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.
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MacGillivray, L. Solid awakening. Nature 451, 897–898 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451897a
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