Open AccessSynthesising topological links
Author(s) -
Nils A. Baas,
Nadrian C. Seeman,
Andrew Stacey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of mathematical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1572-8897
pISSN - 0259-9791
DOI - 10.1007/s10910-014-0420-3
Subject(s) - property (philosophy) , topology (electrical circuits) , mathematics , order (exchange) , pure mathematics , combinatorics , philosophy , epistemology , finance , economics
We discuss the chemical synthesis of topological links, in particular higher order links which have the Brunnian property (namely that removal of any one component unlinks the entire system). Furthermore, we suggest how to obtain both two dimensional and three dimensional objects (surfaces and solids, respectively) which also have this Brunnian property.