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Shunsaku Kimura proposes in his Emerging Area that molecular dipoles are a promising tool for construction of nanomaterials and nanodevices. 

Meanwhile, David Spring and colleagues discuss strategies and recent success stories in the field of diversity-oriented synthesis in their Perspective, which was rated as 'Hot' by the referees.   

The outside cover for this issue is provided by Varinder Aggarwal and co-workers, whose paper describes studies on the use of silyl-substituted ylides and the surprising finding that their addition to boranes is reversible.