Nature Materials

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Materials is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Materials with agency1947
Squeezing out power545
Renaissance revisited538
Operando-informed precatalyst programming towards reliable high-current-density electrolysis528
Stable microbial–material combinations for therapeutic applications513
Tracking the irreversible light-induced creation of extended polar order from disorder482
Publisher Correction: Switchable long-distance propagation of chiral magnonic edge states471
Graphene rolls with tunable chirality460
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane402
Electroreduction-driven distorted nanotwins activate pure Cu for efficient hydrogen evolution351
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy across an atomic layer349
Controlling Coulomb correlations and fine structure of quasi-one-dimensional excitons by magnetic order340
Layers split and zip for phase transition329
A non-layered two-dimensional semiconductor for p-type transistors326
Non-fullerene electron-transporting materials for high-performance and stable perovskite solar cells314
In situ imaging of amorphous intermediates during brucite carbonation in supercritical CO2304
Tension–compression asymmetry in amorphous silicon301
Tackling food allergies by microbiome modulation298
Extra electron reflections in concentrated alloys do not necessitate short-range order293
Do surfaces hold the key to COVID clots?291
Bending the rules290
Composites from photo-stereochemical patterning290
Giant magnon spin conductivity in ultrathin yttrium iron garnet films284
Electric-field-induced multiferroic topological solitons278
Revisiting point defects in ionic solids and semiconductors265
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer240
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks240
A mixed legacy234
Stacks on stacks on stacks220
Prodding the quantum spin liquid218
Smart materials make smarter circuits212
Breaking the vitrification limitation of monatomic metals208
Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing208
Resistance to fatigue208
Inulin-gel-based oral immunotherapy remodels the small intestinal microbiome and suppresses food allergy206
Demonstration of efficient Thomson cooler by electronic phase transition205
Directed cell migration towards softer environments204
Mechanical checkpoint regulates monocyte differentiation in fibrotic niches199
Designer lipids for delivering mRNA to the brain196
Painting the town195
Near-ideal in-memory sensing and computing devices using ferroelectrics194
Moiré beyond van der Waals194
Orthogonal electric fields turn on and turn off symmetry in BiFeO3 superlattices191
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality187
Setting stable catalysts186
Deforming brittle materials186
Cubic boron arsenide under pressure185
Keeping ice at bay181
Uncovering the flow of metallic glass180
Still going strong177
Experimental organs176
Bending the rules, naturally175
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene174
Tip-induced excitonic luminescence nanoscopy of an atomically resolved van der Waals heterostructure173
New horizons in spintronics170
When the roof falls in169
Drift-free iontronic sensing enabled by a creep-free polyelectrolyte elastomer169
Into the attosecond era168
Trust but verify168
Caution on trace impurities167
Atomic-scale interface strengthening unlocks efficient and durable Mg-based thermoelectric devices165
Force transmission is a master regulator of mechanical cell competition165
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design164
Engineering living and regenerative fungal–bacterial biocomposite structures164
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics164
Soft materials evolution and revolution160
Picturing charge carrier diffusion159
Neighbours in charge157
Molecular electronics go synaptic155
Making smarter materials154
Dual-density waves with neutral and charged dipolar excitons of GaAs bilayers153
The Wulff construction goes low-symmetry150
Asymmetry in the magnetic neighbourhood149
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams148
Tunnelling electrons locally ignite excitons145
Electrons lighter than ever145
Unlocked sieving potential145
Artificial neuron transmits chemical signals145
Imaging the strain evolution of a platinum nanoparticle under electrochemical control145
A magnetic field for each electron143
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser142
Electric-field-induced colour switching in colloidal quantum dot molecules at room temperature142
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy138
Hybrid dielectrics for two-dimensional electronics137
Large-scale optical characterization of solid-state quantum emitters135
Stop scamming PhD graduates134
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage133
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity132
Thermal multiferroics in all-inorganic quasi-two-dimensional halide perovskites131
Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials130
Publisher Correction: General room-temperature Suzuki–Miyaura polymerization for organic electronics129
Boosting electromechanical response via clamping129
Reply to: On the observation of photo-excitation effects in molecules using muon spin spectroscopy129
Enhanced elastic stability of a topologically disordered crystalline metal–organic framework129
A noticeable absence129
Netrin-4 regulates stiffness and metastasis129
Programming topological photonics129
Nanocages for virus inhibition128
Getting a grip with kirigami128
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases128
Nano goes the distance127
Visualized atom by atom126
Let’s twist again125
Terra incognita unravelled125
Substrates mimicking the blastocyst geometry revert pluripotent stem cell to naivety125
Extremely long-range, high-temperature Josephson coupling across a half-metallic ferromagnet123
Printing glass in the nano123
Pin the vortex on the superconductor121
Author Correction: Interface migration by phase transformations121
Multipole polaron in the devil’s staircase of CeSb120
Human immune organoids to decode B cell response in healthy donors and patients with lymphoma120
Controlling topology with strain119
Evidence for time-reversal symmetry-breaking kagome superconductivity119
Author Correction: Resolving length-scale-dependent transient disorder through an ultrafast phase transition117
The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction116
Superconductivity in (Ba,K)SbO3114
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase113
Superconductivity feels the heat110
Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction110
Topological acoustofluidics109
Engineered nascent living human tissues with unit programmability108
Local atomic stacking and symmetry in twisted graphene trilayers108
Author Correction: Predesigned perovskite crystal waveguides for room-temperature exciton–polariton condensation and edge lasing108
High-temperature Josephson diode107
Magnetically confined surface and bulk excitons in a layered antiferromagnet107
Cleaning the seas with blue diesel107
Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy106
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors at optical frequency105
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators104
A multiscale ion diffusion framework sheds light on the diffusion–stability–hysteresis nexus in metal halide perovskites104
Sustainability pathways for perovskite photovoltaics103
All-perovskite tandem solar cells achieving >29% efficiency with improved (100) orientation in wide-bandgap perovskites103
Multiple mobile excitons manifested as sidebands in quasi-one-dimensional metallic TaSe3102
Low-oxidation-state Ru sites stabilized in carbon-doped RuO2 with low-temperature CO2 activation to yield methane101
1T′-transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers stabilized on 4H-Au nanowires for ultrasensitive SERS detection99
Colloidal quantum dots enable tunable liquid-state lasers99
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation98
Electrostatic moiré potential from twisted hexagonal boron nitride layers97
Photo-expansion microscopy enables super-resolution imaging of cells embedded in 3D hydrogels97
High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence94
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface94
Organic light-emitting transistors with high efficiency and narrow emission originating from intrinsic multiple-order microcavities94
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C93
Integer topological defects organize stresses driving tissue morphogenesis91
Electro-thermal actuation in percolative ferroelectric polymer nanocomposites91
Colossal room-temperature non-reciprocal Hall effect91
Highly reversible extrinsic electrocaloric effects over a wide temperature range in epitaxially strained SrTiO3 films91
Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues91
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones89
Hexagonal boron nitride as a low-loss dielectric for superconducting quantum circuits and qubits89
Origins of enhanced oxygen reduction activity of transition metal nitrides89
Localized high-concentration electrolytes get more localized through micelle-like structures87
Inhibiting collective cation migration in Li-rich cathode materials as a strategy to mitigate voltage hysteresis87
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier87
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials86
Interlayer electronic coupling on demand in a 2D magnetic semiconductor86
Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries85
Cationic polymer-in-salt electrolytes for fast metal ion conduction and solid-state battery applications85
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation84
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains83
Precise control over gas-transporting channels in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses82
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks82
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes81
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes81
Machine-learned potentials for next-generation matter simulations80
Mechanics of the cellular microenvironment as probed by cells in vivo during zebrafish presomitic mesoderm differentiation80
Chemical vapour deposition of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe–N4 sites79
Hydrogels for RNA delivery79
Author Correction: Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene79
Magneto-acoustic protein nanostructures for non-invasive imaging of tissue mechanics in vivo79
3D printable high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel for all-hydrogel bioelectronic interfaces79
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks78
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks77
Large-scale growth of few-layer two-dimensional black phosphorus76
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis76
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries75
Interface migration by phase transformations74
Thermoelectric measurements74
Uncovering the predictive pathways of lithium and sodium interchange in layered oxides73
Eliminating lattice defects in metal–organic framework molecular-sieving membranes73
Manipulating the insulator–metal transition through tip-induced hydrogenation73
Searching for a two-dimensional silver bullet72
A cryogenic memristor72
Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites72
Percolation-induced gel–gel phase separation in a dilute polymer network71
Terahertz photocurrent probe of quantum geometry and interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene71
Sustainable electronic textiles towards scalable commercialization70
Suppression of Dexter transfer by covalent encapsulation for efficient matrix-free narrowband deep blue hyperfluorescent OLEDs70
Antithrombotic coating with sheltered positive charges prevents contact activation by controlling factor XII–biointerface binding70
A data-science approach to predict the heat capacity of nanoporous materials70
Nanoconfined polymerization limits crack propagation in hysteresis-free gels70
Life-saving vaccines awarded69
All together now69
Sublattice matching enables texturing of dissimilar materials69
Asymmetry in deformation68
Quantum time crystals open up67
Tuning a bond67
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials67
Controlling and capturing emissions67
Gaining from mixing66
Floating artificial leaves66
Fractured diamond can heal itself at room temperature65
Innovation for green65
A fast-switching thermal transistor65
Incorporation of isolated Ag atoms and Au nanoparticles in copper nitride for selective CO electroreduction to multicarbon alcohols65
Evidencing ultrafast dislocation motion64
Nano-oxide networks in metallic glass nanotubes lead to superelastic properties64
Spin polarization detection via chirality-induced tunnelling currents in indium selenide63
Correlated states shine brighter63
Transform to deform63
Observation of a massive phason in a charge-density-wave insulator63
A catalyst for low-temperature CO2 activation62
Lessons from hafnium dioxide-based ferroelectrics62
The hole truth61
Publisher Correction: High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence61
Controlling liquid–liquid phase behaviour with an active fluid61
A defensive blanket against viral infection of the lungs61
Growing tunable moiré matter61
Faster holes by delocalization60
Breaking symmetry creates polar auxeticity60
Unravelling the jerky glide of dislocations in body-centred cubic crystals60
Publisher Correction: Absence of 3a0 charge density wave order in the infinite-layer nickelate NdNiO259
Solution-processable mixed-anion cluster chalcohalide Rb6Re6S8I8 in a light-emitting diode59
Goosebumps drive microstructures59
Bowing to ferroelectric artificial flux closure59
Evidence for electron–hole crystals in a Mott insulator58
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics58
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks56
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors56
Ferroelastically protected reversible orthorhombic to monoclinic-like phase transition in ZrO2 nanocrystals56
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose56
Etch A Sketch-like liquid-crystal phase patterning56
Solution-phase sample-averaged single-particle spectroscopy of quantum emitters with femtosecond resolution56
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture56
Cell-inspired, massive electromodulation of friction via transmembrane fields across lipid bilayers56
Built from connected nested tubes55
The moiré the merrier55
Synthetic extremophiles via species-specific formulations improve microbial therapeutics55
A large library for tiny catalysts55
Remote modulation of neuronal cells in the brain55
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates55
Crossing the Coulomb gap in semiconducting polymers55
Direct visualization of the three-dimensional shape of skyrmion strings in a noncentrosymmetric magnet54
Ultrafast light-based logic with graphene53
Lipid nanodiscs give cancer a STING53
Metasurfaces provide the extra bling53
Polarization from sliding molecular rotors53
Popping, locking robots53
The colour of stress53
Author Correction: Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximitymagnetized Pt barrier53
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