Axeleratio

Extracting compounds, materials, minerals and nanodevices
Automatic extraction, storage and communication of nanostructure & material information requires unique identification of chemical items represented by synonyms and variable notations. Axel Drefahl has developed an HTML microdata vocabulary for Semantic-Web-minded design of pages with chemical content (see HTML5 chemical identifier code examples). He also developed the CurlySMILES language and initiated the CurlySMILES project to capture complex nanostructures. Mining the multitude of available chemical resources, however, one cannot always expect adherence to standards such as IUPAC nomenclature recommendations, the use of linear notations such as InChI, SMILES and CurlySMILES or XML-based annotations. Therefore, we also develop and employ independent text parsers and acquisition tools at Axeleratio—targeting emerging fields and their items, including fullerenes, metal-organic frameworks as well as doped and coated nanoparticles and composites, just to name a few.