{"id":40802236451,"date":"2019-04-08T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802236451"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:03:37","slug":"dean-steven-bachrach-published-in-chemical-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/dean-steven-bachrach-published-in-chemical-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Steven Bachrach Published in Scientific Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dean of the School of Science Steven Bachrach, Ph.D., <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2019\/cc\/c9cc01234f#!divAbstract\">recently published a paper in Chemical Communications<\/a>, a peer-reviewed scientific journal,\u00a0reporting quantum mechanical computations proposing a new Nano-Saturn molecule. Supermolecular chemistry involves the complexation of molecules that are held together by weak interactions, not through true chemical bonds. Examples of supermolecular chemistry include the ways drugs bind to enzymes to inhibit their activities and techniques for removing toxic metals from water streams.<\/p>\n<p>Another active area in supramolecular chemistry is to create molecular systems that mimic structures in the real world. Nano-Saturn molecules are mimics of the planet Saturn, with the central ball replaced by the fullerene molecule C<sub>60<\/sub>. A number of different ring molecules have been proposed, and Bachrach\u2019s new suggestion is the first where the central ring is perfectly flat, providing a real molecular analogue of the planet Saturn. The image below provides a representation of the molecules shape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40802236457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-560x414.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-280x207.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-320x237.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-640x473.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-360x266.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Saturn.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bachrach also describes the molecular analogue of a ring on a finger\u2013translated into the same molecular ring placed around a nanotube, as shown below. This type of molecular system might have future application as an antenna or relay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40802236454 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring.png 400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring-280x193.png 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring-320x220.png 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring-360x248.png 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Nano-Ring-150x103.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean of the School of Science Steven Bachrach, Ph.D., recently published a paper in Chemical Communications, a peer-reviewed scientific journal,\u00a0reporting quantum mechanical computations proposing a new Nano-Saturn molecule. Supermolecular chemistry involves the complexation of molecules that are held together by weak interactions, not through true chemical bonds. 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