Molecular Knots (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Molecular Knots

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Chemical structure of one of the molecular knots under study. Below, it is shown with a simplified representation that the same knot can be tight or loose. In the molecular world, the tight knots have different properties from the loose knots.

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