Cover Feature: Dispersibility of TiO 2 Nanoparticles in Less Polar Solvents: Role of Ligand Tail Structures (chem. Eur. J. 9/2023)

The cover feature shows a schematic impression of our study on the dispersibility of TiO2 nanoparticles in less polar solvents. For ligand tail structures, there is a huge gap between saturated stearyl groups (depicted as waxes) and unsaturated oleyl groups (depicted as olives), even though there is very little difference in their molecular structures. In this study, we have synthesized two different ligands to bridge shores that are close yet far apart. More information can be found in the Research Article by Y. Okada and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203608).