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Collection 10 March 2022

Top 100 in Physics

This collection highlights our most downloaded* physics papers published in 2021. Featuring authors from around the world, these papers showcase valuable research from an international community.

*Data obtained from SN Inights, which is based on Digital Science's Dimensions.

A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism

Tony Freeth
David Higgon
Adam Wojcik

Divergent reflections around the photon sphere of a black hole

Albert Sneppen

Visible blue light inhibits infection and replication of SARS-CoV-2 at doses that are well-tolerated by human respiratory tissue

Nathan Stasko
Jacob F. Kocher
Adam S. Cockrell

Atmospheric wave energy of the 2020 August 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, from ionospheric disturbances

Bhaskar Kundu
Batakrushna Senapati
Kosuke Heki

Atmospheric ionization and cloud radiative forcing

Henrik Svensmark
Jacob Svensmark
Nir J. Shaviv

Exploring nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950

Beatriz Villarroel
Geoffrey W. Marcy
Lars Mattsson

Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused by iridophores

David Prötzel
Mark D. Scherz

Tsunami generation potential of a strike-slip fault tip in the westernmost Mediterranean

J. M. González-Vida

Action potentials induce biomagnetic fields in carnivorous Venus flytrap plants

Anne Fabricant
Geoffrey Z. Iwata
Dmitry Budker

‘Conjugate’ coseismic surface faulting related with the 29 December 2020, Mw 6.4, Petrinja earthquake (Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia)

Emanuele Tondi
Anna Maria Blumetti
Tiziano Volatili

The suitability of smartphone camera sensors for detecting radiation

Yehia H. Johary
Jamie Trapp
A. Sulieman

Potential design problems for ITER fusion device

A. Hassanein

Three-dimensional tonotopic mapping of the human cochlea based on synchrotron radiation phase-contrast imaging

Luke Helpard
Sumit Agrawal

Lipid bilayer degradation induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as revealed by neutron reflectometry

Alessandra Luchini
Samantha Micciulla
Giovanna Fragneto

Optical quantum technologies with hexagonal boron nitride single photon sources

Akbar Basha Dhu-al-jalali-wal-ikram Shaik
Penchalaiah Palla

Greece and Turkey Shaken by African tectonic retreat

Jiannan Meng
Ozan Sinoplu

Quantum-circuit black hole lasers

Haruna Katayama

Monitoring geological storage of CO 2 : a new approach

Manzar Fawad
Nazmul Haque Mondol

Observation of frequency-uncorrelated photon pairs generated by counter-propagating spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Yi-Chen Liu
Dong-Jie Guo
Shi-Ning Zhu

A divide-and-conquer algorithm for quantum state preparation

Israel F. Araujo
Daniel K. Park
Adenilton J. da Silva

Graphene oxide loaded with tumor-targeted peptide and anti-cancer drugs for cancer target therapy

Supercapacitors based on Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene extracted from supernatant and current collectors passivated by CVD-graphene

Sunil Kumar
Malik Abdul Rehman

Detection of biological signals from a live mammalian muscle using an early stage diamond quantum sensor

James Luke Webb
Luca Troise
Ulrik Lund Andersen

Exploring rare cellular activity in more than one million cells by a transscale scope

T. Ichimura
T. Kakizuka

Evidence for a spin acoustic surface plasmon from inelastic atom scattering

M. Bernasconi

Characteristics and electrochemical performances of silicon/carbon nanofiber/graphene composite films as anode materials for binder-free lithium-ion batteries

Jin-Yeong Choi
Chang-Seop Lee

Elastocaloric-effect-induced adiabatic magnetization in paramagnetic salts due to the mutual interactions

Lucas Squillante
Isys F. Mello
Mariano de Souza

Biogenic selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) from citrus fruit have anti-bacterial activities

Ghalia Batool Alvi
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
Muhammad Imran Qadir

Inverse design of photonic meta-structure for beam collimation in on-chip sensing

Robin Singh
Brian W. Anthony

Source location of volcanic earthquakes and subsurface characterization using fiber-optic cable and distributed acoustic sensing system

Takeshi Nishimura
Kentaro Emoto
Tsunehisa Kimura

Simulating an ultra-broadband concept for Exawatt-class lasers

Zhaoyang Li
Yoshiaki Kato
Junji Kawanaka

Extremely low-energy ARPES of quantum well states in cubic-GaN/AlN and GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures

Mahdi Hajlaoui
Stefano Ponzoni
Mirko Cinchetti

Discrepancy of particle passage in 101 mask batches during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Lukas T. Hirschwald
Stefan Herrmann
John Linkhorst

Utilizing distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom fiber optic cables for submarine structural characterization

Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

Hybrid halide perovskite neutron detectors

Pavao Andričević
Gábor Náfrádi
László Forró

A non-volatile cryogenic random-access memory based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect

Shamiul Alam
Md Shafayat Hossain
Ahmedullah Aziz

Compact solid-state optical phased array beam scanners based on polymeric photonic integrated circuits

Sung-Moon Kim
Min-Cheol Oh

Non-destructive methods for fruit quality evaluation

Ana-Maria Bratu
Cristina Popa
Mioara Petrus

Salvadora persica mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their antimicrobial efficacy

Hammad Arshad
Muhammad A. Sami
Umer Hassan

Self-assembled graphene-based microfibers with eclectic optical properties

Mahdi Ghamsari
Tayyebeh Madrakian
Mazaher Ahmadi

Ultrahigh-speed point scanning two-photon microscopy using high dynamic range silicon photomultipliers

Vincent D. Ching-Roa
Eben M. Olson
Michael G. Giacomelli

Direct visualization of virus removal process in hollow fiber membrane using an optical microscope

Yoshiyuki Sawamura
Takayuki Nishizaka

Unidirectional propagation of the Bloch surface wave excited by the spinning magnetic dipole in two-dimensional photonic crystal slab

Li-Ming Zhao
Yun-Song Zhou

In depth characterisation of the biomolecular coronas of polymer coated inorganic nanoparticles with differential centrifugal sedimentation

André Perez-Potti
Hender Lopez
Marco P. Monopoli

Aluminum doped zinc oxide deposited by atomic layer deposition and its applications to micro/nano devices

Nguyen Van Toan
Truong Thi Kim Tuoi
Takahito Ono

Role of landslides on the volume balance of the Nepal 2015 earthquake sequence

A. Valagussa
P. Frattini
G. B. Crosta

Polarization control of THz emission using spin-reorientation transition in spintronic heterostructure

Dinar Khusyainov
Sergei Ovcharenko
Vladimir Preobrazhensky

Functional and structural ophthalmic imaging using noncontact multimodal photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy and optical coherence tomography

Zohreh Hosseinaee
Nima Abbasi
Parsin Haji Reza

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles for the fabrication of non cytotoxic and antibacterial metallic polymer based nanocomposite system

Asma Ansari
Afsheen Aman

Exceptional antibacterial and cytotoxic potency of monodisperse greener AgNPs prepared under optimized pH and temperature

Muhammad Riaz
Vishal Mutreja
Jeongwon Park

Magnetic nozzle radiofrequency plasma thruster approaching twenty percent thruster efficiency

Kazunori Takahashi

Local scattering ultrasound imaging

Alexander Velichko
Eduardo Lopez Villaverde
Anthony J. Croxford

A KHz frequency cold atmospheric pressure argon plasma jet for the emission of O( 1 S) auroral lines in ambient air

E. M. Aguirre
G. Veda Prakash

Influence of plasma treatment on SiO 2 /Si and Si 3 N 4 /Si substrates for large-scale transfer of graphene

M. Lukosius

Stray light characterization with ultrafast time-of-flight imaging

L. Clermont

Ultra-high rate of temperature increment from superparamagnetic nanoparticles for highly efficient hyperthermia

Jae-Hyeok Lee
Sang-Koog Kim

Systematic THz study of the substrate effect in limiting the mobility of graphene

Samantha Scarfe
Jean-Michel Ménard

Robotic fabrication of high-quality lamellae for aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy

Hideyo Tsurusawa
Nobuto Nakanishi
Teruyasu Mizoguchi

Fungus-mediated green synthesis of nano-silver using Aspergillus sydowii and its antifungal/antiproliferative activities

Dongyang Wang
Yanmin Zhou

Asymptotic freedom and noninteger dimensionality

Subhash Kak

Origin of light instability in amorphous IGZO thin-film transistors and its suppression

Mallory Mativenga
Farjana Haque
Jae Gwang Um

Effect of coronavirus lockdowns on the ambient seismic noise levels in Gujarat, northwest India

Ketan Singha Roy
Jyoti Sharma
M. Ravi Kumar

New seismological data from the Calabrian arc reveal arc-orthogonal extension across the subduction zone

Tiziana Sgroi
Alina Polonia
Luca Gasperini

Revisiting cosmic microwave background radiation using blackbody radiation inversion

Koustav Konar
Kingshuk Bose

Interferometric measurements of refractive index and dispersion at high pressure

Yong-Jae Kim
Peter M. Celliers
Marius Millot

Heterogeneously integrated ITO plasmonic Mach–Zehnder interferometric modulator on SOI

Rishi Maiti
Volker J. Sorger

Hotspot generation for unique identification with nanomaterials

Nema M. Abdelazim
Matthew J. Fong
Robert J. Young

Evaluating very high energy electron RBE from nanodosimetric pBR322 plasmid DNA damage

K. L. Small
N. T. Henthorn
R. M. Jones

OAM light propagation through tissue

Netanel Biton
Judy Kupferman
Shlomi Arnon

Ligand modulation of the conformational dynamics of the A 2A adenosine receptor revealed by single-molecule fluorescence

Dennis D. Fernandes
Chris Neale
Claudiu C. Gradinaru

Simulation of the Bell inequality violation based on quantum steering concept

Mohsen Ruzbehani

State selective classical electron capture cross sections in Be 4+ + H(1 s ) collisions with mimicking quantum effect

Iman Ziaeian
Károly Tőkési

FoldAffinity: binding affinities from nDSF experiments

Stephan Niebling
Osvaldo Burastero
María García-Alai

Preseismic atmospheric radon anomaly associated with 2018 Northern Osaka earthquake

Yumi Yasuoka
Takahiro Mukai

Wide-field fluorescent nanodiamond spin measurements toward real-time large-area intracellular thermometry

Yushi Nishimura
Keisuke Oshimi
Yoshio Teki

Large scale self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles on deformed graphene templates

Matthew T. Gole
SungWoo Nam

Green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode exhibiting highest external quantum efficiency with ultra-thin undoped emission layer

Shin Woo Kang
Dong-Hyun Baek
Young Wook Park

Tsunami detection by GPS-derived ionospheric total electron content

Mahesh N. Shrivastava
Ajeet K. Maurya
Rafael Aranguiz

Scalable distributed gate-model quantum computers

Laszlo Gyongyosi
Sandor Imre

Supercontinuum generation in dispersion engineered AlGaAs-on-insulator waveguides

Matteo Clerici

Challenges in nanofabrication for efficient optical metasurfaces

Adelin Patoux
Gonzague Agez
Arnaud Arbouet

The first observation of 4D tomography measurement of plasma structures and fluctuations

Chanho Moon
Kotaro Yamasaki
Akihide Fujisawa

X-ray fan beam coded aperture transmission and diffraction imaging for fast material analysis

Stefan Stryker
Joel A. Greenberg
Anuj J. Kapadia

Mid-infrared photoacoustic gas monitoring driven by a gas-filled hollow-core fiber laser

Yazhou Wang
Yuyang Feng
Christos Markos

A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO 2 structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell

Brishty Deb Choudhury
Mohammed Jasim Uddin

Accurate and confident prediction of electron beam longitudinal properties using spectral virtual diagnostics

Magnetoactive acoustic metamaterials based on nanoparticle-enhanced diaphragm

Xingwei Tang
Shanjun Liang

Evidence for intermolecular forces involved in ladybird beetle tarsal setae adhesion

Naoe Hosoda
Mari Nakamoto
Stanislav N. Gorb

Active auroral arc powered by accelerated electrons from very high altitudes

Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Tomoaki Hori

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using white-rot fungus Anamorphous Bjerkandera sp. R1: influence of silver nitrate concentration and fungus growth time

Jerónimo Osorio-Echavarría
Juliana Osorio-Echavarría
Natalia Andrea Gómez-Vanegas

Cone-beam CT image quality improvement using Cycle-Deblur consistent adversarial networks (Cycle-Deblur GAN) for chest CT imaging in breast cancer patients

Hui-Ju Tien
Hsin-Chih Yang
Jyh-Cheng Chen

Increment in the volcanic unrest and number of eruptions after the 2012 large earthquakes sequence in Central America

Gino González
Eisuke Fujita
Dmitri Rouwet

Quantum Szilard engine for the fractional power-law potentials

Ekrem Aydiner

A theoretical design of evanescent wave biosensors based on gate-controlled graphene surface plasmon resonance

Ruey-Bing Hwang

NIR self-powered photodetection and gate tunable rectification behavior in 2D GeSe/MoSe 2 heterojunction diode

Muhammad Hussain
Syed Hassan Abbas Jaffery
Jongwan Jung

2D materials coated on etched optical fibers as humidity sensor

Hossein Mokhtari
Nazanin Shakiba

Spiral sound-diffusing metasurfaces based on holographic vortices

Noé Jiménez
Jean-Philippe Groby
Vicent Romero-García

Investigating the optical clearing effects of 50% glycerol in ex vivo human skin by harmonic generation microscopy

Jia-Hong Lai
Chi-Kuang Sun

Penetration of MeV electrons into the mesosphere accompanying pulsating aurorae

K. Hosokawa
S. Nakamura

Nanodomain structure of single crystalline nickel oxide

A. A. Mazilkin
S. I. Bozhko

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