02113nam a2200301Ia 4500 ebr10038698 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 030505s2003 dcua sb 001 0 eng d 2003100913 0309084776 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70727176 TP155 .N38 2003xeb National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century. Beyond the molecular frontier [electronic resource] : challenges for chemistry and chemical engineering / Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003. xiv, 238 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. The structures and cultures of the disciplines: the common chemical bond -- 3. Synthesis and manufacturing: creating and exploiting new substances and new transformations -- 4. Chemical and physical transformations of matter -- 5. Isolating, identifying, imaging, and measuring substances and structures -- 6. Chemical theory and computer modeling from computational chemistry to process systems engineering -- 7. The interface with biology and medicine -- 8. Materials design -- 9. Atmospheric and environmental chemistry -- 10. Energy: providing for the future -- 11. National and personal security -- 12. How to achieve these goals. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Chemical engineering Research United States. Chemistry Research United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10038698 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 162143 162143