Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 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 Engineering1 -- 7 The Interface with Biology and Medicine -- 8 Materials by Design -- 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry -- 10 Energy: Providing for the Future -- 11 National and Personal Security -- 12 How to Achieve These Goals -- A Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members -- B Statement of Task -- C Contributors -- Index.