OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 115. 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
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	2321
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	873
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	541
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light	508
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	502
Experimental organs	368
Growing together	365
Sealing stretchable electronics through a viscoplastic surface effect	349
The photonic path to quantum advantage	346
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	341
Connecting the dots for cooperative emission	335
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	324
Observation of Floquet-induced gap in graphene	313
When the roof falls in	312
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	309
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	302
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	295
Radioisotope-mimetic molecular afterglow probe for downregulated cancer biomarker imaging	291
Grain boundary stabilization of fluorite ferroelectrics	288
Synapse-powered vitality	282
Enabling efficient electron injection in stretchable OLED	268
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	265
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	256
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	251
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice	248

Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	246
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	244
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	241
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	241
Gate structuring on n-type bilayer MoS2 field-effect transistors for ultrahigh current density	231
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	230
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	229
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	228
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	226
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	225
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	220
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	217
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	216
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	211
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	209
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	209
Faster holes by delocalization	207
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors	206
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	204
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	203
Topological control of spontaneous failure in active nematic solids	202
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	199
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	195
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	193
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	191
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	190
Sieving in order	182
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	180
Author Correction: Superconductivity and normal-state transport in compressively strained La2PrNi2O7 thin films	179
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	179
Helical metasurfaces based on topological surface states in three-dimensional photonic topological insulators	178
Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with superior reverse-bias stability	178
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	177
Linking metal oxidation to oxygen reactivity	176
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	174
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	174
Narrowband helical emitter with frontier orbital confinement for stable deep-blue hybrid-tandem organic light-emitting diodes	172
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet	170
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	168
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	168
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	168
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	167
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	166
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	166
Weaving-inspired asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks	166
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	166
Electrically writing a magnetic heliknoton in a chiral magnet	163
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	161
Multiple freezing–melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature	159
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	158

Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	154
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	153
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	149
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing	148
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	147
Tunable fractional Chern insulators	147
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	147
Two birds with one stone	146
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns	145
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	144
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	143
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals	143
Local and sustainable production of biomaterials	143
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	140
In praise of peer review	140
A nanoporous capacitive electrochemical ratchet for continuous ion separations	138
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	138
Connecting silicon carbide technologies	136
A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode	135
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	133
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	132
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	130
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	129
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	129
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	125
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	124
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	123
Tuning phonon transmission via single-atom substituents	121
Intertwined orders in a quantum-entangled metal	121
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	121
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	121
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	119
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	119
Wafer-scale monolayer dielectric integration on atomically thin semiconductors	119
Interwoven magnetic kagome metal overcomes geometric frustration	119
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks	119
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	119
High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding	117
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	117
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	116
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project	115