Chemists have stretched the meaning of topology to cover situations never imagined by their mathematical colleagues. Michelle Francl wonders if we have reached breaking point?
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Francl, M. Stretching topology. Nature Chem 1, 334–335 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.302
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