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From Nature India
doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.316; Published online 27 October 2009
Interview

Move aside plastics

K. Anantha Padmanabhan, Mercator Professor of DFG (German Research Foundation) at the Institute of Materials Physics, University of Muenster, Germany and a former director of IIT Kanpur speaks to Mohit Kumar Jolly on 'superplastics', science education and doing science in India.



K. Anantha PadmanabhanQ: How do you rate the growth of R & D sector in India?

A: The growth of R&… Continue

One of the endearing and enduring features of the structure of matter is sinilarity at different length scales, most powerfully articulated by Cyril Stanley Smith in terms of Hierarchy of Structures. While we had exmples of atoms and even polymeric chains forming quasicrystals, the recent report of nanocrystals self assembling as quasicrystals is fascinating and indicates that patterns of organization are indifferent to the identity of organizing entities.

Nature 461, 964-967 (15 October 2009)… Continue

An extraordinary achievement in Imaging by IBM researchers. Pl see story below fom Small Times

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IBM pushes AFM to image molecular structure

August 28, 2009: Researchers at IBM in Zurich, Switzerland, have captured the "anatomy" of a molecule using noncontact atomic-force microscopy (AFM), peering through the surrounding electron cloud to capture images "with unprecedented resolution."

The method, a longtime goal… Continue

Indian metal icons are world renowned. The Chola Bronzes of the cosmic dancer Nataraja and the dancing girl of Mohenjadaro immediately spring to our mind. In this set of posts we want to feature Indian metallurgists who have ilumined the tewentieth century.
With some poignancy we give below the profile of Tanjore Ramachandra Ananthraman ( 1927-2009) as penned by Prof P Rama Rao in Current Science, July 10, 2009.

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CURRENT 114 SCIENCE, VOL. 97, NO. 1, 10 JULY 2009
Tanjore Ramachandra… Continue

Quasicrystals are fascinating objects of great beauty. For over 25 years they have caused excitement and controversy. Here is a recent announcement of a discovery in this field.
Science 5 June 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5932, pp. 1306 - 1309
DOI: 10.1126/science.1170827
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Reports
Natural Quasicrystals
Luca Bindi,1 Paul J. Steinhardt,2,* Nan Yao,3 Peter J. Lu4

Quasicrystals are solids whose atomic arrangements have symmetries that are forbidden for periodic crystals, incl… Continue