Nano Letters publishes fundamental research from all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, including preliminary, experimental, and theoretical results on physical, chemical, and biological phenomena, along with processes and applications of nanoscale structures. Check out the journal’s 20 most highly cited articles from 2016. While citation figures don’t define a publication’s […]

Nano Letters publishes fundamental research from all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, including preliminary, experimental, and theoretical results on physical, chemical, and biological phenomena, along with processes and applications of nanoscale structures.

Check out the journal’s 20 most highly cited articles from 2016. While citation figures don’t define a publication’s quality and significance, these articles cover a range of groundbreaking work with wide appeal, making them a useful resource for researchers of all kinds.

Read Nano Letters’ Most Highly Cited Papers

Enhancing the Brightness of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Based Green Light-Emitting Devices through the Interface Engineering with Perfluorinated Ionomer
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (2), pp 1415–1420
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04959

Powering Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance by Propelling Polysulfide Redox at Sulfiphilic Hosts
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (1), pp 519–527
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04166

Defects Engineered Monolayer MoS2 for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (2), pp 1097–1103
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04331

Ternary FexCo1–xP Nanowire Array as a Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst with Pt-like Activity: Experimental and Theoretical Insight
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (10), pp 6617–6621
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03332

Nonlinear Absorption and Low-Threshold Multiphoton Pumped Stimulated Emission from All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (1), pp 448–453
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04110

Nanowire Lasers of Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskites and Their Stabilized Alloys with Improved Stability
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (2), pp 1000–1008
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04053

10.6% Certified Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells via Solvent-Polarity-Engineered Halide Passivation
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (7), pp 4630–4634
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01957

Black Phosphorus Mid-Infrared Photodetectors with High Gain
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (7), pp 4648–4655
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01977

Synthesis of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals in a Droplet-Based Microfluidic Platform: Fast Parametric Space Mapping
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (3), pp 1869–1877
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04981

Supercapacitors Based on Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Graphene Aerogels with Periodic Macropores
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (6), pp 3448–3456
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04965

Spectral and Dynamical Properties of Single Excitons, Biexcitons, and Trions in Cesium–Lead-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (4), pp 2349–2362
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05077

Amorphous Phosphorus/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Paper for Ultrastable Sodium-Ion Batteries
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (3), pp 2054–2060
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00057

Amorphous Red Phosphorus Embedded in Highly Ordered Mesoporous Carbon with Superior Lithium and Sodium Storage Capacity
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (3), pp 1546–1553
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03903

Plasma-Assisted Synthesis of NiCoP for Efficient Overall Water Splitting
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (12), pp 7718–7725
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03803

Cu2O Nanowire Photocathodes for Efficient and Durable Solar Water Splitting
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (3), pp 1848–1857
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04929

Free-Standing Copper Nanowire Network Current Collector for Improving Lithium Anode Performance
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (7), pp 4431–4437
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01581

Anisotropic Electron-Photon and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Black Phosphorus
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (4), pp 2260–2267
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04540

Terahertz Conductivity within Colloidal CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals: Remarkably High Carrier Mobilities and Large Diffusion Lengths
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (8), pp 4838–4848
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01168

MnFe2O4@C Nanofibers as High-Performance Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (5), pp 3321–3328
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00942

Graphene-Based Microbots for Toxic Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery from Water
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (4), pp 2860–2866
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00768

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