nano2hybrids

Nanocheese is a winner!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:23:38 GMT

We're very proud to have been awarded the 'public prize for best scientific documentary' at the CineGlobe international festival for short film and scientific documentaries! For our 'nanocheese' video

http://www.cineglobe.ch/2010/

5 days, 78 films, 15 science documentaries, held at CERN in Geneva.

Thanks for everyone who voted for us!

TwirlMol

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:36:00 GMT

Just a quick note about an awesome javascript to put structures in your websites: TwistyMol

And here some example related to the n2h project (more or less) -feel free to rotate and zoom-in/out using your mouse!

Benzene, the molecule we want to detect:
<div id="benzene" height="200" width="200"></div> <script src="http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/benzene/twirl?div_id=benzene" type="text/javascript"></script>
by simply writing in your web-source: < div id="benzene" height="200" width="200"></div> < script src="http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/benzene/twirl?div_id=benzene" type="text/javascript"></script>

Also, you can use InChI format to make structures that are not in their database. For example a piece of graphene:
<div id="graphene" height="200" width="200"></div> <script src="http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/InChI=1S/C58/c1-3-23-15-27-19-29-17-26-10-8-22-12-14-34-32-6-2-4-24-16-28-20-30-18-25-9-7-21-11-13-33-31(5-1)35(23)47-41(27)51-43(29)50-40(26)38(22)46(34)54-48(36(24)32)42(28)52-44(30)49-39(25)37(21)45(33)53(47)55(49)57(51)58(52)56(50)54/twirl?div_id=graphene" type="text/javascript"></script>

by typing< div id="graphene" height="200" width="200"></div> < script src="http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/InChI=1S/C58/c1-3-23-15-27-19-29-17-26-10-8-22-12-14-34-32-6-2-4-24-16-28-20-30-18-25-9-7-21-11-13-33-31(5-1)35(23)47-41(27)51-43(29)50-40(26)38(22)46(34)54-48(36(24)32)42(28)52-44(30)49-39(25)37(21)45(33)53(47)55(49)57(51)58(52)56(50)54/twirl?div_id=graphene" type="text/javascript"></script>

At to finish...C60, because it is cool!
<div id="bucky" height="200" width="200"></div>
<script src="http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/buckminsterfullerene/twirl?div_id=bucky" type="text/javascript"></script>

PS. Does anyone know the InChI formula for a nanotube? Is that even possible to write?

Interview (4/4) d'Annick Loiseau

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:36:29 GMT

Zeila a interviewé Annick Loiseau à la Neuvième Conférence Internationale sur la Science et l'Application des Nanotubes (NT08) à Montpellier, France, June 2008.
Partie 4 de 4 de l'interview.
Plus dinfos : http://lem.onera.fr/

End of nano2hybrids?

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:50:02 GMT

So - what did you think? We have our last meeting in March where we'll be doing some filming - do you have suggestions of what you'd
like to see? Was it an interesting project? What could we have done better? What should we do next? Please let us know! We'll try
and respond in the last videos... Either email me directly (see links on the left) or go to youtube.com/nano2hybrids and leave a comment there...
Thanks! Chris

Nanotubes in Cars

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:58 GMT

Irene has finally moved on, to Perth! So all's quiet in the office for the time being...

She just sent me this link, a US firm is going to be using nanotubes to reinforce bodywork in cars, to reduce their weight:

http://nanobugle.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/hybrid-cars-with-carbon-nanotubes/

Why develop a new benzene detector?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:03 GMT

This latest video filmed by Ed Goldwyn at a chemical refinery and in various nano2hybrids labs shows why gas detection is so important, how it used to be done and is done today, and where we want to take it tomorrow with nano2hybrids...

Interview (3/4) d'Annick Loiseau

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:01:01 GMT

Zeila a interviewé Annick Loiseau à la Neuvième Conférence Internationale sur la Science et l'Application des Nanotubes (NT08) à Montpellier, France, June 2008. Partie 3 de 4 de l'interview.

Grumpy Old Scientist

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:23:25 GMT

Have you ever watched the british TV series Grumpy Old Men ?

Find here the scientific (and younger) version of it.

Article from Nano2hybrids project

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:19:26 GMT

What? you couldn't copy the DOI number?, try here:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/37/375501

Detecting poisonous gases : History, Now and Nanotechnology future...

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:11:52 GMT

How were toxic gases like benzene detected? We visit a chemical plant in Spain and talk with the safety experts, learn about canaries and japanese mice, and the future of new gas detectors using the latest nanotechnology. But what's the most sensitive detector we have at the moment?