Nanocapsule seamed by calcium ions boasts huge internal volume

Index showing 3d depiction of a Nanocapsule seamed by calcium ions

Source: Jerry Atwood/University of Missouri-Columbia

Giant metal–organic capsule assembles from C-ethylpyrogallol[4]arene and calcium ions

Researchers in the US have synthesised and crystallised a metal–organic capsule with an internal volume of 3500Å3.