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Cover Picture: Metal Dendrimers: Synthesis of Hierarchically Stellated Nanocrystals by Sequential Seed‐Directed Overgrowth (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Weiner Rebecca G.,
Skrabalak Sara E.
Publication year - 2015
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.201411677
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , dendrimer , nanocrystal , branching (polymer chemistry) , nanotechnology , int , materials science , chemistry , computer science , engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , operating system
Nature seeds pathways to hierarchical structures, which scientists strive to emulate through the synthesis of advanced nanostructures. In their Communication on page 1181 ff., R. G. Weiner and S. E. Skrabalak describe the synthesis of hierarchically stellated nanocrystals by sequential seed‐directed overgrowth. These structures are analogous to organic dendrimers, but seed symmetry, rather than molecular connectivity, directs the multi‐level branching (Image designed by Ella Marushchenko, Scientific Illustrations).