Leaching of Ne Atoms from the Clathrate Structure (IMAGE)

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Leaching of Ne Atoms from the Clathrate Structure

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Ne atoms in blue can easily travel between large cages (in Grey) passing through six membered rings of water molecules (dashed red lines). Removal of Ne atoms from the small cages (in green) requires the presence of a water vacancy in one of the five membered rings.

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<i>Nature</i> and Falenty et al

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