The structure Lacuna
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Boeyens, Jan Christoffel Antonie
Levendis, Demetrius C.
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MDPI Publishing
Abstract
Molecular symmetry is intimately connected with the classical concept of three-dimensional molecular structure. In a non-classical theory of wave-like interaction in four-dimensional space-time, both of these concepts and traditional quantum mechanics lose their operational meaning, unless suitably modified. A required reformulation should emphasize the importance of four-dimensional effects like spin and the symmetry effects of space-time curvature that could lead to a fundamentally different understanding of molecular symmetry and structure in terms of elementary number theory. Isolated single molecules have no characteristic shape and macro-biomolecules only develop robust three-dimensional structure in hydrophobic response to aqueous cellular media.
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Golden ratio, Molecular symmetry, Spin function
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Boeyens, JCA & Levendis, DC 2012, 'The structure Lacuna', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 9081-9096.