RSC Publications recently announced the release of its free mobile application for iOS. You can search RSC publications that your institution subscribes to, save articles to read offline, and share via email, Facebook, and Twitter. RSC also offers a ChemSpider mobile app that allows you to search the free chemical structure database.
Other publishers that offer mobile apps include ACS, Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect, and Nature. Some journals also have mobile apps including Science and PNAS.
Some apps can help you learn named reactions, such as ReactionFlash from Reaxys, Organic Named Reactions from Indiana University, and Named Reactions.
Scilligence has developed a couple of chemistry tools, OLN (Open Lab Notebook) and JSDraw. OLN is a web-based Electronic Lab Notebook that is compatible with the iPad. The Cloud edition is free for educational use. JSDraw is a chemical structure drawing tool that works across platforms, including iPhone/iPad.
Even more chemistry mobile apps can be found on these chemistry guides by University of Chicago Library and Stony Brook University Libraries and at The Mobile Chemist & Chemical Engineer from Stanford University’s Swain Library. Science-related mobile apps can be found at Macs in Chemistry and the SciMobileApps wiki.
For more information on mobile chemistry, read the Chemistry World article Mobile chemistry-chemistry in your hands and in your face by Antony Williams.