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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ultrafast plasmonics shapes electron beams2244
Multipole polaron roams the devil’s staircase780
Quadrupolar excitons take the stage645
Genetically encoded protein crystals by hierarchical design490
A strategy for obtaining AlN heteroepitaxial films with high crystalline quality459
Experimental organs446
Modulation of optical loss leads to robust localization of light345
Tuning colour centres at a twisted hexagonal boron nitride interface345
Synapse-powered vitality327
Taming CAR T cell therapy toxicity306
All-electrical perpendicular switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order302
Growing together296
Sealing stretchable electronics through a viscoplastic surface effect279
Enabling efficient electron injection in stretchable OLED278
The photonic path to quantum advantage275
Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics273
Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy271
Signatures of magnetism in zigzag graphene nanoribbons embedded in a hexagonal boron nitride lattice265
Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer258
Substantial oxygen loss and chemical expansion in lithium-rich layered oxides at moderate delithiation256
Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators249
When the roof falls in247
Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains244
Angle-resolved transport non-reciprocity and spontaneous symmetry breaking in twisted trilayer graphene243
Improving both performance and stability of n-type organic semiconductors by vitamin C241
Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks230
Self-generated gradients steer collective migration on viscoelastic collagen networks226
Directed cell migration towards softer environments225
Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes223
Spin-valley Rashba monolayer laser220
Obtaining V2(PO4)3 by sodium extraction from single-phase NaxV2(PO4)3 (1 < x < 3) positive electrode materials216
The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes210
Hydrogels for RNA delivery207
Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation207
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks206
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis205
Unperceivable motion mimicking hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones204
Sequencing polymers to enable solid-state lithium batteries202
Functionally doped infinite-layer nickelates200
Unveiling the intricate moiré of moiré texture199
Sensitive proton-radiation detectors196
Faster holes by delocalization194
Switching a chiral antiferromagnet194
A quantum dot in germanium proximitized by a superconductor191
Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice189
Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics182
Highly anisotropic spin transport in ultrathin black phosphorus182
Author Correction: Superconductivity and normal-state transport in compressively strained La2PrNi2O7 thin films181
Exciton density waves in Coulomb-coupled dual moiré lattices181
Bridging length scales in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors through internal strain and mesoscale dynamics180
Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking179
Molecular dampers for high-temperature capacitors179
Revealing the origin of local atomic disorder in energy materials178
Sieving in order177
Rescuing magnetic oscillations by microwave shocks177
Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology175
Turning powders into fibre via cellulose175
Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements174
Multiple freezing–melting pathways of high-density ice through ice XXI phase at room temperature174
Defect-driven anomalous transport in fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes172
Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion170
Weaving-inspired asymmetric entangled nodes in multi-component polymer networks164
Heat-resistant aluminium alloys164
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin162
Ionic polarization modulation for wide-bandgap high-κ 2D insulators161
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts161
Compensating losses in polariton propagation with synthesized complex frequency excitation160
Electro-chemo-mechanics of anode-free solid-state batteries156
Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes155
Stretchable ionic–electronic bilayer hydrogel electronics enable in situ detection of solid-state epidermal biomarkers154
Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6154
Unconventional metal phase stabilizing metastable 2D materials152
Role of the extracellular matrix in cardiac ageing152
Optical control of spin-galvanic currents151
Connecting silicon carbide technologies151
Tunable fractional Chern insulators150
Ascendancy of semi-synthetic biomaterials from design towards democratization149
Nano-oxides boost aluminium heat resistance147
Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond147
Capturing the dance of nanoparticles in crystals147
Delivering Europe’s graphene promise146
The visual appearances of disordered optical metasurfaces145
Expanding the library of high-quality thin films145
Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots141
Terahertz emission from giant optical rectification in a van der Waals material141
Local and sustainable production of biomaterials138
High-performance graphene-based carbon fibres prepared at room temperature via domain folding138
Interwoven magnetic kagome metal overcomes geometric frustration138
Phonon interference in single-molecule junctions137
Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions136
Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces134
Group-III nitride heteroepitaxial films approaching bulk-class quality133
In praise of peer review133
Two birds with one stone129
Mitigating proton trapping in cubic perovskite oxides via ScO6 octahedral networks129
Clamping enables enhanced electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric thin films128
A formal FeIII/V redox couple in an intercalation electrode127
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry126
Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi)carbonate125
Programming precise nanoparticle patterns123
Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 °C123
Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures123
Li iontronics in single-crystalline T-Nb2O5 thin films with vertical ionic transport channels123
Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system122
Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project121
Electrochemically actuated microelectrodes for minimally invasive peripheral nerve interfaces121
A fridge without a cause120
Tensile strain and low coordination activate pure copper for hydrogen evolution120
Chromogenic identification of breakdown120
Writing a magnetic whirl on multiferroics118
Lifting the fog in ferroelectric thin-film synthesis118
Steering from the rear118
Mapping the transmission of single-molecule junctions using photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy118
High-temperature superconductivity survives115
Simple connections take the prize114
Magnetic proximity boosts chiral quantum emission113
Albumin-coated lipid nanoparticles are effective delivery systems for mRNA vaccines113
The blackjack of ice112
Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching109
Design criteria for tough metamaterials108
Tiny spectrometers106
Drawing boundaries between feasible and unfeasible zeolite intergrowths using high-throughput computational screening with synthesis validation106
A carbon-nanotube-based electron source with a 0.3-eV energy spread and an unconventional time delay106
Ultrafast evanescent heat transfer across solid interfaces via hyperbolic phonon–polariton modes in hexagonal boron nitride106
Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves105
Damage-free dry transfer method using stress engineering for high-performance flexible two- and three-dimensional electronics105
Photo-enhanced ionic conductivity across grain boundaries in polycrystalline ceramics102
Correlative image learning of chemo-mechanics in phase-transforming solids102
Extended networks101
Nuclear spin polarization and control in hexagonal boron nitride101
Photo-actuators via epitaxial growth of microcrystal arrays in polymer membranes99
Two-dimensional devices and integration towards the silicon lines98
Transitioning metal–organic frameworks from the laboratory to market through applied research96
Tough and stretchable ionogels by in situ phase separation95
Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers95
Coherent optical spin Hall transport for polaritonics at room temperature95
Engineering bonding sites enables uniform and robust self-assembled monolayer for stable perovskite solar cells94
Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants93
Regulating genes with stiffness91
Staying in the comfort zone91
Electrical plants90
A dynamic view of frozen excitons90
Illuminating defects in crystal clear colloidal assemblies88
Flatland wakes based on leaky hyperbolic polaritons87
A non-fullerene acceptor for perovskites87
Inhalable mRNA nanoparticles87
Bimodal free volumes uplift gas separation87
Bridging the gap between precatalysts and electrocatalysts87
Structural editing with chemical scissors87
Relativistic Mott transition in twisted WSe2 tetralayers87
Electronics can be more sustainable86
Amorphous chalcogenides in two dimensions86
Author Correction: P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction86
Detecting interference of lattice vibrations85
Better electronics from immiscibility85
Toughness and elasticity from phase separation85
Stripping ions with liquid84
Topological Wannier cycles induced by sub-unit-cell artificial gauge flux in a sonic crystal84
Self-healing of fractured diamond84
Space charge governs the kinetics of metal exsolution84
Asynchronous current-induced switching of rare-earth and transition-metal sublattices in ferrimagnetic alloys84
Revealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometry83
Activating deformation twinning in cubic boron nitride83
Exploiting strained epitaxial germanium for scaling low-noise spin qubits at the micrometre scale83
Polariton probing of attometre displacement and nanoscale strain in ultrashort acoustic pulses82
Tunable fractional Chern insulators in rhombohedral graphene superlattices81
A drug-mediated organic electrochemical transistor for robustly reusable biosensors80
Quantitative and mechanistic insights into proton dynamics for fast energy storage80
From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations80
Decoupling sliding polarizations79
A moiré proximity effect79
Handy nanoquakes78
Spins in chains78
Stretching out transistors78
A Hall lot of effects77
Unjamming tumour cell invasion through cGAS–STING77
The expanding world of topological ferroelectrics76
Printing with a quantum dot matrix76
A soft crystalline packing with no metallic analogue76
Frozen non-equilibrium dynamics of exciton Mott insulators in moiré superlattices75
Brightening up quantum computing75
Mechanism of plastic deformation in metal monochalcogenides74
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect74
Long-lived hot carriers in a polymeric semiconductor74
Designing flexible mechanical metamaterials with complex functionalities73
A crystal that breathes73
Beyond moiré in twisted two-dimensional magnets72
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator71
A magnetic continuum in the cobalt-based honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)271
DNA photofluids show life-like motion70
Scalar topological photonic nested meta-crystals and skyrmion surface states in the light cone continuum70
Grain boundary zirconia-modified garnet solid-state electrolyte70
Materials and technology innovations towards sustainable electronics68
Two-dimensional few-atom noble gas clusters in a graphene sandwich68
Improving lithium-ion cells by replacing polyethylene terephthalate jellyroll tape68
Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings67
Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies67
Twistronics and the small-angle magic67
Interleaved bond frustration in a triangular lattice antiferromagnet66
Tissue-specific mRNA delivery and prime editing with peptide–ionizable lipid nanoparticles66
Physical reservoir computers that can adapt to perform different tasks66
Colloidal quasicrystals engineered with DNA66
High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage65
A DNA origami device spatially controls CD95 signalling to induce immune tolerance in rheumatoid arthritis65
Intermediate-phase engineering via dimethylammonium cation additive for stable perovskite solar cells65
Creating chirality in the nearly two dimensions64
Computational discovery of fast interstitial oxygen conductors64
Bending the rules64
Beyond lithium for sustainable ammonia synthesis64
Superconductivity feels the heat63
A mixed legacy63
A cryogenic memristor63
Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction63
A magnetic field for each electron63
Still going strong63
In situ tissue stiffening as a model of early lung injury and disease63
Local photocrosslinking of native tissue matrix regulates lung epithelial cell mechanosensing and function62
Squeezing out power62
Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites62
Artificial neuron transmits chemical signals62
Electric-field-induced colour switching in colloidal quantum dot molecules at room temperature61
A solid electrolyte with active stability61
Boosting electromechanical response via clamping61
Thermal multiferroics in all-inorganic quasi-two-dimensional halide perovskites61
Giant magnon spin conductivity in ultrathin yttrium iron garnet films61
Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials60
Resistance to fatigue60
Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy60
Prodding the quantum spin liquid60
Evidence for time-reversal symmetry-breaking kagome superconductivity59
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors at optical frequency59
Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane59
Molecular engineering of two-dimensional polyamide interphase layers for anode-free lithium metal batteries59
Graphene rolls with tunable chirality59
High-temperature Josephson diode58
Optimizing hierarchical membrane/catalyst systems for oxidative coupling of methane using additive manufacturing58
Enhanced energy storage in high-entropy ferroelectric polymers58
Publisher Correction: Bose–Einstein condensation of a two-magnon bound state in a spin-1 triangular lattice58
Mechanical checkpoint regulates monocyte differentiation in fibrotic niches58
Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO357
Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier57
Soft learning57
Unveiling ultrafast disorder dynamics56
A large library for tiny catalysts56
Ultrafast light-based logic with graphene56
Paul McMillan (1956–2022)55
Moiré turns neuromorphic55
Peering into cracked cathodes54
Non-volatile electric-field control of inversion symmetry54
Observation of a massive phason in a charge-density-wave insulator54
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