Molecule surface triangulation from alpha shapes
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description: Questions of chemical reactivity can often be cast as questions of molecular geometry. Common geometric models for proteins and other molecules are the space filling diagram, the solvent accessible surface and the molecular surface. In this thesis we present a new approach to triangulating the surface of a molecule under the three models, which is fast, robust, and results in typologically correct triangulations. Our algorithm can also be used to accurately compute the shape of cavities in proteins.
abstract: Questions of chemical reactivity can often be cast as questions of molecular geometry. Common geometric models for proteins and other molecules are the space filling diagram, the solvent accessible surface and the molecular surface. In this thesis we present a new approach to triangulating the surface of a molecule under the three models, which is fast, robust, and results in typologically correct triangulations. Our algorithm can also be used to accurately compute the shape of cavities in proteins.
author: Akkiraju, Nataraj
language: eng
keywords: Biophysics, General, Computer Science
date published: 2011-05-07T12:19:58Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:14Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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