<b>Social Self-Sorting Synthesis of Molecular Knots</b>
Zoe Ashbridge, Olivia M. Knapp, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A. Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger
Abstract
C NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The precise control of composition and topological chirality through social self-sorting enables the rapid assembly of well-defined sequences of entanglements for molecular knots.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCircular dichroismTrefoil knotStereochemistryChirality (physics)Knot (papermaking)CrystallographyKnot theoryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelChiral symmetry breakingChemical engineeringQuarkEngineeringSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials