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Chemistry World June 4, 2013 Emily Skinner	Homogeneous catalysis for nanoscale surface designs Scientists in France have combined homogeneous catalysis and atomic force microscopy to create intricate surface patterns.
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Chemistry World April 18, 2010 Simon Hadlington	First DNA rotaxane Rotaxanes are dumbbell-shaped molecules encircled by a molecular hoop that can move unhindered along the axle, trapped by the bulky stoppers at either end. These could be useful components in molecular machines.
Chemistry World May 2011	Column: In the pipeline Molecular biology, physics, materials science, physiology, even pure mathematics is a neighbor, and these neighbors are usually reached through a zone of interdisciplinary stuff that's rather hard to define. So who counts as a chemist?
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