The untangling number as a measurement of entanglement complexity in 3-periodic networks
Toky Andriamanalina, Sonia Mahmoudi, Myfanwy E. Evans · New Journal of Chemistry · 2026
A new topological framework enables the definition of a measure of entanglement complexity in 3-periodic networks, called the untangling number, which quantifies the distance between a tangled structure and its least tangled state.