OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 114. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	2244
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	780
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	645
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	490
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	459
Experimental organs	446
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light	345
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	345
Synapse-powered vitality	327
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	306
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	302
Growing together	296
Sealing stretchable electronics through a viscoplastic surface effect	279
Enabling efficient electron injection in stretchable OLED	278
The photonic path to quantum advantage	275
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	273
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	271
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice	265
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	258
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	256
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	249
When the roof falls in	247
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	244
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	243
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	241

Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	230
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	226
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	225
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	223
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	220
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	216
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	210
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	207
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	207
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	206
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	205
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	204
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	202
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	200
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	199
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	196
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet	194
Faster holes by delocalization	194
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	191
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	189
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	182
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	182
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	181
Author Correction: Superconductivity and normal-state transport in compressively strained La2PrNi2O7 thin films	181
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	180
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors	179
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	179
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	178
Sieving in order	177
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	177
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	175
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	175
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	174
Multiple freezing–melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature	174
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	172
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	170
Weaving-inspired asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks	164
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	164
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	162
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	161
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	161
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	160
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	156
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	154
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	154
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	152
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing	152
Connecting silicon carbide technologies	151
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	151

Tunable fractional Chern insulators	150
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	149
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	147
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals	147
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	147
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	146
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	145
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	145
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	141
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	141
Local and sustainable production of biomaterials	138
High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding	138
Interwoven magnetic kagome metal overcomes geometric frustration	138
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	137
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	136
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	134
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	133
In praise of peer review	133
Two birds with one stone	129
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks	129
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	128
A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode	127
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	126
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	125
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns	123
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	123
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	123
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	123
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	122
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project	121
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	121
A fridge without a cause	120
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	120
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	120
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	118
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis	118
Steering from the rear	118
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	118
High-temperature superconductivity survives	115
Simple connections take the prize	114