OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Materials Research Letters is 15. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction	509
Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances	219
The origin of high-density dislocations in additively manufactured metals	189
Additive friction stir deposition: a deformation processing route to metal additive manufacturing	96
Hetero-deformation-induced stress in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel	67
Origin of high strength in the CoCrFeNiPd high-entropy alloy	60
A multicomponent γ-type (Gd_1/6Tb_1/6Dy_1/6Tm_1/6Yb_1/6Lu_1/6)₂Si₂O₇ disilicate with outstanding thermal st	59
Architecturing materials at mesoscale: some current trends	50
Phase prediction of Ni-base superalloys via high-throughput experiments and machine learning	50
Mechanical alloying: a critical review	49
Additive manufacturing of multi-scale heterostructured high-strength steels	49
Achieving ultra-strong Magnesium–lithium alloys by low-strain rotary swaging	48
High strength and high ductility achieved in a heterogeneous lamella-structured magnesium alloy	47
Theory of cross phenomena and their coefficients beyond Onsager theorem	46
Investigation of sluggish diffusion in FCC Al_0.25CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy	43
Simultaneous achievement of high thermal conductivity, high strength and formability in Mg-Zn-Ca-Zr sheet alloy	43
Imparities of shear avalanches dynamic evolution in a metallic glass	42
Development of novel lightweight and cost-effective Mg–Ce–Al wrought alloy with high strength	41
Ultra-strong and strain-hardenable ultrafine-grained medium-entropy alloy via enhanced grain-boundary strengthening	40
Trimodal grain structure enables high-strength CNT/Al-Cu-Mg composites higher ductility by powder assembly & alloying	38
Hierarchical {332}<113> twinning in a metastable β Ti-alloy showing tolerance to strain localization	37
Fabrication of multi-element alloys by twin wire arc additive manufacturing combined with in-situ alloying	36
Superconductivity in CuAl₂-type Co_0.2Ni_0.1Cu_0.1Rh_0.3Ir_0.3Zr₂ with a high-entropy-alloy transition metal site	35
Dislocation plasticity in FeCoCrMnNi high-entropy alloy: quantitative insights from in situ transmission electron microscopy deformation	35
A novel equiaxed eutectic high-entropy alloy with excellent mechanical properties at elevated temperatures	35

Rapid thermokinetics driven nanoscale vanadium clustering within martensite laths in laser powder bed fused additively manufactured Ti6Al4V	34
Segregation-sandwiched stable interface suffocates nanoprecipitate coarsening to elevate creep resistance	34
Extraordinary tensile properties of titanium alloy with heterogeneous phase-distribution based on hetero-deformation induced hardening	33
Superior tensile properties of Hastelloy X enabled by additive manufacturing	32
Characterization of metals in four dimensions	32
Enhanced mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser additive manufacturing under static magnetic field	31
Harmonic structure, a promising microstructure design	30
A high-entropy high-temperature shape memory alloy with large and complete superelastic recovery	29
Achieving a high-strength binary Mg–15Gd alloy by nano substructure with Gd segregation and nano clusters¹	28
High speed synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments resolve microstructure and phase transformation in laser processed Ti-6Al-4V	27
Introducing transformation twins in titanium alloys: an evolution of α-variants during additive manufacturing	26
Control methods and applications of interface contact electrification of triboelectric nanogenerators: a review	26
Ultrahigh strength and plasticity in laser rapid solidified Al–Si nanoscale eutectics	26
Overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in refractory medium-entropy alloys via controlled B2 ordering	26
Superior strength-ductility synergy by hetero-structuring high manganese steel	25
Covalent 2D Cr₂Te₃ ferromagnet	25
Uncovering the mechanism of dislocation interaction with nanoscale (<4 nm) interphase precipitates in microalloyed ferritic steels	25
An accelerating approach of designing ferromagnetic materials via machine learning modeling of magnetic ground state and Curie temperature	25
Dual heterogeneous structure facilitating an excellent strength-ductility combination in an additively manufactured multi-principal-element alloy	24
The role of in-situ nano-TiB₂ particles in improving the printability of noncastable 2024Al alloy	24
Formation mechanisms of Cr₂AlB₂, Cr₃AlB₄, and Fe₂AlB₂ MAB phases	24
Structure motif of chemical short-range order in a medium-entropy alloy	23
Novel NiFe-LDH@Ni-MOF/NF heterostructured electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen evolution	23
Significant strengthening effect in few-layered MXene-reinforced Al matrix composites	23
Quantitative estimation of kink-band strengthening in an Mg–Zn–Y single crystal with LPSO nanoplates	23
Topologically inverse microstructure in single-crystal superalloys: microstructural stability and properties at ultrahigh temperature	22
Ultralow-temperature superplasticity and its novel mechanism in ultrafine-grained Al alloys	22
Anisotropic super-hardness of hexagonal WB_2±z thin films	21
Unique precipitations in a novel refractory Nb-Mo-Ti-Co high-entropy superalloy	21
Cobalt–nickel layered double hydroxide on hollow Co₃S₄/CuS derived from ZIF-67 for efficient overall water splitting	20
Simultaneously increased strength and ductility via the hierarchically heterogeneous structure of Al-Mg-Si alloys/nanocomposite	20
Recent progress and perspectives on advanced flexible Zn-based batteries with hydrogel electrolytes	20
Non-classical crystallographic slip in a ternary carbide – Ti₂AlC	20
In-situ observations of a hierarchical twinning–detwinning process in stress-induced α^″-martensite of Ti-12Mo alloy	20
Ordering-mediated local nano-clustering results in unusually large Hall-Petch strengthening coefficients in high entropy alloys	20
Design of BCC refractory multi-principal element alloys with superior mechanical properties	19
Review and prospects for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries	19
Excellent superelasticity in a Co-Ni-Ga high-temperature shape memory alloy processed by directed energy deposition	19
Electrochemical CO₂ to CO reduction at high current densities using a nanoporous gold catalyst	18
Nano/ultrafine grained immiscible Fe-Cu alloy with ultrahigh strength produced by selective laser melting	18
Rapid dislocation-mediated solute repartitioning towards strain-aging hardening in a fine-grained dilute magnesium alloy	18
Synthesis, characterization and first principle modelling of the MAB phase solid solutions: (Mn_1-xCr_x)₂AlB₂ and (Mn_1-xCr_x)₃	17
Strong magnets with ordered structures	17
In situ characterization of tensile behavior of laser rapid solidified Al–Si heterogeneous microstructures	17
Boosting the performance of nickel–cobalt LDH cathode with phosphorus and selenium co-doping for hybrid supercapacitor	16
Making composite steel higher strength and higher ductility via introducing carbon diffusion strategy	16
Microstructural evolution of nanotwinned Al-Zr alloy with significant 9R phase	16
Dynamic mechanisms of strengthening and softening of coherent twin boundary via dislocation pile-up and cross-slip	15
Strong bulk spin–orbit torques quantified in the van der Waals ferromagnet Fe₃GeTe₂	15
Realizing superior strength-ductility combination in dual-phase AlFeCoNiV high-entropy alloy through composition and microstructure design	15

Insights into the primary radiation damage of silicon by a machine learning interatomic potential	15
Effective and back stresses evolution upon cycling a high-entropy alloy	15
Large bias-induced piezoelectric response in the ferroelectric polymer P(VDF-TrFE) for MEMS resonators	15
Microstructure evolution and composition redistribution of FeCoNiCrMn high entropy alloy under extreme plastic deformation	15
Particle stimulated nucleation revisited in three dimensions: a laboratory-based multimodal X-ray tomography investigation	15