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The European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry publishes contributions of original research and topical reviews from the entire spectrum of inorganic, organometallic, bioinorganic, solid-state and materials chemistry. It is published on behalf of Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 European chemical societies. Find out more.

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Front Cover: A Tunable Amorphous Heteronuclear Iron and Cobalt Imidazolate Framework Analogue for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reactions (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 8/2021)
The Front Cover shows how the cobalt-based MOF is transformed from a crystalline structure to an amorphous structure by incorporation of optimal Fe3+ ions. Spectroscopic and microscopic studies demonstrated that the as-prepared Fe/Co bimetallic MOF exhibits impressive OER activity, ascribed to this hollow, amorphous structure, which greatly increases the number of active sites, facilitating the Co2+ ions in the active sites to convert to Co3+ during the OER process, explaining the synergistic catalytic mechanism involving Fe and Co for water splitting. More information can be found in the Full Paper by D. Zheng, J.-Q. Wang and co-workers.
Front Cover: Organic Electron Donor-Acceptor Co-intercalated NiMn-LDHs - Photocatalysts with Enhanced Separation of Charge Carriers for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 7/2021)
The Front Cover shows the 2D photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process realized in the 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulfonate (DAS) and 4,4′-dinitrostilbene-2,2′-disulfonate (DNS) co-intercalated Ni2Mn-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) by the coprecipitation-in situ oxidation method. This co-intercalated system was employed to improve the activity of Ni2Mn-LDHs in the photocatalytic reduction of CO2, and it raised the generation rate of CO and CH4 by 3 and 2.3 times, respectively, due to the ameliorative light absorption and 2D PET effect. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. Lu and co-workers.
Front Cover: Dodecamethoxyneopentasilane as a New Building Block for Defined Silicon Frameworks (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 6/2021)
The Front Cover shows the marvelous scenery of southern Iceland. The image also contains the crystal structures of now isolable tris(trimethoxysilyl)silanides (M=Li, Na, K and Cu). These anions represent an optimal and highly promising building block for the formation of new hitherto unknown polysilanes. Moreover, the possibility of post-functionalization to perhydro- or perchlorosilanes enables the synthesis of new precursors for LPD, ALD, CVD and other deposition applications. More information can be found in the Communication by M. Haas and co-workers.
Front Cover: Tuning the Ferrotoroidic Coupling and Magnetic Hysteresis in Double-Triangle Complexes {Dy3MIIIDy3} via the MIII-linker (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 5/2021)
The Front Cover shows the “construction” of a double-triangle complex {Dy3MIIIDy3}, where the central MIII linking ion may be Cr, Mn, Fe, Co or Al. Once the molecule is complete, the local magnetic moments on Dy ions (purple arrows) will be coupled ferrotoroidically or antiferrotoroidically, depending on the choice of MIII and counter-anion (NO3- or Cl-, not shown). Theoretical modelling of energy levels, anisotropy, exchange coupling and dynamic magnetisation can identify strategies to optimise the ferrotoroidic coupling or magnetic hysteresis, as shown by the sign on the left. More information can be found in the Full Paper by A. Soncini, G. Rajaraman, S. K. Langley, K. S. Murray and co-workers.
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