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Neodymium powers your life (even if you don’t know it). Now it’s a key trade issue too
You may not know what neodymium is (or even how to pronounce it). But you have plenty of it in your home.
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A tiny molecular basket unlocks a powerful new kind of chemistry
Rice University chemists have found a new way to make neodymium, a rare-earth metal, interact with oxygen. Using a specially designed molecular structure described as a “basket,” the team positioned the atoms so they could form a bond once thought unlikely. The breakthrough produced highly reactive compounds that could eventually give chemists alternatives to iron-based molecules used in biological reactions and chemical manufacturing.