Nature Materials

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Materials is 8. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology1331
Perspectives for electrochemical capacitors and related devices1229
Metal halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes838
Correlated electronic phases in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides556
Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infections543
Extra storage capacity in transition metal oxide lithium-ion batteries revealed by in situ magnetometry443
Highly efficient luminescence from space-confined charge-transfer emitters441
Graphene bilayers with a twist439
Permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics434
Carbazole isomers induce ultralong organic phosphorescence415
Unconventional chiral charge order in kagome superconductor KV3Sb5401
Thermoelectric cooling materials386
Chemical vapour deposition of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe–N4 sites379
Electrical bioadhesive interface for bioelectronics367
Bulk fatigue induced by surface reconstruction in layered Ni-rich cathodes for Li-ion batteries365
Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal360
Grain-orientation-engineered multilayer ceramic capacitors for energy storage applications359
Water electrolysers with closed and open electrochemical systems342
A DNA nanodevice-based vaccine for cancer immunotherapy330
Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries315
The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery300
Porous materials for carbon dioxide separations292
Resilient yet entirely degradable gelatin-based biogels for soft robots and electronics291
P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction289
Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics289
Membrane-destabilizing ionizable phospholipids for organ-selective mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing286
Materials for flexible bioelectronic systems as chronic neural interfaces282
The journey of conducting polymers from discovery to application282
Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials282
Recapitulating macro-scale tissue self-organization through organoid bioprinting282
High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices274
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation272
Next-generation vaccine platforms for COVID-19270
Confining isolated chromophores for highly efficient blue phosphorescence269
Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells268
Activating an adaptive immune response from a hydrogel scaffold imparts regenerative wound healing266
Atomically precise single-crystal structures of electrically conducting 2D metal–organic frameworks251
Oxygen-evolving catalytic atoms on metal carbides246
Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes237
Cellular extrusion bioprinting improves kidney organoid reproducibility and conformation235
Strain analysis and engineering in halide perovskite photovoltaics233
Visualizing plating-induced cracking in lithium-anode solid-electrolyte cells232
Natural-mixing guided design of refractory high-entropy alloys with as-cast tensile ductility230
Machine-learned potentials for next-generation matter simulations228
A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability227
Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine226
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis224
A biohybrid synapse with neurotransmitter-mediated plasticity221
Emergent phenomena and proximity effects in two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures219
Van der Waals epitaxial growth of air-stable CrSe2 nanosheets with thickness-tunable magnetic order215
Identifying carbon as the source of visible single-photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride213
Hydrophilicity gradient in covalent organic frameworks for membrane distillation212
Highly stretchable multilayer electronic circuits using biphasic gallium-indium209
Flow and extraction of energy and charge carriers in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures202
Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography202
Twist-angle-dependent interlayer exciton diffusion in WS2–WSe2 heterobilayers201
Biosynthetic self-healing materials for soft machines199
Chern insulators, van Hove singularities and topological flat bands in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene194
Towards a better understanding of Lewis acidic aluminium in zeolites192
Solution processable metal–organic frameworks for mixed matrix membranes using porous liquids191
Supramolecular–covalent hybrid polymers for light-activated mechanical actuation191
Giant magnetoelastic effect in soft systems for bioelectronics190
In materia reservoir computing with a fully memristive architecture based on self-organizing nanowire networks189
Semimetals for high-performance photodetection187
Configurable phonon polaritons in twisted α-MoO3186
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage178
Excitons in strain-induced one-dimensional moiré potentials at transition metal dichalcogenide heterojunctions178
Next-generation cancer organoids174
Glassy Li metal anode for high-performance rechargeable Li batteries173
Triple ionic–electronic conducting oxides for next-generation electrochemical devices172
Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries172
Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks170
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) organic molecules for efficient X-ray scintillation and imaging165
Understanding the luminescent nature of organic radicals for efficient doublet emitters and pure-red light-emitting diodes163
Synthesis of mesoscale ordered two-dimensional π-conjugated polymers with semiconducting properties163
Living materials with programmable functionalities grown from engineered microbial co-cultures163
Mesoscopic and multiscale modelling in materials163
Engineering high-energy-density sodium battery anodes for improved cycling with superconcentrated ionic-liquid electrolytes161
Rethinking organoid technology through bioengineering157
Unlocking anionic redox activity in O3-type sodium 3d layered oxides via Li substitution157
The changing state of porous materials156
Defect reconfiguration in a Ti–Al alloy via electroplasticity154
A single-atom library for guided monometallic and concentration-complex multimetallic designs153
Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges149
A hybrid erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin near-infrared probe for multiplexed biomedical imaging142
Ultrafast hot-hole injection modifies hot-electron dynamics in Au/p-GaN heterostructures142
Borophene synthesis beyond the single-atomic-layer limit141
Self-supported Pt–CoO networks combining high specific activity with high surface area for oxygen reduction140
Ferrimagnetic spintronics140
Stripe phases in WSe2/WS2 moiré superlattices139
Large-scale growth of few-layer two-dimensional black phosphorus138
Emerging perovskite monolayers138
Strain fields in twisted bilayer graphene138
Tunable metal hydroxide–organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution137
Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments136
Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites135
Polar meron lattice in strained oxide ferroelectrics134
The interplay between thermodynamics and kinetics in the solid-state synthesis of layered oxides134
Light-induced reversal of ion segregation in mixed-halide perovskites132
Eliminating dissolution of platinum-based electrocatalysts at the atomic scale131
Electric-field-driven dual-functional molecular switches in tunnel junctions129
Engineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities129
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate128
Metastable 1T′-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals127
Tumour-associated macrophages drive stromal cell-dependent collagen crosslinking and stiffening to promote breast cancer aggression126
Sensory feedback for limb prostheses in amputees126
Effects of interlayer confinement and hydration on capacitive charge storage in birnessite126
Towards data-driven next-generation transmission electron microscopy125
High-strength scalable graphene sheets by freezing stretch-induced alignment124
Phonon renormalization in reconstructed MoS2 moiré superlattices122
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks122
STING agonist delivery by tumour-penetrating PEG-lipid nanodiscs primes robust anticancer immunity122
Microstructural origin of locally enhanced CO2 electroreduction activity on gold122
UItra-low friction and edge-pinning effect in large-lattice-mismatch van der Waals heterostructures122
Ultrafast control of magnetic interactions via light-driven phonons121
Synergistically integrated phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) for fuel cells120
A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating119
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues119
Observation of the antiferromagnetic spin Hall effect119
Finned zeolite catalysts119
Imaging moiré flat bands in three-dimensional reconstructed WSe2/WS2 superlattices119
A smart and responsive crystalline porous organic cage membrane with switchable pore apertures for graded molecular sieving119
Enhanced substrate stress relaxation promotes filopodia-mediated cell migration118
Programmable icosahedral shell system for virus trapping118
Unlocking synergy in bimetallic catalysts by core–shell design118
Perovskite semiconductors for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics118
Kinetically stabilized ferroelectricity in bulk single-crystalline HfO2:Y118
Hydrogen-doped viscoplastic liquid metal microparticles for stretchable printed metal lines117
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks116
Solid-state rigid-rod polymer composite electrolytes with nanocrystalline lithium ion pathways116
Revealing the role of the cathode–electrolyte interface on solid-state batteries115
Excitons in a reconstructed moiré potential in twisted WSe2/WSe2 homobilayers113
Revisiting metal fluorides as lithium-ion battery cathodes113
Direct X-ray and electron-beam lithography of halogenated zeolitic imidazolate frameworks113
Printable two-dimensional superconducting monolayers113
Higher-order topological semimetal in acoustic crystals112
Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes112
Conjugated sulfonamides as a class of organic lithium-ion positive electrodes110
Tuning electrochemically driven surface transformation in atomically flat LaNiO3 thin films for enhanced water electrolysis110
Robust superconductivity in magic-angle multilayer graphene family109
Electrolyte melt infiltration for scalable manufacturing of inorganic all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries109
Autonomous snapping and jumping polymer gels108
Opportunities and challenges in the development of advanced materials for emission control catalysts108
Fictitious phase separation in Li layered oxides driven by electro-autocatalysis107
Ledge-directed epitaxy of continuously self-aligned single-crystalline nanoribbons of transition metal dichalcogenides107
A bioinspired and hierarchically structured shape-memory material105
Topological spintronics and magnetoelectronics105
Synthetic dynamic hydrogels promote degradation-independent in vitro organogenesis105
Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia102
Metabolic labeling and targeted modulation of dendritic cells102
3D-printed silica with nanoscale resolution102
An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells102
Somatic cell-derived organoids as prototypes of human epithelial tissues and diseases102
Observation of a phononic higher-order Weyl semimetal102
Seebeck-driven transverse thermoelectric generation102
Electronic-structure methods for materials design101
Entanglement and control of single nuclear spins in isotopically engineered silicon carbide101
Evidence for a higher-order topological insulator in a three-dimensional material built from van der Waals stacking of bismuth-halide chains101
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor101
Atomic-resolution electron microscopy of nanoscale local structure in lead-based relaxor ferroelectrics101
Visualization of dynamic polaronic strain fields in hybrid lead halide perovskites101
Wafer-scale single-crystal monolayer graphene grown on sapphire substrate100
High-performance organic pseudocapacitors via molecular contortion100
Spin–layer locking of interlayer excitons trapped in moiré potentials98
Chirality-induced relaxor properties in ferroelectric polymers98
Broadband and pixelated camouflage in inflating chiral nematic liquid crystalline elastomers97
Ferroelectric domain wall memory with embedded selector realized in LiNbO3 single crystals integrated on Si wafers96
Direct imaging of atomistic grain boundary migration96
Coupling structural evolution and oxygen-redox electrochemistry in layered transition metal oxides95
A medium-range structure motif linking amorphous and crystalline states95
Non-contact long-range magnetic stimulation of mechanosensitive ion channels in freely moving animals95
Organic long-persistent luminescence stimulated by visible light in p-type systems based on organic photoredox catalyst dopants94
Single-spin resonance in a van der Waals embedded paramagnetic defect94
Highly stretchable organic electrochemical transistors with strain-resistant performance94
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers93
Cortical cell stiffness is independent of substrate mechanics93
Mechano-tunable chiral metasurfaces via colloidal assembly93
High-performance solar flow battery powered by a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell93
Minimizing hydrogen vacancies to enable highly efficient hybrid perovskites93
Chiral-spin rotation of non-collinear antiferromagnet by spin–orbit torque93
Directed cell migration towards softer environments92
Gate-tunable spin waves in antiferromagnetic atomic bilayers92
Hexagonal metal oxide monolayers derived from the metal–gas interface91
3D printable high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel for all-hydrogel bioelectronic interfaces90
Two-dimensional overdamped fluctuations of the soft perovskite lattice in CsPbBr390
Basement membrane stiffness determines metastases formation90
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines89
Chemical heterogeneity enhances hydrogen resistance in high-strength steels89
Ferroelastic-switching-driven large shear strain and piezoelectricity in a hybrid ferroelectric89
Local negative permittivity and topological phase transition in polar skyrmions88
An integrated optical modulator operating at cryogenic temperatures88
Gas-sieving zeolitic membranes fabricated by condensation of precursor nanosheets87
Stem-cell-based embryo models for fundamental research and translation87
Fabrication and nanophotonic waveguide integration of silicon carbide colour centres with preserved spin-optical coherence87
Chirality-driven topological electronic structure of DNA-like materials87
Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride87
Computational prediction of the molecular configuration of three-dimensional network polymers87
A microenvironment-inspired synthetic three-dimensional model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma organoids85
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection85
Linking in situ charge accumulation to electronic structure in doped SrTiO3 reveals design principles for hydrogen-evolving photocatalysts84
Suppressing ion migration in metal halide perovskite via interstitial doping with a trace amount of multivalent cations84
The topology of electronic band structures84
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells83
A light-induced phononic symmetry switch and giant dissipationless topological photocurrent in ZrTe583
Evidence of higher-order topology in multilayer WTe2 from Josephson coupling through anisotropic hinge states82
Controlling persistent luminescence in nanocrystalline phosphors81
Towards chirality control of graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride81
Towards two-dimensional van der Waals ferroelectrics81
Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin–orbit torques in WTe280
Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies80
Cofactor-free oxidase-mimetic nanomaterials from self-assembled histidine-rich peptides80
Direct photo-oxidation of methane to methanol over a mono-iron hydroxyl site79
Ultra-high-quality two-dimensional electron systems79
From predictive modelling to machine learning and reverse engineering of colloidal self-assembly79
Stable non-corrosive sulfonimide salt for 4-V-class lithium metal batteries78
Supersonic impact resilience of nanoarchitected carbon78
Giant anomalous Nernst signal in the antiferromagnet YbMnBi278
Microtubules tune mechanosensitive cell responses78
Direct observation of geometric and sliding ferroelectricity in an amphidynamic crystal77
Scalable manufacturing of high-index atomic layer–polymer hybrid metasurfaces for metaphotonics in the visible77
Monolithic digital patterning of polydimethylsiloxane with successive laser pyrolysis77
Lithium superionic conductors with corner-sharing frameworks76
Bio-inspired mechanically adaptive materials through vibration-induced crosslinking76
Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight75
Harmonic acoustics for dynamic and selective particle manipulation75
Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network75
Cationic polymer-in-salt electrolytes for fast metal ion conduction and solid-state battery applications75
Electrochemically induced amorphous-to-rock-salt phase transformation in niobium oxide electrode for Li-ion batteries75
A singlet-triplet hole spin qubit in planar Ge75
Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization75
Programmable gear-based mechanical metamaterials74
Random access DNA memory using Boolean search in an archival file storage system73
Intrinsic ferroelectricity in Y-doped HfO2 thin films73
The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design72
Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation71
Investigating the nature of active forces in tissues reveals how contractile cells can form extensile monolayers71
Exchange magnetostriction in two-dimensional antiferromagnets71
Composition and phase engineering of metal chalcogenides and phosphorous chalcogenides71
Observation of fluctuation-mediated picosecond nucleation of a topological phase70
Tunable assembly of hybrid colloids induced by regioselective depletion70
The toughness of mechanical metamaterials70
Graphene oxide bulk material reinforced by heterophase platelets with multiscale interface crosslinking69
n-type charge transport in heavily p-doped polymers69
Tandem catalysis with double-shelled hollow spheres69
Robust cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer fibres for mechanochromic textiles69
Gate-tuneable and chirality-dependent charge-to-spin conversion in tellurium nanowires68
Spatiotemporal control of liquid crystal structure and dynamics through activity patterning67
Memristive control of mutual spin Hall nano-oscillator synchronization for neuromorphic computing66
Spin-induced linear polarization of photoluminescence in antiferromagnetic van der Waals crystals66
Integer topological defects organize stresses driving tissue morphogenesis65
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