A Möbius strip has a peculiar geometry, but anyone can make one with a strip of paper. Put a half-twist in the strip and tape its ends together, and a single-surface curiosity is born.
WITH A TWIST. A single-crystal Möbius strip (top micrograph) forms when a crystal ribbon grows around a selenium droplet (bottom illustration).
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