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Cover Picture: Anisotropic Synthetic Allomelanin Materials via Solid‐State Polymerization of Self‐Assembled 1,8‐Dihydroxynaphthalene Dimers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2021)
Author(s) -
Zhou Xuhao,
Gong Xinyi,
Cao Wei,
Forman Christopher J.,
Oktawiec Julia,
D'Alba Liliana,
Sun Hao,
Thompson Matthew P.,
Hu Ziying,
Kapoor Utkarsh,
McCallum Naneki C.,
Malliakas Christos D.,
Farha Omar K.,
Jayaraman Arthi,
Shawkey Matthew D.,
Gianneschi Nathan C.
Publication year - 2021
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.202108019
Subject(s) - polymerization , covalent bond , solid state , dynamic covalent chemistry , polymer chemistry , materials science , microporous material , polymer science , dimer , supramolecular chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , polymer , organic chemistry , molecule , engineering , mechanical engineering
Anisotropic synthetic melanins have been generated by solid‐state polymerization, as reported by Nathan C. Gianneschi et al. in their Research Article on page 17464. Ellipsoidal platelets of melanin, found to date only in biology, were obtained through pre‐organizing the 4‐4′ dihydroxynaphthalene dimer as the building block, followed by solid‐state oxidative polymerization to give polymeric melanin materials without changing their overall morphology.