OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science is 12. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding how bacterial collectives organize on surfaces by tracking surfactant flow	170
Designing refractory complex concentrated alloys for extreme environments	161
Amorphous oxide semiconductors: From fundamental properties to practical applications	144
Accelerated emergence of CoNi-based medium-entropy alloys with emphasis on their mechanical properties	116
Toward high-quality graphene film growth by chemical vapor deposition system	89
Graphene- polymer nanocomposite-based wearable strain sensors for physiological signal Monitoring: Recent progress and challenges	85
Grain refinement and morphological control of intermetallic compounds: A comprehensive review	76
Liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with dynamic covalent bonding: Synthesis, alignment, reprogrammability, and self-healing	70
Editorial Board	69
Editorial Board	69
Electric current-induced phenomena in metallic materials	68
Dopants and defects in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors	66
Conductive-synthetic diamond materials in meeting the sustainable development goals	65
Corrigendum to “Nanoscale strain-engineered planar two-dimensional materials: properties, fabrication strategies, and applications in biosensing” [Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 43 (2026) 101265]	57
Editorial: Special issue on solid-state battery materials, phenomena, and systems	57
Solid state lithium metal batteries – Issues and challenges at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface	56
Editorial Board	56
Predicting displacement damage for ion irradiation: Origin of the overestimation of vacancy production in SRIM full-cascade calculations	55
The next generation of nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing	49
History, present status, and future directions of vanadium alloys for fusion reactors	49
Recent advances in describing and driving crystal nucleation using machine learning and artificial intelligence	49
High strain rate nanoindentation testing: Recent advancements, challenges and opportunities	49
Graphene-based sensors for multiscenario applications: from functional interface engineering to artificial intelligence-driven optimization	47
Review on thermal transport and lattice dynamics of high-entropy alloys containing Ni	43
Atomic-scale scanning single-electron transistor microscopy for low-angle twisted two-dimensional heterostructures	41

Advances in additive manufacturing of cemented carbides: From powder production to mechanical properties and future challenges	39
Chemomechanics: Friend or foe of the “AND problem” of solid-state batteries?	39
Monolithic 3D integration as a pathway to energy-efficient computing and beyond: From materials and devices to architectures and chips	38
Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling	37
Rational design of high-entropy ceramics based on machine learning – A critical review	35
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for materials	34
Current opinions on memristor-accelerated machine learning hardware	33
Chiral photonic materials self-assembled by cellulose nanocrystals	32
Deformation-induced martensitic transformations: A strategy for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in high-entropy alloys	31
Intrinsically stretchable sensory-neuromorphic system for sign language translation	31
Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D	29
Editorial Board	29
From jammed solids to mechanical metamaterials : A brief review	29
Sampling thermodynamic ensembles of molecular systems with generative neural networks: Will integrating physics-based models close the generalization gap?	28
Advances and opportunities in high-throughput small-scale mechanical testing	28
Autonomous materials research and design: Characterization	28
From high-entropy alloys to alloys with high entropy: A new paradigm in materials science and engineering for advancing sustainable metallurgy	28
Spintronic devices as next-generation computation accelerators	26
Editorial Board	26
Probing the Near-Atomic Scale Structure of Hard Biological Materials with Atom Probe Tomography: A Review	26
Advancing programmable metamaterials through machine learning-driven buckling strength optimization	25
Engineering materials for artificial cells	25
Ultra-fast sintering and grain boundary metastability in ceramics	23
Recent progress in analysis of strain-induced phenomena in irradiated metallic materials and advanced alloys using SEM-EBSD in-situ tensile testing	23
Ferroelastic toughening: Can it solve the mechanics challenges of solid electrolytes?	23
Autonomous research and development of structural materials – An introduction and vision	22
Challenges and opportunities in searching for Rashba-Dresselhaus materials for efficient spin-charge interconversion at room temperature	22
Conductive Hydrogels: Bioelectronics and Environmental Applications	22
Editorial Board	20
Machine learning aided nanoindentation: A review of the current state and future perspectives	18
Historic and modern nuclear graphite impurities: Pathways to improved waste strategies	18
On the role of functionalization in graphene-moisture interaction	18
Recent progress in elastic and inelastic neutron scattering for chemical, polymeric, and biological investigations	18
Point of zero charge, isoelectric point, and potential of zero charge on activated carbons: A comprehensive interpretation about their interrelation	17
Predictive process mapping for laser powder bed fusion: A review of existing analytical solutions	17
High-affinity peptide biomaterials	17
Statistical mechanical modeling of glass-forming systems: A practical review considering an example calcium silicate system	16
Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys	15
Machine learning for inverse design of acoustic and elastic metamaterials	15
Designing biofilm architecture through depletion-mediated self-assembly and emergent nematic order	15
Breaking the trade-off between thermal conductivity and strength of magnesium alloys: Mechanisms and strategies	15
Nanocrystal programmable assembly beyond hard spheres (or shapes) and other (simple) potentials	14
Proposed relaxed criteria for fusion-activated materials	14
Computational materials assessment of the D/Li-stripping neutron source as a prototypical facility for fusion materials testing	13
The fusion liquid breeder compatibility gap: Thoughts on issues to address for a fusion power plant	13
On the oxidation of VS2 2D platelets using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy	13
Machine learning models in phononic metamaterials	12
Helix-specific properties and applications in synthetic polypeptides	12
Editorial Board	12
Footwear for piezoelectric energy harvesting: A comprehensive review on prototypes development, applications and future prospects	12