Nature Materials

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Materials is 41. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases2123
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams697
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase589
Experimental organs576
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage426
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design406
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order384
Synapse-powered vitality378
When the roof falls in352
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality347
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks325
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics321
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light310
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy282
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice271
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene271
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity266
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation260
Directed cell migration towards softer environments250
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface244
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer244
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators236
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser236
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones235
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes232
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes231
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains222
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks220
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks214
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries213
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation212
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C209
Hydrogels for RNA delivery203
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators199
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis199
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials199
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials198
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors196
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor194
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes187
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics187
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin186
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices185
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking185
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice180
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation180
Sieving in order179
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture178
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors176
Faster holes by delocalization175
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates170
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys166
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet166
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks166
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements165
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose164
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes163
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology162
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics161
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion161
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries161
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6159
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers155
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts154
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus154
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate153
In praise of peer review152
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise151
Synchronized dancing under light150
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization150
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents149
Tunable fractional Chern insulators146
Connecting silicon carbide technologies146
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films146
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions145
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials144
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns143
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks142
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond141
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films139
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing138
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures135
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels132
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality132
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate131
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces131
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project131
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system131
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces129
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces129
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C128
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry124
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure124
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material123
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance122
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots121
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions121
Tiny spectrometers119
Steering from the rear118
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics117
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy116
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission116
High-temperature superconductivity survives114
A fridge without a cause114
Chromogenic identification of breakdown114
Simple connections take the prize113
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution111
A carbon-nanotube-based electron source with a 0.3-eV energy spread and an unconventional time delay110
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis110
Design criteria for tough metamaterials110
Photo-actuators via epitaxial growth of microcrystal arrays in polymer membranes109
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature108
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics107
Engineering bonding sites enables uniform and robust self-assembled monolayer for stable perovskite solar cells107
Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids106
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves105
Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants104
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride101
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers100
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride100
Photo-enhanced ionic conductivity across grain boundaries in polycrystalline ceramics99
Transitioning metal–organic frameworks from the laboratory to market through applied research99
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines99
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation98
Staying in the comfort zone97
The two faces of molten phosphorus97
Regulating genes with stiffness96
Structural editing with chemical scissors96
Electrical plants96
Electronics can be more sustainable95
Better electronics from immiscibility95
Bimodal free volumes uplift gas separation95
A moiré proximity effect94
Illuminating defects in crystal clear colloidal assemblies92
Asynchronous current-induced switching of rare-earth and transition-metal sublattices in ferrimagnetic alloys92
Inhalable mRNA nanoparticles92
Dynamic soft materials as tough as glass92
A dynamic view of frozen excitons92
Activating deformation twinning in cubic boron nitride91
Space charge governs the kinetics of metal exsolution91
Revealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometry90
Bridging the gap between precatalysts and electrocatalysts89
A non-fullerene acceptor for perovskites88
Toughness and elasticity from phase separation87
Flatland wakes based on leaky hyperbolic polaritons86
Amorphous chalcogenides in two dimensions86
Detecting interference of lattice vibrations86
Author Correction: P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction85
Exploiting strained epitaxial germanium for scaling low-noise spin qubits at the micrometre scale85
Polariton probing of attometre displacement and nanoscale strain in ultrashort acoustic pulses85
Self-healing of fractured diamond84
Tunable fractional Chern insulators in rhombohedral graphene superlattices83
Stripping ions with liquid83
Topological Wannier cycles induced by sub-unit-cell artificial gauge flux in a sonic crystal82
From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations82
A drug-mediated organic electrochemical transistor for robustly reusable biosensors81
Handy nanoquakes80
Stretching out transistors80
Decoupling sliding polarizations80
A soft crystalline packing with no metallic analogue79
Physical reservoir computers that can adapt to perform different tasks79
Beyond moiré in twisted two-dimensional magnets79
Mechanism of plastic deformation in metal monochalcogenides78
Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices77
Scalar topological photonic nested meta-crystals and skyrmion surface states in the light cone continuum77
Designing flexible mechanical metamaterials with complex functionalities77
Unjamming tumour cell invasion through cGAS–STING76
Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings76
Long-lived hot carriers in a polymeric semiconductor75
Spins in chains75
Beyond lithium for sustainable ammonia synthesis75
A Hall lot of effects75
Printing with a quantum dot matrix75
Materials and technology innovations towards sustainable electronics75
Two-dimensional few-atom noble gas clusters in a graphene sandwich74
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect74
Twistronics and the small-angle magic74
A magnetic continuum in the cobalt-based honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)273
DNA photofluids show life-like motion73
Creating chirality in the nearly two dimensions73
Computational discovery of fast interstitial oxygen conductors72
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells71
Colloidal quasicrystals engineered with DNA71
Improving lithium-ion cells by replacing polyethylene terephthalate jellyroll tape71
A DNA origami device spatially controls CD95 signalling to induce immune tolerance in rheumatoid arthritis70
Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies70
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage70
Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction69
Boosting electromechanical response via clamping69
Tissue-specific mRNA delivery and prime editing with peptide–ionizable lipid nanoparticles69
A magnetic field for each electron69
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator69
Superconductivity feels the heat68
Bending the rules68
Still going strong68
Bending the rules, naturally67
A cryogenic memristor67
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane67
Squeezing out power66
Thermal multiferroics in all-inorganic quasi-two-dimensional halide perovskites66
Resistance to fatigue66
A mixed legacy66
Artificial neuron transmits chemical signals66
Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites65
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier65
Electric-field-induced colour switching in colloidal quantum dot molecules at room temperature65
Giant magnon spin conductivity in ultrathin yttrium iron garnet films64
Graphene rolls with tunable chirality64
A solid electrolyte with active stability64
Prodding the quantum spin liquid64
High-temperature Josephson diode63
Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing63
Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials63
Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO363
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks62
Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy62
Mechanical checkpoint regulates monocyte differentiation in fibrotic niches62
Evidence for time-reversal symmetry-breaking kagome superconductivity61
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors at optical frequency60
Life-saving vaccines awarded59
Enhanced energy storage in high-entropy ferroelectric polymers59
Soft features for robotics59
Asymmetry in deformation59
Fractured diamond can heal itself at room temperature59
Soft learning58
Moiré turns neuromorphic58
Evidencing ultrafast dislocation motion58
Ultrafast light-based logic with graphene57
Energy supply from magnetoelastic composites57
Flipping antiferromagnetism by light57
Paul McMillan (1956–2022)57
A large library for tiny catalysts57
Kagome lattices with chiral charge density57
Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics57
Lipid nanodiscs give cancer a STING57
Electronic screening using a virtual Thomas–Fermi fluid for predicting wetting and phase transitions of ionic liquids at metal surfaces57
The colour of stress56
Unconventional unidirectional magnetoresistance in heterostructures of a topological semimetal and a ferromagnet55
Publisher Correction: High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence55
Non-volatile electric-field control of inversion symmetry54
Special delivery54
The power of the body54
Dispersion-tunable low-loss implanted spin-wave waveguides for large magnonic networks54
Solvent co-intercalation in layered cathode active materials for sodium-ion batteries53
Crystallographic guess-and-check53
Dynamic flow control through active matter programming language52
Observation of a massive phason in a charge-density-wave insulator52
Helical peptide structure improves conductivity and stability of solid electrolytes52
Engineering correlated insulators in bilayer graphene with a remote Coulomb superlattice52
Charge transport in mixed metal halide perovskite semiconductors52
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