How quickly do knotty molecules lose their energy as they grow?

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 793-797

  Dhaliwal, Manjinder ^a   Weinberg, Noham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AM1; Ideal knot; Knot energy; MM3; Molecular knot; UFF

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTEINS; TOPOLOGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

IDEAL KNOT; KNOT ENERGY; MOLECULAR KNOTS; POLYMETHYLENE CHAIN;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 4344642237     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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