An unusual class of molecules could revolutionise the electronics industry
Just a heads up to those who haven&#x27;t published in peer review journals: hyping the potential commercial applications of your research, no matter how mundane the discovery, is required.<p>Worse yet, the published work concerns simulations. Simulations are cool, and have great value, but they don&#x27;t constitute discovery. Confirmation of a theoretical prediction by experimentalists constitutes a discovery.<p>Even if the effect is confirmed, the road to putting it into commercial use is long and most likely a dead end. I know first hand that &quot;nanoscience&quot; isn&#x27;t so much science as it is an art. Tiny imperfections result in large changes to desired effects. This is due to the increased contribution of interfaces and surfaces relative to the bulk. The very same property that leads to novel physics is the one that defeats the potential for practical applications.<p>I long for the day when people can do good science just for the sake of good science, and not have to spin every single paper as being the start of some new revolution that never seems to come.