Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences

Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1. Overview of Trends in Innovation in the Chemical Industry; 4 2. Techniques for Structured Innovation; 5 3. The Chemistry Innovation Process: Breakthroughs for Electronics and Photonics; 6 4. DARPA's Approach to Innovation and Its Reflection in Industry; 7 5. Comments on the Advanced Technology Program; 8 6. What Have We Learned from Hot Topics?; 9 7. Industrial Innovation with External R&D Programs; 10 8. Some New Ideas for Speeding Up the Development of Products from University Research; 11 9. From Molecules to Materials to Market: A Rational Framework for Products Formulation and Design; 12 10. The Tacit Economics of Modeling: Indifference Curves that Should Defy Indifference; 13 11. Successful Innovation Starting in an Academic Environment; 14 12. Panel Discussion; 15 Appendix A: Workshop Participants; 16 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers; 17 Appendix C: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

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