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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811550303321

Titolo

Beyond the molecular frontier : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16839-2

1-280-18349-7

9786610183494

0-309-50512-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

540/.72/073

Soggetti

Chemical engineering - Research - United States

Chemistry - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.