Introduction to Chemistry World

Ken-ichi FUKUI, Takeshi NAOTA, Tatsuki KITAYAMA, Kazushi MASHIMA, Shigenori IWAI, Yoshito TOBE, Hiroshi MIYASAKA, Michio MATSUMURA

Objective
   Chemistry continues to be a fundamental field of science which is indispensable for the creation of materials with new functions and better performance, and is becoming more important with the advances of all fields of science and technology. Actually, chemistry is a key technology to solve important problems concerning environment, resources and energy.
   This class offers several introductory topics of fundamental and applied chemistry, such as the development of environmentally benign chemical reactions, creation and development of intelligent materials, chemical utilization of solar energy, elucidation of biological key molecules involved in heredity and photosynthesis.

Course Outline
   Seven topics from different fields of chemistry will be provided for this class.

Grading
   Class participation 40%,
   Report for each topic 60%