Nature Nanotechnology Contents November 2018 Volume 13 Number 11 pp973-1086

TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2018 Volume 13, Issue 11 Editorial Comment Obituary Research Highlights News & Views Perspectives Review Articles Letters Articles Editorial Excitation that lasts    p973 doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0316-7 Comment Opportunities and challenges of interlayer exciton control and manipulation    pp974 - 976 Kin Fai Mak & Jie Shan doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0301-1 This Commentary discusses practical prospects of using electrical control of interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures for high-temperature exciton condensation and valley–spin optoelectronics. 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!   Obituary Jacob Israelachvili (1944–2018)    p977 Marina Ruths & Roger Horn doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0300-2 Research Highlights A furled superconductor    p978 Benjamin Heinrich doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0309-6 Porous hierarchy    p978 Fabio Pulizzi doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0311-z Inhibiting collective cell migration    p978 Chiara Pastore doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0310-0 Proteins aggregate not    p978 Alberto Moscatelli doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0308-7 Nature Nanotechnology EVENT World Congress on Materials Science and Emerging Nanotechnology 03.12..18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates More science events from News & Views Complexity from small molecules    pp979 - 980 Job Boekhoven doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0283-z A spike in inflammation    pp980 - 981 Brandon M. Johnson, Robert D. Junkins & Jenny P.-Y. Ting doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0292-y When bright and dark bind together    pp982 - 983 Cedric Robert doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0281-1 Inching closer to realistic exposure models    pp983 - 985 Gregory V. Lowry doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0299-4 Perspectives Electron quantum metamaterials in van der Waals heterostructures    pp986 - 993 Justin C. W. Song & Nathaniel M. Gabor doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0294-9 This Perspective discusses design strategies for engineering quantum behavior in electron quantum metamaterials based on van der Waals heterostructures Review Articles Ultrafast dynamics in van der Waals heterostructures    pp994 - 1003 Chenhao Jin, Eric Yue Ma, Ouri Karni, Emma C. Regan, Feng Wang et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0298-5 This Review discusses recent experimental and theoretical efforts in electron dynamics in TMDC heterostructures and the relevance of these effects for potential applications in optoelectronic and valleytronic/spintronic devices. Interlayer valley excitons in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides    pp1004 - 1015 Pasqual Rivera, Hongyi Yu, Kyle L. Seyler, Nathan P. Wilson, Wang Yao et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0193-0 This Review discusses the contemporary experimental and theoretical understanding of interlayer excitons in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides. Letters Electrical tuning of elastic wave propagation in nanomechanical lattices at MHz frequencies    pp1016 - 1020 Jinwoong Cha & Chiara Daraio doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0252-6 The group velocity and frequency of propagation of elastic waves in the radio-frequency domain can be controlled dynamically using arrays of nanoelectromechanical oscillators. Oscillations, travelling fronts and patterns in a supramolecular system    pp1021 - 1027 Jorge Leira-Iglesias, Alessandra Tassoni et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0270-4 A perylene diimide derivative shows nonlinear chemical dynamics when chemically fuelled in a semi-batch reactor. Articles Electrical half-wave rectification at ferroelectric domain walls    pp1028 - 1034 Jakob Schaab, Sandra H. Skjærvø, Stephan Krohns, Xiaoyu Dai, Megan E. Holtz et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0253-5 Electrode–domain wall junctions in ferroelectric ErMnO3 act as nanoscale diodes. Nano-imaging of intersubband transitions in van der Waals quantum wells    pp1035 - 1041 Peter Schmidt, Fabien Vialla, Simone Latini, Mathieu Massicotte, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0233-9 Experimental observation of intersubband transitions in van der Waals quantum wells is enabled by high spatial resolution imaging through near-field optical microscopy. Directional lasing in resonant semiconductor nanoantenna arrays    pp1042 - 1047 Son Tung Ha, Yuan Hsing Fu, Naresh Kumar Emani, Zhenying Pan, Reuben M. Bakker et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0245-5 Active dielectric nanoantenna arrays exhibit low-threshold and high-quality-factor directional lasing achieved via a leaky resonance excited in coupled gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanopillars. Highly conductive, stretchable and biocompatible Ag–Au core–sheath nanowire composite for wearable and implantable bioelectronics    pp1048 - 1056 Suji Choi, Sang Ihn Han, Dongjun Jung, Hye Jin Hwang, Chaehong Lim et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0226-8 A highly conductive, biocompatible and stretchable nanocomposite based on ultralong gold-coated silver nanowires allows for the realization of wearable and implantable bioelectronics. An integrated self-healable electronic skin system fabricated via dynamic reconstruction of a nanostructured conducting network    pp1057 - 1065 Donghee Son, Jiheong Kang, Orestis Vardoulis, Yeongin Kim, Naoji Matsuhisa et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0244-6 Self-reconstruction of conducting nanostructures assisted by a dynamically crosslinked polymer network enables the fabrication of autonomous self-healable and stretchable multi-component electronic skin. Nucleic acid hybridization on an electrically reconfigurable network of gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles enables microRNA detection in blood    pp1066 - 1071 Roya Tavallaie, Joshua McCarroll, Marion Le Grand, Nicholas Ariotti, Wolfgang Schuhmann et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0232-x An ultrasensitive miRNA sensor based on gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles modified with redox-labelled probe DNA is capable of detecting miRNA at a concentration of 10 aM to 1 nM in unprocessed blood, and following tumour-induced variation in miRNA levels. Gold nanoparticle biodissolution by a freshwater macrophyte and its associated microbiome    pp1072 - 1077 Astrid Avellan, Marie Simonin, Eric McGivney, Nathan Bossa, Eleanor Spielman-Sun et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0231-y Gold nanoparticles typically considered inert in oxic waters accumulate in freshwater wetland subaquatic plants and are completely biotransformed to oxidized Au species by the associated cyanogenic biofilm. Physical activation of innate immunity by spiky particles    pp1078 - 1086 Ji Wang, Hui-Jiuan Chen, Tian Hang, Yang Yu, Guishi Liu et al. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0274-0 Spikes on the surface of TiO2 microparticles, mimicking the nanotopological structures found on pathogens, boost the immune response in animal models and can be used to enhance the immunogenic effect of vaccines and adjuvants. Advertisement Nature Briefing is an essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday. With Nature Briefing, we'll keep you updated on the latest research, so you can focus on yours. Click here to sign up.   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. Find the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia on natureevents.com. 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