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Beyond the Molecular Frontier: Challenges for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2003)
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST)

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Beyond the Molecular Frontier: Challenges for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Microfabrication

on silicon, 122

Microfluidics, 51

Microphase separation, 51

Military security, 172-177

biological, 174-175

chemical, 175-176

explosives, 176-177

nuclear and radiological, 176

Miniaturized instrumentation, 67.

See also Process intensification and miniaturization

Minorities

attracting to chemistry, 5, 183

Mobil process

for converting methanol to gasoline, 52

Model predictive control (MPC), 87

Modeling, 85-89

of molecules, 83

of self-assembly, 144

and simulation, 77

Molecular calculations, 144

Molecular complexes, 32

Molecular dynamics, 77

multi-dimensional techniques in, 58

Molecular electronic materials, 140

Molecular frontier, 7, 21, 183

Molecular-level construction

of structures, 124

Molecular mechanics, 76-77

Molecular medicine, 116

Molecular recognition, 116

Molecular signaling

“tuning,” 111

Molecules.

See also Biomacromolecules;

Intermolecular interactions;

Macromolecules;

Single-molecule spectroscopy;

Supramolecular assemblies

addressable, 140

amphiphilic, 130

conducting, 140

floppy, 57

interesting topography of, 25

modeling, 83

observing individual, 3

switchable, 140

synthesis of highly complex, 25

three-dimensional architecture of, 57

understanding and controlling reactions of, 8, 192

volatilizing, 62

Molina, Mario, 152

Monte Carlo methods, 77-78

Moore’s law, 72

Mössbauer spectroscopy, 60

Muller, Karl A., 28

Müller, Paul, 152

Multi-dimensional techniques

in molecular dynamics, 58

Multimolecular photosynthetic reaction center, 119

Multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) computer architecture, 72

coordination of, 92

Multistep synthesis, 24

of ATP, 48

Mutants

selection of, 33

N

Nano-particles, 51

Nanocomposite materials

organized, 141

Nanoimprint lithography, 137

Nanolithography, 51

Nanomaterials, 136-138

Nanopores

membranes containing, 138

Nanoscience and nanotechnology, 32

synthetic v. natural, 125

Nanotubes, 136-137, 139

National Academy of Engineering, 147

Draper Prize, 48, 118

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 187

National Research Council (NRC), 176

Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST), 1, 6, 13, 14

Chemical Sciences Roundtable, 14

National Science Foundation (NSF), 188

National security, 5, 63, 171-179

Natta, Giulio, 28

Nature as a chemist

extending synthetically, 23

highly innovative, 97

Near-critical transition phenomenon, 50

Negative ions

photodetachment of, 59

Nematodes, 100

Neurodegenerative diseases, 115

Neurotransmitters

single-vesicle release of, 67

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