Three articles by Professor Dong-ho Kim and his research team were featured on the covers of the May 22 issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The articles detail their research on the reversal of Möbius aromaticity, matter from derivatives of corrole and porphyrin, and excited state dynamics. The articles are titled “π-Extended ‘Earring’ Porphyrins with Multiple Cavities and Near-Infrared Absorption,” “Triply Linked Corrole Dimers,” and “Aromaticity Reversal in the Lowest Excited Triplet State of Archetypical Möbius Heteroannulenic Systems.”

 

For the research, Professor Kim and his team used spectral analysis and quantum calculations. Going forward, their findings should have a number of important applications, particularly in terms of solar-energy conversion, photodynamic therapy, and nextgeneration displays.