Zinc Dicyanoaurate (IMAGE)

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Zinc Dicyanoaurate

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This is a representation of zinc dicyanoaurate showing a spring-like gold helix embedded in a flexible honeycomb-like framework. (Gray balls are carbon atoms, purple is nitrogen, and teal is zinc.)

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Image courtesy of Andrew Goodwin, University of Oxford.

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