Scientific Reports

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.

1-25

A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
- Tony Freeth
- David Higgon
- Adam Wojcik
ArticleOpen Access12 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Divergent reflections around the photon sphere of a black hole
- Albert Sneppen
ArticleOpen Access9 Jul 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access18 Oct 2021 Scientific Reports
Atmospheric wave energy of the 2020 August 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, from ionospheric disturbances
- Bhaskar Kundu
- Batakrushna Senapati
- Kosuke Heki
ArticleOpen Access2 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Atmospheric ionization and cloud radiative forcing
- Henrik Svensmark
- Jacob Svensmark
- Nir J. Shaviv
ArticleOpen Access11 Oct 2021 Scientific Reports
Exploring nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950
- Beatriz Villarroel
- Geoffrey W. Marcy
- Lars Mattsson
ArticleOpen Access17 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused by iridophores
- David Prötzel
- Martin Heß
- Mark D. Scherz
ArticleOpen Access11 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Tsunami generation potential of a strike-slip fault tip in the westernmost Mediterranean
- F. Estrada
- J. M. González-Vida
- G. Ercilla
ArticleOpen Access10 Aug 2021 Scientific Reports
Action potentials induce biomagnetic fields in carnivorous Venus flytrap plants
- Anne Fabricant
- Geoffrey Z. Iwata
- Dmitry Budker
ArticleOpen Access14 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
‘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
ArticleOpen Access28 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
The suitability of smartphone camera sensors for detecting radiation
- Yehia H. Johary
- Jamie Trapp
- A. Sulieman
ArticleOpen Access16 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Potential design problems for ITER fusion device
- A. Hassanein
- V. Sizyuk
ArticleOpen Access22 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Three-dimensional tonotopic mapping of the human cochlea based on synchrotron radiation phase-contrast imaging
- Hao Li
- Luke Helpard
- Sumit Agrawal
ArticleOpen Access24 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Lipid bilayer degradation induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as revealed by neutron reflectometry
- Alessandra Luchini
- Samantha Micciulla
- Giovanna Fragneto
ArticleOpen Access21 Jul 2021 Scientific Reports
Optical quantum technologies with hexagonal boron nitride single photon sources
- Akbar Basha Dhu-al-jalali-wal-ikram Shaik
- Penchalaiah Palla
ArticleOpen Access10 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Greece and Turkey Shaken by African tectonic retreat
- Jiannan Meng
- Ozan Sinoplu
- Lu Wang
ArticleOpen Access22 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Quantum-circuit black hole lasers
- Haruna Katayama
ArticleOpen Access27 Sep 2021 Scientific Reports
Monitoring geological storage of CO₂: a new approach
- Manzar Fawad
- Nazmul Haque Mondol
ArticleOpen Access15 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Observation of frequency-uncorrelated photon pairs generated by counter-propagating spontaneous parametric down-conversion
- Yi-Chen Liu
- Dong-Jie Guo
- Shi-Ning Zhu
ArticleOpen Access16 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
A divide-and-conquer algorithm for quantum state preparation
- Israel F. Araujo
- Daniel K. Park
- Adenilton J. da Silva
ArticleOpen Access18 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Graphene oxide loaded with tumor-targeted peptide and anti-cancer drugs for cancer target therapy
- Ran Li
- Yimei Wang
- Bing Li
ArticleOpen Access18 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Supercapacitors based on Ti₃C₂T_x MXene extracted from supernatant and current collectors passivated by CVD-graphene
- Sunil Kumar
- Malik Abdul Rehman
- Yongho Seo
ArticleOpen Access12 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Detection of biological signals from a live mammalian muscle using an early stage diamond quantum sensor
- James Luke Webb
- Luca Troise
- Ulrik Lund Andersen
ArticleOpen Access28 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Exploring rare cellular activity in more than one million cells by a transscale scope
- T. Ichimura
- T. Kakizuka
- T. Nagai
ArticleOpen Access16 Aug 2021 Scientific Reports
Evidence for a spin acoustic surface plasmon from inelastic atom scattering
- G. Benedek
- M. Bernasconi
- D. Farías
ArticleOpen Access15 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports

26-50

Characteristics and electrochemical performances of silicon/carbon nanofiber/graphene composite films as anode materials for binder-free lithium-ion batteries
- Ruye Cong
- Jin-Yeong Choi
- Chang-Seop Lee
ArticleOpen Access14 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Elastocaloric-effect-induced adiabatic magnetization in paramagnetic salts due to the mutual interactions
- Lucas Squillante
- Isys F. Mello
- Mariano de Souza
ArticleOpen Access3 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Biogenic selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) from citrus fruit have anti-bacterial activities
- Ghalia Batool Alvi
- Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
- Muhammad Imran Qadir
ArticleOpen Access26 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Inverse design of photonic meta-structure for beam collimation in on-chip sensing
- Robin Singh
- Yuqi Nie
- Brian W. Anthony
ArticleOpen Access5 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Source location of volcanic earthquakes and subsurface characterization using fiber-optic cable and distributed acoustic sensing system
- Takeshi Nishimura
- Kentaro Emoto
- Tsunehisa Kimura
ArticleOpen Access18 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Simulating an ultra-broadband concept for Exawatt-class lasers
- Zhaoyang Li
- Yoshiaki Kato
- Junji Kawanaka
ArticleOpen Access8 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Extremely low-energy ARPES of quantum well states in cubic-GaN/AlN and GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures
- Mahdi Hajlaoui
- Stefano Ponzoni
- Mirko Cinchetti
ArticleOpen Access27 Sep 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access29 Dec 2021 Scientific Reports
Utilizing distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom fiber optic cables for submarine structural characterization
- Feng Cheng
- Benxin Chi
- Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin
ArticleOpen Access10 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Hybrid halide perovskite neutron detectors
- Pavao Andričević
- Gábor Náfrádi
- László Forró
ArticleOpen Access30 Aug 2021 Scientific Reports
A non-volatile cryogenic random-access memory based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect
- Shamiul Alam
- Md Shafayat Hossain
- Ahmedullah Aziz
ArticleOpen Access12 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Compact solid-state optical phased array beam scanners based on polymeric photonic integrated circuits
- Sung-Moon Kim
- Eun-Su Lee
- Min-Cheol Oh
ArticleOpen Access19 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Non-destructive methods for fruit quality evaluation
- Ana-Maria Bratu
- Cristina Popa
- Mioara Petrus
ArticleOpen Access8 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Salvadora persica mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their antimicrobial efficacy
- Hammad Arshad
- Muhammad A. Sami
- Umer Hassan
ArticleOpen Access16 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Self-assembled graphene-based microfibers with eclectic optical properties
- Mahdi Ghamsari
- Tayyebeh Madrakian
- Mazaher Ahmadi
ArticleOpen Access9 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Ultrahigh-speed point scanning two-photon microscopy using high dynamic range silicon photomultipliers
- Vincent D. Ching-Roa
- Eben M. Olson
- Michael G. Giacomelli
ArticleOpen Access4 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Direct visualization of virus removal process in hollow fiber membrane using an optical microscope
- Miku Ayano
- Yoshiyuki Sawamura
- Takayuki Nishizaka
ArticleOpen Access13 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access16 Sep 2021 Scientific Reports
In depth characterisation of the biomolecular coronas of polymer coated inorganic nanoparticles with differential centrifugal sedimentation
- André Perez-Potti
- Hender Lopez
- Marco P. Monopoli
ArticleOpen Access19 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access13 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Role of landslides on the volume balance of the Nepal 2015 earthquake sequence
- A. Valagussa
- P. Frattini
- G. B. Crosta
ArticleOpen Access9 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Polarization control of THz emission using spin-reorientation transition in spintronic heterostructure
- Dinar Khusyainov
- Sergei Ovcharenko
- Vladimir Preobrazhensky
ArticleOpen Access12 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Functional and structural ophthalmic imaging using noncontact multimodal photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy and optical coherence tomography
- Zohreh Hosseinaee
- Nima Abbasi
- Parsin Haji Reza
ArticleOpen Access1 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles for the fabrication of non cytotoxic and antibacterial metallic polymer based nanocomposite system
- Sadaf Raza
- Asma Ansari
- Afsheen Aman
ArticleOpen Access18 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Exceptional antibacterial and cytotoxic potency of monodisperse greener AgNPs prepared under optimized pH and temperature
- Muhammad Riaz
- Vishal Mutreja
- Jeongwon Park
ArticleOpen Access3 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports

51-75

Magnetic nozzle radiofrequency plasma thruster approaching twenty percent thruster efficiency
- Kazunori Takahashi
ArticleOpen Access2 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Local scattering ultrasound imaging
- Alexander Velichko
- Eduardo Lopez Villaverde
- Anthony J. Croxford
ArticleOpen Access13 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
A KHz frequency cold atmospheric pressure argon plasma jet for the emission of O(¹S) auroral lines in ambient air
- S. Jaiswal
- E. M. Aguirre
- G. Veda Prakash
ArticleOpen Access21 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Influence of plasma treatment on SiO₂/Si and Si₃N₄/Si substrates for large-scale transfer of graphene
- R. Lukose
- M. Lisker
- M. Lukosius
ArticleOpen Access23 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Stray light characterization with ultrafast time-of-flight imaging
- L. Clermont
- W. Uhring
- M. Georges
ArticleOpen Access12 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Ultra-high rate of temperature increment from superparamagnetic nanoparticles for highly efficient hyperthermia
- Jae-Hyeok Lee
- Bosung Kim
- Sang-Koog Kim
ArticleOpen Access2 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Systematic THz study of the substrate effect in limiting the mobility of graphene
- Samantha Scarfe
- Wei Cui
- Jean-Michel Ménard
ArticleOpen Access22 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Robotic fabrication of high-quality lamellae for aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy
- Hideyo Tsurusawa
- Nobuto Nakanishi
- Teruyasu Mizoguchi
ArticleOpen Access3 Nov 2021 Scientific Reports
Fungus-mediated green synthesis of nano-silver using Aspergillus sydowii and its antifungal/antiproliferative activities
- Dongyang Wang
- Baiji Xue
- Yanmin Zhou
ArticleOpen Access14 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Asymptotic freedom and noninteger dimensionality
- Subhash Kak
ArticleOpen Access9 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Origin of light instability in amorphous IGZO thin-film transistors and its suppression
- Mallory Mativenga
- Farjana Haque
- Jae Gwang Um
ArticleOpen Access16 Jul 2021 Scientific Reports
Effect of coronavirus lockdowns on the ambient seismic noise levels in Gujarat, northwest India
- Ketan Singha Roy
- Jyoti Sharma
- M. Ravi Kumar
ArticleOpen Access30 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
New seismological data from the Calabrian arc reveal arc-orthogonal extension across the subduction zone
- Tiziana Sgroi
- Alina Polonia
- Luca Gasperini
ArticleOpen Access12 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Revisiting cosmic microwave background radiation using blackbody radiation inversion
- Koustav Konar
- Kingshuk Bose
- R. K. Paul
ArticleOpen Access13 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Interferometric measurements of refractive index and dispersion at high pressure
- Yong-Jae Kim
- Peter M. Celliers
- Marius Millot
ArticleOpen Access10 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Heterogeneously integrated ITO plasmonic Mach–Zehnder interferometric modulator on SOI
- Rubab Amin
- Rishi Maiti
- Volker J. Sorger
ArticleOpen Access14 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Hotspot generation for unique identification with nanomaterials
- Nema M. Abdelazim
- Matthew J. Fong
- Robert J. Young
ArticleOpen Access15 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Evaluating very high energy electron RBE from nanodosimetric pBR322 plasmid DNA damage
- K. L. Small
- N. T. Henthorn
- R. M. Jones
ArticleOpen Access8 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
OAM light propagation through tissue
- Netanel Biton
- Judy Kupferman
- Shlomi Arnon
ArticleOpen Access28 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access15 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
Simulation of the Bell inequality violation based on quantum steering concept
- Mohsen Ruzbehani
ArticleOpen Access11 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
State selective classical electron capture cross sections in Be⁴⁺ + H(1s) collisions with mimicking quantum effect
- Iman Ziaeian
- Károly Tőkési
ArticleOpen Access11 Oct 2021 Scientific Reports
FoldAffinity: binding affinities from nDSF experiments
- Stephan Niebling
- Osvaldo Burastero
- María García-Alai
ArticleOpen Access5 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Preseismic atmospheric radon anomaly associated with 2018 Northern Osaka earthquake
- Jun Muto
- Yumi Yasuoka
- Takahiro Mukai
ArticleOpen Access2 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Wide-field fluorescent nanodiamond spin measurements toward real-time large-area intracellular thermometry
- Yushi Nishimura
- Keisuke Oshimi
- Yoshio Teki
ArticleOpen Access19 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports

76-100

Large scale self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles on deformed graphene templates
- Matthew T. Gole
- Zhewen Yin
- SungWoo Nam
ArticleOpen Access10 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access19 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Tsunami detection by GPS-derived ionospheric total electron content
- Mahesh N. Shrivastava
- Ajeet K. Maurya
- Rafael Aranguiz
ArticleOpen Access21 Jun 2021 Scientific Reports
Scalable distributed gate-model quantum computers
- Laszlo Gyongyosi
- Sandor Imre
ArticleOpen Access26 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Supercontinuum generation in dispersion engineered AlGaAs-on-insulator waveguides
- Stuart May
- Matteo Clerici
- Marc Sorel
ArticleOpen Access21 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Challenges in nanofabrication for efficient optical metasurfaces
- Adelin Patoux
- Gonzague Agez
- Arnaud Arbouet
ArticleOpen Access10 Mar 2021 Scientific Reports
The first observation of 4D tomography measurement of plasma structures and fluctuations
- Chanho Moon
- Kotaro Yamasaki
- Akihide Fujisawa
ArticleOpen Access19 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
X-ray fan beam coded aperture transmission and diffraction imaging for fast material analysis
- Stefan Stryker
- Joel A. Greenberg
- Anuj J. Kapadia
ArticleOpen Access19 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Mid-infrared photoacoustic gas monitoring driven by a gas-filled hollow-core fiber laser
- Yazhou Wang
- Yuyang Feng
- Christos Markos
ArticleOpen Access10 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO₂ structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell
- Brishty Deb Choudhury
- Chen Lin
- Mohammed Jasim Uddin
ArticleOpen Access6 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Accurate and confident prediction of electron beam longitudinal properties using spectral virtual diagnostics
- A. Hanuka
- C. Emma
- Z. Huang
ArticleOpen Access3 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
Magnetoactive acoustic metamaterials based on nanoparticle-enhanced diaphragm
- Xingwei Tang
- Shanjun Liang
- Weijia Wen
ArticleOpen Access12 Nov 2021 Scientific Reports
Evidence for intermolecular forces involved in ladybird beetle tarsal setae adhesion
- Naoe Hosoda
- Mari Nakamoto
- Stanislav N. Gorb
ArticleOpen Access8 Apr 2021 Scientific Reports
Active auroral arc powered by accelerated electrons from very high altitudes
- Shun Imajo
- Yoshizumi Miyoshi
- Tomoaki Hori
ArticleOpen Access18 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access15 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
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
ArticleOpen Access13 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Increment in the volcanic unrest and number of eruptions after the 2012 large earthquakes sequence in Central America
- Gino González
- Eisuke Fujita
- Dmitri Rouwet
ArticleOpen Access17 Nov 2021 Scientific Reports
Quantum Szilard engine for the fractional power-law potentials
- Ekrem Aydiner
ArticleOpen Access15 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
A theoretical design of evanescent wave biosensors based on gate-controlled graphene surface plasmon resonance
- Ruey-Bing Hwang
ArticleOpen Access21 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
NIR self-powered photodetection and gate tunable rectification behavior in 2D GeSe/MoSe₂ heterojunction diode
- Muhammad Hussain
- Syed Hassan Abbas Jaffery
- Jongwan Jung
ArticleOpen Access11 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports
2D materials coated on etched optical fibers as humidity sensor
- Erfan Owji
- Hossein Mokhtari
- Nazanin Shakiba
ArticleOpen Access19 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Spiral sound-diffusing metasurfaces based on holographic vortices
- Noé Jiménez
- Jean-Philippe Groby
- Vicent Romero-García
ArticleOpen Access13 May 2021 Scientific Reports
Investigating the optical clearing effects of 50% glycerol in ex vivo human skin by harmonic generation microscopy
- Jia-Hong Lai
- En-Yu Liao
- Chi-Kuang Sun
ArticleOpen Access11 Jan 2021 Scientific Reports
Penetration of MeV electrons into the mesosphere accompanying pulsating aurorae
- Y. Miyoshi
- K. Hosokawa
- S. Nakamura
ArticleOpen Access13 Jul 2021 Scientific Reports
Nanodomain structure of single crystalline nickel oxide
- B. Walls
- A. A. Mazilkin
- S. I. Bozhko
ArticleOpen Access10 Feb 2021 Scientific Reports

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