Converting the Sheet into a Spherical Cage (IMAGE)
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Chemists at the University of Tokyo have mapped the reaction process where two types of molecules become either an ultrathin sheet (left) or a spherical cage (right) depending on the absence or presence of a third molecule, a negatively charged nitrate anion (red ball). If nitrate is added to the sheet, the molecules rearrange to form spherical cages.
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Image by Shuichi Hiraoka, CC-BY-ND.
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