Beyond the Frontier of Molecules: Challenges Facing Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Challenges Facing Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Author: Chen Erqiang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book has a broad scope of application and is science popularization-oriented. It holds significant reference value for a wide range of researchers, students, project officials, policy makers, and others in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. This book is a development report on chemical science by the U.S. government. It was written by the 21st Century Chemical Science Challenges Committee, organized by the National Research Council and the Committee on Chemistry and Technology of the National Research Council. It is recommended for publication by the Chemical Sciences Division of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and translated by the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University. The book introduces the current state of development in chemical science and its directions for the 21st century. It consists of 12 chapters, including: Introduction; The Structure and Culture of the Discipline: General Chemical Bonds; Synthesis and Production: Creating and Exploring New Materials and Transformations; Chemical and Physical Transformations of Matter; Separation, Identification, Imaging, and Measurement of Matter and Structures; Chemical Theory and Computer Modeling: From Computational Chemistry to Process Systems Engineering; Intersections with Biology and Medicine; Materials Design; Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry; Energy: For Future Needs; National Security and Personal Safety; How to Achieve Our Goals, etc.