Molecular surface
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Molecular surface may refer to one of the following.
- the van der Waals surfaceVan der Waals surfaceVan der Waals surface area , also van der Waals surface or van der Waals envelope is the imaginary surface of the union of spherical atom surfaces defined by the so-called van der Waals radius of each atom in the molecule representation...
- Accessible surface areaAccessible surface areaThe accessible surface area is the surface area of a biomolecule that is accessible to a solvent. The ASA is usually quoted in square ångstrom . ASA was first described by Lee & Richards in 1971 and is sometimes called the Lee-Richards molecular surface...
- any of isosurfaceIsosurfaceAn isosurface is a three-dimensional analog of an isoline. It is a surface that represents points of a constant value within a volume of space; in other words, it is a level set of a continuous function whose domain is 3D-space.Isosurfaces are normally displayed using computer graphics, and are...
s for a molecule- Connolly surface