About the Cover:

Cover design conceived by Joe Schlenoff and realized by Ella Marushchenko of the Ella Maru Studio. The cover page graphic depicts several “interface-rich” topics covered by Langmuir, the ACS journal of fundamental interface science. The illustration fittingly includes a Langmuir–Blodgett trough used to create monolayers on the air/water interface and to transfer them to substrates. This graphical element connects the topics with the name of the journal. More generally, it represents phenomena related to thin films that underlie nanoscience in two dimensions, featured strongly in Langmuir. The cell symbolizes the relevance of biointerfaces, and the nanoparticle is a reminder that fundamental colloid/nanoparticle science remains a central topic. Langmuir editors strongly promote the dissemination of new concepts, continuing a tradition well established by seminal articles on a range of topics published in Langmuir over the last 30 years. This aspect is illustrated by the group of people generating metaphoric light bulbs, representing bright ideas from Langmuir authors that illuminate the landscape of interface and surface science. The next element represents interface-rich structures, such as multilayered films and vesicles, in which the properties of interest are dominated by interfaces. Another important aspect of the Langmuir scope is theory and simulations, represented in the graphic by an artificially regular and well-oriented array of molecules appropriately idealized for use in a model. Energy-related phenomena are included as well, depicted by a stylized photovoltaic device. Finally, innovative self-assembly approaches are represented by a coiled structure and a question mark meant to challenge authors to report in Langmuir self-assemblies capable, eventually, of driving new concepts and devices, as did the Langmuir–Blodgett trough many years ago!