Felice Grandinetti ponders on the peculiarity of neon among the noble gases — and whether it should occupy the top-right position in the periodic table.
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Grandinetti, F. Neon behind the signs. Nature Chem 5, 438 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1631
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