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.
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author | Mattia Marenda Enzo Orlandini Cristian Micheletti |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | doaj.art-b295faf6c2fb443184819a942d006c3f2022-12-21T20:28:36ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-08-01911810.1038/s41467-018-05413-zDiscovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling modelsMattia Marenda0Enzo Orlandini1Cristian Micheletti2SISSA, International School for Advanced StudiesDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, sezione INFN, Università degli Studi di PadovaSISSA, International School for Advanced StudiesOnly 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05413-z |
spellingShingle | Mattia Marenda Enzo Orlandini Cristian Micheletti Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models Nature Communications |
title | Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models |
title_full | Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models |
title_fullStr | Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models |
title_full_unstemmed | Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models |
title_short | Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models |
title_sort | discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self assembling models |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05413-z |
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