[P sub(3)Se sub(4)] super(+): A Binary Phosphorus Selenium Cation

Highlighted on the cover of this issue is a collaboration between the groups of Jan Weigand and Michael Ruck at TU Dresden, Hellmut Eckert and Thomas Wiegand at Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, and Christian Ochsenfeld and Konstantin Karaghiosoff at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (all Germany), who teamed up to uncover the novel selenium cation, [P sub(3)Se sub(4)] super(+ ). Three distinct syntheses and detailed information on its structural, electronic and dynamic properties resulted from the combination of the groups' different perspectives (cover design by Dr. Kai-Oliver Feldmann from the Weigand group). Read the full text of the article at . "The synthesis of this cation was developed independently via three different routes in three laboratories simultaneously and only by chance did we become aware of this exceptional coincidence." Read more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself on page9697ff. (DOI: ).