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Beyond the molecular frontier [electronic resource] : challenges for chemistry and chemical engineering / Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council of the National Academies.

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003Description: xiv, 238 p. : ill.Subject(s): Chemical engineering -- Research -- United States | Chemistry -- Research -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The structures and cultures of the disciplines: the common chemical bond -- 3. Synthesis and manufacturing: creating and exploiting new substances and new transformations -- 4. Chemical and physical transformations of matter -- 5. Isolating, identifying, imaging, and measuring substances and structures -- 6. Chemical theory and computer modeling from computational chemistry to process systems engineering -- 7. The interface with biology and medicine -- 8. Materials design -- 9. Atmospheric and environmental chemistry -- 10. Energy: providing for the future -- 11. National and personal security -- 12. How to achieve these goals.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The structures and cultures of the disciplines: the common chemical bond -- 3. Synthesis and manufacturing: creating and exploiting new substances and new transformations -- 4. Chemical and physical transformations of matter -- 5. Isolating, identifying, imaging, and measuring substances and structures -- 6. Chemical theory and computer modeling from computational chemistry to process systems engineering -- 7. The interface with biology and medicine -- 8. Materials design -- 9. Atmospheric and environmental chemistry -- 10. Energy: providing for the future -- 11. National and personal security -- 12. How to achieve these goals.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.