Inside Front Cover: Tunable Multistate Mechanoresistance in a Single‐Molecule Junction Incorporating Energy‐Dissipative Structures (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45/2025)
The cover image depicts a sacrificial unit embedded in molecular junctions, demonstrating enhanced mechanoresistive behavior. In their Research Article (e202514423), Hongliang Chen, Feihe Huang et al. employ a pillar[6]arene-like cyclophane as an energy-dissipative motif to create programmable multistate mechanoswitches. Conformational transitions are regulated via intramolecular dispersion forces, enabling stable multi-level electrical signals during junction compression/stretching, thereby enabling multistate molecular-scale mechanical switching.
Authors
- Bin Hua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-3018)
- Jiajun Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-5211)
- Feihe Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-6744)
- Kai Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-8270)
- Hongliang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4442-7984)
- Ping Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3837-8458)
Institutions
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (CN)
- Zhejiang Lab (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202521817
- Primary Topic
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00