Description

Results of computer simulations of molecules that present cis and trans forms, based on a dihedral angle. Each point in the image represents values of this angle over time. This is science reflecting the beauty of diversity. Like cis and trans molecules, humans can also interconvert their identity.

These results are from Molecular Dynamics simulations of peptoids, using a GROMOS force field extension I’ve been developing for the past few years. Each point in this image represents the value of the the dihedral angle omega (vertical axis) over the time of simulation (horizontal axis). The center points represent the molecules in cis conformation, and the upper and lower points the trans conformation.The different colors come from the results of different molecules. 
The image was made using the Grace graph plotting tool.