Cover Feature for science magazine - ChemSusChem 12/2026
Cover Feature for ChemSusChem 12/2026
I worked closely with the team at Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg to explore ways of illustrating such a complex process. The greatest challenge was balancing scientific accuracy with the creation of an engaging cover illustration that tells a story—an adventure in the macroscopic world of chemistry.
Link: Chemisty Europe Magazine
Client: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Illustration of defined nylon oligomers which enable mechanistic insight into enzymatic polyamide depolymerization
The Cover Feature depicts a stylized amidase enzyme degrading monodisperse nylon-6 and nylon-6,6 oligomers of defined length generated through a solid-phase synthesis platform. By visualizing the recognition, binding, and degradation of polyamide chains with different lengths and compositions, the illustration highlights the chain-length-dependent conversion profiles and mechanistic aspects of enzyme–nylon interactions of the study reported in the Research Article by L. Hartmann and co-workers.
