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Beyond the Pore: Nanofiltration's Fullerene Frontier
This essay explores how tiling cyclic fullerene tetramers into a 2D sheet creates a precise molecular sieve with uniform sub-nanometre pores. The unique structure of these fullerene-based membranes offers a revolutionary approach to…
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…As the three scientists stood in the low hum of the lab, the challenge was clear. Could a two-dimensional lattice of fullerene tetramers realize the ideal of molecular precision—filtering atom by atom? The answer, Thorne knew, would require not just vision, but meticulous validation. And tonight, as the last rays of sun tinged the glassware gold, he returned to the atomic model, searching for the next critical flaw—or the next step forward.