# Most-cited Materials Science papers of 2023, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Materials Science research papers published in 2023, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Scaling deep learning for materials discovery](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4389132751) · 1,478 citations · Free PDF
2. [Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4321205968) · 1,129 citations
3. [A review on nanoparticles: characteristics, synthesis, applications, and challenges](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4366225347) · 1,068 citations · Free PDF
4. [Progressing nanotechnology to improve targeted cancer treatment: overcoming hurdles in its clinical implementation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4387452756) · 1,063 citations · Free PDF
5. [Smart nanoparticles for cancer therapy](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4388275106) · 1,044 citations · Free PDF
6. [A comprehensive review of natural fibers and their composites: An eco-friendly alternative to conventional materials](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4382794017) · 1,034 citations
7. [Autonomous chemical research with large language models](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4389991792) · 1,018 citations · Free PDF
8. [Advances in drug delivery systems, challenges and future directions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4381847987) · 1,004 citations
9. [An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4389132715) · 1,001 citations · Free PDF
10. [Interpretation of Oxygen 1s X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of ZnO](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4382989442) · 925 citations
11. [The CCP 4 suite: integrative software for macromolecular crystallography](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4378952892) · 917 citations · Free PDF
12. [CHGNet as a pretrained universal neural network potential for charge-informed atomistic modelling](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4386740800) · 913 citations · Free PDF
13. [Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems: A Review of the Implication of Nanoparticles’ Physicochemical Properties on Responses in Biological Systems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4360614861) · 912 citations · Free PDF
14. [A comprehensive review of ultrasonic assisted extraction (UAE) for bioactive components: Principles, advantages, equipment, and combined technologies](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4387582128) · 876 citations
15. [Nanomedicine in cancer therapy](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4385614625) · 874 citations · Free PDF
16. [Small data machine learning in materials science](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4360949780) · 869 citations · Free PDF
17. [Cellulose: A Review of Water Interactions, Applications in Composites, and Water Treatment](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4313857620) · 823 citations
18. [Nanoparticles‐induced potential toxicity on human health: Applications, toxicity mechanisms, and evaluation models](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4384407057) · 805 citations
19. [Controlled Distributed Ti 3 C 2 T x Hollow Microspheres on Thermally Conductive Polyimide Composite Films for Excellent Electromagnetic Interference Shielding](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4318205351) · 767 citations
20. [Effects of oxygen-containing functional groups on carbon materials in supercapacitors: A review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4366977907) · 765 citations
21. [Direct synthesis and chemical vapor deposition of 2D carbide and nitride MXenes](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4360609356) · 750 citations · Free PDF
22. [Nanomaterials: An overview of synthesis, classification, characterization, and applications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4380200810) · 750 citations
23. [Silver Nanoparticles: Bactericidal and Mechanistic Approach against Drug Resistant Pathogens](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4318776475) · 744 citations · Free PDF
24. [Bimetallic Sites for Catalysis: From Binuclear Metal Sites to Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4361001398) · 698 citations
25. [Learning local equivariant representations for large-scale atomistic dynamics](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4319162181) · 687 citations · Free PDF

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