Adding polyoxometallate crystals to a solution of organic cations leads to the controllable growth of hollow microtubes that may ultimately prove useful for applications ranging from microfluidics to medicine.
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Constable, E. How does your garden grow?. Nature Chem 1, 22–23 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.155
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