Unstable molecule couldn’t be made through conventional synthesis, so IBM researchers carried out molecular surgery using a microscope tip.
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Ball, P. Elusive triangulene created by moving atoms one at a time. Nature 542, 284–285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.21462
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