Functional 21st century

Torreggiani, D. and Bertolo, G. 2002. The role of an osmotic step Combined processes to improve quality and control functional properties in fruit and vegetables. In Engineering and Food for the 21st Century (J. Welti-Chanes, G.V. Barbosa-Canovas, and J.M. Aguilera, eds), pp. 651-669. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 

The extract from Hunter s treatise above raises a challenge in the 21st century to provide a biochemical explanation for this tendency. The extract from Tucker emphasises the importance of nutrition for the wellbeing and recovery of the patient. This chapter considers the functional biochemistry not only of the immune system but of the whole body, to provide a greater understanding of the biochemistry of, and the recovery from, trauma. 

Ichikawa, K. (2001), Functionally Graded Materials in the 21st Century, Kluwer Academic, Boston, MA. 

Greater understanding of the chemistry and functions of the brain and its central nervous system is perhaps the most challenging field of endeavor for scientists and engineers in the 21st century. It is a field of endeavor involving the major disciplines already integrated into pharmaceutical industry research and also into some university operations. 

This work was supported by Priority Assistance of the Formation of Worldwide Renowned Centers of Research—The 21st Century COE Program (Project Center of Excellence for Advanced Structural and Functional Materials Design)" from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science, and Technology of Japan. 

Analysis of the data on the chemistry of isomeric thienopyrimidines published over the last 10-15 years shows that this class of heteroaromatic compounds, which are structural analogs of natural compounds of the purine class, attracts increasing interest of chemists and biochemists. In the first half of the 21st century, new approaches to the synthesis of derivatives of these fused heterocyclic systems will be, undoubtedly, extensively developed. These derivatives are not only of theoretical interest but also possess a broad spectrum of practical use, primarily, due to various biological activities. Of the approaches to their synthesis, multicomponent cascade heterocyclization, which allows one to construct various functionalized thienopyrimidines and their fused analogs in one technologically and ecologically safe step, holds the most promise. 

In view of the many applications in the fields of separation, purification, biology, medicine, chemical industry, catalysis, information, environment, energy, and advanced composite materials, it is believed that mesoporous materials will play more important roles in the 21st century as an increasing number of mesoporous materials with advanced functions are designed and synthesized. 

Gomez-Romero, P. Sanchez, C. Hybrid materials. Functional properties. From Maya Blue to 21st century materials. New J. Chem. 2005,29, 51. 

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