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Cover Picture: Mesostructured Prussian Blue Analogues (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2008)
Author(s) -
Roy Xavier,
Thompson Laurence K.,
Coombs Neil,
MacLachlan Mark J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790263
Subject(s) - prussian blue , cyanide , cover (algebra) , formamide , hexagonal crystal system , polyoxometalate , chemistry , materials science , crystallography , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , electrode , electrochemistry , catalysis , mechanical engineering
Mesostructured Prussian blue analogues have been prepared by ligand‐assisted templating in formamide. These materials, reported by M. MacLachlan et al. on page 511 ff., contain cyanide‐linked metal centers organized around an alkyl pyrazinium template with lamellar, hexagonal, or cubic periodicity. The cover picture shows a synthesis of these compounds against a background painting dating from the early 1800s showing two chemists making Prussian blue, the oldest‐known coordination complex. (Graphic by Elizabeth Varty; background image courtesy of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.)