{"title":"Outside Back Cover: Conduction Band and Defect Engineering for the Prominent Visible-Light Responsive Photocatalysts","authors":"Akira Yamakata, Kosaku Kato, Takafumi Ogawa, Kanta Ogawa, Makoto Ogawa, Daichi Kato, Chengchao Zhong, Akihide Kuwabara, Ryu Abe, Hiroshi Kageyama","doi":"10.1002/ange.202505560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202505560","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To enhance H₂ evolution via water splitting, preventing deep electron traps—-often formed by anion vacancies—-is essential. Transient IR absorption spectroscopy reveals that 2D layered materials like Bi₄NbOCl rarely form such traps. This is due to the formation of a defect-tolerant, bonding-based conduction band minimum, which effectively suppresses deep traps while maintaining high electron reactivity. Addressing this issue has been a major focus in photocatalysis research, as reported by Akira Yamakata, Takafumi Ogawa, and Hiroshi Kageyama et al. in their Research Article (e202419624).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202505560","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Rudolf, Andrej Todorovski, Vera Lederer, Nicolas I. Neuman, Hartmut Schubert, Biprajit Sarkar
{"title":"Inside Back Cover: An Anionic Mesoionic Carbene (anMIC) and its Transformation to Metallo MIC-Boranes: Synthesis and Properties","authors":"Richard Rudolf, Andrej Todorovski, Vera Lederer, Nicolas I. Neuman, Hartmut Schubert, Biprajit Sarkar","doi":"10.1002/ange.202504464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202504464","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the smartest of them all? The combination of B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)3 with a 1,2,3-triazole unleashed remarkable new possibilities, as reported by Biprajit Sarkar et al. in their Research Article (e202422702). The mirror images show the three different compounds to which the starting material can convert to: a strongly donating anionic mesoionic carbene ligand (MIC), metallo-MIC-borane adducts and bis-borane adducts of MICs. This simple yet astonishing concept provides a platform for new, intriguing MIC-based compounds with high potential in catalysis.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202504464","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xianbao Li, Yang Yang, Zhiqi Zhao, Shiwei Bai, Qi Li, Junbai Li
{"title":"Inside Front Cover: General and Versatile Nanoarchitectonics for Amino Acid-Based Glasses via Co-Assembly of Organic Counterions","authors":"Xianbao Li, Yang Yang, Zhiqi Zhao, Shiwei Bai, Qi Li, Junbai Li","doi":"10.1002/ange.202504469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202504469","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biomolecular glasses represent an emerging material to meet the demand for sustainable development. In their Research Article (e202422272), Junbai Li, Qi Li and co-workers report a counterion co-assembly strategy to controllably synthesize a series of amino acid-based glasses with remarkable mechanical and optical properties. This work demonstrates a pathway to vitrify small biomolecules with strong crystallization tendencies and opens avenues for the advancement of supramolecular glasses.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202504469","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Pedro Montes-Tolentino, Dr. Alexander S. Mikherdov, Dr. Christoph Drechsler, Dr. Julian J. Holstein, Prof. Dr. Guido H. Clever
{"title":"Titelbild: Control of Interlocking Mode in Pd4L8 Cage Catenanes (Angew. Chem. 13/2025)","authors":"Dr. Pedro Montes-Tolentino, Dr. Alexander S. Mikherdov, Dr. Christoph Drechsler, Dr. Julian J. Holstein, Prof. Dr. Guido H. Clever","doi":"10.1002/ange.202504288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202504288","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dimerization of a lantern-shaped Pd<sub>2</sub>L<sub>4</sub> coordination cage yields two Pd<sub>4</sub>L<sub>8</sub> catenanes with distinct topologies: a “classic” quadruply interlocked <i>D<sub>4</sub></i>-symmetric structure and a newly discovered triply linked motif with <i>C<sub>2h</sub></i> symmetry. The latter is stabilized by extensive non-covalent interligand contacts, opening a strategy to control the degree of mechanical interlocking, tuned by temperature and anion exchange, as reported by Guido H. Clever et al. in their Communication (e202423810).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202504288","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyeon Jeong Lee","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ange.202503727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202503727","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>“When I was a kid I wanted to be an archeologist. Exploring history feels similar to science in that both involve investigating and understanding the unknown, unraveling the connections that shape the present… The most important thing I admire in my students is their energy…”</i> Find out more about Hyeon Jeong Lee in her Introducing… Profile.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202503727","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shumin Bao, Tangliang Shen, Dr. Congcong Chen, Dr. Jinghua Han, Dr. Virginia Tajadura-Ortega, MohammadHossein Shabahang, Dr. Zhenming Du, Prof. Dr. Ten Feizi, Dr. Wengang Chai, Prof. Dr. Lei Li
{"title":"Frontispiz: Orthogonal-Group-Controlled Site-Selective I-Branching of Poly-N-acetyllactosamine Chains Reveals Unique Binding Specificities of Proteins towards I-Antigens","authors":"Shumin Bao, Tangliang Shen, Dr. Congcong Chen, Dr. Jinghua Han, Dr. Virginia Tajadura-Ortega, MohammadHossein Shabahang, Dr. Zhenming Du, Prof. Dr. Ten Feizi, Dr. Wengang Chai, Prof. Dr. Lei Li","doi":"10.1002/ange.202581161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202581161","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbohydrate synthesis: In their Research Article (e202420676), Lei Li et al. present a chemoenzymatic strategy enabling regioselective I branching of poly-LacNAc chains and reveal intriguing interactions between the I-branches glycan-binding proteins.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202581161","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prof. Dr. Suguru Ito, Shin Wakiyama, Hao Chen, Masato Abekura, Prof. Dr. Hidehiro Uekusa, Ryoya Ikemura, Prof. Dr. Yoshitane Imai
{"title":"Frontispiz: Contrasting Mechanochromic Luminescence of Enantiopure and Racemic Pyrenylprolinamides: Elucidating Solid-State Excimer Orientation by Circularly Polarized Luminescence","authors":"Prof. Dr. Suguru Ito, Shin Wakiyama, Hao Chen, Masato Abekura, Prof. Dr. Hidehiro Uekusa, Ryoya Ikemura, Prof. Dr. Yoshitane Imai","doi":"10.1002/ange.202581162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202581162","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on the mechanochromic luminescence of organic crystals exhibiting circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) is still developing. In their Communication (e202422913), Suguru Ito, Yoshitane Imai, and co-workers developed chiral organic molecules that exhibit CPL even in the amorphous state induced by mechanical stimuli. The picture illustrates CPL emission from stacked pyrene rings stabilized by hydrogen bonding at the amide groups.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202581162","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143582039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haoxiang Zeng, Ping Zeng, Jinsu Baek, Prof. Byeong-Su Kim, A/Prof. Markus Müllner
{"title":"Frontispiz: Selbstassemblierung von Amorphen 2D-Polymer-Nanoscheiben mit Einstellbarer Größe, pH-Abhängigem Abbau und Kontrollierter Wirkstofffreisetzung","authors":"Haoxiang Zeng, Ping Zeng, Jinsu Baek, Prof. Byeong-Su Kim, A/Prof. Markus Müllner","doi":"10.1002/ange.202581062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202581062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers with hydrophobic brush segments self-assemble into nanodiscs in water. Their size, pH-responsiveness, and drug loading capacity can be controlled. Different hydrolysis rates enable time-dependent degradation and drug release. In their Communication (e202424269), Markus MÃ1/4llner et al. show how the functional nanodisc core can switch from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, allowing loaded cargo to be released.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202581062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanessa Buffa, Carlo Walz, Dr. Christian Meyners, Dr. Min Zheng, Wisely Oki Sugiarto, Maximilian Repity, Hanaa Achaq, Christian Brudy, Moritz Spiske, Matijas Cica, Prof. Dr. Felix Hausch
{"title":"Frontispiz: Konformationsplastizität und Steigerung der Bindungsaffinität durch Linker-Derivatisierung in Makrozyklen","authors":"Vanessa Buffa, Carlo Walz, Dr. Christian Meyners, Dr. Min Zheng, Wisely Oki Sugiarto, Maximilian Repity, Hanaa Achaq, Christian Brudy, Moritz Spiske, Matijas Cica, Prof. Dr. Felix Hausch","doi":"10.1002/ange.202581061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202581061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Macrocycles like the ones depicted in the rod-and-ball representation shown in the picture can enable powerful drugs but their exploration has been difficult. The build--pair--couple strategy reported by Felix Hausch et al. in their Research Article (e202418512) allows the rapid assembly of diversely decorated macrocycles, especially in the linker part (highlighted in orange).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ange.202581061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yafei Ding, Shilong Xiong, Waqar Ali Memon, Di Zhang, Zhi Wang, Mingpeng Li, Zihao Deng, Heng Li, Ming Shao, Feng He
{"title":"High-Performance Intrinsically-Stretchable Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Electron Acceptors with Flexible Linkers","authors":"Yafei Ding, Shilong Xiong, Waqar Ali Memon, Di Zhang, Zhi Wang, Mingpeng Li, Zihao Deng, Heng Li, Ming Shao, Feng He","doi":"10.1002/ange.202421430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202421430","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells (IS-OSCs) are emerging as promising candidates for powering next-generation wearable electronics. However, developing molecular design strategies to achieve both high efficiency and mechanical robustness in IS-OSCs remains a significant challenge. In this work, we present a novel approach by synthesizing a dimerized electron acceptor (DY-FBrL) that enables rigid OSCs with a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.75 % and a crack-onset strain (COS) of 18.54 %. The enhanced PCE and stretchability of DY-FBrL-based devices are attributed to its extended π-conjugated backbone and elongated side chains. Furthermore, we introduce an innovative polymerized acceptor (PDY-FL), synthesized via the polymerization of DY-FBrL. While PDY-FL-based devices exhibit a slightly lower PCE of 14.13 %, they achieve a significantly higher COS of 23.45 %, representing one of the highest PCEs reported for polymerized acceptors containing only flexible linkers. Consequently, IS-OSCs fabricated using DY-FBrL and PDY-FL achieve notable PCEs of 14.31 % and 11.61 %, respectively. Additionally, the device stretchability improves progressively from Y6 (strain at PCE<sub>80%</sub>=11 %), to DY-FBrL (strain at PCE<sub>80%</sub>=23 %), and PDY-FL (strain at PCE<sub>80%</sub>=31 %). This study presents a promising molecular design strategy for tailoring electron acceptor structures, offering a new pathway to develop high-performance IS-OSCs with enhanced mechanical properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":7803,"journal":{"name":"Angewandte Chemie","volume":"137 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}