All molecular knot articles
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ResearchClippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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Research258-atom endless knot created with thiazole ligands
Closed loop structure resembles Celtic and Buddhist symbols
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ResearchKnotted molecules can transfer chirality from the nano to the macroscale
Simply unknotting a molecule added to liquid crystals can invert their chirality
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ResearchFloppiness scale untangles knotted molecules
Chemists use floppiness factor to characterise mechanically interlocked molecules using mass spectrometry
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ResearchTrefoil knots steer cancer drug leads in fresh direction
Chemists look to links and knots in the search for new cancer therapies
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ResearchChemists weave granny and triple trefoil knots
Interwoven grids folded into mechanically interlocked molecules, including a super-coiled three-trefoil
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ResearchChemists tie molecular knot with record number of crossings
Interwoven structure with 16 crossings is the one of the most complex ever made
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NewsMolecular knot gets Guinness world record
David Leigh’s circular triple helix is officially the tightest knot ever tied
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ResearchBraided molecules help scientists tie the knot
A complex molecular knot with eight crossing points has been made
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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