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Cover Feature: Synthesis of Bio‐Inspired Guanine Microplatelets: Morphological and Crystallographic Control (Chem. Eur. J. 69/2020)
Author(s) -
Chen Fenghua,
Liu Yanan,
Li Ling,
Qi Limin,
Ma Yurong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202004190
Subject(s) - guanine , reflection (computer programming) , crystallography , cover (algebra) , materials science , reflectivity , fish <actinopterygii> , phase (matter) , chemistry , nanotechnology , biology , optics , computer science , physics , biochemistry , nucleotide , gene , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , programming language , fishery
Guanine crystals are widely found in a variety of organisms for achieving diverse optical effects, including the silvery reflection from the tropical fish shown in the background. This work reports a synthetic method to fabricate guanine microplatelets with facile control in morphological and crystallographic characteristics. These bio‐inspired guanine crystals exhibit (100) exposing planes in β‐phase, similar to biological guanine crystals, which results in pearly lusters due to their high reflectivity when dispersed in water. More information can be found in the Communication by L. Li, L. Qi, Y. Ma, et al. on page 16228.