Nature Materials

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Materials is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Reply to: On the observation of photo-excitation effects in molecules using muon spin spectroscopy1993
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases570
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams562
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity543
The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction527
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase500
Experimental organs499
When the roof falls in474
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface413
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage367
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design361
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene348
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality337
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators334
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains317
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials314
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics311
Synapse-powered vitality311
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes304
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation302
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes299
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy291
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C291
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation269
Directed cell migration towards softer environments245
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer242
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones231
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order228
Machine-learned potentials for next-generation matter simulations218
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks216
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks214
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks213
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues213
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries212
Hydrogels for RNA delivery211
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser208
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor204
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis204
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators202
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys201
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate198
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes198
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics197
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology192
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture191
Sieving in order191
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors182
Faster holes by delocalization180
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose177
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor177
Phases at the interface172
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics172
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation172
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates172
Young scholars benefit from collaboration171
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks171
Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine170
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice170
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin169
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices168
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus167
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking167
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials165
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts165
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes161
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion160
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers158
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements156
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6156
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries152
In praise of peer review150
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material149
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate149
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots149
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films149
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials147
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures147
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions145
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality145
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system142
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels139
A two-dimensional type I superionic conductor138
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure138
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces136
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry136
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise135
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films135
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions135
Connecting silicon carbide technologies135
Synchronized dancing under light135
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization133
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents133
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond133
Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight131
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance131
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces131
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C130
Tiny spectrometers128
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces128
Steering from the rear127
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy126
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics126
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission125
High-temperature superconductivity survives123
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride121
Chromogenic identification of breakdown121
A fridge without a cause120
Simple connections take the prize119
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution117
Design criteria for tough metamaterials116
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis115
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics115
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature112
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride112
Transitioning metal–organic frameworks from the laboratory to market through applied research111
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves111
Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids111
Photo-actuators via epitaxial growth of microcrystal arrays in polymer membranes110
Photo-enhanced ionic conductivity across grain boundaries in polycrystalline ceramics110
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers108
Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants107
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation107
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines105
Staying in the comfort zone104
The two faces of molten phosphorus104
Regulating genes with stiffness103
Electrical plants103
Electronics can be more sustainable102
Stripping ions with liquid100
Structural editing with chemical scissors99
Dynamic soft materials as tough as glass99
Bimodal free volumes uplift gas separation99
Better electronics from immiscibility98
Author Correction: P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction98
A moiré proximity effect96
Illuminating defects in crystal clear colloidal assemblies96
Silicon goes heavyweight95
A non-fullerene acceptor for perovskites94
Inhalable mRNA nanoparticles94
A dynamic view of frozen excitons94
Bridging the gap between precatalysts and electrocatalysts93
Tunable fractional Chern insulators in rhombohedral graphene superlattices93
Toughness and elasticity from phase separation92
Topological Wannier cycles induced by sub-unit-cell artificial gauge flux in a sonic crystal91
Revealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometry90
From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations89
Activating deformation twinning in cubic boron nitride89
Self-healing of fractured diamond88
Decoupling sliding polarizations88
A drug-mediated organic electrochemical transistor for robustly reusable biosensors88
Space charge governs the kinetics of metal exsolution88
Asynchronous current-induced switching of rare-earth and transition-metal sublattices in ferrimagnetic alloys88
Stretching out transistors87
Unjamming tumour cell invasion through cGAS–STING86
Handy nanoquakes86
Beyond moiré in twisted two-dimensional magnets86
Physical reservoir computers that can adapt to perform different tasks85
A soft crystalline packing with no metallic analogue84
Printing with a quantum dot matrix84
Mechanism of plastic deformation in metal monochalcogenides83
Designing flexible mechanical metamaterials with complex functionalities82
Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices81
Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings80
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator80
A magnetic continuum in the cobalt-based honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)280
Scalar topological photonic nested meta-crystals and skyrmion surface states in the light cone continuum79
Two-dimensional few-atom noble gas clusters in a graphene sandwich79
DNA photofluids show life-like motion78
Computational discovery of fast interstitial oxygen conductors77
Improving lithium-ion cells by replacing polyethylene terephthalate jellyroll tape77
Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies77
Beyond lithium for sustainable ammonia synthesis76
Materials and technology innovations towards sustainable electronics76
Confining isolated chromophores for highly efficient blue phosphorescence76
Effects of interlayer confinement and hydration on capacitive charge storage in birnessite76
A DNA origami device spatially controls CD95 signalling to induce immune tolerance in rheumatoid arthritis76
Twistronics and the small-angle magic75
Creating chirality in the nearly two dimensions74
Colloidal quasicrystals engineered with DNA74
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells73
Evidence for time-reversal symmetry-breaking kagome superconductivity72
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage72
Artificial neuron transmits chemical signals72
Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction71
Do surfaces hold the key to COVID clots?70
Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials70
Boosting electromechanical response via clamping70
Bending the rules70
A magnetic field for each electron70
Still going strong69
Superconductivity feels the heat69
Thermal multiferroics in all-inorganic quasi-two-dimensional halide perovskites69
A cryogenic memristor68
A mixed legacy68
Bending the rules, naturally67
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane67
Resistance to fatigue67
Graphene rolls with tunable chirality67
High-temperature Josephson diode66
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier65
Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites65
Enhanced energy storage in high-entropy ferroelectric polymers64
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors at optical frequency63
Mechanical checkpoint regulates monocyte differentiation in fibrotic niches63
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks63
Giant magnon spin conductivity in ultrathin yttrium iron garnet films63
Prodding the quantum spin liquid62
Electric-field-induced colour switching in colloidal quantum dot molecules at room temperature62
Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing62
Squeezing out power62
Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy62
Life-saving vaccines awarded61
Controlling and capturing emissions61
Asymmetry in deformation61
Fractured diamond can heal itself at room temperature60
Evidencing ultrafast dislocation motion60
Soft features for robotics60
Soft learning60
Moiré turns neuromorphic59
Ultrafast light-based logic with graphene58
The power of the body58
A large library for tiny catalysts58
Energy supply from magnetoelastic composites58
The colour of stress58
Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics58
Kagome lattices with chiral charge density57
Publisher Correction: High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence57
Observation of a massive phason in a charge-density-wave insulator57
Paul McMillan (1956–2022)56
Dynamic flow control through active matter programming language56
Author Correction: Colony stimulating factor-1 receptor is a central component of the foreign body response to biomaterial implants in rodents and non-human primates56
Unconventional unidirectional magnetoresistance in heterostructures of a topological semimetal and a ferromagnet55
Special delivery55
Quantum engineers in high demand55
Flipping antiferromagnetism by light55
Lipid nanodiscs give cancer a STING55
Exchange controlled triplet fusion in metal–organic frameworks55
Engineering correlated insulators in bilayer graphene with a remote Coulomb superlattice54
Clarifying the origin of molecular O2 in cathode oxides54
Ferroelastically protected reversible orthorhombic to monoclinic-like phase transition in ZrO2 nanocrystals54
Electronic screening using a virtual Thomas–Fermi fluid for predicting wetting and phase transitions of ionic liquids at metal surfaces54
Ultrafast exciton transport at early times in quantum dot solids54
Solution-processable mixed-anion cluster chalcohalide Rb6Re6S8I8 in a light-emitting diode54
Giant magnetoelastic effect in soft systems for bioelectronics53
Fibre-infused gel scaffolds guide cardiomyocyte alignment in 3D-printed ventricles53
Fabrication and nanophotonic waveguide integration of silicon carbide colour centres with preserved spin-optical coherence53
A magneto-thermoelectric with a high figure of merit in topological insulator Bi88Sb1253
Low-oxygen rare earth steels52
Nonlinear physics of moiré superlattices52
Charge transport in mixed metal halide perovskite semiconductors52
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