Engineering materials future challenges

This chapter focuses on the catalytic aspects of methanol chemistry and covers thermodynamic, kinetic, chemical engineering, and materials science aspects. It provides brief introductions into these topics with the aim of establishing an overview of the state of the art of methanol chemistry with only a snapshot of the relevant literature. It highlights what the authors think are the most relevant aspects and future challenges for energy-related catalytic reactions of methanol. It is not meant to provide a complete literature overview on methanol synthesis and reforming. 

M. Sanchez-Silva, D.V. Rosowsky. Biodeterioration of construction materials State of the art and future challenges. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 352-365, 2008. 

To overcome these challenges, skills are required from different disciplines, including materials and ceramic science, chemistry, and chemical engineering. Considerable future work should be focused on ... 

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