Nature Materials

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Materials is 42. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology1627
Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infections596
Graphene bilayers with a twist512
Permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics496
Unconventional chiral charge order in kagome superconductor KV3Sb5471
Thermoelectric cooling materials461
Chemical vapour deposition of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe–N4 sites456
Water electrolysers with closed and open electrochemical systems430
Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal430
Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries384
Porous materials for carbon dioxide separations365
High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices359
Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials358
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis349
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation345
Membrane-destabilizing ionizable phospholipids for organ-selective mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing334
Confining isolated chromophores for highly efficient blue phosphorescence323
Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing310
Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells293
Atomically precise single-crystal structures of electrically conducting 2D metal–organic frameworks288
Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes283
Oxygen-evolving catalytic atoms on metal carbides281
Machine-learned potentials for next-generation matter simulations280
Strain analysis and engineering in halide perovskite photovoltaics276
Cellular extrusion bioprinting improves kidney organoid reproducibility and conformation270
Visualizing plating-induced cracking in lithium-anode solid-electrolyte cells261
A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability256
Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine253
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage251
Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indium246
Van der Waals epitaxial growth of air-stable CrSe2 nanosheets with thickness-tunable magnetic order244
Hydrophilicity gradient in covalent organic frameworks for membrane distillation242
In materia reservoir computing with a fully memristive architecture based on self-organizing nanowire networks240
Identifying carbon as the source of visible single-photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride239
Flow and extraction of energy and charge carriers in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures229
Giant magnetoelastic effect in soft systems for bioelectronics228
Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography226
Chern insulators, van Hove singularities and topological flat bands in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene223
Next-generation cancer organoids221
Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries214
A single-atom library for guided monometallic and concentration-complex multimetallic designs206
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) organic molecules for efficient X-ray scintillation and imaging204
Living materials with programmable functionalities grown from engineered microbial co-cultures200
Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites196
Triple ionic–electronic conducting oxides for next-generation electrochemical devices192
Mesoscopic and multiscale modelling in materials192
The changing state of porous materials189
Rethinking organoid technology through bioengineering187
Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks187
Unlocking anionic redox activity in O3-type sodium 3d layered oxides via Li substitution186
Ferrimagnetic spintronics183
Defect reconfiguration in a Ti–Al alloy via electroplasticity179
Borophene synthesis beyond the single-atomic-layer limit171
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate170
A hybrid erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin near-infrared probe for multiplexed biomedical imaging169
3D printable high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel for all-hydrogel bioelectronic interfaces167
Tunable metal hydroxide–organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution166
Emerging perovskite monolayers164
Large-scale growth of few-layer two-dimensional black phosphorus162
Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments162
Light-induced reversal of ion segregation in mixed-halide perovskites158
Tumour-associated macrophages drive stromal cell-dependent collagen crosslinking and stiffening to promote breast cancer aggression157
STING agonist delivery by tumour-penetrating PEG-lipid nanodiscs primes robust anticancer immunity156
Stripe phases in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices156
Strain fields in twisted bilayer graphene154
Effects of interlayer confinement and hydration on capacitive charge storage in birnessite153
Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes153
Metastable 1T′-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals152
Engineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities151
Sensory feedback for limb prostheses in amputees149
A smart and responsive crystalline porous organic cage membrane with switchable pore apertures for graded molecular sieving146
Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia146
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks144
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks144
Kinetically stabilized ferroelectricity in bulk single-crystalline HfO2:Y144
Perovskite semiconductors for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics143
Ultrafast control of magnetic interactions via light-driven phonons143
UItra-low friction and edge-pinning effect in large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures142
Robust superconductivity in magic-angle multilayer graphene family141
Revealing the role of the cathode–electrolyte interface on solid-state batteries140
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues140
Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy139
Controlling persistent luminescence in nanocrystalline phosphors139
High-strength scalable graphene sheets by freezing stretch-induced alignment138
Programmable icosahedral shell system for virus trapping138
Observation of the antiferromagnetic spin Hall effect137
Imaging moiré flat bands in three-dimensional reconstructed WSe2/WS2 superlattices137
Microstructural origin of locally enhanced CO2 electroreduction activity on gold137
Topological spintronics and magnetoelectronics137
Enhanced substrate stress relaxation promotes filopodia-mediated cell migration136
Revisiting metal fluorides as lithium-ion battery cathodes136
Unlocking synergy in bimetallic catalysts by core–shell design136
Phonon renormalization in reconstructed MoS2 moiré superlattices135
Solid-state rigid-rod polymer composite electrolytes with nanocrystalline lithium ion pathways135
Hydrogen-doped viscoplastic liquid metal microparticles for stretchable printed metal lines134
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines132
Printable two-dimensional superconducting monolayers130
Excitons in a reconstructed moiré potential in twisted WSe2/WSe2 homobilayers130
Synthetic dynamic hydrogels promote degradation-independent in vitro organogenesis129
Autonomous snapping and jumping polymer gels129
An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells129
Synergistically integrated phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) for fuel cells128
3D-printed silica with nanoscale resolution128
Direct X-ray and electron-beam lithography of halogenated zeolitic imidazolate frameworks127
Opportunities and challenges in the development of advanced materials for emission control catalysts127
Conjugated sulfonamides as a class of organic lithium-ion positive electrodes126
Electrolyte melt infiltration for scalable manufacturing of inorganic all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries125
Wafer-scale single-crystal monolayer graphene grown on sapphire substrate124
Electronic-structure methods for materials design124
Highly stretchable organic electrochemical transistors with strain-resistant performance124
Higher-order topological semimetal in acoustic crystals123
Fictitious phase separation in Li layered oxides driven by electro-autocatalysis123
Coupling structural evolution and oxygen-redox electrochemistry in layered transition metal oxides121
High-performance organic pseudocapacitors via molecular contortion120
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor120
Towards two-dimensional van der Waals ferroelectrics120
Observation of a phononic higher-order Weyl semimetal118
Suppressing ion migration in metal halide perovskite via interstitial doping with a trace amount of multivalent cations118
Broadband and pixelated camouflage in inflating chiral nematic liquid crystalline elastomers118
Tuning electrochemically driven surface transformation in atomically flat LaNiO3 thin films for enhanced water electrolysis118
Direct imaging of atomistic grain boundary migration116
Directed cell migration towards softer environments116
Evidence for a higher-order topological insulator in a three-dimensional material built from van der Waals stacking of bismuth-halide chains114
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers114
Seebeck-driven transverse thermoelectric generation113
Scalable manufacturing of high-index atomic layer–polymer hybrid metasurfaces for metaphotonics in the visible113
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection113
A medium-range structure motif linking amorphous and crystalline states113
Visualization of dynamic polaronic strain fields in hybrid lead halide perovskites112
Chiral-spin rotation of non-collinear antiferromagnet by spin–orbit torque112
Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization111
Organic long-persistent luminescence stimulated by visible light in p-type systems based on organic photoredox catalyst dopants111
Non-contact long-range magnetic stimulation of mechanosensitive ion channels in freely moving animals110
Mechano-tunable chiral metasurfaces via colloidal assembly109
Chirality-driven topological electronic structure of DNA-like materials109
Local negative permittivity and topological phase transition in polar skyrmions107
Two-dimensional overdamped fluctuations of the soft perovskite lattice in CsPbBr3106
Basement membrane stiffness determines metastases formation106
Single-spin resonance in a van der Waals embedded paramagnetic defect106
Fabrication and nanophotonic waveguide integration of silicon carbide colour centres with preserved spin-optical coherence105
Chemical heterogeneity enhances hydrogen resistance in high-strength steels104
Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies103
Hexagonal metal oxide monolayers derived from the metal–gas interface103
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells102
Minimizing hydrogen vacancies to enable highly efficient hybrid perovskites102
Microtubules tune mechanosensitive cell responses101
Hydrogels for RNA delivery101
Stem-cell-based embryo models for fundamental research and translation101
Ferroelastic-switching-driven large shear strain and piezoelectricity in a hybrid ferroelectric100
Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction99
Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight99
A microenvironment-inspired synthetic three-dimensional model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma organoids99
Graphene oxide bulk material reinforced by heterophase platelets with multiscale interface crosslinking98
Intrinsic ferroelectricity in Y-doped HfO2 thin films98
Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin–orbit torques in WTe298
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts98
Harmonic acoustics for dynamic and selective particle manipulation98
Cationic polymer-in-salt electrolytes for fast metal ion conduction and solid-state battery applications98
Direct photo-oxidation of methane to methanol over a mono-iron hydroxyl site97
Robust cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer fibres for mechanochromic textiles97
Computational prediction of the molecular configuration of three-dimensional network polymers96
Giant anomalous Nernst signal in the antiferromagnet YbMnBi296
Lithium superionic conductors with corner-sharing frameworks96
Tandem catalysis with double-shelled hollow spheres96
Stable non-corrosive sulfonimide salt for 4-V-class lithium metal batteries96
Linking in situ charge accumulation to electronic structure in doped SrTiO3 reveals design principles for hydrogen-evolving photocatalysts96
Programmable gear-based mechanical metamaterials96
The topology of electronic band structures96
Direct observation of geometric and sliding ferroelectricity in an amphidynamic crystal96
The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design95
Electrochemically induced amorphous-to-rock-salt phase transformation in niobium oxide electrode for Li-ion batteries94
Cofactor-free oxidase-mimetic nanomaterials from self-assembled histidine-rich peptides94
Tailoring planar slip to achieve pure metal-like ductility in body-centred-cubic multi-principal element alloys94
The toughness of mechanical metamaterials91
A singlet-triplet hole spin qubit in planar Ge91
Ultra-high-quality two-dimensional electron systems90
Gas-sieving zeolitic membranes fabricated by condensation of precursor nanosheets90
From predictive modelling to machine learning and reverse engineering of colloidal self-assembly90
A light-induced phononic symmetry switch and giant dissipationless topological photocurrent in ZrTe590
Supersonic impact resilience of nanoarchitected carbon89
Active pixel sensor matrix based on monolayer MoS2 phototransistor array89
Bio-inspired mechanically adaptive materials through vibration-induced crosslinking87
Spin-induced linear polarization of photoluminescence in antiferromagnetic van der Waals crystals87
Gate-tuneable and chirality-dependent charge-to-spin conversion in tellurium nanowires86
Composition and phase engineering of metal chalcogenides and phosphorous chalcogenides86
Coupling between magnetic order and charge transport in a two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor86
Spatiotemporal control of liquid crystal structure and dynamics through activity patterning84
Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network83
Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation82
Ion-tunable antiambipolarity in mixed ion–electron conducting polymers enables biorealistic organic electrochemical neurons81
Random access DNA memory using Boolean search in an archival file storage system81
Charge density waves in infinite-layer NdNiO2 nickelates81
Discovering and understanding materials through computation81
Investigating the nature of active forces in tissues reveals how contractile cells can form extensile monolayers79
n-type charge transport in heavily p-doped polymers79
Nanotwinning-assisted dynamic recrystallization at high strains and strain rates77
Integer topological defects organize stresses driving tissue morphogenesis77
Observation of fluctuation-mediated picosecond nucleation of a topological phase76
Ultrastrong nanotwinned titanium alloys through additive manufacturing75
Memristive control of mutual spin Hall nano-oscillator synchronization for neuromorphic computing74
Scalable integration of hybrid high-κ dielectric materials on two-dimensional semiconductors74
Room-temperature antiskyrmions and sawtooth surface textures in a non-centrosymmetric magnet with S4 symmetry74
Low-oxygen rare earth steels74
Quantifying charge carrier localization in chemically doped semiconducting polymers73
Zwitterionic materials with disorder and plasticity and their application as non-volatile solid or liquid electrolytes72
Bosonic condensation of exciton–polaritons in an atomically thin crystal71
Coherent antiferromagnetic spintronics70
Covalent organic framework atropisomers with multiple gas-triggered structural flexibilities70
High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence69
Visualization of the strain-induced topological phase transition in a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor TaSe369
Atomistic insights into metal hardening69
Three-dimensional printing of mycelium hydrogels into living complex materials68
A percolation theory for designing corrosion-resistant alloys68
Self-repair protects microtubules from destruction by molecular motors67
Advanced carbon molecular sieve membranes derived from molecularly engineered cross-linkable copolyimide for gas separations67
Eliminating lattice defects in metal–organic framework molecular-sieving membranes67
P-selectin-targeted nanocarriers induce active crossing of the blood–brain barrier via caveolin-1-dependent transcytosis67
Engineering living and regenerative fungal–bacterial biocomposite structures66
Long-term solar water and CO2 splitting with photoelectrochemical BiOI–BiVO4 tandems66
Data-driven discovery of a universal indicator for metallic glass forming ability65
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C65
Integrated computer-aided engineering and design for DNA assemblies65
Species-agnostic polymeric formulations for inhalable messenger RNA delivery to the lung65
Development of a photoelectrochemically self-improving Si/GaN photocathode for efficient and durable H2 production64
Kirigami-inspired stents for sustained local delivery of therapeutics64
Highly stable coherent nanoprecipitates via diffusion-dominated solute uptake and interstitial ordering64
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier63
Room-temperature logic-in-memory operations in single-metallofullerene devices63
Planar thermal Hall effect of topological bosons in the Kitaev magnet α-RuCl363
Scalable optical manufacture of dynamic structural colour in stretchable materials62
Rapid fabrication of physically robust hydrogels62
3D-printed hierarchical pillar array electrodes for high-performance semi-artificial photosynthesis62
Weyl-mediated helical magnetism in NdAlSi62
Interface polarization in heterovalent core–shell nanocrystals62
Designed growth of large bilayer graphene with arbitrary twist angles61
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure61
Charge transport in mixed metal halide perovskite semiconductors60
Resolving complex intralayer transition motifs in high-Ni-content layered cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries60
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride59
Coupled liquid crystalline oscillators in Huygens’ synchrony59
ZIF-62 glass foam self-supported membranes to address CH4/N2 separations58
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes58
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator58
Inhibiting collective cation migration in Li-rich cathode materials as a strategy to mitigate voltage hysteresis58
High-rate nanofluidic energy absorption in porous zeolitic frameworks57
A data-science approach to predict the heat capacity of nanoporous materials57
Designing and controlling the properties of transition metal oxide quantum materials56
Tuning surface d bands with bimetallic electrodes to facilitate electron transport across molecular junctions56
Capturing dynamic ligand-to-metal charge transfer with a long-lived cationic intermediate for anionic redox54
Topological Wannier cycles induced by sub-unit-cell artificial gauge flux in a sonic crystal54
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