OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Materials Horizons is 68. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Polydopamine antibacterial materials	311
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in design of mechanical materials	308
Bioinspired double network hydrogels: from covalent double network hydrogelsviahybrid double network hydrogels to physical double network hydrogels	307
Biomimetic anti-freezing polymeric hydrogels: keeping soft-wet materials active in cold environments	304
Polyphenol scaffolds in tissue engineering	253
Catalytic methods for chemical recycling or upcycling of commercial polymers	221
Balancing the mechanical, electronic, and self-healing properties in conductive self-healing hydrogel for wearable sensor applications	210
A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability	194
Synergy between dynamic covalent boronic ester and boron–nitrogen coordination: strategy for self-healing polyurethane elastomers at room temperature with unprecedented mechanical properties	187
Metal–organic frameworks for chemical sensing devices	183
A fully hydrophobic ionogel enables highly efficient wearable underwater sensors and communicators	178
Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics	166
Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties	160
Recent progress and challenges in solution blow spinning	155
Mussel foot protein inspired tough tissue-selective underwater adhesive hydrogel	151
Metal–semiconductor heterostructures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering: synergistic contribution of plasmons and charge transfer	148
Dual emission in purely organic materials for optoelectronic applications	142
Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals	137
Molecular engineering of a colorless, extremely tough, superiorly self-recoverable, and healable poly(urethane–urea) elastomer for impact-resistant applications	134
Functional separators towards the suppression of lithium dendrites for rechargeable high-energy batteries	126
Polymer dielectric films exhibiting superior high-temperature capacitive performance by utilizing an inorganic insulation interlayer	118
Material innovation and mechanics design for substrates and encapsulation of flexible electronics: a review	116
Breaking through the “3.0 eV wall” of energy band gap in mid-infrared nonlinear optical rare earth chalcogenides by charge-transfer engineering	110
Engineered two-dimensional nanomaterials: an emerging paradigm for water purification and monitoring	110
Heterointerface optimization in a covalent organic framework-on-MXene for high-performance capacitive deionization of oxygenated saline water	107

Narrowband organic photodetectors – towards miniaturized, spectroscopic sensing	107
Sensing–transducing coupled piezoelectric textiles for self-powered humidity detection and wearable biomonitoring	105
Environment tolerant, adaptable and stretchable organohydrogels: preparation, optimization, and applications	99
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence exciplex emitters for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes	98
Design of ultra-stretchable, highly adhesive and self-healable hydrogels via tannic acid-enabled dynamic interactions	96
Review on organosulfur materials for rechargeable lithium batteries	96
Integration of efficient microwave absorption and shielding in a multistage composite foam with progressive conductivity modular design	95
An unparalleled H-bonding and ion-bonding crosslinked waterborne polyurethane with super toughness and unprecedented fracture energy	95
A flexible quasi-solid-state thermoelectrochemical cell with high stretchability as an energy-autonomous strain sensor	89
Nanozyme's catching up: activity, specificity, reaction conditions and reaction types	89
Flexible boron nitride-based memristor forin situdigital and analogue neuromorphic computing applications	89
Approaching “stainless magnesium” by Ca micro-alloying	88
Advanced technologies for the fabrication of MOF thin films	88
Magnetic skyrmions for unconventional computing	88
A highly transparent ionogel with strength enhancement ability for robust bonding in an aquatic environment	87
An autonomously ultrafast self-healing, highly colourless, tear-resistant and compliant elastomer tailored for transparent electromagnetic interference shielding films integrated in flexible and optic	86
Synthesis and application of core–shell liquid metal particles: a perspective of surface engineering	85
Solution-processed electronics for artificial synapses	84
Toward autonomous design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials	83
An ultrastretchable, high-performance, and crosstalk-free proximity and pressure bimodal sensor based on ionic hydrogel fibers for human-machine interfaces	82
Porous bioactive glass micro- and nanospheres with controlled morphology: developments, properties and emerging biomedical applications	82
Nanofiber fabric based ion-gradient-enhanced moist-electric generator with a sustained voltage output of 1.1 volts	81
In situ identification of the electrocatalytic water oxidation behavior of a nickel-based metal–organic framework nanoarray	81
Integrating molecular rigidity and chirality into thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for highly efficient sky-blue and orange circularly polarized electroluminescence	80
Nitroxide radical polymers for emerging plastic energy storage and organic electronics: fundamentals, materials, and applications	80
Adjustable dual temperature-sensitive hydrogel based on a self-assembly cross-linking strategy with highly stretchable and healable properties	80
Non-flammable liquid electrolytes for safe batteries	79
Spinodal-modulated solid solution delivers a strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloy	78
Recent advances in printed flexible heaters for portable and wearable thermal management	78
A thermally conductive interface material with tremendous and reversible surface adhesion promises durable cross-interface heat conduction	78
Dislocation-toughened ceramics	77
Printing fabrication of large-area non-fullerene organic solar cells	76
Design strategies for improving the crystallinity of covalent organic frameworks and conjugated polymers: a review	76
High performance polarization-sensitive self-powered imaging photodetectors based on a p-Te/n-MoSe₂van der Waals heterojunction with strong interlayer transition	76
Advances in 4D printing of liquid crystalline elastomers: materials, techniques, and applications	76
Super-stretchable and extreme temperature-tolerant supramolecular-polymer double-network eutectogels with ultrafast in situ adhesion and flexible electrochromic behaviour	75
Robust and multifunctional natural polyphenolic composites for water remediation	74
A bioinspired antibacterial and photothermal membrane for stable and durable clean water remediation	73
Advances in ultrasensitive piezoresistive sensors: from conventional to flexible and stretchable applications	72
Metal- and halide-free, solid-state polymeric water vapor sorbents for efficient water-sorption-driven cooling and atmospheric water harvesting	71
Flexible temperature sensors made of aligned electrospun carbon nanofiber films with outstanding sensitivity and selectivity towards temperature	70
A self-healing, recyclable and conductive gelatin/nanofibrillated cellulose/Fe³⁺hydrogel based on multi-dynamic interactions for a multifunctional strain sensor	70
Hollow-porous fibers for intrinsically thermally insulating textiles and wearable electronics with ultrahigh working sensitivity	70
Polyphenol-mediated chitin self-assembly for constructing a fully naturally resourced hydrogel with high strength and toughness	68