Reality (matter) as a wave AND a particle
Disclaimer: This being expressed on an electrical basis for the purposes of clarity. This is an oversimplification for the purposes of illustrating the point. No flames, please.
The "loop" or "cage" is the field generated by the frequency of the energy contained therein. Each is almost the ultimately sought-for machine, the OU (over unity) engine - the energy itself powers its own containment, preventing it from expanding in a wave, but the field itself generates energy from the circuit loop within it - a kind of virtual inductive sphere that propogates the energy wave itself. However, energy generated by the field never exceeds the energy lost by induction, thereby maintaining sum 0 state(s).
There is residual excess from induction from nearby particles, stray photons, inner dimensional interactions, etc. that can cause the energy within the field to momentarily exceed field's capacity, but the residual excess bleeds off and is expressed as ionic charges or weak nuclear forces. Some arrangements or frequencies do not bleed off enough residual energy, building up until they ultimately "decay" into states that are more stable.
However, application of differing/opposing frequencies (nuclear particle/waves, laser photon/waves, etc) can inject additional or canceling energy frequencies to destabilize the field, thereby releasing the entire amount of energy therein, ie - fission and fusion.
Chemical processes, by comparison, merely deal with the attractive/repulsive properties of the higher level particle/waves created ("bleed off") by these energy fields, ie - protons, electrons, etc.
Let's hope we don't accidentally discover the correct frequency propogation to shut off anything important, eh? No solor lightswitch, please!