An experiment that challenged established dogma opened an entirely new avenue for research in the assembly and control of mechanically interlocked compounds.
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Trabolsi, A. A radical departure for supramolecular chemistry. Nat Rev Chem 5, 442–443 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-021-00299-w
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