Chemical Models and Symmetry/Asymmetry Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The search for regularities in the structure of chemical substrates and the direction of a chemical reaction is closely related to the concept of symmetry/asymmetry of the potential energy of interaction between the structural units of a substance. On a smaller scale, the characteristics of a structural unit are a consequence of the symmetry of the wave functions of the particles included in it. Not only group theory, but also elements of graph theory, probability theory, fuzzy set theory, matroid theory, discrete geometry, topology, and many other branches of modern mathematics are widely used to interpret the symmetry/asymmetry of chemical objects.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect materials that explore the applications of any branches of mathematics, including those listed above, to chemical modeling, with the aim of revealing new information about the symmetry/asymmetry of the structures of living and non-living matter, which will undoubtedly help theoretical chemists overcome barriers in understanding the results obtained by mathematicians and vice versa. We would like to invite both original and review articles to be submitted to this Special Issue in accordance with the above principles.

Dr. A. M. Banaru
Dr. Sergey N. Volkov
Dr. Wolfgang Hornfeck
Guest Editors

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