
Origin of interface stress enhancement and compressive-to-tensile stress transition in immiscible nanomultilayers	97
Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces	96
Atomistically informed mesoscale modelling of deformation behavior of bulk metallic glasses	96
Prediction of temperature-dependent nucleation and growth in pure FeCr alloy via a self-consistent Phase Field approach	96
Formation and self-organisation of nano-porosity in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous Ge	95
Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation	93
Anomalous upper critical field in UNbTiVZr, a new high entropy alloy superconductor containing uranium	93
Mapping of microstructure transitions during rapid alloy solidification using Bayesian-guided phase-field simulations	92
Glass formation during combinatorial sputtering in binary alloys	91
Ultrastrong and stress corrosion cracking-resistant martensitic steels	90
Enhancing strengthening effect of topologically close-packed superlattices in medium-entropy alloys via enabling imperfect atomic packing	90
Room temperature plasticity in amorphous SiO2 and amorphous Al	89
Passivating oxidation behavior of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 coatings investigated by scanning transmission electron microscopy and chemical environment dependent density functional theory simulations	89
Beyond LGPS: Superionic conduction meets chemomechanical anisotropy in Li₁₁AlP₂S₁₂ solid-state Li-ion batteries	89
Composition-dependent electronic hybridization induced transitions in metallic glasses	87
Mechanical properties, failure mechanisms, and scaling laws of bicontinuous nanoporous metallic glasses	87
The toughening effect of twins on fracture in nanotwinned Cu during cyclic loading	87
Ternary diagrams of phase, stability, and optical properties of cesium lead mixed-halide perovskites	87

In-situ phase transition in P3-type layered oxide for high-performance Na-ion cathode	86
On microstructure development during laser melting and resolidification: An experimentally validated simulation study	86
Bending-induced nanocrystallization enables large deformation in notched micron-sized single-crystal magnesium	86
Cr-promoted formation of B2+L21 composite nanoprecipitates and enhanced mechanical properties in ferritic alloy	86
Kawin: An open source Kampmann–Wagner Numerical (KWN) phase precipitation and coarsening model	86
Microstructural features governing the strength of immiscible Fe–Mg joints formed by eutectic melt-induced liquid metal dealloying	86
Atomic-scale strain fluctuations as an origin for elastic microstructures in metallic glasses	85
A novel two-step grain boundary diffusion process using TaF5 and Pr70Cu15Al10Ga5 for realizing high-coercivity in Nd-Fe-B-sintered magnets without use of heavy rare-earth	85
The dual role of boron on hydrogen embrittlement: example of interface-related hydrogen effects in an austenite-ferrite two-phase lightweight steel	84
In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson’s ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes	84