# Most-cited Materials Science papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Materials Science research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Nano based drug delivery systems: recent developments and future prospects](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2890167612) · 6,695 citations · Free PDF
2. [Impact of Particle Size and Polydispersity Index on the Clinical Applications of Lipidic Nanocarrier Systems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2804846127) · 4,843 citations · Free PDF
3. [Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2802791016) · 4,813 citations
4. [Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes (II)](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4210970969) · 4,121 citations
5. [Design and Mechanisms of Asymmetric Supercapacitors](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2890019883) · 3,674 citations
6. [Real-space refinement in PHENIX for cryo-EM and crystallography](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2786390877) · 3,353 citations · Free PDF
7. [Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2796277309) · 3,306 citations
8. [A review of Ga2O3 materials, processing, and devices](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2783668429) · 3,133 citations
9. [Crystal Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for an Accurate and Interpretable Prediction of Material Properties](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2766856748) · 2,815 citations · Free PDF
10. [‘Green’ synthesis of metals and their oxide nanoparticles: applications for environmental remediation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2899246795) · 2,706 citations · Free PDF
11. [TOPAS and TOPAS-Academic : an optimization program integrating computer algebra and crystallographic objects written in C++](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2784103179) · 2,533 citations
12. [Deep Potential Molecular Dynamics: A Scalable Model with the Accuracy of Quantum Mechanics](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2742127985) · 2,274 citations · Free PDF
13. [Progress and challenges towards targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2796781998) · 2,212 citations · Free PDF
14. [SchNet – A deep learning architecture for molecules and materials](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2778051509) · 2,211 citations · Free PDF
15. [Characterization techniques for nanoparticles: comparison and complementarity upon studying nanoparticle properties](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2806432392) · 2,196 citations
16. [Controlled drug delivery vehicles for cancer treatment and their performance](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2807410315) · 2,167 citations · Free PDF
17. [Colloquium : Excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W1980451122) · 2,133 citations · Free PDF
18. [Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High- Q Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2891036947) · 2,125 citations · Free PDF
19. [Raman spectroscopy of graphene-based materials and its applications in related devices](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2784368966) · 2,110 citations
20. [ISOLDE : a physically realistic environment for model building into low-resolution electron-density maps](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2801376357) · 2,093 citations
21. [Inverse molecular design using machine learning: Generative models for matter engineering](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2883583109) · 2,078 citations
22. [Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2899260625) · 1,956 citations
23. [Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Bioanalysis: Reliability and Challenges](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2797445881) · 1,945 citations
24. [Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2896968078) · 1,911 citations
25. [Cell Membrane Coating Nanotechnology](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2794683780) · 1,856 citations

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