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Ship reverses out of bottle

The industrial application of zeolites is limited by the cost of certain organic materials that are needed to make them, but which are destroyed in the process. A clever technique offers a solution.

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Corma, A. Ship reverses out of bottle. Nature 425, 356–357 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425356b

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