Computational Chemistry
Visualization of argon dimer on fcc(111) surface

Diffusion of Adatom Dimers on (111) Surfaces

A 1984 molecular dynamics study identifying simultaneous multiple jumps in adatom dimer diffusion on fcc(111) surfaces.

Computational Chemistry
D-glucose open-chain aldehyde form converting to beta-D-glucopyranose ring form, illustrating ring-chain tautomerism

InChI and Tautomerism: Toward Comprehensive Treatment

Dhaked et al.'s comprehensive analysis of tautomerism in chemoinformatics, introducing 86 new tautomeric rules and their …

Computational Chemistry
2D molecular structure diagram of tricyclohexylphosphine showing a central phosphorus atom bonded to three cyclohexyl groups

InChI: The Worldwide Chemical Structure Identifier Standard

Heller et al. (2013) explain how IUPAC's InChI became the global standard for representing chemical structures, its …

Computational Chemistry
Crystal structure of Na8Si46 clathrate displaying dodecahedral and tetrakaidecahedral coordination polyhedra

Making InChI FAIR and Sustainable for Inorganic Chemistry

InChI v1.07 modernizes chemical identifiers for FAIR principles and adds robust support for inorganic compounds.

Computational Chemistry
A cobalt sulfate and ethylenediamine mixture being prepared

Mixfile & MInChI: Machine-Readable Mixture Formats

Mixfile and MInChI provide the first standardized, machine-readable formats for representing chemical mixtures.

Computational Chemistry
Colorized electron microscope image of nanostructured indium phosphide surface showing spatially oriented cubic crystallites

NInChI: Toward a Chemical Identifier for Nanomaterials

NInChI (Nanomaterials InChI) extends chemical identifiers to represent complex, multi-component nanomaterials.

Computational Chemistry
Benzene in SELFIES notation

Recent Advances in the SELFIES Library (2023)

Major updates to the SELFIES library, improved performance, expanded chemistry support, and new customization features.

Computational Chemistry
Chemical diagram showing a generalized Grignard reaction

RInChI: Reaction International Chemical Identifier

RInChI extends InChI to create unique, machine-readable identifiers for chemical reactions and database searching.

Computational Chemistry
SELFIES molecular representation overview

SELFIES: The Original Paper (Krenn et al. 2020)

The 2020 paper introducing SELFIES, the 100% robust molecular representation that solves SMILES validity problems in ML …

Computational Chemistry
Benzene molecular structure diagram

SMILES: The Original Paper (Weininger 1988)

Weininger's 1988 paper introducing SMILES notation, the string-based molecular representation that revolutionized …

Computational Chemistry
GTR-CoT: Graph Traversal Chain-of-Thought for Molecules

GTR-CoT: Graph Traversal Chain-of-Thought for Molecules

GTR-CoT uses graph traversal chain-of-thought reasoning to improve optical chemical structure recognition accuracy.

Computational Chemistry
Optical chemical structure recognition example

MolRec: Chemical Structure Recognition at CLEF 2012

MolRec achieves 95%+ accuracy on simple structures but struggles with complex diagrams, revealing rule-based OCSR limits …