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Front Cover: Mechanistic Insights into Reactions between Gold‐Based Materials and Dioxygen (ChemPlusChem 8/2025)
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The front cover picture shows a distinct size-dependent affinity of gold (Au)-based materials for dioxygen (O2). Although Au is chemically inert against O2, unique reactivities emerged at the nanometer to the atomic scales. Atomically precise Au nanoclusters and molecular Au complexes with supporting ligands exhibit affinity for O2, and detailed mechanisms for O2-activation by these Au-based nanomaterials can be revealed on the basis of both experimental and theoretical analyses. More details can be found in the Concept by Wataru Suzuki and Toshiharu Teranishi (DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202500244).
