Crystallography on mobile phones

The new possibilities offered by mobile phones combined with their widespread dissemination among young people open new paradigms for teaching science. The wide adoption of the Java environment for mobile devices gives the opportunity to develop custom‐made applications for educational purposes. The...

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Published in:Journal of applied crystallography 2006-08, Vol.39 (4), p.595-597
Main Authors: Orlov, Ivan, Schoeni, Nicolas, Chapuis, Gervais
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
computer programs
Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties
Crystalline state (including molecular motions in solids)
Exact sciences and technology
mobile technology
Physics
Structure of solids and liquids
crystallography
Theory of crystal structure, crystal symmetry
calculations and modeling
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Summary:The new possibilities offered by mobile phones combined with their widespread dissemination among young people open new paradigms for teaching science. The wide adoption of the Java environment for mobile devices gives the opportunity to develop custom‐made applications for educational purposes. The first mobile phone application for crystallography training, Escher Mobile, is now available at http://escher.epfl.ch/mobile/.
ISSN:1600-5767
0021-8898
1600-5767
DOI:10.1107/S0021889806019297