OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 112. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Reply to: On the observation of photo-excitation effects in molecules using muon spin spectroscopy	1993
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases	570
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	562
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	543
The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction	527
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	500
Experimental organs	499
When the roof falls in	474
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	413
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	367
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	361
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	348
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	337
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	334
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	317
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	314
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	311
Synapse-powered vitality	311
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	304
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	302
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	299
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	291
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	291
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	269
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	245

Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	242
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	231
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	228
Machine-learned potentials for next-generation matter simulations	218
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	216
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	214
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	213
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues	213
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	212
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	211
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	208
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor	204
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	204
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	202
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	201
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate	198
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	198
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	197
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	192
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	191
Sieving in order	191
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	182
Faster holes by delocalization	180
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	177
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	177
Phases at the interface	172
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	172
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	172
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	172
Young scholars benefit from collaboration	171
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	171
Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine	170
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	170
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	169
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	168
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	167
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	167
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	165
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	165
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	161
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	160
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	158
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	156
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	156
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	152
In praise of peer review	150
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	149
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	149
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	149
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	149

Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	147
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	147
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	145
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	145
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	142
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	139
A two-dimensional type I superionic conductor	138
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure	138
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	136
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	136
Connecting silicon carbide technologies	135
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	135
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	135
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	135
Synchronized dancing under light	135
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	133
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	133
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	133
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	131
Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight	131
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	131
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	130
Tiny spectrometers	128
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	128
Steering from the rear	127
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	126
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	126
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission	125
High-temperature superconductivity survives	123
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride	121
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	121
A fridge without a cause	120
Simple connections take the prize	119
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	117
Design criteria for tough metamaterials	116
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics	115
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis	115
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature	112
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride	112