OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Reviews is 109. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications	1663
Promises and Challenges of Next-Generation “Beyond Li-ion” Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Grid Decarbonization	945
Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy	891
Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis	869
Single-Atom Catalysts across the Periodic Table	841
Metal–Organic Framework-Based Hierarchically Porous Materials: Synthesis and Applications	823
Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing	752
Electroceramics for High-Energy Density Capacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives	740
Machine Learning Force Fields	678
Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites	654
Borates: A Rich Source for Optical Materials	642
The 2D Halide Perovskite Rulebook: How the Spacer Influences Everything from the Structure to Optoelectronic Device Efficiency	625
Direct Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for Aliphatic C–H Bonds Elaboration	617
Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers	613
Single-Atom Catalysts Based on the Metal–Oxide Interaction	610
Rechargeable Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage	609
Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties	589
Translational Applications of Hydrogels	559
Cooperative Coupling of Oxidative Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts	559
Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Materials: Synthesis, Structures, Properties and Applications	548
Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Reactions	522
Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules	518
Power of Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies to Characterize Metal-Organic Frameworks and Investigate Their Interaction with Guest Molecules	492
Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials	481
Biomedicine Meets Fenton Chemistry	480

Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics	480
From Materials to Cell: State-of-the-Art and Prospective Technologies for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Processing	465
Lithium Metal Anodes with Nonaqueous Electrolytes	465
Amyloid Oligomers: A Joint Experimental/Computational Perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	457
Metal–Organic Framework-Based Enzyme Biocomposites	448
Magnetically Driven Micro and Nanorobots	446
Visible Light-Induced Transition Metal Catalysis	440
Chemical Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Challenges, Advanced Methods, and Perspectives	436
Theoretical Understandings of Graphene-based Metal Single-Atom Catalysts: Stability and Catalytic Performance	421
Electronic Textiles for Wearable Point-of-Care Systems	417
Technological Innovations in Photochemistry for Organic Synthesis: Flow Chemistry, High-Throughput Experimentation, Scale-up, and Photoelectrochemistry	409
Chiroptical Properties of Symmetric Double, Triple, and Multiple Helicenes	399
Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter	399
Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Chemistry and Quantum Materials Science	397
Liquid Crystals: Versatile Self-Organized Smart Soft Materials	389
Polymeric Tissue Adhesives	386
Combining Machine Learning and Computational Chemistry for Predictive Insights Into Chemical Systems	377
Four Generations of High-Dimensional Neural Network Potentials	374
Visible-to-NIR-Light Activated Release: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials	367
Aptamer-Based Detection of Circulating Targets for Precision Medicine	367
Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots	367
Magnetic Skyrmion Materials	366
Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications	357
Design and Applications of Water-Soluble Coordination Cages	356
Recent Advances in Heterocyclic Nanographenes and Other Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Compounds	351
Optical Sensing and Imaging of pH Values: Spectroscopies, Materials, and Applications	351
Structural Transformation of Heterogeneous Materials for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction	346
Destruction of Metal–Organic Frameworks: Positive and Negative Aspects of Stability and Lability	345
Non-Noble Plasmonic Metal-Based Photocatalysts	339
Supramolecular Adhesive Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications	338
Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices: From Design to Applications	335
Recent Progress and Future Prospects on All-Organic Polymer Dielectrics for Energy Storage Capacitors	324
Gold Nanorods: The Most Versatile Plasmonic Nanoparticles	318
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp³)–H Bonds	315
Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy: Hydrogen and Methanol Economies, Fuels from Biomass, and Related Topics	310
Directed Evolution: Methodologies and Applications	309
Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers	306
Fe(II) Redox Chemistry in the Environment	305
Electrochemical Oxidation Induced Selective C–C Bond Cleavage	303
Contact Electrification at the Liquid–Solid Interface	303
Toolbox for Distal C–H Bond Functionalizations in Organic Molecules	302
Lipids and Lipid Derivatives for RNA Delivery	302
Self-Healing Injectable Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration	299
Physics-Inspired Structural Representations for Molecules and Materials	298
2D Heterostructures for Ubiquitous Electronics and Optoelectronics: Principles, Opportunities, and Challenges	297
The Use of Alternative Strategies for Enhanced Nanoparticle Delivery to Solid Tumors	295
Understanding the Electric Double-Layer Structure, Capacitance, and Charging Dynamics	294
Versatile Types of Inorganic/Organic NIR-IIa/IIb Fluorophores: From Strategic Design toward Molecular Imaging and Theranostics	293
Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays	291
Applications of Halogen-Atom Transfer (XAT) for the Generation of Carbon Radicals in Synthetic Photochemistry and Photocatalysis	289

Chemically Modified Biopolymers for the Formation of Biomedical Hydrogels	284
Photochemical and Electrochemical Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis	281
Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies	281
Photons or Electrons? A Critical Comparison of Electrochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	279
Recent Developments for the Deuterium and Tritium Labeling of Organic Molecules	271
Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Directions of Bioelectrocatalysis	266
Cu(I)-Catalyzed Click Chemistry in Glycoscience and Their Diverse Applications	264
Chiral Metal–Organic Frameworks	264
Ion Dissociation in Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Solutions	263
Structures and General Transport Mechanisms by the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS)	257
Strategic Use of Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis in Natural Product Synthesis	257
Chemical Aspects of Human and Environmental Overload with Fluorine	257
Understanding the Effect of Water on CO₂ Adsorption	251
Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis	251
Light in Gold Catalysis	250
Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Triplet Energy Transfer	250
Synergistic Dual Transition Metal Catalysis	250
Smart Materials for Microrobots	248
Zeolites in Adsorption Processes: State of the Art and Future Prospects	248
o-Silylaryl Triflates: A Journey of Kobayashi Aryne Precursors	248
Evolutionary Generation of Phosphor Materials and Their Progress in Future Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes	245
Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals in the Discovery and Development of Improved Drugs	245
Advances in theE → ZIsomerization of Alkenes Using Small Molecule Photocatalysts	244
Colloidal Self-Assembly Approaches to Smart Nanostructured Materials	242
Alkoxy Radicals See the Light: New Paradigms of Photochemical Synthesis	241
Natural Biopolymer-Based Biocompatible Conductors for Stretchable Bioelectronics	241
Microkinetic Modeling: A Tool for Rational Catalyst Design	241
Photon Upconversion for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis: A Critical Review	240
Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Specially Activated Alkynes, Allenes, and Alkenes	240
Machine Learning for Electronically Excited States of Molecules	238
Zwitterionic Biomaterials	233
Impedance Analysis of Electrochemical Systems	230
Unconventional Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications	229
CO₂ Capture at Medium to High Temperature Using Solid Oxide-Based Sorbents: Fundamental Aspects, Mechanistic Insights, and Recent Advances	229
Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis	229
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Click-Chemistry with Nucleic Acids	229
Anticatalytic Strategies to Suppress Water Electrolysis in Aqueous Batteries	228
Photocatalysis in the Life Science Industry	228
Molecular Probes, Chemosensors, and Nanosensors for Optical Detection of Biorelevant Molecules and Ions in Aqueous Media and Biofluids	228
Advances on the Merger of Electrochemistry and Transition Metal Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	227
Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation	226
Recent Advances in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation	225
High-Resolution Native Mass Spectrometry	225
Enantioselective Formation of Quaternary Centers by Allylic Alkylation with First-Row Transition-Metal Catalysts	223
HFIP in Organic Synthesis	223
Oxide–Zeolite-Based Composite Catalyst Concept That Enables Syngas Chemistry beyond Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis	219
Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis	219
Green Chemistry in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals	219
Photoinduced Borylation for the Synthesis of Organoboron Compounds	217
Divergent Gold Catalysis: Unlocking Molecular Diversity through Catalyst Control	216
Unsupervised Learning Methods for Molecular Simulation Data	216
Machine Learning for Chemical Reactions	214
Semiconducting Polymers for Oxygen Evolution Reaction under Light Illumination	214
Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry	214
The Past and the Future of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett Films	213
Photocatalytic Late-Stage C–H Functionalization	211
Doping Approaches for Organic Semiconductors	210
Polymorph Evolution Mechanisms and Regulation Strategies of Lithium Metal Anode under Multiphysical Fields	209
Applying Classical, Ab Initio, and Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Liquid Electrolyte for Rechargeable Batteries	208
Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Polymers: Smart Materials with Stimuli-Responsive, Self-Healing, and Recyclable Properties	207
Structurally Dynamic Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications: Pursuing a Fine Balance between Macroscopic Stability and Microscopic Dynamics	205
Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors	204
Artificial Intelligence Applied to Battery Research: Hype or Reality?	204
Free Energies of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reagents and Their Applications	204
Molecular Probes for Autofluorescence-Free Optical Imaging	204
Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design	202
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Sweat Sensors for Precision Medicine	202
Recent Development of Aryl Diazonium Chemistry for the Derivatization of Aromatic Compounds	202
Assembly and Applications of Macrocyclic-Confinement-Derived Supramolecular Organic Luminescent Emissions from Cucurbiturils	201
Cellulose: A Review of Water Interactions, Applications in Composites, and Water Treatment	200
Metal-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydrofunctionalization of Allenes: Easy Access to Allylic Structures via the Selective Formation of C–N, C–C, and C–O Bonds	200
Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions	200
Photoluminescent Nanoparticles for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Imaging	199
Fluorinated Pyrazoles: From Synthesis to Applications	199
First-Row d-Block Element-Catalyzed Carbon–Boron Bond Formation and Related Processes	199
Electrochemical Methods for Water Purification, Ion Separations, and Energy Conversion	198
Ethnobotany and the Role of Plant Natural Products in Antibiotic Drug Discovery	197
Light-Triggered Click Chemistry	196
Polymeric Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids	193
Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications	191

Machine Learning for Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst Design and Discovery	189
Enantioselective Radical Reactions Using Chiral Catalysts	189
Nonaqueous Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries: Progresses, Challenges, and Perspectives	188
Neural Network Potential Energy Surfaces for Small Molecules and Reactions	188
Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials	186
Freestanding Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives: An Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion	184
Selective Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Cyclopropanols	184
Recent Advances in 3D Printing of Structured Materials for Adsorption and Catalysis Applications	183
Recent Progress and Prospects in Catalytic Water Treatment	182
Metal Sites in Zeolites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalysis	182
Aliphatic Polycarbonates from Cyclic Carbonate Monomers and Their Application as Biomaterials	182
Molecular Main Group Metal Hydrides	182
Nitrogen-Centered Radicals in Functionalization of sp² Systems: Generation, Reactivity, and Applications in Synthesis	181
Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks	178
Noble-Metal-Free Multicomponent Nanointegration for Sustainable Energy Conversion	177
Metal Ion-Directed Functional Metal–Phenolic Materials	177
Two-Dimensional Polymers and Polymerizations	175
Introduction: Click Chemistry	173
Self-Assembling Peptide EAK16 and RADA16 Nanofiber Scaffold Hydrogel	173
Review of Multifunctional Separators: Stabilizing the Cathode and the Anode for Alkali (Li, Na, and K) Metal–Sulfur and Selenium Batteries	173
Colloidal Quantum Dots as Platforms for Quantum Information Science	171
Photoinduced Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (O-ATRP): Precision Polymer Synthesis Using Organic Photoredox Catalysis	171
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Photocatalysts for Solar-Driven Overall Water Splitting	171
Designing Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Are We Reaching Selectivities Competitive With Those of Homogeneous Catalysts?	169
Materials for Smart Soft Actuator Systems	168
Atomically Dispersed Metals on Well-Defined Supports including Zeolites and Metal–Organic Frameworks: Structure, Bonding, Reactivity, and Catalysis	163
Printable Smart Materials and Devices: Strategies and Applications	162
Molecular Cavity for Catalysis and Formation of Metal Nanoparticles for Use in Catalysis	162
Intrinsically Self-Healing Polymers: From Mechanistic Insight to Current Challenges	161
Guidelines to Achieving High Selectivity for the Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Bimetallic and Dilute Alloy Catalysts: A Review	161
Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers	161
Carbohydrate-Based Macromolecular Biomaterials	161
Phase Change Thermal Storage Materials for Interdisciplinary Applications	160
Toward a New Era of SERS and TERS at the Nanometer Scale: From Fundamentals to Innovative Applications	160
Metal–Organic Network-Forming Glasses	158
Impedance Spectroscopy of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells from the Perspective of Equivalent Circuits	158
Nanochitin: Chemistry, Structure, Assembly, and Applications	158
Coordination-Directed Self-Assembly of Functional Polynuclear Lanthanide Supramolecular Architectures	157
Chiral Tridentate Ligands in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation	157
Silylium Ions: From Elusive Reactive Intermediates to Potent Catalysts	156
Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Tissue Repair	156
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Drug-Target Binding by Molecular Simulation	155
Optimization of Catalysts and Conditions in Gold(I) Catalysis—Counterion and Additive Effects	155
Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Small Rings	155
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis for Materials Science	155
Metasurface-Driven Optically Variable Devices	154
Structural Analysis of Molecular Materials Using the Pair Distribution Function	154
Decarboxylative Halogenation of Organic Compounds	154
Borophene: Two-dimensional Boron Monolayer: Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications	152
Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides	150
Desulfonylation via Radical Process: Recent Developments in Organic Synthesis	149
Oxygen Loss in Layered Oxide Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Effects, and Mitigation	149
Beyond Platonic: How to Build Metal–Organic Polyhedra Capable of Binding Low-Symmetry, Information-Rich Molecular Cargoes	149
Rational Design of Photocatalysts for Controlled Polymerization: Effect of Structures on Photocatalytic Activities	148
Enzymes’ Power for Plastics Degradation	148
Confinement of Luminescent Guests in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Understanding Pathways from Synthesis and Multimodal Characterization to Potential Applications of LG@MOF Systems	147
Chemical and Biomolecular Strategies for STING Pathway Activation in Cancer Immunotherapy	147
Protein Assembly by Design	147
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–S, C–Se, and C–Te Bond Formations via Cross-Coupling and Atom-Economic Addition Reactions. Achievements and Challenges	146
Peptide Design and Self-assembly into Targeted Nanostructure and Functional Materials	146
Performance-Based Screening of Porous Materials for Carbon Capture	146
Nonspecific Binding—Fundamental Concepts and Consequences for Biosensing Applications	146
Metallaaromatic Chemistry: History and Development	146
Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yields in Environmental Waters	146
Vanadium Oxide: Phase Diagrams, Structures, Synthesis, and Applications	145
1,2-Migrations onto Gold Carbene Centers	144
Proteostasis of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: A Molecular Perspective of Risk Factors and Protective Strategies for Type II Diabetes	144
Construction of Medium-Sized Rings by Gold Catalysis	144
Nitrogen Fixation via Splitting into Nitrido Complexes	144
Bimetallic Sites for Catalysis: From Binuclear Metal Sites to Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles	144
Nucleic Acid Tests for Clinical Translation	143
Photoclick Chemistry: A Bright Idea	143
Advances in Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and the Pursuit of Challenging Biological Systems	142
Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry for Investigating Protein Conformations and Protein–Protein Interactions─A Method for All Seasons	141
Computational Discovery of Transition-metal Complexes: From High-throughput Screening to Machine Learning	141
Antiperovskite Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries	138
Pulsed Laser in Liquids Made Nanomaterials for Catalysis	138
Single-Atom Engineering to Ignite 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Based Catalysis: Fundamentals, Progress, and Beyond	137
Chemistry, Functionalization, and Applications of Recent Monoelemental Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures	137
Enzymes, In Vivo Biocatalysis, and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling a Circular Economy and Sustainability	136
Phase Transitions of Associative Biomacromolecules	136
Photoactive Copper Complexes: Properties and Applications	135
Molecular Design Strategies toward Improvement of Charge Injection and Ionic Conduction in Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors for Organic Electrochemical Transistors	134
The Biologically Relevant Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Nitric Oxide: Electronic Structure and Reactivity	134
Polymer Semiconductors: Synthesis, Processing, and Applications	133
Differences in the Electrochemical Performance of Pt-Based Catalysts Used for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells in Liquid Half- and Full-Cells	133
Shortening Synthetic Routes to Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Employing Biocatalytic Methods	133
Aryl Transfer Strategies Mediated by Photoinduced Electron Transfer	133
Deconstruction and Reassembly of Renewable Polymers and Biocolloids into Next Generation Structured Materials	132
DNA-Encoded Chemistry: Drug Discovery from a Few Good Reactions	132
Noble-Metal Nanoframes and Their Catalytic Applications	132
Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research	131
Deciphering the Chameleonic Chemistry of Allenols: Breaking the Taboo of a Onetime Esoteric Functionality	131
Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Force Spectroscopy and Multiparametric Imaging of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems	131
Orbital Effects in Solids: Basics, Recent Progress, and Opportunities	130