The Material Chemists

2011 The International year of CHEMISTRY

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:30:00 +0000

This much belated post is aimed at readers, who like me, have had an extremely busy year 2011, failing miserably in my self appointed tasks of bringing subjects of importance to the attention of the specialised and general public, Science especially: Metallurgy, Materials Science,Modelling, Materials Chemistry and Thermodynamics
and the benefits of the scientific method to improve the well-being of humanKind and objective shared by the initiatives of my colleagues in chemistry and related. In order to bring information, invention into practice I blog on Innovation and Management with a distinct focus on Materials Science (Technology) and Engineering.

2011 The International year of CHEMISTRY

Thanks to a tweet by IYC poster designer: Simon C. Page - Excites

The French Journal, "La Recherche award for Chemistry 2011" goes to a team from the Co-ordination Chemistry Lab,Univ Paul Sabatier Toulouse .

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:33:00 +0000

The winning paper :

"A novel approach for fluorescent thermometry and thermal imaging purposes using spin crossover nanoparticles" was published by the Royal Society for Chemistry (RSC) in it's Journal of Materials Chemistry by

Lionel Salmon, Gábor Molnár, Djelali Zitouni, Carlos Quintero, Christian Bergaud, Jean-Claude Micheau and Azzedine Bousseksou

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 5499-5503

DOI: 10.1039/C0JM00631A
Received 08 Mar 2010, Accepted 04 May 2010
First published on the web 26 May 2010

Abstract

"Temperature plays a fundamental role in all fields of science; hence the development of methods for measuring this property remains in vogue. Within this vast field, fluorescent thermometry appears as a simple, noninvasive and cost-effective method for providing good spatial, temporal and thermal resolution in both solid and liquid phases, even in distant or inaccessible environments. "

MORE...cf the Journal of Materials Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 Dan Shechtman

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:55:00 +0000

This post arose from my concern that my Nobel Prize widget was dated 2009 and did not up-date automatically. I have instead added RSS feed (1). The feed covers all prizes. My guess is that the Nobel site webmasters feel that scientists and engineers must have a wide cultural background, don't you agree? I do.

This years Nobel in Chemistry goes to Dan Shechtman. for Quasi crystal discovery after a 25 year struggle for acceptance by the Scientific Community.

To celebrate this years prize is a true example of how science can and should be done. The finding and the work leading to its acceptance are truly interdisciplinary covering not only chemistry, metallurgy-metallic glasses materials science, microscopy (again) but also highly modern mathematics (Penrose patterns ) with a background history in art and design (Medieval Islamic patterns)
. Cf. The video on my wall above where this is particularly well explained, by Professor Sven Lidin, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, in the interviewed by freelance journalist Joanna Rose about the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".

If you have trouble finding the video currently top Left on my Video Wall here is a direct link:
This is a video not to be missed [LINK] and 3. below.

NB there are many other articles and features in the NOBEL.ORG (4) site eg. Chemistry Matters (5)

Refs.
1. RSS feed_Nobelprize_org
2. Penrose patterns or tiles
3. This is a video not to be missed [LINK
4. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry". Nobelprize.org. 26 Oct 2011
5. Chemistry Matters

FREE TRIAL -Large Collection of selected papers on Materials Science and Engineering from Maney Press

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:56:00 +0000

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Maney is best known to the Materials Science community as publisher to The Institute of Materials Minerals and Minning-IOM3 edited Materials Science Technology and Engineering peer review journals - all freely available online to members of IOM3

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Jobs in Chemistry - Chemistry Jobs

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:17:00 +0000

BROUGHT BY RSC's

Chemistry World

RSC-Royal Society for Chemistry -> RSS feeds_A Selection

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +0000

ChemWeb and The Alchemist

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:51:00 +0000

No serious website or blog about science and chemistry including my pages entitles "The Material chemists" can afford to ignore ChemWeb.com and it's attractive and functional, free house journal-newsletter, The Alchemist, cf Ref1 below.

In a major overhaul of my personal library I came across a paper version of "the alchemist-2001! cf.archives ref1. below)" (free online mag) . I went back to the site of which I am a registered member-(sadly too inactive). As a materials oriented person, fittingly, I found a couple of features on materials science one of which involved biomimetics (copying nature's processes to find improved processes (cheaper-less energy intensive) and products (improved properties) compared with existing choices.

"conch shells might be used as a model for creating composite materials as tough as steel but much less dense and perhaps far less costly to make in terms of energy and expense."
-Conch shell gives nano- insights into composite materials

The other concerned storage materials involving nanotechnology

MORE...
issue overview

biomimetics: Tough as conch

materials: Storage in a whirl

analytical: Water's secret scents

environment: Burning for nitrous

robotics: Testing times for tox robot

politics: Nuclear issues

REFERENCE LINKS:
1. Achives: Jan 1997-to date
2. Chemweb.com back ground.
3. ChemWeb and the Alchemist

Free Journal_Computational Molecular Science-1st Issue Jan2011_ from Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:21:00 +0000

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, shortened to WIREs, offers free and easy access to it's 1st issue of Computational Molecular Science. More, if you get your library to opt-in, then a further 6 issues, corresponding to a full free 1st years publication subscription are on offer.. After a rapid review, I added most of the papers to my private collection. I liked the summaries on chemical bonding and the possibility of providing insight into computational materials sciences issues.

Well worth a visit.
en référence à : Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science - Wiley Online Library (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

This-Above-All: Iodine-131, Xenon 133, Cesium 137 Northern hemisphere - radiation | FLEXPART: dispersion model_This Above All

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:16:00 +0000

This-Above-All: Iodine-131, Xenon 133, Cesium 137 Northern hemisphere - radiation | FLEXPART: dispersion model_This Above All

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:14:00 +0000

This-Above-All: Iodine-131, Xenon 133, Cesium 137 Northern hemisphere - radiation | FLEXPART: dispersion model_This Above All

There is science, there is engineering and there is management.

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Surface chemistry: A close look at hydrophobicity_Wetting_non-Wetting_Bulk Steelmaking Macro to Nanotechnology and Biomimicry

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:44:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Surface chemistry: A close look at hydrophobicity_Wetting_non-Wetting_Bulk Steelmaking Macro to Nanotechnology and Biomimicry

UK Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculties University Rank 2010 Final. Check it out

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:59:00 +0000

Check the UK University Rank and Ranking criteria here:

Faculty satisfaction with the ranking methods are very variable - Tell us more.

UK Chemistry Faculties Ranked - 2010 final assessement

Chemical Engineering UK Universities Ranked - final

All comments, criticism, remarks etc. are most welcome. Please feel free to vent your thoughts, affinities and feelings.

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Protect your laptop -

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:56:00 +0000

Protect your laptop -

NB. All main passwords now proteced

This-Above-All: Six Strategic Mental Attitudes Part II - Strategic Mental Attitude N° I - BENCHMARKING

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:09:00 +0000

This-Above-All: Six Strategic Mental Attitudes Part II - Strategic Mental Attitude N° I - BENCHMARKING

Part II of VI

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Creativity, Invention, Innovation - Innovation Sells

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Creativity, Invention, Innovation - Innovation Sells: "This series of posts arise from a pointer from my latest September 2010 Issue of Materials World, Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining (IOM3) house journal, Materials World (MW). Our professional development p.19, reported on (improving) 'Connecting research with creativity' the article title."

Conversations-on-Innovations: Top Invention and Innovators Class, FREE too, online WW and at the Exhibition at The British Library, London, UK

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:48:00 +0000

Conversations-on-Innovations: Top Invention and Innovators Class, FREE too, online WW and at the Exhibition at The British Library, London, UK

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Will Vanadium take the pressure off Lithium (prices)?

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:57:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Will Vanadium take the pressure off Lithium (prices)?

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: The Cost of Cartilage maintenance better than repair?

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:23:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: The Cost of Cartilage maintenance better than repair?

UN science chief defends IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, work, welcomes review

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:51:00 +0000

AMSTERDAM – The head of the U.N. scientific body on climate change defended Friday the work of the thousands of scientists who contribute to its reports, even as he welcomed a review of procedures that produced errors undermining the panel's public credibility.

The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, cautioned an independent scientific committee reviewing the IPCC's work not to undermine scientists' motivation for contributing to reports on global warming.

Recently its reports have been dismissed (undermined) by climate skeptics who attribute global warming to natural cycles. The skeptics were bolstered by a series of errors in the IPCC's 2007 report.

Pachauri told the committee's first review meeting that the panel's conclusions are valid, even in areas where mistakes were discovered.

Pointing to the most glaring error, a claim that the world's glaciers will melt by 2035, Pachauri said glaciers are indeed melting, though not that fast. Nonetheless, glacial melt accounts for 28 percent of sea level rise, and the panel's assessment on glaciers contains "a lot of facts which we can ignore at our peril."

Pachauri said the panel is comprised of volunteer scientists contributing several years of their own time and who disband after issuing their report. The panel has no mechanism for responding to criticism once the reports are issued, other than the small secretariat.

"We need to develop an ability and a capacity to communicate better with the outside world," he told the 15 top scientists from around the world summoned to sit on the review committee..

He said the panel's procedures already are robust, but he welcomed any suggestion that would improve accuracy.

The review is expected to take several weeks before it issues recommendations on how to tighten the IPCC procedures.

Its up to the individual whom he chooses to believe in these issues.

He can choose between either the largest body of the worlds best and most recognised scientists and experts of all times brought together to study this most important or a relatively small number of specialist sceptics and a large number of lay persons with little or no recognised scientific or engineering training in such vast and complex fields as to the probable outcomes.

I know which group I would choose to place my faith.

en référence à :

"He said the panel's procedures already are robust, but he welcomed any suggestion that would improve accuracy. The review is expected to take several weeks before it issues recommendations on how to tighten the IPCC procedures."
- UN science chief defends work, welcomes review - Yahoo! News (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Crystal Growth Detection System sought -Innocentive Challenge_Solver Teamwork encouraged

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:21:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Crystal Growth Detection System sought -Innocentive Challenge_Solver Teamwork encouraged

Free Access to Maney Publishing-Publisher of IOM3-Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining Edited Journals

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Quick: Please join us in
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Journal of the Month: Materials Science and Technology

Top 10 papers for materials science and engineering journals freely available online, chose from any or all of 11 journals, marked with an asterisk * in the list of 24 journals with free content
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Shre your impression with questions,comments and suggestions to this blog and/or the publishers.

This and more.

en référence à : Maney Publishing - Material Science & Engineering Spotlight (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

NPL-UK's National Physical Laboratory open day

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:27:00 +0000

If you are in the area, this is a fair offer:
Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided.
The is also an invitation to use the staff resturant.

However for those of you, the majority of us, too far away NPL's website and many free online publications and newsletters are well worth the time spent.

Enjoy your visit.

en référence à :

"Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided"
- http://www.npl.co.uk/open-day/ (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

Create the Future_Design Contest 2010 from COMSOL Start date 01 March 2010.

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:00 +0000

This appears to be an interesting, helpful and rewarding approach to innovation from one of the leaders in commercial multiphysics modelling.

Comsol also provides a rich selection of freely available resource items, Conference reports on CD, white papers etc. which reminds me, I must pick-up the lastest. CD.

Should readers require a network partner, please check my blog posts for senior experience and multidisciplinary areas of competence.

As you will have seen from my RHS menu bar, I am a member of professional networks such as Linkedin, and ReseachGate.

If in doubt drop me a line via one or other (or all) of my sites or network communities with this post reference.

en référence à : Create the Future Design Contest ::Create the Future (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Nanoscale,Nanomaterials_Basics_Calculate numbers of surface to volume atoms and much more.

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:52:00 +0000

Materials Science and Engineering Defined: Nanoscale,Nanomaterials_Basics_Calculate numbers of surface to volume atoms and much more.

NB. Embedded Google book (EB) trial, read on and scroll down for relevent pages.
and first experience with Wolfram Alpha. Both postive, a pleasure.

Nanoscale, nanoscience, nanomaterials,nanotechnology: Back-to-Basics.

LINK: IdeaConnection encourages team approach to problem solving

noreply@blogger.com (James Alexander) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:58:00 +0000

LINK "IdeaConnection encourages team approach to problem solving": "IdeaConnection encourages team approach to problem solving"