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Knot big, but clever

Macramé made from metal strands thinner than human hair could bring miniature electromagnets. .

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  1. Wu, H., et al. Fabrication of topologically complex three-dimensional microstructures: metallic microknots. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [published on-line 5 December 2000].

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Adam, D. Knot big, but clever. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001214-8

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