Entangling strands in a well-ordered manner can produce useful effects, from shoelaces and
fishing nets to brown paper packages tied up with strings. At the nanoscale, non-crystalline …

The first synthetic molecular trefoil knot was prepared in the late 1980s. However, it is only in
the last few years that more complex small‐molecule knot topologies have been realized …

We review approaches aimed at deciphering the physical mechanisms responsible for viral
structure and assembly. We discuss the basic principles of condensed matter physics …

Quantum advantage in solving physical problems is still hard to assess due to hardware
limitations. However, algorithms designed for quantum computers may engender …

We review pro and contra of the hypothesis that generic polymer properties of topological
constraints are behind many aspects of chromatin folding in eukaryotic cells. For that …

This tutorial review outlines the different template strategies that chemists have employed to
synthesise knotted molecular topologies. Metal ion coordination, hydrogen bonding and …

We investigate, using numerical simulations, the conformations of isolated active ring
polymers. We find that their behavior depends crucially on their size: Short rings (N≲ 100) …

The study of the conformation properties of macromolecules is at the heart of polymer
science. Essentially all physical properties of polymers are manifestations of the underlying …

The simultaneous synthesis of a molecular nine-crossing composite knot that contains three
trefoil tangles of the same handedness and a 9 7 3 link (a type of cyclic [3] catenane …

Macromolecules can gain special properties by adopting knotted conformations, but
engineering knotted macromolecules is a challenging task. Here, we unexpectedly find that …