Cover Picture: Lamellar‐Structured Nanoflakes Comprised of Stacked Oligoaniline Nanosheets (Chem. Asian J. 3/2011)

Sheets that stack and curl, a key step in the self-assembly of polyaniline nanostructures, is shown on the Cover Picture, symbolically depicted as proceeding through the intricacies of the Yasukuni Shrine gate in Tokyo. These polyaniline nanostructures have important applications in sensors and electronic devices, but understanding their self-assembly remains a problem. In their Communication on page 791 ff., Z. D. Zujovic, C. Laslau, and J. Travas-Sejdic describe how this “self-assembly” is strongly dependent on single oligoanilinic nanosheets that undergo subsequent interactions, such as stacking and rolling. These nanosheets stack to become thicker nanoflakes and subsequently serve as nucleation sites for polyaniline synthesis (Photographer: Agustin Rafael Reyes).