OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 110. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases	2034
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	607
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	574
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	555
Experimental organs	538
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	517
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	515
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	491
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	425
Synapse-powered vitality	389
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	370
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	332
When the roof falls in	332
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	322
The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction	322
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	321
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	315
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	307
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	300
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	296
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	280
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor	255
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	239
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues	236
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	229

Directed cell migration towards softer environments	224
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	223
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	217
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	216
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	216
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	215
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	212
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	211
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	211
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	207
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	206
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	206
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	201
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	200
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	195
Sieving in order	190
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	189
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	186
Faster holes by delocalization	180
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	180
Phases at the interface	178
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	178
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	177
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	175
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	175
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	174
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	173
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	173
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	172
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	170
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	170
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	168
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate	167
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	164
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	164
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	162
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	162
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	158
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	156
Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine	155
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	155
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	155
In praise of peer review	154
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	150
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	149
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	148
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	148
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	147
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	145
Connecting silicon carbide technologies	141

Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	141
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	140
Synchronized dancing under light	140
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	139
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	137
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	137
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	136
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	136
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	136
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	136
A two-dimensional type I superionic conductor	135
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	134
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	133
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	132
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure	131
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	130
Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight	129
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	125
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	124
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	123
Tiny spectrometers	122
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	122
Steering from the rear	122
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	121
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission	118
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	116
Simple connections take the prize	116
High-temperature superconductivity survives	116
A fridge without a cause	116
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	115
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis	113
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride	112
Design criteria for tough metamaterials	112
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves	112
Photo-enhanced ionic conductivity across grain boundaries in polycrystalline ceramics	111
Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants	110