Polymer Network Comprised of Steroidal Rotors as a Promising Storage Material

The front cover artwork is provided by Dr habil. Izabella Jastrzebska‘s group from the University of Białystok, Poland. The image shows a polymeric network with molecular rotors (MR) as crosslinks. The MR rotation is slowed or inhibited when a molecule of stored gas is placed inside the polymer material. Read the full text of the Research Article at 10.1002/cphc.202300793. “Let′s make molecular rotors more attractive! Rotary motion has various applications such as measuring viscosity in biological systems, or in polymers. This Publication provides the methodology of a unique porous organic material production. A polymeric network with acrylate units forming the main chain and molecular rotors as a crosslinking medium is found to exhibit one of the key features of molecular machines as dynamic process…” This and more about the story behind the front cover can be found in the Research Article at 10.1002/cphc.202300793.