Nature Reviews Materials

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Materials is 4. 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
Secure attachments2034
A 3D-printed alloy that can face extreme environments1123
Room-temperature control of topological defects in an antiferromagnet848
Keeping blue677
How to wear green676
Recommending candidates609
Nanostructures, one molecule at a time514
Adapting to change475
Glued to the nerves474
A kosmotropic solution to cathode manufacturing450
The amorphous state as a frontier in computational materials design423
Biodegradable origami soft robot399
Living in a material world372
Large-scale single MoS2 crystals unlocked368
Benzene, coronene, circumcoronene364
Tissue not an issue358
Making electronic circuits with hydrogels353
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles352
Chirality-induced spin selectivity enables real-time monitoring of a chemical reaction331
A quirky mechanophore comes to light329
The many facets of cooperativity327
A mouse is a mouse is a mouse324
Beef paddies324
Interlocking 2D covalent organic frameworks319
From lipids to lipid nanoparticles to mRNA vaccines310
Challenges in the rational design of intense inorganic pigments with desired colours308
Custom liver models to aid surgeons307
Moiré materials keep on giving304
Anti-Black racism in academia and what you can do about it297
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines292
Lessons from a UK research school for Black physicists and engineers291
Shaping the ethical, sustainable and policy-driven future of space exploration286
Author Correction: Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials284
Author Correction: Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle278
Light-emitting materials for wearable electronics266
Topological fibres expand the horizons of fibre materials263
Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems257
A plea for the efficient use of wood in construction254
Unlocking the potential of ultrahigh-Ni cathodes via epitaxial entropy-assisted coating248
A biomass-derived material for passive radiative cooling238
Search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa237
Understanding materials failure mechanisms for the optimization of lithium-ion battery recycling232
Atmospheric water vapour as a potential water source and its impact on energy systems228
Passively cooling power equipment212
Alternative propylene oxide production206
Nebulized lipid nanoparticles206
Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals204
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases199
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices191
Atomically thin bioelectronics191
Total synthesis of colloidal matter189
Soft sensing and haptics for medical procedures185
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks181
Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts175
Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes175
Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices170
Hygroscopic salt-embedded composite materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting170
Engineering high-coherence superconducting qubits170
Bio-informed materials: three guiding principles for innovation informed by biology167
Defect activity in metal halide perovskites with wide and narrow bandgap166
Flexible self-charging power sources160
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy160
CRISPR–Cas9 delivery strategies for the modulation of immune and non-immune cells159
Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation157
Drug delivery to the central nervous system153
End-to-end design of wearable sensors149
Topological acoustics148
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures144
Hidden triplet states at hybrid organic–inorganic interfaces140
A world without electronic waste138
Phase transitions in 2D materials136
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics for building-integrated photovoltaic applications134
Advances in coherent magnonics125
From molecular to supramolecular electronics122
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics119
Low-dimensional wide-bandgap semiconductors for UV photodetectors119
Binding energy referencing in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy117
Encoding autonomy in a photo- and electroactive hydrogel116
Engineered lymphatic vessels114
Polymer physics speeds up114
Plugging punctures113
The quantum anomalous Hall effect reloaded113
Bespoke crystalline hybrids towards the next generation of white LEDs109
Low-cost recycling of perovskite photovoltaics109
Delivering living medicines with biomaterials108
Simulations guide the optimization of fuel cell cathodes105
The cause of cardiac dysfunction105
Ferroelectric memory for back-end-of-line 3D integration105
Rise of the machines105
Keep up the fight for scientists’ human rights103
One-way transport for supercurrents103
Olympic rings framework102
Brain-inspired stochasticity96
First metal part 3D printed in space96
China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission95
Making fibres fast92
The Palestinian–German Science Bridge: building bridges through research and innovation88
Self-healing Roman concrete80
The need to recognize and reward academic service79
Five ways team leaders can improve research culture76
Tracking the uptake of nanoplastics in plants73
Thermoelectric copper selenide gets a boost72
It’s your lab: collaborative, multidisciplinary science at the Molecular Foundry71
Printed electronics for cultivating plants in space70
Publisher Correction: Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials68
Computational sustainability meets materials science67
Leveraging next-generation materials for cancer neuroscience therapies in the central nervous system67
Community-driven online initiatives have reshaped scientific engagement66
Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors65
A mentoring programme to spark girls’ interest in STEM65
Towards glycan foldamers and programmable assemblies64
Intrinsically adaptive camouflage material63
COP29 limps towards agreement on climate finance62
Design of oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications58
Li–air batteries hitting the road57
Printed transistors made of 2D material-based inks56
The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing55
Mining our green future54
Multifunctional high-entropy materials52
Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles51
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization51
Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes50
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations49
Hybrid perovskites unlocking the development of light-emitting solar cells48
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors46
High-mobility emissive organic semiconductors: an emerging class of multifunctional materials46
Peptide-based liquid droplets as emerging delivery vehicles46
Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling46
Diabetic wound dressings46
Biobased materials for sustainable printed circuit boards45
Innovations to decarbonize materials industries44
Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology44
Atomically precise control in the design of low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts43
The potential and challenges of off-grid solar photovoltaics in resource-challenged settings: the case of sub-Saharan Africa42
Charge transport and hydrodynamics in materials41
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning41
Extracellular vesicle–matrix interactions40
Weyl, Dirac and high-fold chiral fermions in topological quantum matter40
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers39
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis38
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics37
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics37
Responsive materials architected in space and time37
Activity versus stability of atomically dispersed transition-metal electrocatalysts36
Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy35
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life34
Methylammonium-free wide-bandgap metal halide perovskites for tandem photovoltaics33
Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts32
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics31
Rapid advances enabling high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells31
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers31
Emerging exciton physics in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers29
Phase engineering of MoS2 heterostructures28
Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells28
A bit of metal activates a semiconductor photocatalyst27
Tattooing soft biological matter27
Lifting confinement27
Lasting impact of lipid nanoparticles26
A soft robot that mimics aortic stenosis26
Towards the holistic design of alloys with large language models25
A design strategy for 2D multiferroics25
Flat bands, strange metals and the Kondo effect25
A circular economy for sulfur-rich polymers24
A robotic chemist prowls for chiroptical materials24
Nanoscale integration for environment-resistant flexible conductors24
Chemotherapy delivery activated by radiation23
Program’s in the pattern23
Pop-up shapes23
Fishing for uranium22
The interface matters22
Hydrogen bonds as a design feature22
Mechanical nanosurgery for glioblastoma22
Cleaner transfer, better transistors22
Have your battery and eat it too20
Sneaking single metal atoms into silicon20
Sandwiched bismuthene19
3D to 2D perovskite conversion18
Better catalysts in a (nut)shell17
Meet the spinaron17
A chiral supramolecular MOF for enantiomer separation17
Three steps to better science communication17
The masses weigh in16
A problem of practice16
Stay in touch16
Polypeptide-powered batteries15
Targeting HIV in the brain15
MRS fall meeting: a hybrid conference experience15
Speeding up simulations in solids15
Versatile imperceptible on-skin devices14
How excitons met topology14
Tiny batteries for tiny robots14
Wood can be made superblack or transparent13
Ligands make a difference in perovskite light-emitting diodes13
Energy-harvesting clothes13
Improving memristors’ reliability13
Breaking the limitation of van der Waals integration13
An industry perspective on machine learning12
Machine learning methods to model multicellular complexity and tissue specificity12
One material, three phases12
Combining strategies12
Deciphering the structure of covalent organic frameworks11
Moiré materials under strain11
Electronic and quantum properties of organic two-dimensional crystals10
Materials’ mission to reach strange new worlds10
Communication is central to the mission of science10
Boosting the performance of plastic thermoelectrics10
The role of single-protein elasticity in mechanobiology9
Author Correction: Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery9
Temporarily solid, permanently porous9
Author Correction: Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes9
Publisher Correction: Polarons in materials9
Deformable soft magnetic fibres9
How biofabrication can accelerate cultured meat’s path to market9
Make metal–organic frameworks safe and sustainable by design for industrial translation8
Non-collinear antiferromagnetic spintronics8
Emergence of melt and glass states of halide perovskite semiconductors8
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering7
Visible-to-THz near-field nanoscopy7
A framework for developing sex-specific engineered heart models7
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments6
Regulation of biological processes by intrinsically chiral engineered materials6
Automated synthesis and characterization techniques for solar fuel production6
Sustainable moisture energy6
Topological materials discovery from crystal symmetry6
Phase-pure two-dimensional layered perovskite thin films6
Cost and performance analysis as a valuable tool for battery material research6
Soft devices in neurological surgery6
Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing5
The protein corona from nanomedicine to environmental science5
Colourful liquid metals5
Lightwave electronics in condensed matter5
External-pressure–electrochemistry coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries5
Soft actuators for real-world applications5
Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion5
Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry5
Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics4
In vivo biomolecule corona and the transformation of a foe into an ally for nanomedicine4
Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells4
Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work4
Photonic van der Waals integration from 2D materials to 3D nanomembranes4
Engineering interlayer hybridization in van der Waals bilayers4
Clinical translation of metal–organic frameworks4
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks4
Designing organic mixed conductors for electrochemical transistor applications4
Materials, assemblies and reaction systems under rotation4
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices4
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