Cover Feature: Stimuli Induced Reversible Switching Between a Self‐Assembled 2‐Catenane and the Constituent Coordination Rings (Chem. Eur. J. 7/2025)
A magician entertains spectators by linking a pair of metal rings followed by unlinking those using mechanical tricks. The cover artwork illustrates the linking and unlinking of a pair of self-assembled dynamic coordination rings (molecular magic rings). The rings are interlocked when taken in water and separated by applying a chemical trick in the form of stimulus-I, which is a guest molecule suitable for occupying the inner-space of the rings. Such a guest can be sequestered by stimulus-II, which is a more powerful host. More information about the tricks can be found in the Research Article by D. K. Chand and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403837).
Authors
- Dillip Kumar Chand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-0138)
- Devjanee Bardhan
- Shobhana Krishnaswamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2479-2826)
- Raveena Soni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-4445)
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202580703
- Primary Topic
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00