Table of Contents January 2001
VOL. 31, NO. 1		DEPARTMENTS
STARTING THE PROCESS Energy in the 21st century Improvements in the worldwide standard of living mean higher energy consumption. How will this be accomplished in the face of shortages and environmental demands? Nai Y. Chen ENABLING SCIENCE Tri-reforming: A new process for reducing CO2 emissions Researchers at Penn State have developed a new process for the effective conversion and use of carbon dioxide in flue gas from power plants. Chunshan Song Exploiting entropy to separate alkane isomers Molecular packing efficiencies and preferential adsorption can separate branched and straight-chain alkanes. Rajamani Krishna, Berend Smit DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY From conductive polymers to organic metals Organic metals were a euphoric dream in the 1980s and a disappointment in the 1990s. Now they are moving to the marketplace. Bernhard Wessling Gaseous acid catalysis: An intriguing new process Our furfural expert is back and offers you what he calls “a story against all odds”. Karl J. Zeitsch		Chemist at Large Leading the Way Nanostructured chemicals: A new era in chemical technology Joseph D. Lichtenhan, Joseph J. Schwab, William A. Reinerth, Sr. Heart Cut Patent Watch Chemscripts Silver removal and recovery from effluent streams Volker G. Aurich, Joep I. A. Koene Postscript Science ethics debate continues Nancy K. McGuire Viewpoint From genetic data to medicine: The promising paradigm? Marc C. Fitzgerald Legal Insights New challenge for patent attorneys Samuel P. Burkholder Touring the Net Fueling it like it is! Marc C. Fitzgerald The Industrial Chymist Read this . . . please Ben Luberoff The Last Word Birthday gifts for your favorite chemist David Birkett Announcements Masthead Sitemap This issue's cartoons
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