Figure 1. Disiloxane molecule structure in linear form (left) and bent form (right). (IMAGE)

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Figure 1. Disiloxane molecule structure in linear form (left) and bent form (right).

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A global team of scientists considered the bending energy of a silicate molecule, disiloxane. Although the system appears to be simple and tractable, the bending energy calculation is actually a difficult problem to solve by the conventional simulation methods.

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Kenta Hongo from JAIST.

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