Knots are everywhere — from tangled headphones to DNA strands packed inside viruses — but how an isolated filament can knot itself without collisions or external agitation has remained a longstanding ...
Force spectroscopy experiments conducted by chemists from the University of Liège (Belgium) decipher the mechanical effects of tightening a knot in molecules. Knots are fundamental elements of ...
(Nanowerk News) A study conducted by Anne-Sophie Duwez and Damien Sluysmans from the NANOCHEM group at the University of Liège has made it possible to decode the mechanical response of small-molecule ...