Cover illustration shows improved chiral light emission in tetraazahelicenes, indicating design principles for advanced materials.
The cover illustrates how spiral structures at different length scales give rise to chiral light emission. Length-controlled molecular spirals of tetraazahelicenes inherit this motif, and an increase in helix length leads to more coherently organized chiral π-systems, resulting in enhanced circularly polarized luminescence. The swirling light patterns visualize the progression from natural spirals to molecular helicity and finally to circularly polarized light, highlighting a design principle for advanced CPL materials based on molecular length control. More information in the Research Article (e24463), Takashi Otani, Kohei Ueda, Takanori Shibata, and co-workers.
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