Comments on: Nanotechnology leading to molecular machines

By: Sofronio B. Ursal

Sofronio B. Ursal — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:20:12 +0000

Thank you Christine, I appreciate your info.

By: Phillip Huggan

Phillip Huggan — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:40:43 +0000

Thx again for the heads up Christine.
For my purposes, hard nanotech is localized covalent bonding at UHV (1D reaction site), and soft nanotech is multiple London bonds (a 2D surface) in solution or atmosphere. I also like splitting chemical bonds up into >2eV and

By: Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » Massive nanotechnology review resolves hard/soft dispute

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:07:42 +0000

[...] Here on Nanodot we mentioned earlier a nanotechnology survey article titled Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines by Euan Kay, David Leigh, and Francesco Zerbetto. I have a paper copy now and have to admit that it is indeed worth $25, but that the 24-hour online access offered by the publisher at that price would not be nearly enough. This tome could be a book. Presumably an online purchase enables downloading for later viewing. [...]

By: Christine Peterson

Christine Peterson — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:51:47 +0000

Sofronio — There is a website registered in Hong Kong that claims to be Lux Capital based in Ottawa, but this site looks fake to me. Do a search engine search on “Lux Capital” to see their main site, which says the company has offices in NY and San Diego, but doesn’t mention Ottawa. –Christine

By: Sofronio B. Ursal

Sofronio B. Ursal — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:51:25 +0000

I would like to know if The Lux Capital with address at 50 O’Connor Street, Ottawa, Canada is one of the firms engaged in nanotechnology, as far as your records show.

Thank you.

By: ali

ali — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:47:05 +0000

Though having skimmed through the article it is one serious chemistry read.. 120 pages in total

By: Charles H. Tankersley

Charles H. Tankersley — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:36:45 +0000

It is a shame that so many of our research for the good of mankind has to be hidden behind copyright and patent. It seems that one of the major driving forces against progress for mankind is GREED. This is best exemplified by the drug industry in medicine and some operating systems and application in computing. SInce I do work on behalf of the elderly and disabled, many of the tools which would enable these clients to better lead productive lives on the Internet are priced prohibatively out of reach. An example is the JAWS text to speach software so many or the blind must use. And the Unix driven braile machine is unthinkable for most. I can see a need for revision of the copyright, patent and trademark laws where the needs of the general public is concerned. If only the rich can be served, then our society is doomed.

By: Dave L

Dave L — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:06:13 +0000

I know it’s not relevant to your general point on open access, Christine, but I’m very happy to send any Nanodot reader an electronic reprint of the Angewandte Chemie review or any of our papers. Please just send me an email at David.Leigh@ed.ac.uk. And I do apologise in advance for the numbers of trees that have to be sacrificed to print it out!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:58:40 +0000

Agree with you totally Christine. Though having skimmed through the article it is one serious chemistry read.. 120 pages in total…. Professor Leigh’s work is pretty impressive.

By: John Joyce

John Joyce — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:45:37 +0000

Well you gave them valuable advice and free of chjarge, they will like that free of charge bit but not the advice. There response will be “we are not a charity, we are just trying to get back our costs and a nominal profit”
At least you tried .