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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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…Outside the lab, dusk gathered, but inside, the work of proof had just begun. As they drew up the first experimental protocols, the question became not just about structure, but about impact: could a sheet of carbon rings truly shift the landscape of molecular separation? Tomorrow, the microscope would provide its first verdict. But tonight, possibility still shimmered between the atoms—and in Lena’s mind, the image of that pharmaceutical trial hinted at a turning point yet to come.