Controlled Synthesis of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide with Two-Dimensional Shapes through Thermal Decomposition of Metal-Cyanide Hybrid Coordination Polymers

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Yusuke Yamauchi at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. The image depicts the formation of metal–cyanide hybrid coordination polymers—the rate of formation is slow as the reactant appears to be fairly stable, leading to a preferential growth. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.201404895. “With a reaction rate a thousand times slower, the conditions were perfect to trigger an orientated growth.” Read more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself on page 3605 ff. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404895).