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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
A solution for two-dimensional hole gases2098
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams662
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase569
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity569
Experimental organs552
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage440
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design415
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order391
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene367
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics367
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality346
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks335
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light330
When the roof falls in316
Synapse-powered vitality315
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks298
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy273
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation257
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains256
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C255
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser246
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes240
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators239
The transport–structural correspondence across the nematic phase transition probed by elasto X-ray diffraction237
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials231
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis229
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries229
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer228
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes223
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation219
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface216
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks215
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones215
Hydrogels for RNA delivery209
Directed cell migration towards softer environments199
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators198
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology193
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials193
Sieving in order192
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors192
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture191
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors189
Faster holes by delocalization189
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates188
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks183
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements183
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet183
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor180
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation179
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus176
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices174
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin173
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics172
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice172
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys168
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose168
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries162
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes162
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion162
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate161
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts160
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers159
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking157
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6156
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes156
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics155
In praise of peer review155
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces154
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality152
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces150
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise149
Synchronized dancing under light148
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization147
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond146
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents144
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate142
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance140
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films140
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project140
Connecting silicon carbide technologies139
Tunable fractional Chern insulators139
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions138
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces138
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels137
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials137
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films136
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots131
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material130
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns129
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions126
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system126
Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure126
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C125
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry124
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures123
Tiny spectrometers121
Steering from the rear119
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics118
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy118
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission117
High-temperature superconductivity survives116
A fridge without a cause114
Chromogenic identification of breakdown114
Simple connections take the prize112
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis111
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution111
Design criteria for tough metamaterials109
A carbon-nanotube-based electron source with a 0.3-eV energy spread and an unconventional time delay109
Photo-actuators via epitaxial growth of microcrystal arrays in polymer membranes107
Engineering bonding sites enables uniform and robust self-assembled monolayer for stable perovskite solar cells107
Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids107
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves107
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride105
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride105
Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants105
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers104
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation103
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature102
Photo-enhanced ionic conductivity across grain boundaries in polycrystalline ceramics102
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines101
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics101
Transitioning metal–organic frameworks from the laboratory to market through applied research101
The two faces of molten phosphorus100
Staying in the comfort zone98
Regulating genes with stiffness96
Electrical plants95
Topological Wannier cycles induced by sub-unit-cell artificial gauge flux in a sonic crystal94
Structural editing with chemical scissors94
Author Correction: P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction94
Asynchronous current-induced switching of rare-earth and transition-metal sublattices in ferrimagnetic alloys94
Bimodal free volumes uplift gas separation94
Stripping ions with liquid94
Better electronics from immiscibility93
A moiré proximity effect92
Illuminating defects in crystal clear colloidal assemblies92
Silicon goes heavyweight91
Inhalable mRNA nanoparticles91
A dynamic view of frozen excitons90
Bridging the gap between precatalysts and electrocatalysts89
A non-fullerene acceptor for perovskites89
Dynamic soft materials as tough as glass89
Tunable fractional Chern insulators in rhombohedral graphene superlattices88
Revealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometry87
Electronics can be more sustainable86
Self-healing of fractured diamond86
Amorphous chalcogenides in two dimensions85
Flatland wakes based on leaky hyperbolic polaritons85
Activating deformation twinning in cubic boron nitride85
Toughness and elasticity from phase separation84
Polariton probing of attometre displacement and nanoscale strain in ultrashort acoustic pulses84
Exploiting strained epitaxial germanium for scaling low-noise spin qubits at the micrometre scale84
Detecting interference of lattice vibrations84
From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations83
Space charge governs the kinetics of metal exsolution80
Decoupling sliding polarizations79
A drug-mediated organic electrochemical transistor for robustly reusable biosensors79
Stretching out transistors79
Handy nanoquakes78
Mechanism of plastic deformation in metal monochalcogenides77
Beyond moiré in twisted two-dimensional magnets77
A soft crystalline packing with no metallic analogue77
Physical reservoir computers that can adapt to perform different tasks77
Designing flexible mechanical metamaterials with complex functionalities76
Spins in chains76
Materials and technology innovations towards sustainable electronics75
Twistronics and the small-angle magic75
Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices74
A Hall lot of effects74
Unjamming tumour cell invasion through cGAS–STING74
Scalar topological photonic nested meta-crystals and skyrmion surface states in the light cone continuum74
DNA photofluids show life-like motion73
Beyond lithium for sustainable ammonia synthesis73
Long-lived hot carriers in a polymeric semiconductor73
Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings73
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator73
Colloidal quasicrystals engineered with DNA72
Two-dimensional few-atom noble gas clusters in a graphene sandwich72
Improving lithium-ion cells by replacing polyethylene terephthalate jellyroll tape72
Printing with a quantum dot matrix72
Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies72
Computational discovery of fast interstitial oxygen conductors70
Effects of interlayer confinement and hydration on capacitive charge storage in birnessite70
A magnetic continuum in the cobalt-based honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)270
Creating chirality in the nearly two dimensions69
A DNA origami device spatially controls CD95 signalling to induce immune tolerance in rheumatoid arthritis68
Confining isolated chromophores for highly efficient blue phosphorescence68
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage68
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells68
Boosting electromechanical response via clamping67
Artificial neuron transmits chemical signals67
Bending the rules67
A magnetic field for each electron67
Still going strong67
Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction67
A cryogenic memristor66
Superconductivity feels the heat66
Bending the rules, naturally65
Resistance to fatigue64
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane64
Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO364
Mechanical checkpoint regulates monocyte differentiation in fibrotic niches64
Thermal multiferroics in all-inorganic quasi-two-dimensional halide perovskites64
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors at optical frequency64
Prodding the quantum spin liquid64
Giant magnon spin conductivity in ultrathin yttrium iron garnet films63
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier63
Squeezing out power63
A mixed legacy63
Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing62
High-temperature Josephson diode62
Electric-field-induced colour switching in colloidal quantum dot molecules at room temperature61
Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy61
Enhanced energy storage in high-entropy ferroelectric polymers61
Graphene rolls with tunable chirality61
Evidence for time-reversal symmetry-breaking kagome superconductivity61
Life-saving vaccines awarded60
Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks60
Asymmetry in deformation60
Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials60
Soft features for robotics60
Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites60
Soft learning59
Fractured diamond can heal itself at room temperature59
Moiré turns neuromorphic58
Ultrafast light-based logic with graphene58
Evidencing ultrafast dislocation motion58
Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics58
Quantum engineers in high demand57
Dispersion-tunable low-loss implanted spin-wave waveguides for large magnonic networks57
A large library for tiny catalysts57
Lipid nanodiscs give cancer a STING57
Paul McMillan (1956–2022)57
Unconventional unidirectional magnetoresistance in heterostructures of a topological semimetal and a ferromagnet57
Dynamic flow control through active matter programming language56
Kagome lattices with chiral charge density56
Flipping antiferromagnetism by light56
The power of the body56
Fabrication and nanophotonic waveguide integration of silicon carbide colour centres with preserved spin-optical coherence56
Helical peptide structure improves conductivity and stability of solid electrolytes55
Electronic screening using a virtual Thomas–Fermi fluid for predicting wetting and phase transitions of ionic liquids at metal surfaces55
Ultrastrong conductive in situ composite composed of nanodiamond incoherently embedded in disordered multilayer graphene54
Special delivery54
Energy supply from magnetoelastic composites54
Publisher Correction: High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence53
The colour of stress53
Non-volatile electric-field control of inversion symmetry52
A microenvironment-inspired synthetic three-dimensional model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma organoids52
Observation of a massive phason in a charge-density-wave insulator52
Solution-processable mixed-anion cluster chalcohalide Rb6Re6S8I8 in a light-emitting diode51
Low-oxygen rare earth steels51
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