THE RESEARCH FRONTIER

After an introduction (Chapter 1), the following five chapters (Chapters 2-6) present the physical principles and formal expressions used in solvent extraction. They are followed by eight chapters (Chapters 7-14) of various industrial applications and two concluding chapters (Chapters 15 and 16) indicating the research frontiers and future developments in technology. 

R.R. Hamerla An American Scientist on the Research Frontier. Edward Morley, Community, and Radical Ideas in Nineteenth-Century Science. 2006... 

The research frontiers identified in the Amundson report (see Table 3), confirmed by other contemporary studies (e.g. from the Chemical Industries Association in the UK, and from the AIChE [50]), serve to emphasise the broad scope of chemical engineering, and set a research agenda for the discipline which will keep us occupied for some time to come ... 

Gemne G (1992) Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of disorders in workers using hand-held vibrating tools. In Pelmear P, Taylor W, Wassermann D (eds) Hand-arm vibration. A comprehensive guide for occupational health professionals, chapter 4. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp 41-76 Gemne G (1994) Where is the research frontier for hand-arm vibration Scand J Work Environ Health 20[special issue] ... 

In this brief review, the intent is to build a basic understanding of native and modified CDs and their host-guest complexation chemistry and through this to reach the research frontiers where fascinating developments are occurring. 

Fig. 3 Next-generation CMOS devices need a breakthrough in high-K films. TiAlOx or Ti02/Al203 superlattice layers push the research frontier to enable the next-generation CMOS devices and embedded energy-storage capacitors for implantable microchips...

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