A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like ...

The 2D mechanically interlocked material is a polymer structure that uses mechanical ... challenge in creating mechanically interlocked molecules lies in figuring out how to guide polymers into ...

For years, researchers have attempted to develop mechanically interlocked molecules with polymers but found it near ... “So, when we put it in solvent, the crystal dissolves, but each 2D layer holds ...

The electronic structure of atoms and molecules is the series of energy levels that it are possible for a bound electron to occupy. This electronic structure determines many of the defining ...

Recent findings suggest that molecules that are aromatic in ... Studies indicate that many of these structures should be considered 2D-aromatic-in-3D rather than truly 3D-aromatic, as their ...

Researchers have been working on developing mechanically interlocked molecules with polymers for ... new rings formed at each repeat unit of the 2D structure, which are 40 atoms around,” added ...

For years, researchers have attempted to develop mechanically interlocked molecules ... but each 2D layer holds together. We can manipulate those individual sheets." To examine the structure ...

Molecules with chirality cannot be superimposed on their mirror ... spontaneously stabilize skyrmion structures. “Under thin ...

Related: Scientists discover revolutionary method that makes fuel from water and sunlight — but it's not finished yet The 2D MIM material is made of interlocked polymers, which are long chains of ...

Then, they reacted these crystals with another molecule to create bonds between the molecules ... each 2D layer holds together. We can manipulate those individual sheets." To examine the structure ...