OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Materials is 110. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams	2159
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase	733
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage	622
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design	595
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order	443
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light	398
Experimental organs	393
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C	358
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation	329
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics	328
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser	321
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality	291
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity	289
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators	277
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes	274
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface	268
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains	256
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene	254
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation	249
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks	249
When the roof falls in	244
Synapse-powered vitality	239
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes	239
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks	238
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice	231

Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials	229
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones	229
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer	225
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis	225
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	223
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries	219
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks	209
Hydrogels for RNA delivery	208
Directed cell migration towards softer environments	207
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates	205
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics	200
Sieving in order	198
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture	198
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors	194
Faster holes by delocalization	193
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators	192
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements	190
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet	185
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices	185
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology	184
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin	183
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors	181
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6	181
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks	175
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials	175
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose	174
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys	173
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes	172
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice	172
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion	169
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries	166
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers	166
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus	166
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation	166
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics	165
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts	161
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking	161
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor	161
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes	157
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate	157
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns	156
In praise of peer review	156
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions	155
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing	154
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions	151
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks	151
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents	151
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance	151
Connecting silicon carbide technologies	148
Synchronized dancing under light	148

Tunable fractional Chern insulators	147
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise	145
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films	141
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials	141
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond	140
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots	139
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate	139
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality	139
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry	137
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces	137
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals	135
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system	135
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures	133
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels	133
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces	132
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material	130
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure	129
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films	129
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project	128
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization	128
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C	127
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces	124
Chromogenic identification of breakdown	122
A fridge without a cause	120
Simple connections take the prize	119
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution	118
Design criteria for tough metamaterials	117
Steering from the rear	116
High-temperature superconductivity survives	116
Albumin-coated lipid nanoparticles are effective delivery systems for mRNA vaccines	116
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics	115
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy	114
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission	113
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis	112
Engineering bonding sites enables uniform and robust self-assembled monolayer for stable perovskite solar cells	110
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride	110
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature	110
A carbon-nanotube-based electron source with a 0.3-eV energy spread and an unconventional time delay	110