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Liquefied molecular holes

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Porous solids have many uses in the chemical industry, which has stimulated the development of several generations of such materials. A new generation has now arrived, with the report of permanently porous liquids. See Letter p.216

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Figure 1: How to make permanently porous liquids.

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