OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of npj 2D Materials and Applications is 18. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental and theoretical band alignment study of MPS3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) for designing tailored 2D heterostructures	201
Multiferroic nematic d-wave altermagnetism driven by orbital-order on the honeycomb lattice	141
Dynamic dielectric permittivity tensor of in-plane hyperbolic van der Waals MoOCl2 and emergent chiral photonic applications	110
Water-based, large-scale transfer of 2D materials grown on sapphire substrates	93
Piezoelectricity in NbOI2 for piezotronics and nanogenerators	91
Nanosheet fabrication from magnon thermal conductivity cuprates for the advanced thermal management	86
Longitudinal and latitudinal split-gate field-effect transistors for NAND and NOR logic circuit applications	86
Tuning of spin-transfer torque in VSe2-based vdW magnetic tunnel junctions by electrode polytypes	74
WoundMx: multiplexed detection of wound infection biomarkers with a multimodal sensor system based on laser-induced graphene	61
Transient photodoping and phonon dynamics in bulk and monolayer MoS2 by time resolved Raman scattering	58
Transition-selective photocurrents in Floquet-driven monolayer MoSe2	57
Exciton-polarons in the presence of strongly correlated electronic states in a MoSe2/WSe2 moiré superlattice	53
Exciton spectroscopy and unidirectional transport in MoSe2-WSe2 lateral heterostructures encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride	52
Photoluminescence enhancement in two-dimensional semiconductors via spacer-free metallic screening	52
Quantifying stress distribution in ultra-large graphene drums through mode shape imaging	49
Understanding and predicting trends in adsorption energetics on monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides	49
Exfoliation procedure-dependent optical properties of solution deposited MoS2 films	48
Origin of contact polarity at metal-2D transition metal dichalcogenide interfaces	48
Engineering altermagnetism via layer shifts and spin order in bilayer MnPS3	46
Advancements in 2D layered material memristors: unleashing their potential beyond memory	45
“Popcorn-Like” fabrication for high performance reduced-graphene oxide via laser and microwave reduction process	44
High Chern number van der Waals magnetic topological multilayers MnBi2Te4/hBN	44
Non-planar graphene directly synthesized on intracavity optical microresonators for GHz repetition rate mode-locked lasers	44
Multi-functional polymorphic memory based on 2D ferroelectric tunnel junctions	43
Programmable phonon-assisted resonant energy transfer between moiré cells in charge-tunable MoSe2-WS2 heterobilayers	42

Ab initio elucidation of PTCDA intercalation mechanism in MoS2 bilayer	41
Impact ionization and the paradox of defects in transition metal dichalcogenide FETs	41
Homoepitaxial growth of isotopically enriched h10BN layers on h11BN crystals by high-temperature molecular beam epitaxy	41
Cathode wrapping strategy with metal chalcogenide nanosheet for safer and longer lasting Li-ion batteries	40
Bio-inspired “Self-denoising” capability of 2D materials incorporated optoelectronic synaptic array	39
Multiphase superconductivity at the interface between ultrathin FeTe islands and Bi2Te3	39
Atomistic description of conductive bridge formation in two-dimensional material based memristor	38
Spin-order-dependent magneto-elastic coupling in two dimensional antiferromagnetic MnPSe3 observed through Raman spectroscopy	38
Two-dimensional C20-based monolayers and heterostructures for photocatalytic overall water splitting	37
Gating monolayer and bilayer graphene with a two-dimensional semiconductor	37
Designable exciton mixing through layer alignment in WS2-graphene heterostructures	36
Enhancing plasmonic superconductivity in layered materials via dynamical Coulomb engineering	36
Low T direct plasma assisted growth of graphene on sapphire and its integration in graphene/MoS2 heterostructure-based photodetectors	36
Tunable anion transport and the chemical transistor effect in functionalized graphene oxide membranes	35
Discovery of dynamic nature of 0D potential wells and potential walls in 2D TMD device systems	34
Fundamentals of low-resistive 2D-semiconductor metal contacts: an ab-initio NEGF study	32
Enhancing electrically driven excitonic emission stability in WSe2 monolayer through contact engineering with HfN electrode	31
Large-area synthesis of high electrical performance MoS2 by a commercially scalable atomic layer deposition process	30
Mechanically-tunable bandgap closing in 2D graphene phononic crystals	30
Advance in additive manufacturing of 2D materials at the atomic and close-to-atomic scale	30
Robust conductivity of goldene against structural defects and mechanical deformations: a first-principles study	30
Amplification of interlayer exciton emission in twisted WSe2/WSe2/MoSe2 heterotrilayers	29
Chalcogen and halogen surface termination coverage in MXenes—structure, stability, and properties	29
Recent advances in retention and permeation of CO2 gas using MXene based membranes	29
Nanomechanical probing and strain tuning of the Curie temperature in suspended Cr2Ge2Te6-based heterostructures	28
Many-body electronic structure, self-doped double-exchange, and Hund metallicity in 1T-CrTe2 bulk and monolayer	28
Electrochemical detection of sulfamethoxazole antibiotics in water using MXene/ZIF-8 composite modified glassy carbon electrode	28
Monolithic In2Se3–In2O3 heterojunction for multibit non-volatile memory and logic operations using optoelectronic inputs	27
Novel spintronic effects in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures	27
First-principles theory of extending the spin qubit coherence time in hexagonal boron nitride	27
Elucidating the role of stacking faults in TlGaSe2 on its thermoelectric properties	27
Fast interlayer energy transfer from the lower bandgap MoS2 to the higher bandgap WS2	26
Unraveling the electronic structure and magnetic transition evolution across monolayer, bilayer, and multilayer ferromagnetic Fe3GeTe2	26
Carbon-contaminated topological defects in hexagonal boron nitride for quantum photonics	26
Beyond the K-valley: exploring unique trion states in indirect band gap monolayer WSe2	26
Absorption versus adsorption: high-throughput computation of impurities in 2D materials	25
Linear and nonlinear optical response based on many-body GW-Bethe–Salpeter and Kadanoff–Baym approaches for two-dimensional layered semiconductors	25
Friction hysteretic behavior of supported atomically thin nanofilms	25
Interlayer shear coupling in bilayer graphene	25
Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures	25
Near-infrared to red-light emission and carrier dynamics in full series multilayer GaTe1−xSex (0≤x≤1) with structural evolution	24
Experimental observation of spin−split energy dispersion in high-mobility single-layer graphene/WSe2 heterostructures	24
Improved strain engineering of 2D materials by adamantane plasma polymer encapsulation	24
Coulomb engineering of two-dimensional Mott materials	24
A graphene/H-BN van der Waals heterostructure enabling superior (>30 dB) electrical tuning in terahertz devices	24
Foam with direction: unraveling the anisotropic radiation shielding properties of 2D boron nitride nanoplatelet foams	24
High-Tc 2D ambient BCS superconductors in hydrogenated transition-metal borides	23
Mechanistic insights into the deformation and degradation of a 2D metal organic framework	23
Influence of humidity on the resistive switching of hexagonal boron nitride-based memristors	23
2D/2D heterojunction interfaces of 1T-MoS2 and Ti3C2 MXene: designing high-performance catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction	22

Printing ultrathin Quasi-2D Ga2O3 for fast yet highly responsive vertical photodetectors	22
Oxide induced degradation in MoS2 field-effect transistors	22
Vacancy formation energy as a descriptor of the exfoliability of MAX phases to MXenes	21
Complex magnetic exchange, anisotropy and skyrmionic textures in 2D ferromagnets with transition metals and chalcogens	21
Nitrogen embedding enhances stability and activity of single-atom motifs of MXenes under anodic polarization	21
Hybrid and resonant states originated by the stabilization of borophene’s single χ6 polymorph on Ir(111)	20
Higher-indexed Moiré patterns and surface states of MoTe2/graphene heterostructure grown by molecular beam epitaxy	20
Mid-IR probing unveils vanadium doping-induced unsaturation of defect states in monolayer MoS2	20
Naturally occurring 2D semiconductor with antiferromagnetic ground state	20
Exceptionally strong coupling of defect emission in hexagonal boron nitride to stacking sequences	19
Hexagonal boron nitride: interlayer with atomic scale precision for interface engineering in functional materials and devices	19
Enhanced polarizability and tunable diamagnetic shift from monolayer WSe2 on relaxor ferroelectric	19
Strain-tunable inter-valley scattering defines universal mobility enhancement in n- and p-type 2D TMDs	19
Unveiling the origin of n-type doping of natural MoS2: carbon	19
Solution-processable 2D materials for monolithic 3D memory-sensing-computing platforms: opportunities and challenges	19
Insulator–metal transition in CrSiTe3 triggered by structural distortion under pressure	19
2D materials-based nanoscale tunneling field effect transistors: current developments and future prospects	18
Achieving nearly barrier free transport in high mobility ReS2 phototransistors with van der Waals contacts	18
Raman polarization switching in CrSBr	18
Light-driven electrodynamics and demagnetization in FenGeTe2 (n = 3, 5) thin films	18
Brightening dark excitons and trions in systems with a Mexican-hat energy dispersion: example of InSe	18
Nanoscale engineering of non-uniform biaxially strained domes	18
Van der Waals injection-molded crystals	18
Oriented 2D Ruddlesden-Popper metal halides by pulsed laser deposition	18
Highly sensitive and reversible MXene-based micro quartz tuning fork gas sensors with tunable selectivity	18
Exploring spintronic properties of antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic triangulene-based molecular junctions	18
Effect of Coulomb impurities on the electronic structure of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene	18
High-throughput calculations of spin Hall conductivity in non-magnetic 2D materials	18
High-performance junction-free field-effect transistor based on blue phosphorene	18