Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models

Only a few different types of supramolecular knots have been synthesized so far. Here the authors use Monte Carlo sampling, molecular dynamics and combinatorics to discover new knot types made of identical templates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mattia Marenda, Enzo Orlandini, Cristian Micheletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05413-z