The list of the top 10 articles published in the highest impact factor (IF) journals, by ICMAB researchers during the year 2017 are the following:

 

Number 1 published in Nature, with IF 40.14 

Conflicting evidence for ferroelectricity. D'Avino, Gabriele; Souto, Manuel; Masino, Matteo; Fischer, Jonas K. H.; Ratera, Imma; Fontrodona, Xavier; Giovannetti, Gianluca; Verstraete, Matthieu J.; Painelli, Anna; Lunkenheimer, Peter; Veciana, Jaume; Girlando, Alberto. NATURE, JUL 13 2017, 547, 7662, E9-E13. DOI: 10.1038/nature22801.

Number 2 and 3 published in Nature Materials, with IF 39.74

Structure of a model TiO₂ photocatalytic interface. Hussain, H.; Tocci, G.; Woolcot, T.; Torrelles, X.; Pang, C. L.; Humphrey, D. S.; Yim, C. M.; Grinter, D. C.; Cabailh, G.; Bikondoa, O.; Lindsay, R.; Zegenhagen, J.; Michaelides, A.; Thornton, G.. NATURE MATERIALS, APR 2017, 16,4,461. DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4793. 

Functional electronic inversion layers at ferroelectric domain walls. Mundy, J. A.; Schaab, J.; Kumagai, Y.; Cano, A.; Stengel, M.; Krug, I. P.; Gottlob, D. M.; Doganay, H.; Holtz, M. E.; Held, R.; Yan, Z.; Bourret, E.; Schneider, C. M.; Schlom, D. G.; Muller, D. A.; Ramesh, R.; Spaldin, N. A.; Meier, D. NATURE MATERIALS, JUN 2017, 16, 6, 622. DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4878. 

Number 4 published in Chemical Society Reviews, with iF 38.62

Self-assembled monolayers in organic electronics. Casalini, Stefano; Bortolotti, Carlo Augusto; Leonardi, Francesca; Biscarini, Fabio. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS. JAN 7 2017, 46, 1, 40-71. DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00509h. 

Number 5 and 6 published in Advanced Materials, with IF 19.79

Polymer: Fullerene Bimolecular Crystals for Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Photodetectors. Tang, Zheng; Ma, Zaifei; Sanchez-Diaz, Antonio; Ullbrich, Sascha; Liu, Yuan; Siegmund, Bernhard; Mischok, Andreas; Leo, Karl; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Li, Weiwei; Vandewal, Koen. ADVANCED MATERIALS, SEP 6 2017, 29, 33, 1702184. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702184. 

Biomimetic Inspired Core–Canopy Quantum Dots: Ions Trapped in Voids Induce Kinetic Fluorescence Switching. Arpita Saha, Elena Oleshkevich, Clara Vinas, and Francesc Teixidor. ADVANCED MATERIALS, DEC 13 2017, 29. 46, 1704238. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704238.

Number 7, 8 and 9 published in ACS Nano, with IF 13.94.

Redox-Induced Gating of the Exchange Interactions in a Single Organic Diradical. Gaudenzi, Rocco; de Bruijckere, Joeri; Reta, Daniel; Moreira, Iberio de P. R.; Rovira, Concepcio; Veciana, Jaume; van der Zant, Herre S. J.; Burzuri, Enrique. ACS NANO, JUN 2017, 11, 6, 5879-5883. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01578.

Pressure-Responsive, Surfactant-Free CO₂-Based Nanostructured Fluids. Grimaldi, Natascia; Elena Rojas, Paula; Stehle, Simon; Cordoba, Alba; Schweins, Ralf; Sala, Santi; Luelsdorf, Stefan; Pina, David; Veciana, Jaume; Faraudo, Jordi; Triolo, Alessandro; Braeuer, Andreas Siegfried; Ventosa, Nora. ACS NANO, NOV 2017, 11, 11, 10774-10784. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02500. 

Ion Transport across Biological Membranes by Carborane-Capped Gold Nanoparticles. Grzelczak, Danks, Klipp, Belic, Zaulet, Kunstmann-Olsen, Bradley, Tsukuda, Viñas, Teixidor, Abramson, and Brust. ACS NANO, 2017, 11, 12, 12492–12499. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b0660

Number 10 and 11 (Bonus!) published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, with IF 13.86.

Tuning the Rectification Ratio by Changing the Electronic Nature (Open-Shell and Closed-Shell) in Donor Acceptor Self-Assembled Monolayers. Souto, Manuel; Yuan, Li; Morales, Dayana C.; Jiang, Li; Ratera, Imma; Nijhuis, Christian A.; Veciana, Jaume. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, MAR  29 2017, 139, 12 4262-4265. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12601. 

Operative Mechanism of Hole-Assisted Negative Charge Motion in Ground States of Radical-Anion Molecular Wires. Franco, Carlos; Mayorga Burrezo, Paula; Lloveras, Vega; Caballero, Ruben; Alcon, Isaac; Bromley, Stefan T.; Mas-Torrent, Marta; Langa, Fernando; Lopez Navarrete, Juan T.; Rovira, Concepcio; Casado, Juan; Veciana, Jaume. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, JAN 18 2017, 139, 2, 686-692. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08649.

*IF: Impact Factor 2016 Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters