These are the ICMAB articles that have had a higher IF during 2024. This year, articles with higher IF range from the topics of oxides and ionic liquids, to moving microscopic objects with self-disassembly: 

1.- Nature Review Materials

On the 1st place, with an IF of 79.8:

• Using oxides to compute with heat
  Nataf, Guillaume F.; Volz, Sebastian; Ordonez-Miranda, Jose; Íñiguez-González, Jorge; Rurali, Riccardo; Dkhil, Brahim
  10.1038/s41578-024-00690-1One of the most innovative possibilities offered by oxides is the use of heat currents for computational purposes. Towards this goal, phase-change oxides, including ferroelectrics, ferromagnets and related materials, could reproduce sources, logic units and memories used in current and future computing schemes.

2-3.- Chemical Reviews

On the 2nd and 3rd place, with an IF of 51.1:

• Do Ionic Liquids Exhibit the Required Characteristics to Dissolve, Extract, Stabilize, and Purify Proteins? Past-Present-Future Assessment
  Bharmoria, Pankaj; Tietze, Alesia A.; Mondal, Dibyendu; Kang, Tejwant Singh; Kumar, Arvind; Freire, Mara G
  10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00551   
  Proteins are highly labile molecules, thus requiring the presence of appropriate solvents and excipients in their liquid milieu to keep their stability and biological activity. In this field, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained momentum in the past years, with a relevant number of works reporting their successful use to dissolve, stabilize, extract, and purify proteins.   
  

• The Rise of Boron-Containing Compounds: Advancements in Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, and Emerging Pharmacology
  Grams, R. Justin; Santos, Webster L.; Scorei, Ion Romulus; Abad-García, Antonio; Rosenblum, Carol Ann; Bita, Andrei; Cerecetto, Hugo; Viñas, Clara; Soriano-Ursúa, Marvin A.
  10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00663
  Boron-containing compounds (BCC) have emerged as important pharmacophores. To date, five BCC drugs (including boronic acids and boroles) have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of cancer, infections, and atopic dermatitis, while some natural BCC are included in dietary supplements. 

4-5.- Nature Reviews Physics

On the 4th and 5th place, with an IF of 44.8:

• How to verify the precision of density-functional-theory implementations via reproducible and universal workflows
  Bosoni, Emanuele; Beal, Louis; Bercx, Marnik; Blaha, Peter; Blügel, Stefan; Bröder, Jens; Callsen, Martin; Cottenier, Stefaan; Degomme, Augustin; Dikan, Vladimir; Eimre, Kristjan; Flage-Larsen, Espen; Fornari, Marco; Garcia, Alberto; Genovese, Luigi; Huber, Sebastiaan P.; Giantomassi, Matteo; Kastlunger, Georg; Janssen, Henning; Kresse, Georg; Krack, Matthias; Lejaeghere, Kurt; Kühne, Thomas D.; Marsman, Martijn; Madsen, Georg K. H.; Michalicek, Gregor; Marzari, Nicola; Müller, Tiziano M. A.; Mirhosseini, Hossein; Pickard, Chris J.; Petretto, Guido; Rubel, Oleg; Ruh, Thomas; Poncé, Samuel; Rignanese, Gian-Marco; Vijay, Sudarshan; Wolloch, Michael; Sluydts, Michael; Vanpoucke, Danny E. P.; Yu, Jusong; Zadoks, Austin; Wortmann, Daniel; Yakutovich, Aliaksandr V.; Zhu, Bonan; Pizzi, Giovanni
  10.1038/s42254-023-00655-3
  In this Expert Recommendation, we discuss recommendations for verification studies aiming at further testing precision and transferability of density-functional-theory computational approaches and codes. 

• Impact of high growth rates on the microstructure and vortex pinning of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors
  Puig, Teresa; Gutierrez, Joffre; Obradors, Xavier
  10.1038/s42254-023-00663-3
  In this Technical Review, we distinguish the rich vortex pinning microstructure for vapour–solid, solid–solid and liquid–solid growth methods and how it is modified in the fast-growth process. 

6.- Joule

On the 6th place, with an IF of 38.6:

• Hybrid solar energy device for simultaneous electric power generation and molecular solar thermal energy storage
  Wang, Zhihang; Hölzel, Helen; Fernandez, Lorette; Aslam, Adil S.; Baronas, Paulius; Orrego-Hernández, Jessica; Ghasemi, Shima; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Moth-Poulsen, Kasper
  10.1016/j.joule.2024.06.012
  The performance of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells can be adversely affected by the heat generated from solar irradiation. To address this issue, a hybrid device featuring a solar energy storage and cooling layer integrated with a silicon-based PV cell has been developed.

7.- Nature Nanotechnology

On the 7th place, with an IF of 38.1:

• Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis
  Jain, Akhil; Gosling, Jonathan; Liu, Shaochuang; Wang, Haowei; Stone, Eloise M.; Chakraborty, Sajib; Jayaraman, Padma-Sheela; Smith, Stuart; Amabilino, David B.; Fromhold, Mark; Long, Yi-Tao; Pérez-García, Lluïsa; Turyanska, Lyudmila; Rahman, Ruman; Rawson, Frankie J.
  10.1038/s41565-023-01496-y
  Here we merge wireless nano-electrochemical tools with cancer cells for control over electron transfer to trigger cancer cell death.

8.- Nature Materials

On the 8th place, with an IF of 37.2:

• Absence of 3a₀ charge density wave order in the infinite-layer nickelate NdNiO₂
  Parzyck, C.T.; Gupta, N.K.; Wu, Y.; Anil, V.; Bhatt, L.; Bouliane, M.; Gong, R.; Gregory, B.Z.; Luo, A.; Sutarto, R.; He, F.; Chuang, Y.-D.; Zhou, T.; Herranz, G.; Kourkoutis, L.F.; Schlom, D.G.; Singer, A.; Shen, K.M.; Hawthorn, D.G.
  10.1038/s41563-024-01797-0
  Here we present X-ray scattering and spectroscopy measurements on a series of NdNiO_2+x samples, which reveal that the signatures of charge density wave order are absent in fully reduced, single-phase NdNiO₂.

9.- Energy and Environment

On the 9th place, with an IF of 32.4:

• Active site switching on high entropy phosphides as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable/robust Zn-air battery
  He, Ren; Wang, Shiqi; Yang, Linlin; Horta, Sharona; Ding, Yang; Di, Chong; Zhang, Xuesong; Xu, Ying; Ibáñez, Maria; Zhou, Yingtang; Mebs, Stefan; Dau, Holger; Hausmann, Jan Niklas; Huo, Wenyi; Menezes, Prashanth W.; Cabot, Andreu
  10.1039/d4ee01912a
  We have synthesized FeCoNiPdWP high entropy phosphide (HEP) nanoparticles using a low-temperature colloidal method, and explored their application as bifunctional electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions (OER/ORR).

 10.- Advanced Materials

And, finally, on the 10th place, with an IF of 27.4:

• Electronic Spin Alignment within Homologous NiS2/NiSe2 Heterostructures to Promote Sulfur Redox Kinetics in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
  Huang, Chen; Yu, Jing; Zhang, Chao Yue; Cui, Zhibiao; Chen, Jiakun; Lai, Wei-Hong; Lei, Yao-Jie; Nan, Bingfei; Lu, Xuan; He, Ren; Gong, Li; Li, Junshan; Li, Canhuang; Qi, Xuede; Xue, Qian; Qi, Xueqiang; Zhou, Jin Yuan; Arbiol, Jordi; Balcells, Lluís; Cabot, Andreu
  10.1002/adma.202400810
  Here, hollow NiS₂/NiSe₂ heterostructures encapsulated in a nitrogen-doped carbon matrix (NiS₂/NiSe₂@NC) are synthesized and used as a catalytic additive in sulfur cathodes.

Note: The data has been gathered from the Web of Science-Core collection, as of 26/2/2025. Some 2024 articles may be not yet added to the Web of Science-Core collection. Thank you for your understanding.