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TABLE OF CONTENTS

April 2019 Volume 18, Issue 4

Editorial
News & Views
Review Articles
Letters
Articles
Amendments & Corrections

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Editorial

Measure for measure    p299
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0333-4

News & Views

Spin–electric coupling    pp300 - 301
Joris van Slageren
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0314-7

Thousands of cycles    pp301 - 302
Yann K. Petit & Stefan A. Freunberger
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0313-8

Accelerating maturation of kidney organoids    pp303 - 304
Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0326-3

Lighting up the new order    pp304 - 306
J. M. Gregg
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0322-7

Drinking up mist    p306
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0331-6

Shaky lattices for light–matter interactions    pp307 - 308
Christoph Schnedermann, Akshay Rao & Philipp Kukura
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0299-2

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Review Articles

Memristive crossbar arrays for brain-inspired computing    pp309 - 323
Qiangfei Xia & J. Joshua Yang
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0291-x

Memristive devices show great potential as artificial synapses and neurons, yet brain-inspired computing can be realized only by integrating a large number of these devices into reliable arrays. This Review discusses the challenges in the integration and use in computation of large-scale memristive neural networks.

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Letters

Nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in few-layer WTe2    pp324 - 328
Kaifei Kang, Tingxin Li, Egon Sohn, Jie Shan & Kin Fai Mak
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0294-7

A nonlinear anomalous Hall effect, allowed for certain point group symmetries, is observed in metallic WTe2.

Articles

Electric field modulation of magnetic exchange in molecular helices    pp329 - 334
Maria Fittipaldi, Alberto Cini, Giuseppe Annino, Alessandro Vindigni, Andrea Caneschi et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0288-5

A modulation of the magnetic exchange interaction using an electric field, in the absence of atomic displacement and not relying on spin–orbit coupling, is reported.

Manipulating exchange bias by spin–orbit torque    pp335 - 341
Po-Hung Lin, Bo-Yuan Yang, Ming-Han Tsai, Po-Chuan Chen, Kuo-Feng Huang et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0289-4

Spin–orbit torque is used to control the magnetic exchange bias in a Pt/Co/IrMn trilayer.

Real-time in situ observations of reaction and transport phenomena during silicate glass corrosion by fluid-cell Raman spectroscopy    pp342 - 348
Thorsten Geisler, Lars Dohmen, Christoph Lenting & Moritz B. K. Fritzsche
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0293-8

In situ Raman spectroscopic experiments reveal the real-time aqueous corrosion process of silicate glasses, providing insights into dynamics and mechanisms of glass dissolution reaction.

Phonon coherences reveal the polaronic character of excitons in two-dimensional lead halide perovskites    pp349 - 356
Félix Thouin, David A. Valverde-Chávez, Claudio Quarti, Daniele Cortecchia, Ilaria Bargigia et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0262-7

High-resolution resonant impulsive stimulated Raman spectroscopy in two-dimensional hybrid metal halide perovskites provides evidence for polaronic effects on excitons, which couple to distinct low-frequency vibrational modes of the ionic lattice.

Gate controlling of quantum interference and direct observation of anti-resonances in single molecule charge transport    pp357 - 363
Yueqi Li, Marius Buerkle, Guangfeng Li, Ali Rostamian, Hui Wang et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0280-5

Comparison of electrochemically gated charge transport through diphenyl benzene structures in meta and para configuration leads to the identification of anti-resonance features typical of destructive quantum interference.

Anti-resonance features of destructive quantum interference in single-molecule thiophene junctions achieved by electrochemical gating    pp364 - 369
Jie Bai, Abdalghani Daaoub, Sara Sangtarash, Xiaohui Li, Yongxiang Tang et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0265-4

Electrochemical gating of single-molecule junctions shows signatures of anti-resonance typical of destructive quantum interference effects and conductance tuning by two orders of magnitude in thiophene molecules.

Pressure promoted low-temperature melting of metal–organic frameworks    pp370 - 376
Remo N. Widmer, Giulio I. Lampronti, Simone Anzellini, Romain Gaillac, Stefan Farsang et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0317-4

The simultaneous high-pressure and high-temperature phase diagram of two MOFs, ZIF-4 and ZIF-62, is mapped. Crystalline, pressure- and temperature-amorphous, and liquid states are found, while melting temperature is found to decrease with pressure.

Optical creation of a supercrystal with three-dimensional nanoscale periodicity    pp377 - 383
V. A. Stoica, N. Laanait, C. Dai, Z. Hong, Y. Yuan et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0311-x

Upon ultrafast irradiation, a (PbTiO3)/(SrTiO3) superlattice transforms into a complex supercrystal that contains periodicities of up to 30 nm in size and is stable in ambient. Creation and destruction, by heating, of the supercrystal is reversible.

Polymer–inorganic solid–electrolyte interphase for stable lithium metal batteries under lean electrolyte conditions    pp384 - 389
Yue Gao, Zhifei Yan, Jennifer L. Gray, Xin He, Daiwei Wang et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0305-8

Solid–electrolyte interphase is crucial for stabilizing lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries. A molecular-level design using a reactive polymer composite is now shown to effectively construct a stable SEI layer and suppress electrolyte consumption upon cycling.

A high-rate and long-life organic–oxygen battery    pp390 - 396
Guangtao Cong, Wanwan Wang, Nien-Chu Lai, Zhuojian Liang & Yi-Chun Lu
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0286-7

Alkali metal–oxygen batteries promise high energy densities but suffer from low rate capability and cycling due to metal anodes. A high-rate and long-life oxygen battery with a potassium biphenyl complex anode and a dimethylsulfoxide-mediated potassium superoxide cathode is reported.

Fine tuning the extracellular environment accelerates the derivation of kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells    pp397 - 405
Elena Garreta, Patricia Prado, Carolina Tarantino, Roger Oria, Lucia Fanlo et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0287-6

A method to accelerate the generation of kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells cultured in a three-dimensional environment and exposed to inductive stimuli has been developed, with the organoids capable of recapitulating kidney organogenesis.

Amendments & Corrections

Author Correction: Phonon coherences reveal the polaronic character of excitons in two-dimensional lead halide perovskites    p406
Félix Thouin, David A. Valverde-Chávez, Claudio Quarti, Daniele Cortecchia, Ilaria Bargigia et al.
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0316-5

Author Correction: Poisson's ratio and modern materials    p406
G. N. Greaves, A. L. Greer, R. S. Lakes & T. Rouxel
doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0319-2

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