Nature Materials contents: December 2018 Volume 17 Number 12

TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2018 Volume 17, Issue 12 Editorial Correspondence News & Views Review Articles Letters Articles Amendments & Corrections Editorial Be part of the chain    p1049 doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0245-8 Correspondence Unrealistic techno-optimism is holding back progress on resource efficiency    pp1050 - 1051 Julian M. Allwood doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0229-8 The materials science imperative in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals    pp1052 - 1053 Saleem H. Ali doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0228-9 Advertisement Searching for a new career? At Nature Research we frequently recruit talented individuals to join our editorial and publishing teams. If you have a PhD and a passion for science this may be the perfect career for you. Visit our research editorial and publishing careers website to discover more about what we do   News & Views Whirling spins with a ferroelectric    pp1054 - 1055 Evgeny Y. Tsymbal & Christos Panagopoulos doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0222-2 Control by cell size    pp1055 - 1056 Wendy F. Liu doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0225-z An efficient nanosieve    pp1057 - 1058 Anastasiya Bavykina & Jorge Gascon doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0223-1 Scaling-up phase selection    pp1058 - 1059 Aditya D. Mohite & Jean-Christophe Blancon doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0226-y Excess solvent in precipitates    pp1060 - 1061 Emmanuel Clouet doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0224-0 Learning from the big picture    p1062 Philip Ball doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0238-7 Nature Materials EVENT Scopus-2019 International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Intelligent Materials (2IM 2019) 03.01.19 Sanya, China More science events from Review Articles Biomaterials and engineered microenvironments to control YAP/TAZ-dependent cell behaviour    pp1063 - 1075 Giovanna Brusatin, Tito Panciera, Alessandro Gandin, Anna Citron & Stefano Piccolo doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0180-8 Biomaterials have been utilized widely to study cellular mechanotransduction. This Review discusses how cells respond to mechanical cues elicited by a range of biomaterial characteristics via YAP/TAZ mechanosensitive transcriptional factor activity. Letters A tunable magnetic metamaterial based on the dipolar four-state Potts model    pp1076 - 1080 D. Louis, D. Lacour, M. Hehn, V. Lomakin, T. Hauet et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0199-x The four-state Potts model — where four individual states are accessible on each site — is studied using magnetic spins as state representations. Articles Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion    pp1081 - 1086 Jialiang Deng, Bingyu Xia, Xiaochuan Ma, Haoqi Chen, Huan Shan et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0203-5 A flat stanene layer can be grown on Cu (111) by MBE growth, exhibiting topological properties as revealed by a combination of ARPES, STM and DFT calculations. Ferroelectrically tunable magnetic skyrmions in ultrathin oxide heterostructures    pp1087 - 1094 Lingfei Wang, Qiyuan Feng, Yoonkoo Kim, Rokyeon Kim, Ki Hoon Lee et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0204-4 Ferroelectric control of skyrmion density and stability is realized in a perovskite heterostructure. A rhombohedral ferroelectric phase in epitaxially strained Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films    pp1095 - 1100 Yingfen Wei, Pavan Nukala, Mart Salverda, Sylvia Matzen, Hong Jian Zhao et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0196-0 Ferroelectric hafnia occurs only in a thin-film orthorhombic phase that needs wake-up cycling to induce ferroelectricity. Here, by growing thin-film Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 under strain, a polar rhombohedral phase is achieved that does not require cycling. Diffusion-defining atomic-scale spinodal decomposition within nanoprecipitates    pp1101 - 1107 Angelina Orthacker, Georg Haberfehlner, Johannes Taendl, Maria C. Poletti, Bernhard Sonderegger et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0209-z Atomic-scale spinodal decomposition enabled diffusion was observed within ordered nanoprecipitates that have structural imperfections, resulting from dynamic interaction of Gibbs energy, activation energy of atomic jumps and phase ordering in multicomponent alloys. Phase-selective synthesis of 1T′ MoS2 monolayers and heterophase bilayers    pp1108 - 1114 Lina Liu, Juanxia Wu, Liyuan Wu, Meng Ye, Xiaozhi Liu et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0187-1 The 1T′ phase of MoS2 monolayers, as well as the 2H phase and their heterophase bilayers, can be grown directly by tuning the potassium concentration in the reaction atmosphere. The pure 1T′ phase demonstrates in-plane anisotropic properties. Hybrid photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic cells for simultaneous production of chemical fuels and electrical power    pp1115 - 1121 Gideon Segev, Jeffrey W. Beeman, Jeffery B. Greenblatt & Ian D. Sharp doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0198-y Solar energy is widely used for fuel production and energy storage, but the majority of photoelectrochemical cells cannot operate without an external power source. A device for simultaneous and direct production of renewable fuels and electrical power is now proposed. The role of defects and excess surface charges at finite temperature for optimizing oxide photoabsorbers    pp1122 - 1127 Matteo Gerosa, Francois Gygi, Marco Govoni & Giulia Galli doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0192-4 Computational screening of materials for solar to fuel conversion technologies has mostly focused on bulk properties. A finite temperature study of WO3 now clarifies the role of defects and excess surface charges for optimizing oxide photoabsorbers. Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal–organic framework    pp1128 - 1133 Rui-Biao Lin, Libo Li, Hao-Long Zhou, Hui Wu, Chaohui He et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0206-2 Separating ethylene from ethane is highly challenging as they have very similar physical properties. Here, a metal–organic framework is reported that, owing to its pore size and rigidity, adsorbs ethylene but almost completely excludes ethane under ambient conditions. Spatial confinement downsizes the inflammatory response of macrophages    pp1134 - 1144 Nikhil Jain & Viola Vogel doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0190-6 Physical confinement of macrophages is shown to down-regulate pro-inflammatory gene transcription, lowering pro-inflammatory macrophage activation and phagocytic potential. Programmed assembly of synthetic protocells into thermoresponsive prototissues    pp1145 - 1153 Pierangelo Gobbo, Avinash J. Patil, Mei Li, Robert Harniman, Wuge H. Briscoe et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0183-5 Protocells are synthetic cell-like entities that mimic distinct cellular functions. A synthetic prototissue based on an interlinked protein–polymer protocells community that shows reversible contractibility is now reported. Injectable tissue integrating networks from recombinant polypeptides with tunable order    pp1154 - 1163 Stefan Roberts, Tyler S. Harmon, Jeffrey L. Schaal, Vincent Miao, Kan (Jonathan) Li et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0182-6 A protein-based material with temperature-modulated mechanical properties and function is achieved by the rational incorporation of structural ordering and disordering elements into its polypeptide sequence. Amendments & Corrections Author Correction: Injectable tissue integrating networks from recombinant polypeptides with tunable order    p1164 Stefan Roberts, Tyler S. Harmon, Jeffrey L. Schaal, Vincent Miao, Kan (Jonathan) Li et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0233-z Author Correction: Antiviral agents: Targeting vesicle size    p1164 Zhe Fei & Pei-Yong Shi doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0237-8 Publisher Correction: Materials challenges for the Starshot lightsail    p1164 Harry A. Atwater, Artur R. Davoyan, Ognjen Ilic, Deep Jariwala, Michelle C. Sherrott et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0214-2 Publisher Correction: Large electrostrictive response in lead halide perovskites    p1164 Bo Chen, Tao Li, Qingfeng Dong, Edoardo Mosconi, Jingfeng Song et al. doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0216-0 Advertisement Winners announced! We are delighted to announce the first ever winners of the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Science and Innovating Science, in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies. Congratulations to both our Award winners! See who's won > In partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies.   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. For event advertising opportunities across the Nature Publishing Group portfolio please contact natureevents@nature.com More Nature Events

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