Front Cover: Chiral Gold Clusters with Crosslinking Ligands: Geometric Structures and Chiroptical Activities (ChemNanoMat 8/2022)

Helical patterns around gold cores like propeller blades and spiral staircases are conceptually presented to describe the geometric features of ligand shells in the chiral gold clusters with crosslinking-ligand environments. Besides such geometric constructions, insights into the atomic-level origins of their chiroptical activities are provided from computational studies using numerical and theoretical approaches. More information can be found in the Review by Yukatsu Shichibu, and Katsuaki Konishi.