WaterPuzzle uses magnets to model water's hydrogen bonds for hands-on classroom exploration

Water is one of the most essential components of life, and many of its unique properties arise from interactions between its ...

Identical vesicles, different behaviors: Model reveals how spontaneous asymmetry gives rise to lifelike behavior

In nonreciprocal active matter, agents act differently on each other, seemingly in violation of Newton's third law. This ...
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University of Tokyo Team Reproduces Four Polyacene Crystal Structures by Calculation Alone, Explaining Why Molecules Pack as They Do

Researchers at the University of Tokyo and collaborators used crystal symmetry and layering to optimize molecular-arrangement variables step by step, reproducing four polyacene polymorphs by ...
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Plant metabolites self-assemble, but links to efficacy remain incomplete

A narrative review finds that plant metabolites can form diverse supramolecular structures in traditional Chinese medicine ...
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L9 Intermolecular Forces (Unit 1 Chemistry BTEC Applied Science)

This editable 60-slide PowerPoint covers intermolecular forces, electronegativity, molecular polarity and boiling-point trends for Pearson BTEC Applied Science Unit 1 Chemistry. Designed to develop ...
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Durable Green Plastic from Cellulose

A hard and environmentally friendly plastic material is produced by subjecting cellulose crystals to humidity oscillations. That’s a wrap. A film made of cellulose nanocrystals can be molded into a ...
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Intramolecular bonding as a design strategy for robust intermolecular binding of oligomers

Molecular recognition processes are ubiquitous to enact function. The current materials design efforts focused on energetics as primary factor to tune binding are suboptimal because they overlook the ...
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Edexcel International A level Chemistry - lessons with questions and answers | Topic 7 | Intermolecular Forces

This bundle is comprised of 3 PowerPoint lessons covering Topic 7 – Intermolecular Forces for the Edexcel International A level Chemistry course. The PowerPoints are as follows: Intermolecular Forces ...
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What Is Polymerization? Types, Mechanism, and Examples

Polymerization is the process of conjoining small molecules (monomers) into bigger polymer chains. Generally, polymerization is the process of obtaining polymers. This process is important to produce ...
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Sequence-based prediction of intermolecular interactions driven by disordered regions

Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are common features in proteins that enable both specific and general interactions between biomolecules in cells. Understanding from their sequence how IDRs ...
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Green glues: Will they stick?

Jonathan Wilker swivels in his chair and sweeps his hand around the room. “There’s the computer, the book bindings, the furniture, shoes, the carpet, all the packaging and boxes, plywood, the walls,” ...
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Developing a Threshold Concept Assessment Rubric: Using the Johnstone’s Triangle Framework for Understanding Intermolecular Forces

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. In undergraduate science education, laboratory courses stand as essential cornerstones ...