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Ad close deadline: 4 December, 2017   Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement KAUST Discovery: Research into sustainable agriculture   Plant Scientist Mark Tester's research into growing crops on poor-quality soils or on otherwise barren land is discovering some ground-breaking findings. Find out more on how Tester's research could one day help feed the world.  Read more here >>   Advertisement npj Materials Degradation is a new open access journal that is now open for submissions. The journal publishes the finest content describing basic and applied research discoveries in the area of corrosion (degradation) and protection of materials. Sign up for article e-alerts >>>   Advertisement npj Clean Water: open for submissions An open access, online-only journal, dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the significant and cutting-edge research that continues to ensure the supply of clean water to populations. Explore the benefits of submitting your next manuscript.   Editorial Top Regeneration gets physical   p1163 doi:10.1038/nmat5052 As the role of biophysical cues in regulating cell behaviour is increasingly understood, more evidence in the field of bioengineering indicates how such signals can affect cells and tissues.   Commentary Top Designer biomaterials for mechanobiology   pp1164 - 1168 Linqing Li, Jeroen Eyckmans and Christopher S. Chen doi:10.1038/nmat5049 Biomaterials engineered with specific bioactive ligands, tunable mechanical properties and complex architecture have emerged as powerful tools to probe cell sensing and response to physical properties of their material surroundings, and ultimately provide designer approaches to control cell function.   News and Views Top 2D materials: Curved paths of electron–hole pairs   pp1169 - 1170 Luis A. Jauregui and Philip Kim doi:10.1038/nmat5046 The Hall effect with excitons is observed in monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides. See also: Letter by Onga et al. Non-volatile memories: Organic memristors come of age   pp1170 - 1172 Ilia Valov and Michael Kozicki doi:10.1038/nmat5014 Resistive switching memories based on organic materials are closing the performance gap with their inorganic counterparts. See also: Article by Goswami et al. Material witness: Who made the first glass?   p1172 Philip Ball doi:10.1038/nmat5051   Cellular adhesion: Instant integrin mechanosensing   pp1173 - 1174 Ning Wang doi:10.1038/nmat5041 Single-cell force spectroscopy reveals rapid, biphasic integrin activation and reinforcement of cell–matrix bonds during the initial steps of fibroblast adhesion. See also: Article by Strohmeyer et al. Matrix degradation: Making way for neural stemness   pp1174 - 1176 Phillip H. Kang, Sanjay Kumar and David V. Schaffer doi:10.1038/nmat5043 The influence of matrix stiffness and degradation on neural progenitor cell stemness was investigated in a three-dimensional culture system, highlighting the role of remodelling in enhancing cell-to-cell interaction and ultimately maintaining neural stemness. See also: Article by Madl et al. Disease models: Method in the madness of fibrosis   pp1176 - 1177 Geoffrey C. Gurtner and Jagannath Padmanabhan doi:10.1038/nmat5044 Blocking the growth of new blood vessels has been shown to alter fibrosis in livers in a disease stage-specific manner. In vitro models of fibrosis were developed to understand this process, highlighting the role of environmental mechanics. See also: Article by Liu et al. Nature Materials JOBS of the week Ph.D. and M.S. positions in Physics and Materials Science University of Memphis Postgraduate student TU Dortmund - Experimentelle Physik VI - Coherent Spin Phenomena in Solids Professor (Faculty Rank) - Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering University of Illinois Tsinghua Advanced Innovation Fellow Program Tsinghua University Director, Lead Researchers, Academic Research Faculty for Lanzhou University of Technology Lanzhou University of Technology More Science jobs from Nature Materials EVENT 5th Annual International Conference on Materials Science, Metal & Manufacturing – M3 2018 13.03.18 Singapore More science events from Perspective Top Leveraging advances in biology to design biomaterials   pp1178 - 1185 Max Darnell and David J. Mooney doi:10.1038/nmat4991 Advances in biomaterials have enabled control over desired cell responses. Here, the authors highlight key analytical and bioprocessing techniques, outlining a framework for incorporating these tools into designing functionally optimal biomaterials.   Letters Top Fast domain wall motion in the vicinity of the angular momentum compensation temperature of ferrimagnets   pp1187 - 1192 Kab-Jin Kim, Se Kwon Kim, Yuushou Hirata, Se-Hyeok Oh, Takayuki Tono et al. doi:10.1038/nmat4990 Fast field-driven antiferromagnetic spin dynamics is realized in ferrimagnetic Gd23Fe67.4Co9.6 thin films at the angular momentum compensation point. In particular, at this point, the field-driven domain wall mobility is found to be enhanced.   Exciton Hall effect in monolayer MoS2   pp1193 - 1197 Masaru Onga, Yijin Zhang, Toshiya Ideue and Yoshihiro Iwasa doi:10.1038/nmat4996 Polarization-dependent photoluminescent mapping reveals that excitons — composite particles made of electron–hole pairs bound by the Coulomb force — exhibit the Hall effect, which originates from the large exciton Berry curvature. See also: News and Views by Jauregui & Kim Ultrathin graphene-based membrane with precise molecular sieving and ultrafast solvent permeation   pp1198 - 1202 Q. Yang, Y. Su, C. Chi, C. T. Cherian, K. Huang et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5025 Highly laminar graphene oxide flakes (10 to 20 μm in diameter) are fabricated. Reducing flake thickness to 10 nm enables water and organic solvent permeation, enabling the flakes to act as a highly effective organic solvent membrane.   Advertisement Do you have a career question? The Naturejobs podcast features one-on-one Q&As, panel discussions and other exclusive content to help scientists with their careers. Hosted on the Naturejobs blog, the podcast is also available on iTunes and Soundcloud.  Listen today!   Articles Top Imaging and tuning polarity at SrTiO3 domain walls   pp1203 - 1208 Yiftach Frenkel, Noam Haham, Yishai Shperber, Christopher Bell, Yanwu Xie et al. doi:10.1038/nmat4966 Imaging of ferroelectric domain walls and their polarity is achieved through scanning stress microscopy. Twin boundaries are found to allow nanoscale gating of the two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface.   Beating the thermodynamic limit with photo-activation of n-doping in organic semiconductors   pp1209 - 1215 Xin Lin, Berthold Wegner, Kyung Min Lee, Michael A. Fusella, Fengyu Zhang et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5027 The activation of cleavable organometallic dimers upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation allows air-stable n-type doping of organic materials with electron affinity lower than the expected thermodynamic reducing strength of the dimers.   Robust resistive memory devices using solution-processable metal-coordinated azo aromatics   pp1216 - 1224 Sreetosh Goswami, Adam J. Matula, Santi P. Rath, Svante Hedstrom, Surajit Saha et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5009 Organic resistive memories based on a spin-coated layer of a ruthenium complex with azo-aromatic ligands show high endurance, stability and fast switching speed, as well as good device reproducibility. See also: News and Views by Valov & Kozicki Partial breaking of the Coulombic ordering of ionic liquids confined in carbon nanopores   pp1225 - 1232 Ryusuke Futamura, Taku Iiyama, Yuma Takasaki, Yury Gogotsi, Mark J. Biggs et al. doi:10.1038/nmat4974 The structure of ionic liquids under confinement is not well understood and hinders their widespread use for applications. Convincing evidence of partial breaking of Coulombic ordering of ions confined in subnanometre carbon pores is now provided.   Maintenance of neural progenitor cell stemness in 3D hydrogels requires matrix remodelling   pp1233 - 1242 Christopher M.  Madl, Bauer L. LeSavage, Ruby E. Dewi, Cong B. Dinh, Ryan S. Stowers et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5020 The physical properties of biomaterials affect cell behaviour. Here, the authors investigate how stiffness and degradation of hydrogels affect signalling pathways that modulate the maintenance of stemness of neural progenitor cells. See also: News and Views by Kang et al. Mechanical confinement regulates cartilage matrix formation by chondrocytes   pp1243 - 1251 Hong-pyo Lee, Luo Gu, David J. Mooney, Marc E. Levenston and Ovijit Chaudhuri doi:10.1038/nmat4993 The mechanical properties of biomaterials affect cell growth through mechanotransduction signals. Here, hydrogels with fast stress relaxation were developed and showed increased cartilage matrix formation by cartilage cells compared to slow relaxation hydrogels.   Mechanotransduction-modulated fibrotic microniches reveal the contribution of angiogenesis in liver fibrosis   pp1252 - 1261 Longwei Liu, Zhifeng You, Hongsheng Yu, Lyu Zhou, Hui Zhao et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5024 Angiogenesis has been implicated in fibrotic diseases of the liver. Here, the authors developed microniches that mimic angiogenesis during different stages of liver fibrosis, and demonstrate the role of mechanotransduction in fibrogenesis. See also: News and Views by Gurtner & Padmanabhan Fibronectin-bound α5β1 integrins sense load and signal to reinforce adhesion in less than a second   pp1262 - 1270 Nico Strohmeyer, Mitasha Bharadwaj, Mercedes Costell, Reinhard Fässler and Daniel J. Müller doi:10.1038/nmat5023 Integrins play an important role in the adhesion of cells to their matrix. Here, the authors investigate how fibroblasts respond to mechanical loads, at the onset of cell adhesion to fibronectin, in distinct phases that are modulated by integrins. See also: News and Views by Wang Advertisement npj 2D Materials and Applications is an online-only, open access journal that aims to become a top-tier interdisciplinary platform for scientists to share research on 2D materials and their applications.   Part of the Nature Partner Journals series, npj 2D Materials and Applications is published in partnership with FCT NOVA, Lisbon, with the support of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). 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Find out more >>>   Corrigenda Top Corrigendum: Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents   p1271 Florian Bouville, Eric Maire, Sylvain Meille, Bertrand Van de Moortele, Adam J. Stevenson et al. doi:10.1038/nmat4982   Corrigendum: Generation of subnanometric platinum with high stability during transformation of a 2D zeolite into 3D   p1272 Lichen Liu, Urbano Díaz, Raul Arenal, Giovanni Agostini, Patricia Concepción et al. doi:10.1038/nmat5037   Addendum Top Addendum: Magnetically assisted slip casting of bioinspired heterogeneous composites   pp1272 - 1273 Hortense Le Ferrand, Florian Bouville, Tobias P. Niebel and André R. Studart doi:10.1038/nmat4983   Top Advertisement NATURE INDEX 2017 SCIENCE CITIES  Exploring high-quality research in the natural sciences being produced by cities around the world.   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. 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