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I previously discussed plastic electronics — and how molecules and polymers can be electrically conductive.

A key idea to remember is the unbelievable scale of molecules. If I used a conducting polymer molecule ~10 nanometers in length (as an example) and formed a conducting film approx. 1cm x 1cm in size, then to get one electron [...]

OK, I’ve been on a bit of an open-access/open source kick with posts recently. But I’m going to post one more and talk about something else next time.

I heard quite a few people at the ACS meeting expounding on the opinion that open source won’t work in the chemical field. The two most common arguments [...]

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Naturally, one of the largest funding sources in the U.S. for academic chemistry and in nanoscience research is the National Science Foundation. As a prospective faculty member, I obviously have been thinking about grant funding opportunities.

At the recent American Chemical Society national meeting, “open access” and open source software were very much in the news — including a session of talks on the “Future of Scientific Publishing.”

As I do some software development in my free time, I’m obviously interested in hearing people’s opinion on the subject. Two recent articles were [...]

One of my Ph.D. advisors, Mark Ratner, loves to say that science is about the people doing it and is best done in the company of good people. Of course this is partly because Mark is an extremely friendly, warm person.

Right now, I’m at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego and have met [...]