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Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Materialia is 82. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Suppressing embrittlement and enhancing thermal resistance of bulk superlattice alloys by controllable grain-boundary segregation	267
Corrigendum to Emmanuel Clouet Articles	241
Simultaneous dependent transformations nucleated at vertices and faces of 3D Poisson-Voronoi tessellations	220
A data science approach for analysis and reconstruction of spinodal-like composition fields in irradiated FeCrAl alloys	217
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]	216
Formation and switching of chiral magnetic field textures in three-dimensional gyroid nanostructures	202
Demonstration of Helide formation for fusion structural materials as natural lattice sinks for helium	201
Coarsening of metal/ceramics bicontinuous structures enhanced by stress-induced instability under cyclic thermal stress	189
Model for stress evolution during the early stages of non-energetic thin film growth	177
Passivating oxidation behavior of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 coatings investigated by scanning transmission electron microscopy and chemical environment dependent density functional theory simulations	175
Formation and distribution of Au nanoparticles within Si lamellae of the Au-Si eutectic microstructure	160
A model for solute evolution in laser powder bed fused Al-Si alloys and its application to improve thermal conductivity	155
Achieving superior lithium storage performances of CoMoO4 anode for lithium-ion batteries by Si-doping dual vacancies engineering	151
Scalar permeability microstructure model considering crystallographic texture and grain size for magnetic evaluation of anisotropy in steel	147
Super-defects in superatomic crystals	140
Prediction of temperature-dependent nucleation and growth in pure FeCr alloy via a self-consistent Phase Field approach	138
Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces – An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation	135
Corrigendum to “Dislocation correlations in GaN epitaxial films revealed by EBSD and XRD” [Acta Materialia 297 (2025) 121357]	134
Phase-field modelling of anisotropic solid-state dewetting on patterned substrates	134
Origin of interface stress enhancement and compressive-to-tensile stress transition in immiscible nanomultilayers	134
Uncovering deformation twins in intermetallic AuSn and Au5Sn	132
The Effect of Grain Boundary Facet Junctions on Segregation and Embrittlement	131
Anomalous upper critical field in UNbTiVZr, a new high entropy alloy superconductor containing uranium	129
Formation and self-organisation of nano-porosity in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous Ge	129
High-throughput microstructure and composition characterisation of microplatelet reinforced composites using directional reflectance microscopy	127

Ternary diagrams of phase, stability, and optical properties of cesium lead mixed-halide perovskites	126
Glass formation during combinatorial sputtering in binary alloys	126
Mapping of microstructure transitions during rapid alloy solidification using Bayesian-guided phase-field simulations	122
Room temperature plasticity in amorphous SiO2 and amorphous Al	120
In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson’s ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes	119
Thermodynamics and Ferroelectric Properties of Pb1-xSrxTiO3 Solid Solutions	118
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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	114
Introducing strain glass transition into high-entropy TiZrHfNiCuCo alloys exhibiting elastocaloric effect and quasi-linear superelasticity	114
Assessing the early stages of crystal nucleation and growth in a deeply supercooled glass-forming liquid	112
Enhancing strengthening effect of topologically close-packed superlattices in medium-entropy alloys via enabling imperfect atomic packing	112
Atomistically informed mesoscale modelling of deformation behavior of bulk metallic glasses	110
Bimodal structured chromium-tungsten composite as plasma-facing materials: Sinterability, mechanical properties, and deuterium retention assessment	109
Solute clustering in polycrystals: Unveiling the interplay of grain boundary junction and long-range solute attraction effects	109
Sudoku-inspired high-Shannon-entropy alloys	107
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A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy	104
Kawin: An open source Kampmann–Wagner Numerical (KWN) phase precipitation and coarsening model	103
Chemical core-shell metastability-induced large ductility in medium-entropy maraging and reversion alloys	103
A novel Re-free Ni-based single-crystal superalloy with enhanced creep resistance and microstructure stability	103
Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation	102
Ultrastrong and stress corrosion cracking-resistant martensitic steels	102
Grain boundary segregation predicted by quantum-accurate segregation spectra but not by classical models	102
Revealing the impact of acceptor dopant type on the electrical conductivity of sodium bismuth titanate	102
The dual role of boron on hydrogen embrittlement: example of interface-related hydrogen effects in an austenite-ferrite two-phase lightweight steel	102
Convective effects on columnar dendritic solidification – A multiscale dendritic needle network study	101
A Model correlating fluidity to alloy variables in hypoeutectic alloys	100
Substituting Ce with La and Nd in Al11Ce3: Effect on microstructure and mechanical properties	100
Effect of CMAS infiltration on the optical properties of thermal barrier coatings: Study of the mechanisms supported by FDTD simulations and ALD	99
Cr-promoted formation of B2+L21 composite nanoprecipitates and enhanced mechanical properties in ferritic alloy	98
Mechanical behavior and size–dependent strength of small noble-metal nanoparticles	96
Architected materials informatics: Construction and application to cellular-structured heat sink optimization	96
Effect of external stress on hydride reorientation in zirconium	95
Defect accumulation in β-Ga2O3 implanted with Yb	94
Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces	93
Short-range order and its impacts on the BCC MoNbTaW multi-principal element alloy by the machine-learning potential	92
Grain boundaries modification of the spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 ceramic cathode towards low interfacial resistance for lithium-ion batteries with ultrahigh areal energy density	92
The effects of grain boundary structure and bulk Cr content on grain boundary degradation behavior of Ni-Cr binary alloys in high temperature CO2	91
Martensitic transformation during electrochemical polishing of metastable austenitic stainless steel	91
Precipitate dissolution during deformation induced twin thickening in a CoNi-base superalloy subject to creep	90
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	90
Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics	90
The origin of graphite morphology in cast iron	89
Hydrogen-assisted spinodal decomposition in a TiNbZrHfTa complex concentrated alloy	88
Atomistic simulations of pipe diffusion in bcc transition metals	88
On microstructure development during laser melting and resolidification: An experimentally validated simulation study	88
Predicting path-dependent diffusion barrier spectra in vast compositional space of multi-principal element alloys via convolutional neural networks	88
Unusual synchronous behavior of polarization and relaxation in Aurivillius superlattice	87
Electronic effects on the radiation damage in high-entropy alloys	87
The effects of diffusional couplings on compositional trajectories and interfacial free energies during phase separation in a quaternary Ni-Al-Cr-Re model superalloy	85

On the exceptional creep resistance in a die-cast Gd-containing Mg alloy with Al addition	85
A spall and diffraction study of nanosecond pressure release across the iron ε-α phase boundary	84
Fatigue-resistant elastocaloric effect in hypoeutectic TiNi58 alloy with heterogeneous microstructure	83
Brittle and ductile deformations in uniaxial compression of Si micropillars	83
Cracking mechanism in a laser powder bed fused cold-work tool steel: The role of residual stresses, microstructure and local elemental concentrations	83
Twinning-dominated scratch mechanism transitions in commercial pure Titanium from micro to macro scales	82
Ion kinetic energy- and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti,Al)N thin films	82