| | BEYOND THE MOLECULAR FRONTIER: HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE |
| | 9,78 | | MB | GOALS |
| | 238 | | stron |
| | 4284 | | ID | National Academies Press |
| | 2003 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 |
| | Grand Challenges, 1 |
| | 1 INTRODUCTION 11 |
| | 2 THE STRUCTURES AND CULTURES OF THE DISCIPLINES: THE COMMON CHEMICAL |
| | BOND 16 |
| | 3 SYNTHESIS AND MANUFACTURING: CREATING AND EXPLOITING NEW SUBSTANCES |
| | AND NEW TRANSFORMATIONS 22 |
| | Goals, 23 |
| | Progress to Date, 25 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 29 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 40 |
| | 4 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF MATTER 41 |
| | Goals, 41 |
| | Progress to Date, 42 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 52 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 54 |
| | 5 ISOLATING, IDENTIFYING, IMAGING, AND MEASURING SUBSTANCES AND STRUCTURES |
| | 55 |
| | Goals, 55 |
| | Progress to Date, 57 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 68 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 70 |
| | 6 CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTER MODELING: FROM COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY TO |
| | PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 71 |
| | Goals, 75 |
| | Progress to Date, 81 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 89 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 94 |
| | 7 THE INTERFACE WITH BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 95 |
| | Goals, 96 |
| | Progress to Date, 105 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 111 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 121 |
| | 8 MATERIALS BY DESIGN 123 |
| | Goals, 124 |
| | Progress to Date, 126 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 138 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 146 |
| | 9 ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 148 |
| | Goals, 149 |
| | Progress to Date, 149 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 155 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 159 |
| | 10 ENERGY: PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE 160 |
| | Goals, 161 |
| | Progress to Date, 162 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 169 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 170 |
| | 11 NATIONAL AND PERSONAL SECURITY 171 |
| | Goals, 172 |
| | Progress to Date, 172 |
| | Challenges and Opportunities for the Future, 174 |
| | Why All This Is Important, 178 |
| | 12 HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS 180 |
| | Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 181 |
| | Educators, 184 |
| | The Media, 184 |
| | The General Public, 185 |
| | Government and Private Foundations, 186 |
| | Industry, 189 |
| | Grand Challenges, 190 |
| | APPENDIXES |
| | A Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members, 197 |
| | B Statement of Task, 202 |
| | C Contributors, 203 |
| | INDEX 209 |