OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Accounts of Chemical Research is 35. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

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N-Boryl Pyridyl Anion Chemistry	539
Breaking Barriers in Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Imaging Using 100 kHz Amplified Yb-Laser Systems	347
Thermodynamics and Modeling of Collective Effects in the Organic Ligand Shell of Colloidal Quantum Dots	341
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Advancing Plasmon-Induced Selectivity in Chemical Transformations with Optically Coupled Transmission Electron Microscopy	289
Solvent Effects on Ultrafast Photochemical Pathways	287
Coordination-Delayed-Hydrolysis Method for the Synthesis and Structural Modulation of Titanium-Oxo Clusters	278
Unique Functions and Applications of Rigid Dendrimers Featuring Radial Aromatic Chains	271
Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Both Sides of the Schrödinger Equation	271
Expanding Horizons in Quantum Chemical Studies: The Versatile Power of MRSF-TDDFT	267
Ethanol in Aqueous Solution Studied by Microjet Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theory	259
Determinants of Superselectivity─Practical Concepts for Application in Biology and Medicine	236
Bioinspired Chiral Peptide–Phosphonium Salt Catalysis: From Enzymes to Cationic Small-Molecule Enzyme Mimics	225
Bismuth-Based Metal Clusters─From Molecular Aesthetics to Contemporary Materials Science	225
Reticular Chemistry within Crystalline Porous Gas Adsorbents and Membranes	225
Enhancing Biocatalysis: Metal–Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Enzyme Hosts	210
An NMR Spectroscopy View on London Dispersion in Catalysis: Detection, Quantification, and Application in Ion Pair and Transition Metal Catalysis	207
Nanoscaled Oxygen Carrier-Driven Chemical Looping for Carbon Neutrality: Opportunities and Challenges	201
In Situ Studies of Arylboronic Acids/Esters and R₃SiCF₃ Reagents: Kinetics, Speciation, and Dysfunction at the Carbanion–Ate Interface	199
Space Exploration of Metal–Organic Frameworks in the Mesopore Regime	195
Heterometallic Clusters with Uranium–Metal Bonds Supported by Double-Layer Nitrogen–Phosphorus Ligands	195
How Do Metalloproteins Tame the Fenton Reaction and Utilize •OH Radicals in Constructive Manners?	194
Rational Construction of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks (2D c-MOFs) for Electronics and Beyond	188
Two-Dimensional Heteropore Covalent Organic Frameworks: From Construction to Functions	183
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Expansive Quantum Mechanical Exploration of Chemical Reaction Paths	163
Galvanic Replacement Synthesis of Metal Nanostructures: Bridging the Gap between Chemical and Electrochemical Approaches	161
Reaction Templates: Bridging Synthesis Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence	159
Chiral Posttranslational Modification to Lysine ε-Amino Groups	158
Anion-Coordination-Driven Assembly	154
Nickel-Catalyzed Functionalization Reactions Involving C–H Bond Activation via an Amidate-Promoted Strategy and Its Extension to the Activation of C–F, C–O, C–S, and C–CN Bonds	153
Carbon Shell on Active Nanocatalyst for Stable Electrocatalysis	152
Electroinduced Surfactant Self-Assembly Driven to Vertical Growth of Oriented Mesoporous Films	150
Resistive Gas Sensors Based on 2D TMDs and MXenes	149
Frame-Guided Assembly of Amphiphiles	147
Organic Iono-Optoelectronics: From Electrochromics to Artificial Retina	147
Visualizing the Multistep Process of Protein Aggregation in Live Cells	146
Approaches to Synthesis and Isolation of Enantiomerically Pure Biologically Active Atropisomers	145
Biophysical Measurement Strategies for Antiviral Drug Development: Recent Progress in Virus-Mimetic Platforms Down to the Single Particle Level	144
The Future of Inorganic Electrosynthesis Is Wide Open	136
Tunable and Switchable Catalysis Enabled by Cation-Controlled Gating with Crown Ether Ligands	135
Imaging and Editing the Phospholipidome	135
Copper-Catalyzed Benzylic C–H Cross-Coupling Enabled by Redox Buffers: Expanding Synthetic Access to Three-Dimensional Chemical Space	132
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance via Single-Cell Diagnostic Technologies Powered by Droplet Microfluidics	131
Development of PFAS-Free Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for High-Energy Lithium and Aluminum Metal Batteries	130
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Molecular-based Porous Frameworks	130
Solid-Solution MXenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications	129
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Pyrolysis-Free Covalent Organic Polymers Directly for Oxygen Electrocatalysis	123
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Extracellular Aldehyde Sensing Probes for In Vivo Imaging	119
Bridging Colloidal and Electrochemical Nanoparticle Growth with In Situ Electrochemical Measurements	117
Nickel-Based Anode Catalysts for Efficient and Affordable Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells	116
Solution-State Hydrostatic Pressure Chemistry: Application to Molecular, Supramolecular, Polymer, and Biological Systems	115
N-Arylene Ethynylene Foldamers: Structures and Functions	114
Hydride Transfer-Based CO₂ Reduction Catalysis: Navigating Metal Hydride to Organic Hydride in the Catalytic Loop	112
4′-Modified Nucleosides for Antiviral Drug Discovery: Achievements and Perspectives	112
Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Composite Materials: A Device Perspective	111
Advancing Ion Separation: Covalent-Organic-Framework Membranes for Sustainable Energy and Water Applications	111
Skeletal Editing Strategies Driven by Total Synthesis	109
Nonconventional Luminophores: Emission Mechanism, Regulation, and Applications	109
Late-Stage Halogenation of Complex Substrates with Readily Available Halogenating Reagents	108
Biological Regulation Studied in Vitro and in Cellulo with Modified Proteins	107
Surface Hopping Dynamics on Vibronic Coupling Models	105
Fullertubes: A 30-Year Story of Prediction, Experimental Validation, and Applications for a Long-Missing Family of Soluble Carbon Molecules	104
Targeting Ribosomal Frameshifting as an Antiviral Strategy: From HIV-1 to SARS-CoV-2	103
Force-Based Neuromodulation	102
Solvation, Surface Propensity, and Chemical Reactions of Solutes at Atmospheric Liquid–Vapor Interfaces	102

Reimagining Dearomatization: Arenophile-Mediated Single-Atom Insertions and π-Extensions	102
Chemical Tools for Lipid Cell Biology	99
Combined Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic, and Theoretical Approach for Detecting and Quantifying Hydrogen Bonding and Dispersion Interaction in Ionic Liquids	99
Biodegradability as an Off-Ramp for the Circular Economy: Investigations into Biodegradable Polymers for Home and Personal Care	99
Click Step-Growth Polymerization and E/Z Stereochemistry Using Nucleophilic Thiol–yne/–ene Reactions: Applying Old Concepts for Practical Sustainable (Bio)Materials	98
Characterization of Elusive Reaction Intermediates Using Infrared Ion Spectroscopy: Application to the Experimental Characterization of Glycosyl Cations	98
Chemical Fields: Directing Atom Migration in the Multiphasic Nanocrystal	97
A Journey of the Development of Privileged Difluorocarbene Reagents TMSCF₂X (X = Br, F, Cl) for Organic Synthesis	97
Probing the E3 Ligase Adapter Cereblon with Chemical Biology	96
Detecting Interplay of Chirality, Water, and Interfaces for Elucidating Biological Functions	95
Examining the Importance of Hydrogen Bonding and Proton Transfer in Iron Porphyrin-Mediated Carbon Dioxide Upconversion	95
Nanostructured Surfaces with Multimodal Antimicrobial Action	95
Strategies for Precise Modulation of Protein Degradation	95
Enantioselective Catalysis by the Umpolung of Conjugate Acceptors Involving N-Heterocyclic Carbene or Organophosphine 1,4-Addition	94
Membrane Association Allosterically Regulates Phospholipase A₂ Enzymes and Their Specificity	92
Catalytic Signal Transduction Theory Enabled Virtual Screening of Nanomaterials for Medical Functions	92
Exploring Aqueous Coordination Chemistry of Highly Lewis Acidic Metals with Emerging Isotopes for Nuclear Medicine	91
Unified Formulation of Phase Space Mapping Approaches for Nonadiabatic Quantum Dynamics	90
Pore-Networked Soft Materials Based on Metal–Organic Polyhedra	90
Catalytic Chemo- and Enantioselective Transformations of gem-Diborylalkanes and (Diborylmethyl)metallic Species	89
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Chemical Doping of Organic and Coordination Polymers for Thermoelectric and Spintronic Applications: A Theoretical Understanding	87
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ATR-SEIRAS for Single-Atom Electrocatalysis	85
Enzyme-Free Dynamic DNA Reaction Networks for On-Demand Bioanalysis and Bioimaging	85
Long-Lived Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Amorphous Polymer Systems	84
CO₂ Electrolysis System under Industrially Relevant Conditions	84
Skin-Deep Aspect of Thermopower in Bi₂Q₃, PbQ, and BiCuQO (Q = Se, Te): Hidden One-Dimensional Character of Their Band Edges Leading to High Thermopower	83
MOF-on-MOF Growth: Inducing Naturally Nonpreferred MOFs and Atypical MOF Growth	83
Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropisomers via Vinylidene ortho-Quinone Methides (VQMs)	83
Self-Adaptable Tropos Catalysts	82
Highly Stable Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite toward Efficient Photovoltaics	82
Molecular Vibrational Polariton Dynamics: What Can Polaritons Do?	82
Predicting Kinetics and Dynamics of Spin-Dependent Processes	81
Atroposelective Synthesis of C–C Axially Chiral Compounds via Mono- and Dinuclear Vanadium Catalysis	81
Chemistry and Dynamics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Methane in the Slit Pores of Layered Silicates	81
Skeletal Editing of Polymer Backbones and Its Impact Across the Polymer Lifecycle	81
How to Achieve Hydrogenation/Hydrofunctionalization via Metal Hydride Complexes	79
Manipulation of Nonradiative Process Based on the Aggregation Microenvironment to Customize Excited-State Energy Conversion	79
Redox-Mediated pH Swing Systems for Electrochemical Carbon Capture	79
Chemical Preintercalation Synthesis of Versatile Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage	79
A New Concept of Molten Salt Systems for the Electrodeposition of Si, Ti, and W	79
Exploiting Molecular Orders at the Interface of Microdroplets for Intelligent Materials	79
Beyond N-Alkylation: Synthesis, Structure, and Function of N-Amino Peptides	77
Unimolecular Fragment Coupling and Single Carbon Atom Doping as Tools for Structural Reprogramming	76
Catalysts for the Enzymatic Lipidation of Peptides	76
Tunable 1D van der Waals Nanostructures by Vapor–Liquid–Solid Growth	76
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Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly of Metal Oxide Inverse Opals: From Synthesis to Applications	75
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Vinyl and Alkynyl Substituted Heterocycles as Privileged Scaffolds in Transition Metal Promoted Stereoselective Synthesis	75
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Unconventional Transformations of Difluorocarbene with Amines and Ethers	73
Controlling Guest Diffusion by Local Dynamic Motion in Soft Porous Crystals to Separate Water Isotopologues and Similar Gases	73
Advances in Biosensor Technologies for Infection Diagnostics	72
Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization: Ligand Innovation and Reaction Development	72
Adsorption Structure–Activity Correlation in the Photocatalytic Chemistry of Methanol and Water on TiO₂(110)	72
Functional Nucleic Acids for Pathogenic Bacteria Detection	72
Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: 20 Years	71
Hybrid Cross-Linking to Construct Functional Elastomers	71
Physical Origin and Periodicity of the Highest Oxidation States in Heavy-Element Chemistry	71
Catalyst Engineering Empowers the Creation of Biomass-Derived Polyesters and Polycarbonates	71
Targeted Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Molecular Imaging of Cancer	70
Macrocycle-Based Solid-State Supramolecular Polymers	69
The Quantum Chemical Cluster Approach in Biocatalysis	69
Ordered Integration and Heterogenization of Catalysts and Photosensitizers in Metal-/Covalent-Organic Frameworks for Boosting CO₂ Photoreduction	68
Advancements in Liquid Jet Technology and X-ray Spectroscopy for Understanding Energy Conversion Materials during Operation	68
Molecular Ring Remodeling through C–C Bond Cleavage	67
Defects in Carbon-Based Materials for Electrocatalysis: Synthesis, Recognition, and Advances	67
Emergence of Low-Cost and High-Performance Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors	66
Molecular Recognition with Macrocyclic Receptors for Application in Precision Medicine	66
Correction to “Tuning Reactive Crystallization Pathways for Integrated CO₂ Capture, Conversion, and Storage via Mineralization”	66
Degradable Vinyl Polymers for Combating Marine Biofouling	65

Explaining Kinetic Isotope Effects in Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions	65
Design, Synthesis, and Application of Chiral Bicyclic Imidazole Catalysts	64
Challenge and Chance of Single Atom Catalysis: The Development and Application of the Single Atom Site Catalysts Toolbox	64
Bridging Electrochemistry and Ultrahigh Vacuum: “Unburying” the Electrode–Electrolyte Interface	64
Element Distributions in Bimetallic Aerogels	64
Using NMR Spectroscopy to Evaluate Metal–Ligand Bond Covalency for the f Elements	63
Homo-Mannich Reaction of Cyclopropanols: A Versatile Tool for Natural Product Synthesis	63
Evolution of a Synthetic Strategy toward the Syntheses of Bis-tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloids	62
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Organic Electrode Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion: Mechanism, Characteristics, and Applications	62
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Emerging Electrochemical Techniques for Probing Site Behavior in Single-Atom Electrocatalysts	62
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A Spontaneously Electrical State of Matter	60
Chemical Modulators of Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells	60
Ligand-Assisted Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials	60
Peptides En Route from Prebiotic to Biotic Catalysis	59
Dissipative Systems Driven by the Decarboxylation of Activated Carboxylic Acids	59
Three-Dimensional Polymer Micelles Formed by Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly	59
Combining Renewable Electricity and Renewable Carbon: Understanding Reaction Mechanisms of Biomass-Derived Furanic Compounds for Design of Catalytic Nanomaterials	59
Exploiting Chemical Protein Synthesis to Study the Role of Tyrosine Sulfation on Anticoagulants from Hematophagous Organisms	58
The Age of Direct Chemical Dynamics	58
Solar-Driven CO₂ Reduction Using a Semiconductor/Molecule Hybrid Photosystem: From Photocatalysts to a Monolithic Artificial Leaf	57
Engineering Nanostructured Interfaces of Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Based Materials for Enhanced Catalysis	57
Correction to “Nonadiabatic Dynamics Studied by Liquid-Jet Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy”	57
Measurements of Atmosphere–Biosphere Exchange of Oxidized Nitrogen and Implications for the Chemistry of Atmospheric NO_x	57
The Influence of Nonlocal Metal–Dielectric Environments on Physical and Chemical Processes	57
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Versatile Media for Polymer Adsorption and Separation	57
Hierarchically Porous MOFs Synthesized by Soft-Template Strategies	57
Bulk-Processed Plasmonic Plastic Nanocomposite Materials for Optical Hydrogen Detection	57
Single-Molecule Correlated Chemical Probing: A Revolution in RNA Structure Analysis	56
Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Conductivity of a Weakly Coordinating Anion/Cation Salt for Electrolyte Application in Next-Generation Batteries	56
Calculating the Enthalpy of Vaporization of Ethanol, n-Heptane, Isooctane, and a Binary Mixture of Isooctane + n-Heptane from Their Vapor Pressure Data	56
New Opportunities for Organic Synthesis with Superheated Flow Chemistry	56
Toward Understanding the Subcellular Distributions of Cholesterol and Sphingolipids Using High-Resolution NanoSIMS Imaging	56
Differences in the Second Coordination Sphere Tailor the Substrate Specificity and Reactivity of Thiol Dioxygenases	56
Translating the Genome into Drugs	56
Recent Developments in the Methods and Applications of Electrostatic Theory	56
Sequential Linker Installation in Metal–Organic Frameworks	55
Road Map for the Construction of High-Valued N-Heterocycles via Denitrogenative Annulation	55
Magnetoelectrics for Implantable Bioelectronics: Progress to Date	55
Challenges and Applications to Operando and In Situ TEM Imaging and Spectroscopic Capabilities in a Cryogenic Temperature Range	55
Expanding the Scope of Aluminum Chemistry with Noninnocent Ligands	55
General Principles and Limitations for Detection of RNA Modifications by Sequencing	54
Designer Heme Proteins: Achieving Novel Function with Abiological Heme Analogues	54
Late-Stage Diversification of Phosphines by C–H Activation: A Robust Strategy for Ligand Design and Preparation	54
Photophysics in Biomembranes: Computational Insight into the Interaction between Lipid Bilayers and Chromophores	54
Recent Advances in Electrochemical Carboxylation with CO₂	54
Molecular Quantum Dynamics: A Quantum Computing Perspective	54
Pitfalls in RNA Modification Quantification Using Nucleoside Mass Spectrometry	53
Cyclopropenium Ions in Catalysis	53
Developing Biodegradable Lipid Nanoparticles for Intracellular mRNA Delivery and Genome Editing	53
Stereochemical Editing at sp³-Hybridized Carbon Centers by Reversible, Photochemically Triggered Hydrogen Atom Transfer	53
Monolithically Defined Wireless Fully Implantable Nervous System Interfaces	53
3d Metal Complexes in T-shaped Geometry as a Gateway to Metalloradical Reactivity	53
The Molecular Nature of Redox-Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks	53
Helix-Induced Asymmetric Self-Assembly of π-Conjugated Block Copolymers: From Controlled Syntheses to Distinct Properties	53
Advances in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Gas Separation and Storage: Focus on Clathrate Hydrates	52
Chemical Evolution of Enzyme-Catalyzed Glycosylation	52
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Hydrosilane/Organoiodine Coupling-Enabled Studies of Organosilane Physical Properties	52
SERS as a Probe of Surface Chemistry Enabled by Surface-Accessible Plasmonic Nanomaterials	51
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Metal-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry Directed toward Metallosupramolecular Synthesis and Beyond	51
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Nanoinjection: A Platform for Innovation in Ex Vivo Cell Engineering	51
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Conjugated Block Copolymers for Functional Nanostructures	50
Benzo-Fused-Ring Toolbox Based on Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis: Methodology Development and Applications in Natural Product Synthesis	50
Reaction Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Improved Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis from Hierarchical High Throughput Catalyst Design	50
Controlling Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in BODIPY Pairs	50
Programmable Morphing Hydrogels for Soft Actuators and Robots: From Structure Designs to Active Functions	50
N-Acyl-N-alkyl/aryl Sulfonamide Chemistry Assisted by Proximity for Modification and Covalent Inhibition of Endogenous Proteins in Living Systems	50
Toward Self-Driven Autonomous Material and Device Acceleration Platforms (AMADAP) for Emerging Photovoltaics Technologies	49
Enantioselective Transformations by “1 + x” Synergistic Catalysis with Chiral Primary Amines	49
Noble Metal Nanoparticle Biosensors: From Fundamental Studies toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics	49
Surface Science and Engineering for Electrochemical Materials	48
Exploring Present and Future Directions in Nano-Enhanced Optoelectronic Neuromodulation	48
Porous Crystalline Materials Based on Tetrathiafulvalene and Its Analogues: Assembly, Charge Transfer, and Applications	48
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nitrogen Atom Insertion into Carbocycles	48
A New Paradigm in Enantioselective Cobalt Catalysis: Cationic Cobalt(I) Catalysts for Heterodimerization, Cycloaddition, and Hydrofunctionalization Reactions of Olefins	48
Nonequilibrium Scattering/Evaporation Dynamics at the Gas–Liquid Interface: Wetted Wheels, Self-Assembled Monolayers, and Liquid Microjets	48
Influence of Steric and Dispersion Interactions on the Thermochemistry of Crowded (Fluoro)alkyl Compounds	48
Innovative Chemical Strategies for Advanced CRISPR Modulation	48
Photoexcitation-Induced Assembly: A Bottom-Up Physical Strategy for Driving Molecular Motion and Phase Evolution	48
A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes	47
Renewable Fuels and Chemical Recycling of Plastics via Hydrothermal Liquefaction	47
Molecular Face-Rotating Polyhedra: Chiral Cages Inspired by Mathematics	47
Phenanthroline Catalysis in Stereoselective 1,2-cis Glycosylations	47
A Specific Guide for Metalloenzyme Designers: Introduction and Evolution of Metal-Coordination Spheres Embedded in Protein Environments	47