OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Materialia is 81. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Glass formation during combinatorial sputtering in binary alloys	253
Formation and distribution of Au nanoparticles within Si lamellae of the Au-Si eutectic microstructure	226
Phase-field modelling of anisotropic solid-state dewetting on patterned substrates	223
Suppressing embrittlement and enhancing thermal resistance of bulk superlattice alloys by controllable grain-boundary segregation	214
Corrigendum to Emmanuel Clouet Articles	211
Introducing strain glass transition into high-entropy TiZrHfNiCuCo alloys exhibiting elastocaloric effect and quasi-linear superelasticity	198
Simultaneous dependent transformations nucleated at vertices and faces of 3D Poisson-Voronoi tessellations	194
A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy	183
Super-defects in superatomic crystals	176
Enhanced deep-freezing magneto- and elasto-caloric effects by modifying lattice anharmonicity and electronic structures	165
Unusual synchronous behavior of polarization and relaxation in Aurivillius superlattice	163
Cr-promoted formation of B2+L21 composite nanoprecipitates and enhanced mechanical properties in ferritic alloy	160
Achieving excellent elevated-temperature mechanical properties in dual-phase high-entropy alloys via nanoscale co-precipitation and heterostructure engineering	152
Bilayer period and ratio dependent structure and mechanical properties of TiN/MoN superlattices	149
High-throughput microstructure and composition characterisation of microplatelet reinforced composites using directional reflectance microscopy	146
Solute clustering in polycrystals: Unveiling the interplay of grain boundary junction and long-range solute attraction effects	137
Revealing the impact of acceptor dopant type on the electrical conductivity of sodium bismuth titanate	131
Corrigendum to “Dislocation correlations in GaN epitaxial films revealed by EBSD and XRD” [Acta Materialia 297 (2025) 121357]	130
Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces	129
The toughening effect of twins on fracture in nanotwinned Cu during cyclic loading	125
Precipitate dissolution during deformation induced twin thickening in a CoNi-base superalloy subject to creep	124
On the exceptional creep resistance in a die-cast Gd-containing Mg alloy with Al addition	123
From irregular to regular eutectic growth in the Al-Al3Ni system: In situ observations during directional solidification	123
First-principles insights into complex interplays among nano-phases in an Al-Cu-Li-Zr alloy	121
The dual role of boron on hydrogen embrittlement: example of interface-related hydrogen effects in an austenite-ferrite two-phase lightweight steel	120

Twinning-dominated scratch mechanism transitions in commercial pure Titanium from micro to macro scales	120
Passivating oxidation behavior of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 coatings investigated by scanning transmission electron microscopy and chemical environment dependent density functional theory simulations	118
Mechanical behavior and size–dependent strength of small noble-metal nanoparticles	117
Architected materials informatics: Construction and application to cellular-structured heat sink optimization	116
Brittle and ductile deformations in uniaxial compression of Si micropillars	115
The Effect of Grain Boundary Facet Junctions on Segregation and Embrittlement	115
Scalar permeability microstructure model considering crystallographic texture and grain size for magnetic evaluation of anisotropy in steel	113
Mapping of microstructure transitions during rapid alloy solidification using Bayesian-guided phase-field simulations	112
Grain boundaries modification of the spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 ceramic cathode towards low interfacial resistance for lithium-ion batteries with ultrahigh areal energy density	111
Origin of interface stress enhancement and compressive-to-tensile stress transition in immiscible nanomultilayers	110
Microstructure-aware bayesian materials design	109
Atomistic simulations of pipe diffusion in bcc transition metals	106
Ternary diagrams of phase, stability, and optical properties of cesium lead mixed-halide perovskites	105
Effect of CMAS infiltration on the optical properties of thermal barrier coatings: Study of the mechanisms supported by FDTD simulations and ALD	105
Solid solution and precipitation strengthening effects in basal slip, extension twinning and pyramidal slip in Mg-Zn alloys	103
Ni coarsening in Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia electrodes: Three-dimensional quantitative phase-field simulations supported by ex-situ ptychographic nano-tomography	101
Hydrogen concentration and hydrides in Zircaloy-4 during cyclic thermomechanical loading	101
Sudoku-inspired high-Shannon-entropy alloys	100
Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces – An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation	100
Effect of external stress on hydride reorientation in zirconium	99
The effects of diffusional couplings on compositional trajectories and interfacial free energies during phase separation in a quaternary Ni-Al-Cr-Re model superalloy	99
Short-range order and its impacts on the BCC MoNbTaW multi-principal element alloy by the machine-learning potential	99
Ion kinetic energy- and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti,Al)N thin films	98
Electronic effects on the radiation damage in high-entropy alloys	96
Coarsening of metal/ceramics bicontinuous structures enhanced by stress-induced instability under cyclic thermal stress	95
A Model correlating fluidity to alloy variables in hypoeutectic alloys	95
Convective effects on columnar dendritic solidification – A multiscale dendritic needle network study	95
Effect of thermal ageing on the deformation behaviour of ferrite and austenite in a duplex stainless steel: Micropillar characterisation and dislocation density modelling	94
Formation and self-organisation of nano-porosity in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous Ge	94
A data science approach for analysis and reconstruction of spinodal-like composition fields in irradiated FeCrAl alloys	94
Bimodal structured chromium-tungsten composite as plasma-facing materials: Sinterability, mechanical properties, and deuterium retention assessment	94
A spall and diffraction study of nanosecond pressure release across the iron ε-α phase boundary	93
Formation and switching of chiral magnetic field textures in three-dimensional gyroid nanostructures	92
Extraction of reversible hydrogen trapped on prior austenite grain boundaries and promoting intergranular fracture in the elastic region of tempered martensitic steel by utilizing frozen-in hydrogen d	92
Thermodynamics and Ferroelectric Properties of Pb1-xSrxTiO3 Solid Solutions	92
A model for solute evolution in laser powder bed fused Al-Si alloys and its application to improve thermal conductivity	90
The origin of graphite morphology in cast iron	90
Achieving superior lithium storage performances of CoMoO4 anode for lithium-ion batteries by Si-doping dual vacancies engineering	90
Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics	89
Uncovering deformation twins in intermetallic AuSn and Au5Sn	89
Corrigendum to ‘In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson's ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes’ [Acta Materialia (2022) 118097]	88
Martensitic transformation during electrochemical polishing of metastable austenitic stainless steel	88
Mechanical properties, failure mechanisms, and scaling laws of bicontinuous nanoporous metallic glasses	88
Room temperature plasticity in amorphous SiO2 and amorphous Al	84
Dynamic deformation mechanism in submicro-laminated copper with interlamellar graphene multilayers	84
In situ synchrotron study of sintering of gas-atomized Ti-6Al-4 V powders using concomitant micro-tomography and X-ray diffraction: Effect of particle size and interstitials on densification and phase	84
In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson’s ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes	84
Critical assessment of hydrogen pipe diffusion at dislocations in metals	83
The effects of grain boundary structure and bulk Cr content on grain boundary degradation behavior of Ni-Cr binary alloys in high temperature CO2	83
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Predicting path-dependent diffusion barrier spectra in vast compositional space of multi-principal element alloys via convolutional neural networks	82
Grain boundary segregation predicted by quantum-accurate segregation spectra but not by classical models	82
A novel Re-free Ni-based single-crystal superalloy with enhanced creep resistance and microstructure stability	82
Demonstration of Helide formation for fusion structural materials as natural lattice sinks for helium	82
Hydrogen-assisted spinodal decomposition in a TiNbZrHfTa complex concentrated alloy	81
Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation	81
Atomistically informed mesoscale modelling of deformation behavior of bulk metallic glasses	81