"The movie, called Molecules to the Max, was the brainchild of a chemical engineer and two materials scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. Garde was using computer simulations to visualize molecular structure, when it occurred to him that the brightly colored ribbons and balls that the programs produce using force calculations might make for good cinema. "From a visual point of view they are just beautiful. So I thought: can we use this beauty and use it to teach something to the general public and kids?" says Garde.
One of the biggest challenges, says Garde, was crafting a compelling story while not throwing the laws of physics out the window. For instance, "atoms don't talk," Garde says. To get around this snag, the team created a ship, called the Molecularium, in which physical laws don't apply. The ship can move from the nano to the macro scale and travel faster than the speed of light. Inside the Molecularium, Oxy can also chat with her pals Hydra and Hydro to understand the difference between a solid, a liquid, and a gas. "But outside of the ship is the real world environment and we tried to depict that as realistically as possible," says Garde.
Molecules to the Max will be screened for IMAX theater owners in late March, and should be in theaters in 6 months, Garde says."
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