Chemical datuments as scientific enablers

Abstract

This article is an attempt to construct a chemical datument as a means of presenting insights into chemica phenomena in a scientific journal. An exploration of the interactions present in a small fragment of duplex Z-DNA and the nature of the catalytic centre of a carbon-dioxide/alkene epoxide alternating co-polymerisation is presented in this datument, with examples of the use of three software tools, one based on Java, the other two using Javascript and HTML5 technologies. The implications for the evolution of scientific journals are discussed. © 2012 Rzepa; licensee Chemistry Central Ltd.