Cover Feature: Bifunctionalized Monomers for Surfaces with Controlled Hydrophobicity (ChemPlusChem 10/2017)

The cover picture shows electrodeposited conducting polymer films with different surface morphologies which were prepared from bifunctional monomers. Thanks to a flexible strategy, a number of bifunctional monomers could be obtained in a one-pot reaction through Staudinger reductive amination and subsequent amide formation. Details are given in the Full Paper by Thierry Darmanin, Guilhem Godeau, and co-workers on page 1245 in Issue 10, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201700256).