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Organic chemistry Solid awakening
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Organic chemistry Solid awakening

Leonard R MacGillivray
Nature (London), Vol.451(7181), pp.897-898
02/21/2008
DOI: 10.1038/451897a
PMID: 18288174
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https://doi.org/10.1038/451897aView
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Abstract

Once dismissed as chemical graveyards, organic solids can in fact be manipulated to surprising effect: one example is a crystal designed to embark on a remarkable domino-rally of reactions when bathed in light. ©2008 Nature Publishing Group.

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