National Research Council Pimentel

The National Research Council Report Opportunities in Chemistry published in 1985 (called the Pimentel Report ) described a survey of the state of science and technology in chemistry and made recommendations concerning future opportunities. One of the recommendations proposed the following ... 

Two years ago, the National Research Council published a report on research frontiers and needs in chemistry entitled Opportunities in Chemistry, and known colloquially as the "Pimentel Report" after its chairman, George C. Pimentel. That report identified many of the same areas discussed in this report and focused on how chemists contribute to them. This committee endorses the recommendations contained in Opportunities in Chemistry, and urges their implementation in addition to the recommendations contained in this volume. The two reports, like the two disciplines, should be seen as complementary, not competing. A vital base of chemical science is needed to stimulate future progress in chemical engineering, just as a vital base in chemical engineering is needed to capitalize on advances in chemistry. 

Chemistry and materials science are inextricably linked. In fact, in the National Research Council s Opportunities in Chemistry, familiarly known as the Pimentel Report (i), can be found the following definitions from Webster A material is the substance or substances out of which a thing is constructed, and chemistry is the science that deals with the composi-... 

Pimentel, G. C. Opportunities in Chemistry National Research Council Washington, DC, 1985. 

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