Opportunities in chemistry : today and tomorrow / / George C. Pimentel, Janice A. Coonrod

• Autore: Pimentel George C
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 540/.72073
• Soggetto topico: Chemistry - Research - United States; Chemistry - Vocational guidance - United States
• Altri autori: CoonrodJanice A
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Opportunities in Chemistry Today and Tomorrow -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- OPPORTUNITIES IN Chemistry TODAY AND TOMORROW -- Chapter I Introduction -- Chapter II Environmental Quality Through Chemistry -- NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN, NO PROBLEM -- Chapter II Environmental Quality Through Chemistry -- TURNING DETECTION INTO PROTECTION -- OZONE IN THE STRATOSPHERE -- REDUCING ACID RAIN -- GUARDING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT -- CLEANER WATER AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTES -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT -- SUPPLEMENTARY READING -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Scientific American -- ACS Information Pamphlets -- Chapter III Human Needs Through Chemistry -- WHIPPING A WICKED WEED -- III-A. More Food -- Plant Hormones and Growth Regulators -- Indole Acetic Acid (IAA), an Auxin (1) -- Gibberellic Acid (GA) (2) -- Cytokinins (3) -- Ethylene (4) -- Strigol (5) -- G2 Factor or Trigonelline (6) -- Glycinoeclepin A (7) -- Insect Hormones and Growth Regulators -- Molting Hormones (MH) (8) -- Juvenile Hormone (JH) (9) -- Anti-Juvenile Hormones -- Natural Defense Compounds: Antifeedants -- Insect Pheromones -- Pesticides -- Insecticides -- Herbicides -- Fungicides -- Special Techniques -- Fixation of Nitrogen and Photosynthesis -- Nitrogen Fixation -- Photosynthesis -- Food From the Sea -- Isolation and Characterization Techniques of Bioactive Molecules -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP -- III-B. New Processes -- Heterogeneous Catalysis -- Molecular Sieve Synthesis and Catalysis -- Metal Catalysis -- Conversion Catalysts -- Catalysts to Improve the Quality of Air and Water -- Homogeneous Catalysis -- Activation of Inert Molecules -- Metal Cluster Chemistry -- Stereoselective Catalysts -- Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis. ; Photocatalysis -- Electrocatalysis -- Chemistry at the Solid/Liquid Interface -- Artificial-Enzyme Catalysis -- Controlled Molecular Topography and Designed Catalysts -- Biomimetic Enzymes -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- A LITHIUM-POWERED HEART -- III-C. More Energy -- Petroleum -- Recovery -- Refining -- Chemistry on a Catalytic Surface -- Combustion -- Natural Gas -- Coal -- Shale Oil and Tar Sands -- Biomass -- Solar Energy -- Nuclear Energy -- Fusion Energy -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Scientific American -- Chem Matters -- STONE AGE, IRON AGE, POLYMER AGE -- III-D. New Products and Materials -- Plastics and Polymers -- Polymers as Structural Materials -- Liquid Crystals and Polymer Liquid Crystals -- Block Polymers and Self-Organized Solids -- Novel Optical Materials -- Optical Fibers -- Optical Switches -- Novel Electrical Conductors -- Semiconductors -- Conducting Stacks -- Organic Conductors -- Superconductors -- Solid-State Ionic Conductors -- Acentric Materials -- Conducting Glasses -- Materials for Extreme Conditions -- New Synthetic Techniques -- Some Examples-Real and Projected -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Scientific American -- Chem Matters -- RX-SNAKE BITE -- III-E. Better Health -- Notable Scientific Advances During the Last 15 Years -- Enzyme Inhibitors -- Receptors -- Antibiotic Research -- Antibacterials -- Antivirals -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Hypertension -- Atherosclerosis -- Heart Failure -- Arrhythmia -- Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS) -- Cancer Research -- Carcinogenesis -- Chemotherapy -- Inflammatory and Immunological Diseases and Defense Systems -- Advances in Fertility Control and Fertility Induction -- Vitamins -- Conclusion. ; Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Scientific American -- Chem Matters -- A PAC-MAN FOR CHOLESTEROL -- III-F. Biotechnologies -- DNA-What is it? -- Proteins-What Do they Do? -- Recombinant DNA Technologies -- Biotechnology Application to Medicine -- Bioengineering -- Biocatalysis -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- MAGNETIC FLUIDS-ATTRACTIVE POSSIBILITIES -- III-G. Economic Benefits -- Introduction -- Energy and Feedstocks -- Renewing our Industries -- New Horizons -- Biotechnology -- High-Technology Ceramics -- Advanced Composites and Engineering Plastics -- Photoimaging -- Microelectronic Devices -- Molecular-Scale Computers -- Conclusion -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Scientific American -- Chapter IV Intellectual Frontiers in Chemistry -- THE TIME IT TAKES TO WAG A TAIL -- IV-A. Control of Chemical Reactions -- Molecular Dynamics -- Fast Chemical Processes -- Energy Transfer and Movement -- State-to-State Chemistry -- Multiphoton and Multiple Photon Excitation -- Mode-Selective Chemistry -- Theoretical Calculations of Reaction Surfaces -- New Reaction Pathways -- Organic Chemistry -- Inorganic Chemistry -- Selective Pathways in Organic Synthesis -- Crossing Inorganic/Organic Boundaries -- Pathways Using Light as a Reagent -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Scientific American -- JACK AND THE SOYBEAN STALK -- IV-B. Dealing with Molecular Complexity -- Synthesis and Biosynthesis -- Synthesis of Natural Products -- Biosynthesis of Natural Products -- The Chemical Synthesis of DNA -- Structures of Macromolecules -- Structural Studies on Dihydrofolate Reductases and Their Inhibitors -- Frontiers in the Chemistry of Genetic Material -- Structure and Function in Biochemistry. ; Gene Structure and RNA Splicing -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Chem Matters -- SOMETHING FOR NOTHING -- IV-C. National Well-Being -- Chemistry at Solid Surfaces -- The Structure of Solid Surfaces -- Adsorbed Molecules -- Chemical Bonding at the Surface -- Coadsorption on Surfaces -- Condensed-Phase Studies -- Optical and Electronic Properties of Solids -- Liquids -- Critical Phenomena -- Chemistry of the Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Materials -- Analytical Chemistry -- Analytical Separations -- Optical Spectroscopy -- Mass Spectrometry -- Combined ("Hyphenated") Techniques -- Electroanalytical Chemistry -- Separations Sciences -- Separations Chemistry -- Nuclear Chemistry -- Studies of Nuclei and Their Properties -- Space Exploration -- Isotopic Composition -- Nuclear Chemistry in Medicine -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Chapter V Instrumentation in Chemistry -- A LASER FLASHLIGHT -- V-A. Instrumentation for Study of Chemical Reactions -- Lasers -- Developments in the Last Decade -- Chemical Applications -- Computers -- Superminicomputers -- Mainframe and Supercomputers -- Molecular Beams -- Capabilities -- Synchrotron Light Sources -- Characteristics of Synchrotron Sources -- Applications of Synchrotron Sources in Chemistry -- Free-Electron Lasers -- Potential Capabilities -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- THE ANT THAT DOESN'T LIKE LICORICE -- V-B. Instrumentation Dealing with Molecular Complexity -- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) -- Solution NMR -- Fourier Transform NMR (FT NMR) -- Solid-State NMR -- Two-Dimensional NMR -- Imaging -- NMR Performance, Availability, and Costs -- Mass Spectrometry (MS) -- Applicability -- Sensitivity and Selectivity -- Costs -- X-Ray Diffraction -- Applications -- Molecular Graphics -- Neutron Diffraction. ; Applications -- Electron Spin Resonance -- Applications -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- CISPLATIN-THE STRONG, SILENT TYPE -- V-C. Instrumentation and the National Well-Being -- Surface Science Instrumentation -- Instruments for the Study of Surfaces -- Surface Analysis -- Chromatography -- High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) -- Capillary Chromatography -- Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) -- Infrared Spectroscopy -- Computer-Aided Spectrometers -- Applications -- Other Instrumentation -- Supplementary Reading -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Chapter VI The Risk/Benefit Equation in Chemistry -- INVESTIGATING SMOG SOUP -- Chapter VI The Risk/Benefit Equation in Chemistry -- FEARS OF THE MODERN AGE -- WHAT IS TOXIC? -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- What Is Epidemiology? -- What Causes What? -- Animal Tests -- Is There a Dose-Time Relationship? -- Summary -- RISK MANAGEMENT -- Acceptable Risk -- Comparable Risks -- Who Is at Risk? -- MEDIA TREATMENTS OF CHEMICAL SPILLS -- LARGE-SCALE USES OF CHEMICALS -- Seveso and Dioxin -- Bhopal and Methyl Isocyanate -- The DDT Story -- CONCLUSION -- SUPPLEMENTARY READING -- Chemical & -- Engineering News -- Science -- Chapter VII Career Opportunities and Education in Chemistry -- LIBRARIES INTO SPACE -- Chapter VII Career Opportunities and Education in Chemistry -- CHEMISTRY: AN ACTIVITY OF CREATIVE INDIVIDUALISTS -- THE BACHELORS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY (AB OR BS) -- THE DOCTORAL DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY (PH.D.) -- Chemistry Doctorates in U.S. Education -- Post-Baccalaureate Educational Patterns for Chemists -- CAREER DIRECTIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY READING -- ACS Information Pamphlets -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Opportunities in chemistry
• ISBN: 1-280-22154-2; 9786610221547; 0-309-59468-5; 0-585-14381-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817629803321
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