Molecular traffic can spontaneously direct itself along a network of channels. Philip Ball explains how this could be used to separate large molecules from small.
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Clark,L. A., Ye, G. T. & Snurr, R. Q. Molecular Traffic Control in a Nanoscale System. Physical Review Letters 84, 2893 - 2896 2000
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Ball, P. Air traffic control. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000406-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000406-1