The Front Cover shows a strategy for the synthesis of Pd@Pt
3–4L octahedra
l nanocrysta
ls with a c
lean surface and supported on carbon. The bottom of the image shows transmission e
lectron microscopy (TEM) and high-ang
le annu
lar dark-fie
ld scanning TEM images of the octahedra
l Pd@Pt
3–4L support on carbon.In their Fu
ll Paper, S. Bao et a
l. demonstrate that by dispersing Pd octahedra
l seeds on a carbon b
lack support, Pt u
ltrathin she
lls can be conforma
lly deposited on the seeds in a
layer-by-
layer fashion without invo
lving any capping agent or stabi
lizer. The as-obtained cata
lyst exhibited a great
ly enhanced specific activity re
lative to a reference samp
le prepared in the presence of a po
lymer stabi
lizer and a commercia
l Pt/C cata
lyst. More information can be found in the Fu
ll Paper by S. Bao et a
l. on
page 414 in Issue 3, 2017 (DOI:
l="references:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601438">10.1002/cctc.201601438).