Beyond the Molecular Frontier Challenges for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Opportunities in Chemistry, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1985. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering: Research Needs and Opportunities, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1988.
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The disciplinary structures of chemistry and chemical engineering are discussed in Chapter 2 to explore their implications for future developments. We conclude that science has become increasingly interdisciplinary, and it is critical that the disciplinary structures within our fields not hinder the future growth of chemical sciences into new areas.
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time scale the time scale at which individual chemical bonds are made and broken. We conclude that the opportunities for detailed understanding of chemical reaction pathways and of the mechanisms of physical transformations represent an exciting challenge for the future that will add to the fundamental science of our field and to its ability to manipulate reactions and processes for practical applications.
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Chapter 8 deals with the design and manufacture of materials, an area in which chemistry and chemical engineering play the central role; there is considerable overlap with the field of materials science, which is built on chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and physics. We are familiar with such advances as modern plastics, paints, fabrics, and electronic materials, but great opportunities and challenges for the future still remain.
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The final chapter of this report, Chapter 12, provides our view of some of the steps that might be taken to enhance the effectiveness of chemistry and chemical engineering in contributing to human welfare and understanding. We conclude that chemists and chemical engineers need to be prepared to work increasingly in multidisciplinary teams, and that this will change the way we educate future chemical scientists.
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· Infrastructure: what changes in structure and support will be required to permit future advances in the chemical sciences? 4Critical Technologies: The Role of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1992.
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These are intended not to constrain the activity of research but to challenge the creativity of practicing scientists and engineers, to stimulate young people to join them in meeting these challenges, and to engender the enthusiasm of decision makers that is needed to support continued efforts of chemists and chemical engineers in their work on the Molecular Frontier. In this report we have tried to show, illustrating our arguments with a series of challenges, that the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering are extraordinarily broad in their range, and that they include many important areas in which opportunities for research abound.
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8 BEYOND THE MOLECULAR FRONTIER chemical engineering to give serious thought to these challenges, and to produce the advances in fundamental and applied research that will so greatly enhance scientific understanding and human welfare.
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